Recognizing that the King's title is of primary signi- ficance
to all the Dominions, the Report recommends a change which is made necessary by the new position of the Irish Free State. The words " The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas " will become " Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas." Northern Ireland has at once objected. One wonders what will happen to the old title " The United Kingdom " wherever it is incorporated in the names of insti- tutions and commercial companies. Perhaps there, too, the title will be changed ; or it may be that it will be retained on the ground that anyone can easily read the phrase in its historical context. Next, the Report lays it down that a necessary consequence of the equality of status of all the Dominions is that the Governors-General shall represent the King but shall not represent His Majesty's Government. Official communications in future will be between Government and Government direct, although a Governor-General will be kept informed of what is happening, just as the King is kept informed of all current political action here.
