The Cambria Daily Leader

AT mMr lwIDNIGHT, RaHwaymea To Strike m To mnight* A.S.E. AND FIREMEN THROW IN THEIR LOT WITH N.U.R. i I I The railway strike will start at 12 to,-night.-Piiess Association and Exchange Telegraph Co. ANNOUNCEMENT FROM DOWNING STREET. An officia I announcement made at 10, Downing-street was as f The conference failed to arrive atan agreement, and the strike, will take place o-night. x A. S. E. AND FIREMEN JOIN N. U R The Associated Societies of Locomotive Engineer and Firemen de- cided this afternoon to throw in their lot with th-e N.U.R., and an ulti- matmn has been conveyed to Mr. J. H. Thomas, M.P., that the Soci- ety is prepared to strike if necessary.

IRISH PROBLEM. I Lord French and the Cabinet. f The present position and future admin- istration of Ireland, it is believed, were under coasideratio nat ^Thursday's Cabi- net meeting. Lord French arrived at No. 10, Down- ing-etreet ust after 11.30 and met the Prime Ministers and other Ministers with reference to'the'Government policy. T'he Ministers who had already arrived were joined by Mr. Winston Churchill. While th. Cabinet meeting was in pro- gress an urgent communication w," sent away, by the spleial messenger in the Prime Minister's car. Lord French was "frith the Cabinet Ministers for, over hours, leaving No. 10 about lj3». A -4:" lq¿,'d rarrouudfd- hi scar, bm 'tben was no demonstration! j Mr. Edward Shortt, the Home Secretary, J and Mr. H. A. L. Fisher, Education Min- ister, who were also present at the meet-' ing, had lsft with Mr. Winston Churchill just before. There is little doubt, says the Press, Association, tjtat the Irish problem ".ras ¡ fully discussed both in relation to the j disturbed oondition of the country and the Home Rule policy. I But for the sudden railway crisis, the j Prime Minister and h,i5 colleagues in the I Cabinet, \yould probably have coneen- | trated on the Irish question. ) The presence of Lord French in Lon don and his long cosulation in Downing- I etreet indicate that. the Prime Minister is hoping to be in a position to go before Hie House of Commons and the country with a definite pronouncement. Sir Edward Carson was with the Pri-me Minister immediately after the Cabinet I' broke up, and also saw Mr. Bonar Law leaving No. 11, Downing-street soon after lunch; I RAID FOR ARMS. Dublin, Thursday (received Friday).— Peter Ennts, caretaker of Liberty Hall, pleaded not guilty here to-day to a charge of having a service rifle and ari automotic pistol in hir. poesegsion at Liberty Hall on August 22. Prosecutikg counsel said the police and military who raided Liberty Hall; were admitted by Ennis. They found in an attic a Tifle newly cleaned, an automa-tio II pistol loaded, and some cartridges. I Lib- erty Hall was the headquarters of the I citizen army. The case for Ennis was that the ar- ticles were not in his possession. SEDITIOUS SPEECH. I I I Patrick O'Keefe, Sinn f ern M.i was | eourt-martialled for & eeditious speech j at CharleviUio, Co. Cork. His address J 'n& given at 6, HMoourt-street., bead- quarters of tho Sinn Feiners. j It was stated that the accused ad: dressing a crowd of 2,000 people, declared I I am out for an Irish Republic. i, I will, divide the people into thvee, classes. In Class I. are the unniarried nien betweeji the age? of sixteen an«' thirty years. They should join the J I Volunteers and drill and have asms and ammunition. Tb-ey should know their districts and the distance from one point to another. Alluding to the oRyal Irish Constabu- l lary, he said:- i •, W emust get rid of this garrison. j They must be socially ostracised. I advise every person not to speak to them or own them in any part of tho country. They are usually connected in matri- mony with farmers' daughters or school teachers. This must stop, and stop all over Ireland. I now advise every girl, not to speak I, to them .They are not a police force, but a force of military spies. Head Constable Sweeney said accused told the young men to know the dis- tances to the surrounding mountains and have a good local kii-owledgp., Accused refused to recognise the juris- diction of the court.

