PAISLEY BY-ELECTION
MB ASOUITH A STRONG FAVOURITE.
London, February 9. Lord Robert Cecil, in a leter to Mr. Aso'uitli. Mid lie hoped lie would bo successful at Paisley, as his services were iiMlod i» the House of Commons. International problems were becoming' 111e.reasin"lv menacing and complicated, and rcamrod the best brains of the countrv for their solution. Mr Asauith's chances have enormously imuroved. and he enters the final start* a stroue favourite. It. is believed he has larcoly" unified tho local Liberal party bv a remarkable scries of meetings, whic.h attracted record crowds. Ho has alreadv addressed thirty meetings. It he is successful, his speeches will do collected in book ( l'orm, which will bo known as "The •'Paisley Programme, and it will be tho text-book of Liberalism in tho future. All the candidates havo arranged strenuous programmes for the last three dnvs of tho contest. The total electorate is 39.000. All the candidates aro assiduously cultivating the women's sympathies. Mr. .Asquith's efforts in this direction aro of viquant interest in View of his. former life-long opposition to tho mifi'iiiicliiser.ieiit of women.—Aiis.-N.Z. Cnblo Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 119, 13 February 1920, Page 7
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