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Timbering Competition-Prizes, 60s., 40s., 20s. Quoit Competition—Prizes, 80s., 40s., 20s. Children's Choir Competition—Choir's not to be under 40 in number, and under the age of 16, Test-pieoe, I Sing because I Love to Sing." Adjudicator, W. J. Watkins, Esq., F.R.C.O. Prizes 100s., 50s., 30s. Selection; by DOWLAIS SILVER BAND. (Conductor—Mr. Geo. Poole). THE DOWLAIS PIERROTS. For full particulars apply to J. Edwards, 1. ,Urban-street Penydarren, Merthyr Tydfil. Entries close Atigtfst lst. I HOPE CHAPEL, MERTHYR. SUNDAY NEXT, AUGUST 3rd, 1919. Rev. J. Morgan Jones, M.A. Cyfarthfa Castle Museum, Merthyr. NOW ON VIEW. EXHIBITION OF LOCAL ART AND CRAFT WORK, including work executed by pupils of the Municipal Evening Art Class. A Loan Collection of ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS dating from the 12th to the 16th Century, from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. A. A COOPER, A. S. A. M. I Curator. MINISTRY OF LABOUR. TRAINING DEPT. FREE TRAINING in DOMESTIC WORK and JL HOUSEWIFERY is offered to WOMEN, OVER 18, in approved Government Centres. MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCE of 2c/- per week will be paid during period of training-with additional allowances for dependent children (if any). Apply at once to- MANAGER, EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE, MERTHYR TYDFIL. PURE MILK BY THE TERM PURE MILK WE MEAN:- MILK which is absolutely pure and free from any disease germs, particularly free from that dread scourge, -Tuberculosis or Con- sumption. MILK which is Clean, Fresh and Wholesome. MILK which is produced and treated under hygienic conditions and protected from contamination until it reaches the table. FCONWAY'S IS CERTIFIED PURE MILK. A trial will show the advisability of using Our Milk. ALWAYS MEDICALLY RECOMMENDED. ARE WE DOING YOUR PRINTING ? We have the most modern equipment, and I good work is quickly turned out by Trade Unionists at reasonable rates. I NOTE THE ADDRESS: THE LABOUR PIONEER PRESS MERTHYR I.L.P. THOMAS TOWN PARK SUNDAY, AUGUST 3rd, AT 2.45 P.M. OUR LABOUR Councillors and Guardians will speak on LOCAL GOVERNMENT. If Wet, Meeting will be held at Bentley's Hall. Sunday, August 10th.-DAVID KIRKWOOD. Merthyr Tydfil Education Commfttee I "CONTINUED EDUCATION" SESSION, 1919-20. APPLICATIONS are invited from qualified persons to undertake duties a.t Continua- tion Schools for Boys and Girls during the forth- coming Session as follows:— Dowlais, Penydarrer, Abermorlais, Hool- gerrig, Georgetown, Twynyrodyn, Queen's Road, Pentrebach, Abercanaid, Troedyrhiw. Merthyr Vale, Pantglas, and Treharris. Teachers are allio required for the following subjects, namely:— Elementary Mining, Machine Construction and Drawing, Practical Mathematics, Me- chanics, Geology, Magnetism and Electricity, Chemistry, Building Construction. Commer- cial Subjects including Book-keeping, Short- hand, Mercantile Practice, Commercial Law, Economics and Industrial History; Foreign Languages.. Ambulance, Sick Nursing, Do- mestic Science Subjects. Salary according to Committee's Scale. Ap plications on a form to be obta.ined at this office to reach the undersigned on or before 9th August, 1919. RHYS ELIAS, Director of Education. Town Hall, Merthvr Tvdfil, 24th July, 1919. Merthyr General Hospital. THE HALF-YEARLY MEETING of the JL GOVERNORS of the MERTHYR GEN- ERAL HOSPITAL, will be held in the COUN-, CIL CHAMBER, in the TOWN HALL, on THURSDAY, AUGUST 15th, 1919, at HALF- PAST SEVEN O'CLOCK in the EVENING, to receive the HALF-YEARLY REPORT, the HALF-YEARLY STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS, the HALF-YEARLY MEDICAL REPORT, and transact any other business. Signed, WILLIAM GRIFFITHS, Chairman. EDWARD EDWARDS, Secretary. July 31st, 1919. County Borough of Merthyr Tydfil. IMPORTANT NOTICE. OWING to the continued dry weather, the Corporation give Notice that the water will be forthwith shut off throughout the Borough between the hours of 8 p.m: and 6 a.m. Also, Notice is given that it may he necessary to still further reduce the hours of supply. By order, T. ANEURYN REES, Town Clerk. August 1st, 1919. WOMEN- AND GIRLS URGENTLY NEEDED for SEASONAL WORK at SEASIDE AND HOLIDAY RESORTS as GENERAL SERVANTS, MAIDS, HOUSE- GMATDS, PARLOURMAIDS, CHAMBER- MAIDS, WAITRESSES, SCULLERY MAIDS, PANTRYMAIDS, etc., etc. For full particulars apply at once to- MANAGER, EMPLOYMENT EXCHANCE, MERTHYR TYDFIL. No Fees. Rail Fares Arranged.
