It is already certain that Mr. MacDonald wilt visit America,
bui the visit must bebrief. The imporiance of it is that it will establish the principle of the-supreme 4ltie of personal -contact Anglo-Ameriean relations.The . _ United States Government seem to be intent upon achieving an Anglo-American formula of " parity." We would not have it otherwise. There was a time when it seemed that such a formula was unattainable, and that the line of least resistance would be to rewrite sea law in such a way as to make a clash. between the traditionally conflicting interests of the two countries out of the question. Thus the exact strength of the two navies in cruisers or in any other branch would become entirely irrelevant. As the Americans, however, hanker after " parity," that ought to suit Great Britain just as well, provided that the technical difficulties are not seen through a magnifying glass and the glorious objective of the Conference through a minimizing glass. We confess that we are confident. The right spirit at last governs the attempt.
