them in their homes. To the determination that these ques-
tions shall be adequately considered is due the rise of a Labour
party, which will almost certainly be much more numerous in
the next Parliament than in this." ^*

The tendency is to find a remedy in the method
known as Devolution -- that is, devolving internal
business upon national or provincial councils. The
Imperial Parliament would devote itself to those
things which are really imperial, such as the Army
and the Navy, international trade, and the mutual
relations of the various constituent states of the
Empire. Purely local affairs would be delegated
to purely local assemblies.

This proposed creation of National Councils
would be no more than an extension of the principle
of subordinate government. Just as the city of
Glasgow, for instance, is entrusted by Parliament
with the management of certain matters which
directly affect its own area, so the inhabitants of
that part of the United Kingdom called England,
or that part called Scotland, would have their own
legislature, empowered to make local statutes or by-
laws, and their own executive committee. The
model is that of the federal constitution of
Canada in its relations with the provincial govern-
ments. Under the Dominion Act of 1867 there
is no such assertion of state-rights as is embodied,
either in the American Constitution, or in the
Australian Commonwealth Act. In Canada only
those powers are exercised by the provinces which
have been expressly granted by statute; all other
rights and functions belong to the Dominion. Under

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