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Show LADY ASTOR MAY WIN. Times have changed in t.ng'and, and with them political tendencies. Wit-ness Wit-ness tbe action of Premier Lloyd George in sending his wife into the Plymouth district to make an appeal to the voters to return Lady Astor to the house of commons in today's election elec-tion to fill the vacancy in parliament causatd by the transfer of Viscount Astor to tbe house of peers. Tbe premier pre-mier is detained in London and cannot appear in person as a champion of tbe candidacy of this American born woman. wo-man. Almost ten years ago, in 1910, Lloyd tieorfc, then the most abured tnau in Lnglaud, visited Plymouth as tho avowed enemy of tbo Tory party and politicians. Then the premier supported support-ed Isaac Foot, the Liberal candidate, who now is fighting the premier and contesting tho election with Ludy Astor, who is a Tory. Lloyd Oeorgo enjoys the unique distiuctiou of being u Liberal Lib-eral whose chief support has como from the Conservatives cer since the exigencies of wur forced the. govern mem to resolve itself Into a coalition affair. Former Premier Asquith, who recently announced a purpose to return to politics and run for parliament, at the next general election, It perhaps tho head and front of tho Liberal opposition op-position to tbo Liberal prime minister. British news cables indieato that Lndy Astor will bo successful iu todnya polling. Result, however, will not be announced for a matter of a week or ten duys. |