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Tom Evans' Farewell Tom Evans Farewe ll j DETERMINED TO STAND BY HIS II PRINCIPLES. Sir,—-I hope you have, a little 4pace in your valuable paper for Mr. Tom Evans* letter to the comrades — ¡ "I ana taken at last. I hope that this will Who a disappointment to those gallant patriots vrho labour under the >1 vision that I have forked out. Let me say that I have not been taken un- awareSi. I have all along looked forward with- perfect complacency to the time of commencing < to damy little oit. I hope tluit all the boys Will f [III, understand my attitude regarding the Inatter. I believe that the only attitude for all ;ho are in the least concerned about the future oar country's liberty and welfare is to follow lead of 'Brind' in Ibsen is play of that < ?: — | To aU the flock there cries ? One voice, "No craven compromise I ) Who a hours but by halves and shirks J ? The t?ll, is dammed in all his works, We must make good our teaching By living, not alone by preaching." i < am. graceful to all of those who have ex- ? ''?? syripathy with me, an d appreciation of *1 'onlv wish now is that the course Democracv will nourish in the locality if my t? umble bit of6ght will help that, then I am q?te a 1 iH. Half an hour before arrest. I n t vised by an old friend not to be foolish ann e'. my health by going to jail. I said < J feel strongly on the pcftnt, that "J 1« as th,.ose brave lads ont there on the ?"ns oi 1 I«mdti> and in the vei> adv(?rs(? cli- ttutfe af Mesopotamia are prupaTeél to endure phvs-lc??,1, for -VNTlla+, tl-ie?, wheve to I* right, I am also prepared to endure a-ro als?-i to end-,ij,o e,(?s c)ii. 1),o, -il oi, wl C., 'I 1 1 'J< "ill l it Iaiii ec?? 11 ifcle.-i-t of 4 1' -.is, J|. kat 'H'hereas we, only a small pod unpopular tol'llv ?i si),tall tyi'anny at tK' ->v c f ot Lime, we sh.di ha o the support 'iho çnlisted at the of the 'war' to figlil- for hbprty «..2v* heedom ibuad Do lose heart r such as I are btAi taken from the *o.a\e. faith in time itid experience. Dare a o¡}hmi:¡;tic. 1 hitll tight after coming out fought before) feeling proud to pa 10 testimony to My fa itl1 and principles. V cijf ..ilS Of ilil- pi, tiit, but To rail in may be forgiven out never to have failed in will. r my family will not worry for me. fprj iey need not because they know I'm a "sticker" ancyneai; to stick through. Many, no doubt, are ieaay to l1Ua vent to feelings of satisfaction at ffity removal. My 'experience of such persons is uitite ample; and I know that their judgment is based on ignorance and prejudice; oh, the silly, yompaet majority. You, boys, know my reason to 11 allowing my fine to be paid and for my Repudiation of all offers of help in this direc- tlOJJ. Let all know that I feel deeply grateful to tne. police for their conduct in my case. nroughxHit they have acted very gentlemanly, partieularl" the inspector and the sergeant. With the knowledge, that they at least, understand me, am contented to follow Marx's motto, °il ^'0l1r "? course, and let the people Hitended being busy to-dav with the Peace ^morial. I trust waf Monday will have .s; een -a few hundred thousands of signature's to hand. What a happy man I'd b? if, when I ooine out of prisoa, I should be acquainted with the fact, that peace has again been secured. Any- how, this Christmas will be as far as I'm con- cerned Peace in prison, goodwill to all ormllnah (and warders).' I daresay that many fire-eatinL' blood-spilling, armchair patriots will still retain their usual audacity and hypro- Giisy this Christmas and sing their halleluias of Jt'eace and Love.' What a blasphemous farce! well. I no more time now to go further, SO au BGTOIR for a tiUlP. TOMMY. Francas, nom Flectus. Then rarise the scarlet standard high! Within its shade we'll live or die, Though cowards flinch, and traitors sneer We'll keep the Red Flag flying here. It well recalls the triumphs past; It gives the hope of peace at last The banner bright, the symbol plain Of human right, and human gain. With heads uncovered swear we all To bear it onward till we fall, Come dungeon dark, or gallows grim, This song shall be our parting hymn. 4-ny correspondents with "Tommy" please WH!lIe to WIllie to TREVOK WILLIAMS. Brookfield, Ynysmuclw.

