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I WORKMEN'S TOPICS.
I WORKMEN'S TOPICS. INDUSTRIAL PEACE. By MABON, M.P. Certain incidents in the industrial world have Created an impression of general unrest, and raised doubts of the solidit y of Trade Unionism. Collective bargains and agreements are made, and individuals and branches then disregard them. This is a serious state of things. If the lack of discipline were to become common the whole principle of collective bargaining by Trade Unions will be undermined. Not- withstanding what is the state of things even in South Wales at the present moment, it is Important that the incidents in question, numerous as they are, should not be over stated, and the Report upon collective agreements issued by the Labour Depart- ment on the 1st day of this month supplies some very useful data for putting the case in Its true light and perspective. The range of collective bargaining is now very wide. The Xeport covers 1,696 distinct agreements, affect- ing directly at least 2,000,000 workpeople, and indirectly a very much larger number, of course. In many cases the agreements are connected with permanent bodies, conciliation boards, and maintained for the settlement of disputes. No fewer than 278 boards of this kind are known to the departments. But what, it may be asked, is the use of making treaties and agreements for public peace if individuals and bodies of men, large or small, still indulge in private war ? What is the use of it all if a number of men whose cir- cumstances, wages and labour conditions are rogui&ta-d by any particular agreement lay town their tools without a moment's notice, efying the advice of the administrations of responsible and trusted leaders, go against the direct counsel of their executive committees and break the covenants entered into on their behalf, &o. ? As the Right Hon. Thomas Burt, M.P., tersely put it in his last monthly Secular, Even in civil life some order, dis- cipline and adherance to principle are neces- XNT if only to keep society together." Yes, d let us add, as of equal importance-if only to keep trade unionist organisations together. public opinion and common sense are all against such upcivil warfare—and public opinion generally wins in the end. I thoroughly agree they would have been no use if this m< tho i of treating the agreements Were general, ut it is not. Of 1.758 cases I settled by Conciliation Boards in the ten years 18)00-9, only 104, or about 1 per cent., were temporarily interfered with in this unreason- able way and let us hope that future years Will not seriously affect this excellent record. The agreements, doubtless, need to be simpli- fied to some extent. Generally speaking, the taachiaery for conciliation in the case of lo'al disputes is too cumbersome, and works too slowly. But to my mind its greatest defect is the want of finality. That simple plan would have prevented most of the disputes we now have and have had for some time in this coal- field. The instruments of industrial peace are doubtless Trade Unions. Mr Askwith, that Capable seryant of the Board of Trade, in his preface to the report on collective bargaining, Points out that peace agreements imply a highly developed state of industry, and the existence of trade organisations. To work- people the benefits of collective bargaining, of stability in wages and hours, are obvious-the benefits to the employers in all probability are sweater stall. When the level of wages, the length of the working day, and other condi- tions of employment are regulated for specified Periods, the employer can calculate with pre- cision ihat part of his cost of production which is represented in labour, and can lay his plans accordingly. Again, since the agreements bind the whole or the greater number of firms en- gaged in a particular trade, the danger of Undercutting by rivals is reduced to a minimum. There was a time when the growing strength of the Trade Unions was regarded with almost Universal dread and dislike on the side of capital. That was the case when I was dis- charged from my employment, because, being a Trade Union secretary and an advocate thereof, I was considered an undesirable in- dividual to be allowed, to work among other to en. The change sine those days has been very great, notwithstanding the occasional stormy petrels they come across among Trade Union leaders, and the occasional failure of some of the best established among our trade organisations to prevent their members kicking over the traces and refusing to carry put the agreements made on their behalf. It is indeed significant that the change of attitude brought about by that what employers fear most now and lament is the possibility of the Trade Unions becoming weaker through this internal insubordination. Germany's Desire for Work. Consul-General Sir Francis Openheimer in his last report