OPPOSITION DELEGATES
sm,--It must be generally agreed that the last peace was gravely pre- judiced by the failure of -the Governments, both of this country and of the U.S.A., to include in their delegation members of the Opposition Parties. In America, President Wilson's policy was repudiated to the fatal detriment of the League of Nations. In this country the Peace Treaty never had the united support of the nation.
Janus suggests that divisions within the delegation would become known and might, lower the whole delegation's authority. If divisions on some vital principle existed, dissenting members would, of course, be obliged to resign. But would such resigtfations not likewise take place if divisions on vital principles existed in the All-Party Government which Janus seems to prefer? If he replies " No," he is making a severe stricture on the integrity of All-Party Governments.
I do not want All-Party Governments to become a permanent feature of our political life. But I do think that we should aim at unity and continuity in our foreign policy. Further, there is a vital distinction between domestic issues which are for the most part revocable by a change of Government, and thenegosiation• of a Peace Treaty with foreign Powers which once made cannot be inndi•esally revok0.—Yours,
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