Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pesarudzo dza1913, Cook akapa Deakin chinzvimbo chasachigaro weInterstate Commission, asi akaramba. Muna 1914, pashure pokutanga kweHondo Yenyika I, akabvuma chikumbiro chokuva sachigaro wekomisheni youmambo yokugovera zvokudya munguva yehondo. Kubatanidzwa kwaDeakin kwekupedzisira kuruzhinji kwaive semutungamiri wesangano reAustralia ku1915 Panama <unk> Pacific International Exposition
muSan Francisco. Akatanga kupiwa basa racho naCook ndokuzoitwa naAndrew Fisher, uyo akadzoka semutungamiriri wehurumende muna September 1914. Kugadzwa kwacho kwakanga kuri kwomuchato chose chose uye kwakanga kune tsigiro yaFisher nomutevedzeri wake Billy Hughes. Zvisinei, kubatanidzwa kwaDeakin kwaive pasi pekupindira kwezvematongerwo enyika kubva kugurukota rezvekunze Hugh Mahon, uye akafunga kudzokera kuAustralia nekukurumidza.