THE MAYORALTY. I Aberavon Deputation Wait I on Mr. S. H. Byass. I Aberavon To-wn" Council held a private] meeting to consider tfre question of th I Mayoralty for next year. We understand that they are sending 8/ -arm invitation to Mr. S. H. Byass, I J.P., the present Mayor, to continue in I office for another year, and a deputation 1 has been appointed to present the feeling of the Council to him.

NEWBURY. Silver Bridge Wins Autumn Cup. 1 QA—rLSLEY SELLING PLATE of 2M 80'1'&. Seven furlongs. Mr Galsteun's GOLDEN SQUARE, 5 8-11 Fox I Mr Galsfcaun's OtONBIE a 9-0 Fitton 2 Mr Howeson's TKE GUNTAH, 6 8-11 Whallcy 3 Also ran: Tom Sevan (Templeman) Â-r- borfleld (Donogliue), Oharioteer (Earl), Ricbop (MC'arcken), Old Glory (Bassett), Gwenere (Dweller). Off 1.32. Trainer: Bell. Bettins: 11 to 8 Golden Square, 3 to 1 Clon- dir. 4 to 1 The Gunvikh. 10 to 1 Arborfield, 100 to 8 others. Length: three. O A-UBTCOMBB SEfluMNG JfUBSERT 2. HANDICAP of 250 eove. Five lurlonga. !o¡a,ior R tttherford'e TIVfHJ. 7-13 ..Pi.per 1 3tf Gilinne's MOTHER S«IPTON, 8-7 WhaJley 2 M%r r »Wr dj. e Pledge', s KAIJÛOLAR. 8-0 Rhodes i Ali&¡t\: p¿'int of 'fh If-oiftea Blot (Rf',544tead?. j <?2.3. Tfaiaer: M<?ptoA Bet tin?: 5 to 4 Kaloblah, 7 to 4 3ir>th«r Sainton. 9 to 1 Tivoli. 10 to >1 others. Short II head three lengths.  9A-ITMKD sEmv??s oo? of Wo 1 .u Eovs. About two miles oce furlong. AIr Williarxies BLUEGROUND. 6 12-2 Cundell 1 Mr Esertoa <=! MVNAZITE. 4 11-9 Owner 2 Mr Ellis's PURIA, 4 12-1 Mr Bulteel 3 Also ran: Trench Warfare (Owner). ZuJder Zee (Mr Bristow), St. CVlUs (Mj Phillips). Flvinjr Simon (Owner), Meadowcroft (Owner) St Mary (Mr Pendarvis). • Off 2.45. Trainer: Cundell. Betting: 5 to 4 Zuider Zee. 5 to 1 Blue- frropnd. 6 t-o 1 Furia. 8 to 1 Trench Warfare and St. Ci, rtie,, 100 to 8 otberke.. Two lengths: length and a half- Au umn Cup. I D 1 A-NBWBURy AUTUMN CUP of 1,250 ,C 310 -NIBW. ?8M. two mi?es one furlong. Mr Parr's SILVER BRIDGE. 4 7-O.Hulme 1 Mr Christenson's IANGDOPC HILLS, 4 7-8 S. Donoghue 2 Mr Williams's ST. ELOla 8-11 Templeman 3 Mr Cazalet's Haki, a 9-6. Childs 0 Mr De Pledge's Gr.-elk Scholar. 6 7-15 Smyth 0 Mr P. Hartigan's Unitoi 4\7-9 Lane 0 Mr Cazalet.'a Silver Bnllet. 4 7-8.Brennan 0 Mr JefFrey's Lim^sfieJd 4 7-4 Colling 0 Winner trained by Persse. f -1 CLYNE VALLEY. t, > I There wag a good attendance at the Oyne Valley Races, Swansea, on Thursday, when some good fields were witnessed but sport on the whole, was rather poor. Results: Mile and a half Trottinc HandicaIL-Final heat 1: Molly (Mr Tomkine. Llansaralet): 2. Dick (Mr Howells, Glais): 3. Ethel (Mr Hey- cock. Taibach). Six ran. Betting; 6 to 4 on winner. One Mile Galloping Handicav.-l, Lady Ma-Dsel (Mr Cantanche Swansea); 2, Se- lected (Mr. Cutcliffe, Skettv); 3. Prjnoess Pat Wr Poole. Crickhowell), Eleven ran. Bet- tina 4 to 1 winner. .100 Yards Professional Foot Handicap: E. fjrf wards. Newport. One Mile Galloping Handicap ?. Mary (Mr Jf*»cpan. LlaneMy); 2, Marram My (1r Clark .vDoet,)r's B?o,- (Mr Davies Pontf t?ydytM). Thirteen ran: Betting: 6 to 1 ♦ n.ncr. Mi'c Trotting HandiMG—FiMt hc?t- 1, ?Mr JO!1 Llamamlet): 2. Dodg«r (Mr ? t?s. LIansamtct): 3. Trubit Lad (Mr I?w? ft '?nMa-m) Sh ran Bfttir?- f ? 4 on heat: 1,WW X«!e .iir hc*. O??w.ro); 2 Ethff (Mr i-l<-voocJi. Tmatipbach) 3. Dick (Mr Uowel.?. Gla.?)'" Si? ran. Bettin:?: Evens. '1 There WM no final. the stakes being divided. Durinff^ the intervals between the races Mr. Hy Morris, auctioneer offered three horses for sale. Mr. Tbinkios' Molly, a nine- Year-old mare, started at EZ5 and was year-old. knoc k ed down to Mr. Lee, but- eventually knocked down to Mr Tee, but- eher. CwtnUynfeli. 'or £ 63 10s 6d Mr. Cnt- s Selected t4 nos) was soH to lvf r. Hooper. sj\>ath. for £ 39: and Mr C^rtanche's Lady Manuel (9 yrs) wns nitrelt i--ed by Mr WOOdwin. Xeatb, for £ 26

