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AMUSEMENTS.  E d f R E' ,k:A j!L&i. A j&. ?L? JL? OXFORD STREET, SWANSEA, Monday, Feb. 3rd, and Tw;ca Nightly at 6.50 a.nd 9.0 during the week. The Original (London Hippodrome) AMERICAN RAGTIME OCTETTE, 1 n Select-ions tn>m a Ker>ertoiro of over 300 Ragtime Ditties. MARIE GOODWIN. Chic Comedienne in Song, Story it Dance New Series of T p-to-date Subjects on THE A MER I CAN BIOSCOPE. WILL HAY, The Original Schoolmaster Comedian. PICCARD TROUPE, Presenting 'The Burglars of New York.' MILLIE PAYNE, The Queen ot Low Comedy. CAMPBELL N Q BARBER, The Great Comedy Cyei ist s. WILFRED BURNAND, Ciia rac-ter Impersonator. FIVE SYMPHONY GIRLS The Queens of Instrumental and Yocai Harmony. GRAND THEATRE SWANSEA. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3rd, 19i3, For Six Nights at 7.30, and MATINEE SATURDAY, 11 2.30 p.m. Air. GEORGE DANCE'S Company in the Successful Musical Comedy, THE QUAKER GIRL. NEXT WEEK— 3ir. George I'klwardcV Principal Reper- toire Company, in "THE MERRY WIDOW" and "THE DOLLAR PRINCESS." THEATRE ROYAL, WIND STREET, SWANSEA. Prupriet,>r & Licensee William Coutts. TO-NIGHT at 7.30, and during the week, KKNEST R. ABBOTT, supported by his well-known and old- established Company, including the charming Actress, Miss Ada Abbott, will produce tor the first time in Swan- f sea. an Original Drama of London Life iiiui Character, entitled, THE SiHS OF THE RICH. Seats may now be booked at Gwytme H. Brader's, Heathfieid-street. Telephone No., 2.91 Central. PRICLi :—Box Seats, 2S.; Orchestra Stalls, 18. 6d.; Stalls, 1&. j Pit, &d.; Balcony, 4d. NEXT WEEK— MRS. FRANK SATEfvSAN'S REPER- TOIRE COMPANY. PICTURELAND iHE VIORLD'S BEST PICTURES Are c- Vie.v Every Evening at 7.45 throughout SOUTTS' GIRCUIT.1 TO-NIGHT'S biLLi-CTlONS are as iciio?s:— AI' THE¡"O\' S SHAFTi-SBURY CINEMA ST. HELE!l'i-ROAO, SWANSEA. A Race for an Inhoriiance.Gaumoiit. His 1 list Pu,, ol Pants uubiu. The Usurer's Grip Edison Funuicus at LUlla. Park Eclair. Bobby Believes in Kindness.Gaumont Dogs and Cats of Paris Geem. The County Fair Kaiem. Pathe' s Animated Gazette of the World's News, Published Monday, February 3rd, 10i3. AT THE PALACE, ".ICH-STREET, SWANSEA. The Same Programme as at the Shaftesbury Cir.ema. AT THE f JCTUREDROME, MORRtSTOM. The :1fiact" Lubin. The raT:<i l Pact .i'a the. The 1.1 ta\ euiy V oice Lubin. Into the Genuine Ac me Basket Picnic The River Weser Welt. Fires of Driftwaod Yitagraph. Patiie s Animated Gazette of the World's News. AT THE G 4-u i; CsMEMA, GLYCACH. The Same i'rugi amine as at the PjciurtidrJine, <riu»nston. AT THfc TiVOLl, CWMBW RLA. A Cirl From the Country Edison. The sporting Euii-or Lubin. L?i. L u b i n Stubborn L lipid Nester. Double Danger V-itagraph. At. Ofh< ;ai Patiie. Armadillo Urban. The Pirate's Daughter Scpg. Pathe's Animated Gazette of the urld's News. AT THE PAVILION, PONTARDA WE. In the Service of the State .Lubin. ) M?kin? a AI an 01 Him .Crba.n. Priva.?e Hector, Gentleman. I Cricks ifc Martiu. The Half-Breed Scout .À.K, The Troubied Trail Yitagraph. On the Tip of His Nose. Itala W illie's Ticker .Lux. The Wanderer Flying A. Pathe's Animated Gazette of the World's ews. Variety Turns— THE BRADSHAW FAMILY, Six in number, .Musical Experts and Society Entertainers, Expert Xylophone, Cornet and Bell Soloists, including Master Mark, the Champion and Young- est Eupnoniuiii Soloist. A High-class, Refined, it Most Noval Entertainment. AT THE PLAYHOUSE, YSTALYFERA. TO-NIGHT at 7A.5, Mr pgRCY BROWN'S Company presents THE VACANT CHAIR. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday— I CEOFFREY LANCDQN S WifE. AMUSEMENTS. r 1 "j ¡-'PICTEURE¡ ? ? a ?' ?J r? E- HOUSE HICH STREET, SV/ANSEA. |1 ■j Managing director William Coutts. j i The Last Word in Cinema Theatres. 1 S TO-DAY at 3, SPECIAL MATINEE, Af ill-racn Tea provided Free af Charge. g TO-NIGHT. Continuous Pertornaanoe J I trom 6.39 tili 10.30. i 3Jr. W. H. Heare's Orchestral Band | I Plays Evary Evsning. i o I TO-DAY'S PKOGEAMME— I I CINEMATOGRAPH SUCCESSES. A Girl From the Country Edison. 