EMPIRE DEFENCE
CO-OF.DINATION POLICY,
LONDON, June 17. A pronouncement against a Ministry of Defence was made in tbe House of Lords by the Earl of Balfour, Lord President of tin- Council. Lord Th om so n urged the' reconstruction of the Committee of Imperial II efen cc. which. he said, should be given greater executive power regarding policy. In reply Lord Balfour said administrative co-ordina-tion was going on happily. The Ministry was in the process of establishing a College of Imperial Defence for the purpose of disseminating knowledge which would ensure co-operation on the military side. Personally he could not see the gain in having a Minister of Defence if the Imperial Defence Committee were left as it was, because it was more able to effect the co-ordina-tion of the civil and military services i ban a Minister would be. I hi' Earl of (avnn (for many years thief of the General Staff) said the present system had worked smoothly and well. It would he extremely ill-advised to Iry to change it.—(A. and N.Z.)
Lord Thomson.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 143, 18 June 1926, Page 7
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