The Imperial War Conference met for the first time on
Wednesday under the chairmanship of Mr. Walter Long. The Conference is to discuss and vote on matters which are not
immediately dealt with by the War Cabinet. India is represented, and her delegates have equal voting-powers with the others. In the War Cabinet India is represented by Mr. Austen Chamberlain, but his advisers are evidently to have high responsibilities in the Conference. The representatives of the Dominions welcomed the arrangement as cordially as the Indian representatives themselves. Very quietly changes are being introduced which will culminate sooner or later in the organized recognition of the simple fact that the great self-governing Dominions are sister-nations of Britain with direct responsibility for the conduct of our common Imperial affairs.
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