1 The sporting Editor L,u b m • Stubborn Cupid Nestor. | Douois C anger, Vit?grap?. I An Othcial Lapse i'athe. ? Arm?d'Ho "L 1 ban. ?The Pi-aie's Daughter £ >eiig. AtuiiiiL???l Ca?ze?te of the 1 World's News, Published Mouday, 5 I February ?rd, 19J3. j i Change of Pictures Every t?onday, || I Wednesday, and Friday. ? Continuous Performance Eory Satur- I ? day fr«m 3 till 10.30. OKFOsDHIETBiS TBEATRE UNIQN STREET, SWANSEA. The Premier Haii of Sou:h Wales. PROGRAMME FOR TO-DAY:- THE FOREST RANGER. DIANA'S LEGACY. THE TELL TALE UMBRELLA. THE OPIUM SMUGGLERS BRiNCING FATHER ROUND. A RANCH C, P L S TRIALS. ON THE ROAD TO MCNTSERRAT. TOPICAL BUDGET. From 2.30 till 10.30, A Ceaseless Performance of Exceeding ExoeJlemce. Afternoon Tea Free of Charge to All Parts of the House. All Trams Lead to the OXFORD." Pictures are projected on the Wonderful CHRYSTAL MIRROR. POPULAR PRICES-3d., 6d. and 1s. -0.- ALBERT HALL, Swansea. ONE WEËK ONLY, COMMENCING TO-DAY FiB. 3. At j on 8. DAILY At 3 and 8. The Lessees present the Kai-ern Masterpiece ot Kinomitogmphy— FROM MANGER TO CROSS 01 "JESUS OF NAZARETH." The SVorld'o ui-eu U-t.1 Tragedy magnificently pourtrayed in Keverent Moving Pictures. Admission 2s., 1s., rnd 6d. iteaerveU tkxtiii, 2.:> way w; booked at Brad-er'c. Healiifiela-otreet. U. jpiiiNCK'S rp-HEA'LKE, JgKlSTOL Under the Mtiiagem-Bnt of the Itepreeenta- tive.-i of the lat-a Mr. J. M. Chute. A STJRE SUCCESS TO-NIGHT AND EVERY E V'LNiNG at, 7. MXTINEES KVEKY Tl! UIUSDAY AND SATURDAY at Mr. TOM B. DAVIS PreseritB arranjo lwnt with the, CRAN D OH R I ST MAS PANTOMIME- DICK WHSTTiNGTON. (PYN)(lucf-d by (inytvn li'vitb,. Doors Oloit at 6.40. l'ar. uuiuuie at 7. fiarly Uoora at ó,Z!J. Circie and 4. Fauteil^, 36, 6d,; Balcony, o».; Uppt; Circle, 3s.; Pit, Is.; Gallery, ixt- PUBLIC t-IOT;CES. C Y 111) E i T 11 A s i ix K O D O H, I O l\ ^BtKTAWE. A Traddodir D A T; I, I T H NOS FAWRTH NESAF, C"Nef. 4ydd, am 8 o' r glocri, yn Ysg3ldy y TR I N ITY, Heof y F, arci Gan y Parch. DYFNALLT OWEN (Caerfyrddin), a r "MARCHOGION ARTHUR. Caueirydd-parch. E. Etlmunds. Y gorddoriaeth dan ofal y fonesig, Ada WiPiams. Croesaw i bawb a ddel. AJATIONAL RRiTJSH WOMEN'S TEM- ?t PEBANCE ASSOCIATION NPER,ANC-??? TILL ANN UA L TEA AND MEETING will ¡:Joe held in he CENTRAL HALL. OKCJtiAKD-STKEET, on TUESDAY, FEB. 4, 1913. ke rs MRS. BGNWiCK, N.E.C. REV. S. M. BUTTERS. B.A. Chairman— Dr. RAWLiNCS. j ubiect-" Is Disinterested Manage- ment Desirable2 S01oj,t6 GRACE THOMAS Contralto. .J.litia JENKINS Soprano. Jir. J. JENKINS Baritone. Tea Tickets 6d. each. Children lull xtrice. Tea on Tabies from 4.50 to 6.30. Evenins; Meeting at 7.50. A HEARTY INViTATION TO ALL. We WL?! it ? crowded houso to hear our views We want, IM?nit?roat?d Ma?tageme)!?" Gentleoven sp«ciaiiy invited Collection to defray expenses. ¡ R ATIONAL INSURANCE ACT, 1911 SWANSEA INSURANCE COMMITTEE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that all Insured Persons are required on or before the 28th DAY OF FEBRUARY NEAT, to select from the Medical Panel for the Borough the Practitioner by I whom they desire to be attended, as the Committee will proceed immediately aiter that date to distribute amongst Practitioners on the Panel those in- sured persons for whose treatment no arrangements have been made. 'd The Medical Panel above referred to will be exhibited at all the Post Offices, Police Stations and Offices of Customs I and jxc;,>ü throughout the Borough, and may be inspected at any of such places during the ordinary hours of business Bv Order, HF.RHKRT A. HIELD, Clerk to the Committee. GuiMhnH. 30th January. 1913. PUBLIC NOTICES. NATIONAL LEAGUE -OF- YOUNG LIBERALS. A L E C T U R E Will be delivered by the REV. PROFI JOSEPH JONES, M.A., a.D. iMemorial College, Bi-ee-ou), 011 I "Christianity and Social Questions," aL CARMARTHEN-ROAD CONCRECA- TIONAL CHAPEL. TO-NIGHT (MONDAY), at 8 p.m. Chairman Mr. D. WEST. A MUSICAL P ROC RAM ME by the CWMFELJN MALE VOICE PARTY (Conductor—Mr. T. Norwood;. Soprano—Mit>s ANNIE GEORGE. Tenor-.Ar. O. J. EVANS. Baritone—Mr. D. EVANS. Accompanist—Mr. EVAN WALTEBS, R.A.M (Manb-eltonj. Admission Free. Collection. An appeal will be made to all Young Liberals to become Members of the League. THURSDAY'S MEETING AT FABIAN'S BA Y SCHOOLROOM. St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (St. HsSeii's-rd). THURSDAY NEXT, FEB. ÖLh, l) A L E C T U R E ),,lit it ic(I- Shakespeare's Heroines," Ulustrate-l with Limeijrht Views, Will he giveii by REV. RCST. CREENSHIELDS OLA., Tickets, ?. and Children, 6d. May be I obtained at, MR. A. K. WAY'S, Wind-street. OKGAN RECIT.A jj by MISS MAGGIE. JONES, L.I'.A.M.. from 7 to 8 p.m. jjKCTU KE TO COMMENCE AT 3. T DM IN L-.i 11.