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Show ES IMG mam sirs i Labor Leader Declares British Brit-ish Parliament Is Not Representative. LONDON, Friday, ept. 12. The re-suit re-suit of the by-election of Widnes, Lancaster, in -which Arthur Hend'jrson, tho labor leader, was elected to the house 'f commons, is eons: dered a severe se-vere blow to the coalition ffovrrnnieiit and has revived speculation as to the imminence of another general elect on. The virtually unanimous vote of the trade? union congress at 01.J.-.gow for i the nationalization of mines and today's vote on the subject of withdraw ing ! British troops from Russia are regarded ! as evidence of a very determined arti- tude on the part of labor against the I government. It is pointed out that there are suspicions as to the government's govern-ment's intentrons concerning Russia and conscription, and that the Glasgow congress declined clearly to condemn the policy of direct action, but. only strategically sidetracked the decision. The reconstruction of the cabinet is long overdue, and has been delayed only ' because ministerial changes would involve in-volve by-elections' which, it is said, would almost certainly provide additional addi-tional evidence that the tide of feel-in feel-in j in the country is running strongly against the government. Added to dif- j ficulties in the field of labor is the j (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) j ttnned from Page One.) t.-.ios, which seems impossible Ma.mon eovernment to satis- .- .''1-. On all sides the con-' con-' 'Jp:ni07i inclines to the view ; o r ai peal to the country can- ''JZ "-"lave.i. "iat aa soon as Pre-i Pre-i L.oy.1 George returns from to to summon the inner , the whole situation. ' j..;, ''""in. in an interview tV-'i,,0? success in Widnes, , K'as "an emphatic con-fi'i'v con-fi'i'v 'i6 coa''t'on Kovern-t-r' an lie ''vn'-,al po-rV;"l" po-rV;"l" upon whicn the rov- ti' cor't'nued, "that the ' . .'leman.i for a policy of Sir !, s ln ,he fa"t that the lament is f,.t to he wholly ,.'.' '. of the nation, and a , rf,a"tionarv influences. ' ved the country in pro-1!y pro-1!y ,. V ,h; negation of I R. s'"jwn in develop-! Huncarv and, near .' w':r" the situation is ''l"es is a warning ' 'f;r't cannot aff(,rd to ig- |