23 FEBRUARY 1924, Page 11

Admirers of Lord Balfour throughout the Empire and in the

United States will join with his friends at home in congratulating him on the celebration of his jubilee at Westminster. It was in February, 1874, that the young Conservative, Arthur James Balfour, first took his seat in the House of Commons. What stupendous events have taken place in his political lifetime and especially in the English-speaking world ! It is not without interest to recall that fifty years ago the popula- tion of the United States was a third of what it is to-day. * *