\7 i I. C-f H N T Y 0 t A GLAMORGAN. All PERSONS LIABLE to the fol- iowuig LKKXCE IM'TIFS, narnelv A RM Oil T A L BEARINGS. ALA J K S i Y R A N TS. CARRIAGES. MOTOR CARS and MOTOR CYCLES und JX>GS. are reminded that those LICENCES FELL IH fO FOR itENE^'AL oti the 1st JANUARY, and that by the Finance Act of 390S, all the powers and duties oi the Board of Inland Revenue 11l re- spect thereor are ves.tod in the County Council. Licenses roav he taken out at any Postal Money Order Office in the admin- istrative county. No personal reminders will be sent, but proceedings may bo taken agninst all persons found in default after this date. A. W. FOX, Local Taxation Officer. County Hall, Ca. d iff, Dated :i]sL January, 1913. OA ^lERMO UTH U 1! BAN DISTRICT COUINCiL. EXTENSION OF WATER MAINS. The Oyst-ermouth Urban District Council invite TENDERS for the Supply, Laying, Fixing and Jointing of about 4,490 yards ol Cast Iron Water Pipes, ( ?)ai ot ??t I I Special Castings, Sluice Vales, Air Valves, Hydrants, Chambers, etc., in various parts of the Urban District, the Pipes required being of Gin., oin., 4iu., an(! ii. diameter. Plans may be seen and Specifications, Quantities and Conditions of Contract my be obtained at the office of Mr. W. P. Puddicombe, Surveyor to the Council, Council Offices, Mumbles. Sealed Tenders endorsed "Extension of Water Mains," to be delivered at my office not later than 12 O'CLOCK 'OON on TUESDAY, the lltn Day of FEBRU- ARY, 1913. The Council do not hind themselves to accept the lowest or any Tender. Dated this oOth Dav of January, 1913. JOHN H. ROBINSON, Ctcrk. Council Offices. Oyst-ermouth. w^ANbl-.A AND SOUTH WALES O INSTITUTION FOR THE BLIND. Sir.—1 have receive d numerous en. quiries from subscribers and o ttioi- friends of the institution as to whether the blind men who are collecting house to house, are doing so on behtuf of this Institution. 1 therefore write to say that:— 1. There are no collectors employed by this Institution. 2. The i itioli, of the Blind, on whose behalf these blind men arc soliciting subscrip- tions, is in no way connected with this institution. 3. The money they collect is diVJded amongst the members of the League, some of whom are em- ployed in our Workshops. 4. There is a fund connected wi-Lni this institution, called "The! Blind Workers' Wage Augmenta- tion FunJ." which was estab- lished in 1908, and in which all the blind men in our Workshops participate whose earnings are 17s. 00. per we?k and lmder. All appeals for subscriptions to me various funds of the Institution are senr, out by the Honorary Secretary on behalf of the Committee, and they appeal to a generous public to continue to give their kind support, to the Insti- tution, which has earned on its benefi- cient work in the interests of the blind for upward s of 47 years. 1 aIll, your faithful! JOSEPH HALL, Hon. Secretary. Caersalem Newydd, Treboeth ANNUAL ORATORIO CONCERT, Saturday, February 8th, When Handel's "SAMSON" Will be rendered by the Chapel Choir, assisted by Full Orchestra and the fol- lowing well-known Artistes:— Soprano-Madame Jennie Ellis. Contralto—Madame Sambrook Jones. Tenor-Mr. Bawiti Ellis. Bass—Mr. Ufcw. R. Bowen. Organist—Mr Horaco Samual, L.R.A.M. Leader of Orchestra—Mr. W. Roberts. Conductor—Mr. J, P. Rogers. Reserved Seats, ,3s., 4s., Unre served, 2s. Is. Doors open ab 7. Connueuto <it 7.30. PUBLIC NOTICES. THE s ALTORS' }{E8T FR" npEMPERANCE ON CERT TO-MORROW (TUESDAY) EVENiNC at 8 p.m. SPLENDID PROGRAMME ARRANGED. ArtWbes.- Mieeec; Roode. Lovering, Cisey Hop- kins. Gladys Vanetoae č"nd E- Boynori; Meesr-p. W. Hoibrook and E. Hopkins. Clunrman—Mr. W. H. VANSTONE. Speaker, Rev Wm. JONES (Mcuriston) AocompaIlj-;tu-)fio.s Glörlys Yanetone. Come in Crowds! E very body Welcomed. S~ WAN SEA AND DlOTRrC^BOt);F~AND ij LEATHER TRADES' ASSOClATlO. A GENERAL MEETING of the above wi-1 be- held on TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4th, 1913, at the ALBERT RESTAURANT, Cradosi-st. At 8.15 p-m. All conn«ci.«d with the Boot Trade are urgently requested to attend. TUB 3 !?!l?H Ei?P?? IR?f MMP??? LiM?TES. ? I 'HTEiJ. Stimt, §| London, E.O. g 8UBORIBED CAPITAL £750.00B. || ME?bRV? FC?D ?a.MO. 8 TRUSTEESHIPS £64,000.000 Eouaued l?U? w i&cUjna.t? the I 1 of BrUMti ??UAi m C?lom? lav««t- I B uieute. | | Ac?a as Trustew, R,Utram and &e? 1 !?t&rt€tt for Sou?d Ccio?itd CompajiiM. § | A pamphlet, giving Lull information iu 3 | a readily understandable form, and var- 9 ■ ticularci of profitable investments yield- Eg 1 ins from 4 per cent, to 6 per cent. in | these companies lias just been prepared, a I and will be sent free on application. 1 I The Company doce not do a 8tock- jg | broking butuiMDM or deal in securities | | ,vi*ii or cn behalf of the public, who | must employ their oviii Stockbrokera 1 in dealing in any of the ftocuriti<>s re- 8 9 commended. 1 !1 R. W. BARTLIETT. 9oretarr. | fruwwi IIII ■IIIIIMKII inar-m-Mii iHMiiiiiiiiif mim NETT SALES, TWO-AND- A-HALF times as great as the South 'ales Daily Post. Sun Rises 7.38, Sun Sets 4.50. Liaiht'.ng-up Time, 5.55. High Water, 4.38.
