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Personal and Political 0 WESTMINSTER'S NOTES OF OF THE WEEK. jngfancf and France-The Eastern Scare! -G.O.M. in Retirement -The Opium Commission. The English have surely become a. Ciomj emotional people than the French. Coming up to London on Wednesday from a quiet seaside town, where the course of life ran very smoothly, I learnt to my astonishment from the even- ing papers that the Chinese Empire had bean broken to pieces, that wa,r wa.s about to be declared between France and England, &a<i tha-t there had been a panic on the Stock Exchange. While people in London thus .bt their heads the French took matters quite coolly, and made a good deal of money by purchasing the securities which English Iwlders were foolishly eager to sell. This rwKcttlous scare was entirely due to the keen competition of the rival news agencies, from which the press now so largely draws its supplies of information, and to which etfitcrs of even the greatest papers appear content to surrender their right of inde- pendent judgment. These agencies are tterved by quick-witted gentlemen, who look tt the most insignificant incidents through me of Sam Welter's "patent double million Magnifying gas microscopes of hextra power," and make it their busi- ness to transform every molehill into a mountain and every thistle into a forest tree. Unfortunately, it is the case that for many yea.rs past France has been simmering with discontent against England, and! the ostentatious proceedings of last year in connection with the Franco-Russian alliance were evidently directed ratlier against this country than against Germany. There are, too, many outstanding differences between the two countries which require careful diplo- matic handling, but nothing is more impro- bable than that Lord Rosebery's Govern- ment, which gave way to France in regard to the important matters of the dismem- berment of Siam and the agreement with the Congo State, would be prepared to pick a quarrel with our neighbours over the impal- pable rights cf British subjects in Mada- gascar. I see that much stress is laid on the mistake Lord Salisbury is supposed to have made in acknowledging four years ago the claims of France to an exclusive pro- tectorate in Madagascar. But Lord Salis- bury got his quid pro quo. His hands were tiled by a previous agreement, made many years ago, and for which he was in no way responsible, admitting France to a share in I deciding the fate of Zanzibar. Lord Salis- bury rightly considered that the possession of Zanzibar was of more value to us than a Tight of intervention in Madagascar, and, fcering above all things a practical statesman, he 1 made a bargain with France that we should be allowed to do what we liked with the former island on the condition that the French Governmeat shculd enjoy a similar privilege in the latter island. No doubt Madagascar in the hands of an enemy maght become in time of war a base of operations intended to cripple British com- merce but Mauritius is close by, the great naval establishments of Bombay and the Cape are on either hand, and, unless we lost the command of the sea, a strong British squadron would soon make an end of the French power in Madagascar. In the great war at the beginning of the century the -French had ait first a number of naval -stations in the Eastern seas, and their cruisers did much damage to our Indian rtrade, but when once our predominance bad been firmly established at sea Pondi- eberry, Mauritius, end Bourbon became so many rat-traps in which the French garri- sons were caught without hope of ever pting away. The same thing ought to Jxappen again unless we are defeated in a great battle at sea, and in that, case it is not the sovereignty of Madagascar only that we should lose, but that of India and Africa likewise. Meanwhile, the Government deserve to be commended for having taken practical steps to protect British subjects and British trade hi Chma. Our commercial and political interests in that part of the world are of overwhelming magnitude, for the masters of (india may well be disquieted at the thought of what might be the consequences of the chitting of rolitical power that would be Caused by the collapse of that Chinese Empire on which British policy lias greatly relied of late years to counteract the aggres- sive designs of France and Russia. But are not the newspapers in too great a hurry to assume that China is already completely vanquished? There is much murmuring ■among the people at the mismanagement or the war. aaid tiis display of ill-feeling against foreigners is a danger against which precautious must be taken; but where are the signs of the general debacle which many imaginative persons declare has set in? China has passed safely through much worse perils than she i.s now confronted with. The victories won by the Japanese have been praised' in the most extravagant terms. Ping-Yang has been called a Sedan or a Waterloo, and the action at sea off the Yalu ORiver an Actium or a Trafalgar. Yet it is cow clear that the Chinese had a com- paratively small force engaged in the battle on land, and that their main army is still intact. Were this not so, we should long ago have heard of a rapid advance of the Japanese forces into Chinese territory. The 'Japanese are evidently better soldiers than their antagonists, but the progress of the wax is very slow, and every day's delay tells in favour of China. As for the sea-fight, the commotion it has excited is out of all proportion to its real value. But in these days everybody prattles about ships, guns, and armour, strategy, tactics, and sea power; and it is anrusdng to observe what a rush there has been of critics, qualified and unqualified, to moralise upon the results of an action as to which little-or nothing is known beyond the fact that it was indecisive. Of course, every "expert" has mounted his hoboy. and ridden it triumphantly round the .