ABSTRACT

A new chairman was elected in the person of Lieutenant-

man whose imperial experience had included an inspection on

the R.C.I. and proved to be a dynamic leader during the period of

question. 10 Understandably, therefore, he became disgruntled

Empire and saw informal co-operation as the only way of promoting

unity. Thus he rejected "constitution-mongering" and preferred

As a member of the R.C.I. Jebb joined Edwards, Lagden,

informal, educational approach to achieving imperial unity was

only made gradually between 1909 and 1914.