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Show LLOYD GEORGE HAS WON, IS BELIEF IN ENGLAND Result of British Election Withheld Till Soldier I Vote Is Counted. y Associated Press. j LbNDOV, Iec. 1. Considering t lie- novel conditions under whit h Satur- day' elections wers held and the ne- ceaeity of waiting for a fji might hefurs- the ballots are cojnted, there is very 1 little Indulgennce In speculation aa to the result. It is universally srtmrrred 4 to be almost a foregone roncJusNin that the Lloyd George coal n inn has been victorious and will probably havti some 4i0 members In the new hi nine ot common. Naturally with many million of new voters, women a wH as- men, there la i implo room fur snip-Maes and the a v-ernment v-ernment party will feel doubts s to Its -success, even If several members rf the rahlnet. Including Sir KMc Geddes. first lord of the admiralty; Sir albert 11. btanlev. president of the hoard of trade, and Kdward Shortt. chief aec-retary aec-retary for Ireland, have been elected. Greatest curiosity rentera. however, on the jurcngth of ' the lahpr vote whirh und"erriew ciuiilfnohs" la an unknown auantlty. Tt would he no surprise If It In found that in the midland nnd northern Induatrlal count! the woman wom-an vota largely aupported labor. The tabor party hoped to win over 1U0 nrata. WOMAN MINISTER Political apeculatlon la chiefly con- earned with tn fel'IHHll lll'l lull llf Ilia rahlnet after the election, one rumor credit f'remler Lloyd Oeore.e with favoring; fa-voring; the appointment of the firat woman mlniater. Th name of Pank-hurat Pank-hurat la mentioned In thla connection. The election were featured by the aatoniehlna; number of women voting. The novelty of posaeeelng the franchiee aeemed to appeal to them In all parta of th country, the women flocking to the booth In crnwda and outnumbering outnum-bering the male voter In aoine dte-trlct. dte-trlct. Many were accompanied by thtlr hushajida, but the majority went alone. ' In working claaa dlatrict mother (n many caae took their famine fam-ine along. NEW VOTERS SERIOUS. Generally speaking, the women r-sjsrded r-sjsrded their new responsibilities very erlously and showed themaelvea to be fully acquainted with the procedure of voting. In aome constituencies competition com-petition among; women to achieve the distinction of being the first to record their votes resulted In long; queuea before be-fore the booths opened. A remarkable, number of aged, even Infirm, women voted. In spite of She persistent rain which prevailed over virtually the whole country. Men often remarked -that- their votea wr nullified nulli-fied by their wives supporting opposing candidates. Reports go ao far as to contend that the new house of commons com-mons has been mainly chosen by W omen |