issues of national policy, settle questions arising in the Royal Family, and in addition at the same time carry on the arduous and strenous work of detailed government.
For all these reasons it would seem manifest that the King should be relieved from the hard work of government and that this should be instead upon the shoulders of a Premier appointed by the King. Such an arrangement does not mean that the King would be shron of his power. The ultimate power would still rest with the King. It would mean that the King would place upon the Premier the responsibilities for carrying on the government and that the Premier would always be responsible to the King. The King would be relieved of much of the detailed burden of government; but questions of large policy would still be referred for decision to the King.
Under such a scheme it would be vital and essential that all responsibility should be concentrated in the Premier. He therefore should alone have the power of appointing the Ministers of State, who would be responsible for the conduct of the work in their Ministries directly and immediately to the Premier all questions should go from the ministries directly to the Premier. Under such a scheme it would seem vital that the King should not himself select or choose any of the Ministers. If he did so the Premier could not be made responsible for the work of the Ministers thus chosen. Responsibilities in such a case would rest rather with the King; whereas the whole underlying conception of government by a Premier is
