These issues of modern government, indeed, require a "clearing house"
of information, and it should not be beyond the power of English political inventiveness to devise something new to meet the demand. The need is most pressing in the sphere of foreign policy. In population and resources we may find ourselves after this war the weakest of three great Powers. Such a handicap is not new in our history. Moreover, our geographical position, our prestige and • our political traditions are assets so great that it would be an under- statement to describe them as "intangible." On the other hand, these assets will be wasted if our policy is weak and vacillating. Above all, we cannot allow foreign affairs to be treated on either side of the House or by the public or the Press as they were treated in the decade before this war.
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