Mr. Lloyd George gave his reasons for parting with Sir
William Robertson in the House of Commons on Tuesday. He asked at the outset that the matter should be treated as a question of policy and not of personalities. The Government had found to their regret that the retention of Sir William Robertson was incom- patible with the policy on which they had decided in common with the Allies at Versailles, to promote greater concentration and unity of effort in view of the enemy's increased strength in the West. The Allies wore fully agreed as to the policy of an inter-Allied authority with executive powers. The only difference was as to how the central authority should be constituted. The French and British General Staffs had proposed a Council of the Chiefs of Staff, but the proposal was rejected, mainly because the executive body must be in continuous session and ready to act instantly, and also because the British and Italian Chiefs of Staff could not be in two places at once.
