Show PREMIER AS SCORES SCONES BALFOUR Denounces His Alarmist Refer References to Germany and Criticisms Criticisms of the Navy I DANGEROUS TO WORLD PEACE That Sing Would Continue to Faster Than Thun Ii miser London Jan Premier 6 Asquith David Dald Lloyd rge chancellor or of the tho exchequer John Burns Duma president of the tho local government board and other members of the government tonight Ire de denounced A J alarmist re l to Germany and replied to his hisa a accusations or of the ot of tho nav navy j Chancellor who recel i l ed cd an ovation at Peckham a district In ht C London London described Mr Speed speech 8 the last resort of a thoroughly des desperate man who sa saw that his taus causo o lost Mr 11 Balfour I was had Indulged In plucking the tho German eagles caglos tail LaU feath ClaUt ors and had become a discreditable practise he said even In America Ho He was sorry to see tho leader of a great party and an aim ex premier reduced to the extremity of i following In the tho footsteps o of the mO moat it discredited t type pc of politician In ht the m I United States Such talk was vas daner dan or oas ous to Ul orlus s peace and a disgrace i to British politics ho said Great Britain the llor went on In her time had warred with almost ocr ovary country but never wIth German On the Uto contrary she had generally had Germany fight sl side o b by side wILli with her In the last decade Great Britain had built nearly double the number ot of hat bat constructed b by Germany but It the Ule ratio were wom unversed Inversed he would not be afraid because Great Britain had the men behind the tho guns But he added wo we will continue tt to build warships faster than G With to the effect of till the budget on trade Chancellor Lloyd Lloy George Georgo took UIO he unusual course of pro pre prematurely maturely announcing returns of the board of trade for December Tho They showed an increase In exports over De comber 1908 amounting to The biggest previous year British ever eer saw was HOT and the tho chancellor pointed out trade for the last month was better than in December 1907 by in exports and antl If I they took both exports and Imports It was better by It looked as though tho coming year car would be the biggest for British trade since tho foundation of the empire lIe said Mr Balfour at Ipswich Tel fol lowed Jawed Lord Lansdowne with regard t to reform of the house or of lords By nil all moans moans he said let us reform the loupe of lords to strengthen it H Let us ask an any American citizen whether he thought life would be worth living if IC the tak taken en by tho framers of the Constitution were disregarded and n only the house of representatives would rule He i would reply that the man who made madeI I such a suggestion was a lunatic MI Dir Balfour wished that the question j of the reform of the tho house or of lords could be dealt with by both parties irrespective Uvo of party He instanced the Irish homo home rule bill as an instructive example of th the need or of a second chamber cham chambor I bor ber Home rule had been twice adopted by the tho house of cOmmons but had been repudiated b by the common sense ense of oC the tho community If the radicals have their way wa ho aSked would the tho community have a chanco or of giving their opinion The Tho OPposition lender leader also devoted part of oC his speech to denouncing the Liberal home rule policy and to point Ing out the tho advantages of tariff re form He made no reference to the storm many his last speech made In ht Ger I |