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THE, PRINCE OF BALKISTAN.
THE PRINCE OF BALKISTAN. A STORY OF THE ATTEMPTS ON THE LIFE OF A PRINCE. By Mr. ALLEN UPWARD. CHAPTER XIII—(Continued). The next morning Princess Claudine spoke to her brother, the Comte de Blois, on the subject of Rodolph. The Comte's manner of receiving the topic was discouraging. "He is a very unfortunate young man, he remarked. "He has managed to offend the Khan beyond recall, and I half regret that I 3ver gave my consent to his accepting the offer of the throne." Claudine bridled up at this selfish decla.- ration. "I do not see how my son is to blame," she retorted, "seeing that the only offence ne has given the Khan has been by that very acceptance to which you gave your full consent at the time." "I daresay I did, but how was I to see how it would turn out?" was the querulous reply. 'What is the good of his staying there if no- body wants liim?" "Indeed, you are mistaken, sire," answered the Princess, giving her brother the title which she knew he loved to hear; "Rodolph enjoys the thorough loyalty of the Balkiards the only plots against him are the work of Tartar emissaries, and a. few natives in the pay of Tartary." The Comte de Blois shrugged his shoulders as if the subject did not greatly interest him. "There is only one thing wanted to make Rodolph'? position absolutely secure," went on the Princess boldly, "and that is a wife who will help him to do the honours of the palace, and in course of time give him an heir to the Principality." This time the Comte began to perceive there was something in the wind. "Speak out, Claudine. You are always going some roundabout way. Whom do you mean ?" "I mean Mathilde," said the Princess firmly. "My daughter! I will not hear of it Claudine kept her temper admirably. "It is for you to decide, of course, sire," she answered with much humility. "Both of the young people, I am sure. will be ready to sacrifice their own wishes for the good of our House." "Sacrifice their wishes! What do you mean ? I wish you would speak out plainly. Has Rodolph dared to pay court to my daughter without my permission?" "Sire. you are unjust. My son is far too loyal, his devotion to you is far too great, for him to dream of such a thing. But we women have the power of drawing conclusions from trifles, and I have long been of the opinion that such a match would be highly agreeable to them both." "I am astonished that you should propose such a thing, Claudine. I gave you credit for more sense. Do you not see that it would alienate from me my best friend among the sovereigns of Europe, Nicholas III. ?" "Paruon me. sire, but I have thought of all that. At present Nicholas III. is your friend, it is true, but he is bound to you by no tie of interest. Yesterday the Patriarch was your friend also; to-day he has thrown himself into the arms of the Constitutional Government. Political necessities may in- duce Nicholas to do the same to-morrow." The Comte de Blois uttered an exclama- tion. His sister saw that she was on the right track, and continued: "On the other hand, supposing you be- stowed Mathilde's hand upon Rodolph he would be bound to you by the strongest ties —ties so strong that the destinies of Balkistan would practically be in your hands. That woold give you the very lever you want with Nicholas. If at any time it should become vitally necessary in your interests to secure his support, you would only have to say to him: 'Assist me to regain my throne, and in return Rodolph shall surrender Bal- kistan to you. The Count remained silent. Claudine saw that her arrow had gone to the mark, and discreetly broke off the conversation. Some hours later in the day two people stood out in the moonlight, where it bathed the of the castle. They were speaking in subdued voices, sinking every now and then to a whisper. "You see how I am situated. I have kept back nothing. I carry my life in my hands. What right have I to ask any woman to share such a lot as that?" And the answer came: "There is only one woman whom you have the right to ask. And she would gladly ?hare a lot tenfold worse than yours, be- au se—" "Because ?" "She—loves you." Two (lays afterwards M. Karkchulov re- miwJ the following telegram: "Aaaovnoe to my people mv betrothal to the Princess Mathilde Claudine Marie of B lo is. —Rodo lph." Claudine had triumphed. She had suc- ceeded in persuading the egotistic schemer that the happiness of his daughter coincided with his own miserable fantastic interests, and his consent followed as a matter of course. CHAPTER XIV. THE STRUGGLE DRAWS TO A CLOSE. The executive committee of the greatest feoret society of Europe was represented in the, oapital of Thame*sbury by three persons. On a. certain night, shortly after the de- parture of Prince Rodolph "from Sufarest, these three were met at the residence of their chief to discuss an important communication just received by him from the headquarters of the society in Switzerland. The three men represented three