IMPERIAL WAR CABINET.
QUESTION OF PERMANENCY..
LONDON, June 24. The decision of Sir Robert Borden to split the representation of Canada between the War Cabinet and tho Imperial Conference indicates that the work of the former it being performed under increased pressure. Mr. Hughes's name has been mixed up in an unauthorised and misleading way in relation to the meeting of this growing burden. His conjecture that personal op position to him in Australia accounts for the circulation of rumours concerning the presence of a Minister from each Dominion permanently in London is probably not incorrect. Such appointments would not mean that tho War Cabinet would bo prolonged in practice.
General Smuts was appointed, it i? stated, because his military advice was particularly valuable, and the position of other Ministers from any Dominion would not necessarily be the same, as is proved by the cases of Sir George Perley. Rich Commissioner for Canada, and Sir Edward Kemp, Canadian Minister for Militia. Obviously an ideal arrangement would be a War Cabinet which would sit throughout the war, but, this is quito impracticable.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16895, 6 July 1918, Page 7
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