14 JUNE 1924, Page 2

If in treaty negotiations each Dominion were separately represented, foreign

Powers would inevitably be pro- voked into demanding an increase of their own repre- sentation. Hitherto they have regarded the British Empire as a single unit. Canada, having made her protest, has decided, as might have been expected, to ratify the Lausanne Treaty, but the sooner the whole method of Imperial representation in foreign policy is settled, the better it will be for the Empire. The Ottawa debate was a friendly warning. The difficulties, of course, are vast, and perhaps the best proof of that fact is that the recent Imperial Conference was unable or unwilling to give any lead in the matter.