A considerable amount of interest wag taken here in the British elections, but the defeat of Mr. Lloyd George can scarcely be said to have been expected; at all events, not such a decided one. Canadians draw some lessons from it.. The first is that the British showed that they do not approve of "group" government, and this will add to the increasing feeling against it in Canada At present it is rife here, and the results are bad. Another conclusion is that Canada wants tranquility and less interference by Government in the business of the country, as Great Britain does, and which Mr. Bonar Law has promised. There is an increasing opinion that there is too much government here, and when it is considered that there are the Dominion and nine Provincial Governments, with municipal authorities as well, for a popula tion about the size of that of London, it is not surprising that this opinion is increasing. It might be said incidentally that the Dominion members recently voted themselves an increase in their "sessional indemnities," a euphemistic term for salaries, or wages, which brought them up to over double the amount paid to the members of the British House of Commons. This example was followed by many of the Provincial legislators voting themselves "bonuses.""
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