The Cardiff Times

Mr Ltoyd George, LLANDRINDOD, Monday. MrUayd George, who travelled from Lon- don this evening, visited' Handrindod, and in the Albert Hall addressed a meeting on behalf of Sir Francis Edwards, the Liberal candidate for Radnorshire. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, who met with a warm welcome on arriving, was early In the proceedings presented by the local liberals with a diamond scarf pin and gold match box asa birthday gift, this being his 47th birthday. Mr Lloyd George then addressed the meet- hie. In ackuowicuging prwse&tation. (which was made by Miss Edwards, the daughter of the candidate), he said he knew that he had a good many enemies, some of whom sometimes nought his life. (Laughter.) Therefore it was gratifying to know that he had some friends ,Ieft. Judging from Saturday's polls he thought his friends were more numerous than his enemies. (Cheers.) Mr Hy. Chaplin, who has been here. proceeded the Chancellor, said that Tariff Reform was sweeping the board, but I am confident that the broom of Pro- tection is getting worn to the stump, and that may account for the fact that it has failed, to sweep." (Laughter and cheers.) On this occasion as on many other occasions it has failed. (Cheers.) Protection is already beaten. (Loud cheers.) I have watched the figures carefully, and I tell you this—the Liberal pre- diction has so far come out almost to a figure. (Cheers.) It means that if the country polls 8s it polled on Saturday the Liberal Govern- .tnent wiD have a substantial majority. eCheers. ) The Welsh Fusiliers, I do not want to follow Mr Henry Chaplin's example and brag in anticipation. I am simply looking at the figures, and the most encourag- ing feature to me is that in England—because 1Lll the constituencies that have polled are English-Saturday's polling left us with a sub- stantial majority. Seats, many of them re- garded as doubtful, and some of which we had regarded as lost, have been won. Scott^nd has not polled, Wales has not polled. (Cheers.) The Welsh Fusiliers have not yet come up—(laughter and cheers)-and there has been no polling in Ireland up to the pre- sent but on the record of English seats we have a majority of seats, and a still more sig- nificant majority of votes. It was a great de- light to me reading the Conservative papers to-day to find the explanations for the dis- appointment they must all have felt result of those figures. Although the Liberal majority is secure, it is very important that it should be strong- It is not enough for you to have a majority that will keep the Gov- ernment in. It is not enough to get 19 or 20 men call them a Liberal Government, and secure them in office for three, four, or five years. They must be secured there to do the work of the country, and they cannot do it unless there is a strong, steadfast movement behind it. I think that movement is evident in the polls of Saturday, but we have got a fortnight or three weeks in front of us, and it is of the utmost importance that every seat should be won, because you must remember that every seat that is lost means two votes practically to the other side, and that is why I am appealing to you here to help us to get aStiong majority. (Cheers.) Coutmumg, the right. hon. gentleman asked why ne made that appeal. It was because they and his party were fighting power- ful vested interests entrenched in tne Rouse of Lords, and it might be depended upon that those interests wouM not surrender the key of the citadel without a struggle. While the House of Commons practically represented the trade, commerce, and industry of the country, the House of Lords represented those who preyed on industry. Decisive Majority Wanted. Well now, in this great conflict between the two Houses the Liberals must have such a majority as to make it possible to settle once and for all this great, dominant, vital issue for Liberalisms It was not merely a question of the Budget or of this or that particular BiU. The question was one of clearing the road for progress. What happened now? Liberals took the cart up the hill .laden with good things for the democracy, for the people of all classes, and after getting through all the sweat and perspiration and toil and anxiety with millions of people, then when the cart arrived at the top of the hill there were 500 or600 •people entrenched. They did not know what £ ras in the cart, (Shame.) All they said was, who does it belong to ? What arc its colours ? If they were Liberal down it went again. (Shame.) What the electors should sav once and for all this contest was" My Lords, clear the road. (Loud cheers.) They were Ïm- nedine the traffic and really they were rather a cowardly assembly. (Laughter.) They_did let I..i.beral Bills pass through occasionally, and ii. fhev came down and said, There is old age pensions and there is such and such a BillI we let through. Yes, they looked at the waggon they looked at the waggoner and th* escort too. /Cheers 1 The waggon might be full of good KSaASSat not saw it. There m. £ t be millions of poor people waitmg and watehmg for it through the whole of their hves and wait- ing in vain. That wouldnt save it. If it had a strong body of armedm<mlooking after It my Lords stood on one side,but rfit was eimplv something for the poor and fnendless, down it went." (Shame.) The was no chivalrous assembly. the Age Pensions Bill went up yon cudbear the Peeffi sharpening their knives. CL^tegand cheers ) But Lord Lansdowne said, Before "We finish it Jet me look though ^window. CLauffhter.) L*et us seel if t crowd outside watching-(mofe and there was a crowd—(laughter)— t>ack and said, "No, you had better not. They are looking angry. (L^gh<) through this time. You can finish sp™ '| else." (Laughter.) "And so, went Chancellor, they let it through with a male- diction. They cursed it hissed t y gpat upon it. (Shame.) Thcy^'narled at it, and they barked at it. (Laughter.) •jHhat men of that sort were not •^dtTOencs; orchanty.in the-land. ,(Cbeee».^ country wanted to get them out of the way. The Lords dared not throw out old age pen- sions. Pure, miserable, abject fear kept them in the path of right. It was a poor, cowardly assembly. They had not even the courage of wrong-doing, and they had not the heart for the right. (Cheers.) Here was the body that sat in judgment upon the Commons of the greatest nation in the world. It was an insult to the intelligence of the people. But another Bill would go to the Lords, and they would look through the window again, and they would say, How many 7" They just counted heads. They did not examine propositions. The Peers saw a number of people pushing behind, and they said, You had better let it through." (Laughter.) But if it had not friends they said, Put it in the pit!" Slay it!