The New Era.
The New Era. WHETHER the surrender of his dearest aspira- tions by Mr. Winston Churchill, and the defeat of the Russian intentions of vested interests in the House of Commons on Tuesday, renders the ballot of the Triple Alliance unnecessary or not it is for the Execu- tive of the three unions to say. What is of in- finitely more significance and importance to: the nation as a whole, and to Democracy in particu- lar, is the entry of the organised trades union- ists as such into political life armed with the industrial weapon of the strike and determined on it,s use for the purpose of correcting errors. of class-biassed legislation. But though the action is new, the theory is almost as old as Socialism, and those students of the movement who have followed the international discussions of the Socialist Congresses will remem ber that since 1889 when the question of the general (in the sense of the world-strike was first opened to discussion it has run on continuously ever since. At Zurich in 1893 it was felt to be so important that a commission was asked to draw up a re port—and as usual with the question of the world strike, was "intimately wrapped up the theory of the political mass strike within the nation. Congress at that time and again at London in 1896 and at Paris in 1900 found that the whole question turned on industrial organi- sation, and though declaring such strikes im- possible at the moment counselled the building Hp of a unified trade union organisation in pre- paration for the political general strike as the task of all Social-Democrats. At Amsterdam the question was keenly debated again. Yet whilst the theorists were quarrelling as to the weapon; it was being used in different coun- tries. Whilst theoretical socialists of eminence were still declaring its impossibility the Bel- gians had used it in 1891 to obtain universal suf- frage, and with relatively more success than their miners' strike which only brought a botched mining law, and which was itstelf a poli- i tical strike. In 1902 the Austrian miners se- cured the nine-hour day with a political strike. This was followed the following year by the se- cond Belgian strike for complete universal suf- frage. To this list has to be added amongst other strikes the political three day strike of the Swedish workers which though apparently unsuccessful at the time, was still followed within two years by a new election law, which made the one against which the strike was directed impossible for the future. The workers in a political strike protesting against the shooting of their comrades, secured a pro- mise from the Government that in the future such shootings should be presented. rihe Swiss North-East railroad workers by a complete poli- tical strike destroyed the management and se- cured their ends.* In Russia such strikes were numerous, and were part of the normal activities of the unions as readers of tha extra volume on "The Revolution in the Baltic Provinces" in the I.L.P. Library will recall. The reflex of these strikes—of which we have but touched the fringe—in the political life of the nation has been a tremendous growth of the Socialist vote and influence. Yet despite th eso palpable facts the wiseacres regard tke prosent move-a move only withheld from a place in the tactics of de- mocracy since 1889, because of a fear of the weaknesses of organisation—with an abject air, and a mouthful of cautions that might have passed for sagacity had the proposal been an entirely undreamed of invention of the Triple Alliance, and had not Bebel in a remarkable pas- gage in his speech on this very question at Jena in 1905 reminded us that not the workers, but the capitalists create the political situation. Said Bebel: "Now there is certainly no doubt that if there is any question which interests equally the Party and the union it is the ques- tion of the political Massinstreik. For the union members are not simply unionists, they are also citizens and as such they have the greatest in- terest in the political condition of the State and not simply in the economic conditions of society. And, comrades, it would be contrary to all