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J » BALFOUR S SPEECH. Exclusively Confined to Fiscal Policy. 444 Free Trade an Empty Farce." We Muqt Meet Tariff by Tariff. The Prime Minis-tor's fateful pronounce- ment on the future fiscal policy of the Empire -was made known on Thursday evening at iShetficld, before a vast and enthusiastic gathering. Mr. Balfour asked for the lend to upproach foicign countries with a view to (negotiating for better treatment into the com- mercial aieua, and made a statement to the effect that any tax on food was at present im- practicable. Mr. Balfour, who had a remarkably en- ■ ithusiastio reception, prefaced has remarks by 'that he intended dealing with but -one subject that night, viz.. the fecal ques- tion. He proceeded HOW THE TOPIC COMES TO THE FRONT. There are those who would attribute this new importance which it has acquired to a. great speech delivered by a gieat man, in tlhe month of May la-st. But after all, it was not in May last that Mr. Chamberlain—(cheers)— first uttered the sentiments which he there expressed with such burning eloquence, and sometlhinig nioie is requirtd to account for the phenomenon unparalleled in the political ex- perience of any man whom 1 am now addiess- ing. Wilwt, then, is the reason why taniff reform has come so much to the front? I -attribute it. to more than one cause. In the first place remember that tie late war lias brought us into closer and more conscious touch with the great Colonial EmpÙe- (cheers)—of which this country is the centre. Remember, also, that the Prime Ministers and the representatives of those Colonies brought before this country and the Empire in the most categorical and explicit terms the question of tariff reform in connection with our Colonial Empiie. and remember, also, that there has been for some time past—long, indeed, before the recent development ot this tariff controversy—a great uneasiness among all parties- and among men of the most vanied opinions—a growing uneasiness—-as to tlhe condition of British trade in its relation to the trade of the world (Cheers.) CANADA'S IMPERIAL PREFERENTIAL EFFORT. Having alluded to the interest aroused in "the fiscal controversy-, the Premier continued Xow that feeling was greatly (intensified by what occurred in relation to Canada's im- perial effort to give preferential treatment "to this country. You all have the particulars of that incident in your mind—how Canada gave preferential treatment to our manufac- tures. and how thereupon Canada was threa- tened by at least one foreign Power with .-i'-onie suspicioais of retaliation for the efforts she had made. That brought home to many minds the consciousness of our helplessness "under our existing tariff system to deal with a situation of that kind. (Hear. hear.) You •cannot go to war over tariff questions. Tariff attacks can only be met bv tariff replies— (cheeis)—and I think every Englishman felt when he heard that there was some danger lest that Colony should be penalised for her efforts after closer Imperial union tor Eng- land-l say. ft It that we were helpless, in- deed, under our existing tariff system to meet a. situation unexpected, and so dangerous. (Hear, hear.) And that feeling of helpless- ness his not been diminished by a survey of the commercial monopoly of the weild during the last two generations. Sixty years have passed, or nearly sixty years, since the grea- test. or, at all events, the most notorious, step was taken in the direction of tariff re- form in this country in the great epoch be- tween 1841 and 1846. Those sixty years have been filled wctlh refutation of the prophecies made by the great tariff reformers. (Hear, bear.) NOBILITY OF THE COBDEN IDEAL. What was Mr. Cobden's ideal? He looked forward tt. a world in which national (livJ- sions might, indeed, remains, but their em- phasis largely diminished, if not wholly t-f- •' iaced in which the division between na- tions would in no sense correspond with the physical and romniercial divisions in which Free Trade would have swept asunder alto- gether all rivalry between men of different races, of different creeds, and of different political institutions in which the world would commercially be one without artificial barriers, and i:1 which production would fol- low its natural lines, and in which interna- tional manufacture would take, not a conipeti- -five. but a co-operative, shaoe. [0'iie.n.s.) That was his ideal. He drew from it ihe -concliii-iioni that in a world thus industriously orga: ised war would he a practical impost- b lity that nation would be so linked to na- tion by commercial and financial ties that it would be impossible either for national ambi- ■ tion or national vanity to break the great peace which was to brood over the face of the world. Who shall deny that lb at ideal had r m it elements of great nobility? Not 1, for one. But that ideal world is not the world tin which we live. (Hear. hear.) It is not merely—and let this be noted, for it is im- :portant-that. protection has survived &s a -relic-a barbarous relIc. as Mr. Coclben would have thought—of a past time it is not merely that nation is still divtided from nation by poltitical and racial peculiarities. The fact, the actual facts, are far stronger and nunc significant than that. What has happened is that the sentiment of nationality lias re- ceived an accretdon of streniztih since that time of which no man then living would have dreamed for a moment, and that contempor- aneously with this growing sentiment of lla- <tionalitv we have found Protection in foreign countries not holding on as the creed of the obscurantist minority. but. growing in strength day by day. and day by day more and more separating the nations commercially from one another. We have to take account of the facts of the world in which we live and neither the individual nor the nation can venture with anv prospect of felicity or sue cess .to act a.s if he lived in an ideal world, and not in a world which actually and in mat- ter of fact surrounds him. (Laughter.) I .am afraid tihat in these years we have too much been tin the position of dreamers, con- fident in the country and the virtue of our own idea. refusing to see that it was not con- formed to by our neighbours or the world "with which we had to deal, and the result is that we have watched for fitti- vears. without saving it. word, or making a sign, a wall of hostile tariffs growing up dividing nation from nation. and dividing us from the nrotec- tive nations of the world. We have seen our own Colonies, our own flesh and blood.the very sinews of the Empire that is to be building up one vested interest after an- other, a system of Protection which when it reaches its logical and its natural conclusion will make it as hard for us. their Mother 'Country, pledged to defend them, bound to them by every tie of affection and regard- will make it as hard for us to export the re- sults of our industry, our enterprise, and our capital as we now find it to export those re- suits to America or to other protective coun- TOBDEN'S COMMERCIAL TREATY WITH FRANCE. 1 ought, however, to make one exception. One meat effort, and in its measure- one suc- cessful effort, Avar, made, and it w i.s mad" bv Mr. Gobden himself. ] allude to the famous commercial treaty with Fiance nego- tiated in 1859, and brought to a happy and successful issue in 1860. When I consider the history of that treaty I ,>,k mvself whether Nl'r. Cobden was, indeed. « Coil,d, n- ite. (Laughter and "H-ar. hear. What was the essence of that t". lty? W\. wet then in tin; process of completing a gieat <uies of ri foims, mainly due to Oonserv itiw statesmen, wlr-ch did so much for Engii.sh commerce, and set so good an example to the 'w!