—(Shame)—and that was what they would do with Wales. (Voices No, no.) Ah, dont you trust them, he replied. He had been for 20 years in politics, and there was one conviction deeply rooted in his mind. The Claims of Wates. He had seen it for years—that nothing Wales had set its heart upon was possible until the House of Lords was got off the road. (Cheers.) When a Welsh Bill went up did his hearers suppose that the Lords examined it before sitting m judgment on it ? They would peep oat of the window and say," There are only 34 Welshmen; out with it." (Shame.) Well, this was the chance of the people of the Prin- cipaJityl to get a constitution that would do justice to Wales. (Cheers.) They sought no favour, and asked no special privileges for Wales. All they said was that a race of men who were absolutely loyal, the most law-abid- ing in the whole Empire, paid their taxes quite regularly, as he happened to know—(laughter) —and-gave no trouble. either to the officers of the law or to the Treasury, being loyal to the Throne and the Constitution, industrious and thrifty, and contributions by their energy and enterprise to the common stock of the com- munity—they said in these circumstances they must have fairplay. (Loud cheers.,) Bat they: did not get it. Wales had been solid for Disestablishment for forty years, but did they think that if a Bill went up to the House of Lords it would hawe the slightest chance of getting through ? (No.) Wales asked for their case to be examined on its merits, treated impartially and judicially, and judg- ment given accordingly, but they would not get that done till they had settled this ques- tion of the veto of the House of Lords. Land reform was in exactly the same category. Here they wanted security of tenure. The Agricul- tural Holdings Act was not the last word on the question of tenant rights. More complete security of tenure was wanted, so that when a man spent money upon improving has farm the result would come to him, and not to anyone else. This would never be obtained, however, until the British Constitution was so readjusted that the House of Lords wooki know that- unless they passed a Bill the first time, the time woWd come within two years' wbenthat Bill could be passed over their heads. (Cheecs.) 8w««t Reasonableness. Thentheeountry would reasonable the House of Lords would become, j They would thensay, Well. we can't stop this Bill altogether, so let us see if we cannot came :■ to terms," and the country would say at once*| That is business .bui when the Ijords said, Here unless you take out the whole of the ? Here unless you take out the whole of the ? works of this machine and send us jast the case we won't pit it through," the reply was, Tbemachine won't go without the works "—i (loud cheers and laughter)—and the Lords; would reply, That is why wewantiJlem out r* (Much laughter.) Mr Chaplin said on Saterday the Lords had not thrown out the Budget; they had only referred it to the people. Why, they had thrown out ten Bills since the Liberals <^ame into power in 1906. Was it really to be; supposed that the Govemmenft could go to the-? country each time—lOtimesmfour years? 'Why, it was a mpekery. To talk like that was an insult to the intelligence of the etecters. Before' the Welsh DisastaMNhmect Bill was again. sent up he hoped they would have clipped the claws of the Ho<ase of Lords. There was another question to be settled in the oonahag Parliament. The land qoestkm was the ana dominant question in town, and country. It was not enough to tax values. There meet, in addition, be some sort of power to enable municipali ties to secure land for the purpose beneficial to the whole ofthe.community at a, reasonable price. (Cheers.) Problem of Poverty. He described various provisions of, the Budget, and remarked that hitherto it was & -parochial affair, but now for the first time it- was the business &f an officer of the Empsixe holding bis commission straight from the Throne to drop into the cottage and say, Is there anybody old here who is in want?" (Cheers.) The Empire was looking at home. The first thing I am going to do is this," said the Chancellor. I am going to cleanse the land of hunger and want. (Loud and prolonged cheering, the audience rising and waving hats and handkerchiefs.} Believe me, the Budget is the beginning of a new era it is the recognition of a new duty by the Empire. The soul of the Empire is awakening at last and is beginning to realise that it owes a duty to the poor citizens who all their lives have been spending their force and strength to build up its greatness." (Loud and prolonged cheering.) Plea for the Candidate. Aid. Bufton moved, and Councillor Harper seconded a resolution expressing hearty appre- ciation of the great service rendered by Mr Lloyd George to the country, and pledging confidence in Sir Francis Edwards. The Chancellor, replying, urged the electors to return the Liberal candidate. He said :— It will be a real shame if you do not put him in, and I do not mind telling you it will be re- garded as a disgrace to Radnorshire, because there is no man who has worked harder for his' country than he has. Vote for him, work for him, show yourselves to be men. Don't yon fear anybody. Your soul id your own, and it is you who will have to give an account for it, and not your landlord. Remember there Is only one thing really that enables a man to work in public life—that is the confidence of having behind bim thousands of OCave and loyal hearts to support him. Give that assur- ance by your votes to my-old friend Frank Edwards. Overflow Meeting. Mr Lloyd George proceeded to the Tabernacle Chapel, where Councillor T. L. Vaughan pre- sided, and rousing addresses were given by Principal Lewis, Brecon Rev. David Davies, Penarth Sir Francis Edwards, and others. The Chancellor having concluded another in- spiring speech, Mr Williams, of Boughrood, an old age pensioner, asked permission to publicly thank the Chancellor ■■ for his old age pension. The octogenarian, with tears of gratitude in his eyes, grasped the Chancellor's hand with his weak fingers, and said he prayed that God's blessing might follow him for the good that he had done. Replying to a vote of confidence proposed by Mr J. Hirst, seconded by Mr J. O. Bufton, Sir Francis Edwards said the meetings were the most inspiring he had attended anywhere.

