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There has, of course, been the usual outburst of attempts

to show that, though the Government have got a majority, they rest on insecure foundations, and that they must not be considered to have any mandate from the electors, and so on. It is interesting, however, that the chief exponent of this type of criticism' happens to be the late Prime Minister. He is, as is perhaps natural, exceedingly dissatisfied with the outcome of the elections. On the very day when the last poll was published in the papers- Wednesday—Mr. Lloyd George contributed to his special organ in the Press, the Daily Chranick, an article of many columns, in which he did his best to undermine the Government.

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