A vast number of intending candidates have appeared in the
field, but it remains to be seen how many will present themselves for nomination on Wednesday next and pay the fee of £150, which is returnable only to thore who poll at least an eighth of tile votes cast. The Unionist candidates all support the Coalition. The Liberals, as we have said, are divided, though many Asquithians who are opposed by Coalition Liberals profess a cordial approval of the Coalition programme in the main. The Labour Party, though avowedly hostile to the Coalition, includes among its candidates some, like Mr. Clynes, who have striven to maintain the Party truce, but many Labour nominees are notorious Pacificists and a few profess admiration for the Bolsheviks, as viewed from a safe dis- tance. The National Party has put forward a number of candidates. The " National Democratic Party " and the National Federation of Discharged Sailors and Soldiers are contesting several seats, and there are a number of independent candidates, some of whom have come forward, as at Harrow, by way of protest against the Coalition's disregard of local feeling in the selection of would-be Members. Miss Markham is contesting her late brother's seat at Mansfield as an Independent Liberal; the Coalition have not yet adopted any woman candidate, and very few women seem likely to be nominated.
