Evening star., 1923-10-15
Britain:First Policy Expected
From London Imperial Parley

a "solidified Britain" probably will
result from the imperial conference
of premiers now in session in London,
American editors believe. Questions
of world politics are being considered
with the utmost frankness, but it
is accepted a policy will be adopted
| before final adjournment that should
assure complete harmony among all
of the parts of the British Empire.
That viewpoint is ampIifled by the
| Springfield Republican, which ex-
| plains that ito some extent the con-
ference must be tentative in it's pro-
gram and methods. 1t has to feel
it's way in establishing imperial re-
lations upon broader and solder
basis and it is well that the general
disposition should be to approach
these fundamental problems in a eau
tious and conservative spirit. None
| the less the discussions now In prog
ress will be a long step toward
! the reconstruction Of the empire, and
| the occasion is worthy of the pen
| of Rudyard Kipling."
1t is the opInion OF the Detroit
News that men now living, who can
recall the British Empire as O purely
| colonial structure, shall live to see
| the Canadian, Australian and South
| British government as the cabinet
! in London itself" This Is also. in
| part at least, the view of the New
York Tribune. which feels pressure
in Europe Is driving Great Britain
| to look further and further afield
policy and insular policy are both
deeply affected by the new point OF
view"
In this connection the Winnipeg
Tribune makes it plain Canada VIII
accept her honorable obligations. The
Canadian people are not dead beats
! or poltroons and If they were un-
willing to accept the responsibilities
| that go with the benefits of imperial
i partnership they would take the man
/ ly course of withdrawing from II"
y X x
| Tho Boston Transcript emphasizes
at some length the Importance of the
| "dominions" as IAN aggregate Of
powers to which no one man can
| dictate. They cannot be moved un-
! less they want to be moved"
| Their mission also, as the Wall
Street Journal sees 1t, Is to devise
| the fuller utilization of the great
partnership of which they are mem
| bers. 1t is noteworthy that they are
not debating the solidarity OF the
British Empire. The great war demon
I srrated that in a most extraordinary
way. and 1t should make many of us
Americans thoughtful to remember
| that it was not only the Germans who
were wrong about it's strength on the
! outbreak of that war. Sensible Amer
| leans will have nothing but good
wishes for this real league or nations,
\ the worlds best guarantee of peace.
| The fact that the conference "favors
| negotiation to limit air armament
| is Impressive, the Indianapolis News
| emphasizes, because the people who
| nay the taxes all over the world
| ''would be glad to reduce them. The
British government needed no con-
vincing, and doubtless there are other
! governments in the same frame OF
| mind" The addresses so far made at
| the conference, the Winnipeg Free
| Press points out, contain clear in
| tfmation of the Importance of the de-
tiiberations, but it Is to be remembered
that there are distinct differences in
various ways in the circumstances Of
| the various parts Of the common
wealth, and 1t must not be surprising
| that the parts, while desiring to CO.
| operate closely, should diner as to
how 1t should be done"
The influence of the session cannot
| be overestfmated, the Des Mofnes
Register insists, when IL is remem-
bered that britain has one-fourth
l the population of the globe. If these
| peoples can be held together in q