logic, it would be a spectacle of unheard-of character, if as powerful a class as the modern working-class has become, materially, physically and intellectually, should permit itself to be de- prived of that which all previous oppressed classes have demanded as a matter of course Apolitical power). We must obtain this: how, will be determined by the political situation, which not we but our opponents create. Then we can tell our opponents: 'Take care, during the twentieth century, you shall finally learn from history whither it leads when you attempt to rule against the will of the great majority of the nations.' Mr. Macdonald, at the close of the last General Election, in a prophetic article to the "Manchester Guardian," warned the Coalitionists that they were creating just this political situation that would call forth ac- tive resistance on the industrial field. It has called forth that resistance. The political as- pirations of the working-class in its struggle for emancipation refuses to be checked by a snap election Government that does not represent any- thing but the temporary madness of the people and the unscrupulousness of Capitalistic politics. The industrial organisation of the three prin- cipal trad es has proved itself conscious enough to revolt; and the task is not to deplore but to rightly guide this new era that the political situation create! by Capitalism itself has called into being.
I Mr. Churchill's Cleverness.
I Mr. Churchill's Cleverness. MR. WINSTONE CHURCUII/L is clever. It is be- cause of tihe peculiar and egoistic lines that his cleverues.s travels along, that Labour has been compelled during the life of the present Parlia- ment to concentrate a tremendous amount of attention and propaganda- upon the man and his methods, to the joy, doubtless, of the less dan- gerous personulities within his own camp. Being clever Mr. Churchill succeeded in making a > graceful retreat from the untenable position that his Russian policy, and its allied gambles on Conscription and militarism in industry, had left him in when organised LahQur on Sunday and Monday last week made its voice heard in protest over the Russian intervention, and fol-J lowed that up with the threat of still more dras- tic action at the Triple Alliance meeting later in the week. For the purposes of political shop- whidow dressing that happy inspiration to leave the impression on the Henry Dubbs who swallow the Parliamentary debates in the morning jour- nals that the Triple Alliance was invoking its terrible strength to swat a fly that had been al- ready killed so long ago as last March by the Cabinet itself, was a clever move. It leaves the impression that the Government had forestalled the Triple Alliance in safeguarding the Demo- cratic rights of the common people of this land, and ensuring the right of self-determination to the Russians; and is meant to display the Triple Alliance as a collection of cranks unalive even to the foreign and domestic policy of its own government. And, unquestionably, sine: the cynical philosophy of Thomas Carlyle respect- ing the mental qualities of the major portion of our people, seems to be quite as true to-day as when he uttered it, a great number of Britons must have been impressed as Mr. Churchill de- sired they should be* impressed. But to the more alert breakfast table politician of the middle class, and more especially at the dinner hour political forum of the workers, the transparency of the dodge must have occasioned nothing more than intense delight over the dialectical subtlety with which Mr. Churchill so gracefully retreated from his attitude of Napoleon the smaller. It is quite true, as Mr. Churchill declared, that his friend the Prime Minister some time in Feh- ruary said something to this effect: If you would see the figures, if any sane man would wo the figures that are involved in any programme of intervention in Russia, he would be a fool who would ask it, because the Bolslieviki have not only military power, but they are growing stronger day by day." That is not an exact translation, hut it is the substance of Mr. George's statement. It is equally true that the withdrawal of our army was declared about March. But the diffei'ence between the state- ment and decision, and the actual facts that the nation has had to face since then