LIBERALISM'S GREATEST TASK.
LIBERALISM'S GREATEST TASK. I p h' J 1 1 t The lightning is; already beginning to play over the liead ot the Chancellor. Real old Toryism i", gathering its bat- talions for the last desperate defence, .nd presently it will be distinguishing itself in the old gentlemanly way. The saoreiigious thieves oi Wales will be forgotten in horror of the profane men who would lay their hands on the sacred rights of land. The land-grabbers wilt be infinitely more criminal creatures than those who would divert from the Church money to which it ha.s no right. For to touch the laud is the unlorgive- ablo sin. To probe into the miseries of the mrniing countrysK.ie, and to inquire into tilo ft .ais that afflict the towns, are offences no truo-boru Tory can condone. The best thing said during the de- bate iu the House ot Lords laf-l week was Lord M'-rley's aside that One might as well tali to the House of Lords about juand as talk to a butcher about Lent." He might have added: or to tho Toy Party, its roots are deeply sunk m* the. present system that bear a so heavily upon tho people. It may talk of its zeal ror reform, but it will cnu- vince no one; its attitude towards effec- i ive thorougn reform xs that of the dis- graceful ticket issued by Swansea Con- servatives for a recent meeting. In the freeing of the land, Toryism will plav no part. It will light to the la;t ditch for the retention of a system that exacts the uttermost from the tiller of the land. During the eventful early stages of the Disestablishment Bill, the historian came forward and closed the mouths of the bitterest opponents of the measure. Professor Pollard when he told the Cecils and kindred families that they, at least, had no right to accuse us of spoliation, did Wales good service. And we believe that history will give evi- dence as strongly for the Land Reform- ers. Mr. Lioyd George said at the National Liberal Club that • The land lis the greatest, it i.s the most essential, ot our national assets. It is common ground that at the present moment it is not used to the best advantage in the in- terests of the com in unity, and wo are rapidly reaching a point where the gross waste of our national resources of hu- man energy, of human life and oppor- tunity involved in the perpetuation of that system means national weakness and national peril. After that quota- tion, listen to the voice of Froude, in one of his noblest chapters; that ou the social condition of England in the time of Henry YTIL. Through the compli- cated varieties of land tenure, said the great historian, there was one broad principle which bore equally upon every class, that the land of England must provide for the defence of England. "The land was to be so administered," runs a passage of profound interest to-day, that the accustomed number Ol families upporLed by it should not bo diminished, and that the State should suffer no ill: jnry from the carelessness or selfish- ness of the owners. Land never was i private property in that per.scnal sense of property in which we speak of a tiling as OUT- own, with which we may do as we please; and in the administra- tion of estates, as indeed in the ad- ministration ut dl property whatso- ever, duty to the State, was at all times supposed to override private in- terest or inclination." In the light of that passage we may well ask to-day: Who are the land- grabbers? Is the land so administered that the accustomed number of fa mi lies supported by it should not be diminished? Within a radius of twenty miles of Swansea thero is overwhelm- ing evidence that it is not; the evi dence of depopulated or stagnant villages. We know full well in Wales the truth of the Chancellor's statement that "This land which ought to be rear- ing a virile, healthy, independent, pros- perous people, is let out and engaged under a system which positively dis- courages prosperity amongst its culti- vators, which