The Times of Tuesday published an excellent letter on Imperial
. Defence from Major-General Sir John Davidson, Major Ralph Glynn and Colonel H. Spender Clay. They argue that the first step towards a Ministry of Defence should be- to set up a special section of the General Staff of the three Services, which would secure a proper balance between the Services, prevent over- lapping and 'achieve economy. They propose that the three Chiefs of the Staff should all sign Votes A of all the three Services. Finally they support the proposal that a Royal Commission should devise the best machinery for co-ordinating the Services. We trust that some definite ideas• on this subject will take shape in time for the Imperial Conference. We are really appalled by the amount of money which is being spent on the Defence Services at a time when there is less prospect of war than there has been in living memory.
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