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"Not less indispensable is the thorough reconstruction of the present ministerial system. . . . The present composition and working of the Government are a hindrance to our hopes and an asset to our foes. . . . There is no movement for personal reasons against Mr. Chamberlain as Prime Minister. Neither in the Cabinet nor out of it is there any ambitious competitor for his place. ... It is the more incumbent upon him to provide the invigorated government and the more efficient system of war thinking, war planning and war waging that the nation demands and the Allied cause urgently claims. Instead of the present large Inner Committee loaded with departmental duties, there must be a real War Cabinet compacted of a few men who will give their whole time and mind to foresight and action. This is the sine qua non of success."