states that, for more reasons than one, the year will in future be regarded as of marked importance in t e ecpnomic develop- ment of Germany, owing to t e fact that its general industrial character was that of a year between the changes of the tide, like other fears t.! at from time to time must intervene 1A the cycles of fat and Jean periods. It is pointed out that the impetus towards the Bpcovery came from a totally unexpected quarter. In July, 1908, the German public nad, received the first message to the effect that diamonds had been discovered in the German colonies. The news was at first deceived with a certain amount of diffidence, but eventually the public were roused by the efforts which British enterprise made to secure a predominant influence, and by the optimism the official reports. The report goes on to say that a public roused, eagerly watching and on the alert for news, was enconraged by the brighter prospects opened up by the in- dustrial recovery of the United States, for the German man of business has long since learnt to keep one eye fixed on the American work- shop. In this desire to be up-to-date German in- dustry has undoubtedly learnt a lesson from ita American competitors, and as a first Result, during the year syndicates broke up because their members preferred work, even at a loss, to inactivity due to ex- cessive price policy. Orders were secured which left no profits, or at least very small ones." On this point the Consul-General remarks that when the industrial revival began manufacturers complained throughout that the price of the finished goods was totally otft of proportion to the cost of manufacture, but orders were, nevertheless, accepted, often spreading over prolonged periods. That there Wa«, in fact, in many cases a regular race to secure unremunerative orders. Replies to contracts by tender revealed extraordinary offere, especially in the machine industry. Work was sought, and work was done, and Working profits were left to the future." Germany's modern progress is undoubtedly due to this unquenchable desire for work which, even during a slump impels industry to do What it can to secure patronage in the hope that during the subsequent boom the poor customer will be converted into a right one." As long as this spirit lasts, and its manu- facturers can afford it, German enterprise will steal many a march upon those who are less enterprising. A Lesson from Germany. Many a time have I taken the opportunity in this columns to point out the great advant- age it would be to the commerce of this country were there similar methods adopted by our merchants abroad, pursuing their work On the same, or at least similar, lines to a great number of their foreign competitors. Mer- chants in this country would do well to study t carefully the report of the British Consul at Warsaw on the trada in Poland and Groduo. British import are making very little head- Way German imports are increasing from Year to year. It is not alone a question of Wriffs. The GermaiKtraders are more pushing and enterprising than the British. The more important firms have representatives through- out Poland they advertise extensively, and What is of paramount importance they quote in the Russian language. All their quotations in- clude cost, freight, insurance, custom dues, and delivery charges, thus saving their cus- tomers time, trouble, and even expense. As for the British firms, they continue to pub- ush their catalogues and price lists in English 'Only, and out of some hundreds of such pub- lications in 1909 not more than 10 were printed In any other language.
DRAWN INTO MACHINERY. v
DRAWN INTO MACHINERY. v Risca Enginedriver Killed. Frank Williams, a donkey engine driver, Risca, whilst following his employment at Colliery on Wednesday afternoon, met nis death as the result of being drawn into the Machinery whilst adjusting a part of it. His bead was crushed, and he died instantaneously. Jlr M. Roberts Jones will hold an inquest on the body on Friday.
ROOSEVELT ROUT. .
ROOSEVELT ROUT. U.S. Democratic Triumph EPOCH-MAKING ELECTION, New York, Wednesday. A Democratic House of Representatives is assured. A Re- publican majority in the Senate, Democratic Governors in such pivot States as New York and Ohio, and in such traditional Republican strongholds as New Jersey, Connecticut, and Massachusetts, are the net results of the epoch- making election of yesterday. Another feature of importance is the defeat by Mr Dix, the Democratic candidate, of Mr Stimson, Mr Roosevelt's candidate for the Governotship of the State of New York, which in popular estimation reduces Mr Roosevelt's chances of securing nomination for the Presidsn* y in 1912. Mr Dix won in Mr Roosevelt's own dis- tri t, in which a Democratic candidate for Congress was also successful in displacing a personal friend of the ex-President. According to the latest returns the Democrats have gained 40 seats in the Federal House of Representatives and the Republicans have gained three, making a net Democratic gaiu of 37, and a majority in the House of 13. It is now esti- mated the Democrats have gained 8 seats in the United States Senate. Indiana has appar- ently gone Democratic, assuring the election of Mr John W. Kern to succeed Senator Beveridge, The New York Legislature will have a Democratic majority on a joint ballot, assuring the election of a Democrat to succeed Mr Depew in the Senate.