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Show LABOR IS DEALT BLQWJHEriGLAND GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER FIFTEENTH WILL SEE HEAVY VOTE Local Balloting Regarded as Index to Prevalent Political Attitude; London Is Hostile to Working Party London. Stunned by the heavy downfall of their candidates in the municipal elections throughout England Eng-land Wednesday, the Laborites intensified intensi-fied their "political campaign with the hope of making a better showing In the general election for parliament Nov. 15. In Wednesday's balloting the Laborites Labor-ites lost 149 seats which they had previously pre-viously held in London and ahout 160 seats which they hud occupied in 80 boroughs outside the capital for the most part in such large cities as Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Derby, Nottingham, Plymouth, Southhampton South-hampton and Portsmouth. Although nominally considered purely municipal issaes, the local contests con-tests some times are an indexto existing ex-isting poitical feeling. This time the races were watched with intense curiosity cur-iosity as a possible forecast of labor's chances In the coming general election. elec-tion. The outcome of me local elections has certainly made Labor's prospect fr parliament very discouraging. In some instances Laborlte representation-' was completely wiped out In the municipal elections, but at other polls Labor held its own and even made a few gains. ; London was intensely hostile to La-bo.'. La-bo.'. The general feeling in the capital capi-tal was manifested by the way the voters vot-ers flocked to the polls despite the raw wind and furious rain. The partisan interest for and aguinst Labor is a little stronger today to-day than the attention focussed on the wrangle between the Lloyd Georgian Liberals and the Conservatives. The political writers really do not seem to know what is going on behind the scenes. Some of them say Sir George Younger has won his fight and that Lloyd George has decided to abandon his idea of "spreading the war against the conservative. Others declare de-clare just as emphatically that the fnllen premier has taken a very determined deter-mined attitude and has decided to nominate additional candidates against Conservatives. On the whole, however, the general tendency is toward to-ward the belief that the Lloyd George threat of reprisals will not be carried out. Some observers profess to see a renewal of harmony between Lloyd George and his former colleagues In the statement made Wednesday by Sir Rbert S. Home, who although he was one of the most faithful followers of the little Welshman, informed a Glasglow audience ' he was still a Unionist, and that if elected he would sit on the Unionist side of the house and give his general support to Prime Minister Bonar Law. The illness of Lloyd George attracts much attention. His cold and throat trouble is said by some to really be a symptom of rundown health due to fatigue. That he is tired was obvious ob-vious to those who saw him during his recent visit to Scotland. |