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Welsh Press and Reed, STRONG CONDEMNATION OF HIS RECENT SPEECHES. Gloomy Views of the General Election. -Heavy Task before Cardiff Liberals. I In his recent speech at the Park-hall, Cardiff, S r Edward Reed sowed the wind, and ir. the Welsh vernacular press this week he reaps the whirlwind. Several of the leading Welsh papers set up an angry chorus of condemnation, which is delightful to behold. Among those which give out no uncertain sound as to the duty of Cardiff in the present juncture are the "Tyst," the "Ta-rian." and the "Genedl." three papers whose influence 111 their respective circles is verv considerable. The "Genedl" a vigo- cus supporter of Welsh nationalism, is known as -Mr. Lloyd-George's paper." The "Tvst" (Congregational) savs: Sir I Edward Reed is a great man, but several things incapacitate him to be a member for Cardiff. He is an Englishman, and an Englishman whose opinion of himself is quite a! high as it ought to be. He addresses his constituents in a high and mighty tone, leaving the impression—intended or other- wise-that none of them can know as much as he does, and that they ought to submit to his leadership. He often refers to his wide experience and thorough knowledge of w I the House of Commons, and he is not ashamed to call himself a scientific man,' and as such claims that he. of course, speaks with the precision and correctness worthy of a scientific man, and yet who in the audience (at the Park-hall) understood his utterances an the House of Lords and Welsh Disestab- lishment? He believes himself to be a model member for Cardiff, and has even hinted to some of his constituents that tiiey might have a. member less original and independent than himself. In his own words: If Cardiff wishes to be represented by a man who has no ideas, or mind, or will of ins own, then it will be better for you to pick out a young solicitor who wants to become a barrister, and to rise in life.' To whom does Sir Edward refer ? Is there more than one in Wales of witom he thinks? Appa- rently there is not. Does Sir EdAvard think he can slander that man in the opinion (If Wales and escape the effective retalia- tion of the Welsh people? Under the cir- cumstances, the best thing, maybe, for the I electors of Cardiff, for the sake of the cause generally,, is to support REed at the next elec- tion. however difficult it may be lor many of them. It is his vote, after all, that is Important, and that, so far has been right. His windy speeches and long and frequent epistles are of no consequence to his country, but his vote is equally important with that uf Mr. Lloyd-George or Mr. D. A. Thomas. When the proper time comes it would be well and wise for Wales to get rid of Sir Edward Reed and everyone like him .once for aIL" The "Tarian" (Labour and Independent) writes thus:—"We do not remember ever having felt so dispirited and dis- appointed as after the speech of Sir Edward Reed at Cardiff. When he turned from personal to political matters, he was lame and weak and wobbling, without any enthusiasm or the means of producin it in others. He uttered not a word that served for a battle cry, not a syllable encouraging to the fight. not a sentence indi- cating the lines on winch the battle must be fought. One might have thought that his object was to throw cold water on his supporters' zeal and cast a wet blanket on the fire that was in them. This, at least, he did very effectively. He appeared as if lie was afraid of the Tories. Indeed, it was impossible to divine his thoughts. The principal thing we inferred from his speech was his anxiety to he returned for Cardiff, with a free hand to act as the pieased. He had no olan (in regard to the House of Lords) to propose nor any policy to suggest. The throng came together expecting to get bread, politically speaking, but what they got at *the Park-hall was a I stone. On Disestablishment, again, he gave us not a. word of encouragement. We do not know what Sir Edward's future plans may be. We almost believe his :dea is that we should esteem it an infinite honour he should represent us, and should allow him to do so as seems best to him. He it-. soon be disabused of that idea. The battle is near, his opponent is a man of power, the fight will be a hard and close one, and it is as much as the Liberals of Cardiff can do now, after the mess he made