The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality

FOR PEACE AT HOME AND ABROAD. Although we must be content to await the issue of events we trust Mr Lloyd George's resolve to remain in Paris may quit-ü hopefully be regarded a6 a sign that the Labour "situation" may be cased with- out the distressful expedient of a. strike which "will ptmLgc the whole country into social and industrial chaos. In a still la-rg-cf seiicse, the necessity for the British Prime Minister's continued stay in the I French Capital ife a matter for unmixed satisfaction. The leading representatives of the United States, of France, and of Italy at tho Peace Conference say that it is "imperative" in the interests of the peace of the world that Sir Licyfi George should lTmainill Paris for "another two weeks." for withui that time "we lie- lieve, say Maesc# Wilson, Clemenceau, and Ot'lar.d'O, "that this' all important re- sult can be obtained." Wo emphasise the fact that "the attainment of an eariy a.nd satisfacto y peace is a matter of even greater importance ilian, the immediate settlement of cur own industrial affairs vastly important as that undoubtedly is. But pe;t> universal pjaoc, remains what it hae now for centuries, the greatest of British interests for not even our trade oan return to its accustomed and most re- munerative channels until is restored civilised nations of the world. 11; i», of omrse, not to be expected that the "Ilial Peace Treaty will be concluded within the short time-stated in tl.'O lette, which Mr Wilson and his French and Ital- ian colleagues have <I:dí'sSí8d to Mr Lloyd Gooi ge, but if the terms by which the Oentral Powers must. abide are definitdy known with possibly the broctd outlines of the Constitution and scope of tho League of ^Nations included, we shall be able to eafely say that the Fjiial ID-caty is only a matter of time. that the,, war is over. and that the nations are again in a poition to resume "iriendly'' intercourse. The bringing of tranquility and relief to 1 the devastated regions, of Eiirolie, the feeding and the suecoui ing of starving millions of the poorest classes over the largest part of the Continent muøt be regwrded as a matter of the mo.,L immedi- ate concern to the leaders of our own trrule organisation. It ie certain that the walking men of Britain as a whole would make the greatest, possible sacrifices to expedite every measure and avenue of re- lief to the suffering masses of other coun- tries. In lighting for their own "rights" fa: better pay. for shorter hours, ,and gen- erally for better cord;tiolia of employment, th< British toilere, will not push their own claims at the expense of their brethren in other countries. This is not to say that l advantage should be taken of tho interna- tional situation to deprive the workers here at home of a faiir settlement of the questions now in issue between them and the employers. What we venture to say is that if the workers of this country were brought to realise that the welfare of many millions of less fortunate human be- ings on the Continent of Europe depended upon some saouifices even of what is right- ly d'ue to them, our workers would not hesitate t.o make that sacrifice. And it is natural that they would the more readily do this on realising that their own future prosperity was deeply involved in the earliest possible settlement of Peace con- ditions. It would Jbe disastrous if the sen-ice" of the British Prime Minister to the cause of international peace were now withdrawn at such a critical moment. But we are hopeful that Mr Lloyd George has grounds for anticipating that this "critical" weak in our Labour affairg will paes without precipitating such a conflict as would result in sufferings second only in horror to the sufferings of war it&elf.