-tage, exclaiming, "I told you so." and proving entirely to his own satisfaction that the ships destroyed in the action were lost through neglect of the rules he had laid down for the building of battleships and cruisers and the conduct of naval warfare. It may be said that Sir Edward Reed, at all events, should be exempted from this censure, as that ingenious gentleman, with charactei istic modesty, ha.s not claimed for himself that lie foresaw exactly what took place at Yalu. It. was his friend the German Emperor, he toys, who described the whole affair by anticipation. Sly Sir Edward. How well he can play the courtier. A wicked wit invented the story that Lord Beaconsfield ingratiated himself with the Queen by assuring her that wherever lie went he took with him three book-;—"the Bible, Stiakspeare, and your Majesty's Diary of Your Life in the Highlands. Sir Edward Reed seems bent on "going one better" than Lord Beaconstield; and, as monarchs like to have their flattery laid on thick, no doubt the member for Cardiff will soon get another invitation to Berlin. ]ji;t what was the proof of transcendent fore- sight given by this God-gifted Emperor? He actually wrote below the portrait lie gave to Sir Edward Reed these words:—"I-n a modern battleship the distribution of necessitates a compromise between. armour and artillery. Give her a full all-round belt, and, after that, you must always decide in favour of the artillery. Now, as the Emperor delivered this oracular judgment after having gone through a course of lec- tures under a certain eminent naval con- structor, he can lay no claim to originality in the matter, but only acted like a clever boy who wishes to show how well he has learnt his lesson. Whatever credit, therefore, belongs to the Emperor, his teacher, Sit Edward Reed, must shine with a reflected glory. But the words quoted only embody a truism. To say that you must make a battleship as strong as you can for purposes of both defence and offence seems as obvious as to say that two and two make four. If the Emperor had only added that you must also have regard to speed, and to so training the crews as to make them excellent sailors and gunners, lie would have n.imed all the conditions required to secure naval efficiency. Unfortunately, the mere enumera- tion of these conditions does not carry us any furth*r. The problem of carrying L-Iieni all into effect raises many differences of opinion, which are represented in the various types of vessels comprising the British Navy. Most of these are necessarily experi- mental, but it may fairly be claimed for the Admiralty now, whatever may h.ve been the casein days gone by, that no obstruc- tion is offered to new ideas or to wholesome criticism, and that every improvement sug- gested is discussed by the most competent men in the country and gets a fair trial. As for the lessons of the Yalu action, the experts have mostly failed to gnijp tne fact that neither China. nor Japan had a repre- sentative fleet, according to the fiuropean notion of how squadrons should be composed. In the naval manoeuvres of England and France the big men-of-war are invariably accompanied with a proper complement of cruisers and gunboats, and it would be impos- sible in a naval action between fleets of these two Powers for a few cruisers to s-vil in a. circle at a safe distance round the more slow- moving battleships, as the Japanese are reported to have done, without encountering adversaries of their own calibre. The Japanese have shown that courage, dash, and good gunnery are more important ^actors now, as they have always been, in deciding a victory than the designs of ships or the weight of the armour they carry and anyone who reads the speech made recently by Lord Armstrong, in which lie described the per- fectly marvellous precision of the practice made by the Royal Sovereign with her big guns at sea, will rest satisfied that as gunners the men of our own Navy need fear no rivalry. Mr. Gladstone's restlessness in his enforced retirement betrays a feeling that he has not been treated fairly by his old colleagues and followers. I_ suspect that, when the secret hwtoiy of his resignation is made known, it will turn out that during his absence at Biarritz the Radicals laid a plot to supplant him and put Sir William Harcourt in his place, and that he turned the tables on them by recommending Lord Roseberv to the Queen as his successor. Certainly, his letter on Local Option might have been written by Sir William Harcourt's most malicious foe, since it cuts the ground from under his feet by declaring that. "as a remedy" for drun- kenness, "Local Option is little better than an imposture." No commentary, however plausible, can explain away this damning statement, and it has provoked Sir William Harcourt to declare open war against his late revered leader in a letter in which he says he adheres to his own and Mr. Glad- stone's statements of 1893 in favour of Local Option, and intends to persevere with the I Bill drawn up by the Government. Sir Wilfrid La.wson, also, speaking at Birken- head last night, ca-sfc ridicule on the Gothen- burg system, which Mr. Gladstone has now favoured, and said it would not fulfil the desire of the teetotalers. It seems to me that Sir Wilfrid is right. A man will be able to get drunk under the Gothenburg system just as easily as he can now; and the transfer of the public-houses to the State will only, from the teetotaler's point of view, make the State an accomplice in and patron of the sin now laid to the charge of the private trader. In fact, the State would be placed, if Mr. Chamberlain's views were adopted, in the same position with regard to the drink traffic which English Puritans consider so objectionable with regard to the opium traffic in India. Mr. Gladstone has. then, succeeded in casting one more firebrand into the midst of the Ministerial party, which will set them quarrelling with one another even more vehemently than thev have done before. I should doubt if Sir Wilfrid Lawson's support will do the Radical candidate, Mr. L'ver, much good at Birkenhead. Mr. Elliott L- is a brirrht and can able young politician, and has made a most favourable impression upon the constituency, and there is no reasonable doubt that ht> will succeed in holding the seat hv a. good majority. I see some