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AMUSEMENTS. E tiMpEMEïTsR E I OXFORD STREET, SWANSEA. I Monday, Feb. isth, and Twice Nightly at 6.50 and 9.0 during the week. Philip Braham presents THE GROTESQUES, Including Vivian Foster, in their Celebrated Burlesques. New Series of Up-to-date Subjects on THE AMERICAN BiO&COPE. I CHAS VINCENT, Comedian. GRIFFIN AND ARDEL, American Reentries. CHRISTINE ROY, Lulu Y Oil Linden" from The Eternal Waltz." FR£D. WILDON, The Plionofkidledeoddity. JACK MARKS, A. Clever Juvenile Hebrew Comedian. M E N F- T E K E L, The Writing Bail. Introduced by iiiiain Berol. The most Perplexing Puzzie of the present period. RADFORD & VALENTINE The Quaint Jugglers. GRAND THEATRE SWANSEA. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16th, 1914, For isix lights at d.30, and .MATINEE SATURDAY at 2.30 p.m. Mr. William Greet's Chief Company, II irom the Lyric Theatre, W. THE SIGN OF THE CROSS NEAT WE;- K- Mr..Robert Cfiurtioge's Co. in the J ja test London -iiicce-oLi, THE PEARL C I R L. THEATRE ROYAL WiND STREET, SWANSEA. Welcome Return Visit of Mrs. Frank Bate- man's Celebrated Repertoire Company, in- eluding Mr. Fred Ccddard. On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, Feb. l&th, 17th, 18th, and 19th, 1914. at 7.30, BETWEEN TWO MEN (A Stary of the Rosary). On Friday and Saturday- S A P H 0. PRICES;—Circle, Cå.. Pit and Prqmenade, id.. Stalls. Royal box, 1S, id. THE SHAFTESBURY, St. Helen's Road, Swansea. The Charming and Cosy West End Cinema. To-ntghts Programme- On Monday. Feb. 16th, 1914, and every ivening during the week at 7.45. THE WASTREL, The Latest and Greatest Pathecolor Play. Also Pathe's Gazette and Comic Fiims. THE PICTUREDROME, Mort-iston. To-night's Programme,- THE MYSTERY OF THE SILVER SKULL (Vitagraph). The Stolen -Itiniature.Or tne Love of Mabel.—Snooks the Amateur Trainer.-The Troublesome Telephone.—Pathe's Animated Gazette of the World's News. THE TIVOll, Cwmbwrla. To-night's Star Picture— THE BERYL CORONET. THE PICTORI UM, St. Thomas. To-night's Star Pictiiro- A VENOMOUS BITE. THE PALACE, High-street, Swansea. To-night's Star Picture— A VENOMOUS BITE. THE GLOBE CINEMA, Clydach. To-night's Star Picture- BLOW FOR BLOW. THE B PICTURE HOUSE, HICH STREET, SWANSEA. NON-STOP RUN FROM 2.30 TILL 18.30. t STILL the Most Popular House In Swansea. TO-DAY'S PROCRAMME- THE BERYL CORONET (Sherlock Holmea Series). The High-born Child and the Beggar.— Professor Rean's Removal.- THE IRONFOUNDER, -Bloomer's Accident. KINEMACOLOR SUN-KISSED PICTURES In Natural Hues and Tints. Brown's German Liver Cure.-molesey Ragatta.-Loytham Rose Festival.-Royai Visit to Blackpool. Path»'a Animated Gazette and Topical Cartoon. Change of Pictures Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. CASTLE CINEMA. (Adjoining Leader" Buildings) WORCESTER PLACE, 8WANSCA. Proprietors: Castle & Central Cinemas, Ltd. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, Continuous Performance, 2.30 to 10.30. FOR HER GOVERNMENT. A Sensational Biograph Drama, de- picting a wife's devotion to a worthless husband. ACROSS THE ALLEY. A Highly Amusing "Keystone" Comedy, m which that famous force—the Key- stone Police" have a lively time. A STREET WAIF. A Dramatic Story of the Underworld. A FOOTPRINT CLUE. An Exciting Kalem Western Drama of a Cowboy's Sacrifice. And other Entertaining Pictures. ORCHESTRAL MUSIC. Note the Popular Prices— CtRCLE, la.; STALLS, 