Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-12-30 | Page 12 | Asquith Loses Many Votes in House of Commons

uu Asquith Loses Many Votes in Mouse of Commons LONDON,' Suiday, Dec. 29. (British (Brit-ish Wireless Service) Premier Lloyd George and the coalition government won a mere sweeping victory in the general election than had been expected. expect-ed. Not only was H. H. Asquith, former for-mer premier, defeated but his personal following from the house of commons has been reduced to 35. It is urged hat a new seat will be found for him by one of his followers resigning in his favor as soon as parliament meets. While the Labor party has strengthened strength-ened its numerical following In parliament, par-liament, some of its more prominent members have lost their scats. The most notable defeat was that of Arthur Ar-thur Henderson, the de facto leader of the "old guard" of the Labor party. The fact that .James Ramsay Mac-Donald Mac-Donald and Phillip Snowden lost also is striking. The defeated women candidates can-didates include Miss Chrlslabel Pank-hurst, Pank-hurst, Mrs. Despard, sister of Field Marshal French, Mrs. Pethyck Lawrence, Law-rence, Miss Violet Markham and Miss Mary MacArthur, In Ireland Uie success of the Sinn Fein party was sweeping, only seven members of the old Nationalist party succeeding in escaping defeat. John Dillon, chairman of the Nationalist party, lost his seat for East Mayo to Edward Do Valera. I on