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Show ENGLISH LABOR PS! STUNNED Despite Defeats in City; Elections, Workers Retain Hopes LONDON Nov. 2. (By tho Asso- eiuieu i ress ; Stunm-d by the heavy! downfall of their candidates in the i municipal elections throughout Knn. 1 kind Wednesday, tho LabQ rites intensified inten-sified their political campaign today vvlth the hope of making a better showing In tho general election for parliament November 15. In Wednesday's balloting the La-borltes La-borltes lost 149 s.-ats which they had previously held In London and about 160 seats which they had occupied in isi) boroughs outside the capital, fori the most part In such large cities as Manchester. Liverpool, Birmingham. Derby, Nottingham, Plymouth. Southampton South-ampton and Portsmouth. Although nominally consider?d purely municipal Issues.' the local con-testa con-testa sometimes are an Index to existing ex-isting political feeling This time the i races wero watched with Intense curiosity cu-riosity as a possible forecast of La-bor's La-bor's chances in their coming general election. LABOR'S CHANCES SLIM. The outcome of the local elections has certainly made Labor's prospects for parliament very discouraging. In some instances Laborlte representation repre-sentation 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 Labor. La-bor. Tho general feeling in the capital cap-ital was 'manifested by the way toe voters flocked to the polls despite the raw wind and furious rain The partisan Interest for And against Labor Is a little stronger today to-day than the attention focused on the wrangle between the Lloyd Georgian Liberals and thi- GanMmtlvM political writers really do not seem J to know what Is going on behind tho i scenes. Some of them say Sir tieorgo Younger has won his fight and that Lloyd George has decided to abandon I his lde-a of "spreading the war" against the Conservatives. Others declare de-clare just as emphatically that the , fallen premier has taken a very determined de-termined attitude ami has decided to nominate additional candidates against Conservatives. On the whole, however, how-ever, tho general tendency Is toward the belief that the Llovd Ooorg.i threat of reprisals will not be carried car-ried out. HORNE CAUSES SURPRISE. Some observers profess to see a renewal of harmony between Lloyd George and his former colleagues In the statement mad.- Wednesday by Sir Robert S. Home, who although he was one of the most faithful follow ers of the little Welshman informed a Glasgow audience ho was still a Unionist and that if elected he would clt In the Unionist side of tho house and giv0 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 run down health due to fatigue. That ho is tired. was obvious to those close to him during his recent re-cent visit to Scotland. Lord Birkenhead will substitute for Lloyd George as the speaker at tho political gathering at Bristol tonight It Is supposed that he will voice the views of Llod George about "spreading "spread-ing the war." |