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THE PONTARDAWE STRIKE There are m.igns of the end of the Pontardawe strike, and it has lasted now three weeks. We think that the question at issue is not so thorny and Complicated that if both sides got together they could not by frank dis- cussion and mutual concession end the dispute. On the employers' side there have been deplorable tactlessness, and a lamentable failure to see the humon side of the point of dispute. The pro- motion of a junior over the head of a senior was a wantonly provocative breach of custom, and men much less spirited than those at Pontardawe would not be slow to resent it. When the suggestion was made that the two men should compete with one another for the job, insult was added to injury. Messrs. Gilbertson are, or should be, keen enough employers to know that since the days of the old "bell-horse" dodge, trade unions and trade unionists the world over have resolutely set them- selves against the idea of internal com- petition, that has the sole effect of forcing down wages, and ruining the bodies of the workers in order to main- tain or increase profits. The workers nowadays will not submit to be treated as machines, to be run at the highest speed and worked at their fullest capacity for a given period, and then scrapped. Time was when they might have tamely acquiesced in such a sys- tem, but it is a time that has gone, never to return. The dispute then, although sym- bolised by a single individual, involves a general principle, and that one of first-rate importance. But the problem it presents is by no means insoluble, and it can be solved, temporarily at least, by the exercise of goodwill and common senee. It will never be solved. while either side retains petty little notions of personal dignity, or advan- ces cavilling points about procedure, forms of representation, and fancied or real breaches of rules, that in any case were meant to heal not widen breaches between employers, and em- ployees. The "Spoilt Tom" spirit is what is expected from ohildren in a game, but it comes very ill from em- ployers engaged in the serious business of life and industry. L«t the Messrs. Gilbertson tackle this dispute in ¡ Le spirit of men earnest and eager to bring a disa&ivous dispute to an end, and they may do something to preset 'e the reputation for fairness which :r h 1 'I I! champions in the T.ibernl newspr.p. 's > c!ajr? for th m. 0"herwit?) they may the rcputrrf^i, and souiel'irng more iAiij p wj--r rs.

LABOUR AND WELSH NATIONALITY. j Mr. Edgar Jones, M.P. is a young | man who has not been long enough in public life to be chary of giving advice to people who are perfectly well able I to take care of themselves. At Castle- street Welsh Church, London, he warned the "bosses" of trade unionism against taking up the idea that Welsh nationality could only come through them. Mr. Jones should know that there are no "bosses" of trade union- ism—trade unions are democratic bodies --and the leaders of trade unions do not suggest that Welsh nationality can only come through them. What they do claim, and rightly claim, is that they have a better right to speak for Welsh nationality than Sir Alfred Mond, and the rest of the Cymro-Judaic plutoc- racy who affect to voice the deeper aspirations of Wales. The nationalist problem is at its core a labour problem, for without a well-fed, well-housed, and well-educated people there is no nation- al spirit worth speaking of. Nationalism has its roots in the kitchens of the common people. The social enemies of the Welsh people are the landlords and capitalists, many of whom are "Welsh Nationalists." but not nationalists enough to get off the people's backs, and allow them to develop their own souls in their own way. The national- ism of the trade union leaders is a sound nationalism, broad-based on right conceptions of social and racial evolu- tion. The nationalism of Mr. Edgar Jones and his friends is of the tinsel order, that sees great virtue in a gift of statues of Welsh worthies to a pub- lic building at Cardiff, but is blind to the harm done to the soul of Welshmen by industrial plague-spots like Tony- pandy. «■■»»«■« ——————

GLAMORGAN MAGISTRATES. Ma.ny months ago a list of eligible new J. P .'s was sent to the Lord Chan- cellor by the Advisory Committee, but no appointments have yet been an- nounced. The delay has greatly dis- turbed "The South Wales Daily News." which, in a leading article, calls atten- tion to the shortage of magistrates in the county, and works itself into a stage frenzy at the dilatoriness of the Lord Chancellor. There happens to be a good reason why the list is not made public. As befits a county made up mainly of working men, the list con- tains a considerable proportion of work- ing-class nominees. This has not pleased the leading Liberals, and with all their old skill and assiduity at in- trigue they have been wirepulling to have most of these names removed. That is the real reason for the delay, and if "The South Wales Daily News" did not know this before, let it learn it now. If the Advisory Committee is not a mere sham, it will insist on its re- commendations being recognised. The Advisory Committees were set up be- cause the Liberals complained that Lord Loreburn was appointing too many Tories to the magisterial bench, and they asked for the committees in the interests of fair play. It is the busi- ness of the organised workers to see that Labour has fair play in Glamor- ganshire. »»«!■»

