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Tonypand Station. WE are glad to find that y another attempt is being C, made to rouse the powers of the Taff Vale Company to a sense of their neglect. The meeting held this week, and supported by influential representative people, is one of the many efforts which have been expended on this movement. The station convenience for the people of Tonypandy has remained from the early development of Tonypandy, in the same unsatisfactory state, and it is extremely urgent that the present agitation should have the support of the district. Neither Llwyny- pia nor Dinas meets with the just claims of the central part of Mid-Rhondda, and since to-day both the extremes have sufficient population to support the institution of a sta- tion,ingenious excuses that the existing station provides the accommodation for Tonypandy, also, cannot remain. There is one gleam of satisfaction to Tonypandy in the prospect of a new station on the Great Western at Peny- graig. It will, if also remotely situated, give Tonypandy an opportunity of ventilating the neglected treatment of the Taff Vale Rail- way, by patronizing the newer route to Car- diff. It will give the proverbial second string and for the lower district of Tonypandy it will provide an accessible and cheaper route to the main routes of the country. What has been proved in goods transport will prove sequential in passenger traffic. This change of condition by the local choice should be argued for all that it is worth, and we shall be sur- prised if it does not materially strengthen the case for Tonypandy when the representatives meet the powers that be of the Taff Vale Railway. But apart from this altogether, the pleadings of Tonypandy present a strong case. The growing character of the district, and its consequent growing population are in them- selves reasons of sufficient force to elicit a favourable reply The disposition of the local population 30 years ago no doubt supported the extremes. Dinas was then flourishing and Llwynypia was only in its early development, and Tonypandy was then but a parasite, and only a district with a single street qualifica- tion To-day the growth has been going on all round, and at the extremes wealthy in illustrating of the just rights of the extremes to the stations thereat fixed. The present agitation demands for the centre of the Mid- Rhondda section of the railway a similar con- venience. The primary reason for all railway constructions is public demand. This is the weapon which flourishes most in Parliament- ary Committee, and the strength or weakness of this fact proves the preamble. The public of Tonypandy once again are making this demand, and we heartily trust that this time the result will be satisfactory. progress of Miss Amy Evans. THE latest report re- specting Miss Evans is of a very cheering character. It is well- known that she is at present under the phil- anthropy of Mr. Iorest, St. Pagans, and that this gentleman has made certain stipulations as to the manner of her -preparatory training based upon the advice of experts, one of them being, that she was not to sing publicly until her foundation education was laid deeply and thoroughly, and until also her physical poweis were made strong to receive the exacting strain of a prolonged vocal training. The letter which we have pleasure in subjoining, clearly strengthens the decision which made these regulations. Mrs. Mary Davies has under- 11 y taken the watching and fostering this edict of reservation, and in writing to her parents reports most encouragingly of her progress r_1 cl in the recuperation of voice and strength. The letter must be very comforting to her parents, and shows that the kindly Providence which over-rules all things, is giving Miss Evans and her prospects all one could wish of sunshine. 5, Donro Place, Victoria Road, Kensington. My Dear Mrs. Evans, I promised sometime ago to write to you, but I have been so busy that it has been quite impossible. I hope you are pleased that Amy is going to have such a delightful change as a journey to and stay in Switzerland will be. I am hoping that her French will also improve by hearing it talked and speaking it every day. Her voice has improved wonderfully since she has given it rest, and now that she is getting stronger in every way, it will still improve. u I hope you and Mr. Evans will be very patient over her training, for it will be some time before she will be ready to sing as she ought to, but when she does, there is not the slightest doubt about her future. She will be a great success, and and you will be even more proud of her than you are now. I have taken some trouble to find some one who will be kind to her, and look after her comfort on the journey to Switz- erland. She will start on Tuesday next and stay about six weeks. Believe me to be Yours faithfully, MARY DAVIES. It will be seen from Mrs. Davies's letter that she also waxes eloquent on the promise which at present is foreshadowed by Miss Evans. We sincerely desire to recognise all the patriotism and benevolence which help our local prodigy. What remains is patience OIl the part of the parents, and we are glad to find this is now willingly shown, so all will be well. Wales will delight to honour the young vocalist, and more than delight the broad practical sympathy which Mr. Forest has shown. Porth Hospital. 