New-York tribune., 1910-01-25
rBy cable to The Tribune.I ]

ron6ou Jan - With net gain OF
.irbrv-seven seats at midnight, the
r-nionists have continued with unabated
er5or their Herculean labor of reducing
.be Iiberal-Labor coalition TO deper-
dence upon Mr.. RedmonG's Irish force.
There are still I49 divisions unallowed
~ not declared, to-night's meagre re-
sr,lts not being included. II is in these.
~ rather the s5 English divisions Of
which they held 26 in the last Parlia-
,ent. that the Unionists must make the
final gains.
Careful calculators do not allow them
--ore than los as total net gain at the
rinse OF the elections. This will leave
-he government with a total Of lis ma
.n-itr. Nationalists and Laborites in
GUIDED. The balance Of power will lie
shared by Messrs. Redmond and Hen
6erson
II is prematurely assumed by excited
1Tnionists that the situation will be i'm
nossible for a self-respecting Prime
Minister and that he will demand guar
sntees from the crown and resign Of
Zee II the King declines TO be drawn into
marty complications.
as M Balfour can't take Office and
.--roduce q new tariff bill with a mi
-o-itv behind him, Mr.. Asquith must go
m with the budget, and he is not likely
n be upset as soon as the Unionists
hope.
TIE Nationalists have been waiting
since Parnelrs time for the balance of
mower. and. as they are practical, as well
Is clever politicians, they will not waste
the opportunity by ordering the down.
faH Of the government and restoring the
Urionists TO Office Nor will the Labor
Members want another election this
wear. when their financial resources are
exhausted and levies from trade unions
are Illegal
The tandem team can be driven easily
for while. even If the Irish horse be
nearest the wheel and inclined TO balk-
The three parties forming the coalition
are united in their antagonism to the
Lords, veto power. This common bond
viii keep them together The gravest
questions are-first, whether there is any
prsctical method Of obtaining guaran-
tees as TO the veto question, which the
Prime Minister has pronounced indls-
uenssble TO his retention Of Office, and
secondly, whether the finance bill can
be PASSED before the end OF March and
the taxes authorized The complications
ara sufficiently serious without the as
sumption that either King Edward or
the Lords will discriminate between the
sources OF government support and ex-
clude the Nationalist vote on separatist
grounds.
Chancellor Lloyd-George has been re-
elected with q slightly reduced majority.
snd Austen Chamberlain has an equally
secure seat in the Midlands. The Prime
Minister and Mr.. Haldane will be voted
for tomorrow and the Cabinet will then
Be complete, although six minor minis
ters have fallen out. The polling,
whether in the North - the South, is
heavier than has ever been known, and
the excitement over the general result is
unparalleled in English politics.
The first Unionist gain reported to-
night was at Southport, in Lancashire,
but al Gorron, another Lancastrian con-
stituency. there was an Unexpectedly big
drop q the Labor majority. Two more
Niddlesex divisions poIled to-day, and
while the Liberals just managed to keep
their man in Tottenham. a tariff reform
victory was won at Harrow. / n. F.