The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-04
UNIONISTS GAIN FOUR SEATS
BIT va SIGN or 4 Landslide
N BRTTtI\ VET.
Indications Are THAT AsauAth va Jority
win Be Gut From I3s to -. Making
Radical Constitutional Change In,-
psssibir rhr Gountr, In Excitement

n0sslDIf ouuaFt
Sp,ctsl Csbi> Dsspdtrh 10 THs SrN
I.oSpoS. Dec. ; The British general
elections began in earnest to-day when
voting was held for sixty eight contested
seats in sixty-four constituencies Al
midnight the result OF sixty three cleo.
tons was known, These showed seven
Uniouist and three Liberal gains giving
q net Cnionist gain Of four
This by no means jistife- the Con
sentative hopes. freely expressed durin &
thk day. OF ~ipng ont the coalition una
iorirS: but IL this rate Of Cnionist gains
ia kept mp il will mean gain Of about forty
seats reducing IN" coalition majority
from ia 20 a.
Arguing from the speed at which the
constituencies changed their minds in
the last few DAYS. the rate should rather
increase during the coming fortnight
over which the elections will be spread.
Looking at the figures, the first and
most perceptible change from January
q
gr-gat- vote cast on either SADIE Taking
th. first twenty -four contests II ye-ter-
dav. without making any particular
selection but considering them in alpha
betical order the aggregate vote ys's'er-
dav was s.5s7 Iess than IN January in the
same constituencies
Tn. ConserNatlv" vote has fallen by
q. sOc IN IN. sam. constituencies The
Liberal aggregate ~ votes in January
was 1873 compared with an aggregar"
majority Of s.O.s YESTERDAY
The greatest disappoint ment - Ia"
Conservatives - the failure II Andrea
Bonar Law 20 captur. Ih. northwest
division Of Manchester n. was their
strongest private candida" and he took
the tariff reform rag INTO the heart 81
the enemy's country II. was expected
20 win. but he only sIcCred-d IN r"duCin <
tho I.Ib-ral ma Joriiy by half
TN 'h.. whole. although nionisI land
slide IL not indicated. that psrrvmav h.
fairy sai SIZED with the result thus far
They ha," been and they still ar" con
fd-ni NJ a virtual IL not IN actual we
'ory MANY Who n couple Of DAYS ago
condition majority TO such an extent as
to max" IL impos-rbl" for II To carry ont
any great constitutions chang. hop.
small but still majority
To the outsider such chang. IN a few
DAYS has seemed almost impossible n
seems stIIl more remote now But con
sentative confidence ~ m" present mo.
men, ~ und~ntahlv real One great
change in their lighting po.,tion IL that
now they are attac. ing whereas cuupi"
Of DAYS ago they w-r. oh rh. d.f.nslN.
OF the siSry-four constituencies IN
Shlch the polling took place to-dnv '"n
are IN London iifrv seven IA English
county borDnghs ana on" ~ a scottish
borough OF he ten ia i.nnuon three re-
turned nionis's 50 tine last Parliament
and tn. other seven itp-rai, AMI I.apnr.
YES Dfth" fftv s-"-u boro Sn> tw"n'v
on" returned IuiOnIsts and thirty ~ o
Ia erals and lRHorIf - In" HIS r'.JaU"y
IN IA. figures = accounted fur Dv iouhl-
seated constituencies TL- scotch tur-
ough returned = li'-rIi
IL would h- imT.n--rtl. TO .Sagx.rit-
The TENSION ~ the political centres II
suits From 800 clock when th.. ~, ll' !,
II tn. pollings ',=san - arrive. crowds
-rn"d u the street ~ 4 pitil.--- "a IN cheer
.ng md Counteroh--rlrg a. the returns
w"r" displayed bv 'h- various news
IVA PEERS bv means ot electric lighted but
l.''n boards IN The side p;.-n -plc- AZ
the end IL the Strand
A. OciOck this afternoon thirty rhr--
tniOnisfs sixteen Liberals and five Va d.
tIonalst- had been returned unOppu-.-i
There was no chang, from 'h., Last ParlIa
ment ia these "a s.s
An exciting incident - reported from
Lincoln where Winston Churrhill the
Home Secretary. attempted 10 speak from
the balcony u tn. Liberal ChIb 4 series
81 free fights .n-ued among the crowd
in front ~ the club Tn" police App-sr..
to be powerIe-- 10 stop the riotinz
Presently sir Robert FIlm.r. 'h. mon
i-t candidate. WAS seen standing IN AN ad.
joi ing churchyard and The crowd mad.
q rub toward him one man struCl,
him aud another threw gravel in his face
Mr Churchill who had been vainIv ap-
p'alng 10 the Agh'.rs 70 d.-i.t theretIpon
de- c.nd.d 10 the street rsga rdl--s Of his
own safety. and pushing his wav through
Il ne mob 10 sir Roberts side invited ia.
latter 10 TAX. refuge m the Liberal Club
Sir Robert refused o cC-p' the invitation,
further inoles'ation