The Young Men First. HOW MUNITION COMB WILL PROVIDE MORE RECRUITS. TVI~ T  Aj°cai Uovernment Board on F riday nigM l. ssiled tho ??'' Office and Ministry of Munitions nohetatinO' that all war service badges and 'wr+ifie S Slanted to men classified as semi- ?11c'i ?' ?Rakiiied are withdrawn as from the 18th ll1t. s?ps will be taken in the first place "???'? tor mi] j?rT service men thus de- ?adged who ?? under 31 years of age and ?.? for general sex-rice; the release of men for mih- ary service will be dependent, where necessary, on the prO"¡i310n of substitutes. T'lie tollowiiifr additions has been made to the i tified occupations —"Approved Societies and insurance Committees.—Chie f And TOchnical officersto he treated as in a. certi- fied occupation if reüollunended by the National Health I Collimission. Unless in wholly exceptional (Ùeumstanees, the Commission will not recomnie#^ any man under 30 years of age who aas been :found fit for general service or for son duty abroad."

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Maesteg Notes. I J. Walliof, Newbold Is Address. I The small audience that assembled at the Co- operative Social Hall Maesteg, on Thursday even- ing last. were well paid for their attendance by the able and instructive lecture delivered by Comrade J. Walton Newbold on ?EcoRdmic Causes of the War." The meeting was held un- der the auspices of the Maesteg Branch I.L.P.. Comrade A. G. Jones presided. Mr. Newbold, at the opening' of his lecture said there are many causes alleged responsible for the war, including militarism (whatever it means), armaments, secret diplomacy, territorial ambitions of the Germans* etc., but they, he asserted were but secondary causes, the main causes were economic. He did not attach any more blame to Germany than Britain, to France than Austria, and the I same all round, and he said that this was as much of a, capitalistic war as was the South ¡ African War. He illustrated how the change came about in the Liberal and Radical Party towards war. Before the advent of steel, ships!' and guns there was nothing; for the capitalists to gain from war, rather it was only a loss to I them. The only persons benefiting by war in (those days were the landlords, who were in power and who faxed the people's food to pay for the war; a tax on corn 'meant a higher rent for the land and7 the manufacturers suffered. Ships for the Navy, the old Wooden Walls," only cost about £ 160 000 complete, the copper-plate bot- toms was, not of much worth from a profit stand- point for the people who had the contract of sup- plying them. The same thing applied to the supply of <"].ms, etc., the life- -of which was 40, or SO M\I, Now they were worn out after hi 1o to 20 rounds. At that time the army itiade, of bronze. He said that the wii i e of the material thrown (shells) at one an- other by the military ,of the both' s ides during the Nftpoleonie War was as muc h as was- used up in one, day's bombardment cr the Western Front- in the present war. The supplying of armamants had become a very profittbl< business now; hence -the jingoism of the old Peace, Retrench- ment an d Reform Party. W icrs' Meeting. > The annual meeting of the Cwrndu Lodge of the S.W.M.F. was held at North's Memorial Hall on Saturday. Evan l)a\ les (president) was in the chair. The election or officers resu l te d as \> Will. lui chugs, Mv. 1) (. ol delegate, Mr. T. J. Dineen (all < 1 clc < d u iop- posed); TTades Courrd delegates) |<« jh s hwuiwiico Committee, T. J. Dureen, Benjamin Howells; House Coal Committee, Ralph Jenkins (re-elected), and Thomas Joseph; Library and (president, re-elected), T. J. Dineen and Wm. Lloyd (re-elected), T. Joseph and W. Howells; Medical Fund Committee^. A. G. Jones, (re- elected) and Rees John; Works Uormnittee, W, Howells, D. J. Morgan (re-elected), T. J. Jam-:?, Benjamin Hoyd, Ralph Jenkins and D. Rees; auditor, Rees John. Sociology Lectures. I The platform, of the Progressive Free 'Church was occupied last Sunday evening by Mr. J. Evans, C.C.D.C., Nantyffyllon, when, he de- livered the first of a series of lectures he has consented to deliver 011 Sunday evenings at this I church on. "Sociology." They are the lecturer delivere d by Mr. Denis Her d M. A at  delivered by Mr. Denis Hord, M.A., at Ruskin I College, Oxford) when Mi'. Evans was a pupal at that institution. Mr. Hird was principal there previous to removing to the Central Labour Col- lege (London). The platform at these meetings is open for questions after every speaker has finished his address, so there is ample oppor- tunity for anyone who either disagrees with th& speaker or to whom the speaker has not made his points clear enough to have the matter set- tled on the spot, question time is generally very interesting. Next Sunday evening at 6 p.m. a ?Pleasant Sunday Evening, when aolo? duets and recitations will be rendered, I hear that an ex- cellent programme has been arranged. Every- body is invited, none barred, no matter what creed or colour. Mr. Evans will resums his lec- tures on Sun d ay, January 7th, 1917.