VALLEY COMMITTEE. I ? a. Pontardawe Selection Under, Profiteering Act. /H Pontardawe Council meeting on Thursday, considerable time was taken up op question of tlie formation of a Committee under the Profiteering Act. Hie following were appointed on the com- mittee—Messrs. Dan Jones. T. R. '^rpuel, Dd. Evans (Trebanos), Mr. Gwyn Thomas (Brynamman). Geo. Smith (Pontardawe), Dan Daniel" (Ystaly- fera). J.. Nicholas (Clydach), Geo. Davies (Clydnch), Frank Stephens (Crwaun-cae- Gurwen). Rev. Evan Davies. Henry Thomas (TrelMnos). T. Jeremiah (Pon- tiirdawe). D. L. Jenkins (Rhos), W. Knight (Clydach). Dd. Jones (Mawr), J. D. Brasell (Ystalyfera), Joseph Thomas :{<ffidt"e'rTaig). T. Wade Evans arstaly- ikra), W. R. Thomas. Morgan Price (Gwmllvnfell), Mrs. Griffiths (Ystaly- fero), Mrs. Rees (Craigcefnparc), Mrs. SSrah Davies (Swansea-road, Trebanos), Mrs. W. Samuel (Cwmllynfell), and Mrs. Thomas Edwards Gwaun-cae-Gurwen). I I

