BEST WISHES FROM AMERICA

Chronicle (Levin), 23 April 1949, Page 5

BEST WISHES FROM AMERICA

Eeceived Friday, 7 p.m. WASHIXGTON, April 21. "If old imperial ties are snapping, new ties seem to be taking their place," says the Washington I'ost in an editorial on the Prime Ministers' conference. "This is as noticeable in India and in Eire as in any of the Dominions whieh have no wish to resign their figureliead. It almost seems as if the way to build up an assoeiation is to do without one. At any i'ate, this applies to Portugal and England between wliom a mere alliance of six. eenturies deepened into a relation without equal between two sovereign nations and perhaps between anv two Dominions. The American people, m this day of American maturity and American power, must wish the London •gathering success in tightening the intangible tie no matter- how loose, invisible or non-existent to the eye, the formal one may become." The editorial says it seems to have eome as a surprise to most of the Irish residents in Britain that their voting rights may be voided in British elections. It adds: " If the Irish in Britain were still to retain British rights in Britain, the solution would be Irish indeed, but there are so many cnriosities in Irish-British relation timi one mere would not seem unduly surprising. ' '