THE PRICE OF FOOD. The Board of Trade Labour Gazette far January contains am interesting report on prices in 1909. With regard to the retail prices of food the report states :—The retaiL prices of food in 1909 showed little general change as compared with 1908. There was an increase of 21 per cent. as compared with 1907, and of nearly 5 per cent. as compared with 1906, and of 8.2 per "cent. as compared with 1900. As compared with 1908, the principal articles which advanced in prices were bacon (11.4 per cent.), eggs (6.4 per cent.), bread (6-3 per cent.), flout (5J) per cent.), and port (3J. percent.). There was a decline of 16.0 per cent, in the price of potatoes, of 12.6 per cent. in the price of potatoes, of 12.6 per cent. in the price of cocoa, of 6.3 per cent. in the price of sugar, and fo 4.1 per cent. in the price of mut- ton. Butter declined 3.2 per cent., and th$re were ateo considerable decreases in the prices of tapioca, currants, rice, and oatmeal. According to the particulars obtained monthly as to the price of bread in London, and of 25 of the principal towns of the United Kingdom, there was in 1909 an average rise of 7.0 per cent, in the price as compared with 1908. There has, however, been some decljne from the high prices which obtained from June to September of 1909. At the end of Decem- ber, 1909, however, the price of bread was higher than at the end of December, 1908, in 19 of the towns. The quarterly returns from 361 co-operative societies in England and Wales and Scotland show an increase of about 6 per cent. in the price of bread in 1909 as compared with 1908. f

ROYAL GREAT-GRANDSON. The marriage of Captain FitzCbtcence and Lady Susan Yorke has now been fixed for the early part of April. Deep mourning for Lord Hardwicke, the bride's father, who died a vear ago, has delayed the marriage, which is one of great interest. The bridegroom. a handsome young officer in the Royal Fusiliers, is a grandson of the late Lord Augustus Fite- > Clarence, and a great-grandson of William IV. and the famous actress Mrs Jordan. Lady Susan Yorke is the only sister of the present Peer, who is a bachelor. She is endowed with the histrionic talent so remarkable in the family for many generations. With her cousin, Lady Alington, she has frequently appeared in theatricals, and she sings, plays, and dances with consummate charm.

I SUNDAY POSTAL DELIVERY. t At a meeting held on Monday of the Porthcawl Urban District Council, Mr J. L. Lambert, J.P-presiding, a letter was read from the Local Government Board as to the required loan of £3,000, stating that the matter would be considered at an early date. It was decided, on the motion of Mr Griffin, to petition in favour of the Public Right of Way Bill. Mr W. J. Griffin moved that the Council appeal to the Postmaster-General for an order for Sunday delivery of lotters in Porthcawl. It would not, he said, involve any hardship upon the postmen, because he was given to understand that any postman could refuse taking Sunday duty if he did not want it. Mr John Elias seconded the motion. Mr David Jones objected to the motion, remarking that Londoners did not get Sunday delivery. The motion -was earned by. dYe. votes"to töwo. j

k THE TARJFFISTS' "REMEDY" FOR UNEMPLOYMENT. TAX THE LOAF ON "THE TABLE; MAKE DEABER THE CHILD KEN'S EKE AD. (ISeprodoced by permission of the Editor of the Daily OhxanMe.") SWANSEA CROWD WATCHING ELECTION RESULTS. 9 (Fram a fiasfatight photogr^jb. by 'chapman, Swansea.)