saps the independence and undermines the vitality of the majority. Many years ago, when the Welsh Commission sat. we found this out definitely and beyond contradiction. The pages of its report attest'it. And pmsont conditions are worse. Hut not only the countryside is wait- ing for a return tc. the old conditions. The towns are groaning under unneces- sary burdens that handicap industry and prevent reform. The other night fn the eou'-se of n L'bt'??! di?u?f? +')i? evds of the i?a?ehoid system m Swan- ea. were mentioned, and after case I lias eil';(1 Ll ell vexation- and un- just restraints were imposed. Ih{ system is bad enough, and ittt-,r ivin- detensible, but many of the covenants Itl local leases bear cruelly upon the I men who have, wiijy-vriily, to accept I them. Leasehold enfrancbisemen b uilist oome, t^rher directiy or indirectly, in the train of Ltnd rdnrnL And that is a change we may neve expect from loryism. Liberalism has before it a gigantic task, the greatest it has laced. It must shirk none of the is&ues; we are sure, it will not. In the eloquent language of the Chancellor., who has thrown down the gage of battle, The luture of our native land depends upon tlw boldncss and the comsi^e with which we with the problem. Any party that shirks it is unworthy to gUKie the destinies of tlie Empire with its hundreds oi
I "THE DAFFODIL IFIELDS."
"THE DAFFODIL FIELDS." 2\lr. John ALuso-iieid popularising poetry again. With "The Li eriasting Mercy lie set Fngiand talking oi the l new poet who sang of full-blooded life; in the lyrical Dauber ho brought to j a iievv audience the beauty and t-nt mys- tery of the sea. In The Daffodil Fields, a very long poem in the Feb- ruary number of the "Fngiish Review," he has-written erse which Sir Arthur (^uK'er Couch compares with Tennyson's "Lnoch Aiden "—-to the advantage of Ma;ebeldi,1, work. it is not, ot course, poetry at its nighest^ Not prophetical, buc descrip- tive. is tiie of ?l Francis 'iDomp?on, lilting men s wub w ?ub- lime heights; the world aw.? lioiu chis the realism and the passion in .\1.1:("- tieid s verse. It is very wonderful, and u tv-ar-hes, always, that the wages ol sin death but it is of the earth, eat thy it is haunting in its beauty; there is in 't the ,meil 0j che country; we see the daffodils of S hropshire dancing in the wiyd—but before the end "All tho goid flowers are eove-ed up with blood." "TLe Daliodii Fields" is the story of Michael (ira;, Lion Occleve, and Mary Keir. Michael was il a wild yarn full of broken ends" • Girls and drink Once brot him near to Hell, aye, to the very brink. i and his dying lather, commending the wild youta to the care ut his friends, sighed that Oar secret sins take body in our sons, To haunt our age with what we put aside. Mary loved Michael from first to last, plighted their troth, but Michael serving his apprenticeship to life in South American p lail) s q uickJy forgot; She iaded to the memory of a ki bl. There in the rough life among foreign faces Love cannot live where leisure never is. He forgot and was unfaithful. And at tionie, the ?ou? Lion Uc-c?ve?.m-?? patient iy until Mary's grwt had worn out, and then, pitying the agony of Ins love, she married him. ?hen 1M ichael came back, however, she left homy and respectability when he called, ?all(I in the end the tortured husband, Knowing his loss, his ten years' passion wasted, His life all blasted, even at its height, Hi CLIp or life's luJÜJmcnL hardly tasted met Michael. They fought to the death, and their ruin crimsoned the daffodils. And Alary turned wikt with the horror of it, and sang her passionate last of life away. Through the narrative, however, ton- ing it down, and smooching its rough places, is the slow, caltil life of the countryside. Opening on a lyrical note, "The Daffodil Fields" also closes Oil one. The story is carried by the "cold hill bpring P lo the brook, by the brook to river, and truill the river to the deep seas, where the great waves go rolling, and the horse smarts at the bursting wuve.-> aiui wiil not unnk, And the great ships go outward, bubbling to the brink. Outward, with men upon them, stretched in line, Handling the halliards to the ocean's gates, Where flicking windflaws iiii the air j with brine, A?d all the ocean opens. Then the C?'y?and the .sunburnt crew no mates | longer waits, Hut sings triumphant and the top- sail tills, To this old tale of woe ;uuong the daffodils. I J.D.W.
