1 AUGUST 1908, Page 3

On Tuesday the Congress was opened at Caxton Hall. An

admirable address was delivered by Lord Courtney of Penwitb, who elaborated a single theme,—the connexion between justice and peace. " Without justice they could have no guarantee of a permanent peace ; with justice the peace of the world was unassailable." Very different was Mr. Lloyd George's speeob at the Queen's Hall in the evening. The speech no doubt suffered greatly in coherence owing to the persistent interrup- tions of women suffragists, but we cannot find in it any practical suggestion. At first sight it might seem to question the necessity of the two-Power standard for the Navy ; but we are glad to see that Mr. Lloyd George in a letter published by the Times on Thursday denies that ho had any such thought in his mind.