| Show WHAT JAMES NOT discouraged chamberlain SHREWD politician new york oct 16 A dispatch to the new york tribune from london bays mr james bryce says that the dissolution of the british parliament Is quite without precedent and quite opposed to the spirit and usage ot the british constitution the law fixes the duration durat don 0 parliament and established usage has settled that parliament ought not to ibo dissolved permanently save to take the opinion ot the country en some definite issue usually when a bill has been rejected or the ministry censured vo spring dissolution especially ally upon a stale registry for the sake of party advantage la a naw departure and a very bad one here there has been really no issue before the country because the war Is over and annexation Is fait accompli consequently ly this general election settles nothing land outlines no future policy foreign or domestic no one haa the least idea what the ministry will now do perhaps they dont know themselves mr bryce Is not dis heartened by the results ol 01 tho elections lie maintains that too much discouragement Is ex pressed regarding the position ot the liberal party he says considering me difficulties under which it has had to fight this election it has given proof of strength which makes it probable that before loog the current may be setting in its favor the disparity represented by the number of members of each party returned Is very much greater than the disparity represented by the votes cast mr braces personal triumph in e his election reelection re has been rendered more significant by the unexpected success of the unionists in upsetting a strong liberal majority la aberdeen satre and winning their sixth seat in scotland this gave them a lead ot a single seat over the majority ot the last parliament with only one out of seven seats to defend in the contests chamberlain having finished the work ot the canvass can vasa haa returned to the colonial office where business Is in arrears tho only hint which has been thrown out respecting tho torra of settlement in south africa Is alg own forecast that the new territories will bo governed as crown colonies after they have passed out of the condition of military rulo objection Is offered by some critics that this will mean government by downing street with all tho wires in the banda of mr chamberlain his aro hardly consistent insist that they must mop 1 up the which he has made and at the same time object to his keeping of the administration tha tentative new colonies under bis own direction Ills dictators are forced to concede that ho was a shrewd politician in bringing on dissolution when he did the un have kept their majority under most tevor able conditions they would certainly have reduced it by waiting until january or march the cost 0 living has run up by leaps and bounds and the various industries are by high prices ot coal and raw material the cotton supply tot lancashire Is a serious problem which menaces the working class with loss of employment and the full burden 0 increased income taxation will be felt during the spring the khaki election was adroitly timed tor the government but it was premature BO far as lord roberts was concerned ince his return Is not expected until january |
