3 SEPTEMBER 1921, Page 24

The July number of the Journal of the Parliaments of

the Empire (Empire Parliamentary Association, Westminster Hall ; 10s. net) is important for its admirable summaries of the debates in four of the Dominion Parliaments on the programme for the Imperial Conference which has now ended. There was some plain speaking at Ottawa, Melbourne, and Cape Town, and it is well to know what the unofficial members said. We may draw attention also to the debate at Ottawa on the proposal to appoint a Canadian Minister to Washington—a proposal which was by no means favourably received.