BOLSHEVISM. I It is doubtful whether the whole horror of the conditions of life consequent upon an outbreak of Bolshevism haa yet been realised by the deeent-livin.g and! deccnt- minded people of all clagees in this country j where murder, vice, and lesser crimes and abuses arc probably rarer than anywhere in the world, where religion still sways the hearts of the people, where marriage is sacred and love of home and family life so great that it is taken for granted. From industrial conflict to red anarchy is not so long a journey as some people may imagine, especially when malaciou^ in- triguers peeking to gratify their own selfiwh and ctestructive lusts a,re busily engaged in suibtoraiaaiean schoemC5 to provoke unrest with a view to fomenting in the end, a general upheaval from 'which by sheer terrorism they expect to benefit themselves at the expense of their diupeis aw well as of those who apipoee them. "By their fruits ye shall know them" and an intelligent I study of the newspapers from day to day is alone sufficient to cause amy sane man to cry "Halt'" to anything that may trend in the direction of forcing our own country into the morass of misery, the abomination of disolation in which Russia, and a great part of Germany aire now plunged. Sober-minded Norwegian Social- lists have visited Bokheviet Russia by in- vitation and their report of things seen is a tcrible indictment of the blight erea-ted by Trotsky, Lenin, and their help- ell's. Wholetsale executions they found to be the principal aeect in Bolshevist pro- paganda, while as regards the working 4pkso they could not be worse off 11han they are." Starvation "is nq vain word1, for it is impossible to imagine anything more pitiable than the conditions prevail- ing." Such briefly is the opinion of Nor- Avcgian Socialists of the real conditions under Bolshevism. Their evidence is to be .found in a communication published in tho Swedish ^Socialist organ Social- Demokratem. It is a teirrible thing that in these. days 0If increasing emliglitenment and spreading civilisation horror can be piled on horror as has been, and is daily beang done in areas dominated by Bolshevism, and it is an aistoltiidliq thiii.g tihat there can be foundl in thirt decent country persons who are apparently wi'Hng to be at least apofoigista for Bolshevism if not potential imitators of its "policy." AYe advfeed'ly UfSed the word decent in re;feriiing to this country having regard to the gross in- decency associated with the barbarity and genera,1 criminal, ity of the Bolshevists. Let their apologists and potential dis- ciples tell those to w!hom they address their extraordinary arguments a, few facte a.bout Viie men whom they appear to delight to honour. Let them tetl of holocausts of murder done by hired assassins at the bid- ding of drunken despots. Let them quote the edict of S-tuek'ha, President of the P,ol,ihevl:k,t Gcv-e!nni,n,t of Lett'Land, na- tionalising women" and the similar action of the Bolshevists at Slaratoff in East Russia aborning "the private ownership of women." That thits and worse bestiality is a general feature of Bolshevist rule" i.s evident.

