MOVEMENT GAINS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 995, 9 December 1910, Page 5

MOVEMENT GAINS.

LEAD SLIGHTLY INCREASED. ELECTIONS MORE THAN HALF OVER. MR. ASQUITH ON HOME RUL E By TclcEraph—Press Association-Copyri&ht. (Rec, December 9, 0.15 a.m.) London, December 8. Up to the present 353 members have been returned to the new Par. liament, leaving 317 seats still to be filled. Of the 55 contests decided since yesterday, the Government supporters have won 32, and the Unionists 23. The Government forces have thus a lead of 15 seats over the Opposition, having increased their advantage by eight since yesterday. The position of parties is now as follows, the number of members in each part of the Kingdom being shown in parentheses:— Government. Unionist. England (465) _ 120 156 Wales (30) 11 1 Scotland (72) 15 3 Ireland (103) 38 9 184 169 The Government supporters in Ireland are composed as follow:— Redmondites \ 34 O'Brienites _ 4

REDUCED POLLING.

LIBERAL MAJORITIES CUT DOWN. GENERAL FALLING-OFF IN SCOTLAND. (Rec. December 9, 0.35 a.m.) London, December 8. The pollings to date are 78.8S per centum of the electorates compared with 87.67 for the same seats of the January elections. The changes are largely attributed to | personal factors. . In Sunderland the reduction is duo to tbo boilermakers' lockout stories; to the absence of solid 'risk votes, also to a thousand unemployed electors seeking work in other parts of the country. There aro little changes in. Birmingham and elsowhere, though Liberal majorities hare often been reduced. There is a general reduction ot their majorities in Scotland. The following further results of contested elections tire announced:— PARTY CAINS, LIBERAL. TOWER HAMLETS-STEPNEY. Mr. W. S. Glynn Jones (L.) _ 172G Mr. Preston (U.) 1511 Liberal majority „ 215 [January result: Conservative majority, 236.'- Seat Conservative, 1592-S; Liberal, 189S-1900; and Conservative, 1900-10.] UNIONIST. DUDLEY;. Mr. A. G. Boscawen (U.) ,„, 8260 *Mr. A. G. Hooper (L.) .._ 7900 Unionist majority _ „ 360 [January result: Liberal majority, 187. Seat Conservative in 1892, 1895, and 1900; Liberal in 1906.] LANCASHIRE, S.W. (NEWTON). Lord Woliner (U.). , ....' .-. G7OG "Mr. J. A. Seddon (Lab.) 65G2 Unionist majority 144 [January result: Labour majority, 752. Seat. Conservative, 1892-1000; Labour, 1906-10.] PLYMOUTH. RETURNS TWO MEMBERS,

Mr. Waldorf Astor (U.) .„ ~:... 8113 Mr. Bonn (U.) .'. - 7942 Mr. C. E. Mallet (L.) .• 7379 Mr. Ancnrin Williams (L.) .. _ 7260

Combined Unionist majority _ 1416 [January result: Combined Liberal majority, 846. Liberals returned in 1906; Conservatives in 1900; Conservative and Liberal in, 1895; and Conservatives in 1892.] CARDIFF DISTRICT. Lord N. Crichton-Stuart TO.) - 12,181 Mr. Hydo.(L.)/ _ , ™ 11,882 Unionist majority u _-_. 299 [January result: Liberal majority, 1555. Seat Liberal in 1892; Conservative in 1895; Liberal in 1900 and 1906.] LEICESTERSHIRE E.-MELTON. Col. C. E. Tato (U.) 7,599 Mr. Dunne (L.) 7,257 • Unionist majority 342 [January result: Liberal majority, 123. Seat Conservative in 1892, 1895, and 1900, and Liberal in 1906.] LABOUR, TOWER HAMLETS-BOW AND BROMLEY. Mr. G. Lansbiiry (Lab.) _ 4315 Mr. Amery (U.) 3452 Labour majority 863 [January result: Conservative majority, 740. Liberal seat in 1892, Conservative in 1895, 1900, and Liberal in. 1906.] INDEPENDENT NATIONALIST. CORK CITY, . RETURNS TWO MEMBERS. *Mr. Wm. O'Brien (Ind. Nat.) 5384 Mr. Maurice Healy (Ind. Nat.) 5267 Mr. Wm. Redmond (Nat., Redmonditc) 4746 ♦Mr. A. Roche (Nat., Eedmondite)... 4743 Ind. Nat. majority 1162 [January result: Independent NatiouaU ist and Nationalist returned.] niemhcrs. I

UNCHANGED.

LIBERAL. TOWER HAHLETS-POPLAR. »Rt. Hon. Sydney C. Buxton (L.) ._ 3,077 Mr. E. A. Bartlett (U.) - 2,148 Liberal majority' 1,829 [January rceulti Liberal majority," 1057. Seat ocoutfed by Mr. Bmtoa since 1885.X

UNIONIST.

