Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The World Crisis, 1916-1918, Vol. 2
War Machinery - Blasting Power and Moving Power - The Fateful Issue.
N July 16, 1917, the Prime Minister invited me to join the new Government. He proposed to me either the Ministry of Munitions or the newly created Air Ministry, with the proviso that if I chose the latter, he must have till the afternoon to make certain personal rearrangements in the Administration. I said at once that I preferred Munitions; and the matter was settled in as many words as I here set down.
The appointment was announced the next morning. There was an outcry among those who at that time had accustomed themselves to regard me with hostility. An immediate protest was made by the Committee of the National Union of Conservative Associations, and an in?uential deputation of Unionist Members presented them selves to the leader of the Party in strong complaint. Mr. Lloyd George had however prepared the ground with his accustomed patience. Lord Northcliffe was on a mission to the United States, and appeased. Sir Edward Carson and General Smuts were warm advocates. The group of Min isters who had successfully prevented my entering the Government on its formation was no longer intact. Some had been previously placated: the remnant acquiesced.
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