M. Venizelos has caused consternation in Greece by publishing in
a Cretan newspaper a demand for a plebiscite to decide between Republicanism and Monarchy. The Greek Cabinet is still working upon the new Constitution, which gives it trouble enough without the burden of a dynastic question.
* * * The result of the Bosworth by-election was declared on Wednesday :- Edge, Sir W. (L.) .. .. 11,981 Minto, J. (Lab.) .. .. 11,710 Spears, Brig.-Gen. E. L. (Unionist) 7,685 Liberal Majority over Labour .. 271 Thus the Liberals have won yet another victory following on Leith and Southwark. The UnioniSta, it is true, started under a handicap as the constituency had been in effect disfranchised for ayear by the yoluntary absence of Captain Gee. Both Liberals and Labour increased their poll but there was obviously no landslide for Labour as a result of the Trade Unions Bill. The notable fact is that the Liberal Party seems to be corning into its own again. • * # .*
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