TOWER HAMLETS-MILE END. *Hon. H. L. W. Lawson (U.) 2,178 Mr. B. S. Straus (L.) 2,176 Unionist majority 2 [January result: Unionist' majority, 57. Seat Unionist 1892, 1895, 1900, Liberal 1906.] PORTSMOUTH. Returns Two members. •Lord Charles Beresford (U.) 15,125 *Mr. Bertram 6. Fallo (U.) 14,856 Mr. Hemmerde (L.) 13,1-16 Mr. Harbin (L.) 13,013 Combined Unionist majority ._ 2,822 [January icsult: Two Unionists returned. Seat Liberal in 1892 and 1695, Conservative in 1900, and Liberal •in 1906.J ST. GEORGE'S, HANOVER SQUARE. *Rt. Hon. A. Lyttelton (U.) 5,588 Mr. Mackenzie Bell (L.) 1,188 Unionist majority 4,398 [January result: Unionist majority, 3914. Seat Unionist since 1892.] WORCESTERSHIRE E. Rt. Hon. J. Austen Chamberlain (U,), returned unopposed. RE-ELECTED. ■ (R«c. December 9, 1.5 a.m.) London December 8. Mr. C. Priestly (L.) was re-elected for Grantham with a majority of 33. In January last his majority was 145. Mr. P. Furness (L.), who was elected to Bucceed his father. Sir Christopher Furness, for Hartlepool, iu June last, with a majority of 166, has been re-elected with a majority of 48. ' Mr. C. Silvester Horns (L.) has been re-elected for Ipswich; and Sir Albert Spicer (L.) for Central Hackney. UNOPPOSED RETURNS. (Rec. December 9, 1.10 a.m.) London, December 8. The following is tho total up to date of tho unopposed returns:— Liberal and Labour 31 Unionist ; 67 • Nationalist 34 132

VARIOUS VIEWS.

UNIONIST SUCCESSES IN LANCASHIRE. MR, ASQUITH AND HOME RULE. HECKLED INTO A PRONOUNCEMENT. (Rec. December 9, 0.35 a.m.). London, December 8. " Lord Ridley, speaking at Jarrow yesterday, declared that, tho Unionists had won more seats in Lancashire than in any other part of the Kingdom. The Conciliation Bill would bo the first busi ucss of tho session. Mr. O'Laughton, Lord Dudley's agent at Dudley, warmly defended Lord Dudley on the charge of identifying himself with Mr. Redmond's policy. Lord Dudley ho eaid, was always in favour of tho generous measure of devolution, but it was at variance with fact to identify him with the Parnell edition of Homo Rule, which would lead to civil war between the north and south. The Eight Hon. R, B. Haldane, speaking at East Lothian, said he was againstan j independent Parliament for Ireland. Tho Imperial ' Parliament 'must lie supreme, and by an Act exercise the power to veto Irish legislation. The Prime Minister, Mr. Ascruith, in course of a speech at Newport, .East Fife, said that if returned .the Liberals would grant Ireland a measuro of Homo Rulo in accordance . with tho general character outlined in his Albert Hall speech. Ho dcclinsd to promise to reconsider. Mr. Asquith's statement on Homo Rulo was made under pressure of hecklers, SPEECH BY MR. BALFOUR. TARIFF REFORM NOT SIDETRACKED. London, December 7. The Leader of the Opposition, Mr. A. J. Balfour, in a speech at Wrexham, said tho question of tariff reform should not be side-tracked, but should be submitted to a referendum, making the policy more certain and permanent than any other method.

Referring to the Navy, Mr. Balfour implored tho Government, if it should bo responsible for tho next Estimates, to do its utmost to reatoro the old undoubt-. Ed high seas supremacy of Britain, promising to give his hearty support.

The speaker feared that unless the Government seriously considered the matter of colonial preference, the great self-gov-erning dominions would, in a few years, declare that they must treat' the Motherland as it treated other nations, and consider Britain not-moro necessary to tltcnr in their commercial interests than countries such as Germany and France. He asked Tree-traders, as practical men,, if they disliked the solution ,of difficulties and dangers proposed by the Unionists, to suggest some other. However the election ended, Mr. Balfour declared that it was perfectly clear that tho Radical party was not sufficiently strong to carry its own policy, and was indifferent to its allks' demands. Before long the electorates would again he asked whether their destinies should be entrusted to the Unionists—a homogeneous party, knowing its own. mind, and having its oivn. policy. DANGERS OF HOME RULE. LORD SELBORNE'S VIEWS. London, December 7. The Earl of Selboriie, who was a member of the last Balfour Ministry, and subsequently High Commissioner of South Africa, speaking at Tavistock, Devonshire, asked whether the nation could afford the risk of making IreTand a sepa-. rate country. If the Protestants resisted Home Rule it would be this country's duty to shoot them down. Regarding the Veto, Lord Sclborne said the Government proposed to leave the House of Lords only tho barren, useless power of saying "No" three times in two years. Such a proposal was purely childish. "NO DISTINCT MOVEMENT." DIFFERING PRESS VIEWS. London, December 7. "Tho Times" declares that it is obvious there has been no distinct movement of opinion in either direction since Janunrv, and this election is going to rivet Mr. Asquith's dependence on Mr. Redmond. ■ "It is all very well for Sir Edward Grey'and Mr. Birrell to proffer reassuring hints on tho subject," snys the paper. "They do not settle tho form Home Rule is to take. That is Mr. Redmond's business, and he will doubtless attend to that. If the English electors are living and voting—or rather voting—in a fool's paradise, tho fault is not Mr. Balfour's." ■ The "Daily Ghroniclo" (Liberal) states that tho failure to win 'has been transformed lato &■■ Tory rout, _