Taking Britain as a whole, over tivo million more electors went the poll this year than last year—an indication, we may assume,—that they regard the Socialist danger a3 a thing not to be trifled with. But "though the Unionist note is greatly fnereased, it should not be overlook that Labour, too, has added well over a million to its poll. Of the oral "electorate" of roughly 21 millions, more than 5,500,000 have Fndicated that they would have qualms about putting Socialism into Practice. 'Those who, on the. con: trary, favour the Unionist policy exceed 7,600,000, and though the difference between the two totals is substantial, it is not so great that the Labour party can now be regarded as. niogligible. In' fact, "it going steadily forward, and the Jast has not been heard of the "Red", The Liberals, as Mr. Lloyd George ints out, have been doubly unwill save a party which rately chooses the path of
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