22 NOVEMBER 1935, Page 3

The saddest feature of the election is the de feat of

Sir Herbert Samuel and nearly all his chief lieutenants. No man in these desperately difficult post-War years has worked with greater courage and public spirit for the revival of the Liberal PartY., But his decision to go into definite opposition to the National Government in 1933, though it was actuated by the highest motives, was a serious tactical mistake. The Conservatives who they Samuel and his candidates in 1031 felt that they had been 'tricked, and they never forgave them. The defeat of Mr. Isaac Foot is a grave loSs to Parliament, and men like Sir Robert Hamilton and Mr. Harcourt, JOhnstone will be sadly missed,