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Show Balfour Opposes Conscription. LONDON. - July In the House of Commons Com-mons yesterday Premier Balfour referred to the speech of Field-Marshal Lord Roberts In the House of Lords Monday last. In which 'the letter said that the armed forces of Great Britain as a body were absolutely unfitted and unprepared for war. and declared emphatically that the -choice lay between -conscription and some practical aystem of universal training. The Premier said he could never be led to believe that conncrlptloa could be successfully adopted In England. t.- .. , - |