I" THE PASTOR'S -PIPE"]
I" THE PASTOR'S PIPE"] To the Editor. Sir, T read with pain the flippant articl e oi your contributor J.D.\Y." on the tobacco habit, aud ieel sure that you will not refuse me a few lines in your paper, to suggest some counter considerations of a serious kind. i do not know whether your contri- butor professes to be a. Christian or not, but if he does, one would have thought that, however he may judge the tobacco habit\ to be a desirable thing under certain circumstances, and in strict moderation, he would hardly have ianed to observe the appalling growth of tho ¡ habit among men and boys of all ages, and that even our children have been restrained only by the int-crverition (jf the law. Whatever may be said for mature men, ire ad must deplore tlie perilous growth of this habit among oumyoung people, in their youth they fastening upon themselves, pro- bably for life, an unclean, expensive, injurious, and un-Christlike habit. Perhaps it may be said, that these are strong adjectives, aud so they are but are they not truer Is the tobacco JwbilJ a clean habit? Is it not expen- .bive? Is it not certainly injurious to voting people, especially considering the constant indulgence to which it, gener- ally It ib a purely ^li'-induigent habit. It is no necessary of bodily efficiency in any form. Quite the con- trury. When men desire the highest physical eiffciency they temporarily n- nounco I 't, or at least red u cc it. to strictest moderation. It is a narcotic habit, of tlio same sort in its degree, as the cplum and alcoholic habit and its transient comforting effect is of the fame illusory and pernicious effect. As to ministers making their sermons under the influence or tobacco fumes, let us clear our minds of cant! Even I the man iln the street wili say that he should think he had better seek some higher inspiration It would be in- t'rest; too, to know who some ot these people are who have been led to ernbracü the Christian relig,on through ■the intercourse of smoking pastors. I j have heard the myth betore, but have alwavs failed to identify any! On the contrary it would be very eas— to show that multitudes of youn" peo->ie have been led into the habit by the example of ministers. One of tlwso I confessed to me the other day, "It is a stupid habit," but accompanied the confession with the astonishing state- rn. that, young as he was, he found it allllMt impossible to renounce it! Mr. Editor, I have done. I do not think you wili refuse to insert my senti- ments, though they may conflict with your own.—Yours, etc., j Diakonos.
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  i"- or k., I& By J. C. SQUIRE. I T looks as though the w2r will cor- tainiy have oeen resumed bv the time ilit.se lines appear.in print. The Powers at this stage se on to have been overcome by a SOI L oi creeping paralysis, generated by the unwilling- ness of the Triple Alliance to bring physical pressure to bear upon Turkey. it seems as though nothing can prevent lurcher hostilities, but a sudden chaui413 of front on the part of Turkey; and the Turks are such habitual procrastiaators that it doesn't seem iikeiy they will, j even Jt they have the desire, have the decision to come to a sudden resolution. The Allies ar« in good spirits. They pique themselves on the restraint they have.shown, for on more than one occa- sion they have refrained from breaking oif negotiations in deference to the wishes of the Powers. :S Financially, the armistice has been unpleasant lor them; iL costs something to keep their huge armies in the field, j especially in such difficult country. But physically, the troue has been advan- tageous to them. The Bulgarians es- pecially had about fought themselves out when hostilities were suspended, but the soldiers have had time to rc- cuperate. 0? the Turkish side, the benefits of suspension have not been telt. There has bean a revolution; the Commander-in-Chief lias been assassin- ated the army at Tchadaldja is rotten with disease and very near mutiny; and it is by no means unlikely that the uext few weeks will see in Coustan- I tlnople a counter-revolution against the Young Turks. The Allies believe them- selves able to storm Adnanople, the de- i fence of which does not get stronger with time. But, like Scutari and Janina, it may stili prove a nut to crack, a lid unless the Ttirkish army ('ump]f's up, General ?avoif will have ail his v, ork cut m!Il lian,k? V,01,'? C-t OIIL to -?lie F(.ba- that Li?u jil4y prevent 1m"t1wr blood shed; though threats would be better understood by the Turks than counsels of prudence. 