This statement brought a reply from the Canadian Premier stating
that his Government had not expressed a desire to have any Treaty with Turkey submitted to the Canadian Parliament before ratification, but that he wished to make it clear that the extent to which Canada might be held to be bound by what happened at Lausanne was a matter for the Parliament of Canada to decide. On December 8th, 1922, the Secretary of State explained, as recorded in the Times, "that a Treaty when ratified must bind the whole Empire." It was subsequently agreed that the Treaty of Lausanne should be signed by the two British plenipotentiaries, the Dominions of Australia, New Zealand and the Union of South Africa agreeing to this procedure. The final dispatch contained in the White Paper recently published is from the Governor-General of Canada dated March 24th of the present year, in which once again the Canadian Government explained that " not having been invited- to send representatives to Lausanne, not having par- ticipated directly or indirectly in the Conference, and not being for this reason a signatory to the Treaty," they did not feel in a position to recommend to the Canadian Parliament approval of the Treaty and Convention. * * * *
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