6d. and 3d. Ahange of Programme Thursday. LANDORE NEATH LANOORE CINEMA, ROAD, Continuous Performances Daily 6 till 10.30, To-night's Programme— BY THE HAND OF A CHILD. A CUNNING fNTRICUE f American Illustrated Song SWtiesfiightiy Vocaliat. Mr. Wilson Mack. The above supported by a grand array << Oomic Subject*. AMUSEMENTS. OXFORD Electric Theatre, UNION STREET, SWANSEA. I Monday, Tuesciay, and Wednesday, THE SHERIFF AND THE RUSTLER. (Selig). The OlxlinaryWestern Picture Play is anaemic compared with this great sensation. THE TROUBLESOME MOLE. Real Sparkling Comedy. TWINS AND THE OTHER GIRL. A Comedy Draina by Thanbouser. THE FATAL SHOT. A Screen Play tha.t will move the multitude. SHE SHOULD WORRY (Comedy). BUDGET. SWANSEA'S LEADING & HIGH- CLASS CINEMA-THE CARL TON OXFORD STREET. TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME:— THE BLACK SHEEP Broncho. (A Thrilling Western Story, telling how a man was saved in epite of himself.) | The Tango Dance .Cines. ill Jock's Suicide A.B. ë Zepherou-s at the Seaside Cosmo. 1 Feeding the Animals .Vitagmph. 1 The Last Deal A.B. j .Pathe's Gazette a.nd Cartoon THE FAMILY HONOUR .EdiBon. NON-STOP RUN FROM 2.30 to .10.30. Orchestra Plays 2.30 to 5, and I 7 to 10.30. I PRICES: Pit Stalls, 6d.; Circle, is. 1 THE ALPHA, Morriston. Manager F. Danvers. TO-NICHT- A CHEQUERED^ WOOINC One of Pathe's Masterpieces. With an Exceptionally Strong Programme. ST. CABHIEL'S HALL, SWANSEA. 1 Wednesday, Feb. 18th, 1914. i xiHUMORESKS I (Swansea'a Famous Oon-oert, H I Doors Op-en 7.15 p.m.; ,Oommen CiDg 7.45. | ADMISSION—2s. (Reserved) and le. K Concert Direction-)fcCrea and Phillips. Glouceateiv ALBERT H A L L, SWANSEA. TO-NIGHT (MONDAY), at 8. ADA CROSSLEY, The World-Renowned Contralto, and MARK HAMBOURC. "Th, Successor of Rubenstein" (Vide Press). RESERVED SEATS.-Ai-ea, 59., 4s., and 3s. 6d; Balcony, 59. and .39, 6d. UNRE- SERVED SEATS.-Balcony. 2s. 6d.; Promeo- ad2 (Area), Is. 6d.; Gallery, Is. Doors Open at 7.30; Early Doors at 7.15. 6d. extra. Ticket Holders free. Carriages 9.50. Plan and Tickets at Messrs. Thompson and Shackall's Mcalc Warehouse, 39, Castle-street, Swansea. GWYN HALL, N EATH, FEBRUARY 19th and 21st. THE EVENT OF THE SEASON. THE GRAND OPERA- "THE ROSE OF CASTILE." (BAjLPE) will be performed by the CADOXTON AMATEUR OPERATIC SOCIETY. Doore Open at 6.45 p.m.; Commence at 7.30. <■ v PUBLIC NOTICES. v gWANSEA JgDUCATLON COMMITREE. A LECTURE by PERCY SHUTTLEWOOD, ESQ. M.R.S.A., on "DUTCH ART" (ILLUSTRATED BY LANTERN SLIDES), » will be delivered at the Public Library, Alexandra-rd SWANSEA, on THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, at 8 p.m. prompt. Chairman— HIS WORSHIP THE MAYOR (Alderman T. T. CORKER). Doors Open at 7.30 p.m. ADMISSION FREE, LECTURES TO MIDWIVES. The NEXT COURSE of LECTURES will commence at 12 o'clock noon, ON TUESDAY, MARCH 3. at the SWANSEA CENERAL HOSPITAL, The Swansea Borough Council grant annually 12 Free Studentships tof which 4 are available for thia cotirse) to Women resident in t.he Borough. Persons desirous of obtaining one of the Free Studentships must apply to Dr. Thomas Evans, Super- visin,g Officer, Health Offioee, 6wansea, on or before February 24th, 1914. The Glamorgan County Council offer dur- ing each year to persons reeidijig in the County of Glamorgan, but outside the Borough of Swansea, 5 Free Studentshipe, j' I each cf the value of £:3 13s., to cover prac- tiœl work for three months, and 5 Free Scholarships, each of the value of £ 2 Zs.1 to cover fees for ONE COURSE of ILecture& AT?lioa?one for thMe must be made to John James, Esq., Education Department, Glamorgan County Council, County HaJi, Cardiff. Further Tarti-oulare oan be obtained on application from D7. Thomae Evans, Public Health. Ogs". 