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MR. RAMSAY MACDON- ALD. Impressive Speech at Cardiff PARLIAMENTARY PARTY DEFENDED. NEARING A REVOLUTION Mr. J. Ramsay Macdonald, chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party, addressed a large meeting on Sunday, in the Cory Hall, Cardiff, when he put forward a strong and impressive de- fence of the policy of the members at Westminster, and made a time reply to those who cry "Turn the Govern- ment out." Mr. Jas. E. Edmunds, secretary of the Cardiff Trades and Labour Council, presided. Mr. Macdonald said he could not imagine any principle which could so inspire the working classes, the think- ing and the feeling classes, as Social- ism. Socialism (continued Mr. Macdonald) was the great inspiring ideal of human co-operation, of human worth and quality, the great inspiring ideal of moral and religious democracy. His ap- peal to the democracy of Wales was to keep faith, belief, fraternity, and generosity, because only by the exer- cise of these qualities were they going to co-operate in the great work of re- creating the State. WORK IN PARLIAMENT. In the House of Commons they had to make the best of the problems that faced them, although at times they felt themselves in a sort of Slough of Despond. They had to go warily. They had asked for a Bill to amend the Mines Regulation Act. (Hear, hear.) They were told the Government could not bring in a Bill dealing with the latest accidents. But they asked for a Bill, no matter how small, so that they might get it in Committee, and thus enable Labour members to put into it what was in their minds. So they got the promise. Then they told the Government that the accidents on the railways were very common things, and they got a. promise of a Committee with Labour members in it to deal with the railway services. He hoped in a few days the names would be announced. (Applause.) Then the member for Car- diff-—(laughter)—that magnificent speci- men of a working-class representative, got up and said, "I am not satisfied," and would not allow them to withdraw. If they had not 'squeezed' the Govern- ment by their amendment they would not have had the pledges, but imme- diately these were secured the amend- ment was ineffective, and to have car- ried it would have defeated the cause they had in view. (Hear, hear.) WOMEN'S ENFRANCHISEMENT. Speaking of women's enfranchisement M'r. Macdonald said he would give votes for women to-morrow, but if they turned the Government out to-morrow it would not be doing anything to gain the desired object. As a matter of fact, votes for women would be further away than it was to-day of the Government were turned out. Applause.) The mili- tants had not considered their next move when they turned the Govern- ment out. Sufficient unto the day was their thought thereof, and that was All. (Laughter.) These were illustrations of the difficulties of the Labour Party in the conduct of Parliamentary proce- dure. LABOUR IN THE COUNTRY. I But in the country they had to build up their party to its full strength. They had to fight, they had to challenge the constituencies, they had to give them the opportunity of voting, the oppor- tunity of fighting and he believed, the two things must be carried on—the constructive, careful work in Parlia- ment, and the fighting, aggressive work in the country. Each work was a com- plement to the other, and the men who -could not see that had not grasped the elementary principles of their move- ment. There should be no misunder- standings between the men in Parlia- ment and outside, because if there were the whole movement would suffer in consequence. (Applause.) In Parliament it is not enough for Labour to be anti this and anti that. It is quite meaningless to be anti- Liberal or anti-Tory. Our one aim and object in Parliament is the oppo- site one of establishing a Labour Government, and until a Labour Government is established we cannot do anything by turning Governments out and putting other Governments in. (Annlause.) U REVOLUTIONS. I Mr. Macdonald said he had been talk- ing as if revolutions never came. They were never nearer a revolution in all their life than they were that nifeht. They were told that if the Home Rule Bill was made effective as regarded Ulster, there was going to he am appeal to arms. (" Nonsense. ") An engine driver named Crowsley went down to Aldershot and distributed among the soldiers a pamphlet asking them not to respond when called to shoot down their fellow working man. (Hear, hear.) He was immediately ar- rested and put into prison. Lord Roberts, a man who had received an ,c;onttnued at bottom of next column.)

