September 15.
At a time so marked by international and imperial congresses and ententes as the present it is no surprise that definite proposals should have been made to hold in London next'year a conference of newspaper editors, representative of the whole Press of the British Empire, The value of conferences of nds is open to criticism. Those in them develop sudden tendencies, under the moment's excitement, to say either more or less than what they mean (according to individual natares) with a resulting check to their subsequent action which may end in various disappointments. But whether they should: speak with pride or repentance in the matter, newspapers have to admit their fall responsibility for the conferences that have been held, and thus can hardly refuse to undergo a similar test themselves. There are dif-culties to be overcome which do not, petheps apply equally in other
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