"A TORY ROUT."

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 206, 9 December 1910, Page 5

"A TORY ROUT."

THE STATE OF THE PARTIES. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 9, 12.16 a.m. London, December 8. LIBERAL. England 120 Scotland 15 Wales 11 Ireland (Redmondites) ... 34 Ireland (CBrienibes) 4 184 UNIONISTS. England 156 Scotland 3 Wales 1 Ireland ....... 9 L.. , 169 LEADING PRESS OPINIONS. THE TIMES DOLEFUL. London, December 7. The Daily Chronicle states that failure to win has been transformed into a Tory rout. The Times declares it is obvious that there has been no distinct movement of opinion in either direction since January, and this election is going to rivet Mr. Asquith's dependence on Mr. Redmond. It is all very well for Sir E. Grey and Mr. Birrell to proffer assuring hints on the subject. They will not settle the form of Home Ride. Wie take it that that is Mr. Redmond's business, and be will doubtless attend to it. If the English electors are living and voting,.or rather voting, in a fools' paradise, the fault is not Mr. Balfour's. A VIEW OF HOME RULE. • London, December 7. Lord Seloorne, in a speech at Tavistock, asked whether the nation could afford to risk mafcing Ireland a separate country. If the Protestants resisted Home Rule, it would be this country's duty to shoot them down. Regarding the veto, the Government proposed to leave the Lords only a barren and useless power of saying "no" three times within two years. Such a proposal was purely childish.

DEBATING DUEL AT DUNDEE. London, December 7. Mr. Churchill and Mr. Lloyd (Conservative candidate for Dundee) had a spirited debating duel before an audience of five thousand at Dundee. ANOTHER POINT FOR A CANDIDATE. London, December 7. Mr. Balfour, telegraphing to Mr. Astor, Unionist candidate for Plymouth, says that Tinder the referendum there would be no plural voting, and gross inequalities due to the size of constituencies would be avoided.

MR. BALFOUR KNUCKLES DOWN.

SOME ADVICE TO THE GOVERN MENT.

London, December 7.

Mr. Balfottr, speaking at Wrexham, said that tariff reform had not been side-tracked, but would be submitted to a referendum, which would make the policy more certain and permanent than ray other method. Referring to the Navy, he implored the Government, if responsible for the next Estimates, to do its utmost to restore the old and undoubted supremacy on the high seas, and promised the Government his hearty support. He feared that unless the Government seriously considered the question of colonial preference the great selfgoverning colonies would in a few years declare they must treat the Motherland the same as others, and would consider it not more necessary to their commercial interests than countries like Germany and France. He asked free-traders as practical men if'they disliked the solution of difficulties and dangers as proposed by the Unionists to suggest some other solution. However the election ended, it was perfectly clear that the Radical Party would not be sufficiently strong to carry its own policy and be indifferent to the demands of its allies, so that before long the etectorat mould again be asked to entrust its destinies to the homogenous Unionist Party, knowing its own mind and having its own policy.

THE UNOPPOSED RETURNS. Received 9, 12.10 a.m. London, December 8. Sixty-seven Unionists, thirty-one Liberals and Laborites, and thirty-four Nationalists have been returned unopposed. A SMALL POLLING. Received 9, 12.35 a.m. London, December 8. The pollings are 78.88 of the electorate, as compared with 87.67 for the same seats in January. The changes are largely attributable to personal factors, and at Sunderland the change was due to the boilermakers' lock-out, whilst there were stories of the absence of solid Irish votes, and also of a thousand unemployed electors seeking work. In other parts of the country there is little change.

FURTHER SPEECHES. CIVIL WAR THE RESULT OF HOME RULE. Received 9, 12.35 a.m. London, December 8. Mr. Ridley, at Jarrow yesterday, declared that the Unionists won more seats in Lancashire than in any other part of the Kingdom. A Conciliation Bill would be introduced in the first session. Mr. Earl Dudley's Dudley, warmly defended Earl Dudley . * charge of identifying himeelf with

Mr. Redmond's policy. Earl Dudley, he said, was always in favor of a generous measure of revolution, but it was at variance with fact to identify him with the Parnell edition of Home Rule, which would lead to a civil war between North and South. PRONOUNCEMENT BY THE PREMIER. Received 9, 12.35 a.m. London, December 8. Mr. Haldane, speaking at East Lothian, said he was against an independent Parliament for Ireland. The Imperial Parliament must be supreme, and by an Act exercise a veto on Irish legislation. Mr. Asquith, at Newport, East Fife, said that if returned the Liberals would grant Ireland a measure of Home Rule in accordance with the general character outlined in his Albert Hall speech. He declined to promise to re-consider his statement regarding Home Rule under pressure of hecklers. LATEST RETURNS. London, December 7. WORCESTER (EAST). Austen Chamberlain (U.). Unopposed. CORK CITY (Two Seats). W. O'Brien. (1.N.) 5384 Maurice Healy (1.N.) 5267 W. Redmond (N.) 4746 A.Roche (N.) ...". A 4743 [January, 1910: W. O'Brien (1.N.) 4535, A. Roche (N.) 4435.. M. Healy (1.N.) 4229, William Murphy (N.) 3770, Sir E. Fitzgerald (1.N.) 2001.] One seat has been won by the O'Brienites. LANCASHIRE (NEWTON). Viscount Wolmer (U.) .. 6706 J. A. Seddon (Lab.) 6262 [January, 1910: Seddon (Lab.) 7256, Wolmer 6504.] A Unionist gain. CARDIFF DISTRICT. Lord Ninian Stuart (U.) 12,181 Hyre (L.) 11,882 [January, 1910: Tshomas (L.) 13,207, Stuart (U.) 11,652.] A Unionist gain. DUDLEY. Major Griffith Boscawen (U.) 8206 A. G. Hooper (L.) 7900 [January, 1910: Hooper (L.) 8342, Boscawen (U.) 8153.] A Unionist gain. j PLYMOUTH (Two Seats). W. W. Astor (U.) 8113 Benn (U.) 7942 C. G. Mallet (L) 7397 A. Williams (L.) 7260 [January, 1910: Mallet (L.) 8091, Williams (L.) 7961, Astor (U.) 7650, Durand (U.) 7556.] Two Unionist gains. BOW AND BROMLEY. G. Lansbury (Lab.) 4314 Ameiy (U.) 3452 [January, 1910: du Cros (U.) 3695, Lansbury (Lab.) 2955, Brooke (L.) 2167.] /' A Labor gain. STEPNEY. W. S. G. Jones (L.) 1726 Preston (U.) 1511 [January, 1910: Harris (U.) 2102, Jones (L.) 1866.] Liberal gain. PORTSMOUTH. Lord Charles Beresford (U.) 15,125 Falle 14,856 Hemmerde 13,146 Harbin 13,013 MELTON. Yale (U.) 7599 Dunne (L.) 7257 POPLAR. Buxton (L.) 3977 -Bartlett (U.) 2148 ST. GEORGE'S (HANOVER SQUARE). Lyttelton (L.U.) .... Bell HBS iMILE END. Lawson (U.) 2178 Straus (L.) 2176 (