A WOMAN "MARTYR." i Peers Discuss Case of Sarah Savage. i "CRASS STUPIDITY" OF THE POOR I LAW. Th> Earl of Selborne, drew attelltion on Friday in the House of Lords, to the casa of Sarah Savage, who was sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard la bour fer cruelty to her children. He said this was the woman who took a small room for hers-elf aaid her daugh- ter, and for sixteen months no one had any idea that she had three other child- ren in the same room. When discovered they bore no signs of personal ill-usage. The woman was not able to defend her- self properly, and it now appeared that she was veiy much attached' to her child- nl1, and sho was afraid that if she dis- closed their existence the Poor-law authorities would intervene and separate them from her. If her story were true. it was one of the most piteous cases ever recorded, and he hoped the Government would give a-n assurance that it would be carefully in- vostigatsd. If the case was instrumental in drawing attention! to the crassly stupid administration of the Poor-law by cAM- tain Guardians and in bringing about a t-hungc. ?rah Savage would not have been a martyr in vain. The Lord Chancellor sa.id the matter was under UTvestigatic<n by the Home Sacretery, both in iegafd to the sentence and with a view of seeing what couJd be done for the mother and her children. The Home Secretary was. keenly aware. of the scandal of such a. case. The noble earl had spoken as if this poor woman were a. martyr to a system. No doubt she had been unfortunate, but she was griev- ously to blame. However distorted her notions were, she ought, to have taken steps to have her children cared for. She was, guilty of in- describable cruelty, a.nd she ought to have made any sacrifice rather than have treated them in the way she did. All the crcum/vtanecs were being taken into consi deration.. This class of case disclosed a problem which urgently called for solution and required the most care- ful consideration cf society. Replying to Mr Keir Hardie in the Commons, Mr McKen-na said he was making inquiries with regard to the sen- tence on Mrs. Savage. IT y

Miner-Musician and Artist. I A VERSATILE COLLIER OF I TYLORSTOWN. I In Tylorstown (South Wales) lives a most versatile miner. For the last seven years, so the story goes, he has lived entirely on milk, fruit, and e ggs, with a little fish occasionally, and ho has the finest muscular development imagin- able. He makes his own clothes, plays the 'cello and four other musical in- struments, and is an extremely clever black and white artist. Each day he goes down the pit, taking with him only a pint of cold water, which while he works is all that passes his lips. The ambition of his life is to become an actor!