'I'" WITH his customary generos- ity, Mr. Studt, the great show- man, is going to hand over— to a local committee in Mid- Khonuua—his turn-abouts, swings, and boats, in order to help the Porth Hospital funds. All who have interested themselves in this excellent institution know its needs, and also, unfortunately, how precarious are the funds to sustain it in a continued state of efficiency. At Porth, Mr. Studt gave a similar gift, with the result that a sum little under £100 was netted. There is no reason why this sum should not be easily realised on Tuesday next between five o'clock and closing time. The object of the charity is unquestionably deserving, and we see nothing convincingly critical to urge against the means. This hospital has proved its efficacy to the hilt. Cases which demand scientific treatment in the convalescent period have earned good records, and there is no doubt that many a valuable life and limb have been spared by the agency of this institution. Tuesday on Pandy field ought to be a healthy festive day, because the produce will be devoted to the best of uses—the mitigation of pain and the preventative of sorrow. The local committee has Mr. Idris Morgan, the Relieving Officer, as Secretary, while Dr. Morgan and Mr. Williams, Pandy Hotel, act as chairman and treasurer respectively. The Committee, we understand, are issuing tickets in booklet form, and the price is reasonable. In these details there can be no complaint, therefore we trust the patronage will be large and generous. Good old Bobs. EVERY one will regret to hear that Lord Robert's health has failed to stand the vigorous strain of the South African Campaign. Not only has he proved his bril- liant power as a great military genius with 11 y 11 shining strategic parts, but all along he has shown that he exercises the finest humanity in his direction of all, man and beast, that have to follow his masterly lead in the great army. Day by day incidents are revealed to us proving the fine type of man and soldier. These gleanings of the higher veins of the correspondents always show him in a new light. "During the rapid march from Riet- fontein to Bloemfontein he had noticed the sufferings of the bullocks as they toiled along with the transport wagons, their backs seamed with the cruel lash of the Kaffir drivers. When the army moved on again from Bloem- fontein, the Commander-in-Chief issued a written order that no Kaffir was to be allowed to flog the oxen they might urge them on with the pistol-shot reports of their long whips, but no flogging. His care for his troops, as well as for his transport animals, shows him to be the most humane General of modern times." Surely, the Society for Pre- vention of Cruelty to Animals could not make a better selection for president. The Chinese Crisis. THE troubles in China have risen in the first instance from the bullying action of the European Powers to the Chinese. After the China- Japan war of 1894-5, the utter weakness of China was manifest (o the world. Germany was the first to exploit this weakness in 1897, by the seizure of Kiao-chau, and the assertion of certain rights in the province of Shantung. Russia followed suit by occupying Port 0 Arthur, and virtually annexing Manchuria, which had become a Russian sphere of in- fluence under the Cassini Convention of 1896. Face to face with these facts England was in great difficulty. The leading aim of her I policy had been the :maintenance of Chinese integrity. Her interests were commercial even more than political. She wanted to be able to import her goods into the Chinese ports without such hindrance as is imposed by the hostile tariffs so beloved by Continental Powen., She desired to maintain the Open Door," and, as her trade was enormously in excess of that of any Power, she had the right to make her voice heard in the decision of China's fate. She had to face the possibility of the Triple Alliance of Russia, France, and Germauy, which had dictated to Japan in 1895, being revived against her, and she ^aS not as yet prepared to lean upon the alliance of Japan. The triple alliance, if it existed, was certain to be more or less hostile to 1 British interests, since all the three Powers which composed it, were eager foi territory acquisition in China. France had her eye upon Yunnan, Kwang-si, and K wang-tung; Russia's design from the first had been deliber ately to swallow northern China, and to cOllIe down eventually into the Yangtse ValW' where she had already acquired a footing Hankow. In view of the powerful opposit10" of these three governments, Britain content6 herself with accepting vague assurances" certain to be repudiated when any suitable opportunity offered-as to the open door 11 in the Russian and German spheres, and with our equally vague promise of the Chinese Government not to alienate the Yangtse Valley, or to cede it to any other