is what has to be .considered. That difference aggravated a justly incensed working class in this country to a decision unique in the annals of trades-union- ism that difference Mi1. Churchill carefully shut from sight in his statement to the House on Tuesday. Since March we have witnessed not a withdrawal of troops from the Bolshevik fronts, but an augmentation of their numbers. At first the excuse was made that the difficulty of the military situation rendered reinforcements neces- sary to successful withdrawal, but concurrent with that movement and excuse a raging, tee- ing anti-Bolshevist propaganda was fomented to excuse the continuation of military operate", and right up to the immediate past the Press has unanimously recognised the war in Russia as a planful, and continuous one. And so it would have been had Labour and the solid mass of sane public opinion in the nation, consented to swallow the opiate. It did not, and the-sense of social justice was outraged by the unjustifiable attempt to strangle the political destinies of a people at the dictates of foreign bondholders. The masses stirred uneasily whea Russia was mentioned. The uneasiness increa,sed as the truth about the situation and the nobility of the great ideal that Bolshevism held aloft became lcnown; and as the horrors of Ivoltchak and Denikill were made public despite the official at- tempt to whitewash them. The position became untenable, Capitalism had to bow to the sense of justice its actions had outraged toae point of economic rebellion; and so on Tuesday a verbal capitulation was made by the man most responsible for the'wicked policy in Russia. But Churchill is clever. So clever that we dare not rely upon his promises, promises compelled from him and from the Government against its self- interests and the interests of the class it repre- sents so well. The conduct of the Government itself has set us an example that we should do well to keep in mind. Our vigilance must not lessen until the soldiers are actually home again from Russia; and at all times during the interval we must be prepared to threaten the exercise of our united strength to blockade them into ful- filment of their pledges. They did not rely upon the word of the Run in Germany. Can we trust the word of the Huns at home?
Notice to Quit. I
Notice to Quit. I MR. ROBERTSON ON THE MEANING OF I BOTHWELL. The result of the Lanark (Bothwell Division) by-electiofi has driven home the nail that Swan- sea started so well on its journey. With a ma- jority of 7,168 votes on a total poll of 19,102 votes Mr. John Rohertson has been sent to Par- liament to tell the Coalition what the Scottish miners think of it and its, policy. Addressing his supporters after the declara- tion of the poll on Tuesday, Mr. Robertson, who is an official of tin Miners' Union for the county, htnt.self diagnosed the meaning of the election when he declared that Bothwell had spoken with no uncertain voice with regard to the toying with the interests of the working classes by the Coalition Government since they were returned by an overwhelming majority at the gener-O elee- tion. Whatever el se might he said about na- tionalisation of coal, in a division so strongly divided on many questions, and with a very ) large middle-class vote, the result was a de- monstration that the country, or, at least, Both- well, stood for nationalisation. They had won by the loyalty and devotion of the Labour voters to Labour principles, and, no doubt, they also kept in view what they believed to be the ulti- mate good of every citizen in the Empire. Tn Glasgow, where the result was announced, salvoes of cheers greeted the announcement of the tremendous turnover of votes; and the hap- piness of the people wound up with the singing of the Red Flag." In the Parliamentary Lobby consternation was writ large across Government supporters' faces, when tlw firurf's were known, and even the ju- bilant Labour members were surprised at the un- mistakable decision. At the last election Mr. D. H. Maedonald (Coalition Unionist) had a majority of 332 over Mr. Robertson. This time the figures were:— Robertson (Li.boiir) 13,135 I Moffatt (Lib.-Coalition) 5,967 1 7,168 j 7,168 I ■ —
,Steelworkers' Strike. I
