The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-29
Coalition Government Gets
519 Seats Out of a
Total of 707.
DEFEATISTS BEATEN
McKenna, Dillon and Hen
derson Showed Under With
Former Premier.
LABoRITES SHOW POORLY
Sim Feins Elect 20, One a
Woman, the Only Winner
of IA Suffragists.
LABoRITES SHOW POORLY

LoNpoN, Dec. 2S.-Premier Lloyd
George and the Coalition Government
scored a sweeping triumph In the
British Parliamentary elections. The
new Parliament will be overwhelm-
!ngly Coalition.
With only four results unan-
nounced, the Government Coalition
will practically command 519 seats
In the new Parliament. which will
have 707 members. against 60 in the
old body, a difference Of 81.
Lloyd Georges victory was strik-
ingly decisive and far more complete
than had been anticipated. He ran
In his old district in Carnarvon,
Wales, polling 1898 votes to only
1895 obtained by Austin Harrison.
son Of Frederic Harrison, the writer,
who opposed the Premier. Mr.. Har-
rlson was an Independent candidate.
Asquith and Aids Beaten.
Former Premier Asquith has been
beaten. So has John Dillon, the
Irish Nationalist leader. With Mr.
ASquith, Reginald McKenna and Ar
thur Henderson. the leader Of the
Laborites. two Of Asquith's strongest
supporters, also went down to defeat.
The Laborites lost badly. They have
won only seventy-four seats instead OF
tho expected 100. -,-
Major Waldorf Astor has been
elected from Plymouth, and Lord Rob
ert Cecil also won.
Sim Fein candidates triumphed
hut will not take their seats. They
swept all Of Ireland with the excep-
ton OF Ulster, where the Unionlsts
won. They secured seventy seats, and
apparently elected the only woman
who was successful out of the fourteen
WHO made the race. She is the Coun-
tess Georgina Markievicz. who has
Jcen announced as the victor over two
male opponents in the ST. Patrick's
division of Dublin. The Countess
played a leading role in the Irish re-
hellion and was a consistent champion
Of the Sim F'ein cause.
No coalition Minister has been de-
.eated. On the contrary. all of them,
.ihe Premier Lloyd George, have been
returned by decisive majorities. While
Lloyd Georges majority is about
10000, Winston Churchill's is larger,
about $4,000, and Andrew Bonar Law g
also is larger, about 10000.
The pacifists were almost ignominl-
oGsly defeated by heavy votes, whereas
coalition maJorities of 10000 and
higher were common. Ten of the La
bortes elected are coalitionists.
Christahel Pankhurst came the near
es. Of the other women candidates to
De elected, ner defeat having been ac-
cOmpiished by a narrow majority and
b. T-aboriie.
LnborIte and Pacihst Lose.
Henlerson's companion leader among
the Liberties, Philip Snowden, also
vas defeated. He was a pacifist and
this fact as much as anything else Is
considered as having been responsible
foi his loss OF a seat. He was beaten
BY Sir Henry Norman, Coalition
Liberal. by vote Of more than two
70 one The returns showed Norman
polled 32,076 votes; Commander Dean.
Coalition Cnionlst, 3O,l5S. and Snow
den. bad third. with 1924. Blackburn,
where Snowden ran. has two seats.
The defeat of Asquith, while more OF a
sensation, was not so decisive. He was
unsuccessful against Col. Sir Alexander
spr5t, Il Scottish laird, who has come
back home after four years with the
B''t.sh army In France. Twice before
Sir Alexander had run against Mr.. AS
c1'tn Both times he was defeated. This
Nna, however, the vote stood Sprot,
Jnorist s,99G Asquth, Liberal 1894
and ". +. Morgan, Independent. 59l.
Henderson, former member of the War
cabinet lost in the South District OF
East Ham, and his defeat added another
coalition Liberal to the Lloyd George
forces He is Glenn Edwards. who got
'27. votes. Frank Hamlet. Unlonst.
"as ~spord. with 5.661 votes Henderson
was 'ast polling only s.H@f votes.
Sir Eric Geddes Is Elected.
"'- Eric Geddes. First Lord of the Ad-
mfal'v. Coalition Unionist. won in
ne cambridge district over the Rev. T.
X Williams. His victory also was de-
C.s.'". 1853 against 1884. The Rev.
AF Williams is a Laborite.
".H1iI"n has been dampened per-
Early indications were that the La
oot'tes would be the second strongest
party, In view OF the determination OF
,ne e Sim Feiners not TO take their seats.
NeYNrtheless. this otherwise welcome
ccep'ioly BY the fact that Henderson and
eho"den have lost their seats
N" defeat OF the Asqulth section of
me Lioerlls was a severe blow not
Only because OF the defeat OF the former
rremler but also because Sir John
SIMON, looked upon as the probable heir
70 the leadership. went down to defeat.
me McKenna defeat also was consid-
.rea a blow. because he was ono of
EN,o liihs chief lieutenants.
lhe race made by the women was
particularly disappointing. AS tho re-
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