of Home Rule, to return Sir Edward Reed, though he put himself in touch with his constituents. And unless lie does this, if he halts on Dises- tablishment, and the House of Lords, ne may make up his mind when lie likes that he will be left out in the cold. We would be sorry to see a Conservative represent Cardiff, but would prefer that a hundred times to I seeing it represented by a half-hearted Liberal." The "Geneil" (a national organ generally credited with representing the views of Mr. Lloyd-George) remarks:—"Sir Edward is nothing if he is not a professional politi:i.m. Thsre is no Welsh member more ready to be convinced bv the logic of the ballot-box. His political history in Hull, the Pei ii t).- Boroughs, and Cardiff proves rliis Sir Edward is a man of deep convictions occa- sionally. b'1t liis convictions spring from policy "and not from principles. He knows nothing from experience of the feelings nt Welsh Nonconformists. We hold the present is not the time for the trumpet to give any uncertain sound. One jr^gl v have expected that the 'South Wales Daily Xews' would have been foremost to call Mr Edward to account, and to force from iiim a clearer and more distinct pronouncement on Disestablishment. But, instead of doing tnis, Disestablishment. But, instead of doing tnis, that newspaper refrained from making aiiy reference to Sir Edwards remarks on tins question. The paper praised what it could question. The paper praised what it could in the speech, and offered an excuse for the rest by saying that Sir Edward was in bad health that evening. We do not knew the natuie of his complaint, but if it was of such w kind as to make him shaky on The question of Disestablishment the sooner the better lie consults a doctor that will eu; e him. It would be an awful thing if he were taken ill by the same complaint in the Rou-e of Commons when the great Welsh measure is discussed. There a.re grounds fol, suppos- ing that Sir Edward Reed is not the onlv Welsh member who is open to -lie illness; and it is'high time Wales provided a strong and effective dose of physic tor its members, in order to keep tlieni in good health by the time the question comes be- fore the House." The "Celt"' (Congregatlonalist and Nationa- list) savs:—"Sir Edward appeared to us to be over-cautious in speaking anything very strong against the House of Lords, anct lisc views on Disestablishment were oiiik-md- watery beyond endurance." The "Seren" (Baptist) holds its peace both in regard to Sir Edward and his speech. Speak- ing of Conservatism, however, the Baotiv; organ says:—"One thing is certain, that the Conservatives of Cardiff are more active than ever in their efforts to win the seat from the Liberals. In Mr. Waddington they have avi agent of undoubted energy and ability. \i'd both he and they work with might and main preparing for the next general clectioa," L

PUBLiC AND PROFIT-SHARING. Fourteenth Appropriation in the Evening Express Scheme. The weekly meeting for the purpose of making tlio 14th iippropiutiua in connection with tne "Evening express" distribution .scheme was l<eld in "the meas-rooni of Messrs. VV alkey, Thomas, and Co.buildings, Tudor-road, Car. dirt, on Thursday night. Prior to^ the appro- priation, Mr. G. Padfield, one of the trustees, explained to the large company assembled the manner m which the scheme was administered. The fact that so large a number as 840 had already participated in its benefits, and that £84- had beeen distributed in cash, besides the book gifts. proved the gvnuiiieness of the arrangement. The greatest portion of the money had fallen into the hands of the poorer section of the reaaers of the "Evening Expres" The proprietors of the paper would, doubtless, receive the thanks of those who had participated in the philanthropic movement. It redounded to the credit of the proprietors that they so liberallv distributed a portion of their profits, and the circumstance was unusual and unique. The weekly distribution of 5s. each to 24 of I tho readers of the "Evening Express" must, in many eases mean a ray of sunlight in many a poor home. The grand ''Santa Claus" treat the previous evening to over a thousand poor children, and the weekly distribution of the money bonuses must, indeed, make the "Even- ing Express" and its proprietors popular in the homes of the working classes throughout the districts in which the paper circulates.

