26 APRIL 1940, Page 5

I learn from a letter from Iceland that the proposal

that the island should seek to become part of the British Empire has actually been made in the Althing—the Iceland Parlia- ment, which claims to be the oldest body of its kind in the world. Unfortunately, the suggestion was not happy in its sponsorship, and in addition there is no very clear concep- tion in Iceland as to what entry into the British Empire would involve. But the idea is interesting, and more may be heard of it yet. Any initiative must clearly come from Iceland here. She and she alone must decide whether to revert after the war to her old association with Denmark, or to seek some other.