I \OTES OF THE WEEK. The Premier's Versatility. The Prime Mini-Jter must be wishing lie could out himself in two, and be in London and en Paris at the same time. Appar- ently we have nobody to w;:10m any of h:s work can be delegated. His versatility is wonderful, and the variety of problems in which he I ,s the main figure just now recalls a story of hie youth, which may be apocryphal, but comes from a fclIow- WeJelmMn. When young Lloyd George was 'about fourteen his g-uardiian uncle, Richard Lloyd, was puzzled what to make of him. To help him in ehoocing- a career for the lad he put him in a room with a Bible, an apple, and a shilling. If the toy chose the Bible he was to be -a par- j Mn, if the apple ;he?'a.? to go into hort!- culture, and if the sh.iHin? he was to LL? a lawyer. When the uncle went into the room some tune after he found young David seated on. the Bible, eating the ■apple, hacnuj painted tin shilling to look like a sovereign. I "Moody and Sankey." I unquestionably the two most, powerful I ifgure^ on the Coal Commission, which reported yesterday, are the Chairman, Mr Justice Say key, and Mr Smillie, the dour, sour, and moody, but very able leader of the miners. All who have at- tended the Commission (have been con- sumed with admiration of the way in which Mr Justice Sankey has conducted1 it. A fine, upstanding figuro of a man, he is the very embodiment of masculine force, and his manners a-re BO perfect that one inevitably thinks of the old-fashioned de- finition of a gentleman, "as gentle as a woman a.nd as manly as a man." It is no ferret that the annoiuieement that Hilt John Sankey would take the chair at the Commission wellt a very long way to per- f i.'ide the miu* to' wait for an inquiry. He knows mines and miners much better t.h::w .any other living Judge. He has earned a lot in his time out of mining topee, and no member, oven off the Com- mirciion c-an teach him much about coal. "Maireh 20th, gentlemen, please," was frequent, but gentle, way of stopping the loquaoity of Sir Leo CJiiozza Money and one or two other, and it made one wonder wihether end. where he had heard. "Time, gentlemen, ploaee." Wator Power- Resources. Tllie North Wales Branch of the Welsh National Association for Reeonatruc-tion, at the euggeetion of Mr William George, have passed a resolution appealing to the Board oi Trftdo Water Power Ilewurceo Committee to forthwith carry out a BUT. vey of the water power resources of the country. The production of electricity that can be sold at a comparatively low cost for lighting and for light railway traction is one of the maixy important pro- posals in the programme of reconstruction,, aind County Council and otheT. authori- I tieaare coming to take a serious view of the question. They ought, of course, to have done so years ago, inste.a.d of allow- ing valuable resources almost at their very door to run to waate instead of turning them to _commercial and public use. Local authorities are not alone to Jalame for this apathy. }"10 Government "has also been especially backward and.. according to Dr. Ferguson, "had actually refused the re- quest of two learned societies to undertake a survey of the lakes of WaJes, with the result that such a survey had been left to private enterprise." In a wider EC-nse, the war has brought home to us that in the past we have in many respects allowed othe.r nations to outstrip US in enterprise and forethought. Lady Alderman for Anglesey. I Yesterday tha Anglesey County Council elected Miss Davies, of Treborth, on its aldeimar.iic oench, in succession to Lord Sheffield, who has retired. This, we think, is the first occasion amongst North Walcis county councils for a lady to occupy such a position, although there are one or more instances of a lady being elected as a councillor. We congratulate Miss I>avies upon the honour conferred upon her. It is in keeping with the associa- tion which exists between the Treborth family and ihe county of Anglesey, which was tor many years represented in Parlia- ment. by Miss Davies' father. The Mostyn Plays. I Lord -Mttvtyn\s famoug collection of early Eng-lish whicib are under the aUiC- tioneer's hammer in London this week conta;in many treasures, one of the rarest being the very early Oxford play, "The- roy'tes," one copy of which has already crossed the Atlantic. English scholars are making a great effort to retain this pliay for tlw Bodleian Library. The Bod- leian authorities tnemselves, and a number of men of letters, have subscribed for the purchase of the play, and the future homo of the unique manuscript will bo decided at Sothebv's to-day. Light Railway Projects. I The scheme of a Light railway from Den- bigh to Llajirwgt via Llansannan is grow- ing in popularity in the districts concerned, and another enthusiastic meeting at Den- bigh, on Wednesday, confirmed the re- I solution passed at a previous public meet- ing in favour of the project, which a de- putation of the County Council ftope to lay before the Ministry of Transport at an ea-i-ly date. Considerable interest is aleo taken in bo proposal to open up the dis- trict between Conven and Rettwsycoed by mea.n.3 of a light railway. There are un- doubtedly large tracts in North Wales, rich in agricultuAl and mineral resources, th.at lack development owing to the want of quick and easy ni-pans of transport; and hght railways would be a boon. But in tho case of minerals and merchandise dis- patched to places outside the particular areas of the lig'ht railways, cost of tran- shipment to the broad guage linos should not be lost sight of. St. David's Day at Rouen. I The Welsh soldiers who are stationed at I Rouen did not miss the opportunity to celebrate the Festival of St. David. Under the auspices of the Orderly Room Ser- geants of the R.W. a "St. David's Victory Dance" was organised in a spacious Y.M.C.A. hut, and a good number of ladiievs from among tho Army Auxiliary Corps, the V.A.D., and Y.M.C.A. works's hoipcd to make the function as grucceaaful as it was pleasur- able. The ladies sported daffodils, while the men wore the more pungent leek, and t;IUS in accordance with tradition and cus- tom the memory of the patron salint of Wales was honoured on French soil, in a city which has etood almost unrivalled for its eccleeiastieal architecture. Ser- geant Tom Pryke, of the l7tLi R. W. Fusi- liers, in alluding to the auspicious gather- hi4', estates that "the AVeteih itenia which were included in the programme were more or less abstrusive to the English friends, and the Welsh folk were called upon to elucidate matters." # » < Sir Henry Norman's Motor I Scooter. I Sir Henry Norman, M.P., son-in-law of Lord Aberconway, is the pioneer of the motor-scooter in tliio country. He often comas down to the House of Commons on the little machine, and one ma.y see him standing upright on the tiny platform, in a fur coat with his hands on the steering rod, going about tihe speed of a 'bus. The machine that he has is imported from America, but he is very much interested in it, and has applied for three new pat- ents to improve it.. He is arranging for a iive-hunured-milo trial run at Brook- lands or some other course. Of course the machine is only suited for smooth city roads. It is not adapted to rough country roads. Sir Henry Norman told a corres- pondent that s ince he brought tine motor scooter home his wife uses it constantly instead of using the car, and he himself only gets an occasional look in. Sir John Simon s Fees. I -the statement that Sir John Smioii and Sir Edward Carson' had the trifling fco <>f 5000 guineas on their briefs in the great action between Lever Bros, and B-'unner- .Mond has caused much surprise. It ia true that these fo?s are amongst the largest, but they are not the largest. Sir John Simon, for example, had a brief marked 7030 gninfa OlJly the other day, asd it ia common gossip in thy Templo that before the wair broke out his income was £ 60,000. No other member of tho Bar has ever had such an income. An emineJlt politician who is, politically anta- gonistic to Sir John Simon described him as "a big man OIl a small point"'—a smurt phrase which has obtained much currency. This however, is not the -view of the Bar. rl hey regard him as head and shoulders above any other practising member. There are many greater advo- cates at the Bar than Sir John Simon. Indeed, as an advocate he is n.ot regarded as a success; ae a lawyer he is supreme. No one has the same capacity for mar- shalling facts and presenting the most in- tricate points in so clear and con-ciso a mariner. There iti no shrewder examiner of an expert witness, and certainly no ono has a more convincing Irtyla of met hod.

