An Imperial Conference was held in 1926 to discuss that issue. It produced, among other things, the Balfour Declaration which recognized that the Dominions were: “autonomous Communities within the ...

However, it was all undone in June when another scandal forced him to resign again, but not before he attended the 1926 Imperial Conference, which resulted in the Balfour Declaration. The declaration ...

The origins of the Commonwealth of Nations date back almost a century. The 1926 Balfour Declaration enshrined equality and autonomy to the Dominions of the British Empire, while the 1931 Statute ...

3. ‘George V (r. 1910–1936)’, Royal Family, accessed 2 September 2021. 4. Matthew, op. cit. 5. F Prochaska, ‘Mary [Princess Mary of Teck] (1867–1953), queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and the ...

When the U.S. declared war on Japan on December 8, 1941, no one dared see the U.S. as the aggressor because Japan had already bombed Pearl Harbor. That’s precisely how President Donald Trump’s ...

Recently, The Atlantic reported that President Trump wants to display the Declaration of Independence — perhaps a rare copy — in the Oval Office. That’s fine, although the Oval is already ...

LEAVING HIS WISDOM WITH THE WORLD: R.C. Balfour III holds up one of the numerous books he authored, “Summing It Up,” which can be found for purchase today. (Submitted Photo) THOMASVILLE- The ...

For the Balfour Declaration of 1926 recognized the legislative independence of the dominions, and that declaration was implemented in 1931 by the Statute of Westminister, whereby the Parliament of the ...

The U.S. could afford it because it remained neutral at the time, but Canada was belligerent, as it had the status of a free member of the British Commonwealth of Nations following the 1926 Balfour ...

It thus became a statutory embodiment of the principles of equality and common allegiance to the Crown set out in the Balfour Declaration of 1926. As the statute removed nearly all of the British ...