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I - Political Notes.
I Political Notes. I [BY F. W. JOWETT, M.P.] I Mr. John Dillon made some startling state- ments last week concerning the suppression of information and opinion in the British press. It appears that up to the date of the formation of the new Government under the leadership of Mr. Lloyd George, Dr. Dillon had written articles for the Daily Telegraph on foreign affairs, which had been published by that paper without interference. Dr. Dillen, who, as Mr. Dillon ex- plained, is not related to him by other ties than those of friendship, is an exceptionally well in- formed writer especially in regard to questions relating to the Near East. He is also a strong supporter of the Allies. Dr. Dillon's offence seems to be that of making known to the British public certain important facts concerning the I Salonika expedition, and, that he had explained to the public the conditions prevailing in Rou- mania before Roumania came into the wax. He had aJs19 warned the Government of the conse- quences if Roumania were allowed to come in. This was Mr. Dillon\s offence. Dr. Dillon's statements regarding Salonika have proved to be accurate. His warning to the Government as to the effect on the war if Rou- mania were allowed to come in have been more than justified. The statement and the warning conveyed no information to the enemy for it is evident that the enemy knew everything that Dr. Dillon communicated to the British public, and the only effect of withholding the informa- tipn he gave would have been to keep the Bri- tish public in the dark on matters concerning' which Germany atod Austria were accurately in- formed. It will be remembered that a fortnight ago Mr. Pringle stated that the Press had been forbidden to discuss the Salonika expedition. Mr. Bonar Law on that occasion denied that he had any knewledge of the alleged action. On the following morning the "Daily Mail definite stated that Mr. Pringle's statement was per- feotlv right. On this more recent occasion when Mr. Dillon charged the Government with sup- pressing Dr. Dillon's articles, Mr. Bonar Law made no reply whatever. I suppose we should be warranted in concluding, therefore, that in the meantime he has made enquiries and can say nothing further on the matter without admitting that the press has been ordered to keep the pub- lic in the dark as to events in the Near East. in this way public opinion in tms country has been misled during the whole periodef the war whilst the rulers of the people have drifted into one disastrous adventure after another, and the country has been brought to the brink of ruin. There is every reason to believe that in this matter of allowing national poliey and foreign affairs to be freely discussed in public we in this country are worse off than the people of France, Italy, Germany, and possibly, Russia. Who would believe, for instance, judging by what our newspapers tell us of public opinion in Germany that the peace party is so Strang there as the recent Potsdam election clearly shows it to be, in fact. Potsdam, as the reader will know, is the Berlin constituency that Herr Liebtaecht re- presented in the Prussian Diet. Liebnecht had spoken so violently against the war, one would have expected it would be impossible for him to have been voicing the opinion of the majority of the constituency in which the Kaiser's palace is situated. Yet a successor "belonging to the anti- war minority of the Socialist party has carried the seat made vacant by Liebnecht's imprison- ment for high treason, by a majority of for to one. It is my firm belief that if the British public were as well informed as to the facts re- lating to the war as the German public are the Government here would have to reckon with a far larger opposition than is now ranged against it and the Socialists of this country would then be in a position to give, as well as to receive, encouragement through the medium of bye-elec- tions. One reason, in my opinion, which to some ex- tent accounts for the ease with which the Bri- tish Government manages to keep the public of this country in the dark on questions affecting the vital interests of the nation is that there is no committee system in the British Parliament. Both in France and in Germanv ministers and permanent officials have to appear and give in- formation and explanations to committees on which all parties are represented. Macdonald referred to this defect in our Parliamentary sys- tem last week when he criticised the Allies note in reply to President Wilson's. invitation to the Allies to state their peace terms. This passage in Macdonald's speech is, in my opinion, most important, and I will, therefore, quote his words: "The House," he said, "has not had a chance of discussing the