22 APRIL 1911, Page 2

Mr. Balfour, in his reply, described the Prime Minister's speech

as a very strange performance. In it the Prime Minister had given his adherence to Single-Chamber Govern- ment in its fullest form. If this doctrine of absolute Single- Chamber Government, which was now put forward without disguise or qualification, was to prevail, of what use was the Preamble or any Second Chamber P • Mr. Balfour added that at the General Election the voters were not made to realise that Home Rule would be carried over the heads of the

Lords. The.Prime Minister did not make it clear that Home Rule would follow, though he should have done so and though he alleged that he had done so.