different classes of society. One was a Count, and the former owner of extensive landed estates in Tartary. The second was an ex-professor in a Tartar university. The third was a working printer from Steppa.skan. Two of these men had originally been per- fectly loyal subjects of the" Tartar Govern- ment, and even now their sentiments on political questions would have caused them to be reckoned as Conservatives in many countries in Europe. The third was imbued with democratic ideas of a thorough going character, but even he had nothing in com- mon with the hare-brained1 creatures* who take to dynamite as saner men take to dumb- bells, and who, if they were shut jip in padded rooms a.nd laughed at, instead of being accorded the honour of solemn trial and martyrdom amid the awe of a terrified world, would rapidly disappear from our midst. Count Felix Volousky had lived to the age of thirty-five without ever troubling his head about politics. HapDv in the posses- sion of a wife who adored him. and whom he tenderly loved, the father of three beauti- ful children, and the owner of an ancient title and estate. h. had lived the ordinary life of a ma,n of fashion, in hi,s own province rr amid the gaieties of the capital. But one day it was his misfortune to attract the Tagard of a. beautiful woman of high rank, whose indifference to her own husband had become a matter of notoriety in the higher circles in Steppa.skan. To this attachment he failed to respond. She continued to pursue Itim with her attentions till it became necps- sary for him to choose between unfaithfulness vo his own wif" or the insult of a refusal to the Princess L He chose the latter, and the furious woman swore to he revenged. She was as good a-s her word. Previous liaisons, into the character of which it is not necessarv to f*nt*r. had secured for her a powerful secret influence in the Ministrv of Justice. A denunciation was lodged, and at an hour's warning Count Volou^kv wa.s dragged from the midst of his familv. con- victed, on the flim«iost and most penurwf evidence, of treasonable conspiracy, and sen- tenced to a term of three years' imprisonment in a fortress When he came out his first step was to solicit permission to sell his estate* and leave the country. This wa,s obtained, with some difficulty, and at a ruinous exnense in bribes to the various officials through whose hands the nermit had to pa*«. As soon as he had realised the still considerable remains of his propertv. he started for Island with his wife and family. At the frontier they were stopped. a.nd an official acting under instructions—the source of which was plainly evident to the Count's mind—informed him tha.t the permission granted to him did not extend to his familv. He was at liberty, however, to take with him hilt wife and two younger children. The .eldest boy musfc^ remain to be educated, at his father's expense, in a, Government semi- nary. mat was the last blow. Volousky, up to that moment, had entertained no real idea of joining in any conspiracy against the Khan's Government. He now saw that there was only one career which manhood allowed' him to embrace. The moment he arrived in Thamesbury he joined the Fatalist organisa- tion. In this body his rank and wealth com- manded their natural influence. He rapidly rose to the position of president of the branch of the society established in Island. Professor Zernow had hardly been so deeply injured, but his hatred against the Power which had! persecuted him was even greater than the Count's. He, too, had been guilt- le-s of even in thought or word conspiring ■against his Government. But in the uni- versity, of which he was one of the most distinguished ornaments, a Fatalist society had been formed among the students. Of this the professor was unaware, and had he known it it would not have greatly interested him. His whole mind was given up to the study of chemistry, and a new combination of gases was infinitely more interesting to him than a change in the composition of cabinets. But in his leisure hours he was a kindly and hospitable roan, and it was his custom to assemble a.t his house some of the more promising students) for social intercourse. Among those who thus came to see him were several members of the secret society. When their existence was discovered, the police chose to include Zernow among their arrests, and to treat him as an instigator and fo- menter of the conspiracy. The evidence of his association with the ringleaders was deemed amply sufficient to establish his guilt, and he was exiled to the Arctic provinces. Thanks to his more than local reputation as a scientist, the Government did not ven- ture to degrade him to manual labour, and the conditions of his exile were easy enough. But he resented the wrong which 'had been done him with all the bitterness of a dis- position naturally mild, but outraged in its deepest feelings of justice. He seized a favourable opportunity to escape, crossed the whole of Tartary in the depth of winter on foot, and never