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- It can be claimed for the British delegation that it has done.. its best . to get the Conference down to practical discussions as soon as possible, for Mr. Chamberlain's speech. of last week, followed by the con- crete resolution he put down on Tuesday and the speech with which he backed it, has brought delegations face to face with decisions they must sooner or later take—or de- cline to take. It is satisfactory that M. Bonnet, .the French Finance Minister, should have pressed with equal vigour. for definite action, with the British proposals as basis. France's extensive proposals, on the other hand, for the international control of agricultural production over a wide field are too ambitious to be immediately practicable, though discussions between four or five countries inter- ested in the limitation of wheat production may lead Somewhere. Meanwhile America's corn and cotton deal with China; will do something to move stocks from where they are not wanted to where they are.' .
