Lord Provost Montgomery, who entertained to Tunch in the Glasgow Gity Chambers the officers of the Powe targe motor vessels being completed on the Clyde for the Nippon Yusen 'Kaisha, had some' complimentary things 10 say of the Tela ions between Glasgow and Japan. He pointed out that two years ago {ovo vessels costing about one million pounds had been completed on the river for the same firm, and. that the latest vessels would cost about alt t "Apart from the financial aspect of the question and tke part which such aniers played reducing unemployment, the relations between Japan and' Glasgov, said his Lordship, had always. been fof the most cordial and. Zviendly disaster which overtook the Liberal itself. Not. even eecription, rise in Scotland. The party's, tenure after the last election lay: chiefly in the East and North-East, But in these regions they have suffered severe losses, Edinburgh has been completely denuded of Liberal representation, though year ago it sent three Liberal members to Westminster, each with a majority of over 2,000." The most striking loss was that of Mr. Vivi Phillipps, Chief Whip of the Liber party.
Glasgow, with a straight fight in every one of its 15 divisions, and Liberal candidates in no more' than two of them, exhibited an impressive recoil from Socialism, all the more significant because the character of the previous representation and the activities of the Clydeside group had riveted the attention of the wider: world upon the city. Glasgow haa:
eight Socialist and seven Unionist members compared with ten Socialists and five Unionists in tthe last Parliament. This result has been obtained by loyal ce-operation between the anti-Socialist parties. It may be mentioned that both the Liberal candidates were defeated. 'Mr. Wheatley, whose party "brag" was a feature of the election, held Shettleston, but there was a thump. ing decline in his majority from 4,153 to 630. Mr. Campbell Ste-phons' majority in Camlachie was squeezed down from 9,118 to 215, 'Tradeston, Springburn, St. Rollox, Govan, and Bridgeton' all revealed the new moulding of Glasgow opinion, usually to a substantial degree, Gorbals, with its large proportion alien voters, was the only division show jereased Sceialist majority.
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