The Unionists did not do as well as expected on Saturday, but if the proportion of gains be maintained the result will be awkward for the Government. iter.
Yesterday's results include seven Liberals, seventeen Unionists and seven Nationalists returned unopposed.
The Unionist papers are not jubilant, but profess satisfaction with the results.
Mr. W. Runciman, President of the Board of Education, Mr. F. E. Smith. x.o., Mr. Rameny Macdonald and Mr. P. Snowden (Labour leaders), Mr. T. P. O'Connor and Mr. A. Emmett, have been re-
London vid Bombay, Dec. 2.
Telegrams from Constantinople state that in the Senate the recent purchase of battleships from Germany was severely criticized. It was described as a hasty transaction and the ships were said to be useless.
The Grand Vizier justified the purchase in the interests of the defence of Turkey's extensive seaboard, and added that the purchase was seceniiated by the political two battleships bought from Germany were nearly twenty years old.—Eo.
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