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Cape Colony Constitution Preserved

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jul 16, 1902

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 28, No. 29.

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Cape Colony Constitution Preserved

THE British Government has refused to suspend the constitution of Cape Colony, tho there had been strong influence brought to bear to bring this about. The government takes the position that there is no precedent for suspending the constitution of a responsibly governed colony; that such a step could only be taken by the Imperial Parliament after the majority of the whites in the colony had expressed through the Cape Parliament a desire that the authority be completely transferred to the home government.