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The Times states, as if the matter were one of

routine, that Lord Wolseley has resigned his great post as Adjutant- General of the Army. That is a serious change, and we can only hope that it has not been produced by any conflict of views as to the future organisation of the general control. Lord Wolseley is understood to be strongly in favour of the recommendations of the Hartington Commission, which would substitute for a General Commanding-in-Chief with quasi- independent authority a Chief of the Staff directly responsible to the War Minister. That opinion is, as we recently explained, exceedingly offensive to the Court, and to all those soldiers and statesmen—a small minority, we believe—who sincerely hold that a Parliamentary Chief of the Army would be a menace to the Monarchy.

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