Note. The House has not had a chance of discussing the Govern- ment's foreign policy. The House has not had so much information given to it as the Rus- sian Duma. We have not had oomltllttees composed of representatives of all parties in that Chamber, to which information is given regarding foreign commitments, foreign rela- tions and S9 on. As a matter of fact, of all the Allies this House and the Members of this House know less about the war, about the Government's policy, and about the Govern- ment's commitments than any other Chamber or parliament connected with those powers." In present circumstances criticism of the Gov- ernment, even in Parliament, is bound to be in- complete and facts which ought to be disclosed for the benefit and enlightenment of the public are withheld by Ministers. When Mr. Lloyd George made his first appearance in the capacity of Prime Minister he encouraged the House of Commons to expect that the present system of confining all the facts concerning public admin- istration to Ministers would be abandoned. He even went so far as to express the opinion that .France had been saved from disaster during the present war by its system of committees; or com- missions as they are described in France. A writer in the Christian Commonwealth," who was aware that I was a strong supporter of com- mittee government reminded me of this fact in that paper and argued therefrom that I, of all members of the Labour Party, should be a sup- porter of a Coalition Government under a Prime Minister who was going to place public depart- ments under the system of democratic govern- ment which I had advooated for many years. But I knew my Lloyd George better than the writer in the 11 Christian Commonwealth." I expected no extension of democratic control fi-om him. I expected dictators, and not committees with full power to check and correct Ministers. And so it has happened. The Dictators are being placed in control everywhere, but Mr. Bonar Law has announced in effect that Mr. Lloyd George on further eonsideration backslided, as it his custom to do; and there is to be no committees. They would be inconvenient to dictators. *1 Mr. Roden Buxton did well to call attention the other day in the House of Commons to the statements which are frequently made in order to excuse annexations of territory. He had been arguing that it was wrong to deny the claim of Germany to acquire colonies whilst its neigh- bours are annexing vast areas of territory them- selves. In order to make it appear that it is necessary to prevent Germany following its neighbours' example Germany has been charged with cruelty to natives. In answer to this charge Mr. Buxton quoted the testimony of Canon Scott Holland to the following effect, viz. "OlJr University Mission has lived so well with German Rulers until now, and Bishop Hine has borne steady witness to the good points of the German Government over the natives. It is a, little hard, but it keeps ad- I mirable order; it works in with oun" Mission in matters of discipline; it organises general life with great efficiency. We cannot say that we hæve a case against it to take up on behalf of the natives'. It is now more than three weeks since the United States severed diplomatic relations with Germany and up to the present America. has not entered the war. It is most instructive to watch the efforts of the British Press to force President Wilson's hand. Some of these efforts of the press are so hypocritical one can hardly imagine how the authors of them can fail to realise their effect on unprejudiced minds. We have news this morning," said the "W estminster Gazette," that the Canard Steamer 'Laconia' was tor- pedoed without warning all Sunday night, and that ten of her passengers and crew are missing, INCLUDING, IT IS FEARED, TWO AMERICANS." The last six words of this sentence (which I have taken the liberty of putting into small capitals) are sheer hypocracy. The Westminster Ga- zette knows full well that the press of this country have been looking forward with glee to Americans being sent to the bottom of the sea by German torpedoes. The lists of unfortunate victims of submarine warfare have been carefully examined day by day and always in the hope that among the victims there would be Ameri- can citizens to provide the "overt act without which President Wilson refuses to take a single step into the hell of war. If, not merely during the few weeks preceeding the present war, but during the years when Great Britain was forging the secret chain which bound the Government to Russia and France, in the event of a war which they clearly contemplated as a likely possibility, British Ministers had been as careful as Presi- dent Wilson has been to avoid war, this country would not have been at war to-day.
IThe Seven A's of Progression.
