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Councillor Edward Jones and the Pentre Trades and Labour Council. Councillor Ed. Jones—ex-chairman of the Rhondda District Council and Labour member for Ward 3-is in hot water with the Pentre Trades and Labour Council, as the sequel to a meeting addressed by him and Councillor Walter Williams, a fellow-representative of the same Ward, at the Maindy School on September 22nd. The meeting; was the outcome of an agreement between the three members of the Ward arrived at when Mr. Williams was elected on the Council nearly three years ago, to give a periodical account of their stewardship to the ratepayers. The fact that Mr. Jones stood on the same platform as Mr. Williams has probably given offence to the extremist section of the Trades and Labour Council, and at the last meeting of that Council a notice of motion was tabled by Mr. T. C. Morris calling upon Mr. Jones to explain why he, a, Labour member, addressed a gathering in company with two enemies of Labour." Mr. Jones has represented the Labour interest of the Ward upon the Council for several years past, and the confidence reposed in him is manifested by the fact that his return was unopposed on the last two occasions. Some time after the Trades and Labour Council came into being, about eighteen months ago, Mr. Jones became associated with it, and he is now being paid by that body a sum which averages about C20 per annum for his services as a Labour mem- ber. Hence the conflict. Seen by our reporter, Mr. Jones very reluctantly consented to give his view of the position. He declared that there was an understanding between him and Mr. Walter Williams, when the latter was elected, that a report should be given to the electors of their stewardship, and that Mr. Thos. Davies, the other member for the Ward, should also be invited to address the meeting. Through unfore- seen circumstances, this meeting did not come about until September 22nd, and when the meeting was arranged, Mr. Davies (Windsor) was invited to join them, but owing to his impaired state of health he had been ordered to the Mumbles for a change of air. The meet- ing was non-political and non-controversial, and as far as he (Mr. Jones) was aware, it had no other object but the one already named. Whatever our differences in life may be/' said Mr. Jones, we are, as members of the Ward, muted in doing 9 what we think is best for the Ward. It is not for' me to decide who shall repre- sent Ward No. 3; I leave that to the ratepayers, and they paid me the compli- ment of electing me as one of their repre- sentatives, and during the past eight years I have enjoyed their confidence without proceeding to an election. I have never interfered in local elections, but have allowed our own ratepayers to select the man they think best for the post. Before I was last elected I fetched the papers from the office with the object of nominating another workman to represent Labour in my place, but that person found out that, for obvious reasons, he could not stand, and told me that I would have to contest the seat, as I was more conversant with municipal matters. I have represented Labour on the Council when only Daniel Evans and myself were the direct representatives of Labour on the Council. It has always been my object to do what I can for the rate- payers of Ward 3 in general, and for Labour in particular. Maybe, I have not created a display," but I have always attended to private questions and indi- vidual applications. There was no com- mittee to whom I was to give a report; only a casual meeting of ratepayers now and then. Throughout the years, I have attended Labour members' election meet- ings and spoke in their favour. Eighteen months ago," continued Mr. Jones, a Trades and Labour Council was formed at Ton, with the object of centralising the forces of Labour. During my chairmanship of the Rhondda District Council, they sent me, a complimentary letter, congratulating me upon my posi- tion, declaring it to be an honour to myself and the class I represented. In September, 1908, they sent me an invita- tion to join them. I did so, and since then they have defrayed my expenses at meetings of the Council, and I have en- joyed their confidence. I generally give them a report of the Council's doings every month, and when questions are in- vited I have done all I can to instruct them and answer their questions." What do you propose to do in the face of the notice of motion? queried our representative. I shall go on as hitherto. The fact of my having two of my colleagues on the same platform myself is not an' un- pardonable sin, seeing that it was a non- controversial meeting, and called purely and simply for the purpose of giving an account of our stewardship." Do you propose to continue your con- nection with the Trades and Labour Council ? I do not think that the notice of motion will curtail the liberty of the isubject. I If a clear understanding is brought about, I do not think they will tie my hands or impose any stringent measures." ri Do you! think they are within their rights in giving this notice of motion? I do not think they are. According to the constitution of the Council they have no right to call me to book, but I presume that individual members have a right to express an opinion, which is different from the unanimous resolution of any organisation. Of course there are extremists in every organisation, and probably this is only an expression of an extreme view from one of them." Is this Trades and Labour Council dominated by any political colour? It has not appeared so to me thus far, because it has been clearly given me to understand that its function is to join with different trade organisations so as to secure a greater Labour voice on public bodies." Do you think that the notice of motion conveys the general feeling of the Council upon the matter? No; because there were several mem- bers present who stood by my side in my first battle, and have stood loyally by me through the years, ready to support me." So you don't think the notice of motion is the outcome of any vindicti v- ness towards you personally? Oh, no; not in the least. The 'mover may hold he is in the right, and may be perfectly honest in his views; but what I maintain is. that the meeting was called purely and simplv for the object I have already mentioned, and should not be confounded with any propagative work of any political party. I know we do not all see eye to eye as to the method of uplifting the working classes, but I am as anxious, as anyone to better the con- dition of the working man." In conclusion, Mr. Jones declared that several persons had individually thanked him for addressing the meeting, and this, after all, was the expression of the Man in the Street.