rested till he was safe in the asylum of Island. There he became the fiercest and most unrelenting foe that the Tartar Government had to deal with, and his hand was to be traced in several of the most daring plots of the great society. Paul Welberg, the third of the trio, was a totally different character. Of German descent, he had grown up in the democratic atmosphere of a printer's office, had taken some part in a radical propaganda among his fellow-workmen, and then, finding that he was likely to get into trouble with the authorities at Steppaskan, had emigrated first to one country and then to another, till he finally dropped anchor in Thamesburv. It was made a point among Fatalists to encourage the adherence of the working classes, and Paul's abilities being recognised he was admitted a member of the executive. The real power, however, lay in the hands of his two colleagues, and chiefly in those of Zernow. He was the typical Fatalist, and nothing of importance had been undertaken by the society in any part of the world without his knowledge for some years past. As soon as the three leaders had taken their seats in the Count's library—for they deemed it useless to affect secrecy as to their place of meeting—Zernow, acting as secretary, opened the conference. "The letter which I have received from Geneva," he said, "is of a very disquieting character. It throws a doubt on one of our most trusted members—in short, the chief of our organisation in Tartary." "Ivan Tataroff Nonsense I" exclaimed Paul. Count Volousky signed to Zernow to con- tinue. "Ivan Tataroff y the man referred to." "Why, it was he who contrived the death of Nicholas II. said the incredulous Paul. "Yes, and it was also he who contrived the mine under the Khan's dining-hall." "His past record is a reason for judging him fairly, not for shutting our ears to accu- sations," remarked the president gravely. "It was the betrayal of the mine which aroused suspicion against him," went on the secretary. "This secret was known to a. good many, it is true, but all of them were care- fully watched—with the exception of Tatarotf. Ever since the affair of Nicholas II. he has been allowed great privileges. The question now is whether he has not abused them. No positive proof, I understand, is as yet forth- ccming, but for the future a strict secret watch will be set upon him." "For my part, I don't believe there is anything in it," commented Paul. "Why, in Steppaskan we always found him our best protector. He gave several of our fellows a hint to slip off in time, before the police moved." "Exactly," said Volousky drily. Zernow looked very serious. "It will be a terrible blow to the society if it turns out that he is a traitor. He will have to be removed at all costs." The other two nodded. Any of the three might be the one selected to carry out the sentence of the society on its traitor, but that consideration did not affect their minds for a moment in deciding as to his fate. "What is he doing now?" asked the presi- dent. "That is a mystery. He disappeared suddenly a few days ago, and no one has the slightest idea where he is gone. Formerly nothing would have been thought of it; we should have assumed that he 'was off some- where on the work of the society, but now suspicion has been aroused, and his absence is not liked." The Count put a pregnant question. "Is it possible that he has smelt the danger, and purposely hidden himself to escape our vengeance ?" "I do not think so. In fact, it is since his departure from Steppaskan that the suspicion has arisen." "Ah, just as I thought," sneered Paul. "If Tataroff himself were about, no one would think of accusing him." At this juncture the conference was dis- turbed by a low tap at the door. Count Volousky rose softly, walked towards it, noiselessly unlocked it. and passed out. He was gone about two minutes. When he returned his comrades saw that something strange had happened. ° "Gentlemen," he said, after he had closed and re-locked the door, "there is a man in the house who desires to be admitted to our presence, to lay before us a matter which he says is of the greatest importance. He brings the highest credentials from the best friends ot our society in this country, and also a private autograph note from Prince Rodolph of Balkistan." "That settles it," remarked Paul. "We don't want to have anything to do with princes and their friends." "I think it settles tt the other way," said Zernow, quietly. "The only enemy we fight is the Khan. Prince Rodolph is an enemy of the Khan, and, therefore, our natural ally. I move that this man be admitted." "Is he a Baikiard ?" demanded Paul. "No. an Islishman." "That makes a difference. Well, I con- sent." "I am of the same opinion," said the presi- dent. and he withdrew to fetch the stranger. Another minute, and Mr. Verriter found himself in the presence of the men whom he had travelled so far to seek. He was surprised at there being so few in number. But he quickly found himself at his ease, and in a few clear