HOME RULE FOR WALES Bill Introduced into Parlia- ment In introducing to the House of Com- mons on Wednesday, a Bill to establish a Welsh Parliament, M. E. T. John, M.P., for East Denbighshire, said that Wales had been, recognised as a separate entity of the British Monarchy frcm olden times, and in rocent4 years its ob- servance ty Parliament had been more frequent and considerable than was generally appreciated. Wales had long enjoyed separate treat- ment in the matter of Sunday closing, and its education had been in some con- siderable measure under the control of the Welsh Department in London, and the Central Welsh Board, while its University and its constituent colleges, its library, and its museum had been re- cognised as national institutions. During the present Parliament the Welsh In- surance Commission had been created and a charter granted to the Edward VII.. and in matters agricultural a National Council of Wales had bo.:n con- stituted with its separate Commissioner, who together with the Welsh Com- missi on.>r for Small Holdings and the Welsh Dcvf lo-pmciTit Commissioner should constitute the nucleus cf that separate Board of Agriculture for which Welsh farmers were clamouring so vigorously. The Established Church (Wales) Bill now before this Housel was possibly the fullest acknowledgement of the distinc- tiveness of Welsh feeling and judgment en matters of primary importance. Amid much ilic, principle least challenged was that of the separateness in this matter of YVejh-h nationality. Nearly 20 years a Royal Commission ou Welsh agriculture reported that the con- ditions obtaining in Wales approximated much more closely to those of Ireland and the Highlands of Scotland than to English conditions. It was a somewhat striking fact that in the three matters which now await attention at the hands of the Govern- ment-land, licensing and education- both the needs and the ideals of Wales diffemd from, and are greatly in ad- vance of those of England. Judging by the Parliamentary expression, of its opinion, no portion of the United King- dom was more frequently governed in direct defiance of ita desires than the Principality. Under Conservative rule, its aspirations were condemned; under Liberal rule they were, with compara- tively rare exceptions, ignored. The Par. liamentary history of the subject was somewhat scant and intermittent. THE PROPOSALS. In defining the proposals of the Bill, the speaker said that it. had been basem very largely upon the Government of Ireland Bill, and like the Scotch Bill it nrovided for single chamber legislature. It was proposed that women should be entitled to vote upon the same con- ditions as applied to men at present. The Welsh Legislature would consist of 90 nvemlers an methods of proportional re- presentation. Under tha Government of Ireland Bill I | the representation of Ireland in the House was reduced, to 42—roughly, one member for every 100,000 people. On somewhat similar lines 27 members were aJlotter to Wales, all to be returned by large constituencies returning three or four members, who, it was suggested, should also be elected OIl lines of pro- portional representation—in both cases peculiarly necessary in the industrial parts of Wales, where the progressive elements in tho community were natur- ally divided into two groups giving varying emphasis and prominence to purely economic considerations. It was recognised that the representation of Wales as of Scotland and Ireland in the Imperial House while English domestic business was under consid|erajtion was anomalous and not easily justifiable, but i they trusted that either by means of its I' elect,ive Second Chamber or some other device the Government would arrange for Imperial &nd general business to be dealt with exclusively by an Imperial body, alid English domestic business by the representatives of England alone. The Bill was read a first time. A SUMMARY OF THE PROVISIONS I OF THE BILL. Under the Bill executive power will remain veebed in the King, who will be represented in Wales ty a Lord Lieu- tenant. Provision is made for the payment by the Imperial Exchequer to the Welsh Exchequer out of the proceeds of Welsh taxes of an annual sum towards defray- ing the ccvA of Welsh services. The Welsh Parliament is not to have power to make, laws except in respect of matters exclusively relating to Wales, or seme part thereof, and (without pre- judice to that general limitation) they shall net have power to make laws as to the Crown, or a Regency, or the suo- ceenion to the Crown, or the property of the Crown including foreshore), or the lord lieutenant ,r except as lespects the exercise cf his executive power in re- lation to Welsh services, the making oi peace or war, the Navy. Army, cr Terri- torial Force, treaties, dignities or titles of honour, treason, etc., trade with any place ou Wales, postal services, light- houses, coinage, trade marks, and the collection of taxes though this limita- tion does not apply to steps taken by means of inquiries or agencies out of Wales for the improven ii-it of Welsh trade, or for the protection of Welsh traders from fraud. As to finance, a Welsh Exchequer and a Welsh Consolidated1 Fund are provided for, and a Joint Exchequer Board is to be oreated, and "there shall be charged on and paid out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom with the grow- ing produce in each year" to the Welsh Exchequer such sum as may be. agreied upon by the Joint Board as representing the net cost of Welsh services at the passing of the Act, and a sum of (Continued at bottom of next column)

LONG DISPUTE ENDED SETTLEMENT AT CYNON COLLIERY. The eleven months' v-trike at the Cvnon Colliery. P ort Talbot, lias been settled. The dispute, which was on a question of payment for "clod," affected 500 men. Some time ago Mr Vernon Hartshorn, miners' agent, brought the matter before the South Wales Coal Conciliation Board, and requested them. to appoint the two respective chairmen of the board to deal with the dispute. Mr William Brace, jfP, (for the men), and Mr Evan Williams (for the owners) were accordingly appointed by the board. They met last Monday representatives of the workmen ajid dismased the dispute. Since then they have reached an agree- ment for a settlement. On Sunday Mr Vernon Hartshorn at- tended a mass masting of the men, and submitted to them the terms, which were unanimously accepted. A vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Brace, M.P., Mr Vernon Hartshorn, Mr W. Jenkins, and Mr Tsm Lucas for the part they had, played in the matter. A special resolution was also passed j thanking the Maesteg District for the ass-istance given to the men on strike by the special monthly contributions Qut of which the strike pay was supplemented. Arrangements for a Restart at the col- liery will be made as soon as possible. It is reported that the terms of settle- ment were :—Cutting of clay-Up to 12 inches to be out froo. from 12 to 16 inches ls.4d. per ton, 16 inches and up- wards ls.2d. per ton. Considerable ttstonishment was ex- perienced on 'Monday when at a meet- ing, at Garth, Mr. Ytirnort Hartshorn, miners' agent, said the owners refused to accept these terms. But it was with great relief that on the following day the owners agreed to abide by the above decision.

