BRITISH POLITICS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 665, 16 November 1909, Page 5

BRITISH POLITICS.

. .« THE NAVY, ADMIRAL BERESFORD'S CHARQES, MANOEUVRES FABOICAL'. (By a'dceraph-Pfeae AesoQietion-Oonyrlebt.) (Rec. November 15, Q.SO p.m.) London, November 15. Admiral Lord Charles Borosford, G.0.M.G., speaking at the Dolphin Club (Consen ative) dinnoi , ttt Bristol, again Indicted the Adnuralty and the Government for the state of tho Navy. Among tho main points of his argument .wore:— (1) Deficiency of ships, men, and stores. 2) Absence ol a i\ar resene of coal. (3) Absence of a true War Division at thfl Admiralty to direct the training of the fleet for ivar. . . : • ' Tho recent naval manoeuvres, Admiral Borcsford declared, were farcical, and tfce public was drugged with falsehood. The business of the Naiy was always to bo ready to meet a-ltacV, This it could not be unless it wao continually under traimne at sea. "The two-Power standard haa gone,apd can only bo-recovered with, tho help of the oversea nations; but they ,are only beginning, and it will be at least five years before they can contributo to tho naval strength of the Empire." Admiral Bcresford concluded by urgina ovory class of society to join together "to put an end Jo tho miserable weakness, vacillation, and compromise which are jeopardisini; our supremacy at sea, and, therefore, our life as fen Empire."

LORDS' QFFER Of BATTLE. THE WORST GROUND FQE THE PEERS. London November H, Mr. Winston Churchill, President of the Board of Trade, speaking at the Anchor poll, tical banquet in celebration of Colston's Day at Bristol, said stormy weather was coming. They would have to cope with the Lords, aha with the ladies. This remark was received with laughter, the Minister having just neon assaulted by a Suffragette at the railway station. As regards tho Budget, Mr, Churchill- , expressed defihnco of the Lords and confidence In the people. lie declared that the fqrmer were offering battle on tho worst possible ground for thomnelyes, ' , .[November 13 is tho anniversary D f tho' birthday of Edward Colstp/,, who founded a hospital, a free school, a.nd other chanties in Bristol, about two centuries ago, Tho occaiVTi. 1 ? by annual dinners of the Dolphin Society (Conservative), the Anchor Society (Liberal), and the Gratohil Society (neutral), It is tho cnetora. for tho leaders of the two great parties to attend these functione and deliver pplitical speeches.] ANTI-SOCIAUISM. A NONCONFORMIST ORGANISATION. London, November U. A powerful Nonconformist Anti-Socialist Union has heen started. It has tho hearty approval of Mr. Balfour, Mr. J. Chamberlain, and Lord Eosebory.'