1 hA English Constitution. Prof. T. A. Levi at Trealaw. The English Constitution; or, A Study of Our Politics," was the subject of a lecture delivered by Professor T. A. Levi at Seion (C.M.) Chapel on Thurs- day evening last. Mr. W. P. Nicholas (Clerk to the Rhondda Council) presided over a large gathering. The proceeds of the lecture were in aid of Mr. Daniel Davies, Trealaw Road, who has been ailing for a considerable time. Prefacing his lecture, the Professor said that he had visited the Rhondda several times, but on this occasion it gave him far more pleasure than usual, because it a was to help a fellow-countryman along. Coming to the lecture, he said he had deliberately chosen a subject that belonged to everybody and in which there was a common interest. He would like all his listeners to keep before their eyes their own native country, and ask themselves what could they do to improve it. Con- stitutional questions, he said, were the topic of the hour but wherever they put their fingers, they could find no such thing as a Constitution in England. America, France, and our Colonies could produce the articles of Constitution on paper, but England was a country with- out one that was written down. The people, said the professor, are the Con- stitution, and it had been our good for- tune that it had never been written down; therefore, it could always be changed to suit the needs of the age. What is it, he asked, that accounts for our greatness p. At the head of the State stood a king, but that king could do no wrong, although -he had a great deal of power in the Constitution. He had power to dismiss the Army or Navy, and set at liberty any criminal without consulting anyone. But there was one thing the King could not do, and that was to make the laws. Next to the monarch came the Upper House, which consisted exactly of 600 members, and we had a better House of Lords than many supposed. The strength of the Upper House was its weak- ness, and unless it bent to the wishes of the people, it would ultimately be swept out of the country and be no more. By- and-by, said the speaker, the people would be passing resolutions to get the House of Lords abolished, but it would be far better to pass resolutions to take the veto out of it. Let the Upper House live, he said, just to please certain parties, but take their sting away. The lecturer next dealt with the Lower House, and stated that some day the House of Commons would really repre- sent the people of the country. Next to the House of Commons came the Courts of Justice and the legal profession, but they did not make the law. Who, then, made the law? It was the people, the electorate. He (the professor) believed in popular government, in a government of the people, by the people; but by the best of the people. The greatest need of Wales at the present moment was to have more faith in the individual power of man. Man comes first, and the law after- wards. The law was a living picture of a man, a shadow cast behind the life of an individual; and man was born with a divine law-making power, a power to maintain his rights, and to cast his law behind him for other men to follow. Votes were given, said the professor, because people were householders and property owners, whereas he considered every man should be allowed to vote; but it was far more important that every vote should have a man. After dealing with the laws of the past, the speaker said he looked forward to the time when every child would be edur- cated free of all cost, when the terms working man and "servant" would be done away with. They. were only remnants of slavery, and some day he hoped there would be a better hope for the working man than an hearth stone when he was alive and a gravestone when he was dead. There was no greater failure, he con- tinued, than the way Ave meted out punishment. People were locked up for wrong committed, but the locking-out was far worse than the locking-in. Scarcely anyone would employ those that had been to a prison. It was true we were now beginning to carry out doctrines of atone- ment in our English prisons. Mr. H. Gladstone, he said, had brought in a law that permitted and tried the art of for- giveness, by which a person could be set free without, a stain upon his character. Although the Act had only been in force for a short while, it had proved a great success. He wished the time would come when a criminal would be regarded and considered capable of being saved and taken, instead of to prison, to an insti- tution where he would be encouraged and made into a new beine. The atonement should be made a fact, not only on a Sunday, but also on a Monday (applause). Votes of thanks brought the meeting to a close.

