6 NOVEMBER 1909, Page 18

Taken as a whole, the reiult is exceedingly satisfactory from

the point of view of those who, like ourselves, believe that Municipal Socialism is quite as injurious as State Socialism. Whate'v'er else the figures of the Municipal Elections show, they certainly do not show that the country is madly in love with the Budget, and determined to brook no criticism of it. If that were the mood of the people, as we 'are bidden to believe it is by Radical writers and orators, it must have been made apparent at the polls. In our opinion, the Municipal Elections indicate that the present temper of the country is calmly conservative. The mass of the British people are by no means in a Limehouse mood.