sentences ex- plained his mission. "I come here, in the strictest confidence, on behalf of the Prince of Balkistan. The Khan, against whom you are at war, .3eeks to annex Balkistan to his Empire. The means he employs is the assassination of Prince Rodolph. I have come here authorised to conclude with you, if you are willing, an offensive and defensive alliance." "Do you produce any proofs against the Khan ?" "Here is a letter from him to the l^ead of the plotters in Balkistan." The president took the photograph. "This is the handwriting of Nicholas III, he nronounced, a.nd read it aloud. "Where did you get this?"' Verriter described his search in the Bishop's Pa.I ace. "Have you any further documents?" "This—which was found in the same place." The President took it, looked at the sig- nature, and gave a great cry. "What is it?" burst from the other two. "This is from Tataroff Listen '"— And amid breathless silence he read out the famous letter commending to the Khan's friends in Sufarest the man who came to assassinate Prince Rodolph. A stern dreadful look passed across Zernow's face. "This must he sent to Geneva," he said. "After that letter there can be no more doubts. The detective could not understand the 1 sensation he had produced. "Are you so surprised as all that?" he asked. "You do not. mvler&fcand." replied Tolouskjv "The importance of this letter to us is in revealing the true character of a man who has hitherto been regarded with trust by our society. By laying this before us you have done us an immense service, and Prince Ro- dolph may depend on it that he has nut sought our help in vain. He will get no more agents sent to Sufarest bv Ivan Tataroff." "I wish I could be so sure of that. I have reason to believe that there is one such agent there at this moment." "How do you know it?" "Because lie brought with him this brooch." And Verriter explained how he had come into possession of the deadly toy, the mechanism of which he made clear to his listeners. As he laid the brooch down on the table the Fatalist secretary took it up and played with it carelessly. "I should like to know more about this agent," he said. "Can you describe him to us ?" "The name he passes under is Melovitch. He is not very tall, medium figure, dark hair —but there, I have no doubt he is thoroughly disguised, so it seems useless to speak of his beard and his clothes. He set spies upon me, but I shook them off. At least," added the detective, "I thought I had, but I am not so certain as I should like to be." Zernow seemed to be absorbed in thought, as his hand closed tighter over the brooch. "Tell me," he said, "did you happen to notice any peculiarity about the face of this Melovitch ?" The detective knitted his brows. "That is just wha.t has annoyed me." he answered. "There is something out of the way, something unpleasant, but I cannot fix in my mind what it is." The Fatalist committee began to look ex- cited. Zernow pursued his questioning. "Is it anything in connection with his eyes?" "Of course!" burst from Verriter. "You are right. There is a cast in his eyes The secretary slipped the brooch into his pocket, and rose from the table. The other two followed his movements with agitated looks. "Why. who is he?" demanded Verriter, the lifht beginning to break upon him. "Tataroff himself, one of the ablest and most unscrupulous villains the world has ever seen "Great Heaven! And I thought I was dealing with an ordinary police agent. I see ;t all. That was his spy who followed THe when I came here." "How 'was the spy dressed?" It was still Zernow who spoke. "In a great overcoat, plaid trousers, tall hat," hastily reponded Verriter. "Did you notice what he did when you came in?" "Yes. He hailed a passing cab and got into it." The secretary moved towards the door. "He is now on his way to Sufarest. I may be just in time to travel by the same express. Gentlemen. I am sorry we cannot wait for the authority of headquarters, but this is a case of urgency, and I take it upon myself. The moment Tataroff hears that this gentle- man has been with us, he will fly for his life, and we shall never catch him up again." And without stopping to hear another word he strode out of the room. (To be continued).
WOMEN AS TIN-PLATERS.
WOMEN AS TIN-PLATERS. WELSH-AMERICANS DISGRACING THEIR NATION. "Vox Populi," writing from Pittsburg to the Welsh American paper, the "Drych," says —"Pittsburg's citizens looked forward anxiously to the time when the new tin mills would be opened by the Monongahela. Tin- plate Company, and it was freely stated that the services of some of the most skilled and respectable tin-platers of South Wales were secured. But the mills had been open hardly a. month before they brought disgrace on them- selves and the wrath of all the trades in America, by engaging women in the mills to work, according to the fashion around Swansea and other tin-plate centres. It is the ambition of every trade in America to rise above their level in Great Britain and Europe generally; and the