My dear O'Kelly,

I shall answer your letters of this morning in one note.

1. If the British change the title of their embassy we shall have to put up with it even though they do not consult us. 'Irlande du Nord' is an anomaly which we should try to keep out of our international nomenclature as much as possible. We hope to be able to have the title changed to 'Grande Bretagne' simply after some time, and I wish de Fouquières would leave the question alone for the present. The Embassy is 'Ambassade Britannique' to the majority of people and in any case an old title maintained some time after it has lost its meaning is not rare enough to excite much comment. It is on our side a matter of much delicacy and must be taken up in its own time between the Governments. If de Fouquières wishes to mention it to the British you cannot very well prevent him.

2. There is no danger of possible new Dominions affecting the advance of the old. Canada and ourselves are fully alive to the dangers. The supreme safeguard is to prevent the Imperial Conference becoming a constitutional organ in the Commonwealth. There is to be no majority rule.

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