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From Empire to Commonwealth
Britain and the dominions were already advanced in granting more freedom and independence
- "equal in status, in no way subordinate one to another in any aspect of their domestic or external affairs, though united by common allegiance to the Crown, and freely associated as members of the British Commonwealth of Nations". (Balfour 1926)
The Wall Street Crash and the beginning of the depression speeded up the effort even more as Britain tried to reduce some of the burdens of defence expenditure