History 2201E Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Chanak Crisis, Isolationism, Autonomous Communities Of Spain
10 Jul 2012
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Lecture 15 part 2 william lyon mackenzie king"s international affairs. Canada should not get involved in wars that didn"t concern it. Isolationism: britain was supposed to defer to the empire over major changes that would affect them; started acting without permission of the dominions. Turkish forces threaten to attack british occupying forces. Britain asks dominions to send men there to support them in case it comes to war. King took a solid stance and refused to get canada involved in something that didn"t affect them: foreign trade. Britain still had a lot of say, king ignored this. Halibut treaty signed with united states to canada could fish off the coast of oregon. Confirmed the national standing of the commonwealth countries. Declared autonomous communities with the british empire, equal in status. No way subordinate to one another in any respect of their domestic and external affairs. Enacted into law by british parliament at the statute of.
