Len,
Maybe
it seems that I am mixing the terms. What I wanted to show is that we concerning
the NL enclave in CA probably not are speaking about a real enclave, but a
«symbolical enclave». I will explain why:
1. The
Canadian government (or Parliament) declared the hospital for Dutch territory
for one day.
2. We
do not know if the Dutch exile government (in London) declared or accepted it as
Dutch territory.
3. Did
the hospital really work under a present Dutch administration? Who was the Dutch
person in charge?
I have
just been reading the text of Norway's Constitution. Article 68 in
1940 said that the Parliament should meet in the capital
[Oslo] unless e.g. a hostile assault. It seems therefore
there is a common misunderstanding among Norwegians that the capital during the
spring of 1940 moved around inside Norway. Oslo was always the capital! (Maybe
one can speak about several de facto capitals as a country's capital is the town
or city where the monarch (president) and Parliament is
residing.)
Anyhow, any Norwegian would agree that Oslo was and is the capital of
Norway, even if the King, Parliament and Government moved around. The reason was
an extraordinary situation and would only be understood juridical or
symbolically, as with the Ottawa Civic Hospital.
I
agree with that there is nothing that says a capital can't be outside of the
territory being governed. E.g. in Vilnius city two Lithuanian municipalities
have their administration located. A similar situation is in Oslo, Norway
which is the administration city of two counties.
Jan