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At the Imperial Conference of 1926, the participating British governments agreed that the Dominions and Great Britain " are autonomous communities within the British Empire, equal in status, in no way subordinate one to another in any aspect of their domestic or external affairs, though united by common allegiance to the Crown, and freely associated as members of the British Commonwealth of Nations"

The participation of the United States in the Opium Conference, and in the London and Paris conferences with reference to the operation of the Dawes plan, has brought forward the question of the right of the executive to participate in such conferences. Sharp criticism has been levelled at the executive on the ground that the President is without right to send representatives, either official or unofficial, to such gatherings without the prior authorization of Congress. This question has now been in the foreground of discussion intermittently for twelve years and is worthy of some analysis.