The lesson

The lessons we have learnt show that Britain must not remain for too long in a country to be forced to make an ignominious exit (as with Egypt), but a moderate delay in granting self government is good if the country takes the opportunity in serving an apprenticeship in the art of self-government, as India did.

It is immoral to hold unwilling subjects by force. "I hope this lesson will be taken to heart in Cyprus and Algeria," Dr. Toynbee added.

Concerning military bases we can learn much from the United States which gets on perfectly well with secure bases in countries that are not its own.

The Commonwealth role is to establish and maintain friendships with other countries, equal in status, and more important, in spirit. Thereby it may contribute towards a single human family.

In the atomic age men must learn to live together. The existence of a Commonwealth where East and West arc together on an equal footing may mean the assertion of the balance of the world not at the cost of a further scries of catastrophes.