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About Punch and Judy, "MaRIEN" MAKES A SINGULAR DISCOVERY. The Popular Show is of Welsh Origin and a Fragment of a Druidic Play. I am charged with claiming all sorts of dis- tinguished people as being of Welsh origin. Well, if I have gone after the stray sheep of the House of Cambria, I trust I shall be forgiven even by the narrow-miuded and the envious. I am going to claim as Welsh two extraordinary individuals. I have been reading with interest the reports of the "Santa Claus" distribution, and witnessed the fair daughters of the house of Carr in a brilliant light reflected upon them by the Goddess Mercy. As at the Battle of Bala- clava. "somebody blundered," with the result tha-s I was in the dark night among the Sinai- like heights of Radnorshire, watching the red lightning darting athwart the mountains, illu- minating the valley and swollen river, and. by hard work, saving myself from being blown by the terrible gnsts of wind and rain. charged with glass-like fragments of ice. into the foam- ing flood below. I passed up the valley along its narrow road in. a primitive vehicle, drawn by a white mare. In front of me sat a comely Welsh maiden, named Miss Clara ap Rhys, to whom I had given a lift home. but, strange to say. she could' not. speak a word of Cymraeg. The maiden carried in a basket a white gander, which now and then darted vicious glances at lHe. "Is that gander," I inquired of the maiden, "intended for Christina* V" "Na, ;-he replied, "it ain't." 1 did not proceed any further in my inquiry as to the future deb-tiny of this particular gander eO particularly guarded. Suddenly a strong gust of wind blew the tippet of the maiden's cio;'k over her head, and I instantly took hold of it and pulled it down back to its place. but while so engaged the guilder took my index linger between his yellow bills, and did all the mischief to it he was able. My response was a Welsh utterance which, had I given expression to it in tiie Rhondda V a-dey, 1 might hue found myself an object of interest to the society recently established there in the interest of the soft answer that turneth away wrath and whose principal officer is Superintendent Eran Jones, It was after the maiden and the gander left me, and the darkness had spread its mantle over the hills and valley, that the storm burst. "Had I thought of this, said Cutt, the aged driver. "1 would have brought the lamp. at the same time bending his head under the storm. But here 1 am, having been merci- fully preserved from following the example1 of the aged bard- who fell into the "foaming HUCK!" :lIld "emil, Hight" ill the wat(.rs of the Conway. On reading- the reports of the "Santa Claus demonstration at Cardiff. I tind it stated that the "Punch and Judy" show at the Park-hall greatly interested the thousand children—all but the one poor, blind child among them—and the "children of larger gtowih" in the balconies. I have something interesting to state aboutPunch and his wife Judy, who seem to have figured .-oprominentlvon the occasion. It is a well known fact that all the popular customs of the masse-, such as the Maypole fectival, May Queen, Mari Lwyd (Holy Mary), Punch and Judy show. &e.. are survivals of old sacred plays some of Paganism, and others of the period when Christianity sought, by illstituting- rival amusements for the people, to attract them away from the pastimes of still eartier times. In the davs_ of old the leaders of the people acquired the enviable gift of being able to associate amusement with the teachings of piety, and that they succeeded to a- wonderful extent is evidenced by the fact that, in the face of the greatest discouragement- from a class who came to associate piety with broken-heartedness. preachers still keep up that role, except over tobaeeo'r achos." Now, I have discovered that the Punch and 1 Judy sho w is a, fragment of one of the sacred plays of the British Druids, and I traca it also to ancient Greece. The name Punch is J from the Welsh "Pwn" (Pack), in allusion to t'na projecting hump rising from between his shoulders. Judy is from Si wen, corrupted to Joan. Juan. and finally to Judy. Siwen is the Welsh for Mermaid, shown hy mythologists as half woman and half fish. She is identical with Dagon of the Phoenicians, which was shown aa a rosy youth in the act of being projected from the mouth of a fish, and afterwards both youth and fish came to be regarded as one character. The name Dagon is Dag (Fish) and Aun or Cannes, otherwise Man-Fish. In the story of Dagon and the Ark of Israel it is stated that in the morning nothing was left of Dagon but the stump." but in Hebrew what is stated is that the fishy part alone was left of him. I find that Siwen is the Cetus of the Latins and Ketos of the Greeks, and that both signify Whale and Ark or Ship. It appears the Druids, under Phoenicia^ influence, came to adopt the Cetus emblem, and to adopt "Si" or "Ce"— the Ce in Cetus—but continued to add to it tin adjective "Wen" or "Gwen" (Holy), and that Siwen signifies Holy "Si" or "Se." Here we discover another instance of the Phoenician influence coming from the East, and corrupting the pure Druidism of the West. In pure Bardism the character corrupted to Cetus. otherwise Ketus, is Ced, the consort of the