remarks have been made in the papers on Mr. Lees's w——n« h- IIII—< 39 abandonment of Taunton. But I know that he only consented to stand for Taunton because it was understood that Mr. Percy Allsopp, the present Conservative member, was jeing to retire within a few months, and when Mr. Allsopp changed his mind and determined to remain in Parliament till the general election Mr. Lees was set free from his engagement. The statements which have been published that the report of the Opium Commission will be issued before the end of the year are quite conjectural. No draft of the report has I yet been prepared. Lord Brassey, the chair- man of the Commission, has gone off to America; and, as he is a man who dreads giving offence to anybody, aDd avoids as long as he can making up his mind on any question, the chances are that he will delay writing the report to the latest possible moment. All Royal Commissions seem to end in much the same way. After nearly interminable postponements and discussions, they at last, in sheer weariness, make up their minds to do something. The members remain as divided in opinion as they were at the beginning. The public are presented with a majority report and a minority report, and left to take their choice between them. As a rule, the public take the sensible course of paying no attention to either report, and everything goes on as it did before the Com- el mission was appointed. This will do no harm so far as the Opium Commission is concerned, for what is most to be desired is that the state of things now' existing should remain unchanged. One reason why the opponents of Sir Joseph Renals's election to the office of Lord Mayor fa,iled in their tactics was that they were a little too clever. Over-estimating their own strength, fjiey nominated Sir David Evan- as well as Mr. Phillips, in the belief that the names of these two gentlemen would be placed at the head of the poll for sub- mission to the Court of Aldermen, and that Sir J. Renals would be excluded. This divi- sion of forces ensured the triumph of Sir Joseph. If Sir D. Evans's 800 votes had been given to Mr. Phillips, lie would have been placed at the head of the poll by such a majority that the Court of Aldermen must have elected him. I have the pleasure of know- ing Sir Joseph Renals well. He is a straight- forward. upright, and genial man, and I am very glad he has defeated his intriguing opponents. Mr. Phillips was. oerhaps, prompted in his opposition by the fear that by the time his regular turn of office comes the Lord Mayor of London will be chosen hv a larger and more representative body of citizens than the small clique that now dis- poses of this great office. J.

PKPPEB'S QTTTXIKK *NJ> IRON* TOXIC enr- brncing. vivifying, sustaining. <3i«pel? clepre?fOon, ruies inrli^sticm, II Cl1 ra.:J;i a" an;l aU SCIIPS or pain. Popper's the only real tonic. Shilling bottles. At Saturday's meeting of the Merthyr Union Rural Sanitary Authority Mr. James Jones, the surveyor and inspector of nui=a.r\ces, reported that there had been about fifteen cases of diphtheria. at Pontsticil, fonr of which had proved fatal. CAnRUTIY'!=! COCOA.—"A light, refreshing, and ilisrestire beyerajre an absolutely pure Cocoa of tt." '•est quality."—Medical Annua! e2—235? The London Gazette" of Fridaj contains a notice, issued by the Board of Agriculture, to the effect that the following districts, viz., the county of Monmouth and the horouph of New- port, Mon., will not. after the 3th inst., he affected by the provisions of the Markets and Fairs (Swine Fever) Order of 1894; dated July I 10 last. A FAIR. BEAUTIFUL SKIN.—Sclphollne Soap gives the natural tint and peach-like bloom of a perfect complexion ma'ces the skin smooth, supple healthy, comfortable. Tablets everywhere. W:-J'«:'j

The "Insult" to Wales DID SIR WILLIAM HARCOURT SWEAR P Mr. Lloyd-George Sticks to His State- ment and Expects No Denial from Sir G. 0. Morgan. Mr. Lloyd-George declines to go back on his Bangor declaration. He still declares that insulting language was used by Sir William Harcourt when the latter was wait-ed upon by Sir George Osborne Morgan to arrange tor the reception of a deputation of Welsh members in quest of Disestablish- ment assurances. As we have already pointed out, it is believed that Sir George has sent a letter to Mr. T. E. Ellis denying I the truth of the statement, and we have reason to think that this is not the only communication of the kind that the Welsh leader has lately written. It is worthy of note, however, that no public repudiation has been made, and unless his statement is openly met Mr. Lloyd-George sees no neces- sity for entering into details. One of our representatives flaw Mr. Lloyd-George on the subject on Saturday night at Cardiff, and the hon. member was as frank as pos- sible. "You can say this," he said, "I have seen my authority, and I adhere to every word I said in my Bangor speech. I don't wish to say anything more than that at present, as I prefer to leave to Sir George Osborne Morgan the responsibility of publishing all the facts. I may say this, however, that I do not believe Sir George will publicly deny the accuracy of iny statement." "And if he c?oas?" Mr. Llofyd-George paused. That was a possibility that evidently startled him. Then he said, with emphasis and enough meaning to equip half a dozen dictionaries "If he does-well-" WHAT THE "GWALIA" SAYS ABOUT IT. ANOTHER VERSION OF THK INTER- VIEW. Our Rhyl correspondent writes:—The disclosures made by the "Western Mail" of the interview between Sir William Harcourt and Sir George Osborne Morgan have caused the greatest possible excitement in North Wales. So far, it has not appeared in any other paper except the "Gwalia," and its observations I give below. Yet, for all that, the story is now well known. Every copy of the "Western Mail" that came into North Wales has been passed from hand to hand. It is the talk of the hour amongst Radicals and Conservatives, and the former, believing the story to be true, are highly indignant at what they regard as an insult, not only to their leader, but to the Bill itself. They are beginning to