LABOR WILL NOT WIN SAYS PROFESSOR ABBOTT

"Labor is in danger of losing some of its strength in the coming English elections, while the Conservatives should gain," said Professor Wilbur Cortez Abbott, Professor of History in the University, in discussing the announcement of the overthrow of Premier MacDonald's government yesterday.

"The Conservatives should have the best chance of increasing their membership," he said, provided every conservative votes. At the last election thousands of conservative votes were lost by the failure of the voters to attend the polls." Professor Abbott went on to speak of several of his personal friends who had not voted at that time. He did not predict a conservative majority in the House of Commons. He said that Winston Churchill had a good chance of keeping his seat.

Liberals Will Not Lose Much

"The Liberal party will not lose much of its present strength," he said, "judging from the way in which its members have been voting. Only twelve liberals voted with labor on recent questions in the house. Lloyd George will not come into power."

"The labor party is in danger of losing, although its leaders are confident that they can secure the necessary seats to control Parliament. Their record in the Russian Negotiations and in refusing to prosecute James R. Campbell, acting editor of the "Workers Weekly," seems to be the main issue which has brought them into this situation."

When asked if the Labor party in England could be compared with the La Follette Wheeler party in America, Professor Abbott said that the complications were so different that no direct comparison could be made, except in the seeming tendency of the Laborite vote to take strength chiefly from the Liberals.