Most High Celi (Agnosto Theo) of J the earlier Druids. Ced is identical with Athene, otherwise Minerva, and also with Medusa, each the same character under a different title, and meaning Divine Wisdom, the Consort of the Creator, as a Mother God- dess. The most intricate and most mysterious teachings are here introduced. The western philosophers firmly believed that the Sun con- tains the Word of God as the active agent in the government of the universe, and that the luminous lxidy of the sun is the one supplied by Ced, as the Mother, to enclose within it the Divine Word. That the body is subject to decay annually, and that at the Winter Sol- stice the luminous body is stabbed by Lucifer at noon on each December 20, and dies at sun- set on that aav, But his Divinity—the Word --escapes into Ced, who gives him a new glorious body. and the sun re-appears forty hours later—the "day" referred to in the expression, a year and a "day"-and then called "the Crowned Babe" t'y Coronog Vaban). During the Sun's absence during the said forty hours he was. as the Soul of the Sun, supposed to be carried through the seas by Ced in safety hit the time of Divine Gestation was accom- Dlishen. During the said forty hours, the Druids carried a wren. in agnail, boat-like st-ncture on an elawr. or El-Lawr (Sun- down), caber! B;er in Engbsli. ('he boat- lik? structure was called Arch A rk\, and s^ mjxilised Ced in the Sea, while the wren symbolized the Snr,'s Divine Word (\j/) within her, and. for that reason, the wren was called Cnttv-Wren, that is to sav, the Wren of Ced' or When the Britons had tneir own calendar the ceremonv was per- formed on December 21. but when they adopted the calendar of the Romans it Was per- formed on St. Stephen's Dav viz December 26. Christmas I)av beino- their Saturnalia, or the yearly Saturday—that is ro sav, the day on which the Romans observed ritually the death of old Saturn—sun—and tl*e 27th the sun s return, renewed as Yoviif Apollo. Then the Druids taught that the W was within the Sun's (Taliesun's) radiant or glorified, new body. In the East a hhiie dove was used in this ceremony instead of 4he Dove of the East. The Dove of the Ceremony was called Iona (Jonah), and the Cetus, n'g already stated, was, and is, the Latin' for whale. It is interesting to note here that it was after the dove descended on the head of the Sun of Righteousness lie is described as becoming sub- jected to the violent attacks of the devil. But the Saviour returned to Nazareth tin tiie power of the Spirit, which Spirit that dove (Wr sym- boli-eJ. It is clearly implied that W had entered into His head, and the Sun, as an orb. is throughout antiquity referred to as a head or skull, and the "Place of a Skull" is one of those allusions. We now return to Siwen (Cetus, otherwise Ketos, and Ced). It is clear that in the revo- lutions of Pagan religions Dagon, or Dagaun, became to be regarded as Satanic, precisely as Cannes (mnn-ii.sh), or John, came to be called Shoni by the Phreivlcians—that is to say, the Old Man of the Sea., who frightened mariners. This is meant by alluding to a lost sailor as having disappeared into "David Jones's Locker." In the Island of Lewis the inhabi- tants at Christmas offer beer as a libation, which they pour into the sea from a pint pot to Shoni, whom they call by namp. "David Jones" is Dio, Deus Oannes, or the God-Man- Fish. Thus lit is seen Dagaun, or Dagon. is sometimes represented as a Mermaid, at other times a.s the Old Man of the Sea, as "David Jones," Dio, Deus Oannes. and finally as Shoni. This illustrates forcibly the confusion which ensued when the Druids of Britain abstained from guiding the nations, but whose symbolical religion in confusion continued to exercise the chief influence over the minds of the other nations. Thus Ced became Cetus and Ketos: then Dagon. Mermaid. Shoni, Oannes, Joan. Siwen, and. nnallv. in English. Judy. And. now, for ages site is the consort of him with the Pack or Pwn. and is now called Punch by the modern corruptors of everything ancient under the uii Observe, the case or canvas hollow of Pinch, and Judy illustrates the way to and from Hades. The platform is this world. 'H e man who stands by with the re«Vl pipes, called Pan Pipes, projecting from his bo-som is the representative of the Druidic Alawn, other- wise Hermes or the Harmonious, the sun as the transmitter of God's seven vocal notes— the musical scale—to the earth: the pipes svmbolise Nature echoing back in small, sweet notes the music of the Creator on high, which can only be heard by mortals by the a-rencv of matter: Moses singing after aseenclinrr from the Red Sea. and Miriam, meaning 1hrv- Mother—echoinT back the song of Moses. Pan (Sun) and his Pipes are alluded to by the great poet Lucretius as follows: — '■Pan sishs: his sighs the tossing Reed" return In soft, small notes, like one that seemed to mourn: The new, but pleasant notes, the God sur- prise 'Yet this shall make us friends at last, he cries." Lucretius T.. 5 "Pan loves the shepherds and their flocks he feeds." In the bttle s-olar drama, the Devil and his Dam, that i: to say. Punch and Judy, hear from Hades the music, and they rush up through the hole to the nlatform of this world, to cpf* wllIl t all the niping and drumming is about. Then the fun begins.