VENDETTA. ) 1: Asquith on French' s I I Book. I Falsifying History." ji I Mr. Asquith has addressed the following' letter to a correspondent:— Dear Sir, 1 I have only just returned from Italy, and I am obliged to you for calling my attention to Lord French's Preface (pub- lished while I was abroad) to the second edition of his book 1914." What you call the a controversy" be- tween Lord French and myself, was not oi my seeking. I preserved complete silence, but when Lord French, apparently in the pursuit of a vendetta against the fame and memory of a great soldier and a forme- colleague of my own—Lord Kitchener— who can no longer speak for himself, and to whom Lord French stood under strong personal obligations, prociseded in my judgment to falsify history, I felt bound to intervene Having now read his new Preface, I see no reason to withdraw or qualify a word in the speech which I made on, tbe -ant June in this yeax. There are only two paints in Lord French's attempted rej^ly which call for any notice on my part. I FRENCH'S DISCARDED PLAN, I W ix>ra Jfrench absolves me from any further debate as to the occasion an re- sult of Lord Kitchener's visit to Paris. by publishing at length Lord Kitchenr'!II letter of Sept. 1st, 1914, which, as will hf tteen, conveyed the ip-Gtruc;tiDn given by Lord Kitchener to Lord French on be- half of the Government. Lord French cites two letters of warm appreciation of his services which I wrote to him on the 8th Sept. and the 6th ISov., 1914. It is enough to say that these letteM were written after, Lord French's 'original proposa.1, largely through the intervention of Lord Kitchener, had happily been dis- carded and the subsequent operations had been oonducted (as 1 was and am most glad to acknowledge) by Lord French wit)) much sagacity and skill. I BEHINg THE BACK. I Ae these letters and a lat(')rl Ma? I cited by Lor? French), dated May p, ml, jS?&cMntLy ehow, it w? my prsbctte?. wb?p Jl"e4.M; thO(lY"I"Im21t, t",ro.J' "Üh Si! ?n?x? ■ tlie Genor^: ml I | supreme command in the field t'h(" Xpl sion of our confidence and «n<«>uragement. If I had, known, or jnispeci ed, what Lord ¡ French now avows, that at the date of ray letter of May, 1915, he was engaged, Ijehind I the baAk and without the knowledge of his I official chief. Lord Kitchener, and of i self, in a manoeuvre to upset the Govern- ment at home, it is probable that my coft-, i munication would have been couched in I | Homewh^t different terms. FAITH IN KITOHINE^ I II. In regard t10 the question' of file ¡' supply of ammunition, Lord French AE-: presses surprise" that I did not re- call a conversation which I had with him at St. Omar in July, 1915. I recall the conversation perfectly, but I did not refer to it in my speech ktet J un for three euffi- cient reasons: (1) Because the object of my citation of Lord Kitchenfr? letter written in April, 1915, was to justify the statement which I made inmy speech later in that I month at Newcastle; a matter to which a conversation held in the following July i is obviously irrelevant. (2) Because I did. and dor, beliero than Lord Kitchener was incapable of in- venting, and palming off upon\nie, a de- liberate falsehood. (3), Because, if it becomes a question of conflict of memories, I thought, and still t.hink, that Lord Kitchener's written ro- cord of a conversation in April, on the day on which it took place, is better evi- 'dence than Lord French's recolleation ot the same conversation three months afterwards, for which his only corroboTai tion is an extract from a diary contain- i ing (as he says) no reference what- ever to the subject. I A BAD MEMORY. I may add that I reported to Lord Kirch- oner what Lord French said to me at St. Omar, and that Lord Kitchener adhered j entirely to his original version. j To have a bad memory is a )t).igfórtuM. not a crime; but people who have bat: j shot fid not attempt to writy tye* «ra- ■' othtr peoyl*?'# lires,' r- Yours faithiullv. I  H. R.' S( ?Tm Sept. 2?, 1919. I?,T-

I M'ILK PRICES. We 'are asked by the local food officer to correct a statement made in the Leader on Thursday night, as to the local milk prices, as fixed by the Food I C,ontroller.i The price. per gallon, delivered, for October and November, is 3s. 8d.; for December. January and February, 46. j a for March and April, U. 8d., and not as stated.

IV ■ d er 0 9 The "Leader Leads in News and Sale. r

BANKRUPT, I Austria's Desperate Declaration. Government Given To Allies. PARIS, Friday. A telegram from Vienna to the "Petit Parisien states that Austria, on account of the disastrous condition of her food fuel supplies, intends to declare her- self bankrupt, and to place her govern- ment in the hands of the Allied Mission in Vienna. ■ )

