We hope that the scheme will be very carefully planned
before it is produced. It most not be a misfire. It will be a great change for civilians to have entire control of a man till he is handed over to the Army. Civilians will supply the men ; the Army will train them and use them Every one will be glad to be rid of a certain type of Jack-in-office in khaki, but sec must be very careful not simply to substitute Jacks-in-office in black coats. The warning may not be unnecessary, for we confess that Lord Derby's account of how the Prime Minister agreed to this new drastic proposal made us jump. The interview lasted while the Prime Minister walked between a motor-car and a train at a railway station. While covering these few yards Lord Derby explained his idea. " All right," said Mr. Lloyd George. But much more consideration than that will be necessary to make things "all right."
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