5, Prospect-place, Swansea. J PUBLIC NOTICES. I ALBERT HALL, Swansea. PUBLIC IEETIII, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20,1914 Speaker J. DEVLIN, ESQ., M.P. (The Great Irish Orator). ChaLirman- RIGHT HON, SIR ALFRED mm A LE.F im EoUnm0mReD BART., itan lam BART., P. Q R ORGAN RECITAL BY MR. EVAN WALTERS, R.A.M. Doors Open at 7.30; Meeting to Oornmence at 8 P.M. ALBERT HALL MEETING, FRIDAY NEXT. The Members of the Hibernian and Irish Leagues invite all Friends of Ire- land to MEET AT ST. JOSEPH'S, at 6.30 p.m., FRIDAY. and to join the PROCESSION TO THE ALBERT HALL TO WELCOME MR. JOE DEVLIN, M.P. ST. JOSEPH'S BAND. NATIONAL LEAGUE -OF- YOUNG LIBERALS MOND HALL. PARLIAMENT TUESDAY at 8 p.m. EDUCATION BILL." Good Attendance Last Week. All Young Liberals' Urged. to Attena. SMOKER (F%BE)* i THURSDAY at 8 p.m. ALBERT HALL, FRIDAY. 3m. JQE DEVLIN, M.P. SATURDAY- LECTURE RECITAL Mr. LLEWELYN BEVAN, L.R.A.M., A.R.C.Q. "MU3IC A MIRROlt OF MOODS." N.B.—Hie Officials will be glad if all Old Members will re-join soon as possible. SW .A:EA. EDUCATION COMMITTEE. OOAJJ MTSES ACT, 1911. FIREMEN'S AND SHAYIS-RENIS CEAFLOTOATEA. AN EXAMINATION for CERTIFICATES for COLLIERY FIREMEN AND SiHOTCMEN will be held at the CENTRAL RESCUE i STATION, STRAND, SWANSEA, on SATUR- DAY, the 7th MARCH, 1914. Entries must reacih the undersigned at the Technical College, Swansea, not later than tbe 28t.h Februa.ry. Particulars as to fees, etc., can be obtained. "WM. JAMES, Secretary- PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT. I A GRAND EISTEDDFOD will be held at Llangyfelach Chapel, on April 18th, 1914. CHIEF CHORAL £ 5 and Silver Cup. CHAMPION SOLO &2 2s. OTHER SOLOS 10s. 6d. each. For Programmes apply to Mr. W. O. Lewis, Hwldtfu, Llangyfelach. CYMDEITHAS CYMRODORION ABERTAWE. NOS FAWRTH NESAF, Chwef. 17eg, Traddodir DARLITH Ar BEN BOWEN," gan y Parch. ROBERT BEYNON, B.A., Abercrave, Yn y LLYFRCELL GYHOEDDUS. Cadeirydd: Yr Henadur JNO. JORDAN* Llansamiet. Gwahoddiad cynnes i bawb. ITY COLLEGE OF MUSIC LOCAL ,.1., EXAMINATIONS. Chairman of Bcaid- Sir Frederick Bridge, C.V.O. The Last Days of Entry for forthcoming Examlnatione at the Swansea Centre are as under, viz. FEB. 20th, FOR PRACTICAL, ,MARCH, 1914. HAY 27tb, FOR PRACTICAL. JUNE. 1914. MAY 2flth, FOR THEORY, JUNE, 1914. Fifty Local Exhibitions in Preetical LW-ueio and Twelve in Theory of Music (tenable at Local Centree in the United Kingdom, India, and the Colonies), and a, number of National Prises are annually awarded. Local Secretary-ARTHUR HEY, Mus Bac., t. S.O.O., Addrees-17, Walter-road, Swansea, from whom the current S/Uabua may be obtained. SALES BY AUCTION. Feb. 17.—Sale Penrice Home Farm, James Gnd James, at 12 noon. Feb. 18.-3ale Salee, John F. Harvey and Sons, at 12 coon. February 18,-Sale Furniture, etc., at Albert Hall: Astlty Samuel. Feb. 20.—Sale Mizpah," Carlton-terrace, Asrtley Samuel, at 11 a.m. Feb. 25 and 26.