WILL STARVE. 1, Garibaldi Envies d' Annimzio. PARIS, Tuesday (received to-day). General Peppino Garibaldi arrived hero last night at the head of the Special Mis- sion of the Italian Government to the Governir.ente of the Allies. To the Petit P- ..i-n -ad-- I was not at Fiume. I regret it. 1 vould have acted like D' Annunzio, but perhaps with moije prudence, for I am disciplined cven in revolution I should have waited until the troops of the Royal Government had retired, and then I would have, occupied the town without the help of regular troops, but for using volunteers only. With friends 1 had moreover, pre- pared an expedition, but. D'Annunzio forestalled our and has involved the Government in a tragic adventure. But this is of I jittle importance. IVAnnunzio **as onlj the secular power carrying out the decision of the Italian who are entirely with iiim. riifine is now Italian, and will remain Italian, whatever else happens. The Government says, If we re Del against the will of the Allies and the American veto, we shall driven to fainine. it be so/ reply the people. We will die of hH*Ser 5 W€ are used to it. interviewer r,-mp-rlzpcl. Yoii wou, ld,. p$i:haps, support a" n^w^arihaWi warF" to which theGenaral replied, Yes, we would fight agains\ the- devil .if neces-

A DEAR SLiP., I -8 Pontardawe Butcher Fined LI 0. At Pontardawe Police Court on- Friday, J. and G. Rees, butchers, Pontardawe, v/ere summoned for selling meat in excess of the controlled price. v Mr. D. J. Clarke, who prosecuted for the Ministry of Food, said that th-e defendant prodded nieat for the police mess at Pont- ardawe. On Scptember 5th P.C. Griffiths ordered a shoulder of mutton, which was delivered later at the police station. JOINT WAS SMALL.. .1 .a.1__L- i-1- 1 1.1- ine 1;iC.1! vu wie meat oore me yt ite 5a. 6d. The customer thought the joint was small for the price, and weighed it, and found that it only weighed 2lbs. 9-,Ioz. He complained to J. Rees that he had been overcharged, as the total price was Is. f d. per lb. Rees replied that he had paid b. 3d., and that he would make it up for the officer A policeman, accompanied by Inspector James, called later at the de- fendants' shop, when G. Reles w alsopre- eent. The shoulder was weighed, and de- fendants admitted that the charge should have been 3s. 7d. They said that the i wrong invoice must haw been put on the kho-,ilder. _u I KNEW WERE DOING WRONG. One of the detendants kaid, 1 know we were doing wrong, and others arc d<?um jt. Jr. ?organ Davies admitted a techni- cal offence, and mentioned that in the 5s. rd. had been included chops, which had also been delivk-red to the-police that '■ T ma £ -i?*-rat-s imposed a fine of .£10 S3 3s. oosts.

FOOD CONTROL. Swansea Colvimitte6 and Sugar Shortage. At a meeting* of Swansea Food Control Committee on Thursday evening, Ald. A., Sinclair presiding, the following were ap- pointed the committee's representatives on the Profiteering Committee; The chairman, Messrs. R. Matthews and J. Morris. SUGAR. SHORTAGE. On the question of the shortage of sugar. the Executive Officer (Mr. Victor Evans) reported that there was no actual shortage in tlie country, the present posi. tion being due t, transport difficulties. He quoted topical instances to show dolav in the arrival of orders, and said the non- arrival of supplies for preserving was re- sulting in fruit being spoiled. He bad done everything he could by writing, and suggested personal representation to the Sugar Commission on the seriousness of the position. The expedient of a shiiv- Jcad sent to the port and distributed from a dump, which had been adopted pre- viously was a remedy. It W8 decided that ilie officer call on the Sugar Com- mission when in town. The Chairman mentioned the question of an advance in the Eiecutive Officer'; Ralary, and this was deferred, informa- tion to be obtained meanwhile as to salaries in similar towns.  ?

