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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 59, 31 October 1931, Page 3

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(British Official Wireless)

BRITISH CABINET GOVERNMENT NOT TIED BY IMPOSSIBLE PROMISES RESULTS UNPARALLED

RUGBY, Thursday. The result of the election, which has no parallel in the politieal history of England, is the subject of comment by all the newspapers. The extent of the Government victory was even greater than the figures at first suggest, for there were an exeeptionally large number of unopposed returns. It is" estimated that the vote for the National Government was about 16,500,000 against an opposition vote of 7,000,000. The general drop in the Labour polls, with the large increase in the electorate, and in the main of Liberal candidates, is attributed largely to the support of National candidates by the women. Unquestionable Facts The "Times" says unquestionable facts that emerge are the power of the British people to grasp economic truths, and proof, that is to be found in abundance, that it is a national not a party victory. It congratulates the Government on being unfettered by impossible promises, and adds : "If only the national spirit can be preserved, the nation and the Empire will be given such a chance as most people deemed impossible 'in midSeptember. The "Daily Herald" points out that although the Labour Party has under 60 seats, it polled 6,000,000 votes and says it is not good that such a large body of opinion should be so sparsely represented in Parliament. The "News Guardian" says the people were exasperated at the spectacle of the Labour Party being driven at the dictates of the Trade Union Council to advoeate measures many of them knew to be impractible. TsHrampIi For Democracy The "Telegraph" describes the re'sult. as a triumph for free democracy, which has given to the cause of sane Government and sound finance a victory without precedent in the history of any country. The "Morning Post" says: "It is no party verdict, but national in scope and intention. It presents handsome-

ly the Prime Minister's request for a free hand, and agrees to accept such fiscal measures as the Government may find necessary to improve -industry and agriculture, and redress the trade balance. The "Manchester Guardian" refuses to accept at its face value the declarations that this will be regarded as a national and not a party victory. Labour has probably reaped the harvest of two years' ineffectual Government and popular disillusionment of its capacity to govern with courage and decision.