HEAD CONSTABLE OF MANY OFFICES. INSPECTOR OF POTATO WARTS AND GOOSEBERRY MILDEW. Having recently b.'en appointed an inspector under the "Wprt Diseases of Potatoes Order," Head Constable Mer- cer, of Tiverton, is saw the holder of the following oiffces: Chief of the Tiverton Boro' Police, Captain of the Fire Brigade, Inspector of Food and Drugs, Inspector of Petroleum, Inspector of Explosives, Meat Inspector, Inspector of Weights and Measures,, Inspector under the Shops Act, Inspector of Mildew in Gooseberries, Inspector under the Fabrics (Misde- scription) Act, Common Lodging-house Inspector, Assistant Relieving Officer, Inspector of Wart Diseases in Pota- toes, Inspector under the Sheep Dipping Order, and Inspector of Cattle Diseases. The area he has to cover in connection with his many inspectorships is 17,800 acres.

Presentation to Mr. J. J. James, Miners' Agent The workmen employed at the New Cwmgorse Colliery have unanimously decided to present an illuminated ad- dress to Mr. J. J. James, and the following oommittee has been selected by the workmen: Mr. Wm. T. Rees (chairman), Mr. J. R. Jones, Belle Vue, Cwmgorse (secretary), Mr. D. W. Davies, Waunleishon (treasurer), John- ny Owen, Thos. Jones (G.C.G.), and John Davies, Cwmgorse. The oommittee do not intend to seek public subscriptions but if any friend or admirers of Mr. James wis to contri- bute, any subscription may be sent to the treasurer.

LABOUR PARTY'S DECISION TO CONTEST THE DIVISION. The South Glamorgan Labour Party have decided to select a Labour can- didate to contest the constituency at the next General Election, in succes- sion to Mr. W. Brace, M.P. This decision was reached at a con- ference held at Cardiff, and was con- veyed to our representative at the close of the meeting by the secretary:- 'The annual conference of the South Glamorgan Labour Party was held at the Ruskin Institute, Cardiff, Mr. Fred Walls in the chair. A telegram was read from Mr. D. Watts Morgan ex- pressing his regret that he could not a i tend, and hoping that there would be unanimity over the question of a Labour candidate. The conference was attended by 68 delegates from 27 or- ganisations, representing 13,100 mem- bers. "Mr. James Bowen. Tonyrefail, pro- posed that a Labour candidate be se- lected to contest South Glamorgan at the next General Election. Mr. F. J. Clark, Barry, seconded. "Mr. Cyril Thomas, Cymmer, moved as an amendment that Mr. W. Brace be asked to reconsider his decision, and that in the event of Mr. Brace not contesting the seat no Labour candi- date be selected. Mr. R. Roberts, Gil- fach Goeli, seconded the amendment. "On being put to the meeting, two voted for the amendment, and 66 against. The resolution was then car- ried unanimously. "Mr. Egerton Wake, a member of the National Committee of the Labour Party, attended the conference, and delivered an address." It will be recalled that when the South Wales Miners' Federation re- quested Mr. Brace to discontinue co- operation with the Liberal Party in his electoral campaigns, he replied that he did not entertain any hope of re- taining the seat under the conditions imposed, and he intimated his intention not to sook re-election for that con- stituency. The Liberals then took ac- tion, and selected the Hon. Roland Philips as their candidate. Mr. Frank Gaskell is the Unionist candidate. LABOUR CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED A successful public meeting took place I on Saturday at Pontyclun, for the pur- I pose of introducing a campaign for the re tention of the South Glamorgan seat for Labour. Mr Idwell Williams, who presided, pro- tested against Liberals crying that Lab- our candidates were splitting the Pro- gressive vote and then coming into con- stituencies such as South Glamorgan., which had been held by a Labour mem- ber. A resolution was moved by Mr W. J. Watkins, and seconded by Mr Arthur Payne, welcoming the decision of the annual conf erence of the South Glamor- gan Labour Party to contest the seat and pledging themselves, individually and col- lectively, to do all they could to secure the return of the Labour candidate. WHY LABOUR SHOULD NOT RUN I AWAY. Mr T. Mardy Jones, organiser for the Miners' Federation, thoilght Mr Brace had made a mistake in thinking that the seat coild not be retained without the aid of the Liberals. There were many reasons whv Labour should not run away and leave the Liberals and Tories to fight it out. The three elections fought by Mr Brace had cost the Miners' Federa- tion £ 6,183, and' if Labour now.ran away it would mean that the miners had made a present to the South Glamorgan Liberal Association of this sum of money. If the majority of the miners, railwaympn, dockers, tinplate workers, and others were true to their own Trade Unions and to Labour, a decent Labour candidate would keep the geat in a three-cornered fight. (Hear, hear). LIBERAL CANDIDATE "FOISTED" I ON CONSTITUENCY. Of the present voters in the constitu- ency, he estimated that about one-third would vote Unionist, one-third Radical, and one-third Labour; but there were 2,600 ownership votes, the majority' of which were plural or out-voters. There might be calculated at about 1,000 Radical and 1,600 Unionist. Assuming there was no general election this year, tho PlursJ Voters Bill would become law next year, would mean that 2,600 anti- Labour votes would be struck off and that the Labour vote would be the largest in the division. The Liberals (continued Mr Mardy Jones) before the miners executive had a chance of considering Mr Brace's do- claration foisted a candidate on the con- stituency. So that as far as South Glamorgan was concerned it was not the Labour party, but the Liberals who were splitting the vote. Liberals talked about democracy. Why their candidate was never chosen democratically at all. He. was foisted on the constituency by a cau- cus, and it was for the Labour party to say they were not going to be pulled this way or that way by the sons of lords or anybody else. He hoped they would paes I the resolution and tell the Liberals that they would fight to the last ditch. (ADo I plause). They were not going to be j diddled by the bogey of splitting the pro- gressive vote. (Hear, hear). If th'Te was a spotting cf a progressive vote tho fault would be that of the Liberals, not I theirs. Mr Tom Griffiths, organiser for the steel smelters in South Wales, addressed the meeting, and the resolution was do- clared carried unanimously.

