20 MARCH 1926, Page 10

The March issue of the Round Table contains an article

on " The Next Imperial Conference " that should be read by everyone interested in the future of the Empire. Nowhere have I seen the crucial problem summed up more tersely : " The real alternatives before the Dominions are not between a dependent status and independent nationhood, but between a nationalism which sees its fulfilment in isolation and a nationalism yehich sees it in an active participation in the world's affairs."