—Sale, 297 and 280, Oxfrod- street, James and Jamees. ALBERT HALIa SWANSEA. TO HOUSEHOLDERS AND THOSE ABOUT TO FURNISH. Mr. Astley W. Samuel FJL.I., If AS received .instructions to REMOVE and SELL BY PUBLLC AUCTION, on WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 18th, 1914, Valuable Household Furinituret AND EFFECTS, Very Superior UPRIGHT GRAND PIANO- FORTE (by Brader), Splendid PIANOFORTE in Rosewood (by Coilard and OolLard), 66- Note Angelus-Brinsmead PLAYER PIANO and Quality of Rolls, Choice Chippendale Mahogany Drawing-room Suite, Richly- carved Mahogany Chippendale Cabinet, Ele- gent Ohippendal-e Occasional Table, Beauti- fully-doesigned Chippendale Mahogany Oyer- mantel, Copper Tray Table with Copper Kettle and Lamp, very fine Walnut Bow- fronted Sideboard, exceptionally good Wal- nut Telescope Dining Table, Axminete-r Oar. pet Square, Superior Saddlebag Dining-room Suite, Sheffield and Electro Plate, Entree Dishes, Valuable Marble Clocks and Orna- ments, Beautiful Sheraton Bedroom Suite, Fine Mahogany SWoboard, Braas-Bedsteads, Mocfrive Oa]. llall Stand with Chairs to raatoh, Large Walnut Mirror, Valuable Paintings, Quantity of Superior 'Linoleums, All-Brass Fenders and Irons, Fire Screens, Cutlery, Kitchen Tables, Quantity of China, etc., etc. 8; h.p. ROVER MOTOR CAR. 6J h.p. DE DION MOTOR CAR. 31 h.p. HUMBER MOTOR CYCLE. (Thie Motor Care and Motor Cycle will be offered for Sale at 12.45 p.m.). Ctooda on View Morning of SaJe. Terms: Gash. Sale to Commence at 11 a.m. p-rompt. Auctioneer's Offices: King's Chambers, Swansea. Docks Tel.: 266. i 3, 4 and 5. GOAT-STREET. SWANSEA. To Soiicitora, Bankers, Manufacturers, County Councils, Clerks to District and Parish Councils, Tradesmen and Othere. Messrs. J. F. Harvey & Sons ";trILL offer for PCliuiC OOMPETTliON y" on WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18Ui, 1914, at the above ad drees, a Valuable Con- signment of 15 High-cla«s Cold Bent St.ee1 SAFES, Various Sizes, from 20 inches to 4 feet high, with all the latest and most approved modern fittings and improvements. Manu- factured by the weil-known firm of Messrs. THOMAS WITHERS AND SON, Phcenix Safe Works, West Bromwich. The Consignment ie direct from the Makers, and the Auctioneers can with con- fidence recommend Mesors. W. & Son's Safes to the Public, as they have attained a world- wide celebrity and are now in use in His Majesty's Government and Poet Oflicee in England and India, The Birmingham and Dudley Banking Co., The Joint Stock Bank- ing Co., The Agra Bank of India, The Bir- mingham and Worcester Banking Co., The Bank of Holland. The Birmingham and Worcester Canal Co., The Delhi and London Banking Co., The Imperial and other In- surance Companies, The Wesley an and General Insurance Co., Solicitors, Corpora- tions, Jewellery, Merchants, etc.; many are also i n use in Swansea, and District. On View Morning of Sale. Sale to Oommenoe at 12 noon. PENBICE HOME FARM. REYNOLDSTON. GOWER. Distant about 6 nxilee from Killay and about equi-diatant from Llanmorlais on the Lon- don and North-Western Railway; 12 miles from Swansea on the direct motor route, Swanae-* to Reynoldston and Port Eynon. EXCEPTIONALLY IMPORTANT AND EX. TENSIVE FAT STOCK SALE. Messrs. James and James F.A.I.. A RE favoured with instructions to SELL -cL by PUBLIC AUOTION at the Farm, as above, on TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17th, 1914, the undermentioned Prime FAT STOCK. viz.- 40 FAT CATTLE, comprising 2 and 3-year oil Cross-bred and Shorthorn Steers and Heifers. all stall-fed with cake and meal for months, and in prime condition. 