Lover's Alleged Murder. EX-SOLDJER CHARGED. At Brentford Police Court on Monday George Henry Perry, an ex-soldier, was charged on remand with the murder of Annie Covell, who was found at her parents' residence, in Florence-street, Ealing Common, early on the morning of the 10th inst., with her throat cut. Mr Wallace, who appeared for the Director of Public Prosecutions, said, in relating the circumstances of the murder, the prisoner had known QoveJl for the last three years, aj>d during thsfc time he had been engaged to her. Prisoner had been in the Army, and on various occasions from 1907, when on furlough, he had stayed with Covell's parents. There had been frequent quarrels between prisoner and Covell, because of the fact that Perry would not do any work. On Saturday, January 8th, the deceased girl was going to a wedding at Hanwell, and it appeared that prisoner was exceedingly annoyed that he was not invited. Prisoner had quarrelled with Mrs Coorell, and thelatter informed Perry that his box had been sent away. He slept in the house that night, and got up at about 1 o'clock on the follow- ing afternoon. He left the house and returned about seven o'clock. About 10-30 Mrs Covell and deceased went to bed, and prisoner had himself stated that he had spent the night in a bath chair at the back of the house. About 7.45 on Monday morning Mrs Covell was in the scullery and prisoner came in. He washed his hands and went out into the breakfast room. Deceased was going upstairs to the bed- room, and on'the way she had to pass through the breakfast room. Shortly afterwards Mrs Covell heard a scream, and on entering the room saw her daughter lying on the floor, and prisoner leaning over her with a knife in his hand. Mrs Covell said, You are a bad man. You have killed my daughter." He then stabbed deceased twice in the side, and re- marked, It is finished." He then ran up- stairs and left the house. A doctor was sum- moned, and he stated that the deceased had apparently been stabbed from behind on the left-hand side of the throat. All the principal arteries of the neck were severed, and the windpipe was. cut through. Edward Covell, in the witness-box, stated that he was a pensioner of the Metropolitan Police, and the deceased was his daughter. There had been frequent quarrels between Perry and deceased, the reason being that he was staying with witness and doing no work. For months witness had never spoken to pri- soner. < On Saturday fevening Mrs Govell re- marked to prisoner, George, you are not com- ing in here any more. Your bag has gone." There was a quarrel, and prisoner banged his hand on the table and said, I will bash your brains out" (referring to witness). Witness said if Perry would not go he would get somebody to put him out. Mrs Covell, who was carried into court on a chair, generally corroborated her husband's statement. She said that prisoner insisted on going to the wedding, and deceased replied, Don't." Prisoner said, I will. I will go down in the carriage with you, and upset the lot." De- ceased appealed to him not to do it, land wit- ness succeeded in getting Perry out of the house. He did not go to the marriage. On the morning of the tragedy her daughter was pass- ing through the breakfast-room when witness heard a scream. Witness discovered her daughter lying on her back with her throat cut. Prisoner was kneeling on the top of her daugh- ter, and witness said, You bad man. Yonj have killed my poor child." He then stabbted deceased twice in the side. Prisoner threw the knife on the table and left, remarking, It is finished." A page boy, named Harold Ernest Reew spoke to having seen prisoner stab deceased. Constable Drew said he apprehended the prisoner, who remarked, I wffl give nryseff up to yon because I have stabbed a young girl at No. 1, Florence-terrace. I went in this morning and they started on me. It is no good being sorry for what one has done. I thin-k I have made a job of it." Dr. G. EL Bennett. of Thdtndge-poad, described the wounds on the body, and bore out Mr Wallace's statement. Prisoner, asked if he had anything to say in answer to the charge, said he did not think it was any use saying anything. Perry was committed for trial on a charge of wilful murder.

CAERPHILLY COLLIER KILLED.' An inquest was opened at Cardiff on Monday on John White, collier, a single man, who resided at White-street, Caerphilly. It ap- peared that while deceased was at work in the Windsor Colliery, Abertridwr, a stone fell upon him from the roof, fracturing his leg and in- juring his back and chest. He was conveyed to Cardiff Infirmary, where he died from shock consequent upon the injuries. R. H. Walters, the fireman, stated that the day prior to the accident he gave orders that the post was not to be removed from the place from which the stone fell unless double timbering was put in. Next day the leading collier, named Cross, removed the post with- out putting in double timber. Mr Hubert Jenkins (miners' agent) asked for an adjourn- ment in order that a collier named Nurse, who was injured at the same time as deceased, might he called, and the application WM granted.

———————■—iwmmmmmmmmtm——i— I Mysterious Crime. MURDERED WJDOWS MOHEY LEFT. A mysterious crime has been discovered in a house in the Place Garibaldi at Nice. A widow named Durand, of independent. means, was found strangled in her dining-room. Mme. Durand lived alone. When the charwoman arrived at the house in the morning she re- ceived no response to her rings. Alarmed, she informed a police commissary, wbo effected an entrance. A horrible spectacle met his Mme. Du- rand lay on the floor dead. Her face was covered with a shawl., The neck bore traces of strangulation, and in order to finish his victim expeditiously the murderer had kicked her in the face and dragged her along by her hair. The pocket in the skirt had been turned inside out. An inquiry shows that robbery was not the motive of the crime: The police are inclined to bfelietve that a robbery was simulated. On the floor was a jemmy a nd a cold chisel. A safe in the room had been struck with the chisel, but the key remained in the lock, and the police commissary was able to open it without the least difficulty. Inside the safe was a mm of £2.000 in banknotes, gold, and bonds. It may be that the murderer was disturbed and fled before completing the robbery, but it has it has been established that the crime was committed at 8 o'clock on the previous even- ing. The victim was a very nervous woman. She never left her rooms at night-time, and locked and bolted her door. As the windows were shut, and as there were no m.a.rk.s on the door showing that it had been broken open, the police authorities are at a loss to know how the murderer gained an entrance. They have, however, discovered a bundle of papers to which importance is attached, and they have hopes of effecting an arrest soon.

EXCITEMENT AT LAUNCH. Mrs Home, the wife of Mr Fred Home, the Liberal candidate for the Barkston Ash Divi- sion, on Saturday performed the christening ceremony at the launch of a steel trawler from the Selb> shipyard. An unusually high tide had overflowed the banks of the Ouse, and when Mrs Horne had named the trawler Lois and it had been launched, broadside on, into the swollen waters, the vessel sent up a great wave, of which the backwash was so forcible that breakers ascended the East Riding em- bankment and rolled right over the pathway. There was a stampede among the spectators there, who were in some danger of being sweptaway.

NEW CARDIFF VICAR. ¡ A>, The Rev. C. C. DOBSON, The nfwty-appointed vicar of St. StepheaS Cardiff. (Photo by Mower and Co.) I

CHURCH UNDERMINED. At the present time mining operations are responsible for a great deal of damage to pro- perty in some districts of South Staffordshire. During the lastsix years about £ 5,000 have been expended in rebuilding and restoring Rowley Regis Parish Church, which is situated on the top of the Rowley Hills. Owing to the mining operations the Rev. A. F. Dauglish, vicar of the parish, states the foundations of the church are giving way, the roof of the church lets in streams of water, and the general condition of the fabric is becoming serious.