-Reuter. Mr John A. Dix. I The First Socialist. Washington, Wednesday, 8.3p a.m.-The Democrats continue to gain in the el..r tions of Congressmen, and there are now indications that they will control the House f Representa- tives by a majority of at least 40. The figure may possibly be much greater. Mr Berger is the first Socialist ever elected to the American Oongress. Reute,r. "Insurgents" Win California. San Francisco, Wednesday.—Mr Hiram W. Johnson, Insurgent Republican candidate, has carried the Governorship of California, de- feating Mr T codorc A. Bell, Democrat, with a plurality estimated at 50,000. The Insurgent" Republican party has seemingly carried its entire State ticket to victory. Newspapers generally are publishing leading articles on the overthrow of the Republican party, and the rejection by voters of Mr Roosevelt's new nationalism. Both candidates for the Governorship of California were avowedly Progressive, and made elimination of the Southern Pacific Railway influences from politics an issue. Mr Johnson had the en dorsement of Mr Roosevelt.—Reuter. Mr H. L. Stimson. Dazed by the Landslide." New York, Wednesday Evening.—Complete returns of yesterday's election give a plurality in favour of Mr Dix, the new Democratic Governor, of 65,287. It is now estimated that the Democrats will have a clear majority of at least 40 in the new Congress. It is expected that Mr Chauncey Depew, Republican senator for New York since 1899, will be displaced by his Democratic opponent, Judge Parker. It is no exaggeration to say that Washington in the persons of members of President Taft's Cabinet has been dazed by the landslide which has overtaken the Republican party.— Central News. New York, Wednesday, 5 p.m.—The pros- pects as regards the Senate are that the Republicans will have 50 seats, which is three more than is necessary for a ma- jority. The complexion of the Legislatures of Iowa and Montana, both of which elect United States senators, is stall doubtful. The unquestionable fact is that the Insurgents," of whom there will be at least six in the Senate, will hold the balance of power in the Upper Chamber, and it may be definitely stated that the Democrats will con- trol the House of Representatives by a majority at least as large as the present Re- publican majority. It is also tolerably certain that 15 of the 27 new governots will be Demo- crats. The minority leader in the present House of Representatives, Mr Clark, who is now candidate for the Speakership of the next Congress, the first Session of which is convened for December, 1911, has made the followmg statement:—The first and greatest proposition which the Democrats should stand for is reduc- tion of tariff to revenue b"is.-Peuter.
Coal Mine Explosion. .
Coal Mine Explosion. 70 MEN ENTOMBED. Trinidad (Colorado), Wednesday.—Seventy miners are entombed as the result of an explo- sion in a coal mine. Little hope is entertained of their being alive. Rescue parties have re- covered two bodies.-Reuter.
THE TAILORS' FRIEND.
THE TAILORS' FRIEND. It is 54 years since Miss Angelica Fraser first began her mission to tailors. This was in Edinburgh, and she was asked to undertake it by the Rev. Dr. Hood Wilson, whose attention had been drawn to the deplorable conditions of the working tailors by Kinpley's famous novel, Alton Locke," the story of a tailor poet. The London Tailors "Hall, in Mill Street, is a monument, to Mrs Frazer's labour of love She founded it in 1880, and attends every day to superintend its work. It is a meeting house for young tailors. The reference library contains the most complete collection of works on cutting in London, and there are a number of tables at which they can practise cutting, I Miss Angelica Taylor. It is now proposed to collect £ 5,000 to endow the Tailors'Hal), and so guarantee the pay- ment of rent and rates for ever. Already £ 3.794 has been collected, and the balance of of 91,206 will probably be forthcoming under a scheme by which one shilling is asked for from every master, sixpence from every foreman cutter, and a penny from every journeyman. E very tailor who has met with misfortune knows that he has a friend is Miss Angelica Fraser, who though now a very old lady, in her 88th year, has laboured so long among the working members of the tailoring trade that she can tell a tailor at sight.