The Seven A's of Progression. INTERESTING SPIRITUALISTIC ADDRESS AT MERTHYR. The Spiritualist Temple, Tramroadside, Mer- thyr, was not large enough to accommodate the votaries who gathered there to celebrate the seventh anniversary of the foundation of the Temple last week-end. Mrs. Christie, Torquay, an old favourite with Merthyr spiritualists, we understand, had been secured as the special lec- turer and clairvoyant. The services were bright and cheery, and we were pleased to hear such hymns as "When wilt Thou save Thy people," included in the hymnology.. On Sunday evening the chair was occupied by the resident speaker, Mr. E. J. Powell, and speaking to a crowded congregation Mrs. Chris- tie-or her controls we are not sure whether the lecture was supposed to be personal or in- spired—addressed herself to seven A's, as suit- able to a seventh anniversary. Her septet of words were-anniversary; association accept- ance assimilation affection; affinity and At-one- ment. Anniversary, of course, illustrated the fact that association had been maintained in this case for seven years; and led to a disquisi- tion on the effects of association, which it ap- pears, is equally potent for improvement or cor- ruption in the spirit world as on the physical plane. From the effects of this environmental association—good or bad—came an acceptance of the associated view; but mere acceptance was in- sufficient unless it led to assimilation. Associa- tion with goodness, sweetness and purity would provoke emulation, but was useless without as- similation and from the assimilation of good- ness, purity and sweetness would grow an affec- tion for those virtues: so that what had ap- peared as a difficult task in a hard, material world, became easy from the natural develop- ment of them. Great affection could not be de- veloped and displayed without an affinity being established, and from affinity with all things in nature grew, as the flowers of all that had gone. At-oneness, which was not difficult of attainment if the right beginnings were made through asso- ciation with the virtues of sweetness, goodness, and purity once At-oneness was estab- lished the God idea would take hold of you, and His impress would be found on the leaf, and in the flower. Reducing her At-oneness to the finite-withollit I unfortunately, tackling the problem of the re- sponsibility of the At-oneness for the liver-fluke, the diphtheria germ, and the million malignities of nature—she seemed to think that, her high- road of capital A progressions, spelled a solution of all the social and international problems of our times, for, she declared, At-oneness would sweep away our social evils, and provide an in- ternational of love. All through the abnegation of selfishness. Trekking back to her spiritualistic association Mrs. Christie spoke of the beauties and virtues of her pathway in the psychic spheres. Great assistance was forthcoming from association with the spirits who had shred the cloying influences of the trappings of flesh. They were on the hill-top with a broader vista than the human toilers up the hill. Then there were the pleasures of that association; which in reaction from the spiritualist in contact with the highest and best, helped the undeveloped spirit to progression. Thus the great bridge was build- ed between the spheres across which communica- tion was established between the spiritual and material planes.
IWho Are the Economists ?-I
I Who Are the Economists ? I LABOUR COUNCILLORS OPPOSE EXPENDI- I TURE ON TOWN HALL EXTENSION. SHARP DIVISION IN MERTHYR TOWN I COUNCIL. I otrong exception to the expenditure 01 0*7 tween £ 20,000 and L30,000, on Town Hall and Central Library construction and extension W" taken by Councillor Wilson at Tuesday's  ing of the Merthyr Town Council, when he moved the reference back of the minutes of the reep°D' sible Committee which stated that a letter been received from the Local Government Boa.ru stating that the present restrictions on the ø- cution of works and acquiring of loans were w itb- drawn. The Local Government Board, 5ta; that any cost would necessarily be provisio-uai in the first instance, and could be revised later. The Committee recommended that the architecto be instructed to complete the detailed plaJIS, specifications and quantities and furnish an es- timated cost of the' building with a, view of the Council passing a resolution applying for thÐ Board's sanction to a loan. Councillor Wilson contended that the present was not an opportune time to talk about extend" ing the Town Hall, though to the construction of the Central Library he took no exception* since £ 4,500 had been set aside for that purpose and could be had at any time. So far as the Town Hall accommodation was concerned he did not think it was necessary at all. When it was remembered