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Notes, Notions and Reviews The Welsh Language in Danger. 'The following warning of Professor Zimmer should be noted by those who strive to propagate a knowledge of the Welsh language. They contain a solemn note, and should demand the earnest attention of all Welshmen. The para- graph is taken from the Celtic Review for July: The position of the Welsh language is firmly established, but Professor Zimmer utters a serious warning to all patriotic Welshmen, and I should wish that no Cymro would close his ear to the warning voice of the great Celtic scholar. For the end of the nineteenth century has brought to Wales institutions that must become in time as fatal to the Welsh nationality as Maynooth and the Catholic education have been for Ireland. Regular inter- mediate schools, and even Universities, have been established but this whole national education is founded on Eng- lish as the national language, the lec- tures in the Universities and intermediate schools are delivered in English, the Welsh language is treated as a foreign language, and is not even compulsory. In the elementary schools Welsh can be taught 1701ily if the local government allow or wish it. Though there are many things strengthening the Welsh language—a beautiful book-literature (since 1801 more than eight thousand five hundred different works have been published), a rich periodical literature, not forgetting the Bible, preaching, and Sunday Schools, the danger is very great, and Professor Zimmer has very serious doubts if the position of the Welsh language will be as strong at the end of the twentieth century as it is to-day."

Literary Societies. The winter programmes of many of the Literary and Debating Societies are now well in hand, and many are complete. It is gratifying to note that most of these are in connection with our churches. They should find a ready support and should be a means of much intellectual stimulus and social culture. It is quite possible to make these societies into centres of en- livening thought and social work. If they are to be used only for personal enjoy- ment, then they must be doomed to failure. Many of these societies are engaging men who are specialists in their own branches. During the coming season, I find that the Rev. G. H. Havard, B.A., B.D., will lecture on Mazzini to the Oymdeithas Lenyddol of Horeb, Treher- bert; Dr. Chalke will discuss on "What is Education? to the Treorchy Debating Society; Dyfnallt will speak on "Owen Glyndwr" to the Tabernacle Society at Blaenrhondda Mr. D. L. Rees, B.A., of the Theological College, Aberystwyth,, will discourse on Hebrew Poetry to the members of the Cymdeithas Lenyddol at Seion, Trealaw; and Ifano will lecture in his own inimitable way on Talhaiarn to the members of Bethania Society, Llwynypia. If the secretaries of the various societies will forward me their programme for the season, I shall be glad to draw attention to it.

"Studies in Welsh Grammar and Philology." [By S. J. EVansi, M.A., Headmaster of the Llangefni County School. pp. 244. 2s. 6d. net. Educational Publishing Co., Cardiff.] There is no one in Wales to-day who is doing so much to popularise the study of Welsh grammar, her phonology and philology as Mr. S. J. Elvans, of Llan- gefni. He has placed all students of the Welsh tongue under a deep debt of grati- tude to him. This volume forms the fifth which has come from his pen, all bearing on the various aspects of Celtic studies, and yet not one can be said to trespass into the pastures of his neighbours. It is not long since we drew attention to his excellent work on the Studies in Wel,sh Phonology." If the reader should I think there is repetition, then his search for it will be in vain. In the present work an attempt is made to throw light upon some of the more salient features of the Welsh lan- o-uaoe. There is no claim to completeness in detail. Such a claim is, indeed, im- possible, for the data necessary for a complete and exhaustive treatise on Welsh philology are as yet incomplete. The author has laid the basis in true scientific style, and here in a handy form we have a thorough survey of the main philological facts of our tongue. The plan of the book is of necessity historical. In no other way is it possible to bring to a bold relief the true form and constructions, the effect of analogy, the ever-varying influences of dialectal speech, and the whines of individual writers. Here the reader may study at his ease the Brythonic and Mediaeval forms, the affinity of Welsh to many forms' in the sister tongues, its power to resist foreign influences and its strength in borrowing and assimilating new words. The book can be a splendid guide to anyone working out the intricacies of a dialect. It can be of immense service to the general statement, to those who are reading for their degree or for the Honours Examination of the Central Board, and to those who attend Evening Classes. The book deserves a wide and rapid sale.

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