Though we felt bound to say what we have just
said, On general question of whether it is wise for a Prime Minister t3 leave his country and the direction of affairs and to shut himself
up for weeks in some capital city abroad, where he is inaccessible, and rightly inaccessible for he has to concentrate on his special job, is quite another matter. Speaking generally, we should say that Prime Ministers are better at home, and should be con- tent to exercise a general supervision of the matters discussed in conferences without being the actual "discussers." In the present case, however, and after what has happened, we incline to think that an exception should be made in the case of President Harding's invitation. We want not merely to get the best conclusions out of the conference, but to take this fate-laden opportunity of making the two halves, of the English-speaking race come together in goodwill and mutual understanding— under a bond of amity which links them without rigidity and joins them without strain.
