New-York tribune., 1919-11-29
Lady Astor Is Elected
{ 10 British Parliament

Her smile seemingly betrayed the re-
suit, for Immediately ringing cheers
arose from the thousands of men and
women who had been waiting three
hours for the announcement.
Lady Astor made brief speech from
her carriage, thanking her supporters
and declaring. ut is your victory. not
mine."
Lady Astor then drove to Princess
Square. two blocks away. trailed by
hundreds, whose numbers increased un-
I'll the whole square was jammed. The
cheering continued all the way. Ac-
companied by Lord Astor, she entered
the Unionist Club and was escorted
upstairs to the reception room, where
she was helped on to table. Some
one shouted, "Three cheers for our
new Commoner," and the walls rever-
berated with the answering hurrahs.
This is victory for Plymouth" !"
said Lady Astor. at was due largely
to my husbands labor in Parliament in
your behalf. l know he would like very
much to be in my place, but, poor old
viscount. / feel sorry for him. He
will be back to you some day."
With reference to the government,
Lady Astor said: plymouth knew what
was best for the country and voted
that way. The government is not per-
feet; we do not deserve perfect gov
ernment, for we are not perfect our
selves.
"Poor old Lloyd George, with all his
faults, is not such bad fellow, after
all. J am going to do all can to help
the point where / think him right, for
I have told you all the time I won't be
under the lash of the whip Of any
party"
Lady Astor also said she WAS "sorry
for poor old Ike" referring to her de-
feated Liberal opponent, Foot.
Lady Astor afterwards gave out the
following statement:
"Although l cannot say the best
man won,' l can say that the best
policy won. There are >cartain people
the last five years has been about. 1t
was for right, not might, and for fair
play in the widest sense. There is a
new spirit, both in public and in pri-
vate life, which is struggling through.
"By this l mean the spirit IF citizen
ship and service which was brought
out by the war. I don't mean that we
have not all that is best il. government,
but l do believe that a government
which says: Let us all unite for the
national good, has a better spirit than
WIG oiu LiDerNl party, lHdt says. Leu
us get back to party lines or the
Socialists, who are trying to divide the
world into classes
Cooperation Is Urged
eve must not divide, but unite. The
Labor party Of England is more divided
in thought than any other party. The
right in all parties should and will
unite. We have been asked to give
up many of our cherished rights, but
surely we who have seen 100000 men
give up their all shorld be willing to
give up whatever is keeping us and the
nation from reconstruction in the new
spirit.
II believe that the great bulk of the
people are willing and want to do what
is right, but / also believe that the
spirit of the war profiteer and Boil
shevism, if they have their way, would
make the country not the home Of
heroes. but a den of thieves The
during the war and the Bolshevist revo-
luton is tryin., to take advantage of
the broken and unsettled patriot now
that the war is over. Neither is right,
but neither represents the great heart
desire of the British ration. Both must
be fought and defeated"
To Wear Plain Suit
Lady Astor says she will wear a
plain black tailored coat and skirt.
simple white shirtwaist and a small
black hat on the occasion of her pre-
sentation to the House, and that she
will not vary from this simplicity of
dress, except possibly for the evening
sessions, when she may wear plain
dark frock, with a white collar and
cuffs.
~ will not wear elaborate evening
dress under any circumstances" she