I MR D. A. THOMAS HIS BUSINESS IN THE STATES Among the passengers who arrived in New York on Friday last, on board the Lusitan'a, was Mr D. A. Thomas, head of the Cambrian. Combine, whose visit to the States is regarded with no little in terest in commercial circles. Mr Thomas, in the course of an inter- vi-ew, sa,id the object of his visit was to meet financiers from Vancouver and Seattle, in order to discuss a scheme for the construction of a railway from Van- couver through the Peace River Territory to Athabasca. Charters had been asked for from the Dominion Government, and he believed the request bad bean success- ful. He was unable to discuss the scheme in detail, but if it met with success it would be a big thing, involving large ex- penditure and much teiritory. The ob- ject they had in view in constructing the pl'opœed line was the developmelt of tl? coal and other minerals in the reg!ou covered. Mr Thomas added that the negotiations would be conducted at Waldorf-Astoria Hotel here, and that he might be in a position to give out a statement for pub- lication soon. "I am not going to Canada," he added. In reply to further questions, Mr Thomas said "I am not here to nego- tiate a United States coal deal, but, of course, as a business man if anything arises I should be prepared to consider it. I am keeping a careful eye on the international coal situation, and espe- cially upon the efforts of American coal- owners to break into British preserves in the Mediterranean- Instances have al- ready occurred in which Americans have actually taken bu&iness from British merchants. Mr Thomas pointed out that American coal exporters were making the greatest progress in South America, and men- tioned that an Italian group was con- structing two vessels, each of 14,000 tons, to carry coal between Hampton Roads and Buenos Ayres. He did not think the lowering of t-he United States tariff would materially affect the export of Welsh coal, which was too expensive to compete with the domestic article. The coal situation in the United States was specially interesting in view of pos- sible industrial trouble in Great Britain. It would be quite easy to ship American coal to England, and so relieve any strain the.t might arise. The Panama Canal would naturally prove & benefit to American coalowners, who would supply practically all the coal used there. Asked for his views concerning the increasing use of oil fuel, Mr Thomas said, "Oil cannot displace coal. The British Admiralty will be compelled to have Welsh coal, no matter what the price may be." Mr Thomas expects to remain in America three or four weeks. ——————