35 FAT PIGS, including Baconers and Porkers. 211 FAT LAMBS, EWES, and WETHERS, COYnprising 153 Lambs, 31 Ewes, 18 Wethers, 2 two-year-old Ryeland Rams and 7 Yearl- ing do.; all root and corn fed in pens; also 1 Pedigree Shorthorn STOCK BULL, eligible for thf Herd Book; and 2 Excellent Five-year-old COBS, with good bone and substance. Luncheon, by ticket only, at 11.30 Sale to Commence Promptly at 12 noon. Terms, Cash. Note.-Arrangemelits have been made for the "Pioneer" and "Vanguard" Motor I Buses to run in conjunction with the Sale. leaving Plymouth-street, Swansea, at 10 a.m promptly, and returning immediately after the Sale. Return Fare, 3s., which the Auctioneers will allow to every actual pur- chaser. All or any of the Stock purchased will be delivered at Swansea at any time suitable to Customers within a week of the Sale, but the same will be at the sole risk of the pur- chaser after the fall of the hammer PUBLSC NOTICES. E A BLIE r- c LOSING.1 ON AND AFTER MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1914, THE HOUR3 OF CLOSING AT OUR PREMISES IN WALTERS-ROAD WILL BE AS FOLLOWS MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY 6 P.M. THURSDAY 1 P.M. SATUPmDAY 8 P.M. Closed Daily (except Thursday) for Dinner- ,bow from 1 to 2 p.m. PHILLIPS" CO.. Fip« Tea Specialists. RELIABLE DENTISTRY GHAR.LES E. JOXES attends at 51, MAN- SKLTON-BOAD, MANSEI/TON, SWAN- SEA, personally EACH DAY from 10 aan. ;to 8 p.m. Pain loss Extraatioiw, Is. New Teeth, Fillings, -Ilepaire and Re- makes. Telephone: 809 Central, SAILORS' REST POPULAR TEMPERANCE CONCERT TO-MORROW (TUESDAY) EVENING. PROGRAMME BY ARGYLE CHAPEL BAND OF HOPE. ArtistesMissee E. /Stephens, G. Thomas, L. Toliick, M. Evans, E. Davies, L. Berry, M. Jenkias, W. Bannister and M. Roaeih; Meesre. Syd and Dd. Jenkins, T. Jenkins and W. Price. Aocoia-panist-Miss Averil Davies. Speaker-Mr. D. RICHARDS. Oh-airman-Mx. J. Newman. To Commence at, 8 p.m. Admission Free. Everybody Welcomed, PUBLIC NOTICES. C? ?" G«¥1T.R» EXCURSIONS TO LONDON. TH UdENDAY. FEBRUARY 19. To IX) IS DON (Pantomimes, etc.) forffAljF- DAY, 3, 5 or 8 days. Half-day Fare. « ?w?na&a. (Hi?h-?t.) Dep. JSJO p.m. ) „ Neath n.ep.12.37 p.m. <- iv  Port Talbct Dep. 12.53 p.m. J <U' 6 Bndg'end .dtp. 1.15 p,m. ¡ I i Llan: risent dep. 1.35 p.m. ? g^t Cardiff dep. 2. 0 p.m. ( ly « Newport .d?p. 2.10 p.m. ) '? SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 21. To LONDON for 1, 3, 5 or 8 days. Day Fare. Carmarthen dep. 4 58 a.m. Pccnbpey dep. 5 53 a.m. Llanelly .dcp. S' a.m. ( O /6 .41 a. m 8-?n- (Hi?h?t.) .dep. 6. 5 a.m. f|i gl -?ath 6.?3 a.m. j 'M' ? Port Talbot dep. 6.56 a.m. I Bridgend dep. 7.10 a.m. ) O/ Llantrieant dep. 7.30 a.m. < ?/* C?rdiS .d?p. 7.&5 a.m.) — Newport .dep. 8.20 a.m. j 7/6 OTHER EXCURSIONS to LONDON on i ivRRUARY Z5 and 27 from various South Wales Stations. For details, see bills, or send postcard to stations or otfioea. FRANK POTTER, General Manager. NEXT THURSDAY, 6-30 TO 10-15. Y.M.C.A. AT HOME.' Mr. W. J. CORBEY, the famous Leeds Entertainer. TICKETS ONE SHILLING EACH. SOMETHING NEW!  S D "C?owM Seal" TOBACCO. A UNIQUE BLEND OF GOOD-MATURED VIRGINIA & soulli AFRICAN TOBACCOS. "COOL & SWEET." MEDIUM STRENGTH. Pecked in l-oz. foils, 2-oz oval tine, and 4-oz. airtight tins. Of all Tobaoooniste, 41 D. PER OZ. — Wholesale from SUN OLA D TOBACCO FACTORY, NEWPORT.
IDEALISM AND COMMERCE.