'j¡: Nothing can have been happier than the ^peecn made by Prince Lichnowsjij to the London Germans who were bracing tile Kaiser's birthday. It re- tiecteu admirably the spirit which in tms country has worked towards an imorovement of the relations between the Germans and ourselves. Prince liiciinovvsky was particularly emphatic in his insitiieiiee ou the Emperor's per- sonal friendliness towards England. it would bo impossible to insist on this too much. suspicion with Willdl the Kaiser was for long viewed here was largely traceable to the notorious Nruger telegram. But 1 have exi cl- ient reason tor saying that the Kaiser did not wish to send that telegram, and that it was only after cousideraole hesitation thai he yielded to ( the uressure of his ministers and reluct- antly consented to its dispatch. Vv liliaru the second has never forgotten chat he is bv birth half an Englishman, and ill- deed the worst Gorman jingoes pri- vately grumble at him over this. On occasion, of lato years he has done a vCr) grea t (kal personally to temper bostiiuy between the two countries. The uproar in France about the rein- statement of Colonel du Paty de Clam, one 01 the villains of the Dreyfus piece, will simmer down now that the chamber has had its say. The whoie House, with the exception of the small militarist and Royalist groups, united in condemning M. Millerand's action, and M. Etienno k -Vi liul-ilidls successor at the War Office, and a great man in the Paris motor-bu businesa), declared that J or himself he should never dream l., putting such a man as du Paty on Lile active usi. As a matter of fact, the anger roused, es- pecially among the parties of the, ex- treme left, by this iucident, had other things at the back of it. Milleracd— an ex-Socialist to boq^— when in office allowed himself to become the tool of the luiiitoraist-nationalist reactionaries who, one may add, are gaining ground in France in a disquittng manner. The anti-democratic line he rook manifested itself m such things as the restoration or trIO power of punishment to subor- dinate officers, a refusal seriously to amend the oppressive conditions preva- lent in connection with courts martial, the deprivation of the honorary military titles previously enjoyed by the doctors, whilst he incensed many people by in- stituting evening marches of soldiers with hamls through the streets of Paris, a move which is regarded as a direut :tim:tlu.) t'i Lh? na?-agging spirit. Men! ton of Dreyfus reminds one that m- i jtl jx'ople are lrvquenty heard asking what has become of him. He i? 1U retire- ment, with the ratik of Major. He and his family spent the bulk of their large i-ortuue in. procuring his release from pre on, and lighting- the trials. But he ouiil has money, and he lives in Paris in a comlortab;e quarter. A reserved man, he is .respected by those ? ho know h)m best. He is not an "advauced" politician and rarely mixes himself with pou'.cal affairs. Hut he worked actively last year o:i the Committee that ventilated the case of xtousset, a soldier like himself wJJO had been the vie oi ni of a gross maladministration, of JUSTICE. As seemed Iikeiy, in view of rhe King's changed attitude towards the Republicans, the Spanish Government has produced a bold programme lor The forthcoming Session of the Cortes. Th3 programme would perhaps inspire more ('onhdence If it wa? less eomprohojishe. One will waul, to see it carried out be- iore entirely behoving in its genuine- ness. Count Homare.>ncs announced on Friday that the Government meant to do its best to satisfy the democratic as- pirations of the Spanish nation, and that it rucant to put economic and financial questions in the foreground, in response, to public demand. A law of associations bearing on the relations between Church and State has actually been promised; and other things J:o he undertaken are declared to be the creation of a ministry of Labour, im- croa,ioti of a m-lsti?y of Lib<)ui-, itti- mareial treaties, reform of the milnaty" code, re-organisation 01 justice, over- hauling and extension of the educa-1 tional system, the reform of public administration. agricultural credit banks, the development of public works, as w ell as extensive new fortifi- cations and re-organisation of the Navy. Perhaps when the Spanish Government has been on tho innovat- ing line a little later it will learn to be somewhat more restrained in its King's speeches; but the present programme on its face bears witness to a real de- sire to improve the internal condition of Spain. This intention has been manifested none too early. It may have been manifested too late to save the existing regime. the
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TO "A COLLIER Wo do not tnink you have a, right to make this persona] attack from the cover of a nom-de-plunic. Such a letter a.s yours should bear the signature ot us author—for publication.—Ed.
