General Dumesnil has accompanied me, in case our conversation should turn upon military matters here or at the War Office." The General saluted.

The Prime Minister bowed a little awkwardly.
"So far as I am concerned," the latter declared, "I will be perfectly frank with you from the start.

I know nothing whatever about military affairs.

My job is to govern this country, to make the most of its resources, and to bring prosperity to its citizens from the English Channel to the North Sea.

We don't need soldiers and never shall, that I can see.