Unfortunately our space will not allow us to quote tho
whole of Mr. Balfour's scathing exposure of Colonel Churchill's sinister paradoxes, and no attempt to compress that exposure would be successful. We must he content to advis3 our readersito study the speech at length. They will never regret doing so from the point of view of an intellectual pleasure. What is far more important, they will realize how utterly unworthy of confidence is a man who could do what Mr. Balfour shows that Colonel Churchill did when he came to the House of Commons on Tuesday night to hint faults in the Navy and " hesitate " grounds for a want of confidence in the efficiency of the Fleet. We may, however, quote Mr. Balfour's generous and thoroughly well-merited praise of Sir Henry Jackson, the present First Sea Lord. Colonel Churchill had asked that Lord Fisher should go to the Admiralty. That was equivalent to saying that Sir Henry Jackson must resign :—
" Now, Sir Henry Jackson in an Admiral who no doubt is less known to the general public than Lord Fisher. He has not been, like Lord Fisher, in the, public eye for many years. His name is net familiar to newspaper readers. He has not been assoeiated
with groat and dramatic changes in naval policy ; but I think, if you ask competent judges in the Navy, they will all say that a more admirable officer than Sir Henry Jackson, and one better fitted to fill the place which he now occupies, could not be found."
