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seats. They do not, however, furnish any trustworthy indica- tion

of the political tendencies of the hour, the side-issues and personal issues being too numerous. All that can fairly be said is that Protection has not helped the Conservatives, and that the Education Act has in many places told against them. We note a perceptible, though not very striking, increase of successful Labour candidates; and a curious election at Cardiff, where Mr. Lloyd-George's policy of a revolt in Wales against the administration of the Education Act seems to have been the test issue, and to have met with a sharp rebuff, the majority against his proposals being 9,779 to 8,529.