Ex-Inspector Syme. SENTENCE OF SIX MONTHS' IMPRISON. MENT. Ex-Inspector John Syme, secretary of the Na- tional Union of Police and Prison Officials, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment in the second division at Bow-street on Friday on the charge of spreading reports and making state- ments likely to prejudice the discipline of the Metropolitan Police Force. John Robert Pen- fold, treasurer of the union, charged with aiding and abetting Syme, was ordered to find a surety in £100 for twelve months, a condition of the surety being that he did nothing during that period to prejudice the discipline of the police force. lffl passing sentence on Syme the magistrate said that he had levelled charges indiscriminately against superior police officers, and had been en- couraging men to disobey orders which was cal- culated to prejudice the discipline of the force.

Answers to GorrsspenMs, I I '"T-VT "Tlje practice of paying wet rent for the use of rooms an lioensed premises is entirely illegal under the Liquor Control Re- gulations of the, Defence of the Realm Act, which proviSe that no man shall consume drink for which he does not directly pay. The police can: certainly take action against any secretary or other member taking dripk paid for as "wet rent out of the funds of any committee, society or organisation. INTERESTED*—N.U.J." dimply means National Union of Journalists, and is not a de- gree or mark of efficiency grkinted in examina- tion. It merely indicates membership of the Unloii, just as a, member of the S.W.M.F. might tttek those letters ofter his name. It does not in any way affect a man's ability or disability to teach any subject.

S Merthyr Assessments. I COLLIERY LICENSING & AGRICULTURAL APPEALS. II The Merthyr Assessment Committee met on Wednesday, the Rev. LI. M. Williams -(Rector of Dowlais) presiding. Nixon's Navigation <.»on!«„nv (Ltd.) asked for an adjournment of then appeal against the as- sessment respecting coal from the Deep Duffryn Colliery, Mountain Ash, >, h ch happens to be worked in the parish of Aber d are. It was re- ported that an appeal against. the new assess- ment of the Pontypridd Union regarding the cocaJ, from the same colliery brought, up within the parish of Llanwonno was pending. As the case worked in Aberdare was a small part of the output of the enliicry it was decided to allow the matter to stand over pending the result of the appeal to the Pontypridd Assess- ment- Committee. Mrs. B. lVi, ee of the Queen's Hotel, Aberdare, iKid for a reduction in the assessment of her valued at £ 160 gross and £ 128 rateabh < n the ground of deprecia- tion of trade due to the wai\ The assessment was confirme d Te license of the Red Lion Inn, Cwmtaff, being in abeyance and the premises now being used as a dwelling-house, the gross valuation was reduced from £ 30 to £ 7 10s. and the rate- able value from £20 to Mr. F. T. James (clerk) reported that about 60 appeals against the new assessments of agri- cultural land had been received. It Was agreed, to deal with them at a special meeting of the Committee on Saturday week.

?A ? ld i\n. ,P I A Mine. I BWLLFA COLLIERIES AT ABERDARE. I Mr. Mdh С;wies hrougl¡t forward a motion at Wednesday's meeting the Merthyr Assess- ment Committee to the effect that a new valua- tion should be taken of the Bwllfa and Merthyr iJare Collieries in the parish of A.berdare. He said these collieries had been lC a gold mine," and had been paying 150 pev cent., whilst their owners were making huge rofits now. The pro- perties had not been valued unee 1898. Mr..F. T. James (clerk) pointed out that last summer the committee in conference with the coal-owners of the district agreed to an increase of 5 per cent. in the ssments of their col- lieries. It was quite in order to undertake a new valuation, but the question that arose was whether it was honourable to do so in face of thip agreement. Mr. John Prowie suggested that the valuation of the collieries in the Merthyr Union's area should be revised. Mr. Rees Rees: It is not an appropriate time. Mr. D. W. Price (assistant-overseer) said the present rateable value of the Bwllfa Collieries was £ 10,000. Mr. T. T. Jenkins supported the suggestion for a new valuation on the ground that it would provide a test case as to the position under the Government Control of the Mines Order. Eventually it was agreed to adjourn further consideration of the matter until the April meet- 1I ing of the Comm ittee.