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His Point of View. My strong-minded woman came in to see me the other day. She. sat down on the long bench I have placed up against the wall between the fireplace and window, :t1:d sighed. I am used to her moods, so I kept still and waited for developments. She sat there, her light coat setting off her pretty figure to the best advantage, her green velvet tuque-I believe she calls it a toque--crown- ing her rippling brown hair, her dimpled chin supported on one gloved hand. She sighed again and looked out of the window across to the square, where the last leaves lay in brown patches on the ground and the wind wailed dismally through the bare boughs. "Well. she said suddenly, turning two big blue eyes towards me, "I should think you d speak to visitors." 'I was waiting for you to speak first," I said meekly. "I thought vou had some- thing on vour mind." "Ah, you didWhy, men never give us women credit for having minds at ill. "Don't they?'' "Xo. You think us all stupid. Why, do you know, when I think what a- deep and abiding hatred I have for men, I could-- I could—I—■—" And she brought her urn- Drella down on the floor with an emphisis which made me glad I was not mankind m general. "Well she exclaimed, after a in x seconds' silence, "why don't you ask me what's the matter?" and her blue tves flashed. "I thought it was only a new grievince about women," I answered. "A new grievance, indeed! All our grievances are as old as the hills—as old as men are she snapped. "Too bad, poo bad f' I murmured yoftlv. "Yes. too > bad," she cried indigniiitiv. "It's all very well for you to talk liKe that, but. whv don't you get up and do something ?" "What shall it b8-a, clog dance or the serpentine ?" "You make me very weary. Do sit down and be sensible. Listen, do listen for a minute and be quiet. You see, Gto:g;», dear, we have had another quarrel a very "Yes. very bad this time. You said 'ye- and he said 'no,' aud you decided to live apart for ever and ever,' I said, glibly. I "How can vou? Oh, how can you? It wasn't that way a.t all. We went t ) pay a call on some friend's of his. When we v-.ve walking home he said, 'It will be very nice. Mildred when we have a little home like that.' "And you said it wouldn't, just to m ike him mad. "I said, 'No. Gus, I want a pink home, not one with blue stripes "What in the mischief "It wasn't any of his business what I meant. He should have remembered that 1 am a.n artistic woman, and that women occasionally, just occasionally"—with biting sarcasm—"have ideas. I want, and hive always wanted, a room all pink and wiuie But. anyway, he misunderstood me. He looked me full in the face and said that he believed in high ideals, but he also believed in charity, a-nd thought my remark about convicts was very uncalled for, just because his friend was a oity alderman. What do you think of that? I never said a word about aldermen—I mean convicts—did I?'" "But you explained, and it was all right?" "No, I didn't explain. Why should I ex- plain? I had simply stated a simple pre- ference for a simple room, and he acted like a bear. Why should I explain ?" "Well. what did you do, then?" "\VeJl, he scolded and I scolded, and he said I said unkind things about his friends, and I declared he was a goose and could have who he liked as friends—anyone in the world but me. Oh, it was a, dreadful quarrel "But it was vour fault. You should have explained." I said. "Explained? Take his part; that's right; take his part. Poor little six-footer can't light his own battles !• But you are as bad as he is. Explain ? IndeedShe drew herself up very straight and looked out the window. She continued: "You men are all alike. You don't want women to vote; you want to protect us, you say; you want to fight for us, and we are to stay at home and be protected. And here I come to you in distress asking your advice, and you say it's all my fault, and a ridiculously small handkerchief .went up to a pair of tearful eyes. "WeJl. tell me some more; I can't judge by so little." "Oh. you tiresome thing; I've told you all. He said I was uncharitable, and he said he hated a girl who had no pity for people in public positions." "Rude cad "Of course. And he declared I was crazy when I said I knew the difference between upholstery and prison stripes, and then I cried and he talked a.bout crocodiles and hysterics." "Wretch! I wish I had him here, I'd break his miserable neck I cried, energeti- cally, warming up to my role. She turned and stared at me. "You would break his neck? You!" and the scorn in her eves was more beautiful than turs, "The idea. of vou speaking like that to m" You. whom I've thought of a.s a frieid. sp'^nk of breaking my Gus's neck "Don't vou want me to? You just said men should fight for women. You don t want to break his neck yourself, do you ?"' "Of course. I don't; whoever heard of such barbarous talk; anyway, if Gus is a rude cad and a horrid wretch and all the other unfriendly, unchristian names yOU \t been calling him, it's my affair, not yours. I don't see why you abuse Gus anyway— especially before me. If I abused Na.nnerte to you. what would you say? Why, Gus is fifty times as nice as you." "That is a matter of opinion." "And it's my opinion, and I shall sit light down there and let him know it." She sat down at my desk, wrote over three pages, destroved two envelopes, addressed and sealed her letter, and then, with an in- dignant glance, swept by me towards the dooT. "See here, Miranda "You are—a—brute and she slammed the door. And that is mv strong-minded woman.

