The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28

contest la January. 7szooo eIsetors may. have . voice in the collection of the members. The addfttonA1 S3ooo electors may make . great diffsssncs in the representation of London.
 Election Dissppeinffnx.
 The municipal elections have proved disappointing to those who hoped to see in them some indication of public feeling In regard to questions of lar Hger piitics. The Liberals have. on the whole. gained somewhat. but in oniy a few Isolated instances ts the change to any degree marked. The most satlsfactory feature. from their standpoint. fs the way in which Lan- cashire. Yorkshire. and other places change in the fiscal system. have rai- lied in their favor. but. speaking gen eraiiy. they have failed to recover the ground lost by them during the past couple of years. In London they only control three out of the twenty-eight boroughs as against two previously. but In several cases their defeat is due entirely to divisions in the Demo- cratic forces. In Battersea. for in- stance. where there were no less than four factions among the Progressives. their opponents secured fifty-two out of the fffty-four seats. the remaining two. being those of two Irish candi- dates. Messrs. Brogan and Broliy. Tn view of the general Progressive de- bacie, these, Irish successes afford much satisfaction to the Nationalists and are another tribute to the solid ity and political acumen of the Irish- men of this part of the metropolis. In other piaces--notabiy Bermondsey and Marylebone = the Irishmen also
 achieves striking successes.
 Iaterehasge of studenfs.
 The. arrangements that are being made to effect an international incer- change of students between the var
 ious portions of the English speaking
 world are making progress. At the | next meeting of the Central General
 Purposes Committee. of the movement
 1t Is probable that the Hon. W. P.
 ReeveA director of the London School
 of Economies and late High Commis- sfonef for New Zealand. and Mir. A. E.
 Shipiey. of christ's College. Cambridge and president of the Biological Section of the British Association for 1909. will be co-opted.
 The new committee was set on foot to carry out the details of organiza- ton in London without interfering
 with the general principles laid down by the general and executive commit tees. of which . difficulty was felt of | bers including the pice-Chaneeliors or other high authorities of universities so varfousiy scattered in the United Kingdom as Oxford. Cambridge, Edin- burgh, Glasgow. Btrming gham. Liver pool Manchester, Ireland and Wales. The other members of the new com mtttee are; Professor Carlisle, Imper- iai College of Science and Technology; vtce-Chancellor Sir Charles Eliot
 cst-w S~2mt1x At. College. London; Mir. R. s. Fraser. Lon don Chamber of Commerce.; Mir. H. B.. Hartley, Balioii College. Oxford; the Master of Downing College, Cam bridge; Professor A. F. Pollard, Uni versity College. London; and Profes- sor William Wright. London Hospital Medical School: with Mir. H. W. Crees. hon. secretary.
 Open Central Bureau.
 Thanks largely to the practical sup port of the President of the movement
 (Lord strathcona), e Central Bureau has been opened at Caxton House, westminister. where the secretarial and other work may be conveniently car ried on. The organization Is intended to effect the objects of the movement in every direction that falls within It's scope. It will provide CD a certain number of travelling scholarships to be conferred upon selected candidates of certain Universities; (2) facilities for educational travel for students general l ly In a wide sense of the word, wheth- CT graduates or non members of Unf- | versailles. whose interests and respon- abilities fit them for the assistance of l the Bureau, {s) arrangements- to ex- i tend the work outlined above in such direction as shall seem desirable to the Committee. by the administration of all such schoiafships fellowships. l or endowments on similar lines as may be entrusted to the controlling | body of the movement: and tD the l compilation of such publications as