Sta,—I gather from Mr. Willis's letter that with reference to
Empire Banks controlled by the City, the question of whether the word " British " appears in the name of the bank is immaterial. Mr. Willis explains that some Empire banks, for example in Australia and New Zealand, are not controlled from the Dominions even though these banks do not use the word " British " in their names Control of the banks in the rest of the Empire, except in Canada, he does not mention. -
Mr. Willis says I "do not further accurate presentation to Americans of the nature of the British Commonwealth." On the contrary, I evoked his letter, which does contain a good measure of the sort of information which audiences in America would alike to hear, but which they do not get from visiting British lecturers who go on and on about the political status of the Dominions. However, the only question which I tried to ask in my letter was whether the Dominions were "completely independent." Mr. Willis's letter does not show that they are. What he does very ably argue is that financial control by the City is a good thing for the Dominions as well as for the City. That is a matter which I do not presume to query.—Yours faithfully,
z Gordon Square, London, W.C. z.
WILLARD CONNELY.
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