25 JUNE 1910, Page 3

We cannot find space to summarise Mr. Haldane's speech, or

the admirable address of the Adjutant-General, whom we desire to congratulate on his appointment as Inspector of the Oversee Forces of the Crown. We may note, however, that Sir Ian Hamilton showed once again that he knows how to speak as a soldier to soldiers. Very happy was his comparison of himself to a man who in his daily work of growing potatoes had suddenly come upon a pot of gold. The proceedings on the Horse Guards' Parade closed with the reading of a sympathetic letter from Lord Roberts, the model of all veterans whether in physique or public spirit, who un- fortunately, owing to another engagement, was unable to attend the parade.