MRS. PANKHURST'S "DOUBLE." ■ Suffragette Hoax on Police • Scenes of wild confusion and violence marked the arrest of a woman who turned out not to be Mrs. Pankhurst, aii-di five other women at Campdan-hll-squa.re., London, on Tuesday night, where Mrs. Pankhurst addressed a meeting from a second tioor window. Mrs. Pankhurst arrived from Paris in the morning, undected, as she said, "by our army of Continental detectives." She stood in the glare of a lighted window be- fore a crowd of 500 men and women, pro- claiming herself an avowed seditious per- son either until death or until victory was won in the woman's franchise' move- ment. Seven times, she said, she had been arrested since her last conviction, but no power on earth would compel her to serve her full sentence of three' years' penal servitude. To put the matter to the test, she added that at he end of her speech she would leave he house and walk through the crowd and would dare the police to re- arrest her. Up to this point the meeting was fairly orderly. Her supporters were present in orderly. He supporters were present in strong groups and easily outnumbered some scoree of schoolboys and other rau- cous-voiced youths. But the challenge issued, the excitement began. SEIZED BY POLICEMEN. I As soon as the supposed Mrs. Pank- hurst stepped on the pavement four police- men seized her. She cried to her male supporters to frustrate their efforts. Women shrieked "Shame!" and began to hit out around them with umbrellas. A few men gave a half-hearted display of simulated obstruction, but there was DO sting in the opposition, which, according to Mrs. Pwkhurst's prophecy in her speech, would stop a.t nothing. The greatest danger was the heaving crowd. Campden-Hill-square stands on a steep incline. The crowd rolled threaten- ingly round the struggling police, ha.ndi- capping them severely in their difficult task, and compelling them to use more violence than the arrest itself would have demanded. The woman in the clutches of tha police fell to the ground twice on ac- count of rushes of the crowd. Her hat and fur (Mrs. Pankhurst had worn a hat and fur during her speech) were lost in tho fray, and her hair was consider- ably diffievdled. But in spite of the confusion and the blows that could not be parried, the four policemen succeeded in taking the captured woman to Lad- b!kt-grf)ve Police Station. Here thoy had their first rhwee of !r'f,ifying hcT-n-A, Mrs. Pankhurst. as they presumed, but., to their rtter be- wilderment, another woman, who was n complete stranger to them Th v real's-d that a hoax had been r ? nc-cred

DULAIS VALLEY CHAT.  (Gan Ymdeithydd.) It may interest readers in the Dulais Valley who are interested in the pit- head bath question to know that the South Wales Garden Cities and Town Planning Association are now devoting special attention to the advocacy of the installation at all collieries of spray baths and changing houses. The asso- ciation has had prepared a set of ex- cellent lantern slides illustrating the working of the system on the continent, and the secretary (Mr. Edgar L. Chap- pell) and other well-known members of the association, are prepared to deliver illustrated lectures on the subject in all parts of South Wales. In a district such as the Dulais Valley, where so many colliers travel to work by train, the new system has special advantages, and the Federation lodges might do worse than communicate with the South Wales Association and arrange lectures on the subject at Onllwyn, Seven Sis- ters, and Crynant. The offices of the association are at 3, Pembroke-terrace, Cardiff. The workers at all the collieries in the Valley cast their votes last week- end in connection with the election of a sub-agent for the Anthracite district, and the result of the ballot to be an- nounced to-morrow (Saturday) at a meeting of the district representatives in Swansea, is being looked forward to with great interest. A benefit is being organised for Mr. David Lewis, of Brick-row, a haulier at the Seven Sisters Colliery, who has been ailing for a considerable period, and will take the form of a cinema en- tertainment on Tuesday evening next, by kind permission of Messrs. Studt, who