«rld. In 1859 there were certain taxes still in exi»tince which the then Chancellor of the Exchequer and the financial authori- ties :)f the day thought might \11 be repeal- ed. but for the repeal cf which they desired to obtiin froi" the French (loveinment. then the most Protectionist- nation with whom we had lar;.ro. dealings—some concessions in the- direction of fn e exchange of goods. The milks winch were promised to the Franc it Government as a consideration for some dir>- inution of their protective tariffs were duties to which no value was attached by the Brit ish Exchequer. When Mr. Cobden negotiat- ed that tre Ity he and thosa who sent linn must have either been resolved to keep on these duties if the treaty failed or they must have been resolved to give them up in any case. If the latter, if they were determined to give up these duties, which on their merits they desired to repeal, then they were ask- ing from the Franch Government eonsidera- tion without value received, and the most complimentary epithet that I cm imagine for a diplomatic transaction of that kind is that it was extremely dexterous. In the opinion of Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Cobden. in 1859 and 1860, it was legitimate to keep on taxes which wouhl liive been from a purely Treasury and revenue point of view j'lpgiti mate, in order to put pressure on a foreign Government to relax it. "FREE TRiDE" AN EMPTY FARCE. I take it, ladies and gentlemen (continued Mr. Balfour), that it is quite impossible for any man to say—I know it is quite impossible for any tree Trader to say—that we h.ive not suffered deeply and profoundly by for- eign tariffs in this country. (Cheers.) Free Tiadeis. indeed, an empty name, a vain fa ice, it thc fact that foreign nations are setting themselves to work to divert our in- dustries into channels into which they would never have naturally flowed, to exclude our manufactures from their markets, and to limit as far as they could the international play of supply and demand--1 say that Free Trade is, indeed, a farce if those thing.- do not produce an evil effect not merely upon the country which imposes piotective duties, but on the Free T"ade Country, and there is one—(l--ilighter and cheers)—wnieh has to endeavour co the bait of its ability to pierce them. Alluding to the danger of trusts, and of which Mr. Balfour said Cobden had never even dreamt J, they Lid a right to a.sk f he knewofacuie. He knew of a palliation. (Cheers.) It w ts to get the great countries of the world to abandon Protection. What they had to deal with was a world in which international < ornmercial relations were gov- erned entirely by the arrangements come to by the nations concerned. Was it common s i;s tlut in a world which is commercially governed by treaty they, the greatest com- mercial nation of all. sho.iid come forward ::nci is:«y. "We will tndcavour to arrange tieatie-y with yen"—(laughter)—"wv have nothing to withhold frella you; we throw ourselves upon your mercy, and upon your consideration." (Renewed laughter.) "1{, member, please remember, how good we a-ie to your commerce"—(la .tghter)°-"how we throw no impediment in its way. how we do a.n we can for you, and please don't forget us when vn» ;w uuiiang your next treaty." (Renewed laughter, and cheeis.) FREEDOM TO NEGOTIATE. He was incapable of believing that a nation which deprived it-elf of its nower of bar- gaining is a nation Likely to make very good bargains. He had been asked by friends whe- ther there was really any ground for believ- ing that they should make better bargains if we had the fieedom of negotiation, which he asked them to give the Government. (LuiHI cheers.) His request therefore that night— the fundamental and essential request, to which everything he had to say in the re- mainder of hia speech was subsidiary and accidental—was that the people of this coun- try should give to the Government ot this country, from whatever party that Govern- ment may be drawn, that freedom of nego- tiation of which they tad been deprived, not by tho force of circumstances, not hy the action of oveimastering forces, not by the pressure of foreign Powers, but hy :"ollle- thing which he could only de-scribe a." our own p.dantry and our own self-conceit. He had pointed out- to them that they had allowed the world to slide in to a system of high pro- tective duties against this country without effort and wutln/ut remomstration, 'but tihat world consisted partly of our own Colonies who have and must always retain fiscal au- tonomy. The problem was a distinct one, but as regarded their relations with the Col- onies they had been strangely blind to the abnormal and anomalous situation in which the British Empire was placed. "We" (con- tinued Mr. lialfour) "have been content, apparently, as far as our Empire is concerned, to see divisions—fiscal divisions—growing with our strength, and at the very moment 1 he population of our Colonies is increasing, and in other respects the sentiment of com- mon interest, common blood, and common in- stitutions is gaining strength we see these fiscal divisions growing up of which no man can prophesy tlhe ultimate result, and which. I venture to say. no man ot sober judgment or any knowledge of history can contemplate without disquiet. (Cheers.) Well, that is the first branch of the problem—I am dis- posed to say that in many respects it is the most important branch—(hear. Inai)—and I have soriowfully to admit that it. is also the most difficult branch, and for this reason the evil litis l:e?n allowed to snow, both by us and by our Cohmies. to a point in which it is. probably, incapable of any complete sol- ution. and in whichever an attempted solu- tion, so far as 1 am able to see. would invo've the taxation of food in this country. NO TAXATION OF FOOD. He did not think public opinion in tiie country was lipe for the taxation of food. That was the conclusion to which he had ar rived, but he thought the evils of taxation of ft.0 1. kept within narrow limits, had been exaggerated beyond what reason and logic yustified. (Loud cheers.) The question of the abolition of the corn tax had, however, burnt into the historic imagination of people. It could not be eliminated by the b^st logic, the most conclusive reasoning, or the most eloquent speeches. He had been asked, then, how he meant to carry out that liberty for negotiation for which lie asked in respect of fmeign countries. He believed these1 coun- tries did not wishio completely destroy Eng- land's trade, but to improve their trade at our expense. He would, for the n oment, put questions to himself. Very well (continued Mr Balfour) the first, question which I put to myself is this. Icanimagittethegentie- man who interrupted me most courteously a few minutes ago, putting tliis question to me. He may say. "Do you mean to come for- waid. and ask the country to reverse the ver- dict arrived at in the great law suit between Free Trade and Protection in 1845 and 1846 My answerds simple and plain. I regard the controversy of 1846 as one of no interest what ever to us row—(hear, hear, and cheers)—ex- cept from a historical point of view. All that was