The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-22


 ceived up to late hour tonight the status of the various parties in the gen eral elections in progress follows:
 Unionists, 1s4.
 Liberals, 159. SIM
 Laborites 32.
 Nationalists, 5S.
 Gains: Unionists, s1; liberals, 10; la borites, 1.
 From the returns announced of today's voting, the unionists gained ten seats and the liberals none
 In today's polling Reginald McKenna, first lord of the admirality, was returned victorious over E. G. A. Carmichael, unionist, for Abergavenny- Monmouth shire, and William Abraham, laborite, was reelected for Rhondda valley by the enormous majority of sse5.
 The political tide continues to drift towards conservatism. Forty-eight con- stituencies declared their choice today ana the positions of the opposing armies tonight are practically where they were last night, with the tories slowly fore ing the radicals backward. There is hardly a question that the Irish will hold the whip hand over Premier Asquith In the coming parliament. and that it Will be critical and exciting session.
 The unionists have made steady gains on the popular vote almost throughout England, and to a much lesser extent in Scotland and Wales, but all parties and factions of parties claim the results are a vindication of their policies. Dispute Over Result.
 The unionists stoutly claim that the result Is victory for tariff reform. The liberals deny 1t stubbornly They declare that the feudal status or the midland counties is responsible for the conserva- tive gains and charge the triumvirate- the landlords, the church and the publi- cans-with overaweing their dependents and followers by practicing widespread intimidation and threatening them with JOSS Of work From the opposition point of view. the conservation of the counties Is due to tha loyalty of the 5eople to ti.A house of lords, their fear of socialism and a desire for protection. The home rule question, with the nation aiists the dominant party in the alliance in the new parliament will become in vested with an importance 1t has not held during the campaign, when it was kept in the background. Mir. Asuuith declared during the campaign that the liberals would be free in the new parlia- ment as they were not in the old, to support measure for full self-govern- ment to Ireland. purely on Irish affairs and subject to the maintenance. unim- paired. of the supremacy Of the imperial parliament.
 The Irish people personally had con strued the promises of MT. Asouith to mean more than this, and protests are being raised among the home rulers.
 It is probable that home rule bill will be introduced, but not pressed at the coming session, and that the atten- tion of the government will be concen- trated on the budget
 Liberal Leader Defeated.
 Joseph Albert Pease. the chief liberal whip, has been defeated in the Saffron Walden division of Essex Col D. ]. Proby, unionist, winning by 272 majority. Upon the announcement in the street of this result this afternoon a waiting crowd became wild with excitement and tried to mob Pease, who had to be escorted homeby policemen.
 A notable tory victory was the gain of the Scottish seat for Perthshire by Marquis Tullibardne who turned the pre- vious liberal advantage of S0S into a unionist majority.
 In Londonderry city Shane Leslie lost to Marquis Hamilton, unionist, by a ma tority of 57. Leslie is the son of Colonel Leslie. who married the younger daughter of Leonard Jerome of New York city. When young Leslie turned nationalist he rechristened himself Shane as more Gel tic than the name which his parents had given him.
 Colonel Leslie. who is stanch tory, promptly disowned his son.
 Albert Victor Grayson, a socialist of the firebrand type, lost his seat for the Colne valley division of Yorkshire. West Riding to the liberal candidate, Cleach.
 Yorkshire returns continue to favor free trade candidates by large majori- ties, Joseph Walton, who has been a frequent visitor to the United States, and w. Holland, carrying Barnsley and Rotherham divisions, respectively, by ma jorities in the neighborhood of 1000.