at present have their travelling show in the village. Local workers are busily engaged in selling tickets for the event, and there is every hope that it will be very successful. Last evening (Thursday) a large audienoe gathered at the Zoar Indepen- dent Chapel, Seven Sisters, when a very fine concert took place in aid of the funds of the chapel. Mr. D. W. Thomas, M.E., manager of the local colliery, presided, and the artistes, all of whom acquitted themselves in a highly successful manner, were as fol- lows: Madame Bronwen Jones-Williams (the leading South Wales soprano) Miss Louise Llewellyn (contralto); Mr. Ivor Jenkins, chief soloist of the Rhondda- Pittsburg Male Voice (tenor); Mr. Geo. T. Llewellyn, A.R.A.M. (bass), and Miss Gwynneth Jenkins (accompanist). The proceedings were- highly enjoyed. There is no change of importance to record this week regarding the agita- tion for a shorter Saturday for the workmen of the Valley. The men's de- putation had not up to Thursday seen Mr. Evans-Bevan in regard to the claim for a reduction of hours, but it was anticipated that the interview would take place this week-end, and there are yet hopes of a satisfactory settlement of the matter. An interesting local wedding took place on Thursday at the registry office Neafch, the contracting parties being Mr. Thos. Hart, of Mary-street, engine driver at the Seven Sisters Colliery, and Mias Jane Gethin, daughter of Mr. Meredith Gethin, engineer at the local colliery and a prominent local resident. The parties were accompanied by several friends, and afterwards these were entertained at the home of the bride's parents, where the newlv-mar- ried couple have taken up their resi- dence. Mr. David Harris, a student at Car- marthen College, but until recently re- siding in Seven Sisters, and a nephew of Mr. George Jones, checkweigher, occupied the pulpit at Pantyffordd Chapel on Sunday and preached very acceptable sermons, which were enjoyed by good congregations. I regret to learn of the serious illness I of Mrs. Jones, wife of Mr. Benj. Jones, overman at the Seven Sisters Colliery, and a daughter of the late Mr. Francis George, who was well-known in the district. It is hoped that Mrs. Jones will have a speedy recovery to good health. Owing to the absence of the Rev. Edmund Davies, who was officiating at Abercrave, the pulpit at Zoar Indepen- dent Chapel on Sunday was occupied by the Rev Urias Phillips, B.A., of Glynneath. The rev. gentleman preached with great force and power, and his discourses were greatly en- joyed. Considerable sympathy has been ex- pressed during the past few days with Mrs. David R. Harris, wife of the licensee of the Seven Sisters Hotel, in the great loss she has sustained through the death of her father, Mr. J. Samuel, of Tirdeunaw, near Llangyfelach. The sad event took place on Thursday last at his home, and the interment at Mynydd Bach on Tuesday was largely attended. It will be remembered that before her marriage Mrs. Harris was a teacher in the local schools. A local case was heard on Monday at the Neath Police-court when Robert Jenkins, a tramping labourer, of no fixed abode, was charged with having been drunk and disorderly in Church- street, Seven Sisters, on Saturday night, and also with having assaulted P.C. Fleetwood. For the first offence prisoner was fined 7s. 6d. and costs or seven days, and for the second three weeks' hard labour without the option of a penalty. A little girl named Eunice Bowen, the six-year-old daughter of Mr. Wm. Bowen, of Kiartoum-terrace, Onllwyn, died very suddenly at her home on Friday. The child, who had not been ailing many days, was a bright little pupil at the Onllwyn Schools, and the funeral on Tuesday was largely attend- ed. An accident occurred at the Onllwyn Colliery on Monday morning, the vic- tim being John Williams, now of Dyff- ryn Callwen, but formerly of North Wales. Williams was rather crushed by a journey of trams, and had to be re- moved to his lodgings immediately. He is, however, now progressing favourably The water supply for Onllwyn neigh- bourhood was again turned off without the slightest warning early on Monday, and was not renewed again until Wed- nesday. It is understood that this course was necessary for the repair of pipes burst by reason of the great pres- sure of water, but it is hardly neces- sary to emphasise the desirability of giving notice to the residents when they are to be deprived of the precious liquid for practically two whole days. A male voice party has recently been organised for the Dyffryn Callwen dis- trict of Onllwyn, and appearances point to asiicoessful future for the new or- ganisation. Mr. Stephen Davies, now of Onllwyn, but formerly of Skeweo, is conductor, and the two preliminary re- hearsals already held indicate that the members have considerable talent which only requires cultivating.

