SIXTH SEAT LOST

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 48, 26 February 1927, Page 9

SIXTH SEAT LOST

BRITISH BY-ELECTION

BLOW TO GOVERNMENT

HOW THE PRESS TAKES IT

(United Press Association. —Copyright.) LONDON, 25th February.

The result of tho Stourbridge byeleetion, making the sixth. Socialist gain, in which the Government-lost the seat to Labour by a large majority, since the. General Election,' evokes inl--triguing Press comments. -,-.. : .....;

The "Morning. Post" admits that the Conservatives lost by the substantial turnover of about 3000 votes, and says it is inclined to give ■ first place'in the causes to the -economic-"discont-ent. ' ' . . : ■

The "Daily Telegraph" and "Daily Express" "are silent, except, for publishing the result. '■ - : • •" ■ '

The "Daily Chronicle describes the; Government defeat as a- crushing political one. It says: ".The ,Stour-. ; bridge figures Sire a staggerer for the. Government. Such a reverse was not even previously hinted at. The Liberals, however, are not surprised. The immediate effect will be to revive the intrigue among the Conservatives- for reconstruction of the Cabinet,; and. the slogan will bo 'Clear out the Beds.-' If that, is not achieved it will be .the rallying cry at the next General Election." : '••'.•■' '■'■

The '^Daily News "'finds in the' election an argument for proportional representation, pointing out that, while 16,561 voted for the Labourite,' 23,000 Conservatives and Liberals voted against, him.' „ ....

The '' Daily Herald naturally regards the result as a symptom of the next General Election. It says: "The sooner Mr. Baldwin resigns the -better for the country." . . ...