WELSH COUNTRY HOMES, ..-
WELSH COUNTRY HOMES, XLVIII,-Caldicot Castle (CONTINUED.) IN MEDIEVAL TIMES. Its Magnificent Masonry. FORTRESS AT THE PRESENT TIME. Last week we broke off our story at a point at which Prince Thomas, in the late 14th century, had wedded the De Bohun heiress AJianore, and had completed Caldicot Castle on a scale of great magnificence. To-day the handiwork of its builders is the ad- miration of the antiquarian. The names of Prince Thomas and his bride still remain carved in imperishable stone, mute, but none the less eloquent, witness of their owner- ship. As you pass beneath the portal of the beautiful Woodstock Tower, which was one of his additions, you may see at the bottom of the west jamb of the outer arch on a stone carved in a quatrefoil the name Thomas." Only a few yards away, the lowest stone on the angle of the adjoining building, now in ruins, bears the word Alianore." To the man who knows his history what memories these names recall. ———" ————- ) ).i.: I. CALDICOT CASTLE—THE GATEHOUSE FROM THE COURTYARD. (" S.W.D.N." Photo.) Domestic Happiness-and a Tragedy. It is a short story, but full of pathos. Prince Thomas, Duke of Gloucester, was a man of principle and character, and he did not fail, when King Richard II. ran contrary to the best interests of the nation, to'side with the people against their monarch. In 1397, by a mean subterfuge, in which the King assisted, the Duke was betrayed and captured. He was hurried on a vessel, conveyed to Calais, and kept in prison there for some weeks. Then it was officially announced that he had died of a fever. The fact was that the King gave. the word that he should die, and that, by the direc- tions of the Earl Marshal, he was smothered between two feather beds! The Duke's estates were forfeited to the Crown, the Duchess Alia- nore being only allowed to retain her own wearing apparel and two chariots, with some other small things which had been seized by Richard Whittington, Mayor of London." She retired to Barking Nunnery for a period, but in 1399 Caldicot was restored to her. A few months later her little son Humphry died, and poor Alianore, broken with grief, followed him to the grave within a few weeks. The Mother of a Manarch. In 1415, as thf result of a new partition of the 11 X CALDICOT CASTLE-INTERIOR OF THEjWESTERN GUARDROOM. v (" S,W.D.N." Photo.) De Bohun estates, Caldicot went to the King, During the wars of the Roses it probably changed hands several times, but the main point of interest at this period is the fact that the mother of Henry Tudor, afterwards King Henry VII., stayed for some time at Caldicot. She was a remarkable woman, and in the quaint words of a Tudor chronicler, She was of singular easyness to be spoken to, and full curtayse answers she would make to all that came unto her unkynde she would be unto no creature, ne forgetful of ony kynde- ness or servyce done to her before, which is no lytel part of very noblenese." In the reign of the Hunchback Caldicot was granted to the Second Duke of Buckingham, who started plotting against the King at Brecon. In 1483 Buckingham proceeded from Brecon to Caldicot with the intention of crossing the Severn, but there was a great flood, as the re- sult of which he went north to Shrewsbury, where he -was taken prisoner and executed at Salisbury. In 1499 the first Tudor monarch re- stored Caldicot to the next, Duke of Bucking- ham. But the latter was in hear succession to the Throne, and in the time of Henry VIII. Wolsey craftily accomplished his overthrow. He was executed in 1421, and his estates were forfeited to the Crown. The King annexed Caldicot to the Duchy of Lancaster, and it re- mained Duchy land until the beginning of the nineteenth century. Earl of Glamorgan and Baron ef Caldicot" During these three centuries the Mancft and Castle of Caldicot were the subject of constant leases, and in early Stuart days it was leased to Edward Earl of Worcester for three lives. When King Charles the First and his Parliament quarrelled the hapless King found in the then lessee of Caldicot, the first Marquis of Worcester, a supporter, who was both loyal and generous, and in acknowledgment of his many services conferred upon his son the titles of Earl of Glamorgan and Baron Beaufort of Caldicot Castle, both of which titles are borne by the Duke of Beaufort to this day. In 1675, in consideration of E287 4s ld, the Crown granted the castle and manor to one William Wolseley for 60 years at a rent of JE52 13s 4d. In the late 18th century the castle and manor were leased by the Hanbury family of Pontypool. About the year 1850 the Castle and Manor of Caldicot were sold by the Duchy of Lancaster to Mr Charles Edward Lewis, of St. Pierre, and in 1884 they were sold by the latter to Mr Joseph Richard Cobb, F.S.A the father of the present owner, who partially restored the castle and did much to reveal its more interesting fea- tures. The Restoration of Caldieet. So much for the past. What shall be said of Caldicot to-day ? The illustration which we publish of Caldi- cot Castle as it appeared about a hundred years ago gives a fair idea of the condition into which this fine example of mediaeval military architecture