BRITISH ELECTIONS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 930, 13 December 1910, Page 4

BRITISH ELECTIONS.

LONDON, DcC. 11. The election of 52 more members of the British Parliament has now been announced, 36 being Government supporters and 16 Unionists. The Government majority has increased, and now stands at 40. The total number of members so far returned is 460, leaving 210 still to be elected. The position of patties now stands as follows, the number of members required for each part of the United Kingdom being shown in parentheses:— Govt. Unionists. England (465) 159 201 Wales (30) 24 2 Scotland (72) 30 8 Ireland (103) 62 15 275 226 The Government supporters in Ireland to date consist of: — Redmondites ... ... 57 O’Brienites ... ... 5

STATE OF PARTIES IN JAN UARY, 1910.

The following table gives the stale of parties after the general election of January last: — England.

U. L. Lab. N. Metropolitan Boro’s 33 25 I Metropolitan Univer. I Provincial Boroughs 78 70 18 I Provincial Universities 4 Counties 123 96 15 239 191 34 I Wales. Boroughs I 9 1 — Counties I 15 3 2 24 4 ~ Scotland. Boroughs 4 25 2 Counties 5 34 Universities 2 II 59 2Ireland. Boroughs 4 12 Counties 15 I Universities 2 21 I Grand total 273 275 40 82 EJECTION NOTES. London, December 11. Mr John Redmond, speaking at Mid-Tyrone, said il the Lords were defeated the Home Rule Bill would be introduced in a few weeks and passed despite any obstructions. Mr Bouar Law, speaking at Radcliffe, said that if the Government lost ground as compared with the January election, it would be impossible to go to the sovereign and ask him to upset the Constitution. He added that the next election was not far distant. Thousands participated in a political demonstration at Belfast, Ireland. A hundred shop wiu>ws were smashed, and free rights were general. At Thursles, the O’Brienite candidate received a cut on his head, and though his face was bleeding, addressed his followers. Mr J. Dillon, in attempting to address a meeting, was mobbed.

Mr Lloyd-George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, speaking at Bangor, said the Government hoped to introduce Home Rule at the earliest possible moment. It was absolutely essential lor the efficiency of the Imperial Parliament that self-government be extended to Ireland, Wales, Scotland and England. After disposing of the Veto the Government would reconstruct the machinery in order to free the House of Commons from trivial local and provincial details, which were better dealt with by the districts concerned, and thus permit Parliament to attend to the immense Imperial questions awaiting consideration. There was not the slightest danger, said the Chancellor, of the persecution of Protestants by Roman Catholics in Ireland. These were not days of religious persecution, Ulstermen, remembering their past persecution of Roman Catholics, were now afraid of the Catholics’ vindictiveness. No one knowing Ireland and the Catholics had the faintest doubt that they would govern as a nation, not as a sect. “If the Government secure an adequate majority,” added Mr Lloyd George, “ there will be no further election on the Veto. That question will be settled once and for all. If the Lords submit better proposals than the Government there is no reason why we should not accept them.”