Godre'rgraig Contractor Charged at Coventry Bail Allowed At Coventry on Thursday, Thomas Griffiths, builder, Godre'rgraig, was brought up on remand, charged with obtaining three cycles by false pre- tences, and also attempting to obtain one cycle. The latter charge was taken first, the prosecutors being the Quadrant Cycle Co. It was stated that in Dec. last on a form previously supplied, an order was received with the address Tarrenigleision farm, Pont- ardawe. A deposit of 9s. 8d. was en- closed, but as the result or enquires, the cycle was despatched, with the re- quest for a guarantor. Griffiiths re- plied asking for the return of the money if the firm were not satisfied. The firm's suspicions were aroused by receiving three orders from Godre'r graig, about the same time, and it transpired that Griffiths did not live at the farm, but at Tarreni terrace. The sub-postmistress at Godre'rgraig said the letters arriTed for T. S. Grif- fiths, addressed to the farm, where Samuel Griffiths lived, but were re- fused there and returned to the Poet Office. Prisoner called at the office for the letters, and received those addressed to the farm after signing a re-direc- tion form in her presence. Prisoner reserved his defence. In the case of the Humber Cycle Co. a eye! vpf. sent to D. Morgan, Bryn Bedw, Godre'rgraig, which was prison- er's home. P C. J: les spoke to having seen prisoner with a Humber machine, and Mr Rhvs Rees, builder, Ystalyfera, sa." he had agreed to accept the cycle in part payment of debt. Pr\ier again reserved his defence. 1 «• o other cases, one in regard to the Hobart Cycle Co., and the other by the Quadrant Cycle Co. were pro- ce- ed with, and prisoner was com- mitted for trial on all the four charges. Seating that he had a complete ans- wer t each cliarge, Griffiths appleid fcr b-,iii whi-11 W'16 avowed, himself in £100, and two sureties of £50 each. —————— ..8..

According to the yearly returrs fur- liiehed by local registrars, 881,480 births and 505,026 deaths were registered in England and Wales in the year 1913. The natural iiic-iease of population was there- fore 376,454. The birth-rate in 1913 was 23.9 per thousand of tho population, which is 0.1 per thousand above the rate in 1912. I

By John James, Miners' Agent. Events in the industrial world are moving rapidly, although seemingly slowly, towards the redressing of wrongs in the relations between em- ployers and workmen. The action of the South African Union Government in deporting the nine Trade Union leaders of that ill-fated country to the land that has been the nursery 4-f Trade Unionism, has undoubtedly given an impetus to Trade Union activity that will eventually prove beneficial to the workers in general.. At home, we find the administration of certain industrial :taid Trade Union laws most aggravating, with the re- sult that, where the workmen had re- posed their faith and hope for protec- tion from individual tyranny of em- ployers, in the legislative enactments formed and passed, professedly in their interests, they are deluded whenever these are put to the test in the courts of the country. On the other hand, they are called upon to explain and defend every right and privilege be- fore prt judiced judges, who are steeped in traditional antagonism to "combine tions of workmen" in "restraint of trade," and other legal jargon. The latest instance of this is the decision that employers can charge for storage, distribution, and other in- cidental expenses incurred in provid- ing their workmen with explosives used in the coal mines, provided they can prove that they do not make profit in the transaction; whereas the Coal Mines Act, 1911, specifically says: The price, if any, charged by the owner to the workman for any ex- plosives so provided shall not exceed THE ACTUAL NET COST TO THE OWNER The words in capital letters have entirely misled the miners of the coun- try, and not only the miners, but many Members of Parliament that were ac- tively engaged in framing this section of the Act. No wonder the workers are loosing faith in the legislature, and turning away in disgust to seek other means of repressing wrongs! The increased charges made by em- ployers for explosives since the opera- tion of the 1911 Mines Act, has had an adverse effect upon the earnings of a considerable number of colliers, rippers, and general repairers employed at col- lieries where large quantities of ex- plosives are consumed in the produc- t.on rtf "A cvmL A8d fli. linn nrnfif" stipulation has put no limit to the devices of the employers in placing the extra responsibility and obligations out- side their profit margin. For, where is the workman that can prove to the satisfaction of our law caurts that his employer is making a profit in the transaction P There seems to me only two courses open to the workmen to end this ambiguous interpretation of this, among other sections of the 1911 Mines Act: that is, to press forward an amendment in the Act to make the provision of all explosives free to the workmen; or, to refuse to handle them at their own cost. This course must be pressed forward without delay, 86 that when the promised Bill to amend the Act is brought forward by the Home Secretary, this provision should be included. This litigation, so costly even when cheap, made necessary by the arro- gance and determination of powerful capitalistic organisations to protect their profits, where legislative enact- ments encroach upon their preserves, inevitably leads the workers to reflect, and become still more determined to I organise their forces for combined action to enforce their demands; and the dual weapons of the strike and the vote will be weed in the near future with determuHvtkm hitherto unknown. The ready response given to the re- quest of the miners by the Transport Workers and the National Union of Railway Workers, to enter upon an ar- rangement for combined action when the demands of either are ignored, is ominous; and while the administration of the Compensation Acts and the Minimum Wage Act, as well as the Mines (1911) Act, remains within the present "sphere of influence," so an- tagonistic to the interests they were supposed to defend, the workers have no other course to adopt but to amal- gamate their foroea, frame their de- mands and press forward their atten- tion on the public and Parliament, un- til their grievances are redressed and their interests defended. The present year contains within its "sealed book" the possibilities of a peaceful revolution that may yet restore, or destroy oon- fidence in constitutional methods. «♦>»>