had lapsed during the centuries in which it was uninhabited. It had become to all intents and purposes a ruin. A comparison of this view with that which we publish of the great gatehouse as seen from thp castle court- yard to-day will give some idea of what has been accomplished within the past three decades. Mr J. R. Cobb had had previous experience of castle restoration, for he it was who in the seventies expended his antiquarian enthusiasm in reclaiming Manorbier Castle from its forlorn and ruined stats, and in rendering the gate- house and other portions habitable. Subse- quently Mr Eliot Stock, the well-known 14oxidon publisher, became for a time Mr Cobb's tenant at Manorbier, and Mr Cobb then devoted him self to the reclamation pf CaldkotL- The principal portions restored and now used I for habitation are the great gatehouse, the north or Woodstock tower and the keep. The inner front of the gatehouse was very ruinous, and has been repaired in half timber work, as shown in our photograph, though it may be urged on the one hand that it is not in keeping with the style of the original work, it possesses this great advantage, that it enables one to distinguish at a glance the new work from the masonry which Prince Thomas, the ill-fated Duke of Gloucester, placed there just five centuries earlier. Caldicot Castle To-day. Caldicot Castle to-day supplies an instruc- tive object lesson of how a ruined fortress may, with care and patience, be converted into a residence possessing modern require- ments and j et retaining all thoso picturesque mediaeval features which confer so much charm and distinction. V lowed from the south Caldicot presents a particularly majestic ap- pearance. Its massive walls and battlemented towers are surrounded by a dry moat, and you approach the forbidding looking gatehouse across a narrow drawbridge. You instinc- tively expect as you give knowledge of your presence to descry men at arms challenging you from the parapets or to hear the rattle of the portcullis chains. But any apprehensions which the environment conjured up were speedily dispelled on the occasion of our recent visit by the present owner, Mr G. Wheatly Cobb, who inherits the antiquarian tastes of his father in a marked degree and who is carrying on, in a methodical manner, a series of excavations in and around the castle with the object of clearing up several of those un- solved problems regarding its structure which always tend to enhance the antiquarian in- terests of an ancient building. A nearer in- spection of the gatehouse only impresses one still more with the magnificence of its masonry. Of the size of the stones of itS splayed bases it need only be said that the top of the fourth row is seven feet from the ground. The two fine towers which flank the gateway are square, and they stand slightly back, forming an angle with the large flat front, surmounted by a castellated parapet, beneath which you enter the main gate. Its Palatial Proportions. A notable feature of the gatehouse is its palatial proportions. In comparison with it the gatehouses, say, of St. Donate and Manor- ¡ bier, beautiful as they are in themselves; arc completely dwarfed. On either side of the archway are guard-rooms, both spacious apartments. The long stone staircase I which gives access to the upper floor is wide enough for three or four people to walk abreast, and in every way it gives you the idea of plenty of elbow room. At its upper end, where the stairs branch, the ceiling is finely groined with carved heads at the extremities of the ribs. Here, as elsewhere, the beauty of propor- tion is very pleasing. Of the guard rooms on the ground floor that on the eastern side is now the dining-room. At its southern end a round headed arch frames a dias raised two steps above the main floor. In the eastern wal! a doorway with a shouldered arch is a feature, while at the northern extremity the two Gothic win- dows. which are nearly ten feet above the ground, are approached by a series of steps which extend across the window recesses. Around the walls hang in chronological order the heraldic devices of all the owners of Caldi- cot during a period of eight centuries, from FitzWalter to the present time. The western guard room is used as an entrance hall, and a very attractive apart- ment it is with its Gothic windows and its old oak funiture. The southen end forms a small separate chamber entered by a pointed arch- way. Memories of Nelson. Here, as in almost every other room at Caldi- cot are to be seen relics of Nelson's old flagship the Foudroyant. The story of this famous ship, of her sale to a German ship breaker, of her rescue and restoration by Mrs Cobb's father, and of her wreck at Blackpool in 1897, when the present owner of Caldicot nearly lost his life, is too long ot be toldhere. Her bowsprit jack now hangs in the guard- room, and an original painting of her launch in 1798 may be seen in one of the pretty window recesses in the drawing-room. On a side table in the western guard-room is one of the copper bolts whi' h fastened her massive timbers and in the dining-room the ensign of the famous ship and a drum that was used on board her a century ago are