that Merthyr's rateoblevalue was pot increasing, he said, it was no time to talk aborot huge expenditure on additional buildings. lie believed that they would never have been troti" bled about the matter had the Council not en- tered into an obligation with the architect They, on the Labour side 'of the house, were. sometimes told that they were the spendthrifts r of the Council, because it was alleged they aJ- ways supported any improvement whether Beces- sary or otherwise. This did not prove that. 2e said that at the present- time there was plenty of accommodation at the Town Hall. could show him that there was likely to be any II nared improvement in the rateable value of the district, or the prosperity of the town, he would not oppose this proposal, but he could see  prospects of this improvement, and to spend this huge sum on unnecessary ornamentation foolish. If those on the other side of the h011110 had entered into any obligations to the arelki- tects let them meet those obligations. Councillor Marsh sa.id that if they did pass this | resolution they were not bound to go on with the work. They had simply complied with the re- [ quest of the Local Government Board by stating what work they might go on with when'the war was o-fer, so that the Central Authorities wolll4 have some idea of the employment which might be found. Ald. Lewis seconded Councillor Wilson's rtic tion. Even if the work was required it would be absurd to think of proceeding with it when the country had incurred an expenditure Of £ 4,000,000,000, with its concomitant heavy bllJt" dens on the people in the future. Councillor Lloyd emphasised that no obligation would be incurred by the resolution. They wer« simply complying with the request of the LocaJ Government Board by having plans and specifi- cations, and sanction to the loan, so that on de. mobilisation the nation would know where work was to be had. i) The Town Lierk (Mr. T. A. Rees) said the ni-qt- ter would never have arisen but for the letter from the Local Government Board urging thø '< Council to put forward any prospective work they might 'have, so as to be ready at the close of the war to give employment to a good number of men who would otherwise be unable to fifld employment at that period. They were not com- mitted to any expenditure at the moment. Councillor D. W. Jones declared that a raore groundless accusation than that the architects were pressing forward the matter he had never heard. This was not the time to discuss tjie policy of the Council with regard to this work, whieh had been agreed to at various meetIllt,18 I in the past, and for anyone to try and stop the work to-day was entirely out of order. So far aS accommodation was concerned the Town Hall staff was working under difficulties: and the fact that outside offices had to be engaged was not so productive of efficiency, as would be the centralisation of the staffs in an adequate Town Hall. On being put to the meeting the minutes weTO passed by a vote of 15 to 10; the names being taken. j
Guardians and Auditor.
Guardians and Auditor. HINT OF SURCHARGE TO THE MERTHYB BOARD. Following an intimation from the Merthyr Board of Guardians that a Barry man need only pay 2s. 6d. per week in respect of an order made by the court for 12s. per week for the mainten- ance of his wife arrears on the order amounting to £ 15 3s. were wiped off." The district auditor (Mr. M. D. Propert) has now questioned the right of the board to cancel these arrears, and hinted that he may surcharge them for the amount. Should he adopt this course an impor- tant test ease will be provided, as it will be open for the guardians to appeal to the Local Govern- ment Board or take the matter to the High Court. The board's reply to the auditor was that they considered the order of the stipendiary unrea- smable and excessive, and that the man Wil- hams was not in a position to pay it. The auditor also expressed disapproval of the action of the guardians in paying commission to relieving officers for the collection of monies lent by way of relief instead of leaving matters in the hands of the warrant officer (Mr. Ll. Rieh- ards), who acted as collector. The auditor's report will be presented in due course.
Pontsticyll Tragedy.
Pontsticyll Tragedy. A ENSATIONAl DISCOVERY," A sensational discovery was made at Pont- sticyll on Wednesday, when Lewis Powell, aged 40, a quarryman, of the Old Smithy, PontsticylL was found dead under a tree on the mountain side. j Around the throat of the dead man was a t length of cord tied tightly in a loop. From a. branch of the tree above was also suspended 9 length of eord. The circumstances of the case point to the nlau having been hanging from the tree and to the cord having snapped with the weight of the body.
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