Steelworkers' Strike. MINISTRY OF LABOUR CALLS JOINT CONFERENCE. AND APPEALS TO EBBW VALE MANAGE* MENT. Representatives of the men out on strike at the Steelworks at Ebbw Vale waited upon-Sir David Shackleton and Prof. Macdonald, who are acting for Sir Robert Horne, the Minister of Labour in the matter, at the Ministry on Tues- day. The Ministry, it is stated, is taking a. very serious view of the threat of the management to blow out the furnaces there, and after consulta- ti(m with the men's representatives it was de- (-idL-d to 11 the parties to a joint conference to be held, it is hoped, next week. Also Sir David Shackleton has agreed, on the suggestion of Mr. John Hodge, to write to Mr. F. Mills, general manager at Ebbw Vale, urging an attempt to keep the works going in view of the decision to call n conference. The blowing out of the fur- naces and the closing down of the works will moan acute suffering and misery to not less than 16,000 persons—mainly women and children. At Dowlai s also things a.re at a standstill so far as negotiations are concerned, but the W orkers' Union members., who throughout have shown a marked sympathy with the skilled men in their strike, have passed a resolution sup- porting the tradesmen's claim for the abolition of the obsolete Sliding Scale Agreement. At Cyfarthfa it is stated that notice has been served on all employees.
IMr. Punch's Summer Number.
Mr. Punch's Summer Number. "Punch" has just issued its Summer Num- ber, and to all who are suffering from the pessi- mism of a full realisation-of the meaning of s President Wilson's candid confession that the hig" Four have failed to establish a for- mulae of peace," as to all who are inclined to regard the time's thmugh anything but the offi- cially advised rosy spectacles of ignorant opti- mism we recommend the number as an anti- dote Jior a few pleasant hours at least to the melancholia of international affairs. True, bllt topical interests will not be escaped, but they are richly besmirched with the saving grace of humour, both in story and picture. The sea- side, as we had the right to expect, has provided the theme for the major portion of the fare that graces the many pages, but the n-reater joy of demobilistaion, of tho contagion of peace day celebration, and of Victory Bond speculation all have a place here. A Frank Reynolds page 6f cricket catch pictures, are so perfect that we wish that the young men in a contorted hurry who at present illustrate sport In all our morn- ing papers with diabolic Batemanesque cartoons would study these eight pictures—and then either change their present style, retire, or die. There are two plates—a Political march-past by L. Raven Hill, and a fine Partridge on "Peace the Slower," though what is being sown Air. Partridge has very sensibly left to the imagina- tion of the observer. Altogether it is a splendid tonic shillingsworth that we should like to see in everyone's hands.
!Cyfarthfa Castle Successes.*
Cyfarthfa Castle Successes. The successes gained by pupils from this school at th > London Matriculation Examination in June reflect great credit both on the pupils themselves and on the masters responsible for their training. The list of successful candidates, published this week, includes the name, of the following Cyfarthfa pupils. Trevor Maldwyn Evans (English, Mathematics, Mechanics. French and Chemistry) Frederick H. Harris (English, Mathematics, Magnetism and Elec- tricity, French and Chemistry) Leslie Richards (English, Mathematics, Magnetism and Elec- tricity, Welsh, and COeniistry); David Ernest Watkins (English. Mathematics, Magnetism and Electricity, French, and Chemistry); and ldr Phillips (English, Mathematics, Magnetism and Electricity, French, and Chemistry). The fol- lowing pupils, also, taking advantage of the pri- vilege extended to those who had already passed in four subjects at this examination, and had been called from their school to serve with H-M Forces, or to work in munition factories, passed each in the one subject necessary to- complete their success: Robert H. Hawkins. '.Latin' Haydn Phillips (History) and Gwilym L. Wil. liams (Chemistry). Such a list of successes at a London Matricu- lation Examination speaks for itself and will, we feel sure, be received with much pleasure and gratification by the people of Merthyr as some- thing affording further evidence of good work done at their Cyfarthfa Secondary School.