think that the famous revolt of the "hour" had a deeper significance than it appeared to have at the time, and further disclosures are eagerly awaited. The follow- ing is an extract from comments made by the "Gwalia," and is doubly important from the fact that it gives another version of the language alleged to have been used at the interview. The article is headed, "To h- with you and your Bill," and it then goes on to say —"Some months ago Sir George Osborne Morgan, in the name of the people of Wales, called upon Sir William Harcourt to ask when they expected the Disestablish- ment Bill should have priority and 1)8 seriously brought before the House of Com- mons. Wliat answer did Sir George Osborne Morgan get? We have a little light upon the nature of the reply from Mr. Lloyd- George, who, in his speech at Bang-or the other day, said the reply of Sir William Harcourt was an insult to the Welsh nation. The 'Western Mail' now say that they have found out the reply made "by Sir William Harcourt, namely, 'I wis'h you and your Disestablishment Bill were in hell. It is fair to say that another version is given by some Liberals in North Wales. According to them, what Sir William Harcourt said was tills —' D——— you and your Bill; do you think I can carry out the work of the Government with a pistol at my head?' Don't think that we profess to be aggrieved at the reply of Sir William Harcourt. We thank him from the bottom of our hearts, and agree with Sir William Harcourt in "wish- ing the Disestablishment Bill in the lower regions and everlastingly lost. We wish, however, that the worthy baronet had been more careful in his selection of words. Although we are not admirers of Sir G. 0. Morgan and the other Welsh members, we wish, at the same time, that the leader of the House of Commons had damned the Bill and spared the members. If Sir William Harcourt had been so kind as to give ex- pression to his thoughts in language more appropriate to the Sunday School, we should say, from the bottom of our hearts, 'Amen' to his earnest prayer that the Disestablish- ment Bill should go 'to its own place.' After referring to the Bill, the article concludes with the following sentence —"No wonder Mr. Lloyd-George said that the Welsh mem- bers were like beggars at the gates of the Temple, and', like dogs, were being whipped, and afraid to bark or bite when they are being kicked to h—1." As yet the n elsh Radical papers have maintained a significant silence.

WELSH TIN PLATERS. They Refuse to Teach Italians and Get Notice to Leave. It will be remembered that some two months ago a number of Welsh tin-platers went to work at Darfo, Italy. It appears that the employers thought the Welshmen would readily teach the natives. This, it is presumed, they have refused to do, consequently they have received notice to leave their present employment. It will thus be seen how necessary it is that all tin-platers should make full inquiries before they make any agreements to go to Italy. ii i—i—

CARDIFF VESSEL'S QUICK PASSAGE. The Kate B. Jones, of Cardiff, owned by Messrs. W. H. and C. Jones. Mount Stuart square, Cardiff, left Odessa on September 15 at eight a.m. for Gibraltar for orders, and arrived there on September 26 a.t four a.m., left Gibraltar on September 26 at six p.m.. and arrived at Qneenstown on October 1 at 8.30 p.m., making the passage in fifteen days twenty hours, and in five days two hours from Gibraltar. This is the smartest passage on record.

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Pars About Football, COMMENTS ON SATURDAY'S GAMES. Premier Welsh Clubs Win their Matches Through Clever For- ward Play. Saturday's matches of the South Wales clubs diu not provide anything startling in the way of form. Cardiff were in some departments of the play smarter than. oil the previous Satur- day at Llanelly. Newport gave an exhibition much on a par with that of a week ago; whilst Swansea only came moderately out of their en- gagement with the BarnsUipie organisation, To each of these matches there is attached a pecu- liarity, viz., that the victories were in each case attained more by the result of excellence in the forwards ilian a superiority in the style of play so peculiarly our own, that is to say, the four three-quarters. A year or two back we invariably looked to our backs to win us our matches, and it was no uncommon thing to hear men say, when speaking of a match with an English team, "1 expect wi shall get a bit the worst of it forward, but if the ball only comes out at our end once out of three times our backs will win us the match." Now that seems to be changed, and looking at Saturdays games it will be seen that in most eases the back combination did not particularly outshine that of their English opponents victory in each casa being almost directly owing to fine forward play. This seems somewhat of a revolution in the" Welsh style of plav, although it may be ascribed to the fact that both Cardiff and New- port ha.ve a. vacant position in the three-quarter line, which, until it is properly filled, interferes a good deal with the quartettes' combination. Perhaps this is more apparent with Cardiff than with any of the other South Wales teams. Last year's quartette as was admitted on all hands', exhibited the most perfect combination, working together m fine form. Snico, how- ever, Fitzgerald has gone North, the club have not been successful in obtaining a capable sub- stitute. and the one weak spot at left centre- has been sufficient to throw the baeklme aftoother out of <*ear. Until that weakness is remedied 1 do not "expect, to see the Cardiff quartette slime in the manner they did last season. Probably, influenced bv the manner in which NV-{,a\is; from the position of full-back, scored the two tries against Bristol Seconds on Saturday, a correspondent writes suggesting that I am afraid, however, the Bristol second trine? are not a sufficiently formidable Station to make Daviess display against them of much value, although, ot course, there i, just the possibility that he might ■trim out a worthy successor to Fitzgerald. O- the fox r that represented Cardiff against