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Show BRITISH TO POLL Oil Oil Return of Lloyd George's Coalition Is Now j Conceded. i LONDON, Dec. 12. Rritish voters will go to the polls Saturday in tho parliamentary parlia-mentary elections under) circumstances wholly "novel in the history of the country. coun-try. All the balloting will he done in one day, instead of there heins elections in different districts spread over weeks, with long-drawn-out eNcitement and j suspense. Another novel proceeding will I take place when the contests close. This will be due to the fact that the votes will not be counted for a fortnight, in order that the ballots of soldiers abroad may be received and opened with Ihe others. Among the political leaders the return of Mr. Uoyd George's coalition to power is unquestioned, although it may command com-mand only a minority in the votes on account ac-count of the number of candidates in the i field. Elections went by default in 1 i)T districts on nominating days because .only one candidate was put forward. Sev- j enty of them were coalitionists. -There i are CtiO contested seals, with a total f IMS candidates running for them- In I ."iin of these districts each has a caudi- I date pledged to support Uoyd O-orge's ETovernment through thick or thin, U elected. They are known as the ofiicial coalition candidates. Of these. Sf.S art; 'Conservatives, IU "Liberals and forty-two others of various parties. Of the lt'05 running outside the coalition. coali-tion. '2.1 1 are Aspiith Liberals, :;: Conservatives Con-servatives and CTft Iiborilew. The remainder re-mainder are ringing on siteen different platforms, including seven i y-'-iutu Sinn Keiners. .t!) Nationalists and various Socialist So-cialist groups, the federation of solmers. agricultural, women and seamen's fae-' tions. Ex-Premier Asquith's Liberal supporters support-ers have attacked the premier bej-nus1' many of the old-time. Liberal members, who refused to give their pledged support to the premier, wtc "frozen out,"' and their seats allotted to Conservative by: the coalition. The tpia.rrr-1 obs'-ureri oilier issues during the firsi day of i h '-!- ! tioTiering. Afterward tho opjiosiiinn I criticised the premier's jioliry Jookinu luj tlie punish men t of the former b.ruia n i i emperor, getting big indi-miiit ies from 'iermany and expelling the Tb rmans from this country. Tlie question of conscript ion has rome to the fi'ont at the rlevcnsli h'',ir. T)"-l.ihenil T)"-l.ihenil and Laborite-; a.re n"l sat is'. "d with Mr. Linyd Ceorire's (7cr-ia t ;( t ion that j the oiinwv's. future military pnii-y is j le pendent u pon the result of trie p ;" on Terence. They df-maml t lie 1 1 w olid i - ) tionai strapping of corif'crip; :on with l:ie ! signing of p'-a-e. |