Lord Wolseley, G.C.B., Adjutant-General of the British Army.

"Had not the pressure of official business made it impossible for me to do so, I should certainly have attended the Conference at the Westminster Palace Hotel, as the closer union between this country and her Colonies is a subject in which I have always felt the deepest interest, and, in my opinion, is of great national importance, and well worthy of the earnest consideration of every serious statesman."