Bristol on Saturdav much cannot be said m pr*-u^- Pearson missed Elliott in the centre, and did not. get so much work a.s he usually has. Eadle.7 Thomas plaved with plenty of dasli on ihe other wing, but the centres were not in then- happiest moods. The two halves played a o-ood, sound hard game, and gave pienty of chances that were not taken advantage of, whilst Alun Morgan did well at full back. It was, however, to the grand display of the forwards that Cardiff niainlv owe their victory. The eight worked together in grand style, and gave an exhibition worthy* of their best 'reputation. They packed like the leaves of a book. secured the ball five times out of six. whilst their footwork, following up, and tackling was as smart as could be wished for. Bristol never had a chance against them, the City forwards being, after the first ten minutes, entirely out of the hunt. Pitted against a less formidable pack than Cardiff the Bristol eight would doubtlesa want a bit of beating. With the forwards unable to do much for them, the home backs, it stands to reason, were not seen to much advantage, except in the matter of defence. Their tackling, how- ever, was very smart, and they had plenty of it to do. Feuner was, perhnps, the smartest in this respect, L. Chard coming next. It is, of course, impossible to speak with any degree of as to their ability in the attack, for they had so little to do in this department. On the few occasions they did start a bout of passing it seemed to me they were too prone to pass right across the field, from hand to hand, without the centres making any attempt to break through and create openings for their wing3- Speed and accurate passing are all very well. but when four men are opposed to four, determined tackling will spoil attacks unless a centre is clever enough to get by his vis-a-vis and so gain the advantage of liaviug four men to three. The one brilliant display on the Bristol side was that of Smith- son, who got through all immense amount of work in the smartest possible manner. Everybody at the close of the Newport— Huddersfield match agreed that it was a grand, hard-fought erame. A bit too near to be pleasant for Newport was the score, but, as it turned out on the right side, one may adopt the old maxim that all's well that end; well. On the day's exhibition Gould stood out conspi- cuously for really clever, good play- His pass- C, ing. tackling, sprinting, and kicking were uniformly good. The home liilves-Clixrlie Thomas and Mat Hannen—did extremely well together, especially after Thomas had got out of his tendency in the opening) staees to hug ou to the ball through thick and thin. The forwards on the Newport side played a wonder- fully smart, honest game- It would be unfair to single out anv of them for special praise where they all did so well against a team which makes forward ^,iy its piece de resistance. On England, the ltill back, there is a gooq deal of praise to bestow, but there is one or two things which he micht usefully, as it appears, leave off. It is an old rule in the Rugby game that a full back ought not to pass. If the transfer should happen not to be taken, should be charged down, or otherwise go astray, who is liehind to cover the defence? England, no doubt, at times brings off useful things by rushing up with a slanting1 sprint and then giving a pass, but the safer course of finding touch ought really to be adopted. Barnstaple has got together a really good team this year. Their forwards are very big and very fast, and played with a dash which at times almost increased, or, may I say. de- generated into roughness. If it were not for superior halves, I fancy Swansea would have been left the worse for their persistent and smart attacks. Wilcox placed a particularly good srame at half-back, and Blackmore got off with most useful dribbles at critical mo- ments. Possibly the superior size of the Barnstaple men made it a bit rough on Swan- sea, who were handicapped by Tanner being knocked out early in the game. I regret to state that Tanner sustained a. rather severe internal injury, which necessitated his laying up at the infirmary at Barnstaple instead of return ing with the team. In the first half he collided with Hayle as the latter tackled him, and remained out during the rest of the half. Afterwards he was again badly knocked about, but played uo determinedly to the end of the game. On arriving at the hotel afterwards, however, he fainted off, and medical assistance was called in. The doctor found his pulse very feeble, and said he had been badlv knocked about. He intimated that it would not be was called in. The doctor found his pulse very feeble, and said he had been badlv knocked about. He intimated that it would not be advisable to remove him, and applied hot water fomentations. No bones had been broken, but apparently there was great obstruction or oppression of the lungs. The team had to leave him behind in charge of Blackmore- Tanner is a married man, and his wife was to have proceeded to Barnstaple on Sunday, but there is no through connection by rail during the day, and she, therefore, leaves this (Monday) morning. On Sunday Thorogood, the captain, received a telegram from Blackinore stating that Tanner was a little better, but not so well as the doctor would like, which was justifiably read as being anything but a favourable report. Tanner is a very young and light player, and by no means of robust physique. Great regret is felt at the unlucky termination of this, the first, match this season. The match between Gloucester and Penarth a.ppears to have been a very keenly contested one. Scon after the opening it appeared as if the seasiders were going to pile up a heavy score. Not only did they get a couple of tries within ten minutes, but, assisted by the wind, they kept up a hot attack on the visitors' line nearly the whole of the first half. With the change of ends, however, Gloucester played up better, and their backs were given more chances. At times the play was very wild, both t-eains straining every nerve to secure a victory. The large number of penalty kicks conceded to Glouces- ter does