7 NOVEMBER 1925, Page 3

The Borough Elections which have taken place all over the

country this week have resulted in a slight advance of the Labour forces. In London Labour retained control in Poplar, Battersea,. Bermondsey, Deptford, Woolwich and Bethnal Green, and won majorities in Stepney and Shoreditch. In the twenty-eight London boroughs Labour made a net gain of about ninety seats. The voters were less apathetic than usual and about forty-five per cent. voted. The lesson, as it appears to us, is that frenzied denunciation of the Reds, accompanied by unceasing sniping of Mr. Baldwin's Government, does not impress the electorate. We are not surprised. The wage-earners want to know whether there is a good alternative to Socialism. We have written on this subject in our first leading article. * * * *