Show CON I TO MAKE GAINS I Unionists in Great Britain Have Better of Polling So SoPar j Par Far but Will Pall Fall Short of Control of the Government CANNOT OVERCOME LANDSLIDE OF 1906 Majority Now Placed at Between 80 and 90 Indicating That Asquith Will Have His Hands Full COMMENT ON THE RESULT London Jan elections to today 4 4 day resulted In the return or of the 4 following 4 Unionists 21 Liberals 19 Labor 4 4 Ites 3 Nationalists 1 Unionist i gains 12 Liberal gains L I 4 The standing or of the parties at the conclusion of polling was as 4 follows 4 Unionists Liberals 98 95 Labor 4 Ites Hes 20 NationalIsts 28 4 Total gains Unionists 61 1 Lib 4 eral 9 Laborites 1 H tt H t tt t t t t t The Unionists had decidedly the better of the elections today Of 44 41 seats con contested contested tested they won 21 or of which 12 were rep represented represented resented by In the last par parliament parliament With the exception or of North orth England Scotland and the big bh manufacturing towns the result of the polls shows a stead steady trend toward the fiscal policy of the Unionists but calculating r returns turns thus far announced the political oracles maintain that this will not be sufficient to overcome the big Liberal majority ob obtained tamed In 1906 1900 Of course there are many side Issues such as the cry of oC a weakened navy which have Influenced the voters particularly particularly at naval ports and In countries where landlords wield a great influence more Unionist gains may be expected There will have to be a big turn how however however ever before the government Is put out outA outA A conservative estimate now places the majority over oer the Union UnionIsts Unionists at between 80 60 and 90 00 Not a Clear Majority This with a compact party would be bea a working majority but with the Laborites backed up by the Irish when It suited them the government have havo to tl go warily to avoid pit aIls fals The Laborites It is true are not likely I to be so strong In the new parliament as asIn asIn In the last They have already lost sev several eral seats und several of their members have won by narrow maj majorities This loss of ground by the party has ha been one of at the surprises of the election After the Issues of 1908 they thought they hall bad formed the nucleus of what promised to be a powerful group Suspicion that they opposed a larger navy nevertheless had Its effects for tor a number of opponents of the governments belated action In meeting Germanys building program also suffered defeat The surprises which the sUffragettes were expected to spring have not yet ma materialized The They have been actively can canvassing against the government and have made a strong stand against Buxton to today day but thus far the they have not engaged In militant tactics The usual scenes occurred in the streets tonight when the returns were coming In Inand inand and even a larger crowd than on previous occasions gath red In the squares watch watchIng watching Ing the screens Views of the Premier Premier Asquith addressing his con constituents at East Fife said that the re remarkable feature of the election so far was that with two or three exceptions such gains as had been secured by the Unionists had been In the small towns of England The great centers of industry were nearly aU all solid for free Cree trade and whatever might happen he said one thing was certain that in the new parlia parliament parliament I ment tariff reform was a political Impossibility impossibility Xo No statesmanship he added however Ingenious or audacious could at attempt attempt tempt to construct a tariff In defiance of I the opinion of every one of the great I centers or of Industry Questioned on home rule the premier I said that he could promise no legislation or of any kind until the they had settled their conclusions with the house of lords Augustine Birrell chief secretary for Ireland at a Liberal demonstration at Bridgewater said he thought that he knew enough of the elections to be able to say with confidence that the bUdget was going through Lord Charles Beresford In an Interview declared that as It was his bElief that the naval question was responsible for the turnover of votes he would demand an Inquiry Into the last four years admin administration of oC tile the ad admiralty t |