New-York tribune., 1922-11-17
Younger Bes.s Lloyd George

LONDON. Nov. 16 BY The Associated
Press3. downfall of LLOYD Gcorre-
5m is the outstanding feature of The
eiections. Labor, although it failed to
iuihil the high hopes the party en-
tertained at the dissolution, has done
exceedingly we'll. rising from seventy
six TO 135 seats.
The position now Is that labor is the
eecoE1 strongest party in the House.
and i.l what looks now as the in,uroh,
55le event Of the present government
suffeying defeat liz Parlialre7qts It
wot9d be to- the Labor party. that tive
hinss would naturally turn for new
prenlier.
Another striking feature of the
elections is that the women voters
haye taken quite. an u,lexpecterilv
5tronE interest in the struggle, their
participation probably accounting more
han anything else for the exceedingly
heavy, polling. But, however keen their
interest in political life. they do not
Appear to be in the mood tn elect wo-
men to Parliament. only Viscountess
Astor and Mrs. Wintringham, already
the House, being returned.
To Elect Speaker Monday
The new House Of Commons will
meet Monday afternoon To elect the
speaker, and it: is considered certain
hat the Right Hon. John Henry
Whitley will be reelected Tuesday
md Wednesday will be occuuie,f in
wearing in the new members and the
fermal opening of Parliament by the
hI(r will take place Thursday.
There have been many noteworthy
casualties among all the parties. the
most striking perhaps being the defeat
of Arthur Henderson, Labor leader,
and Winston Churchill, former Cefonisi
4ecretary, and. the overthrow of Ave
members of the new administrator,
or whom safe seats will somehow have
10 be found.
The defeats of Mr. ChurchilI. Sir
lamar Greenwood, former CHIEF Sec.
tstary for Ireland, and Frederick G.
heiiaway. former Postmasta or General
yYere severe blows to Mr.. Lloyd Georre
yho, however. had the satisfaction al
seeing his son returned by a big ms.
ority, while both his secretaxies--3
H4dWard NJ. Grigg and G. II. Shake.
Speare--were elected
M1S Asauith himself had sonae7hat
Aarrow escape from defeut. and Mis-
hiel henchmen--Str Donald MacLeau
aaa waiter Rnncirnarl--went down
A noteworthy return was the re4elec-
ION of the new Pensions M;r;ste~
Aa3or George G.. Trpon, despite the
Neceat agitation spe'net the proposed
abolition Of that ministry.
Sir Donald MacLean, aaauitFl's ur;,-
ipat leader, WAS at the bottom Of tina
eoii In PEBBLES, where Labor taine,:
nc seat. j. Westwood, the Taborita.
aoiled e,ss4; A. Crawford. Conserya,
ave, a,sa2, and MscEean, 1,377.
fslEp Srlewdeu, Lahorite, wf4e for
iaerly sat Tor blackburn, was elected
or Colne Valley, Yorkshire. HIS vote
vas l@,9I4; Thomas Rrooke,. Conserys
ave, potied I,332. and the former r,;{,-
RAJ a. memoer- r w. MailiIeu, s,04s.
waiter Runciinan, president of the
boasd of Trade in Sha Asquith Minis
try, was defeated for Berwick. tia
eieorgites capturing the seat. The fig-
5res were: Captain Hilton phiIjnsor.
National Liberal, 1888; Runcisnan'
Liberal, 1854 ''-''-'
One Cournsnnist Elected
One Communist WIS elected ia the
new PariIairent-J. T. Watson New
polo, WHO was returned fer the Mother
we'll division of Lanarkshjrr.
In Glasgow tive Communists were DE-
seetd and none OF the Eaborite victcrs
was sff'cialiy described as Communists,
: i--ss0A uNtfta SaSop <tsEGT, SGH or tfre
ate Viscount Astor. was elected on the
Conservative tjcke1 over thr LsheraI
candidate, L. ]. Stein, AMI the Fnde-
nendent Unionist, Colonel Sir Thorss 8
Folsom, IN the Dover division of Eent.
The result of the contest for I1ondor
University, where II. G. Wells, the
author, was 8 candidate, nav not be
snnonneed for a day or two, as uni
versitg voting IS conducted by mail,
extending over week.
Hascourt Johnstons Liberal, was DE-
lested fer East WfilesGan by Sir II.
MaHaby ueeiey. Conservative, the vote
being I2,523 to 11,2lf.
Oxford University adhered To ste
traditions, returning two Conserva-
savvss Lord augh Cecil and Sir Charles
oman, noted historian and Oxford'g
professor Of modern history. The
University rejected the Liberal cardi-
date, Gilbert Murray, 0xford's PRO-
lessor of Greek.
The London crowds displayed sc-
aewed interest In the results of the
poliiugs and similar sceaes were wit
1csssd to=day4 8s yesterday but on a
nucR smailet scale, aud Tire crowds
Fapialy dwiadsed this evening when
sae Nfasac,pal returns were known