appropriate in 1845 and 1846 is utterly inappropriate in 1903 and 1904. Our grand- fathers fought out that battle as men, and with a view to the actual situation of the world in which they lived. Let us in that le-speet imitate their example, and let us not be misled by Iliillsty debates, living enough to those who took part in them, but which are as dead to us as ours will be to our grandsons sixty jnars hence. That is the first quest:on which I put. The second question I w iU im- agine put to me is thcs :—"Do you desire to reveise the fiscal tradition, to alter fundamen- tally the fiscal tradition, which has prevailed during the last two generations?'' Yes, 1 do. (Loud cheers.) The country should have again what every other country in the world passessed, and that of which no other country in the world would think of depriving itself —the liberty to negotiate, and something to negotiate with. (Cheers.) His object- was to mitigate as far as circumstances allowed the. injury done us by foreign tariffs. ;\111. BALFOUR'S DETERMINATION "1 have" (continued the Premier in con- clusion) "been asked to give a lead. (Hear, hear.) I think that ehe request- was a reas- onable one. Aman who, however unworthy, is called upon to lead a parly, must lead it— (hear, hear)—and so long as I am in that position I mean to lead it. (Loud and pro- longed cries of "What about Joe? and some interruption.) I have given this great topic niv let thoughts, my most earnest consid- er'" tion and I am firmly convinced that the Dclicv which 1 now recommend to the party, and to the country, is not only in absolute harmony with all our best traditions— (,'heers) —not o'niv finds its precedent in the state- ments of all our greatest leaders, is not only in p rfect conformity with the spirit of the great bodv which we here represent, but that also and bevond all, that it is the best which tlis country, depending as it does, solely, upon its commercial manufacturing position in the world, it is the best thai this country can adopt. In that faith. III that bekef, and with all earnestness of purpose. I recommend it to your favourable consideration. The riifht hon .gentleman then resumed h's s at. amid great cheering, having spoken for an hour and' twenty minutes.
i' Dissatisfaction with the…
i' Dissatisfaction with the Speech. Q^lMBERLAIN'S TRIUMPH If is nnita c''ar that tbere is a *tr0ng aud it kqmte cK d {avour of Mr Cham_ enthusiastic feein* „rramme. <jn the oerlain s complete pn- „hv uf free4ood other hand, there is a f,„, representatives who do their be" l unierieal inferiority by strength guage.—"Times. RADICAL PIQUE. The "great speech" has come and gone, and now tiat Mr. Balfour has spoken the political world will find itself precisely as 't was before—namely, wholly bewildered and not a litt'e disgusted. The hungry sheep whose political pastor he is. hoped for bread, lie has given them Thjy wante i de- finite information he fobs them off with a second edition of the Insular Notes.—"Daily Chronicle." SOME IRRELEVANCE. We warn the Government that, whatever I be the solution of the present fiscal difficulty, they must set their home in order against a day of greater reckoning, or be prepared for an ekctoral reaction which will sweep them from power for years.—"Daily Mail." UNFULFILLED ENP ECTATIONS. It was hoped that Mr. Balfour would go to the heart of the question which is agitating the country, that he would dispel the doubts and uncertainties of the political situation, and that he would pass from abstractions and generalities to a definite and preccse pro- gramme. These expectations, we regret to say, remain unfulfilled.—"Standard." A RADICAL COMPLIMENT. At last Mr. Balfour has declared himself, with that strange vigour which is never wanting to his conduct of Hie affairs of the party and is never present in his conduct of the affairs of the nation, definitely ready to I institute retaliation as part of our fiscal system.—"Morning Leader." "LACK OF GRIP." Mr. Balfour's speech last night was con- E'ktent with his pamphlet and his letter to Mr. Chambrrlain. There was the same fail- me to develop his argument to its natural and inevitable conclusion the same lack of grip of the conditions underlying an effective policy for the Utited Kingdom aud the EmptÎ12.i\lorning Post." RADICALS "SACRED DUTY." The National Union of Conservative dele- gates, admirably packed by the Protection- ists- will probably declare to-day for Mr. Balfour's policy. The Conservative party will have gone Protectionist. The cause of Ftee Trade, then, will rest with the Liberals alone, "and it will be their sacred duty to de fend it.—'Daily New s." SLOWLY, BUT SURELY. Those who expected or hoped that Mr. Balfour would formulate a new scheme can hardly have understood the spirit of English politics. It has been our happy experience t.) take our revolutions, political, social, or fiscal, slowly. The exception, associated with the name of Sir Robert Peel. was not happy- enough in its results to justify repetition.— "Vaily Tde-graph." LOOKING TO "JOE." Mr. Balfour's- intellectual outlook upon the matter, in short, is useful in its degree but for really piactical inspiration we mltlst look outside the Government.—"Daily Express." "A FITTING CROWN." The Prime Minister's power of lurid ex- pository statement have always stood high, but never have they been more manifest than in his address last night. When Mr. Cham- berlain's proposals are before the country it will be found that they form a fitting crown to the policy sketched by tlhe Premier. and unless we greatly mistake the fee lung of the Conservative representatives they will accord to both Statesmen titeirenthusiastic support. —'•Globe." SIR GEORGE NEWNKS' ORGAN. "Mr. Balfour tells us that he is for retalia- tion against the foreigner and for commercid union with the Colonies, hut not immediate- ly for food t. ixcs and preferences: but since lie at OJlCl" goei" on co say that you cannot get the two first of these things without the third, and since he is only against the third because temporarily it is unpopular, of what possible value is this reservation? We ven- ture to predict that Mr. Chamber!tin will not. have been three weeks in the field before he has swept Mr. Balfour out of it and taken the lead of the- wliok Protectionist party."— ''Westminster Gazetti TO DFTEXD BRITISH INDUSTRY. The Unionist policy is for the future that oilefellding Briti*h industry from a process that must end. if unchecked, in the destruc- tion of its firmest foundations, and in the de- privation of its richest fruits. In determin- ing to follow Mr. Balfour, the main body of his party will find separated from them a cer- tain nuniebr of allies, some of whom will be a real loss to the strength and prestige of their organisation, but- they will not fail to go forward with courage and confidence to struggle before them if their leader gives them stiategical advantages they are entitled to avk for.—"Pall Mall Gazette.' CALL TO MR. CHAMBERLAIN. jf tariff reform is to be brought about, the nettle of duties on food stuffs will have to be masped, and the sooner Mr. Balfour recog- fses that fact the better for the country, I be party and himself. It is worth while to le- min'1. Mr. Balfour that in the event of his resignation it would be open to the King to send for another statesman who stanefs out pre-eminent, in the world, and wbj is willing to eriye the party- the lead it craves.—"St. James's Gazette."