Historic Fortress DENBIGH CASTLE FOR THE NATION Denbigh Ctstgc,, a noble fortress stand- ing upon a. high craggy rock overlooking tho beautiful Vale of Clwyd, and built much in the style of Carnarvon Castle, is about to be handed over to the Office of Works to be m aintaincd as a nation- al monument. A large sium of money i* to be ex- pended upon restoration work.

(Continued from preceding column). inflated pension and gifts from the pub- lie-("Shame")-be.,e.itise he was a sol- dier, went and signed a tiling which alongside poor Crowsley's pamphlet was treason double dyed. ("Give it him.") He never felt more sorry than he did that night that they had not a citizen army. (Hear, hear.) Revolutions some- times came, and there was not the least doubt that if the common people of the country were armed they would :Ixl 'perfectly justifi-eit in rising, the moment Lord Roberts and his friends did so. If they began, he hoped there was still time for the people to step I in. (Hear, hear.) But that revolution would not be one of political or re- ligious bigotry. (Hear, hear.) Their revolution would be on the condition of the people; their revolution would be to throw off their backs the very men who were professing te love liberty so far as liberty at the present moment was concerned. CARDIFF CASTLE. I They had in the midst of their town an example of what he meant. Every stone of that castle was smudged with human blood, the robbery of the people, the poverty of the people. The destitu- tion of the people stood in magnificent attire in that castle. (Applause.) There was a family which had never done an honest day's work in their liver,-it had It never added a single silver sixpence to the wealth of the country. But it was in the position to rob, in the position to steal. And there were thousands of people in Cardiff, working and striving to make ends meet, cursed from their very infancy, in order to keep that thing going. (Hear, hear.) That was what the revolution was going to be about when they started. It had not been their choosing, it had not been their seeking. He hoped, if it started, they would see it through. (Loud ap- plause.) In reply to several questions, Mr. Macdonald stated that the La bour par- ty had secured more from the Govern- ment Vhan either Scotch, Irish, or Welsh parties. They had secured an extension of Part 2 of the Insurance Act, which would enormously benefit Trades Unionists.

I (Continued frorn pMcedlng column). g,wo,ow, dimin.ishing each year after t.he third year of payment by the sum of £ 50,000 until it is reduoed to £ 200,000. Judges are to be appointed by the Lord Lieutenant; a rota of Privy Coun- cillors to hear Welsh appeals is to be made annually by his Majesty, but nothing in the Acts is to affect the jurisdiction of too House of Lords to determine the claims 0( Welsh peerages. Any question aa to whether any Welsh Bill with provision is beyond the powers of the Welsh Parliament, or whether, any service is a Welsh service, or if the Joint Exchequer Board require a de- cision, such matter shall be referred to his Majesty in Council. The Lord Lieutenant is to have a six years' term of oiffce, and his salary and expenses shall ba paid' out of moneys provided by the Parliament cf the United Kingdom, but there shall be deducted from the transferred sum in each year towards the payment of the salary £ 5,000. All existing judges and all e-xiatin? Welsh officers in an established capacity are to continue in office. Provision is to Le made for the pay- ment of pensions where such would have been payable before the passing of the Act, and if any question arises as to whether an officer is a Welsh oiffcer, or so defined, that question shall be deter- mined by the Treasury. All existing laws, institutions, ind I authorities in wa-les, hether judicial, administrative, or ministerial, and all existng taxes n Wales, except" cs other- WJW provided, continw as if the Act ha,4 not Pa-,?, but with the modinca- tion8 necessary for adapting them to the Act. 'b