10 FEBRUARY 1923, Page 28

An aftermath of the late British Government's singu- larly unfortunate

cable to the Dominions last autumn in connexion with the Dardanelles crisis has been discussed in the Canadian House of Commons, now in session at Ottawa. In defending the attitude of his Government (which was that, if the relations of the Empire were to endure, each self-governing part must be supreme to determine its own action, ' more especially in the grave issue of war) Mr. Mackenzie King declared : " We are content to rest our action on the principle that the making of war, which is a matter affecting the lives and happiness of all the people, should not be determined by a few individuals, but is a question to be determined by Parlia- ment alone "—an eminently sound doctrine.