The House of Lords, on Wednesday, heard a most interesting
review by Lord Londonderry on the organi- zation of Imperial Defence, which simultaneously ex- plained the work of the Committee of Imperial Defence and questioned whether a Ministry of Defence would improve it. An affirmative answer has been Lord Hutchison's pet pigeon for many years, and he made it a swift-flying bird, but Lord Londonderry brought it down with both barrels. The -debate in the Commons on the same day upon Mr. Eden's mission was poor stuff, because Mr. Eden could not yet say anything except retail his personal impressions, and his critics could say nothing new. The House is divided into two sections, one of which has given up what hope it ever had of disarmament and the other of which can only say hopefrilly, " Wait and see.','
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