 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Muna December 1905, hurumende yaBalfour yakawa, uye Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman akava Mutungamiriri weHurumende, achitungamirira hurumende yeLiberals duku. Richard Haldane akagadzwa kuva Secretary of State for War, kusarudzwa kwakanga kwaitika netsaona - iye pachake akanga ave achida kuva Lord Chancellor, apo Campbell-Bannerman akamupa chigaro cheGweta-General, ipapo Home Office, uye akanga apa War Office kune vamwe varume vaviri Haldane asati azvipira kuitora. Pasinei nokuvamba uku kwakanga kusingafadzi, aizova - mumashoko aDouglas Haig - Munyori weHurumende Mukuru Wehondo uyo England yakambova naye. Haldane akatora nzvimbo yacho asina pfungwa dzakatangira basa reHondo, asi akakurumidza kugadzikana nepfungwa yokuti kunyatsoshanda kwakanga kuchikosha sechinhu chinotangira kuita upfumi hwemari. Mushure mekumbomira kwenguva pfupi musarudzo huru dza1906, idzo maLiberals akakunda zvakanaka, Haldane akatendeukira kuTangier Crisis, iro rakanga rapotsa raunza France neGermany kuhondo muna December. Sir Edward Grey, Munyori Wezvekunze, akanga abvumirana pachivande kuita kuti Hondo ibatsire France, kana ikarwiswa, uye Haldane akatanga kufunga nzira yakanakisisa yokuita nayo ikoku. Akakurumidza kugumisa kuti pakanga pane kudikanwa kweRegional Expeditionary Force, yakanyatsogadzirirwa uye yakadzidziswa kushandiswa sesimba rekupindira kwenyika. 