TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION 413

CHAPTER XIX

1. Discuss municipal trading; collect facts about your own
local authority's activities in this field.

2. What qualities should be looked for in candidates for posts
in the local Government service?

3. Discover further illustrations of co-operation and conflict
between central and local authorities.

CHAPTER XX

1. Should the method of Government of the City of London
be made more like that of the rest of the country?

2. Discuss the distribution of powers and duties between the
L.C.C. and the Metropolitan Boroughs; what changes might be
desirable?

3. Debate the policies of the two parties in London Govern-
ment.

CHAPTER XXII

1. Obtain, if possible from first-hand sources, information
about the life of people in India and the Colonies.

2. What grievances have those Powers which lack large
Empires?

3. What is the effect of the existence of the British Empire on
world politics?

4. "A democracy cannot govern an Empire." Discuss, in
relation to the British Empire.

CHAPTER XXIII

1. For what reasons might it be desirable to draft a Common-
.wealth Constitution? Attempt to frame some of the clauses.

2. In what respects is the Sovereignty of both Britain and
the Dominions limited by their association in the Common-
wealth?

3. Discuss Federalism and the Referendum.

CHAPTER XXIV

i. Study the map of post-War Europe, with reference to
minorities, and other League activities.