KINMEL RIOT INQUIRY. I AMMUNITION MYSTERY. I A description of the fighting between rioters at Kinmel Pa,k Camp and a body of iin-u organised by their offic-ors to re- sist the wrecking of No. 20 Cump, was given at the resumed inquest at Rlllyl yes- terday on the soldiers who were killed. One vvitne-3 mid that the tiriiiq was begxm by the riote.rs and waa not returraied until ono of the defending party had been killed. No ammunition was issued to the men, and they had definite cwdea'e not to lire under any circumstances. The only e xplairation given of the anvmun rtion being in tlie men's pcesecaon was that thev had brought it home as souvenirs.

Miss Agnes G. Reader, of Ashford (Kent), who celebrated her 101st birthday on Saturday, is ctill able to play the piajiQ frequently and with considerable ability.

I PERSONAL. The Order of St. Michael and St George has been conferred upon Captaii R G. Rowley Conwy, R.N., who ietol-4 an additional member of the Third Class A marriage has been arranged between. Major Wilfrid H. Clay, M.C., Nortih Staifa. Regiment, of Temple House, Ar- burv, Nuneaton youngest eon of the late C. J. Clay, of Holly Bush, Staffordshire, and Maud, elder daughter of W. Price Jones, of Bryn Derwen, Mold. Captain Albert Gladstone, the new squire of Hawarden (eldest son of the Rev. S. E. Gladstone), who has been serving for tho last four years with an Indian regiment in Mesopotamia, haa arrived at his home at Manley, Cheshire. With him was Inie brother, Captain Deiniol Glad- stone, also of the Indian Army. Lord Penrhyn, on Friday last, presided at the annual meeting of tho shareholtiers of the North Wale^ Chromele Co., Ltd., and stayed the week-end at Penrhyn Castle. Hia Lordship ireturned to towi. this week. Mr Marconi, wearing tho uniform of an Italian officer, visited the wireless statior at Waenfawr, near Carnarvon, and staye* the night at Penrhyndeudraeth. The fol lowing dia-y ihe returned to London. The Dean of Bangor, who has indisposed for some weeks, is improving In consequence of his illness the addressee usually given by the Dean at the Cath& dral on Monday evenings throughout Lent have been cancelled for the present. I MR J. HAMILTON-JONES— MISS I EVANS. The engagement is announced of Mr J. Hamilton-Jones, eon of Mr and Mrs W/ H. Jones, of Boechwood, Birmingham, and The Bungalow, Llandudno, and Mies Evans, niece of the Rev. R. Evans-, vicar of Lknidan and rural dean of Menai. PRIME MINISTER'S NEW HOME. The Surrey Advertiser states that Mr Lloyd George has purchased The Fira, a large and pleasantly situated ihoue on the Faxrmile, Co bham, Surrey, and will take up hie residence there <n a few weeke. THERESA LADY LONDONDERRY. The death occurred on Sunday at 5. Carl- ton House Terraoe, London, of Theresa Lady Londonderry, from pneumonia, fol- lowing influenza. She was the elder daugh- ter of the 19th Earl of Shrewsbury, and married Viscount Castlereagih in 1875 and played a large pari: in the social and pob- tical life of the country during the yeaTs in which the late Marquis oooupied a pro- minent place in Government circles. Sh< leaves two surviving children, the presort Marquis and the Countctis of Hchester. A younger son died, unmarried, in 1899, at the age of 20. PRINCE OF WALES'S WELSH RESIDENCE. The writer of Welsh Notes in the Liverpool Daily Post states that in well- informed circles it. is believed that the Prino of Wales intends to secure a. resi- denco in North Wales, where he proposes to spend certain portions of each year. The writer adds that if the project is car- ried through,as is now very probable, it is certain that the choice of location will fall somewhere in Carnarvonshire. The siubject was mentioned on Monday at a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Lfendudno Town Improvement Association, who instructed their Seere tary to write to the Prime Minister ad- vocating the claims of Llandudno and die- trict.