Balfour Elucidates Some Points…
Balfour Elucidates Some Points CHAMP,ERLATN'S MISSIONARY ZEAL FOR THE COLONIES. After the luncheon given to the Conseava- tiye a,gents at Sheffield, on Friday, at which Mr. Balfour made his announcement with re- gard to Lord Milner, a "Daily Mail" repre- sentative had occasion to a.sk the Prime M'inis- ster to elucidate certain points. In the first place in regard to the state-, nieiit made in his speech that "Mr. Chamber- lain's opinions do not differ a scintilla or hair's breath from my own." Mr. Balfour stated that this had no reference to the fiscal problem, but merely to the reasons whi h led to Mr. Cnamberki'in's resignation. But, said the pressman, "am I right in assuming that you and Mr. Chamberlain do not differ on the fiscal question?" "In principle we are agreed." was the reply. "Mr. Chamberlain agrees with me that I am right in believing that the country is not now prepared to discuss the taxation of food, but Mr. Chamberlain tells me that lie is bound with the Colonies, and will therefore act as a missionary in regard to this food que t:on."
Free Education for Will Crooks.
Free Education for Will Crooks. Mr. Chamberlam, replying to a correspon- dent who cliew his attention to a challenge by Mr. W. Crooks, M.P., to mention any Act of constructive labour legislature which Mr Chambcula'.n had himself initiated, has re- plied as follows: "Mr. Crook's challenge shows his entire ig- norance of political history, or he would have known that free education, the Allotments Act, the Small Holdings Act. the Bill for as- sisting working people to purchase their own Ihouses, the Act. to provide against explosions in mines, the alteration in the loadinne of ships, and above all the Compensation to Workmen Bill, were all either initiated or fJtronglysupport,>(I by Mr. Chamberlain, who had no support from Labour leaders, and, in fact. in some "cases, as in the Workmen's Compensator Act, had to nnet the active op- position of one or two of them. (It will be remembered that Mr. WTill Crooks spoke at Swansea on Augnst 29th last, and ciiuicised Mr. Chainbeihiii's policy.)
Facts for Free Food Fanatics,i
Facts for Free Food Fanatics, Mr. Chambeilain has written an inter ^ting pii-ti-ce to a j.am.phkt by Mr. C. A. Vmce. I entitled, "Mr. Cham.herlain's propes'ils." He commences by saving: The fallowing articles by Mr. Charles Vince were intended to sum- marise the riii'cipal points for enquiry in the discussion lately rahed as t.» how far onr present fiscal policy is adapt.il to the actual needs of this countrv and < f the British Em- pn-e. It is not pretended that they firman >Vn inst !ve s! .Lenient of the case, and Mr. V;n e is solely responsible for the facts and figures which they contain and for the man-
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Chamberlain to "Stump" Ireland
Chamberlain to "Stump" Ireland The Dublin correspondent of the "Pall Mall Gazette" writes Mr. Chamberlain has in- cluded Ireland in his scheme of fiscal reform education. Offices are be:lIg opened in this city which will be the headquarters of a taritf reform association, with branches throughout the country. The object is to enlighten the Itish people on the tariff qi^stion by means of lectures and kterature, and one of Mr. Chamberlain's agents from Birmingham will b& in supreme charge. A lively interest in the ex-Colonial Secretary s scheme is already being taken in Ireland. The agriculturists beLieve that Mr. Chamberlain will have his way in the end. and that the value of agri- cultme will go up enormously in the near future A vigorous campaign is about to be set on foot. and I understand no expeiist, is to be spared in forcing to the front the objects of the association.
G.R.V. Regimental Shield.
G.R.V. Regimental Shield. The annual shoot for the Regiment il Shield of the 3rd took place at Garngoch Kange, Gorseinon, on Saturday. Only two teams entered the Gorseinon detachment did not sent a te'am. "D" (Swansea) won the shield. Scores — "D" Company (Swansea).—Col.-Sergt. J. T. Williams, 32 at 200 yards. 32 at 500 yards, 30 at 600 yards, total 94; Corpl. b. J. Ml.rri-s. 28. 27. 23-75; Corpl. R. T. R^es. 30. 34, I 24 -88; Pte. W. T. Williams. 39, 29, 30 98: Pte. T. Jones. 32. 26. 31-99. "K" Company (Swansea).Sei^t. Walker, 20. 17, 16—53 Pte. Eees. 16. 19. 14-49: I 1'ie. Jones. 25, 16, 18 59: Sergt. Roberts. 28. 30. 28—86; Col.-sergt. J. Court. 27. 16, 21-64. 11
SWANSEA QUARTER SESSIONS.