GERMAN DIAMOND CCMCE&Sm Mayor's Protest. Berlin, Monday.-vHerr Kreplin, Mayor of Luderit Bay (German South-West Afrit;- has cabled to the president of the Reichstag strongly protesting against the diamond con- cession policy proposed by Herr Dernburg, the Colonial Secretary, and approved by the Budget Committee. Herr Kreplin attacks the German Diamond Company, and demands that no extension of its-conf easion shoedd. beJ ^<Srai»ied. —Central Jjicses. |

Doctrine of Decency. MEDICAL OFFICER SURPRISED. Dr. Rocyn Jones, medical officer of health, Monmouthshire County Council, has recently visited Pontpool in his official capacity, and his report will be submitted to the next meet- ing of the(Monmouthshire County Council. On the housing question, he says that while his expectations were realised, he was also agreeably surprised to find that there was practically an absence of that very extreme degree of insanitary dwelling-house which was I in existence in some of the districts of some of the adjoining Councils. Alongside with some improvements it would be a blessing if it was possible to effect a rjwlical change in the stan- dard of personal cleanliness of som e of the tenants. Instances came to his notice where some of the tenants respected neither them- selves nor the property. In one of the districts some houses had no through ventilation, others were damp good defective, whilst a few had filthy, dirty bedding with vermin-infected bedrooms. Some of the houses were very dean, whilst one or two were filthy, and needed dis- infection. A great need was the requirement of additional land for the provision of back doors with dry concreted areas at the rear. There was ample land available for this pur- pose. The combined rental for two tenements, he was informed, was 8s 3d a week, and for such a rent the landlord should be compelled to convert the houses into one through house, and at the same time make the house fit and habitable. He came across evidence that property-was in some cases badly abused by some of the tenants. A sharp and stern example should be made of such tenants. The cry for improve- ment of housing and environment was a just one, but the doctrine of decency, personal cleanliness, and respect for other people's property was equally as important. Dr. Jones also reports on other houses and urges that the bedroom accommodation for the sexes should be separated. The Council should not hesitate to pass closing orders in other cases, and overcrowding should be stopped. Six or seven of the nine common lodging- houses were, he says, unsatisfactory., A model common lodging-house. was being erected at Trosnant- There was no isolation hospital in' 00" possession pf the Council, but the authority occasionally arranged for the removal or cer- tain infectious cases to Abersychan and New- port. With the exception of about half a daoen cesspits, the sewage of the whole district found its way into the Avon Lwyd either direct or by way of the Trosnant Brook. As at Blaen- r avon and Abeisychan, the Avon Lwyd at Pontypool was nothing better than an open sewer. The medical omcersomsuphia reeommeo- dations as follows (1) The conversion of back to earth houses into damp-proof houses, with through venti- lation, by the excavation back of the ^adjoining soil at the rear curtilages to a sufficient depth to ensure an adequate dry area at the rear. (2) The remedying of the conditions com- plained of in this report in respect to the various houses, etc., detailed. (3) The provision of a refuse destructor. (4) The provision of adequate facilities for isolating infectious diseases, preferably in conjunction with the neighbouring Councils.

ELECTION RIOT. MTNERS DAMAGE PIT AND OUST AGENT. About 10,000 Durham miners marched into •Gateshead on Monday to oppose Mr Johnson, the Labour candidate, who is the agent of the Durham Miners' Association., on. account of his attitude on the Eight Hoozs Act agree- ment with the employers. On the way they attacked Mariey Hill colliery, wrecked the weigh-house, smashed the window of the office, and threw-books, etc., down the shaft. They let. down the bottoms of several waggons. J The colliery was not stopped through the affray. A special posse of police were drafted in to prevent a similar riot last night. Mr Johnson was bottom of the poll in a. three-cornered contest, with 3,572 votes. In 1906, wiih 9,65; votes, he won tbe seat by^a, majority of 4,525.

MAYOR LOST IN BUZZARD. New York, Saturday.—The city is in the grip of a terrible blizzard. and last night there were 12 inches of snow on the ground. Four fatal accidents were reported yesterday, and a number of persons are lying in hospital suffer- ing from street falls and exposure. Two of them cannot recover. Train traffic is almost at a standstill, and thousands of passengers were snowed up for hours in the suburbs. Mr Gay- nor, Mayor of New York, was snowed up while returning to his home in Long Island, and he determined to walk. He lost Rimself in the fearful blizzard j and became exhausted. A. search party finally discovered him in a-vcry >«eak condition. —Central News. 1,

