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Show British Election Results ; Declared by Newspapers Favorable to Country Conservative Press Naturally Is Elated and Liberals Lib-erals Also Find Some Cause for Satisfaction Over Sure Return to Real Party ' Government in England . LONDON. Nov. 1T (By A. P.) Gratification 1 expressed by most of th morning paper at th result of th ! parliamentary elections. Thia was. of ' course, to b expected from th conservative con-servative press. In view of tha retention reten-tion of th conservative majority; but otn of tb liberal newspaper also find certain ground for atltactloh. or,, at least, oompentatlon. They recognise that ' tb outcome nieana a return to party government nd th disappearance of all they moat disliked in th survival of th coalition long after they regarded It dlaaolu tlon a du. "We ar Hd." says tha Weatmlnater Oasette. "of tha oompromteea and aub terfugea which have made parliament contemptible." while the Dally News declares tha election "haa blown a breath of clean air Into our discredited parliamentary 'Institutions," and rejoice re-joice at th eatabllehment of a "atrong, effective and able opposition." The Dally Herald, exulting over la-Pot's la-Pot's successes, anUclpatea another election within eighteen months, and says: "If In th meantime wa play our I cards boldly and skilfully wa ought to hav a labor government without doubt." TIMES GIVES APPROVAL Tha Times regards tha reeult with deep aatlafaotlon and says It demolishes demol-ishes the laat argument for maintenance mainte-nance of the coalition. Th newspaper newspa-per would hav preferred that tha balance be held more evenly between . the liberals and laborltea, but believe ' the country haa nothing to fear and much to gain from ventilation of tha labor part y e Ideas in parliament. Heveral of th newspaper derlv satisfaction from the fact that the conservative con-servative majority la not overwhelmingly overwhelm-ingly large, thua enabling tha oppo I slllon to erercl.e a hnli.mn fhf k; upon th predominant party. Th laa of the conaervatlva majority la seriously disputed by the paper, their figure ranging from III to 17, and . until all tha returns are complete, thia .. dieeegsnca -wtW Tnlln,-" - A curious situation' otttalna In th i northeast division of Derbyshire, where the labor candidate, Frank Lee, wa at flrat deolared elected by a major i Ity of fourteen votes. A recount be Ing demanded, thia majority waa reduced re-duced to two. Tbera hav now been alx counts In all, and all have been challenged. There will be another today, to-day, which, perhaps, will be final AVOWED COMMUNIST WINS. For the first time In tha history of . the British parliament a candidate ; standing aa an avowed communist waa elected when J. W. Newboid waa re-j re-j turned for tha Motherwell divialon of Lanarkshire. Another Isolated new member la K. 1 Prrymgeour, prohibitionist, who, with the laitorite, K. I). Morel, defeated Winston rlpencer Churchill and three other candidates In Dundee, a two-neat I constituency. Those who expected Mr. Churchill' ' defeat little expected Bcrymgcour's victory. He haa been trying to enter , parliament for Dundee cine l0t, hi j ly a a Joke. He la an ardent prohibitionist pro-hibitionist and was one of those who brought Carrie Nation to Great Britain Brit-ain yeara ago. Tha women'a votea are thought to have been a large fac-tor fac-tor in hla election, as they outnumber i the men in thia district. I Mr. Churchill seems to hav been much upset by the result, although ha spoke cheerfully when It became ; known. Weak from hla operation and tha effort of the laat few day of the contest, he presented, according to onlookers, a forlorn figure when his defeat waa announced, the teara standing In his eyes. WOMEN RUN STRONG. Notwithstanding the rejection of all except two of th thirty-thre women wo-men candidate, it is noteworthy that they polled a very large number of votes and everywhere proved formld- , able opponents. The largest vote for I a woman candidate waa cast In Northampton, North-ampton, where the noted labor leader, ' Miss Marguerite Bond field, polled ! more than 14,000 votes. Lady Cooper, ! running on the conservative ticket, also received over 14,000 and came ' near defeating her liberal opponent ; in Walsall. I Of the two reelected women mem-I mem-I tiers, Viscountess Astor polled In excess ex-cess of 1S.000 votes and Mra. Marguerite Mar-guerite Wlntrlngham about 11,000, while women candidates In three constituencies con-stituencies received more than toot) each, and many of the others from tOUO to T000. The future of the labor party In parliament la a matter of special Interest. In-terest. Being now- the aecond largest .party In the house, it should, accord-j accord-j (Continued on page I.) BRITISH ELECTION RESULT FAVORABLETO COUNTRY (Continued from page 1.)" r( to parliamentary tradition, become ik official oppoellion, and It la x-arrtnt x-arrtnt It will claim for Ita chslrmsn I ha poet, of leader of what la aome-tlmea aome-tlmea facetiously called "hit majesty's opposition." Thla, hownw, may ba disputed, because Mr. Iaqyd tieorge, aa lha outgoing premier, baa aoma claim to tha position. Viscountess Lauds British Women Voters My VISCOUNTESS ASTOR. (Copyright, by U. P. TLYMOirTir. Kngland. Nov. 17-Th, 17-Th, woman bnva barn nngnlf irent. Tha affect of th women a Vote, will bo to bring out the higher and less matrrlal aserte of polltlca. The wo-men's wo-men's Influence certainly helped to do ao In thla election. Tha cheap cry of "Alice" and tha feeling to oppoee ma haa fallen aa mle-erahly mle-erahly aa tho cry of "cheap bevr failed eaaotly three yeara urn. whan tha elertora of the Kiltton division of Plymouth returned me aa lha flrat woman wo-man member tf parliament, f It la a tremendoue trlhuta to tha - lavel-headedneea and common aense of tha treat maaa of tha Kngllsh people. Atlempta ware made to represent thla ronieat aa a prohibition tTlarlit. In aptte of tha fact that the temperance bill for which I am responsible la a lorn! option op-tion bill. Tha Kngllsh drink trade knew that temperance reform makea aa atronjr an appeal to right-minded fnthera and mothera aa any other kind of aoclal reforma and they therefore endeavored to represent ma aa an autocrat au-tocrat eeeklns; to force prohibition on n unwilling country and to rob the working man of hia occasional glass uf beer. I don't think tha drink trade will aver put up another trade candidate. for tha fact that their nominee la at! the bottom of tha Hat ami la a ait-back ait-back to one of the most powerful truata ! In Kngland. I There ni a moral taaue In thla ftffht, I not only in connection with drink, but j in connection with my opponent'e sd-Icy sd-Icy toward tho eoclat cil which arouecd tha protest of all women who recognised the challenge. This haa ' confirmed mo In my belief that lha women's vnio will bring out tha higher aspects of poll lira. liurrnh for Plymouth and Virginia. |