not speak well for the fair play of the Penarth team. Repeatedly the ball was put in unfairly by the haJf backs, and it was only towards the close of the first half that the referee took official notice of the matter. From then onwards Penarth were repeatedly penalised, and Gloucester had in consequence a better chance of scoring. After their brilliant display against Cardiff a week ago, better things were expected of Llanelly than they accomplished on Saturday. On all sides it was confidently anticipated that the scarlets would win an easy victory, the only question being as to its actual extent. However, what happened WAS that the Bridgend line was only crossed once. This can hardly be considered good enough after such a display as was given against the Welsh Metropolitans. At the same time, it should be borne in mind that the Lla.uelly back division was some- what disorganised owing to the inability of W. Davies to fill his place at centre. Playing against Cardiff Davies (who captained the Bryn- mor team last season) sustained a kick on the head, from which he has not yet recovered. Under these circumstances the committee de- cided to try Morgan Williams, a very clever wincr. in the centre. It is no reflection on Williams that he was not a howling success in the position, for it is a. position to which lie is entirely unaccustomed. In the second half he was transferred to the wing, and Evan Lloyd shifted to the centre. The change worked well. for in the second portion of the game Bridgend were kept strict-ly on the defensive. Bridgend are an exceedingly smart lot of men, and they play with tremendous energy. Thair collaring was a treat to witness, but, like most young teams, they showed themselves to be unable to snap up the chances offered them. On at least two occasions they should have scored, but failed! to utilise the opportunities. They have something to learn, too. in the way of combination. On Saturday there was a raggedness a-liout their play which will effec- tually prevent their coming to the front- unless it 1>3 removed. The only common idea in the team seemed to be to smother the Llanelly pass- ing. This was, apparently, done with much success, and was probably one of the reasons why the home team did not pile on a bigger score. That must have been a. pecxilia-r gume up at Pontypridd between the Rhonddaites and Neath, for really to see four dropped goals in a match between Welsh teams is nothing short of marvellous. It seems to me that the players could have been doing nothing else than taking shots at goal all the time. Such, however, was not the case, I am informed, for the Neath team especially brought off plenty of pretty passing. I thought by the form displayed by the latter in their first couple of matches that they were going to occupy a position very low down this season, but it appears they are now getting into their right form, and are likely to hold their own with the cleverest of opponents. Pontypridd has had to practically re-consti- tute their team this season, they liaving lost a large number of their old players. Still, in a. town of the size) of Pontypridd there ought to lie plenty of promising y*oungsters.. The great thing to be kept in mind is to pick one team at the commencement of the season, and to keep them together week after week, that is, so far as possible, so that what the players may lack in individual merit they may make up for collectively. On Saturday, I hear, their combination wa", very poor, and thus they were unable to cope with the efforts of the Neath men- Otherwise their play was characterised by great dash, and their forwards occasionally got away with smart dribbles. Association football in South Wales has now been commenced in real earnest, and the match between the Cardiff and Swansea, clubs at the Roath ground was well worth witnessing. At the outset the home eleven appeared to have the advantage, but it soon became evident that they were lacking in combination. This may, to some extent, be attributable to the fact that four of the originally selected team did not put in an appearance. It was also apparent that some of the men were out of practice, and in several instances, where the Cardiff men ought to have scored easily, the opportunity was lost by bad "shooting." On the other hand, the Swansea men played a splendid defensive game throughout, and showed better combi- nation. They were quicker, the shooting was more accurate, and altogether they were the stronger team. The Cardiff goal-keeper, Samuels, played a good game, and saved cleverly on several occa- sions. At back Cole was indefatigable. In fact, be was the best man of his team, and halt it not been for his exertions the score would undoubtedly have been greater than it was- Scott, was distinctly off colour. Of the halves, Thackeray was the best man, and did a lot of useful work In the forward department M'Naughton and Hunter on the right and Thomas on the left wing did good service, bxit Dale was very much out of form, and Callow's shooting was often erratic. Of the Swansea eleven the best man was Ewen, the new half back. He was here, there, and everywhere, and worked like a veritable Trojan. Bird, as goalkeeper, had not a. great deal to do. but that little was done well. The bulk of the play wa.s done by the forwards- a very smart lot. Darlow, (Tonas, Minning, and Wit-tick were always in evidence, their drib- bling and passing being distinctly good. I hear that the Association game is making great headway at Swansea, and the club s now able to put three teams in the field every week. In addition to this, they have the support of a good crowd of spctators. I hear that they are likely to have a veiy good Association team at Porth this year, and, judging from the thrashing they gave the Car- cliff Teachers on Saturday, I should say that such is the case. The Teachers are no novices at the dribbling code, most of them having learnt the game at colleges, where it is played in preference to Rugby, and on Saturday week they were only beaten by Barry by* five goals. Therefore, to be beaten 6—1 by Porth makes the latter out to be a very smart lot.

