IMPERIAL POLITICS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXIX, Issue 14681, 12 May 1908, Page 7

IMPERIAL POLITICS.

THE DUNDEE ELECTION. NEWSPAPER COMM ENT. Uuiicd Press Association —By .Ijicctric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received May if. 8.10 p.m.) LONDON, May 1L The “Times” says that the grcao surprise of the election was the large shrinkage of tho labour vote. The “Chronicle” says that the election was, a. smashing I flow to tariff reform . Tho “Telegraph” says that the final phase of the election was practically fought oil. the basis of a claptrap Bndcet. Chcan sugar introduced at such a juncture was a. direct bri.bo to tlie local material interests of Dundee. The “Daily News” says that Scotland’s staunchness to Liberalism continues. The “Standard” statre that tho reduction of tlie sugar duty was the, determining factor. Mr Churchill claims that “this thunderbolt from the north” is a triumph for freetrado, temperance and Liberalism. The ridiculous antics of the suffragettes brought him the valuable assistance of enormous masses of Liberal women, also the Socialists committed a mistake ill sneering at the pension, scheme.