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SATURDAY, JULY. 6, 1929.
ELECTION AS SEEN
ABROAD.
THE "SPORTING” ELEMENT.
Berlin, May 31.
The British elections, have been the one aubject of discussion in Germany today. This is partly due to the personal and "sport ing" features by which a British General Election is contrasted no noticeably with a German,
In particular the fortunes of individual candidates of Sir Austen Chamberlain, Mr. Oliver Baldwin, Lady Cynthia Mosley, Miss Megan Lloyd George, and, Mr. Duff Cooper, are followed with the keepest interest. And in general a British election arousen the same kind of enthusiasm in Germany as does the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race The contest is sufficiently! interesting on its own account because of ita essentially Homerlä element.
But there is, also the practical element. What effect will tho election results have" for Gar many? This question in compli cated by the bewilderment na to the nature and constitution of the Government which will emergo; from the ambiguous compsaltion of the new House of Commons. The Labour Party it is hold, has won a resounding victory, and the Conservatives have suffered a no less resounding defeat, while Mr. Lloyd George cannot be other than disappointed.
A Question Mark.
But what is to come of it all, and what, in particular, will the Liberals do in the new situation? The answer to these questions is so far a question mark." One thing only is felt to be clear. Whatever the complexion of the now Government the difference for Germany will be a small one, Rhineland evacuation, it fa re liked, wil not advance with any perceptible acceleration even with Labour or Labour-cum-Liberal at the helm
Only on such questions as England's attitude, say, to dis- armament is it anticipated that any prospective change will pro- duce results more agreeable to Germany, and in these matters Germany is content to "walt and
without any particular demonstration of emotion,
Only the Socialista, informed by their well-known sense of the "supernational," have thought t to telegraph to their British comrades, "Well dono. Your victory is our victory."
What Paris Thinks,
Paris, May 81. French 'editorial comment on the British elections is reserving itself until the final results are known. There is no surprise horo at the, Socialista gains, The Matin attributes their success largely to the vote of the women, and remarks the utter collapse of Liberalism, in spite of the efforts its leadors and technical experts,
of
The Liberte explains the Conservative defeat by the pro- sence of a third party, and › re- marks that, the mechanism of the clection has favoured the Labour Party in contrast to former elections.
The Liberals, according to the Petit Parisien, have- succeeded in doing nothing except to ensure a socialist victory.
There is satisfaction here
nut
the complete check given to the Communist element, and admira- tion for the orderliness with which the voting has been carrlod out.
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American Comment.
New York, May 81. The New York
Evening World, commenting
the British election, says that the crisis which Mr. Churchill warn- ed the country has apparently arrived, adding, however, "Groat Britain had a Labour Ministry under Mr. MacDonald and Heaven did not fall. But hereafter it is more possible that Conservatism and Radicalism may have to Join forces in England for the live issues of the day have be- come too fundamental for it to be otherwise."-Exchange.
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and narrow alley of dilapidated four-roomed cottages hommed in by factories."
Surprise in Rome.
Medical Officer recently reported on more than 10,000 houses,”- Rome, May, 31. Though none of the Roman
"The Ministry of Health," the
Numerous instances of un- papers publishes any comments
report states, "should draw the to-day on the first election re-
attention of the City of London sanitary conditions in privately-. Corporation to the condition of its owned property sults, they have created con-
are given. In siderable surprise in political and
✅ Property` owned by the City of property. So long as it is defec- many cases there are rooms with- diplomatic circles. A decrease London Corporation is commented tive, landlords in much less out windows, in other cases win In the Conservative and an in-on very unfavourably in the ra- affluent bircumstances un-dows are out owing to the frames crease in the Labour strength was port on the housing conditions in likely to realise what their legal having rotted away,
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A foreword to the report states.licly-owned property goes far to being in one room.. In another "Damp, dilapidation of every undermine the general morale of case a small room is occupied by a family of eight; three little chită- kind, obsolete design and con. Southwark landlordiam atruction, vermin, and every other:
ren sleep in one cat and the rest. evil feature that can be encoun- Some of the property referred of the family in one bed. tered, abound throughout the to is in Moss Alley. "This pas whole borough and Import to sago," etatan the report, "opens much of it a character of almost on to the Embankment at one end, unrelieved defectiveness. It is but is too narrow to beneft much regrettable to find that property The cottages are small (somo two- from the fresh air of the river. belonging to the Corporation of the City of Londou receives de roomed), very dark, and damp. finite and repeated unfavourable worn out. Repairs are generally Walls are bulging and brickwork neglected."
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Overcrowding.
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