allotted honoured places. The Drawing-Room. .4 turn to the left hand at the top of the -v4- turn to the left hand at the top of the massive stone stairway gives access to the present drawing-room—a lofty and spacious chamber, much of the beauty of which is due to its irregular shape and deep window reces- ses, which command charming peeps across the greensward to the picturesque towers that crown the walls of Caldicot at every angle. Mr Cobb inclines to the view that the present drawing-room was formerly .the apartment of Alianore and her bevy of fair maidens. One of the main interests of the room is the fine stone fireplace of early perpendicular work which remains exactly as it was in mediaeval times. Pieces of finely carved furniture, notably an | oak chest at the eastern end, harmonise per- fectly with the old world air of the room. The walls are adorned with many interesting lares and penates, including a trophy of the Ban- bury and Bloxam Company of the Oxfordshire Yeomanry, of 1798, who were commanded by Mr Cobb's great grand-father. A prominent object on the greensward of the turf nestling beneath the fine old keep which occupies the north-eastern corner of the walls is the white figure head of the Foud- royant. Near it is the castle well, once yield- ing an ample supply of pure water, but since the making of the Severn Tunnel the spring which fed it has been tapped and the well is now dry. The Anoient Kesp. The keep, the entrance to which is by a short ladder leading to the first floor, has been res- tored, and is now dry and habitable. The features of the room occupying, the first floor include four loop windows with deep cut and splayed recesses. One of these contains a wen forty feet deep. A stone staircase in the wall leads to the upper room, in one of the window recesses of which there is a priest's seat and altar. In each of these rooms is a typical twelfth century fireplace with massive stone hood. The rampart provides a splendid view acaoss the castle and surrounding country and a glance over the low flat meadows of the Nedem stream is sufficient to indicate the nat- ural defences of the stronghold in this direc. tion. The masonry of the keep is notable- very massive and in splendid preservation. Below the deep parapet are holes in the stonework, from which evidently beams sup- porting a wooden gallery once projected, a I gallery from which mediaeval bowmen were able to discharge showers of deadly arrows upon their unfortunate enemies below. From the basement of the keep a dark opening extends to the deep dungeon. A Concluding Werd. Space does not permit of more than a passing reference to the beautiful Woodstock Tower, which dominates the north curtain of paldicot a singuiarly graceful piece of work, square on the inner side, but a half octagop without the walls, and on the- latter side it has fine machicolations. The walls and towers of Caldicot present a wonderful combination of antiquarian interests and picturesque beauty, and one would fain linger long in this charming spot. In some parts the ivy tenderly wraps the old walls in a green mantle, in others Virginian creepers festoon them in gorgeous hues of red and gold. Around the green carpet which covers the ancient courtyard, flower-beds with dashes of colour here and there form a pleasant intrusion where the greensward and the grey walls meet. Caldi- cot is not as well known as it should be, for it is one of the most interesting and impressive buildings in Monmouthshire-a county espe- cially rich in historical and antiquarian trea- sured. I Next Week—LLANDAFF PALACE
I., Count's Ghastly Find,…
I Count's Ghastly Find, m DECAPITATED HEAD ON TABLE I Hetfotel Hirlap," a Buua-Pest organ, has a highly gruesome story. It is stated that returning to his home, Castle Rosenberg, a day or two ago, Count Soefried walked into his library, and there, when he switched on the light, he was horrified to find the head of a girl on the table. The library window stood open and along the floor from the window to the table was a trail of blood. None of the servants could give any explanatien of the matter, and the police were put in' possession of the facts. Even they failed to find any clue to the tragedy until the publicity given to the affair brought forward a man who saif) that he bad seen a dog trying to drag a bead- less body of a girl. This sight had so terrified him that he was afraid to mention the matter to the authorities. The police made a systematic search of the railway line which skirts the grounds of the count's castle, and there they found the body of the girl, who had evidently thrown hersolf before a train, thus ending her life. It is now pretty clearly established that a huge dog which the count owns had, in the course of its roamings, found the body and head of the girl on the line, and after dragging the head into his master's house, across the park and through the window, had gone back for the body, but found it beyond his strength to drag that also to the house. Even now considerable mystery surrounds the c»J»e, for the girl is entirely unknown in the ueipnbour- bourhood, and no one has as yet tvomc -ward | to establish her identity.
DUKE AND BASUTOS. ..
