New-York tribune., 1910-01-21
UNIONISTS GLEEFUL.
Encouraged By Continued Gain
IN Seats.
TBy Tn. Assooiated Press.

London Jan. 2o-The old-fashoned Eng
lish country people, with their rock-ribbed
conservation, their reverence for the no.
bility and their prejudfces against the new
fashioned socialism. were heard from to-
Gay. and they gave a decided boom to the
Conservative stock. Tonight the Union
lists everywhere have taken cheer. The
National Liberal Club, which has been the
centre of Liberal activity. has a less tubi-
liant atmosphere than at any time since the
elections began.
The results of the pollings for fifty-eight
seats yesterday were announced to-day, and
forty-seven more seats were contested to-
day. but returns from less than half of the
latter have been reported tonight. Lon
don's last borough gave its verdict in favor
o. Unionist, Westminster re-electng W,
L. 4. B. Burdett-Coutts with his majority
Yearly doubled. The metropolis has thirty
four Unionists twenty-six Liberals and two
Laborites, whereas in 1906 thirty-eght Lib
erals were elected in London, twenty-one
Unionists and three Laborites.
The popular vote in 1906 was: Unionist.
26S, ,l67; Liberal. 25s.s1o; Labor, 25,472 The
popular vote this year in London is:
Un,onist. 3Ss.773; Liberal, 251,26l; Labor.
s0046.
II am quite confident of the result
throughout the country" said Chancellor
Lloyd George at Bangor tonight After
all, the standard of 1906 was quite abnor
NAL, and we cannot expect TO maintain it.
IL We judge by the standard of other gen.
eral elections. 1t will be found that the
Liberals have good working majority.
The Chancellor said it was remarkable
that the most progressive commercial COM
munities voted for free trade. Birmingham
voted neither for free trade nor protection,
but simply stood by her greatest citizen.
Premier Asquith, at Fifeshire. declared
that one thing was certain-the great in
dustrial centres would not give to the new
Parliament any mandate or authority to
interfere with the system of free trade.
Except in a few isolated areas. like Bir-
mingham and Liverpool. all had given an
emphatic verdict in favor OF free trade
The secretary of the Tariff Reform
League issued proclamation tonight, say
ing:
To-day's Unionist victories conclusively
prove that free trade is losing its hold on
the country. We attribute our success in
the artisan district not to free trade, but
TO the alliance of the Socialistic party with
the Radicals. In straight contest be-
tenn, tariff reform would triumph The
political fight of the future will be be-
tween tariff reform and Socialism.
Exciting scenes followed the declaration
of the poll at Buckingham where the Lib
eral candidate. #. w. Verney, son of Lord
Verney, won by a narrow margin. The en-
ragged Unionists chased several prominent
Liberals. who took refuge in the nearby
houses. A stone broke the glass in motor
car in which Lady Verney and Miss Ver-
ney were driving.
There was rioting at Belfast where fifty
four persons were arrested on the charge
of impersonating voters. According to the
English law. all persons whose names ap-
pear on the registers may vote. One
woman and two fourteen-year-old boys.
who were thus registered, voted Numbers
of American citizens residing in London
were notified that their names were on the
registers, and they voted unchallenged
An enormous placard was displayed at
Hampton. with the inscription III the
Radical-Socialstic government is retained
in fifteen years England will be under the
power OF Germany. You may be forced
into the German army.