The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-10
THE BRITISH
ELECTIONS
Conservatives Win Out
Easily.
CHAMBERLAIN IS UPHELD
Popularity Of War Administration
Established by Result at
Polls.

LONDON. Oct i.-sixteea English and
Irish boroughs. siectinE twenty members
to the House OF Commons. polIed today
50 tonlghrs returns furnished some indi-
cation of the trend OF opinion. Winston
Churchill IL among the candidates vho
we're successful.
Anothor long list OF unopposod returns
brings the total number OF those already
elected today ss follows.
Conservatives. ~; UnIonists. Is: LIber-
ais. 8. Nationalists. s.
Among the candidates returned today
unopposed were:
Ministerialists-Lord George Hamilton.
secretary OF state for India TTalline Of
MiddisscS); Baron Ferdinand dc Roths-
enid tAylesbury division OF buckingham
shlre); Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, ChanccI-
lor of the Exchsauer West BRISTOL; Mr..
Akers-pougias. First Commlssionar Of
works East kenO: William Lecky, the
Historian dublin University: Sir Ed
ward Carson. the Solicitor General Dub
lln University.
Natlonalists-John r. Redmond. chair
man of the United irish Parliamentary
party Waterford City,.
Liberals-sir Edward Grey. formerly
Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign AZ
iai- tberwiok-on-Tweed division OF
Northumberland).
o. the following boroughs. polled today.
all the sitting members were reelected:
Davenport. Durham. Exeter. Kings
Liun. Peterborough. Preston. Reading.
Rochdue. Wisan and tlIc north and south
divisions OF Westhann.
CHAMBERLAIN TALKS
LONDON. Got 2--Late last evening Jo-
~ ph Chamberlain. Secretary of State for
the Colonies. sent TO the editor Of the
birmingham Daily Mail the following
message TO the nation, which was con-
splcuously displayed on the screen where
the paper was announcing the results Of
the polling:
Patriotism before politics. May the
union between the colonies and the moth
erland. now cemented by their blood. be
forever maintained"
Considerable interest attached 70 tho
speech az Derby Of George Wyndham last
evening because II had been semi-oficiai-
" announced that the Parliamentary Un-
der Secretary Of State for War would
outline the Governments proposal to
army reform. The chief points IN the
speech were that the home army should
have a higher training instead Of being
regarded as merely a training ground for
the supply Of the foreign army and tha,
greater opportunities should be given for
hcme msneuvers on an adequate war
scale.
Rumors are current this morning tina,
the Marquis Of Lansdowne. Secretary OF
| state for War. will succeed Earl Cado-
gan "a Lord Lieutenant Of Ireland.
FURTHER DETAILS.
NEW YORK, oct. IA dispatch to the
Tribuns from London says:
About one-sixth OF the new House OF
Commons was elected before the result
% single poll was known. Sir Michael
Hicks Beach. Lord George Hamilton. Sir
Edward Grey and Mr.. Lecky were re
turned without resistance and the Union
lat majority rose above eighty on tn'
ur contested seats. with no change In rel
ative strength Of the parties.
The political clubs were crowded after
Il ~ o'clock. when the returns came In slow
/ " from twenty contested seats Two
were metropolitan boroughs. several were
IN Lancashire. two reflected the opinion
of the Plymouth dockyards and otherl
were scattered about the kingdom. Fif
teen borouxhs OF England and one II
ireland hardly offered an adequate test o
the state Of public opinion and the resulti
tid not Justify the positive conclusion
Il that there would be either a shrinkag
or an expansion of the Unionist majority
w NNN nNNI NtOutfs AHN NIHA HNANH-'
from which returns were received wa
Durham. N had been considered one o
the most doubtful seats. The Hon. Mr.
| Elliott. who II Lord Minto's son. lost tn
seat IN 1895 by n single vote. regained !
by sixty-fve majority IN a bye-electiol
and now has a majority OF go. This wa
a decisive success. which delighted tn
iounseru In the Conservative clubs an
was hailed ne a good omen Of the genera
resUtt Clbsoa Howies. the eccentri
comedian of the Unionist benches. fol
lowed this lead by increasing HIS major
Nv IN Kings lynn by ninety-eight votes
while WiRan remained Unionist by aimos
the identical majority OF isse. ana ,n
/. MA lorities IN Peterborough, Preston an
| Exeter were virtually unchanged.
IRE Liberals were disconsolate until 81
Christopher Furness' remarkable victor
IN ffartiepooi was buiietined. This wa
the FIRST gain on either side and u wa
emphasized, by great majori'y, S'
| Christopher Furness was Lord Cnarie
. Beresford's opponent NJ York. He r.
L'herai-fmperisiis Of pronounced view
| and a ahllhuIider who n on excener
terms with the trades unions. Other ~
suits were less decisive and the trend :
: opinion IN the country IL only imperfect
| disclosed
LONDON. Oct. a-The election IN Ca
e wav city yesterday resulted In anoth.
. lConservasvs gain The Hon. MART
/, Morris polcd so votes against 7e3 vot'
rolied nv r.. Lemmy. Nationalist.
The unbnist gains thus far. THEREFOR
J. sre three seats and tho Liberals gain or
seat
The totti returns Of the opposed az ar
uropposed candidates up 20 2 o'clock IN
Y afternoon foot up ia. compris.ng. So
2 servatlvea fis; Unionists. IS: Liberals
y Nationailsts. ~ a.,
% The r,esbers elected Include Sir Ma
y thew Whf. ridley. the Secretary OF sia
for Home Affairs CBiack Pool division