DUKE AND BASUTOS. South African Tour. DAY OF DIGNIFIED CEREMONIES. I Bloemfontein, Wednesday.—The Duke and Duchess of Connaught artd Princess Patricia arrived here to-day in beautiful weather. Their Royal Highnesses received a warm welcome from the crowd which had gathered in the Streets. The Mayor of BlocmContcin, Mr Albert E. Parfitt, presented an address from the Municipal Associations of the Orange Free State, subscribed by 36 different municipalities. The Duke of Connaught, replying to the address presented by the Mayor of Bloemfon- tein, said the King would be deeply touched by the sympathy of the Orange Free State Pro- vince at the death of King dvv ard. King George, with his previous visit fresh in his mind, retained an undiminished interest in the fortunes of South Africa. Through wider markets, improved railway facilities, co-ordina- tion, and scientific research, the Orange Free State, the Duke declared, had much to hope from the Union for which her people had the wisdom to decide. At the conclusion of the speeches the Duke and Duchess of Connaught and Prin- cess Patricia drove to the Race- course, where they reviewed the troops and presented new colours to the 2nd Battalion of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Ad- dressing the regiment the Duke of Connaught referred to the 24 battles in which it had bacti engaged, beginning with Gibraltar in 1704, and ending with Paardeberg. where they lost heavily, among the dead being their leader l Colonel Aldworth). A Father and His Children." At the conclusion of this ceremony the Royal party proceeded to the Government House, where an official luncheon was given. After lunch the Royal visitors received about 100 Basuto chiefs, petty chiefs, and counsellors, who presented an address on behalf of the whole Basuto nation, and assured King George of their unswerving loyalty. They were, they said, too cognisant of their shortcomings, too uneducated, and too unac- quainted with civilised customs to enter the Union, and they feared their entry at this early date would mean national suicide neverthe- less, they trusted that time would enable them to fit th. mscives as a nation for the part which their K ing wanted them to take in the Union. The Duke of Connaught, in replying, first of all remarked that the establishment of the Union had caused much discussion and anxiety among the Basutos. King George, he declared, ha remembered the representations which the Basutos made to King Edward on the subject, and King George knew that when he decided that the time had come for Basutoland to be included in the Union the Basutos would loyally obey. The Basutos were anxious lest they should be de- prived of certain rights. King George's message to them was that when the Union Act was prepared King Edward's counsellors con- sidered carefully how far they could reserve existing Basuto rights, and their decision was embodied in the schedule of that Act which couW not be altered save by the King's pleaAui^e. When a child was troubled, his Royal Highness continued, he went to his father, who decided what must be done. The child must trust and obey its father. The child was but on? of a large family, and the father had got experience in settling troubles, and was ablt. to judge what was best not only for the young child but for the peace and advantage of the whole family. The Basuto nation was a very young child amongst many peoples of the British Empire, and the Basutos should rely on the wisdom and experience of their King and his counsellors. Nation Within South African Union. The proceedings were dignified, solemn, and formal. At the conclusion of his speech, the Duke of Connaught, who had been standing before the chair arranged thronewise, with the Duchess and Princess Patricia on either side of him, ad- vanced to Letsie, the chief, took him by the hand, and turning to Mr Sloley, the direc- tor, faid, Tell him I am very glad to have seen him." This remark, made with a kindly smile., and accompanied by a warm handshake, greatly moved Letsie. who bowed profoundly. Earlier in the proceedings Letsie begged his Iloyal. JJighness to accept a Basuto pony, and the Duke, in thanking the chief, said he was having a fur coat made in England for him. A poticeable point in the address was the sttesslald by the Basutos in describing them- selves as a nation amongst other nations of the Empire, and the expression of their ambition to take their place eventually as a nation within the South African Union. After attending a garden party at Govern- ment House, which was largely attended, the Royal party left at six o'clock for Victoria I alls, having spent a day crowded with cere- mony. Bloemfontein was crowded with people from all parts of the Free State, both Dutch and British, to welcome their Royal Highnesses and the reception given surpassed anything ever previously witnessed here, both in point of decorative effect and of public heartiness. On the outskirts of Bloemfontein is a native location, with 16,000 inhabitants. These turned out en masse on either side of the rail- way a mile below the city, and cheered lustily as the train passed, the native band playing God save the King." Similar enthusiasm was shown in the streets of Bloemfontein, and in the square, where addresses were presented. The most interesting feature of the day was, however, the Basuto gathering. All the Basutos were neatly dressed in black, with trim white collars and black ties, typical of the advance- ment of the Basutos as compared with other natives.—Press Association Foreign Special.
THE FRENCH CABINET.
THE FRENCH CABINET. M. Briand, in strengthening his ministry, made some surprising changes, as no fewer than seven of his former colleagues have been supplanted. In the case of two of them it is believed M. Briand had no desire to make any change, but M. Millerand declined to join the new Ministry, and M. Monis, after accepting the portfolio of Justice, withdrew his accept- ance on purely personal grounds." Among the new ministers, M. Theodore Girad, who is a solicitor, and has been a member of the High I M. Briand. I Court Commission, is regarded as one of the leading lawyers in France M. Maurice Jaure is one of the many journalists who have become prominent in French Politics. M. Jean Morel is an authority on economic and agricultural matters, though it is the Colonial portfolio that he has received. Another new minister is M. Lafferre, who has been a college professor. He has a fondness for writing to the papers, and in this way he has been a vigorous opponent of all the great French strikes of recent years.