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1\1 r; J\}  r, T NEWS?ViEWS. I'L v a A Leader for Toryism. When the Opposition next want a. change of loaders they might do worse ■ uggests The Nation," ttiau try Sir Frederick Banburv. The Land Campaign. In March, the Chancellor will take to the platform, and a serins of speeches 0f profound human, and political inter- est will be delivered. Tfca Yes and No Party. The t monisc Party no to i everything except Tariff Reform, and upon that it says "Yes and no."—West- minster Gazel LS." Usefu! eonar Law. kViul a waggish Minister tho other I dd) e are always digging graves? for ourselves, but- Bonar Law always I 'J comes a:ong and hits them up again. j The Three Quests. I ilo Quest. I A1.trriage—tne Conquest. Di vorce-the Inquest. "Tiit-ec ("Itil) Journal." Is cur age sex mad? "L fnore nothing but sex, sex, sex, to wr;te aLûut:" asks the "Dial," apro- Pus ui Str 1 nd be 1 i?oo k s. ? pos ol Strmdberg's books. VVhv do a;< roads ui modern fiction and drama lead into Cams! A writer in "The Nation" says thai he t?ncies that the question of port- the question ot tipor ts- play a v?ry considerable part in the land controversy who. once it is fairly opened flfSr. Harcourt s Speech. Mar-ingham. a valiant cham- pi. on of the women, ■says of Mr. Har- I eourt's speech during the recent iron- chiso debate that it" left a very bad I taste in many people's mouths." 121 a Week for Labourers. Theb??ot jl1". Lloyd Genrg,s P'jhtyibahviu?wo??tui the agricul- Itui-al labourer. ith every labourer eanuug not 1?? ?jm? tl a w?k (say? "P.W W to-uay) hope wiil spring up I un the country side. I Sermon Reading stili Pcpular. I here is stiil an enormous voiuma of sermon-.vadini' in this country." savs tho Guardian." "Every week wo print a sermon hy a different preacher, and our experience is that even the more abstruse or mystical discourses are read with remarkable eagerness." j Don't Eat Cockroaches. lhe Lancet teiis us of two medi- j cal tneorists wno chrtik vitas rats con- tract cancer by eating cockroaches, and adds:— H is suggested that cancer in man may be occasioned in some similar way. This will put a nasty on tha practice of eating cockroaches. A Beam Year for Companies. A new record was established last jycar in respect or the number cf new companies registered at Somerset the number (7,095) beirg 1,1;J6 mere than in IDll and ;8 more than in 1910 (the previous record year, when the returns were affected bv the rubber boom. A Mandate to be Sought. It is unlikely that land measures will be passed—they may not be pro- duced—during this Parliament, It de- pends on circumstances (says a Parlia- mentary writer to-day). It is a man- date tor the next Parlia\nent that will i be sought by the Chancellor d the Ex- chequer. 1 The iVIiiiions of Farthings. Where do all the farthings hide themselves? Some surprise has been expressed at the announcement that since their introduction in LJOU these troublesome little coins have been minted and put in cir- culation. No "Inferior Race." I There is no such thing as an "in- ferior race." All the ancient, ,eers of all religions have declared this. Our own Bible tells us that "God made of ono blood (lite) ail nations of ieu for to dwell on all the face of the earth," and to-day* even science is halting by falling into Ime with the intuitional wisdom of the old-world poets; a6, indeed, it al. ways does—in time!—"C'o-operutiva I News. I Ths Next Cencrai Strike. Not much has been heard of general strikes lately. It is probable that the I next attempt at one nill bo made in Hungary. Vv e do not hear much of Hungary here, and lIe have not iearut to associate it with militant Syndi- calism. Naturally trade unionism has not yet made much progress in the Hun- I garian, country districts, but in Buda, Pesi itself there^re nearly GO,000 Jrade I unionists, the most numerous being the compositors, the hotel and restaurant employes, the transport workers, and the workers in the building trades. These are all declared ready for a politi- ca l general strike at tlie first signal. Not on the Parial. There may be a doubt whether doctors w ill be called in by panel clients who find themselves at the police station charged with drunkenness. I But an incident given in the -Niaii- chester Guardian is within the range of The doctor was an active opponent of the Insurance Act. He bad just got into bed when the whistle attached to his speaking tube blew. vkho's that? he groaned down tll;) tube. "Are you on the panel?" said a voice. "No, and never will be. You go to one of those outside to betrayed the profession." "I'm not insured, only curious.said the voice. "J'd a bet ou about you."
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I THE USE OF STEEL TEA PS To thi* KJiior. Sir.—The "rabbit season" is again with us, pnd during the noxt few weeks some hundreds of thousands of wild rabbits inolnchng those carrying young, a.nd mothers in milk will" have been i caught in the cruel fangs of the steel UI¡ D. It is said—and there is good authority for the statement—that from Devon alone over a million and a haif dead rabbits are sent away, and that in su:ne rural districts the people are kept awake by the distracted crics of toP lirHe victims—incessantly striv- mg to the hast. with pain I and terror to escape from the of this tive machine. Almost everyone is j agreed —except peril J ps these who profit hy the wretched business—that the universal and indiscriminate use of i the steal trap is an inati,)n r,i wonders if ifc is not possible ror I of anim.ils to concentrate their encrgi.' for the purpose of obtaining from tK. i legislature an amendment of the Animals Protection Act, which would abolish this viiiianou.s in-trumerir—one of the worst ever devised by inventive man against the f\TIJDW! kingdom. Could not some humane M.P. introduce a bill to this effect ?- Yours etc.. JOSEPH CO I, I. IN SON. Animals Friend Society, Yorl- -Hl,?iise, Lt., I London, "I an. ??S.