The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-24
BRITISH NAVY
 UPSETS LORDS
lRy Associated Press.


 ing cost of the4s navy,ss and which is called the ..Suictde Party Dy the Un-s ionists press, Is paramount question in political circles. Should he do so ston Churchill First Lord of the Ad- 1rliralty who has declared that the increase in the naval estimates which he would submit during the coming session of parliament is the actual rninifnurn8 for the safety of British su uprenlacy at sea, and also against Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, who has agreed that the increase is absolutely necessary in view of the steps being taken by the contine ental powers.
 There is no doubt that there is struggle on not only within the Iib- eraI Party, but also in the cabinet it. self, over this question of armaments Heretofore, the big and the little, na-s wy men in the cabinet have been able to smooth out t1leir differences but in face Of a still bigger bill for the navy, and the pressure from the I1ib- eral party for reduction. those who believe that England is. safe with her present navy and can afford to put the break on, will be more inclined to op- pose the demands of the admiralty. IT Lloyd George ssn oufd press his demand for a halt. before the cabinet there $ the possibility of disruption or the. Government. MT. Churchill, who has been completely converted to the big ger programme for the navy. and a big vote for aerial deve1opment. viii certainly stand out for what he wtl> term the rnirafnum for safety. It will then be a tussle between him and Mr. George. Both are extremists when. it comes to a fight, and 1t will take all the eloquenee of moderate men of the cabinet to pr vent serious discord- M Lloyd George has given a. few req sons for his belief that England can now call 8 halt in her naval ezkpendi- turess 9s His first is that relations be- tWeen5 Germany and England are in : hnitetly better than forsyears and both
 have learned that they have nothing to gain by quarrel1ing. Another req son is that the acontfnantaI powers are now concentrating on their armies and hat rEnany can not stand tn g strain of both P supreme navy ana as supr erne army and therefore she is no longer a competitor against England reason is the spread of the revolt against military oppression through out the whole of sChristendom. f
 According to the Daily Chronicle, |the paper which might almost be con- Isidered MT. Georges organ, MT George says sstl1@ common sense of the industrfal classes, be they capf- E5alist opa labor, las risen against this Eorganfzed insanity (of naval expen- sdfutre) and this is aspropitious n1o-
 
 of arnaments Unless Liberalism seizes the opportunfty it will be false Ito It's noblests trad itions, and those 1 lauho ha1s sthe consciencea of Liberal lisn1 in their charge will be written down for all time as having grossly betrayed their trust T l These words eoming after the Prime | Minister and ths.s First Lord of the 1 A Admiralty had pfaet7cal1ys declanad that an increased vote for the navy l is necessary bodes i'll for continued cohesion Of the Liberal Party. On the same day that this Lloyd George intervieW was published, Sir John Brunner. president of the National Liberal Federation, issued a letter on the same subject, which is practF lscally an attack on the Prime Minis ter, who had declared to a deputation l of the Federa ton sthat 1t W as neces7 lsary to keep up the expenditure on farnaments Sir John used much Ithe same Arguments as Lloyd George and urged every Liberal association would like to see an arrest in the ex- pendfture for the navy. It. is clear therefore that the Radical Econe~ nIsts, z as they have been dubbed, are Eloa fight hard against increased sesti-
 mates next session.
 EFhe acceptanee Aofs a peerage by James Bryce late -Ambassador to l Washing ton, and his consequent jseaf 1 in the House of Lords, is the great
 est acquisition the Liberal Party shas received to it's membership in the Up Iper Chamber since Lord Morley took a similar step. ss. l Of the whole rnembership of the Liberal Party no man has more in fhuenre with the people of England than Lord Bryce.N His support of
 any question pending will consequent- A11Az n
 nnent. and as he is a thorough Rad
 ica1, it is not likely that the Govern Ement can produce anything particu-
 larly in the line ofsocial reform that l will not meet with his approval.
 Home Rule also gains a valuable Eadvocate in the Upper House. for EIsords Bryce, although himself an Bl- ster man, has always favored Glad
 stonian Home Ruls for Ireland. His l infiuences however, will no doubt, be used to bring about a settlement by consent. and with his old colleagues l Lords Loreburn. Ceurtenay, Morley land Ha1dane with other liberal peers fighting the cause of the Government l in the House Of Lords Ireland will have able supporters if she cannot se-
 chamber. The Conservatives, a1- 4 though outh uIn bering the Liberals
 enorn1ous usIy in the Upper House. have
 no match for the quartette mention Ied.s
 I Colonel J. E. B. SeeIy, secretary of
 state for war, has like Winston I lChurchi1l. First Lord Of the Admiral 1 ty established the reputation of be- ling very versatile minister The Colonel. also like MT. Churchill, was i formerly d Conservative, going over Ito the. Liberal Party, when the Con lserYatives adopted tariff reform as lagainst free Trade. He also fought Itfrough the South African war and sEswon the Distinguished Service Or I der. His versatility, however, has been more pronounced since he sac- Iceeded Lord EIaIdaneS as civil head of the army. A series of pictures just i publ show the Colonel as a mem Der of the-crew of the Ifeboat of the <alI- V,