SWANSEA QUARTER SESSIONS. Small Calendar and Trivial Charges The Michaelmas Quaiter Sessions for the Borough of Swansea was held at the Guild- hall, on Satuiday before His Honour Judge W. Bowen Rowlands. K.C., the Reorder for the Borough, who was accompanied on the Bench bv the Mayor (Mr. Griffith Thnmas) THE GRAND JURY. The Grand Jury was composed of ?he fal- lowing:—G. Naucarrow (foreman), E. Auck- THE GRAND JURY. The Grand Jury was composed of :11C fal- lowing:—G. Naucarrow (foreman), E. Auck- land, A. B. Davies. F. C. Eddersh.iw. T. j Elford, A. Hey. R. Hodgens. W. W. Holmes, j W. James. Hiiani Joints, J. W. Jone-, R. E. j Jones, D. Roberts, B. Thomas. J. Thomas. J. j M. Thomas, E. T. Tuck. W. Tnrpin A TALE THAT DIDN'T WASH. j David McMasters (38), labourer, was in- dieted for feloniously stealing a pair of boots. I value 3s. lid., the property of Messrs. Stead • and Simpson, on Sept. 18th. ( Mr. D. Villiers Mvager prosecuted. Evidence was given by Wm. MoneriefTe. manager of the profijcutors' shop in High- street, Swansea, showing that the boots were missel, and that the prisoner was seen to t ike them by a clerk naimd Hananiah Lewis. P.C. Beynon i .30) proved the arrest. Prisoner denied the theft, and said he had bought them at Cardiff, giving 4s. lid. for I, the boots. The Recorder noinki out that the boots were marked 3s. lid. Sentenee of two months' imprisonment. w, I passed. ALLEGED PAINFUL ASSAULT ON A BABY. ■' James Ogborne (44). labourer. ,V<'s indicted ) for indecently assaulting and beating Sarah i Morris, aged one year and seven months, at ( Swans.a. Accused was verv deaf, a witness j having to stand beside him in the dock and { shout the evidence.—Mr. Lleufer Thomas I prosecuted and Mr. P. Evans defended. I Mary Morris, the baby's mother, gave evi- dence as to age. and said the prisoner was a stranger to her. i Muriel Gicffiths (13). spoke to tearing a chdld crying on the date named, ard finding; the prisoner laying on the child. The pris- j oner's clothing was disarranged. j Crot-s-examined Prisoner was not Vtiv drirnk, and did not appear as it he had fallen down. The Recoider said acjord:ng to the deposi- i t-ions. the witness had told the magistrates I that the man looked as though lw kld fallen I down ( The witness said she didn't understand; the question when it was first put. i Mrs. Leslie spoke to the previous witness, acquainting her wdth what she had seen. Witness rushed otit the back. and looking I over the wall saw the prisoner over the chdld. The little one was Laying on its back a'id was crying. Cross-examined There were some stones about tlhe place, and the ground was rough. Robert J. Bennett (17). spoke to seeing the prisoner kneeling over the child. P.C. Grove said when charged, prisoner replied that he was taking the child home > as he had found her crying and tfcought ?he had been run over by a tramear. j Dr. E. Bryce said there were no marks on the child. i Prisoner was found not guilty and dis- charged. I CHILD NEGLECT CHARGE. Richard .Lewis (33), Jabourcr..and Annie I Lew is (33). iiis wile, wen charged with wil- ful neglect of th ir throv children—John Price, Elizabeth Ann. and Harold Lewis— en August 30th. and divers o'livr d.ites. at Swansea. Annie Lt.s wa.s .iki 'barged with being an habitual drunk.t"d, nithiu the meaning of til- Habitual lne!jriaf.s" A:t Tbe miii ph.ide! Mot guilty. t-ho woman guilty. The voider instructed the jury to bring in a formal verdict of not guilty against the hu-knul. against whom he thought there was n<: <■ :e wh.tt', v i. ant! this wes dulv lone. Tli H-eoyds i then s -liteuf. d the feinal de- fendant, to two ye.nV detention in a horn-
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-4 Playing: with Dynamite. •Ti.lm Ehilyn Rees (six). Avondale-road. Gelli. Rbon.fda. received severe injuries on Saturday night, by the explosion of a dyna- niitecap. The boy. with a lad named Owen, was playing with the cap, which they had ftmnd OIl a heap of stones, and Bees, it is said drove a nail into it, wctli the result that the explosion took place. His hand was baoly mutilated, three of his fingers being [ Uuwn off. Owen received slight burns.
JEWISH MASSACRE.I
JEWISH MASSACRE. I Rumoured Atrocities in Russia, Vienna, Sunday.—Mohiiell, on the Dnieper, capital of the province of the same name, was on the eve of the feast of the Atonement the scene of another massacre of Jews, surpass- ing—if report proves cirrect—Kischineff in horror. l-p to the present the Russian cen- sor has succeeded in keeping the full truth hidden, hut enough is already known to justify the gravest fears. On the evening of 30 Sept.. a laconic telcgnm reached Moliileff PoJolski, 011 the Dniester, running thus. "Mohiletf on Dnieper. Fearful massacre of Jews. Three hundred Jews, one hundred Christians killed." The struggle must have been desperate, for the Jews form nearly half the population of Mohileff. which is esti- mated at between fifty and sixty thousand. The police were powerless, and the military were probably far away, so that pillage an-1 incendiarism went on unchecked. It is to be hoped that the terrible t.ale of 430 may ill- clude injured as well.—"Morning Leader."
CAN HE APPEAL?
