THE
ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD
BY EVELYN WRENCH.
THEWinnipeg Free Press publishes a leading article on the subject of the powers of the Imperial Con- ference. Taking. as its theme the speeches of Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, while in opposition, and those of Mr. Baldwin when Prime Minister, it considers that the future pro- cedure at these gatherings is now clearly defined. An engagement made by a Prime Minister at the Imperial Conference must, says the Free Press, be submitted to the Parliament to which he is responsible. If the Government of which he is a member changes before Parliament is called to ratify the arrangement the new Government's responsibility only extends to submitting the question to Parliament for its free judgment. No other attitude towards this much discussed problem is possible. * *
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