The Squire's Love Letter I Scfuirfi 'Madder, eat at breakfast reading the leading county newspaper, and choking with IIoaBt and indignation at a fierce editorial attack upon his own political party. Since the death of his wife, whom he had tenderly loved, his daughter had beerf dearer '(*> him than anything on earth. "What is the day's programme. Evie?" he! asked quite milcfc". "Hadn't you better drive "dowr, with me TO Chester and see the Lyne .jfirls while I call on my lawyer?" "No, thank you, papa. The Lyne girls are coming here to tea and croquei this after- noon." "All! And whom have you to meet them?' "Young Mr. Moftit and his sister, and the Harmooi girls and Jack Riverton, and Mr. Patton will bring a friend with him." The squire's brow darkened. "Wasn't Jack Riverton here yesterday?" "No, not yesterday." "Well, the day before, then. Seems to me lip is always here. Pity his father don't keep him more closely to hir; desk in his office, or that he can't find some other place than my house in which to pass his superabundant leisure." Eva's soft, dark eyes had filled with tears. "Papa," eho-said, with a little tremour in her voice, "why do you object to Mr. River- ton? Everybody likes him but you." "I have nothing against the young man's character," he said at length, still more impa- tiently, "but I don't like him personally—that is, his ways. I wish to see and hear no more of hin, if possible. I object decidedly, Eva, to I your accepting the attention which he iias re- oently been paying you, and I must request -ou, Matilda, not to encourage his visits I here." "I am sure I don't encourage him," Miss here." "I am sure I don't encourage him," Miss Matilda replied, bristling a little. "When a man comes courting my daugh- ter''—this in a very positive tone of voice— "I like him to appear as a man, and a man of sense and business. He should enme to me in the first plaoe, and say frankly that he wishes my consent to hig- addressing my daughter. If there is anything I thoroughly despise it is to see a tall young fellow like that dawdling about for hours in the moon- light, repeating poetry, and calling her dar- ling and dearest and other such baby names. It's disgusting! When you find a man mak- ing love in this idiotic way you may be posi- ¡ tive of one thing—that the love is only skin deep, and thait he will make an indifferent. if not a bad husband. For this reason I object to Mr. Jack Riverton oouitiijg my I daughter. One day the squire, returuicr from morning ride, found his daughter and his sister seated in the pleasant little fitting- I room opening upon the garden. Ev;s white fingers were deftly fashioning I some ro.*Mx>loured n^uons into dainty knots and loop. "What are these for?" her father inquired £ as he seated himself in his own big arm-chair, and unfolded his paper while glancing at the silke-ri stuff. "To wear at the lawn party this evening, papa. And you will gc with us, of courst?' "A lawn paj-ty? Ah, [ had forgotten! Well, where is it to be, at. the Lynes'?'" "At the Riverton's" Miss Macldox sa.id. "I do not wish to interfere with your plea- 1 sures of enjoyment, Eva," he said, "but I would rather that you should .r.ot go to this' 13rty at the Riverton's." She knew that when her father expressed a wish it was intended as a command, and her hands dropped listlessly into her hip, crushing her crisp ribbons. Tears forced themselves be- tween her long lashes, and she presently toie and quietly left the rcoin. Then Miss Maddox looked up from her own work, and there was something unusual m her expression. "Archibald," she said gravely, "1 have some- thing to say to you. I would warn you not to carry this matter too far, lest you drive her into open disobedience and even all elopement- "An elopernent!" His sisfer took from the little workbox which 'c Eva. had left on the table a folded letter.- "I round this here, just where you see that she keeps it. Perhaps I ought not to have read it, seeincr that it is a love letter. But, under the circumstances, I consider it my duty to let ymi know the contents. Will you read it, or shall I do so ?" "Since a cruel and relentless fate at nre- sent. forbids our meeting. I can but take this unsatisfactory method of oommunicating with you and telling you, my own dearest darling, of how unspeakably and unutterably deir you are to me." "For heaven's sake, Matilda, spare me any more of that rickening and idiotic stuff V'hy, it's worse even than I would have thought Jack Riverton capable of. What were you say- ing about an elopement f "it is this," answered his sister, glancing down the page i "I find that I cannot exist apart from you, and since your unfeeling father'' R uniph will not consent to our union, we must take our fortunes into our hands-' and defy any earthly power to keep us asunder." "Not arorher yord! The idea of a rascal and idiot like that presuming to court my daughter" "But at least hear the last lines "Good night, my soul's beloved! May angels fan you to slumber with their fragrance laden wings, and in your dreams think of your own devoted "ARCHIBALD MADDOX." There was a blank, bewildered pause. "What clo,ii this meant, Matilda .J Wha'; letter ds that "It is the one which you wrote over twenty years ago to the woman whom you loved and married. Your daughter found it a few days ago among some old letters and papers in the attic closet." "I would not have believed that I could ever have written in :t style such as this," he said, in a strange iy subdued voice. "And yet you were a devoted husband, and made your wife a happy woman." •fust then Eva entered the room. Her father put out- his hand, and drew her gently to her former seat. "Sit down. dear, and finish your ribbons. I will take you over to the Rivertons' this even- ing." And Eva never knew until after her mar- riage to Jack Riverton what had caused so sudden a change in her father's views and senti- ments m regard to that subject.—"Maryland Advocate."