Mr McKenna at Newport SPEECH ON THE ELECTIONS AND THE ISSUES. There was no mistaking the enthusiasm at ^Newport on MonAaywhen Mr R. Me-Kemna and Mr Lewis Haslam addressed two magnificent ^meetings. At the Central Hall—the largest edifice in the town—the proceedings, were '-timed to start.at 8 o'clock, but long before 1..30 the hall was crowded, and hundreds were fturned away, only to be again disappointed when they made an effort to gain entrance to sthe Temperance Rail, which was also crowded. At the Central Hall Dr. A. Garrod Thomas, v D.L., presided, and supporting him were .Atdennen G. Greenland, J-P., A. R. Bear, J.P., >r Councillor Wm. Evans, R. J. Searies, J. IL | Williams, G. W. White, Jas. Basham, Messrs i Baker Jones, Bonn Jones, G. Jackson (Sea- en and Firemen's Union). Alexander Taylor Mmaoaging director of the Redbrook and obiter • frTinplate Works), Jno. Hazell, T. GO WTihama, J. Martin Wood, J. R. Robinson, T. R. Mop- dey. J-P, L. Stnnmerfieid, E. W. Evans (chair- man Junior Liberals), L. Cooper, W. L. Golds- [rworthy,.A. M. James, T. S. Batchelor, Everett ^Hartley, managing director Star Brick and PBte<Do^, Revs. A- W. Anderson, "E. W. Skin • ,ner, Tadwal Evans, Roderick Jones, Harry Abraham, C. L. Perry, W. Viviaaa, Sxradedand $a±e of NesrportJ. m McKENHA*S SPEECH. The Right Hon. Reginald MeKenna was jgiven a great reception, the cheering taking, eral minutes to die down. The issue was loaned, he said, the first day's battle had been fought. (Cheers.) "We have lost some seats we hawe-gained some seats. (Hear, hear.) We fbave iost more than we have gained, but that was not surprising considering that we had rt»-expose a very extended front to the enemy, they øfiered. us only a very small face to & £ taek. The election has gone far enough, fcgHuUtfliMH, to assco-e us of a majority tfor the Govern n^ent." (Loud cheers.) He called on Newport to return Mr Haslam, their old and tried member. ) (Renewed cheers.) He knew the late Liberal member for the Monmouth Boroughs as a colleague in Parliament who had done valuable service from day to day there had been no hard work, no all-night sittings, no steady attendance at Parliament, no amount of Com- mission work which he had shrunk from. (Loud cheers.) If the people wanted laws for their benefit to be carried they would have to send men to Westminster of the type of Mr Haslam. (Renewed cheers.) The great issue at this election, proceeded the right hon. gentleman, was the House of Lords. As a member of the Government he asked every- one in the meeting to help the Ministry in abolishing the veto of the Peers. (Prolonged cheers.) Tery Tactics. Before dealing with that question he wished £ to deal with one or two subjects with which the other side had sought to distract the atten- tion of the country. Personally, be should have wished that the Navy had been kept out of .patty politics. The Navy was a great national [-service which belonged to both parties, and s ought not to be made the sport of the hust- ings. For his part he had endeavoured to keep "the Navy out of election contests, but he was bound from time to time to reply to the absurdities and the chimerical nonsense which had been talked about the Navy. Mr Balfour at Bradford on Saturday had ventured some observations which did not bear the smallest examination. Mr Balfour never had a head for figures, and commen t onrhis countless millions was needless, for in matters of arithmetic Mr Balfour was a spoilt child, and was not to be called into account. But Mr BaJfour had said that if the Conservative programme had been carried out there would have been no occasion few this great alarm. They would ha-ve provided 16 large armoured ships at the present time. What had they got ? fThey had 16 large armoured ships built, under constrnc tion, or under order; they had precisely the same mnnber as they should have had under Lord Cawdor's programme. (Cheers.) The ships they had laid down or had ordered, hav- ing been laid down later and as they were re- quired and for the purpose of araswer- ing and being superior to the ships of other nations, their ships were far finer than they would have been had the Liberal Government followed the principle laid down by the Tory Government. (Cheers.) I hope that settles that point once and for all," declared the speaker, amid renewed ■ cheers. He proceeded to quote Mr Balfour's ,:words If the Unionist Government had remained mpowerforthe lastfiour years we should not have had A Voice: Old age pensions. (Loud ianghrter and cbeels.) Mr Me At Bradford, too, there was a voice from the audience which said Old-age pensions "—(laughter)—but that is not what Mr Balfour said. Mr Balfour had again fallen into error when he Said they should not have had the present shipbuilding programme of Germany. The modern development of the German Navy did not date from 1905, but from 1900—a time when the Conserva- tives were in office, and for five years whilst they were in office the German Government were carrying out its pro- gramme of 1900. In 1907, it was true, Germany increased her programme, but the amount of the increase was comparatively small. All the preparations in Germany were absolutely necessary in order that the law of 1900 should be carried out. The Real Ground for Disquiet The real ground for disquiet, if there were any, should have been entertained by the Con- servative Government of 1900—05. (Loud cheers.) These international questions were not proper subjects for debating on platforms. The right place was the House of Com- mons, and he protested again and again against this sort of random talk at elections when nothing was said during the summer and the autumn of last year when he was in the House of Com- mons and ready to answer all attacks. (Cheers.) Speaking on the tariff question, Mr MeKenna said that passing throdgh Newport one Saturday nigàt he heard a crowd of young fellows singing Tariff Reform. Tariff Reform, Tariff Reform for us." (Laughter.) To him their voices sounded like :— Sheep to be shorn, sheep to be shorn We want to be shorn—That's us." (Roars of laughter.) When they clamoured for Tariff Reform they were asking to be allowed the privilege of paying the taxes. In- stead of taxes on licences, on land, and the ] like, they were for taxing food, for dear clothes, and everything that was to be bought dearer. 1 Would they run after the shadow when they had the real solid thing T Let them look at the immense amount of wealth accu- 1 mulated in South Wales under Free Trade. (Cheers.) The Tanffists said they were going ] to tax the foreigner, and of all the amazing ] statements he had ever heard he regarded this as the most remarkable. (Laughter and a ] Voice, Most idiotic, too.") The Liberals when they imposed a tax were straightfor- I ward about it, and said, for instance, I that the duty on the workman's tobacco would I have to be paid bythe workman they did not I say the foreigner paid it. (Laughter.) They 1 had no such skill as their opponents in that sort of fabrication. The same would be true if ( a duty were put on bread, meat, furniture, clothes, boots, hats the working man would have to pay the tax if it was Tariff Reform" they wanted- < Free Trade Lancashire. I There was not a breach in the soiid wall of Free Trade in Lancashire, the heme of the t greatest export trade* they had- He was e speaking now in Newport, a seaport town, a n growing centre of the export trade of coal, which had before it an unrivalled £ just as Lancashire knew that it could C not sell its cotton abroad we s took foreign goods in exchange, so Newport people must know that they could i not sell coal—-their second greatest export— (cheers)—abroad unless we took foreign mods in exchange. (Loud cheers.) Newport possessed the finest equipment for import and export trade he had ever serai. (Cheers.) Did they have that equipment in order to destroy their export trade? (Loud cries of No.") Did they forget why Free Trade was adopted in this country ? Famine drove the Government to open the ports for food and the needs of the people would keep the ports opmagum (Loud cheers.) Continual humorous interruptions of Doughty provoked the right hon. gentle- man to remark that he believed in the old Latin saying, Say nothing of the dead except what is good." Laughter.) Sir George Doughty, the w Demosthenes of Tarifl "Reform," had gone before., and they would give him a decent burial. (Renewed laughter.) He asked New- port three questions—(1) Which country in Europe paid the highest rate of wages to its workmen (2) Which country in Europe worked the shortest hours ? (3) Which country in Europe lived the cheapest ? To efcch query there was a unanimous roar of England." Touching on the House of Lords, he said that the country had borne the Lords/with great patience for many years. They had always thought that the control of the Government was absolutely in the hands of the Commons, but the Lords had usurped that power, and he put it to them that if they had a spark of virility left in them they would not submit to it. {Applause.) He asked them by their votes on Wednesday to send back Mr Haslam again with an abso- lute and definite mandate to make the power of the people supreme in; the country. It,was time that they saw about it. (Applause.) The Rev. H. Abrahkm moved a vote of con- fidence in the Government and in Mr Hastam, as the Progressive candidate. N Tin-bar Dumping. Mr Alexander Taylor, managing director of the Redbrook and other template works, seconded, ami referred to a circular issued by Messrs John Lysaght, Ltd.. to their workmen. They had very much respect for Mr Lysaght. who had established a very successful works at Newport under Free Trade. Let them admit for the .sake of argument that a duty of 10s a ton would stop dumping of foreign bars in this country. What then? Thev would be face to face with a graver peril. They would mcnr the risk of the Americana • ftpff steel into sed sheets and tinplates and dumping these into their present neutral markets, with the result that Welsh works would be closed and Welsh workmen idle. If they attempted to stop dumped steel coming in they would incur a graver peril. During the past two yeaa large quantities of American steel were sold to galvanisers in Wales and Monmouthshire. They were practically compelled to buy them at a higher price than they themselves were selling or could bay Welsh steel bars at. He knew the price was higher, for he had tried to buy American bars, and was quoted a higher figar8 than was quoted him by Welsh ma.nnfarrfrrr«>»- American Product. Why were the galvanisers compelled to bar American products ? It was intimated to them that if these bars were not purchased then the Americans would roll those bars inQ, sheets and galvanise them, and then dumm them into British Colonies and neutral marked This was no secret. He had taken great can to verify his facts during the past three month* If these Welsh galvanisers did not realise this real peril, why did they buy thousands of tons of American steel at a higher price thae they could buy Welsh steel at ? Steel bars were the raw material of the tinpiate mater, at much as iron ore was to the maker of pig nw or as pig iron was to the maker of steel beza. go Case for a Tariff War. Their steel industry was not threatened, b8 flourished in spite of dumping," so there was no case so far to iustafy a tariff war. Rev. A. W. Anderson supported, and the motion wm carried with enth Mr Haslam subsequently appeared from the other meeting he bad been addressing, acd given-a great rousing reception. SECOND GREAT MEET INS. At the Temperance Hall the chair wm taken by Mr Lyndon Moore. Mr Lewis ^nrr lam delivered a closely-reasoned addles an the issues before the electors, and the TMpf* Hon. Reginald MeKenna asked the Trk^°f;"g tn remembef that while the Toides for teny«Ma promised old age pensions and won votes by these promises the Liberals, who bad only baon in power for four years actually gave the aged poor their pensions. (Loud cheers.) Liberals had taken off a part of the duty on sugar, had relieved income tax, and taken off the coal tax altogether. (Cheers.) By these acts they had shown their close sympathy vriitb the people. They relieved the food of the people and the industry of the country from taxation, and they chose the broad backs of the rich, they chose monopolies and they chose the profits of monopoly to supply tm MWACT. (Loud cheers).