Correspondents are requested to condense their letters as much as passible. Letters of a personal character will not be inserted. The Editor wishes it to be distinctly under- stood that he will not hold himself responsible for the opinions or statements of correspondents nor undertake to return rejected manuscripts. Correspondents MUST write on ene side of the paper only.

THE USE OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. Sir,—I wish to call public attention to the way some of our elementary schools are used to ad- vertise certain private commodities, for the pur- pose of popularising them through our school- children, and also enriching the owners. This seems to be a very easy and cheap way to reaeh the public. The schools that have cost the rate- payers thousands of pounds to build were built for educational purposes, and not as advertise- ment depots. Another "question which needs public ,attention, is the way our rchools have, been militarised. What the Earl of Meath failed to do in 21a years, this Twentieth Century war has been able to ac- complish in two and a half years. Go through a number of our schools, and what will you find hanging upon the walls as decorations but the the heores of war, and those that have and are enriching themselves on the lives of the people. The music sung are the songs of war, and not the songs of humanity as When wilt Thou save the people." I wonder would the peoplel who agitated so much in the past for a free sys- tem of education, with, high ideals of the power of education in moulding intellect and character., have sacrificed so much to erect 'schools to train and educate the young minds to take their part in civic life of the State, if they knew they were to be used as barracks and training places for capitalistic wars of the fiittli-e.-Youts, etc., A RATBPATKW. THE MOTHERS' ARMS. I TO TEH EDITOR. 85.r,-Christmas is upon us once more and I venture to make a very earnest appeal through your columns on behalf of the babies at the Mothers' Arms, the public house at 438, Old Ford-road, Bow, which we have converted into a day nursery with Montesseri class, baby clinic and milk house. I write in the hope that in those homes where Christmas fare will not be missing and especially where there are little children, some receptacle may be set aside, marked For the Babies at Mothers' Arms," so that Christmas thoughts may be easily converted into deeds, and gifts in money, clothing, food and toys may accumu- late up to the New Year, with spiritual gain to the givers and untold benefit to our babies. With cost of living raised 55 per cent., and cost of food 78 per cent. (Board of Trade) which last means Is. can only purchase 6-Jd. worth of food, anl with many a woman on Government work earning less than 3d. an hoirc, or 15s. a week (Report of War Emergency Workers' ra- tional Committee) it is obvious that unless help comes from' outside the home, many fittle ones must go shorter of the necessaries of life, than ever before. I add a list of a few typical cases on our books:— Mrs. A.-—Husbaad discharged soldier; 4s. 6d.. pension, suffers from rheumatism, does odd work when he can get it and is able to do it; seven children. Mrs. IA-Hiisb,a-iid ill and unable to work: 14s. a week from Poor Law; rent 3s. 6d.; two children. Mrs. B. Husband, furniture packer, earns 25s. a week, five childwii, two of thpm very delicate. Mrs. B.—Husband, hawker, doing badly, is medically unfit; two children. Mrs. X ,-Husband, carman, earns 30s., rent 5s., six children; mother ill. Parcels (registered) should be sent direct to Miss Smyth, 400, Old Ford-road, Bow, E., and I will gladly acknowledge subscriptions and dona- tions at Langha.ro House, HaTow.Yours, etc., BARBARA TOHAYKOVSKT, M.D. CARDIFF ARISE! ECONOMICS CLASSES FOR THE WORKERS. TO THE EDITOli. Dear Comrade.