SPECTABILIA.
THE Imperial Conference in October should be one of the most important ever•held. High on the agenda paper will be the 'question of the diplomatic unity of the British Commonwealth.. Where do the Dominions stand in regard to the Loearno Pact, which stated that no obligation would be imposed on any of the British Dominions or on India ? All eyes will be turned on General Hertzog, the Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa, regarded as the leader of the centrifugal forces in Greater Britain. Let us hope that the conference can give us back the diplomatic unity which we possessed at the time of the Washington Conference and which we have since dispensed with. The situation is a delicate one, however ; Mr. Mackenzie King will be thinking of his Nationalist followers in Quebec Province, and General ,Hertzog of his supporters on the " back veld." • .. . *
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