CAN HE APPEAL? Knotty Point at Swansea Sessions. At Swmi-ea Borough Quarter Sessions on Saturday. the Recorder hearl an appeal by Will. Davies. King's Head. Ile- boetli. from a decision of the Swan- sea- magistrates unthr the (. hild Act. on June 15th. Mr. L. Rich- ards (instructed by Mr. Lawrence Richards) defended, and Mr. Snnkey and Mr. J. C. God- sell, junior (Messrs. Viner Lee it r and Morris) represented appell nit. Mr. Richards, at the outset. laised the ob- jection that defendant, having pleaded gipily. through himself anJ his solicitor, Mr. Viner Leeder. the case was final. Mr. Sankey, however, held that the right "f appeal had not been forfeited by that fief, and the right was onlv cancelled under a sec- tion which provided that the right was taken away whenever a man had been sentence 1 to imprisi:.nment after a plea, of guilty. if quoted various sect-ions of the Licensing ant] Summary Jurisdiction Acts, and the case of the Queen v. Brown, in support of this con- trition. Anothtr case in support was that of the King against Pluminer, in which one of the two. who went to trial, were acquitted by the jury. His argument was that a lIJ In could appeal if he had pleaded guilty tin ler a misapprehension. Appellant's wife. 1" caid. was just about to seal the bottle in question, when t row br ke out in lie bir. After at- tending to it she found the boy had gone with the bottle. Mr. Le-edu- on the cas" being heard, had come down after Da vies had pleaded guilty to Mr. J>.nkin Jones, magis- trates' clerk. Mr. Richards emphasised that prima facie once a. man was convicted and sentenced, there was no appeal. In everv Act of Parlia- ment appeal was allowed. Mr. Jenkin Jones was < ailed, but lit-fore giving evidenct a controversy- a'ose between counsel as to the production of th document ().f the summons. Eventually a copy of it was accepted, and Mr. Jones proceeded with his t vidence. Cress-ex imined Before the constab e had finished his evidence. Davies said he had a lawver in his employ who was not there. The '1" '0111,11 case W,t" then adjourned to Mr. Leeder's arrival, and on the latter being jnform"d Davies had pleaded guilty, lie admitted it. He heard the evidence of the constable, but did not examine aim. He called the landlady who gave her version of the -fft liiv. Cross-examined None of the evidenc so fat- as it went, in his opinion, showed any offence Mr. Le.der. when told 1'is client had pi. aded o-uiltv. said he was going to i-hiiit it. ° In "reply to the Reorder: Defvndant fun, knew what lie was about when lie pleaded. Mr. Sank. y. afte much further argument, said the position was th it blot was placed oil the h<in■ i.!111iILT 1 > NO had been shown against Davies. He continued to argue that the right of appeal had i ot been forfeited in a (-a, of w h. re a man was convicted on his own admission. Mr. Lawn net Richards was subseqtn nth- called. and svicke to the examination of the constable being stopped. In his opinion, he had enough evidence to find the man guilty. The Record er finally refused to state a case, and the Sessions were adjourned for a month to Saturday, October 31st.
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I MILNER REFUSES A CABINET I POST. Determined to stay in South Africa Important Statement by Balfour., At uhe close of the Conservative Conference at Sheffield on Friday, the Prime Minister at- tended a banquet given by the Duk.e „.f >.iit- folk. K.G., to the Conservative v i v.h took place at the Roval Victoria ti, i.-un Hotel. Mf Bal lour, who was heartily cheered on his arrival held a reception in the anti-room before lulicheon. The Duke of Norfolk was tillable to preside, and his place in the cham- ber was taken by Lord Edmund Talbot, The Prime Mrnistei- was on the right of the chairman, and otiieis at the high table were the Ear! of Derby, K.C.. Earl Wharneif.ffe. Lord Wirdsor. Sir A. Acland Hood. Cap:. Lionel ells, R.X.. Sir Howard Vincent, M.P Rigot Hon. C. B. Siaiait- Wortiev. M.P.. Hon. A. Fellowc-s. M P.. Sir W. Wal- rond. M.P., Mr. Walter Palmer- M.P., Mr. Fitzaian Hope. M.P.. Sir Saville Crossiev, MP Mr. F. W. Lowe. M.P.. Mr. S. HoG- ,th. M.P.. Mr. A. E. Southall. secretary of the National Union, etc. After lunch, the Chairman propo>ed in suc- cession the toast- of the King, the Queen, and the rest of the Royal Fafliiiv which was loy- ally honoured. The only other toast- on the programme was that nf tiie Prime Zvlmister. which was proposed by the Chairman, who said Uteir opponents had hoped this gathering at Sheffield would be productive of good to them. but 1.1" they heard the previous night liad shattered those hopes, and the unanimous vote lecorded tha,t morning had confirmed once more the unanimity of the Unionist- pjit^ t or Niat unanimity they thanked their ',e'e' ^Jad shown consummate leaUeiMjip. He a.vsured tie Prime Minister that he iingjit re]\- upon the partv to nfcev ilis word of ennmand, for tLey 'all me^i't r.ghting..Loud cheers.) The toast was drunk with musical hr>»uurs and much enthusiasm. Mr. Balfour, who wa.s loudly chtered on rising, said a speech such as tliat to w)i:'ch f*tn.cls9j etji suiieetn •'p.j..3<^ given to it. wo,lid always give the grains: support and satisfaction to any resp -n.-hbie ( minist'tr. but the special occasion upon wnxh the speech bad lW'Jn delivered and the re- :?i")-e given, rendered it doubly si-jrniti ant tiiui important. In ielation to the forl.rr.s of the Conservative party, he did not deny tlie cii cumst itice* in which the party had recently fi-nnd themselves presented difficult features. In his speech on I Lnrsday night, in which lie endeavoured to xpi tin the fiseal policy which he thought the Government of this country should id opt—nh-ers)—lie rigidly abstained from touching on personal topics either con- ) nected with his colleagues or himself. He thought I,. was better to do his best in <m absolutely impersonal fashion, to present what he believed the main lines fin which our fiscal policy should proceed. Hav- ing done so. he thought he T it now leave that topic, to which lie had. noth- ing to add. and to which, lie meant to add nothing—(ciders)—and to touch upon the morc concrete facts with which they had as individuals to deal. It was impossible lor him to pari with the services of old friends and colleagues without a pang of regret, and the only vonsolation wa.s that the parting was accompanied by no personal bitternes and those who went and those, who stayed were :dikc devoted to the fortunes of the party to which taey had done so much -e I'. ice. There was. however. <. iie it loii which he could not so bricfi\ dis- cuss. He meant the loss to the Govern- ment. the countiy. and the Empire of the greater Colonial Minister—(loud c bee re— which this