Power. England did nothing in the Yangtse Valley- She did, however, obtain from China wei and a small extension of territory opp°^e Hong-Kong. But the Russians forthwith began to build their great Trans-Siberia11 railway across Manchuria, and treated the Manchus and Chinese who lived near the line with extreme roughness, seizing their property without compensation and violating their temples. This produced a patriotil revival in northern China, where even the unreasoning, ignorant Chinaman began to see dimly that his country and his estab!is'ie institutions were menaced. His fury gr"" and was fanned by men like Prince Tuan wit.1 ambitious objects of their own in view, till at last it burst forth in the Boxer movement) which is directed against the Europeans am foreigners alike. Thus the innocent as we as the guilty paid the penalty, for the Chma* m.an does not discriminate in his rage an terror. Parson and Preacher, The Standard publishes this week a very interesting diar (I an officer who was a Britisj1 prisoner at Pretoria. There is an amusing passage as to the religious services. A church of England clergy- man was so upset (we fail to see why) by Weston Churchill's escape that he deelined to continue his regular ministrations. A Congi'6'' gational minister was more obliging—aD ingenious He preached a most extraordinary sermon. I do not believe that any serinOIj has ever been iisteued to with more fixe attention, His text was 1 As cool \v»"et' to the thirsty soul, so is good news fro, a far country.' His whtfle discourse W^ a kind of cryptogram, for there was usual Boer sentry present, listening. the most wonderfully clever manner n worked into his sermon all sorts of neW —that our men at Waterval had been given clothes, that there was to, be no .American intervention, that everything was going right, and that we 1I.i\" expect to be free very soon. He finishe( his discourse by saying 'My last woro to you are that all obstacles'are reniove from your home-going. We can well understand how very attentively this sermon was listened to. Another Comparison. REV. Geo. Dodds, B.D., Liberton, N.B., in a, recent sermon told the following story by the late Gener Wauchope, with whom he was well acquit" ted "On his return from Omdurman, told me how an Anglican chaplain in "j. division had said he would take no par in a Gordon Memorial Service if Presbyterian chaplain were to share J • The General used what persuasion could to move the chaplain to a broade^ view of tlungs, declaring that he won not displace the Presbyterian, whom considered one of the best of men-' f was a Presbyterian himself, along most of his regiment. And when Pe.ri| :s asion failed, and the Anglican still held W point, the General said, Then there nothing for me but to report you to III] General of division.' When Gene1! Gatacre heard the story, he reported t affair to the Sirdar, who called the thi chaplains—Presbyterian, Anglican Roman Catholic—and said laconica'jy1; something like this, You are each orders, and the man who disobeys 11\11 fat! to the rear.'

Mr. Tennyson Smith's Campaign. Mr Tennyson Smith's Temperance Crl9^ in South Wales is creating widespread inter,r[) and enthusiasm, His mission at Wattstolvpt which concluded last week, has resulted ^.ijg awakening of the temperance forces 01 district. The campaign opened most anp iously with a procession a quarter of a 1111 j • length, headed by a capital band, w.u escorted the lecturer from Porth station a Ynyshir to Wattstown. O11 the Sunday j.ed noon the Sunday Schools united and paC Calfaria Chapel, and an overflow meeting held in the schoolroom. The lecturer oponed his campaign at 1 yrefail on Saturday last, and here agave demonstration with band, banker, Kj,e him a hearty reception. The results 01 mission have beerf absolutely-phenominal), night after night the audience has 0 aroused to a great pitch of enthusiast1' young men by the dozen have marched ward to the pledge table. Then-iissi Ice, continue longer than was at first a-n.n°dB1I1tii Meetings will be held every evening Wednesday next, the 25th, when the g g trial of alcohol (of which we give partrc ^i0 in another column) will be held, "p nnY" outcome of a suggestion made by Mr ^e ^0a son Smith, it is expected that some recrelBter and reading rooms will be started as a c0, gQO attraction to the public house. Abou pledges have been taken.

Neglected her Child. At the Ystrad Police Court on Ellen Green, alias Jones, of n0 abode, was charged with being ?an disorderly on the 12th inst., and a18 neglecting her child, John Gre^>fiofl^ years of age. Inspector Thomas Society for the Prevention of Crue efelJ' Children), stated that he saw the 0n dant and the child at the lodging-" ^jrty the 22nd May. The child was in a oougb condition and suffered from whoOP1 that and asthma. The defendant told n kef she had walked from Bristol, w qije husband died a few months ago.. ajjd kept in the Union until Thursday at eleven o'clock on that day she jn in a drunken condition with the her arms. She was unable to s taken to the police-station. She x £ 1, or fourteen days, for the 10s. or seres days for being drUfl*'