4 JANUARY 1919, page 1

The Most Piquant Feature Of The Election Was The Rout

of the Asquithian Liberals. There has been nothing like it in our annals. Mr. Asquith himself and seventeen out of his twenty ex-Ministers were beaten at the polls in......

The Victory Of The Coalition Was Accentuated By The Huge

majorities recorded for the members of else Government. All of them were returned, and all, except three University Members, had majorities exceeding a thousand. Mr. Lloyd......

We Have No Sympathy For Mr. Asquith's Chief Followers, Who

richly deserved the Leeson that they have received. But we must confess that we regret Mr. Asquith's disappearance from the House in such circumstances. He has been weak in......

The Coalition Forces, According To The Times, Include 338...

138 Liberals, and 10 or 11 members of the National Democratic Party, which may be described as a patriotic Liberal- Labour organization. As their unpledged but friendly allies,......

News Of The Week.

T HE General Election has ended, as we hoped and believed it would, in an overwhelming victory for the Coalition Government. When the votes were counted on Saturday last, it was......

The Electors Showed No Mercy To The Preificists Or To

any politicians who were half-hearted about a Peace with Victory. MI the Liberals who had shown more concern for the feelings of the Germans, the Bolsheviks, or the......

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Notice To Our Readers.

We are glad to inform our readers that we hate been aUe to return in the present number of the "Spectator" to our former type and to the former sire of column. Owing to the......