The idea of setting up at Westminster an All-Empire Parliament
representing the self-governing nations which make up the British Commonwealth is, of course, no new one, and has a very familiar ring to members of the Round Table groups throughout the British Empire and to those who read Mr. Curtis's volumes on the proposed Constitu- tion for the British Empire. But public opinion in the Dominions will have to undergo a revolutionary change if an All-Empire Parliament is to come within the range of practical politics: I 'fear if Mr. Lansbury were to undertake a tour throughout the Dominion of Canada and try to persuade the Canadian electorate to send representatives to an All-Empire Parliament at West- minster, which would have full control over all such matters as foreign affairs, defence, finance, trade, com- merce and migration—and these are the subjects specifi- cally mentioned by Mr. Lansburry=he would be suxprised to find how strong is the feeling against any problems concerning Canada being decided three thousand miles away at Westminster. And Canada is by no means alone in this attitude.
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