country- httiS ever seen. To the loss ,f a statesman., who had given to the verv woids "Colonial Miniver" a new a.r.d wider meaning, a richer signification to every one of his countrymen in these islands, and to every citizen of the Foapire, the services of Mr. Chamberlain to the country and the Em- pire were not- to be exaggerated. (L'hec-r- ) The place which he occupied another might occupy, but ivme could EI1. He was un- wiliinir to add anything to what the public already knew, end they knew the wnole. as to tiie reasons which had induced Mr. Cham- berlain to think that he could better serve the cause in an unofficial position. Mr. Chamberlain was going to address, through a Glasgow audience the world at large, and lie would rather Je.ve to that great orator to .stat", his own view. which did not differ by a K-intiiia (r a hairsbreath from his view—iloud and king continued cheering)—of the motives which had induced him to take the step he had taken. He was confident that in Jeav-in-g the Government. Mr. Chamberlain had not withdrawn his support from the Union- ist cjULSe — (loud cheers) — and they could count upon. him to w..rk for The success and (prosperity of tiec Unionist and Imperial caus. (Cheers.) It w;i> impiiNaiole under any circuniistances to fill Mr. Chamberlain's place. He hid done his besir—(cheers)—to induce a great puY.ic servant, who could best succeed Mr. Cham- berlain. to take the great offke. Lord Mir ilei- had not found it pos-:We unfortunately to accept the r-tf r mod^ to him. but he gathc.ed th-iv were -;Ii.. "J]¡" tions abroad as to the reason.* which utdae-d him to resign. He denied that Lord Milner refused t.. become Colonial Secretary because he ilittered from the policy of the' country. as ne (Mr. Balfcur) tried te present it Ja;-t night. Lord Milner had no difference with the Govi iiimeM on any question of Impei- iai or domestic oolicy. The ones- tton of personal interest wan n"evr! touched upon or thought cf in hi.* interview with Lord Milner. Th. One consider ttion in Lord Milner's mind w as tfiat lie mid there were problems IIf e;at to be dealt difficulty and delicacy to be dealt with in Soutii Africa, that he. by his experience, would be able to deal with better in South Africa- th n from Downing-street. Ht tailed to move Lord Miiner from that position. 1; was greatly to be i egret ted from the Im- perial point of view that we should at the b.tiiu' moment be dtprivtd of the services uf Mr. Chamberlain, and be unable to obtain the services of Lord Milner. He was ad- diessing ail audience unique in its ch tractor. Those present liad in charge the interests oi the Unionist party. He did not think they need !o k forward to the future fortunes of the cause in any oown- htarttd fashion. (Cheers.) He for six months with a placid amusement the amazinc satisfaction their opponents seemed S .ik' ,eeiH-|lSli.v He did not giKidge them the satislactio;.— (lauffhter)—but the had gone through too iranv ptormv seas to be for a moment d;«- eouraged by any of the events w,ith which they had recently., had to deal. His belief was tilie I nionist party was never in better hear: than to-day. and their opponents in seciet were more hope- las-h' embailassed. and so long as the great majority leturaed in 1908 would MP'iport the Government- he should never think for a moment of de>ertii'ig the cause for which he was respons ble. He gianted. of :-uur>€. that history showed that no part- could for an indefinite period maintain office, but he saw no reason to belnve that the fortunes ot the paity w\re not sit closely bound up with the fortunes ot the Empire that it was to theui the country would turn in difficulty. And when the 'interests of the Empire w-ete a-t stake, thfv were minted, and so lone as the constituents remakicd ti'.c.r lii'e-ei!! t, nip-el of jovaltv to the Govern- ment. h would in v, r have the smalkst doubts tither as to the fortune ol the pm> or of the Empire. (L nid cheeis.) The P; euoer thell proposed th,. hca!1h (t the chairman, and expressed r pet .«t th, absenc? of the Duke of N»;to:k. whose ne-aoh absenc? of the Duke of N»;to:k. whose ne-aoh he also coupled with tlu- to.>t :1 uw c:i man. The toast w 1,- heartily drink, and. ].<•■ d Edmond Talbot having bri-.liy lvp.icd. ti.e proceedings teiminated.
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I BLUFF THAT FAILED. I Sketty Man's Big Compensation Claim. I i Fern Roots, and Orchids a JE25 I Airg-un. Saturday's Sentence at the iQuarter Sessions. At Sw.is<.a Quart-.r Sessions, on Saturday —■before his H«tvtii Judge Bowen Rowlands, Gay (46k foreman, of Sket-tT, was indicted fot attempting to obtain bv false pretences from the U.W .R. Company the sum of £62 8s.. with iittent to defraud, OIl Aiurusfc 29. at Swansea. ilr. D. Beiip-on (i/tstruvted Mr. Rupert- Lewis-) appealed fjf the jtrosecution. ami -ssr.v B. F AVilliams .tI1\1 D. Yillier* Meager uns-truetc-d by :)11. WU-on Patent de- fended. In openiitg the case. Mr. Benson s.id t.he erisoner travelled from iDulTerton to Swanisea by the 12.10 p.m. train on TbUlway, August 27.- arriving at 8.35 in The evening'. On the folhwing morning he went to the Swansea St a-t ion and said he had lost bio bag. filling up a form and declaring that. the teig contained the following ar- ticles with their estimated value. The figures in jju.2eiithe.sis denote the e-riginal eo.si: Patent gun. in pieces. JB25 i£25i: three suit.s of clothec, £7 ,.£7 10. thr^e pairs of noots. £ 2 10s. £ 3 6d.! two pairs of t rou.«<-rs. 10s.10s, five shirts. £1 10s. £1 17:<. 6d. I: six coloured ties. 12s. 6d. lS:<, i: shaving set and razors. £1 £1 5s.) four pairs of at, i-ckings. 4s. ,6- thr-e new •singlets and three pairs of pants. £1 h. 1£1 1:<.); one dozen collars. 6s. (6b. 6 two valuable orchids, "Odonto G-IOS.MIS." £6 6s. :£6 6s.): three valuable b(,uk- £8 13s. 6d. ,£8 15s. 6d two cig.T cases, £2 2.£2 2s. i: two silver cigar- ette ca-^es; £1 lr-. 1£1 15.): one tobacco pouch Bl Is. ,£1 Is.); one cigar holdei of meerschaum. £2 10s. £ 2 10s. i one portman- teau JE1 Is. 1£1 Is ) £64 12s. original cost estimated present V¡¡JUt, £628s. On tiie fol- lowing day the boots at the Ma-ckworth Hotel f, rnd the LaE: under the hall table, hts atten- tion being directed to it by the aroma. Thia wa.s the prisoner's bag undoubtedly, and Jt. contained three dead rabbits, which were in a high slate of purification an air gun in three pieces, one coloured handketclr.ef. orie, whit- lounge coat. one pair of b<ots.. one razor, three neckties, one stud buttoner. 6 comni,J« studs, one thimble. Mr. B. F. Williattis He is a married m"n. Mr. D. Benson (continuing,■ One lady hair curler, thi^ee white hat pin- 10 fera roots, and two little plants in paper. It ,a.H a custom of the Railway Company to .