IDEALISM AND COMMERCE. Lines of Walt Whitman, that grandest expression of the rugged democracy of the west—ruthless, ir- resistible, insatiable—occur to us when we think over the oration delivered by the United States Consul-General in London at the Swansea Chamber of Commerce dinner. We are in a now, age when ideas are coming from the West and not from the lands of the rising sun; more and more is the demo- cracy going to bo governed in its thought, in its outlook, its ideals, by that restless continent across the. ocean •which has. not yet found itself, which is still .grappling with its grandeur. Over the Atlantic is a people, the product of many nations, free from the chains of toentnries-okl traditioios, young in vitality and freely spending its strength, who view the problems of the East with new eyes, who are unen- cumbered with the cares that plenti- fully beset us. From this people will come the impulse which will bring about the fulfilment of an old-time prophecy, for although it has warred more than most young races it is working to higher ideals than the old nationalities. It itS in Whitman's phrase, u, Liberty's nation," and it sees Freedom completely arm'd a iid vic- torious, and very haughty, with IJawon one side, and Peace on the other, A stupendous trio all issuing forth against the idea of caste. The great theme of the Consul-General, clothed in the language of a master over words, and delivered with all the graces of the natural orator, was the part commerce has played, and is destined to play, in larger degree, in this "issuing forth against the idea of caste." His qut?tion was t:ha of Whitman's, for viewing the seas covered with the ?arz,osie- of many races, the world- spreading factories and the interlinking in trade of all geography, an lands, hei also asked Is there going to be but i one heart to the globe, Is humanity forming en masse?" Mr. Griffiths took an iinex-peertecil theme, and treated it in an unexpected way. At Chamber of Commerce ban-I quets, Swansea business men have listened to many, and diversified ap-1 peals. They can reoall that stirring j evening when the then Sir Michael Hicks Beach spoke electrical words con- demning the crisis in China—words that were winged that night to the ends of the earth. In recent years they can reoall the eloquence of Sir George Iteid, the Australasian representative, as he, dwelt upon the vision of Empire, and tho responsibilities of the people.; within it. And the business utterance of Sir Guy Granet, of" the Midland Railway, pleading on behalf of the xnuch-oritocised companies. But they will be unable to recall in tho long series a speech con- ceived on grerter lines than that of the GorLsul-Geiieral of tho United States— one delivered with such artistry, pul- sating Vvith such warmth, and leading up to such a moving climax. There are phrases in it which cannot be for- gotten, such as We cannot thrive on the disasters of our neigh- bours. Mr. Norman Angell has taught us that in wa,r the misery and the want does not fall alone upon the" conquered. We are realising also that, [ in these times of the iutexlfuking of all, geography, fr-n does not live to l1im.¡ ooH. that nations hav) their interests to closely int-r; Lvvir.ed to stand in isola- tion. And commerce is every day making 'the links that bind us stronger, nvaking the prospect of war more terri- fying a.nd therefore mora remote. The "man at the docks"—ho is becoming in Swansea a more inlluential person- age than that other bogey, the man in tho street—is the modern ambassador of peace. His business is to the out- ward eye prosaic enough. Romantje has always to be searched for, and in commt:rci"al. life the romance is that the -scupper 01 coal to Rou?n, or of tin- plates to the East, or of galvani&ed sheets to the United States is with every cargo he sends out working to- wardfc the brotherhood of the world. Mr. Griffiths was the idealist. It I takes all sorts to mako a world, and a good many sorts to provide satisfactory intellectual fare for a Chamber of Com- merce banquet. The Member for Swansea spoke with acceptance upon the Houses of Parliament in their business aspect. At a non-party I function of this nature, the speaker to the legislative toast has difficulties to avoid, but Sir Alfred Mond had busi- ness men on all sides of politics with him when h« dealt with the over-load- ing of the Parliamentary machine, and the need ? iightening it Of much of its present work. We are bcia? drinm to '?cognise tho necessity for somo sort of <kTohiti(m; t?ngh the cxa<? nature of the change is an unsolved problem. When the Parliament is ablle to devote itself to the ,<i;roat problems of government, when it is unhampered with the affairs of little villages in ro- illoto parts of the country, when the misdoings of the postmaster's wife in Bally something or the other, or an error in speech of a northern Bailie are gravely discussed in their proper spheres, then it will get back to busi- ness, and it will be more possible for the business men of the kingdom—and after all government is business" to devote themselves to public service.
