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Show AMAZING RESULTS OF ENGLISH ELECTIONS LONDON'. Dee, 8. At the close of i the polling places tonight of the general gen-eral elections, the standing of the I parlies Is as follows: Government Coalition Liberals 117, i Ia'borite3 28, Nationalists 45, Independent Inde-pendent Nationalists 6. Total 22G. Opposition Unionists 103. The fifth day of the elections ended with the parties still running neck and neck and with the prospect that they will come under the wire In almost al-most precisely the same relative position po-sition they held at the start. Returns had been received up to midnight from the voting for -110 members and the result Is a Unionist gain of two seats In that number over those held by that party In the last parliament Embarrasses Politicians. This amazing result is as unprecedented unprece-dented in English history, as It Is embarrassing to politicians of all factions. fac-tions. Both parties went Into the election predicting great gains. Both arc now convinced that the new house of commons will be practically Idf-ntlcal with the old. Discussion now Is concentrated upon the question of what the people's verdict means, what course shall he followed under such unexpected circumstances. cir-cumstances. The Conservatives argue ar-gue that Premier Asquith s bid for a sweeping endorsement from the country coun-try has not been obtained, therefore he cannot be justified in fastening upon the nation such radical changes as home rule and the disarming of the bouse of lords. Coalitionists Active. The Coalitionists Insist that the voters, vot-ers, by returning them to power, endorse en-dorse their policies and direct them to carry out their program in Its entirety. en-tirety. Forty-four seats were balloted for today. Returns were received from twenty-one of these, and from forty-four forty-four which were balloted for yesterday, yester-day, la these bixty-flve of the Liberals Liber-als gained Radnorshire and Bedford, while the Unionists gained Lskdale. The contests were close nearly everywhere. every-where. Tho Unionists continue to cut down the Liberal majority, and to make numerical gains all along the line, but Insufficient to turn out the Liberal members. Winston Spencer Churchill, homo secretary, was returned by Dundee, but about 1100 votes shifted to the Unionist column, largely as the result re-sult of attacks upon his personality. Heavy rains tonight coupled with a delay in the reports, decreased the general enthusiasm. Asquith Speak6 at Fife. Premier Asquith, speaking at East Fife, was questioned on home rule. He replied that he could not give details regarding this measure at this stage. .lohn Redmond, speaking in Dublin, said : "The election has already killed the veto power of the lords and the abolition abol-ition of the veto means the establishment establish-ment of home rule." In Belfast rioting followed the closing clos-ing of the polls. There was much Ftone-throwlng and many windows were broken. Police quelled the trouble. |
