NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THERE is no ambiguity about the verdict of the nation at the General Election. It is agreed on all sides that the polling was exceptionally heavy. The overwhelming Unionist successes are as near to an exact expression of opinion as it is possible to get. In par- ticular it has been noted that the women voters polled in Mager numbers than before. It looks as though justifica- tion had at last come to those who have always said that in a crisis the women would be on the side of steadiness, against speculative changes, and in favour of British ideas for British people. In constituencies where the Socialist creed was already a compact and solid conviction there has for the most part been no change, but in a great number of other constituencies a minority Labour Member has been turned out in favour of a Unionist. The chief feature, however,- is the rout of the Liberal Party. It has dwindled numerically to a mere group.
