1 APRIL 1916, Page 3

La the House of Commons on Thursday week there was

a dis- cussion on the duties of delegates to the Economic Conference to be held in Paris. One demand made was that the delegates should go with precise instructions, and another that they should be required to advocate a strong "N ver again" policy—a refusal to trade with Germany after the war. It was pointed out that the Senate of the Australian Commonwealth had already approved of such a policy in a resolution. At the time of the debate Mr. Runciman was the only delegat who had been named, but it has since been announced that Mr. Bonar Law will also go. Mr. Lloyd George, who spoke for the Government in the absence of Mr. Runciman, said that the Conference would not be a Conference if the delegates went with "cut- and-dried instructions.