What Did He Say P i ELECTION INCIDENT BEFORE dUDGE. On Monday in-the King's Bench Division of the High Court, Mr Ross Davies moved on be- half of Mr Timothy Davies, Parliamentary candidate for the Louth Division of Lincoln- shire, to restrain Mr Ward, an hotel keeper and farmer, of Withcall House Farm, Lincoln, owner of the Mason's Arms Hotel, Louth. The motion was made under the provisions of the Corrupt Practices Act, 1895, and it may be re- membered that at a meeting on behalf of Mr Timothy Davies on the 12th January, the de- fendant who was present was alleged to haws said of the plaintiff that he would not pay hii hotel bill and would not pay his debts. His Lordship said that on reflection be thought this was a case which ought to gone to the Judge in Chambers. It was an ordinary injunction, and should have bdm taken by summons. Mr Walker, for the defendant Mr Ward, said there had been several recent applications of a similar nature in the way his Lordship bad suggested. Mr Ross Davies said the plaintiff's affidavifc showed that he had resided at the Mason's Arms Hotel from the 8th December, and gfcfll resided there, and that neither the owner nor the/ manager or any other person bad pre- sented him with his bill. He had had no dispute or difference of any kind with the defendant or his manager respecting hit hotel bill. A second affidavit was from a Mr Arthur Jubb, a Baptist minister, to the effect that the defendant kept repeating his ntntrr ments for over half an hour. After the stata. meats were made the. speakers H.H gres| difficulty in addressing the meeting, <uw< there was disturbance. Mr Charles E. Ram* say said the defendant's remarks imBueoced the crowd, which became very threateniM, He was one of the speakers for the plaintiff, and after the interruptions by the defendant rotten eggs and potatoes were thrown at the speakers on the table. Another affidavit by Mr Collins was to the same effect. Mr Walker said his client bad been placed is a difficulty owing to the lack of time to answer, as copies of the affidavits were u4 served with the writ. The defendant had no affidavits on the exact facts. The writ was sent down to the defendant's house at Withcall, but he was in Lincoln. Tht answer had arrived, and Mr wata now stated that he was a farmer and owner of Mason's Arms HoteL, Louth, which was Vwiwft conducted by a manager. On Wednesday, tt& 12th January, in the early part of the after* noom there was a meeting at which speakerq were addressing the crowd in plaintiff's interest Defendant did not agree and in the heat excitement of the moment he called olltt What he said was He is no good to the hoW and the sooner he pays his bill and clears out the better." He denied using the words Ho did not and would not pay." At the time he was entirely unaware of plaintiff's financial position and he had no personal animus. The plaintiff had hired from another posting estab- lishment, and petrol. was also obtained else- where, although he had good posting accom- modation and petrol could be obtained at his house. Mr Walker asked upon this affidavit was it proved satisfactorily that any words were used such as had been suggested. His Lordship Did he say f4 That is my house. He won't pay his hotel bill and ha won't pay his debts Mr Walker said it was impossible for him to do more than set out his story as to what actually took place. His Lordship He was perfectly entitled to say plaintiff was of no use to the House and the sooner he pays his bill and goes the better, but it is conceivable that what he said was inter- preted by the crowd in the other sense. Mr Walker There might have been many questions and matters which gave rise to lbs disturbances. His Lordship There might have been a very strong feeling in the town of Louth against the men. If they thought an allusion such as that of welsher was intended you could understand it- Mr Walker: Plaintiff himself was not there at the time. Mr Ross Davies It was market day. Mr Walker submitted that it was not proved they made any offensive statement against the statute. There was no prima facie proof of publication, as might have been the case had it been issued in the form of a leaflet. In the course of further remarks Mr Walker pointed out that the defendant's affidavit showed he did not intend to ftake any further allusion to the -matter. There was no need for m interim injunction, which ought to be granted only where a repetition of the state- nent was likely to occur. His Lordship If he had gona on to say, I lave no reason to say he cannot pay his lebts," it would have been different. Mr Walker That is what be does say. His Lordship If a telegram was sent to him jo say, I have not said he would not pay his lebts, and I have no reason to think he-won't," md you get his reply, you might mention the natter to me later in the day. Counsel agreed that if a satisfactory repb vas received the matter would not be meo- ioned, and his Lordship said in that event be hould understand the reply was satisfactory. rhere would not be more than summons costa, md to avoid expense of trial the parties might complete their affidavits and come before him igain. Later in the day Mr Walker mentioned that he telegram in the terms suggested by hi8 lordship had been received from Mr Ward.

