At intervals Mr.Lloyd George would send one of the guests, evidently a secretary, from the room.

The latter, on his return, would whisper something in the Prime Minister's ear, but more frequently he would merely shake his head.
Evidently he had been sent to obtain the latest news of the battle.
At one point the Prime Minister did refer to the great things taking place in France.
"This battle means one thing," he said.

"That is a generalissimo." "Why couldn't you have taken this step long ago ?" Admiral Sims asked Mr.
Lloyd George.
The answer came like a flash.
"If the cabinet two weeks ago had suggested placing the British Army under a foreign general, it would have fallen.

Every cabinet in Europe would also have fallen, had it suggested such a thing." _Memorandum on Secretary Baker's visit_ Secretary Baker's visit here, brief as it was, gave the heartiest satisfaction.

So far as I know, he is the first member of an American Cabinet who ever came to England while he held office, as Mr.Balfour was the first member of a British Cabinet who ever went to the United States while he held office.