MARRIAGE OF PROFESSOR R. G. WHITE. Yerv quietly, owing to the recent death 4. the bride's father, the marriage took place a the Tabernacle C. M. Chapel, Bangor, ou Mon- day of Mr It. G. White, Professor of Agricul- ture at the University College of North Wales, and Miss lola Price, B.A second daughter of the late Dr. E. O. Price and Mrs Pries, lfangor. The ceremony was performed by the Hey. H. H. Ilughcs, pastor of the chinch. The bride, who was given away by her uncie, Mr D. O. Roberts, was accompanied by her sister, Mrg Leonard Owen, and the best man was Mr Frager Storey, F.R.S.E., Professor of forestry at the University College of North Wales. After the ceremony Professor and Mrs Wilit4, left for the Channel Isles, where the hOlley- moon is being spent. Mrs "White has had a brilliant scholastic career. While a pupil at the Bangor County School for Girls she was top girl for the whole of Wales in the Central Welsh Board Honours Examination, and at Bangor University CI. lege, where she studied from 1912 to 1916, the took the B.A. degree.. with first class honours in Latin, in her last year. During the absence of Dr. Arnold on Government sen:co in Lon- don, in 1917-18, Mrs White acted as lecturer in Latin at the College. Afterwards she was ien- gajfed at the Air Board in London.

ANGLESEY GIRL GUIDES. PROPOSED COUNTY ASSOCIATION. In connection with the Girl Guides organisa- tion, a movement has been started in Anglesey to form a county association, and with that object in view arrangements have Iteen msuia, as announced in our advertisement columns, to hold meetings at Beaumaris, Llangefni, Holy- head, and Menai Bridge. It is hoped that all ladies interested in tho welfare of girls nil! ;1.Í- tend these meetings, and that the outcome will be the establishment on a sound basis of iii county association. Girl Guides are a sisterhood of girls whose aim is good citizenship. They "are divided in- to three branches, the Brownies (undr 11), Guides ?11 to 16), and Senior Guides (16 aWA over). Members promise on their honour to be • loyal to God and tho King, to obey the Guide law, and to help others at all time. Their motto is "He Prepared," and they are being prepared by their discipline and training to help them- \os and other people. Their training in- ci ludes homecraft, physical development, wood- ciatt, and discipline, and for most (if t 11"0 subjects badges of proficiency call be earned. The movement is designed to be lilnful to parents pastor, school teachers and welfare officers, hoY- giving: a good environment and use- fill training to their girls. The movrnient Js entirely non-sectarian and non-political At the request of Lady Baden Powell, the v MagdHlen Bulkeley has accepted the post of County Commissioner, and in conjunction with Miss Olive Nicholl, Deputy Commissioner for Wales, will address the forthcoming meet- ings referred to. It is hoped, as no doubt it will, that such an excellent movement will have every possible supportjn Anglesey, and that a Couuty Committee may be formed and a county secretary appointed

I THE PREMIER S STAY IN PARIS. Mr Lloyd George. Reutcc'a Agency is officially informed has definitely decided to comply with tho request of President Wilson, M. Cl emenee-au. and Signer Or- Jando, to remain in Paris. PARIS, ^Maixli 19th. General Allenby (sivg a correspondent) lunched with the Premier to-day. and discussed with him the situation of Pales- tine .md tho neighbouring countries. Later he went to the Quai d'Orsay, where ho had an interview with Marshal Foeh, who congratulated him on his campaign. I understand that Lord Milner, who i. .now in Paris, has Oeen takng an active part; in the negotiations for settling lh« Syrian question. This morning the Premier played golf at Saint, Cloud, and despite the strenuous work of the last few mouths wa in ex- cellent form

I SALE OF RUTHIN CASTLE. Major Cornwallis WeM, has instructed • Messrs Kniight, Frank, and Rutley and Messrs Frank Lloyd, and Sons to offer the TWthin Castle and Llanarmon Estatee in 1 Denbighshire for sale, by auction, durin<r the coming season. The properties extend to 8000 aoree, and include Ruthin Castle, built on the site of an ancient castle, numerous farms and small holdings, and houses and busillow premise. in the town of Ruthith, r. v