General Nicholson, standing as a Constitutional Independent Conservative on an
" Anti-Waste " programme, won the by-election in the Abbey Division of Westminster on Thursday, August 25th. He polled 6,204 votes, defeating Colonel _ Applin, of the Anti-Waste League, by a majority of 1,234. Mr. Lupton, an Independent Liberal who also professed to be " Anti-Waste," came last with 3,053 votes. We have failed to discover any serious difference between the political creeds of General Nicholson and Colonel Applin, though one enjoyed the support of Mr.. Bottomless and the other received the assistance of Lard Rothermere's journals. The election merely proved afresh that Unionist con- stituencies are gravely suspicious of the Coalition, and aro impatient at its failure to cut down expenditure and reduce taxation. General Nicholson will doubtless vote• with the Coalition on most questions, but he was careful to dissociate himself from it during the electoral campaign.
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