THE WELSH CHURCH. Another Liberationist Falsehood Dis- proved. At a Church Defence meeting held at Tudor- hall, Ferndale. on Wednesday evening, and attended by 900 people, a prominent local Libera-tionist alleged that a certain farm. value JB40 per annum, had been left to the poor of Llanidloes, that its value had increased to £200 a year, and that the Church had purloined JB160 a year of this sum. The statement created a sensation at the time, and the lecturer (Mr. Dell) was unable to sav whether it was true or not. The Rev. D. W. Evans, curate of Ferndale, however, wrote to the Vicar of Llanidloes upon the matter, and on Wednesday afternoon received the following reply: — The Vicarage, Llanidloes, Dec. 18, 1894. Dear Sir,—The statement that a farm, value J340 per annum, which was left to the poor of Llanidloes, is now rented at £200. of which the Church keeps £160, is an absolute hlse- hood, and, I fear, a malicious one. One farm, Tynyfron, belongs to the poor entirely, and is now, and has been for years, rented at £30; in addition to this there is a rent-charge of £12 on another farm called Cefngisilgi. The money is distributed among: the poor without regard to creed on New Year's Day. The minute-book shows me that the amount so distri- buted since I have been here has varied from jB59 to £40, the balance, of course, if any. accumulating. Such a balance, amounting to £20, was distributed amongst the poor some four year" ago, during an exceptionally severe winter. Like other landlords during the pre- sent agricultural depression, we have allowed the tenant a remission of 10 per cent.—Yours, &c. EDMUND O..TONES, M.A., Vicar.

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WELSHMEN IN AMERICA. r A Catamount Killed by an Aberdare Man. A few days ago a hunting party was formed bj" a number of young Welsh sportsmen of Wilkesbarre, U.S.A., to visit the forests a little alcove Sugar Notch. Luzerne County. I The party had not gone very far in the forest hefore the clogs gave chafe to a catamount. It was thought at first by some of the huntsmen I that the tracks were those of a bear cub, which are pretty numerous this season in these forests, but after a couple of hours' tracking a, fine catamount came in view and took shelter in a dense bush of young- shrubs. This desperate and savage creature, killed three of the dogs before falling a victim to the hunters, and was shot by a young "Welshman named D. W. Evans, who left England six months ago. The catamount weighed 431b. Mr. Evans is the brother of Mr. J. W. Evans, solicitor, Aber- dare.

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|- TEMPERANCE REFORM. Sir William Harcourt Breaks Silence at Last. Replying to a resolution of the Midland Liberal Federation, urging that the Govern- HH-nt should give precedence to the direct veto before all other measures but Welsh Dis- establishment, and answering a letter of pro-test against the municipalisirtiou of public-houses, the Chancellor of the Exchequer writes to Mr. Amery, Birming-ham: Tr easu r y oh a m bers. Whitehall, "December 1, 1894. "Dear Sir,I have to thank you for ynur letter. You need be under no apprehension lest the Government should in any way depart. from their intention to press the measure of temperance reform founded on the principle cf the direct veto.—Yours faithfully, "W. V. HARCOURT."

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