—A few workers, readers of the are settin about the formation of a class under the auspices of the Central Labour College League. A meeting is to be held on the first Sunday in January, 1917, at 3 o'clock, at No. 8, Queen-street, Cardiff (over Oarew's, den- tist). We want as many as possible to come, es- pecially readers of the "Pioneer, who have been reading the excellent essays by Mark Starr. We have not a place where workers of Cardiff can be-taught OI king-class economics, here is a, chance. We lr x be offer or a- good teacher and lecturer, Coiiu ule A. E. Cook, of the S.W.M.F. Let us see if Cardiff, the Metropolis of Wales, cannot have the largest class in Wales. I believe there are in Cardiff something- like 20,000 Trades Unionists. Surely, out of that large number we ought to expect at least 100 men who are prepared to spend an hour or two each week in the study of worl-dng- elass econo- mics. Will the readers make it known amongst their workmates and in Trade Union Lodges and everywhere the workers congregate.—Yours, etc., BE* EVANS. 73, Upper Kincraig-street, Cardiff, December 24th, 1916. NAVVY PAT AND TAFFY." TO THE EDITOR. m.. it. Ir J I "1 ø my aear s any.—may au tne saints o-xess ye lor tacklia' me, for a man that has things all his own way, an' no wan to interfeer wid him; grows into a nuisance. But why do ye grumble at my views bein' panoramic or kaleidoscopic; is not life itself capable of a similar description, especially in war time? An' isn't the very variety ye grunt about a charm in itself, wiett it where ye like? Ye didn't think it worth while interferin be- fore, but now Pat is part of the Pioneer," as' if somethin' isn't done, etc., etc. Now Taffy darlin'—that's all wrong. It's always "worth while" tacklin' anything ye think is wrong, an' we'd both have been the better if ye'd done, it; an as for the credit ov the Pioneer," ye can safely lave that to the Editor, for ve'll have to do it any way. r His remarks in last week's issue are the limit." Ye're wrong again, Taffy. The next remarks, which have waited three weeks for a chance to appear, will require a stretch ov the limit; an ye find fault wid me fur praisin' the miners' leaders for their improved actions an' blaimin' them for not goin' further; why! what else cud I do? "The next picture is a cut at Democratic Control."—Ye're wrong again, Taffy, me jewell. It's cut a.(Yin' the Union ov Democratic Control goin' again' the voice ov the people as expressed in the rusth to the colours an' the immense sums raised on behalf or our Tommies; the Prince ov Wales' six millions, an' the honderds upon hon- derd s ov thousands for uther benefits; did ye irrer know any disaster fetch such sumø? That they were small in comparison to the national needs is the fault ov a eheesparing Gruverament. To any ordinary observer it would have appeared, etc."—Well! Don't ye see that if ye'd been the laisto taste in the world above an ordinary observer ya'd have observed that the disgraceful peosion affairs ye twit me wid, can't be blamed to the people's want ov enthmsiasm, bunt to the same cheesparin' Guvernment ? Again, yer powers ov observation fails J4e, whin ye tackle me for deny in' the right ov the Union ov Democratic Control to embarass the Guvveiaiment, who were carryin' out the will of the people, an ye foJiow up wid "No he did not say it was wrong of the miners to embarass the Guvernment. That's what he should have said, etc." Now, Taffy, don't ye see that the Union goin' agin' the voice or the people puts them out ov court; the, miners were fightin' for their rights, an' M the Guvverment had been loyal to the people it gurerns there wud have been no trouble at all in them naakin' the coal oyrners stump up. The rest ov your letter bein' general disparage- ment doesn't need 'answerill', an I'm as pleased as Punch at the whole a Sair; it's a nate first attemt, an' if ye only keep trying, the-pair ov us will put the wurld right. Try again, an may Saint Patrick himself help ye to do yer best.—Yours till death, NAvvy PAT. [This letter has been inadvertently held up for .r held up for a fortnight.—Ed.]