action of these Welsh women in forcing themselves to the PittVburg tinworks is a serious step towards lowering that trade to the lowest depths, and poverty to their own homes. Mrs. Hattie Williams, a native of Morriston, was the first to venture on this undigniied work, and she has undertaken to teach others of her sex the trade. From conversation with a reporter of the 'Pittsburg Gazette,' Mrs. Williams does not seem to think there is any- thing to be ashamed of in her action. She said: —'I worked ten years in a tin-plate mill in Lewis town, near Swansea, South Wales, and) can do any work they put me at in the mill. I went to Mr. Thomson, the foreman, two weeks ago, and asked him to give me a position, and he did so. The boys who had been engaged at the work were not doing it right, and a considerable amount of it was spoiled. My work is to open the plates. 1 have five girls under my instruction at pre- sent, and will put three more to work next What wages are the girls paid, and how much sheet iron do they handle a. day?'—'We work piecework a.nd are paid 83 cents a turn. I could do three turns a day, but am kept busy part of the day teaching the new igirls, so I am only doing about two turns. We work on an average eight hours a day. None of the girls are working at night. Each turn runs about 5.200 to 6.000 pounds. We ha.ve to pound the plates and use two hangers to open the plates, and the work is very heavy. Only a small percentage of the girls who apply are capable of doing the work. American women are not as strong as Welsh women. The plates are 28in. by 20in., and are cut to the proper size when they are laid on the bench for us. Eight sheets are rolled together, and it is quite a knack to get them separated without bending them the wrong way.' 'What became of the young men whose positions you took ?' 'They were put at other work, aa there is a great demand for experienced men in the mill. The men. were angry at me for doing the work. but I did not care, ae long as the work is honest. I do not intend to work at the business long, probably for a year. Girls will be put ,to work to do ajl the opening as soon as we can teach them. When I started to work hundreds of people gathered around me to see me, as it was quite a curiosity to see a woman in a tin-plate mill.' WARNING TO EMIGRANTS. "Vox Populi," after showing how vastly does the opinion of Americans on the question of female labour differ from that of the old country, and that there is ample room for women to earn their livelihood without competing with men, gives the following warning to intending emigrants:—"It is a. greac shame that Welsh tin-platers are misinformed somehow that their services are wanted in this country at once through briskness of the trade. It is true tha.t there were a few small mills started here of late, but there are more experienced workmen to hand than are wanted. Morriston workmen are induced to come to Baltimore, where "black legs" a.re wanted. The Niles Works in Ohio are stopped; Ehvood and New Castle are full of tin-platers; and there are to-day in South Side more than a dozen men idle. and very sorry that ever they left home. The object, no doubt, is to have plenty of Welsh tin-platers over so that the masters may be able to reduce the wages in the near future. There are in America now three times more tin-platers than work can be provided for. These facts ought to be made known throughout Wales, to pre- vent anybody being deceived and induced to emigrate to America, thinking tliat it Ls the paradise of the tin-plater." The Philadelphia "Bulletin," of April 15, says —- A corps of women has been put to crk in a Pittsburg mill, handling1 the plates as they coma from the rolls. They are paid men s wages, and seem to like the work but it is said tliat, in order to make good wages, each woman is required to handle six t ).is flf iron daily not by the aid of machinery, but by main strength. The employment of women in fL m,lls, chain factories, tinworks, and other departments of metal industry has always been one of the deepest disgraces of England's industrial policy. If it is to be adopted here. we shall be paying a. very heavy price for our manufacturing supremacy. We cannot afford the moral and social degeneracy which acoom- panies the degradation of woman." --?.
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CARDIFF REPRESENTATION.