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MR LLOYD GEORGE ON NATIONAL INSURANCE. —— « MEDICAL REMUNERATION UNDER THE ACT. AN AMUSING EXPERIENCE I Mr. Lloyd George had an amusing experience when he went to the White- hall Rooms, Hotel Metropole, the other day to speak at at banquet given in honour of Dr. Addison, M.P. Everyone's ticket was demanded be- fore he was allowed inside the portals of the hotel, and when the Chancellor arrived alone he was asked for his tic- ket. "I am afraid I have not got one," remarked Mr. Lloyd George, obviously amused. "Sorry, sir," retorted the commis- sionaire, "but I am afraid you will have to send your card in to the sec- retary." Fortunately at that moment the Chancellor was recognised by those in authority, and with a genial nod to the zealous official he was ushered into the building. In the course of his speech, which was largely devoted to eulogising Dr. Addison, Mr. Lloyd George said "There are, I believe, 22,500 general practitioners in Great Britain. The number on the panel to-day,, excluding duplicates within any Insurance Com- mittee, but including dootors who are put on more than one panel—and there are several of those are over 20,000. (Cheers.) The vast majority came in on January 15, 1913, but since this 2,500 have come in and added their names to those on that date. "We have distributed amongst them nearly 41 millions. The average for each doctor is JE230. ("Shame.") How the solicitors would have been delighted to get it. (Laughter.) 'In London the average is £ 330 Bir- mingham, £ 380; Manchester, £ 295; Liverpool, £ 370; Durham, £ 230—noth- for drugs, nothing for dispensing and advising that is net profit. Now £ 933,000 is spent in drugs in addition to that, and it is the balance of E310,000 which you have got to struggle with—you and the chemist—as to who is to get it. That is for one- third of the population, barely one- third, I think. "Now, assuming that the doctors are paid at the same rate for the rest—and I was told they would be paid at the same rate for the rest—and I was told they would be paid very much better- (laughter)-this is how the average re- muneration would work out—a London general practitioner would average nearly £ 1,000; Birmingham would get £1,100 a year; Manchester would got E900 a year; Liverpool practitioners would get P,1,100 a year, and the Dur- ham practitioner gets JE700 a year. "Some doctors make considerably more, some considerably less, but un- doubtedly it has reached the lerel of remuneration of the profession. "In the North of England," proceed- ed the Chancellor, "some doctors am doing uncommonly well. I was told when I was up there the other day that there was now what is known as the insurance motor oar man."

RHIWFAWR Swansea Valley. EISTEDDFOD G A D E I R 1 0 L FLYNYDDOL Dydd Sadwrn, Mehefin 27, 1914 Arweinvdd: Y Prif-Athraw Lewis, M.A., Aberhon- ddu. Beirniaid—Y Gerddoriaeth: D. Christmas Williams, Ysw., Mtis-Bac. Merthyr Tydfil; E. T. Davies, Ysw., F.R.C.O. Merthyr Tydfil. Beintiaid yr Amrywiaeth: Parch Ben Davies, Pantteg; ar Prif-Athraw Lewis, M.A., Aberhonddu. Cor Meibiorr,. "Castilla." (Profcheroe, £25 Cor Cymysg, "My love is like a red, red Rose" (Emlyn Evans), tlS. Cor Plant, "Hosaruia" (D W Rowlands, F.T.S.C.), RS. Wythawd, "Blodouyn Bach" (Gwilym Gwent), R3. Unawdau, 21s.; plant, 10s.6c.; pianoforte 21s. and 10s.6d. Pryddest "Cymhellion yr Uchelieydd"; Telyneg, Englyn, Ad- roddiadau, etc., etc. Rhaglem yn barod canol Chweiror. ABRAHAM REES, Y-sg.