We have more than once tried to impress upon our
readers the merits and potential importance of the International Chamber of Commerce, as a kind of junior commercial League of Nations, well fitted to act as, among other things, an unofficial expert adviser to the League itself. Many commercial questions come before the League and there is an economic side to nearly every political question. We are glad, therefore, to have received from the Secretary-General of the Chamber in Paris a statement issued by the President, Dr. Walter Leaf, bringing out the close and happy informal relations between the League and the Chamber. Since the Con- gress of the Chamber at Brussels, Dr. Leaf has been to Geneva and discussed with the Secretariat and with delegates such matters as double taxation, legislation concerning bills of exchange and cheques, customs declarations and international railway services and tariffs. Many mistakes may be avoided and practical progress made easier by the frank interchange of opinions and information between the two bodies.
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