! ALAS FOR THE BISHOPS! I
ALAS FOR THE BISHOPS! I It is getting increasingly difficult for us to imagine the ecclesiastical dis- tress of England over the iniquitous AVeLsh Church Bill—the distress so &sperately affirmed by the Welsh Bishop3. Where is it? What are the signs of it? We are bidden to under- stand that over tho Dyke there are war- like hosts waiting for "The Day of DiBostablishntent. We aro warned that England is ready to turn upon the oolitically-nunded dissenter in Wales. There are no sian-s of this distress and indignation in the Houses of Parlia- ment. Over Home Rule, the front- benchers waxed furious for two days last weldi, in an amendment to the Address. (or Welsh Disestablishment? Alas, for the Bishops, there is, this after- noon. to be an amendment, introduced not by a front-bencher—for is not Mr. Bonar Law weak in his zeal for an Establishment, and is not Mr. Austen Chamberlain, the son of a once-zealous disestablishing fa.ther ?-but by Mr. Ovmsby Core, whose one distinction it is that ho h;> promised to wave' the blood-stain.d sword of his ancestors if and when those -misguided politically- minded Nonconformists of Wales get in his, way 1 And worse remains *to say Home Rule was given two days on the Addross; i-or Welsh Disestablishment, by mutual arrangement, four hours is considered-, sufficient! At 8.15 tho occlesiasts who crowd the Cecil pew must give way to the tariffists. it is a pretty commentary upon the picture presented us of an opposition ready to fight to the last ditch A nd in tlx* country ? We look for evi- dence of the distress and indignation at the bye-elections. Surely here we will have indications of an outraged j Churchmaryship ready t-o follow the fiery cross of a Velsh Bishop ? But we take up the" Times" and read, of Bethnal Green, that in his election address the Unionist candidate talks of Ulster; not a word, presumably, of Wales! And in Poplar, according to the "Times," Mr. Kerr Clark sticks to Ulster, Tariff Reform (no food tax), a Strong Navy, j better housing and educational reform. Finally, in South Bucks, Wales also I seems to have been forgotten. Is not all this fairly plain indication that the country is perfectly calm on tho Welsh question, and that the storm of dissent, if it rages at all, rages only in the minds I of the Welsh prelates? 'I
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Wales is specially intere-sted in the Premier's reply to Mr. Leif Jones re- garding the prospect of temperance legislation, for a section of its temper- anco party has been at work, prepar- ing a Welsh Bill. But what is tho use of introducing a Bill art the present juncture? As the Westminster Gazette points out, it would be simply a waste of time. It would. be rejected by the Peers as the 1908 Bill was re- jected, and there would be no means of overcoming the opposition of tho Peers. "The Liberal Party has im- portant legislative work which can be carried under the provisions of the Parlia-ment Act. It would aid Tem- perance nothing at all to introduce legislation now, and by so doing the prospects of other measures would be seriously jeopardised."
I A DANTE TRANSLATION. !
I A DANTE TRANSLATION. Ilessi-s. Constable will publish on [February 19th a, new tramlation of i, Dante's great work" Divina. Com- media" by Edith Mary Bhaw. Mrs. Shaw has groat knowledge and taste, and, what is more important, a very real, affection for the original work. This 1 is a valuable asset to English scholar-! ship. I
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Considerable damage was done by fire I yesterday to the new Post Office wire- I l. loss telegraph station at St. Just, Corn-! wa!l. The roof fell in and the apparatus i was put-out of operation, •
Black and White.
