An Imperial Trust The anonymous benefaction of which Lord Baldwin
has been made the recipient, in the shape of a donation of £250,000 "to strengthen still further the ties that bind together the Dominions and the United Kingdom," will inevitably form the nucleus of an Imperial Trust, the extension of whose work from necessarily modest beginnings, such as an incokie of ito,000 a year can finance, will be ensured by other similar gifts. The best way to make such support certain is to frame plans which will appeal to everyone who cares for the Empire in its best sense. For that imagination as well as enthusiasm is needed. Modem inventions like the radio and the film will be better investments than chairs of Imperial History at Universities. Better news services between the Dominions and the United Kingdom, and between the several Dominions, are badly needed. Some- thing may be done for emigration, but the Governments and the existing voluntary institutions really cover that ground sufficiently. And while the extent of the activities entered on must necessarily be determined by the extent of the funds available there ought to be no hesitation at all whether India should or should not be included. Its inclusion in any well-conceived scheme is of quite capital importance. However that may be, there will be universal appreciation of the unknown donor's munificence.
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