RESULT OF LARKING, Fatal Accident to a Little Boy at Gloucester. Ttvo boys on Saturday were wheeling a small truck along the principal street of Gloucester ,and were larking together. A timber trolley heavily laden was passing1, and the driver remonstrated with the boys. They paid no attention, and almost immediately afterwards one of the boys, named Stanley, was caught by the hook on the trolley and dragged underneath tfjie wheels. Before the horses could be stopped the wheel had passed over his head and chest. He was removed to the infirmary, where he died shortly after- wards in arreat agon* -k

THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC. A Tirade by Mr. Lloyd-George, M.P., at Cardiff. On Saturday night Mr. Lloyd-George, M.P., delivered an address in connection with the Blue Ribbon gathering at Wood-street Chapel, Cardiff, on the subject of temperance. Mr. Alfred Thomas, M.P.. took the chair, and the building was crowded. In iiis open- ing remarks the chairman spoke generally* of the evils of intemperance, and, with regard to Sunday Closing, stated that since the introduc- tion of the Act there was a. marked improve- ment in the streets of Cardiff on Sunday nights. Mr. Lloyd-Georga, who wns cordially re- ceived, commenced by congratulating the pro- moters of the temperance cause in Cardiff on the magnitude of the gathering that night, and said he was glad that the leaders of the tem- perance party in Cardiff had realised the fact that if they were to win people from public- houses they must provide genuine and healthy counter attractions. Some people said that the way to make England and Wales sober was by moral suason. They must not have an Act of Parliament; and they did not want Sunday Closing or popular control. These were things to be deprecated. But he noticed that the people who were most enthusiastic !n favour of moral suasion were, as a rule, brewers and publicans. r.pliev were against anything in, the nature of Local Option, because they said it would increase the drinking habits oc the people, and there was nothing they con- demned more than that. (Laughter.) There was nothing that would shock a publican so much, there was nothing that was so thoroughly distasteful to his nature as to see his public-liouse packed with people drinking. (Renewed laughter.) For that reason-because he wanted to empty public-houses and lessen the consumption of drink in this country-th2 publican was against anything in the nature of temperance legisla- tion. (Continued laughter.) He hoped their friend the publican, however, would pardon them for not regarding him as an impartial authority on that subject and for preferring to take the views of people who were doing their be«t by moral means to improve the habits of the population. (Applause.) The men who were doing their best to cure the people by moral suasion from habits of intempe- rate drinking were in favour of legislation on that point. (Applause.) By the temperance movement in Cardiff public opinion had been educated in regard to the blessings of tempe- "ar>ce, and +-hi3 was necessary, for temDerance i legi-lation would not be of much good unless thev had an active, intelligent, and sym- pathetic public opinion which would assist an carrying that legislation into operation. (Ap- plause.) Dealing with the evils of intempe- rance. the speaker quoted statistics to prove that the bulk of the crime, denravitv, i:ov<vrv, and immorality of the country were directly- traceable t.o intemperance. A good deal could be done by moral suasion, but the-r rc«Uy must have more. They must have tiis aid of the State. (Applause.) The movement under the auspioes of which they had met that; night had done a vast amount of w>rk in the fifteen years of its existence, but the drinking in Car- diff was still enormous. Teetotalers had been working for 50 years in this hnd. and what was the result? The d:ink bill had neuly doubled in that time. What was their remedv? They must get the strong aim of the law to assist them in protecting their weaker brethren against themselves. (Ap- plause.)

RAILWAYMEN MEET. Rhymney Employes Gather to Discuss their Grievances. A mass meeting of train men employed on the Rhymney Railway was held at the Victoria. hall, Cardiff, on Sunday, under the presi- dency of Mr Matthews, to discuss certain grievances- with regard to working arrange- ments. Tli3 men complained that in several instances they were being signed off at various places on the line, and the journey home had to lie made in their own time. They contended that they ought to be signed off at the place where they commenced duty. and a communi- y c cation was read from the traffic superintendent to the effect that this would be carried out in future, A discussion took place as to the wages of firemen, who are agitating for an ad- vanes, and a deputation was appointed to wait upon the management with respect to this and other matters. Mr. R. Bell, the organising secretary for the district, attended the meet- ing from Bristol, and delivered an address on organisation.

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WANT TO BE CIVIL SERVANTS. Discussion by the Cardiff Teachers' Association. The usual bi-monthly meeting of the Cardiff District Teachers'Association was held on Satur- day afternoon at Albany-road Board School,Car- cliff, the president (Mr. E. C. Willmott) taking the chair.—After the lion, secretary (Mr. Stani- forth) had read the minutes, the meeting pro- ceeded to consider a number of resolutions dealing with the representation of the asso- ciation at the- annual conferences of the National Union of Teachers.—Mr. JBtoekjng- ton, B.A., read a paper urging the necessity for the State to acquire complete control over teachers elementary schools by making them civil servants. The speaker pointed out that ihe present condition of affairs was anoma- lous, inasmuch as the State might make regu- lations for the control of schools, but wan unable to enforce its demands, since the teachers were not in its employ, and the local authorities and private individuals, in whose hands the'. provision of proper teaching staff was left, were too frequently forced by financial embarrassments to reply" Non possumus. lie also showed that the State suffered under the present regime by the diversion of public money, since cai-ses were of frequent occurrence where the Government grants to schools have bean used to provide payments to teachers for duties totally unconnected with their scholastic work. Finally lie expressed the opinion that, at; the scheme of national edu- cation. propounded about 1840 by Dr. Kay led in 1870 to the adoption of compulsory educa- tion, and that in its turn brought about the freeing of the schools in 1891, so the require- ments of the modern school pointed inevitably in the direction of the teacher becoming the servant of the State.—After a vote of thanks to Mr. Brockington had been proposed by Mr. Littleton and seconded by Mr- Phillips, an animated discussion followed, and it was decided to adjourn the subject till the next meeting.—On the proposition of Mr. C. Mor- gan, B.A., it was resolved that the committee be instructed to inquire into the terms under which free studentships and scholarships were offered to pupil-teachere and Queen's scholars at the principal technical and day training colleges.—Tea w^as provided by the lady teachers of Albany-road School, after which the programme arrauged by Mr. Pepperell (recreation secretarO was gone through

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