CARDIFF REPRESENTATION. ANOTHER MEETING OF THE SELECTION COMMITTEE. The second meeting of the selection com- mittee was held at Mr. Robert Bird's house on Friday afternoon, and, after a protracted dis- cussion, the following official report was com- municated to the Radical paper:- "A meeting of the selection committee was held this afternoon at the residence of Mr. Robert Biid, the president of the Liberal Asso- ciation. Mr. Bird presided. The Chairman reported the steps which had been taken, and, after due consideration of the present position, the meeting was adjourned, in order that the committee should complete its report for sub- mission to the executive committee, which will be summoned for a very early date." In publishing this official note, our contem- porary said:—"We understand 'that a meeting of the Thousand may also be expected to be convened at no distant time, when the whole situation will be brought under the notice of I the representatives of the Liberal electorate. It is further understood that the subject of inviting Sir Edward Reed to offer himself for re-election for Cardiff at the next general elec- tion was mentioned at the meeting to-day, but only an informal conversation tock place upon it." As we have pointed out, however, the feeling in favour of inviting Sir Edward Reed to stand again is growing. Sir Edward confessed to our correspondent on Sunday that he had been sounded as to his views, and in this connection it is significant that a very private hint reached the members of the selection committee from Colonel Page (Sir Edward Reed's recent host) that it was important the hon. member should be pressed to re-ccnsider his resignation. Those who were averse to this step being taken urged that, if he were successful in retaining the seat after the leaders humbled themselves to his face, Sir Edward would be more the dictator than tho representative of the party. It seems understood, however, that :f this course were adopted it would mean the withdrawal of Mr. Bird, Mr. Moxey, and other leading members from the Thousand. Mr. Bird is to follow out his pursuit of a candidate for a short time longer, and, if he is still unsuccessful, the whole situation will be placed before a specially con- vened meeting of the Thousand. A remarkable feeture of the business is Mr. Bird's persistent declaration that he has no candidate, at a time when two well-known Cardiffians-Councillor Morgan Morgan and Mr. Morris Roberts-Jones —have signified their willingness, nay, eager- ness, to stand. It was stated that the funds of the organisation had within the last few mouths fallen off alarmingly. Conservatives will be glad to see Sir Edward Reed once more taking the field; it will be tetter satisfaction to turn him out than to turn out a stranger. There must be no mistake about one thing, however: Sir Edward must chcose between the freedom of the borough and the party nomination. He certainly can- not have both, and the sooner the party and Sir Edward produce an explicit statement of intentions the better it will be for both. Con- servatives should see to it that the arrange- ments for the presentation of the freedom of the borough are not pushed forward for a political purpose. We learn there is a strong desire to "rush" the ceremony this month. ME. JOHN DILLON AS A POSSIBLE CANDIDATE. It is stated in Radical circles in Cardiff that the visit of Mr. John Dillon to Cardiff to-day (Saturday) possesses more significance than is generally attached to a mere political engagement. It seems that a section of local Radicals believe Mr. Dillon would be a good man to oppose Mr. Maclean, and he is simply brought down to give the electo- sate a taste of his quality. Strenuous efforts have been made to secure a presentable array of prominent men on the platform. It is thought Mr. Dillon, being a mild-mannered, though by no means moderate, Irish Nationa- list, would command not only the stlid Irish. vote, but would bring together the divided sections of the party. He would, at the same time, contest his present seat in East Mayo, where he had a majority of 2,364,. and should he succeed at Cardiff he would elect to sit for that town. Naturally, the Irish section of the town is jubilant over the prospect.
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FOR SAILORS' FRIENDS. FOREIGN ARRIVALS AND MOVE- MENTS OF LOCAL VESSELS. Radnor arrived Lisbon 2nd. GodmuiKjing left Fenarth for Gibraltar 1st. Restormel left l'enirtii for Las Talmas -3rd. Ruabon left Limerick for Cardiff 3rd. James Tucker left Antwerp for Cardiff 2nd. Cot go paused Malta 2nd. Stakesbv arrived Manchester 2nd. Alton left Barrv for Genoa 3rd. Hurworth arrived Rotterdam from Braila 2nd. TarpeLt left Kertch for Taganrog 1st. Kirkby left Fiume for the Black Sea. 2nd. Hardwick passed St Catherine's for the Tees 2nd. Sowerby |>a.ssel Dover for the Tees 1st. C'arperby passed the Lizard for Cardiff 2nd. Shilhtoe left Hamburg 'or Larry 2nd. Woodfidd passed Constantinople for Liverpool 2nd. Bucentaur expected to leave Hull for Cardiff 4th. Bretwalda left Alexandria for Hull 2nd. Resehiir left Bona for St. Petersburg 2nd. Lirulisfirne left Plymouth for Cardiff 2nd. Vectis arrived Birkenhead from Cardiff 2nd. William Symington left Hamburg for Cardiff 3rd. Lcngueil arrived Bilbao 3rd. Hart arrived Bilbao 3rd. I-etreaulx left Buenos Ayres for Liverpool 3rd. Pcrtugulete arrived St. Nazaire 2nd. Kairmead left Algiers for Hamburg 2nd. Thomas Turnbull passed Constantinople for Antwerp 2nd.. Beimaid left Loith for Alexandria 3rd. Blue Jacket left Rotterdam for Cardiff 2nd.
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POLITICAL SITUATION.