Dock Gates Peace Meeting MISS PANKHURST"S EXPLANATION OF THE BREAK-UP. The following account of the broken-up peace meeting in East India Dock-road, is taken from our bright contemporary, The Woman's j Dreadnought," of which Miss Sylvia Pankhurst I. h .J is the editor — On Wednesday, 13th inst., when we heard that the Central Powers had invited the Allies to enter inic peace negotiations, the W.S.F. de- cided to attempt to secure an expression of the widespread desire for peace which undoubtedly ^exists by the holding of an open-air meeting at I'he Bast India Dock Gates on the following Sun- day afternoon. Only a hastily-convened meeting could be hoped for in the few days that re- mained. Attempts were made, through Mr- George Lansbury, to induce the Poplar Trades Council to co-operate, but the notice was pro- bably too short for anything to be done by that body. It was decided to put some posters on the walls announcing the meeting without wait- ing for names of speakers or organisations. Mr. Attlee, of the Poplar I.L.P., Mrs. Drake, Mrs. Walker, Miss Bennett, Mrs. Boyce, and Miss Sylvia. Pankhurst agreed to speak. The- East London I.L.P.'s and B.S.P.'s were communicated with.. Saturday's pitch black fog interfered with the advertisement of the meeting, as it made it impossible for the posters to be seen. On Sunday the fog, though not very dense, was again a handicap. Nevertheless a. fairly large crowd of people assembled at the Dock Gates, amd the majority of the crowd were either dis- tinctly sympathetic towards the object of the meeting or at least wanted to hear what was being said. Four or five elderly men had come to make mischief, however, and their noisy shouts were backed up by some irresponsible boys in thefi- teens. A Canadian soldier protested that the speakers should be given a hearing, and declared that it was only those who had never been in the trendies and who believed themselves abso- lutely safe from the danger of being sent there who were opposed to peace negotiations. Other members of the audience eagerly reinforced him, taking the part of the speakers so vigorously that the hubbub made it diiEcult for anyone to Mrs. b.? bc?c. "\V • Look ,J1C cL-alr. Mrs. Drake and Ars -i!, e r both spoke. When Mr. Attlee was speaking, the chair which served for a platform was pushed over by the disturbing element. It was picked ltp, and Miss Sylvia Pankhurst, with the aid of some friends, sprang upon it, but Miss Bennett, who was standing by, slipped down in resisting the pressure of the crowd which wa.s partly caused by the disturbing element, partly by the curiosity of those who did not quite know what was happening. Miss Pank- hurst and the others holding die chair stooped tp help up Miss Bennett. The chair was again righted, and Miss Pankhurst began to speak. But at this moment a band of police who had stood away from the meeting making no attempt to keep order pushed their way into the crowd, forcing a passage for themselves by striking out with their fists and shouting that this was a dis- orderly meeting that must be dispersed. With- out ceremony they pushed Miss Pankhurst and her immediate group of supporters, chair and all, round the corner, paying no attention as to whether anyone was hurt by their lack of cere- mony. Sympathisers followed the speakers, dis- turbers remained wrangling at the dock gates. East India Dock-road is one of the widest trnain roads leading out London. At that point it is bordered by iron railings with a convenient broad stone base about eighteen inches high, a most convenient platform. Miss Pankhurst mounted it and proceeded to continue the meet- ing. In a moment the police came hurrying up and the sergeant said to her, If you will get down from here you can go back to speak in th* proper place." She instantly agreed, but as soon as she set foot on the pavement and turned to- wards the dock gates the police laughed and pushed her away in the opposite direction. She crossed. to the other side of the road selling papers, then returned to the railings and ad- dressed an orderly crowd till the police again re- turned and arrested her. Mrs. Drake clung bO her, and was also arrested. Meanwhile Mrs. Walker had carried the, chair to the dock gates and was holding an orderly meeting when the police appeared arid arrested her. Mr. Edgar Lansbury was standing amongst a crowd of 150 people near the dock gates when a policeman ordered him away. H. said; I must etav about here because, I ant waiting for my wife," but turned to move slowly around. The poiclemao pushed him, he turneel sharply round to see who was pushing him, w hereupon the policeman seizod his collar and arrested him. Immediately afterwards Mrs. Minnie Lansbury came up and saw her husband being dragged off in custody. She ra-n Alongside askiiig what had happened. A plain clothes con- stable struck her and kicked her ankle, and thlD arrested her. The five persons who had been arrested we. taken to the neighbouring police-station. After being charged they were put in the colls and kept there for some time. At the Thames Police Court next day Mrs. Walker, who was charged with "insulting lan- guage and behaviour," asked for an adjourn- ment. Her case was heard at Thames Police Couurt on Wednesday morning, December 27th. The Magistrate assured Miss Pankhurst and l\lr. Drake that he recognised the sincerity of their convictions, and asked them to be bound over to go away whenever the police told them that they must not speak. They replied that they could not give such an undertaking, and were ordered to pay £ 2 each or seven days in default of distress. Mr. and Mrs. Lansbury were discharged. The police evidence was embroidered with pic- turesque fabrications which included statements that several people had been knocked over and that the crowd had threatened to throw Miss Pankhurst in the dock. The Canadian soldier who supported peace ne- gotiations at the Dock Gates has sinoo sent us 5s. 6d., with a request to go en agitating.