<o(nd round to the hotels at intervals for mislitd luggage, and by this means it got int.* the hands of the Company. Subsequently thf.* prisoner wrote stilting lie liad niiide an error in his claim, most of the articles being packed with his wife's without his knowledge. H", express.Vl sorrow, and withdrew his elairn. Kdwar.! Aust. clo ik-room porter at the fi.W.R.. spoke to pris- nti ■. ompl,lining at the office that he had lost a (Tiadston. I:¡;. This was on August 28. Crc^ss-examined tn- M". TVilliams When tiie bag was brought to the station it was un- locked. and anyone could open it. Prisoner would hive to change at Bristol. Taunton, and Cardiff in returning from Dulveiton. Mr. Williams: That is if you catch the connection ? Wit-noss Yes. Sometimes the trains are a few minutes late?—Yes. There is no counter-c".a,im for that. tmt per- haps you don't un-dersutnd what a counter- claim is? The Recorder: Perhaps he thinks it's » claim on a counter, il.aughter,) Mr. Williams: I see the plants have been pitted since. Was that with the idea they would giow to bigger things? Witneiss did not know. He hid not potted them. Ernest Collins. head boots at the Mack- worth. spoke to opening the bag. which smelt, and throwing the rabbits away. On Sept. 4 an inspector of the G.W.R, came round seek- ing for unclaimed luggage. Witness gav him the bag. which had been kept in the store- room, after being on the arcade verandah for two days. There were no books, suits of clothes, shirts., cigar and cigarette holders in the bag. J. Carrick. foreman C.W.R.. spoke to re- ceiving the bu^. Wm. Thos. CuT s lid the gttn produced was worth £2 10s. Arthur Pariott said the plants were worth 6d, The fein.s were worth about Is. or Is. 6d. the lot. Mr. R. Fortune (c-h'tef claims clerk. High- street Station) spoke to receiving the claim on August- 31. and seeing Gay later, when be inquired of defendant if tiierr were any marks of identification on tHe •niods whereby hey could be traced. Gay could not gJY& ,hem regarding the books or mm he saiid he had borrowed the gun. Later on he received a letter givting details of marks on clothing and butt of gun. On the same day writnesg^ M as told a bag answering the description had been found and he wired to Gay to that effect. In the evening Gay carne down and said the bag was his. Witness asked Gay if ho thought it possible to get the clothing, slip- pers- and gun into a bag of that size. Gay said the bae was packed by a friend, and asked for nothing to be done until he had a. chance of writing to litis friend. On Sep- tember 8th, he received a letter withdrawing the claim and apologising lur making an error in the contents of the bag. Cross-ezcaniined: When he came to claim the bag after the wire telling him it had been found. Mr. Rees asked if there were any rab- hit.s-athebag. Gay said no. he -did not pack the bag a fiimd did. Mr. F.mest Townsbeiid 1,. de;ective) spoke to moving in the matter about tiie be- ginning of September, and opening the bag- at Hiffh-strtet. Subsequently he went down to Gay s work and siw bun. and aitei-con- versatiosi Gay signed a withdrawal of the claim. Cross-examined His object in doing so was to get evidence- 111 xlic- signature—to get it- identified. He went to the works first, to see the manager for that purpose, but sub- sequently found he was speaking to Gay him- self (the manager was out at. the time). Mr. B. Francis Williams here raised asi objection to the counts of tbe indictment, on technical grounds, but this was disallowed, it being admitted, however, that the draught- tnanship was poor. Witnesses, were subsequently called to tes- tify to Grav's character, including Mr. Win. Lean (aren't for the Swansea Oil and Grease Co ). Mr. Jno. Morgan (timber merchant). Inspector Gill. Sergt. Hopkins (County Police). Sergt. Couch. Tie Recorder then proceeded to sum up, and commented upon the ^absence of wit nesses for the defence, WHO could throw light, upon the packing of the various article* in prisoner's wife's luggage. A po-.nt that also pressed severely agamst defendant was tiial while the things were lost on August 1*1, he did not find out un:d August 8th some of them were in his "de b luggage, aud that he gave no particulars^* to which wtre found and wlii.'h were mi-sing. Neither could he understand how the husband s things were packed in the wife's bag and vice versa. The Jury left the com t. and attci a shor. i onsultation. found the prisoner guilty, with a recomniendatr.on to mercy. The recorder, alter commenting upon the nature ot the can, and expressing « wish he; had been able to avail himself of the First Offenders Act, leelin^ he slould be shirking his duty were he to u<> so. senieGiced prisoner to time months' lmpilsonment in the second division.
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ner in which they are treated. I welcome { t.eni as a serious contribution to an important and intricate controversy. He continues: It is not prudent to minimise the importance of a policy of reciprocity. Xot only are the colonies likely to expand in ever increasing proportion, and dIU." to give constantly in- creased value to the concessions they now offer to us but if we reject their proposals ve aie in great clanger of losing our present trade with them, as well as the prospect* of future extension. It is entirely owing to the- growth of our colonial trade that the actual and heavy decline in our exports to foreign pi elected countries has been concealed in our gei eral returns. Refuse to meet the colonies II their present advance, and we shall find tins trade rapidly passing away under the influence of higher protective duties, and of reciprocity agreements with foreign countries which do not share our fiscal scruples. Then what is our position with regard to negotia- tions with foreign Powers? Do the stern ad- vocates of unrestricted innports coiimkr it satisfactory that. we should have nothing to bargain with, and should therefore continue to be grateful for such crumbs as fall from the rich man's table in the shaipe at the best of a most-favoured nation clause? our live food friends will have to be a little more definite and a little more accurate. They will nave, for instance, to explain why a tratiBfer of taxation, say from tea. or bread, would be disastrous, even though it benefited our in- c! us tries and restored them to something like tno relative position which they enjoyed twenty years ago. They will have to decide oi.ee for all whether foreign bounties are a blessing or a curse, and whether 'dumping' is philanthropic operation by which foreigners ore endeavouring to secure the welfare of this country, or an insidious atternr t to ruin our industries and obtain our markets for them- selves.