HOTEL RAID. I -—'—— I Many Defendants in Swansea Case. Ii As the result of a polioe raid on Thurs- day afternoon, a number of people ap- peared at the Swansea Police Court on Friday in answer to charges relating to betting. Gwen Cockrill (48), Licensed victualler, was charged with keeping and using her premises, the Hotel Enterprise, Goat- street, as a betting house on September 23 th. Jessie Evans (24), barmaid; Elizabeth Lloyd (32), barmaid; Owen Davies (49), oellarman; Janp Johns (38), housekeeper; and Elizabeth Parkhouse (18), housemaid, were charged with aiding and abetting. Bnlnley Richard Fender (37), a labourer, was charged with frequenting and using the Hotel Enterprise for the purpose of batting, and the following ts men were I charged with being found on the pre- mises, the Hotel Enterprise, entered by I virtue of a Search warrant and alleged to be used ae a gaming and betting house on September 25th: Cecil Hughes, i. Morgan, W. Longdorn, Brinley Francis, Hopkin Lindell, Charles Hubberheld, W. Maggs E. John Simpson, Harold John Millard, George Price, D. Morgan, I. JIaggs, Rclmrd Johns, Daniel Thomas and Charles H. Jenkins. REMAND ASKED FOR. I Mr. Rupert Lewis, on behalf of the polioe, applied f, a week's remand in all cases, as the defendants were only I arrested on Thursday afternoon. There was no objection to the remand, I but a. rfunivber of the defendant^ asked I what they were charged with. OAe of the defendants &.iid, I am a business man, and won't be able to attend;" Mr. Qwilvnf Morgan (An the chair): You had better. If "you were not in the public house you would not be here. The clerk (Mr. J W. Tharpe) asked- why the cafes regarding the. persons found on the premises eon Id not be dealt ¡ with straight away, and Mr. Rupert t Lewi&, replying, said he would prefer t? have the v  C!?se?6 ad j onmed, have the whole of the casaz adjourned, and sumaionees would be issued to every one concerned to appear on Friday next. Theadjournment was granted. >

LOCAL TALENT. 1 I I I f f To the Editor. i Sir,—Probably many like inyaelf are absolutely (in the wo of- the berd) fed up with the letters which have ap- peared in your columns of late respect* ing a proposed complimentary concert ix,1 I, the four Swansea winners at Corwen National Eispoodtod. Let it be Under- stood once and for all that the grand com- plimentary concert 'for OUT little genius. Master Morgan R. Lloyd, is not fu be given him simply becanse he won the first prize at the last National," nor the last two as far as that mfttters, but to give I him financial aid for his university train ing, which every right-thinking perf+ow believes he richly deserves.—Yours, etc.. 1 I Straightforward [We have deleted several sentences which are too personal for publication.—33d. j c.p.L.3 • t ï I

I TO-DAY'S RACING. Betting; 6 to 1 Silver ^ridg*. 1-1 -4 anglon Hills, 20 to 1 St Eloi 5,15—Spiral Spin 1, Love-ite Bair a m 3-14 ran Setting: 11 to 8 Spiral Spin I I • I \.r? ) i ■= I I" s I i! r i 1 I I í I I

i I TO-NIGHT-8 EVENTS. Gilding and Fox at the Empire. "P? o' M? Rean" at the Mr?nd. ?ipi:: B roVI in "A M&id from FkuM?M* at the Elysium. Boleh«viem at the Boyal. Enid Bennet in When do we ktP" at, the Oarlton. ¥&<ice Evans in Gates of Gladness" at the Cattle. Evelyn Neebit in "I want to Forget" at the Pictu re House. Xr. T. Victor Williams's sale of draperies at the Collier's Arms Chrd&ok. 7.M. I TOMORROW. EAluibition of Welsh naintintas. Roral E*. hibition. 10 a.m. till duek hibition. Cardiff City, M the Vetch FieM. 3.30. All Whites II. ▼ Lojitthor. St. 'Helen's. LtD. OermvaJ, Fforestfach. f THE WEATHER. I General Inference (from obeervattoog at I 7.50 p.m. last nig-ht).—A depression centred I to the north-west of Scotland is spreadine ) to south-east. Strong winds or sales, witfi ( unsettled weathor generally, therefore eeem probable. J South Wales.—High winds or gales front between south-weet west: cloudy or dull some rain: moderate temperature J be- coming? colder towardo eTnenintf i Furthe- Outlook—GeBeraHv unsettled. ? < ro?ably becoming co??r aaUt. '( fa