Black and White. The Colour Problem and its Solution. t I By J. C. SQUIRE. J It is reported by the Daijy Tel^ graph's correspondent that a iim.u-d liability company has, been formed in America to repatriate negroes. Shares aro being offered to the public: a divi- dend is being expected, and the tilit batch of oOO Africans will be shipped to Liberia in March. Not for hair a cen- tury have so many negroes returned to Africa at one time. Repatriation schemes began over a hundred and twenty years ago; besides Liberia. Lagox, Sierra Leone And French West1 Airica, have at one time or anotner re- ceived blacks from America. But- never in large quantities. 20,000 Shiploadsi j Now repatriation is a difficult job. lu tho first place the negro is not, as a rule, anxious to be repatriated, America is the only country he knows; he has no hanKeringaft-er a. fatherland that his great-great-grandfather left iu the eighteenth century; and, on re* turning to Africa, he finds letis ia common between iiimselr and the naiive black than there is between himself and the wbito mau. 1n the rewind placa ¡ the large American employers ot coloured labour, especially the planters, though they have the utmost lothmg and contempt for the black, find hini economicaily useful. He must travel ?? dim Crow" cars; but he must stay j in America. And in the third place, ] even were all parties anxious for negro ¡ repatriation it would be an enormous undertaking if carried out on a scaJ-9 Milficient to make an appreciable differ*" ence in the negro population. There are in the United States at least ten million coloured people. It those wera repatriated in batches of 000 thera would be 20,000 shiploads of them. The mere job of transhipment is staggering 10 contemplate. Room Enough. Nevertheless the thing is just po&" lSihH. it is not likely that it will ba carrIed tJlrougIl. tt any rate- in our own time. But even 20,000 voyages could be made in time, and Africa has plenty v of room for ten million more rtegrow- In the Congo alone, thanks to the policy of the late King Leopold and his ac- complices, at least ten million places have been, so to sl)ea-k-, vacated witbio recent years; and were human states- manship bolder, more imaginativo and more resolute, there is no doubt what" ever that a far-seeing American man oi affairs would arise who would convince his people of the desirability of organ- ising the most colossal piece of §tato- aidod emigration in the history of tho world. The Only Solution. For, last resort as repatriation may be, it remains the only solution of the American negro problem that is in sight. Some of us may hold that if only white Americans could adop-6 a different attitude towards their ooloured fellow citizens, the pro- j blem in time would solve itself. "Tho long view," says Sir Sydney Olivier in his excellent little book "White Capital, and Coloured Ia.bour, "-the view justi- fied by history and experience, with r gard to mixed communities and racialt distinctions—i s that nothing final cati be asserted with regard to them; only that the special characteristics of tho moral and social principle* which vvP" now find prevailing in savage peoples, of alien breed to ourselves, have mostly been characteristic of peoples of all races in the corresponding stage of social evolution. and are, therefore, not racial." This is undeniable; W9 are completely in the dark as to whether the lower mentality of tho negro is inherent in him, or whether it is merely the mark of an earlier stage j of development. Sir Sydney refuteS, \1 some of the conceptions about coloured peoples that are current in the civilised white world. He has seen negro com- munities in Jamaica and Barbadoof1 living peaceful industrious lives, and exhibiting none of the immoral tend- encies imputed to them; he even main- tains that there are valuable qualities in half-castes. But, however unjust are the aspersions cast at the black, and however true it may be that a 'fe. centuries might see him at our own level, if he were given favourable circumstances, the fact remains that in the States (and you can see much the same thing in South 4frica) men are not prepared to check their in- stinctive repulsions and frame their be- haviour on assumptions about what is going to happen centuries hence. The American Problem. Tilings have not been getting better in America; they have been getting worse. The number of Americans who. mix on socially equally terms with negroes is diminishing. The case they state against the negroes—as to their laziness., stupidity, immorality and malodorousne&s—may be and is largely a faJse one; but if it is invented, it is invented, because a prior and ineradicable hostility caJlf for its invention. Mr. H. G. Wells, who is a champion of the negro. put up a moving defence of him in iiis book on Aij-ierica. but he could not help noticing that there is a per- ceptible trend towards "an acoentuiV tion of the ooloured man's inferiority, to the cessation of any other educa- tional attempts than those that iw crease his industrial usefulness (it it already illegal in Louisiana to educate him above a contemptible level) to his industrial exploitation through usury and legal chicanery, ana to a systematic strengthening of the social barriers between coloured peopla of whatever shade, and whites. Wholesale misoe^iation might, as Sir S. Olivier appears to think, solve the problem. But it is not possible; popular fueling is all against it; the tendency is towards more and more leg'slation aiming at discouraging mix- ture of the races. The Black's Only Hope. ,0 Repatriation on a large scale may sound an almost fantastic notion. 11:J may be unfeasible owing to tho oppo- sition of those who wax fat by exploit" ing the labour of the blacks whom they d-espiso and occasionally lynch. Bu* repatriation is the only hope for tho black Ind for the white, on wb-o;,o moral progress his presence acts as i constant check. Think of the moral effect on the rising, generation of such j all episode as that narrated by Mr. Wells in tlie book to which I have re- ferred. "Three unfortunate negroe9 were burnt to death (at Springfield) apparently because they were negroes* and as a general corrective of un- pertinency. They eeem to have been innocent of any particulm offence. 1? was a sort of racial sacramept. Tbs edified Sunday schooV children h??- from their gospel teaching to aearch for souvenirR among the a?hes, competed with great spirit for a frag- ment of a charred skull." Time J revenging upon us the slave-trading our ancestors.