3 JULY 1909, Page 11

At the finnl sitting of the Imperial Press Conference last

Saturday Lord Esher declared that sound military organisation for the Empire could be summed up in three words,—a General Staff. Lord Charles Beresford said that the great anxiety of our statesmen could be explained in only one way,—they knew that we were not prepared. General French said that over a million soldiers, already trained, could be raised by the Empire, and he hoped that soon all these would be at the disposition of the coming Imperial General Staff.