POLITICAL SITUATION. SIR WILLIAM HARCOTJIAT'S STARTLING STATEMENT. Ministers when questioned as to the meaning of Sir William Harcourt's statement that that might be, anl probably would be, the last time on which, from a responsible position, he would be able to use such words, pooh-poohed the idea of an immediate crisis but whether the dissolution is to come within the next few weeks, or not urtil later in the year, it is obvious (says the "Times") that the present Parliament has icaily run its course, and that the Cabinet recognise the probability of the Unionists securing a majority at the general election. I As it stands, a declaration of this kind from the Leader of the House of Commons is full of significance; but read in conjunction with I a report which has for some days found cre- dence in well-informed circles, that Lord Rose- tery has decided to relinquish the Premier- ship forthwith, it is capable of one interpre- tation only. The Central News says that in the Lobby amongst the followers of the Ministry who have taken means to secure satisfactory assu- rances, there was on Friday on identical understanding that not the least foundation existed for the alar- mist interpretation given to certain words used by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. A member of the Cabinet described the words as one of those inspired oracular utteranoes hastily assumed to signify much, but which really meant very little. ACTIVITY AT THE GOVERNMENT OFFICES. There was exceptional activity at some of the Government offices on Friday, but the rumours of a possible early dissolution of Par- liament are stated on good authority to be entirely unjustifiable. The Premier, Lord Tweedmouth, and Mr. T. Ellis, Liberal Whin, were engaged for some time on Friday with Mr. Hudson at the offices of the National Liberal Federation.
LOCAL VETO BILL.
LOCAL VETO BILL. t BLACK PROSPECTS FOR THE SECOND READING. Says the Lor don correspondent of the Bir- mingham "Daily Post":—Rumours were cur- rent in political circles during Thursday even- ing that, despite all the elaborate calcula- tions that are being made, the Local Veto Bill may not be brought forward for second reading after all, because serious differences have developed between Sir William Har- court and some of his leading colleagues, and were made specially manifest at the Cabinet Council on Thursday, con- cerning the immediately future policy of the Government. These reports are thought in various quarters to have received confirmation from the significant re- marks which weTe let fall by the Chancellor of the Exchequer towards the olose of Thurs- day night's Budget debate, in which he appeared to indicate an early termination of his official career. He is known, of course to have been talking in this strain in private for some time, and his political friends have been especially uneasy for the past ten days as to the possible development his temper may take, but the most strenuous endeavours are being made to patch up a renewed truce between himself and Lord Rosebery. Though how long the latter will care to hold office is a problem which some of his acquaintances attempt to solve, with the remark that if it were not for the existing complications in the Far East and in Nicaragua the Prime Minister would tender his resignation at his first interview with the Queen, now that she has returned from the Continent. A CONSERVATIVE PROTEST. The National Conservative Union has issuftl a manifesto on the subject of the Local Veto Bill. The opinion is expressed that the Bill fails to provide an adequate remedy for the evil of intemperance, The smallness of the sug- gested areas would result in the greatest anomalies, in addition to the establishment witHn the prohibited area of numerous drinking clubs. The exemptions In the Bill are, it is contended, so numerous and of such a character as to render the evasion of its provisions com- oaratively easy. The absence from the Bill of the cardinal principle Of compensation stamps it as unjust and lacking m the elementary l)asi> uoon which any reform in the licensing laws should be effected. The entire exclusion of Ireland, and the partial exclusion of Scotland and Wales prove the grossly unfair character of the measure. A,: the Bill mainly affects the working classes, it s declared to be manifestly ail attempt at class legislation. The manifesto characterises the Government Bill as harsh and inequitable, unworkable 111 its machinery, and valueless in securing the objects its promoters orofess to have in view, and, therefore, un- worthy of the support of those temperance re- formers who seek reform on fair and just lines. PROSPECTS OV THE DIVISION. The Central News sa £ f.:—^ member of Par- liament cl isely interested in securing the second reading of the Lo?al V has ascertained that there wil1 be considerable orosis voting on the measure. Mr. T. • Russell, Mr. Camero i Corbet, Mr. William Johnston, and Mr. Courtney have decided to vote with the Govern- ment. they will counterbalance with one vote to the good the hostile °f three Liberal b—■ Mr. Evershed. Mr. M'Ewan, and Captain Fen- wIck-who will vote agaiust the Bill. Mr. Beau- fov. Mr. Samuel Whitbread and his son, and, orobablv, Mr. Hoare, will abstain from voting. Mr. Collerv, who is an Irish distiller, expressed his intention of going Y party, and as the Veto Bill is to the Irish Land Bill, it is considered certain that the Nationalists will not imperil the latter by voting against the former measure. Several Irish Conservatives a.nd Scottish Liberal Unionists will, it is under- stood, abstain from voting, and the most gloomy view of the prospect taken on the Ministerial side does not place the Government majority at more than two below its normal strength. Whe Central News is enabled to state that there is no foundation for statement that a maiority of the Cabinet is averse to proceeding with the Local Veto Bill- ::>
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RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE."
RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE." EXCOMMUNICATION IN A CAR- MARTHEN CHAPEL. In the current issue of "The Welshman" is giveu an account of a curious case of "religious intolerance." The correspondent suppresses names, but vouches for the correctness of his statements. He savs:—"My neighbour, Mr. ——, who lived for many years at the farm of ——, took a farm at two miles off, and removed there last November. Last winter lie and his good wife li the happiness of having another child born to them, and a few months ago he or some members of his family brought the baby to Independent Chapel, where it was christened bv the Rev. minister of the place. This chapel being near his new farm, Mr. had attended service there a few times, but he was then, and had been for many years, a staunch member and regular communicant at Baptist Chapel. Last Sunday, April 28, being Communion Sunday at his old chapel, the good man attended the ser- vice there, and prepared to partake of the Sacrament as usual. Shortly before the ele- ments were distributed, he was astonished to learn from the minister and a deacon, who approached him, that he was not to partake of the Communion. Later inquiries revealed the fact that he had secretly been excommunicated from membership with the Baptist Church, of which he had been for so many years a faithful adherent, his only sin being that his baby had been baptised loy an Independent minister! Some of the neighbours afterwards spoke to another of the deacons, and expressed their surprise. This godly man answered that it could not be helped, as the man, having his child christened, 'had allowed Paganism to be introduced into his family.' 1 have heard Baptists latelv claiming to be broad and liberal! This act of the Baptists has thrown a. grave slur upon the character of a respectable farmer, who, of course, feels acutely the reproach which his intolerant 'brethren' have attempted to put upon him. People of all denominations through the neighbourhood are indignant at this display of blind bigotry and tyranny. I may assure your readers that this is not the first case in which a respectable member of the same Church has been treated in a similar way for having his child baptised by a Congregational minister."
CHURCH PASTORAL AID.
CHURCH PASTORAL AID. ARCHDEACON HOWELL MAKES A PROPOSAL. Archdeacon Howel, speaking at the annual meeting of the Church Pastoral Aid Society, held at Exeter-hall, London, on Thursday, euid there was at least one advantage which seemed to him likely to accrue from the present con- troversy in regard to the Church in Wales, and it was one of some importance. This contro- versy would, of necessity, make English Church- men better acquainted with the condition of things in Wales than they had hitherto lop, n. Now, their Evangelical friends in EnsrbuiJ had been forward ini expressing their sympathy with the poor Church in Wales. But "faith with- ou-t, works is dead," and he had a proposal to make. Let their Evangelical friends through- out the country, say, within one month of the date of that meeting, supply the Church Pastoral Aid Society with funds sufficient to enable the society to clear off all the Welsh cases now approved of and waiting for aid. This was 'the first part of his proposal; the second was "like unto it." If was that their Evangelical friends in England should, with as little delay as possible, supply the society with the means of establishing a college for the ministry of the Church in Wales on the same footing as those of Wickliffe and Ridley, at Oxford and Cambridge. Now, they all knew that there were thousands of Evan^eh sal lay- men, and not a few Evangelical clergymen, who could well afford to carry out this proposal, net only without feeling it, but almost without knowing it, except in the blessings it would bring to them. Would they accept his chal- lenge? He took that meeting to be a thoroughly representative one, and he had the fullest con- fidence that, if that meeting accepted his chal- lenge the Evangelical Churchmen throughout the country would endorse their action, and he would return to Wales with the satisfaction of having done the best piece of Church Defence work that had been done for many a day. Such a college as he proposed was nothing new or novel. Such a college had been already established by their High Church friends in South Wales, and was doing a great work. And he had no deeper conviction than that there was really no form of Church Defence like that of Evangelical Church extension. If the principles and operations of the Church Pastoral Aid Society had been mult-ijlied fiftyfold, or even twenty- fold, throughout Wales during the last quar- ter of a century, though the cry for Dissent. might still have been raised, it would have been raised under widely different circum- stances. Without in any degree reflecting on those who differed from them, he would be false to himself if he did not declare it as his conviction that in the Reformation principles of the Church of England, repre- sented by a spiritually-minded and large- hearted clergy—a clergy in sympathy with all right aspirations of the Welsh people—lay the truest welfare of Wales, in the present and in the future.
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