BROKE INTO GOSPEL HALL David Llewellyn Thomas, of Adelaide- street, and John Richards, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty at Newport on Monday to break- ing and entering the Gospel Hall, Malpas-road, with intent to commit a felony, to wilfully doing damage to two doors of the hall, to stealing and receiving five fowls, value 158. from the back of Malpas-road. P.C. Caldicott gave evidence to finding at 2.20 on Sunday morning the two doors of the Gospel Hall dam- aged, and also a pane of glass broken. Wit- ness later found the prisoners in a house in Adelaide-street, where they were pretending to sleep. Witness found the dead fowls, whi £ tiv were warm. Thomas's hand was bandaged. but he said it was injured by his girt with a hatpin. When it was unbandaged, howOTtt, the blood was found to be fresh. Both men were sentenced to three jnonths' hard labour.

PIGMIES' GLUTTONY.. In addition to their sense of humour aæd love of laughter, the African pigmies have another characteristic in common with the browilie of tradition—they are, when opportunity serves, most astonishing gluttons. Capt. Guy Burrow's account of their gluttony seems almost in- credible. A pigmie," he says, eats as a rule twice as much as will suffice a full-grown man. He will take a stalk containing about 60 bananas, seat himself, and eat them all at a meal-besides other food. Then he will lie and groan throughout the night, until morning comes, when he is ready to repeat the opera- tion."

A DUBLIN TRAGEDY. At an early hour on Sunday morningThomao J. Doyle (36), labourer, of Dublin, surrendered himself to the police there.alleging that he had murdered his sister, Josephine, who was subse- quently found dead at their residence with a deep wound in her throat. Later in the day ht was charged with attempting to murder hit brother, Wm. Doyle. It is alleged that the ac- cuscd was deeply incensed for some private reasons against his sister and brotbex. and thai in a moment of excitefhcat he losthULeatt^'