EARL'S BROTHER'S DEBTS.
EARL'S BROTHER'S DEBTS. The Hon. Randolph de Vere Capel, brother of the Earl of Essex, was before the Bank- ruptcy Court on Wednesday for public ex- amination. Liabilities £ 2,808 assets nil. His furniture was estimated to produce iCl, but against this was set distrainable rent. The receiving order was dated 26 September. The debtor attributed his insolvency to extravagance, heavy interest on loans, and a bad debt of JE516. The Official Receiver asked about at item of L505 paid by cheque at the St. James's c-. What was that for 1" I lost at cards." One sitting or one week T" t One week's loss." What was the game Ecarte." Were you a member of the St. James's ?" No. I was a member of White's, and White's were being put up temporarily at St. James's." The examination was formally adjourned.
GERMANY AND NORTH SEA.
GERMANY AND NORTH SEA. Ber'V, Wednesday.—The Tageblatt's Kiel corresy yndent telegraphs that the headquar- ters of the Germ -LrL submarine flotilla arc to be i transferred frorn Kiel, in the Baltic, to Bruns- buttel, in the Nor.b Sea.-Central News.
WELSH GLEANINGS. .
WELSH GLEANINGS. News and Views in Lighter Vein. Mr R. Callard, of Ammanford, has had pear trees in blossom at his residence np to the past fortnight, and laburnum trees still in bloom. Even members of the legal profession some- times make mistakes. For instance, a solicitor at a local court last week said "This man is charged with having committed suicide." Mr Victor Grayson, the Socialist, referring to a local railway on which he had been travel- ling, said that he endeavoured to soothe an old gentleman's feelings with the remark. You ought to nationalise them." I'd paralyse them if I had my way," was the response. A new monthly sixpenny magazine dealing with Welsh subjects is announced to make ita appearance in December. Sir D. Brvnmor Jones, Sir Alfred Mond, M.P., and Mr Harold Aspen are believed to be among the promoters. Some of the most popular hymn-tunes of to- day are the ballads of the village tavern of a past generation. So it is very inconsistent to blame the Salvation Army for sanctifying popular music hall songs. Dr. W. Stanley Hughes, who has just been appointed medical superintendent of the North Wales Joint Counties Asylum at Denbigh, Ï8 the son of Mr C. J. Hughes, B.A., headmaster of the Aberayron County School. Dr. R\!Sb.ef at present holds a responsible post at the Ciay- bury Asylum, Woodford Bridge, Essex. An aspirant for public honours at Ji shocked his supporters recently when com* plaining of the expenditure of the ToifCfl Council by declaring that they hadac spent JE620 for eight acres of land for tipping their refugees." Almost as bad as councillor who1 referred to his odourless' duties. More than a thousand people from Cardiff and the Rhondda and Aberclare Vallpys we^ to Bridgwater last week to witness the Novem- ber 5th celebration. The carnival waa, by common consent, the finest that the QM Somersetshire town had even provided, any(§ that is saying a good deal. From The Cambrian," May Tanllwyth o dan, v A'r aelwyd yn lan Y ty yn llawn. A'r wraig yn Uawen." What man can wish, or more on earth Than a good fire and clean-swept h. A home with genial plenty stored, And smiling wife to grace ftis board ?" Neath. It is interesting, in view of the Federal Home Rule agitation, to find that$V^fehma is the champion of direct legislation by pro- vincial Parliaments in Canada- This gen is Mr John Williams, a native of Ysgeifiog, North Wales, and has been in Canada 30 years. He was the first and only Welshman to sit in the Manitoba Parliament. He was defeated m the last election on his favourite subject, still actively engaged as a propagandist, gVjl will again seek a seat in the Provincial LegS- lature. Lord Tredegar's memorial to his favotuitg charger, Sir Briggs, is not the only one on kind at Tredegar Park. The othr one if worded :—" In loving memory of pe £ nj|, fondest and most affectionate of Skye temprjJ, who died September 6th, 1898. His honest heart was all his master's Q. There are some both good and wise Who say Dumb creatures we have pberished e below Shall give us joyous greeting when we f the golden gate. Is it folly that I hope it may be so ? Was it hi^ Lordship (asks a correspoudeni) who composed these lines t An Aberystwyth correspondent auggosta that the answer to Mr F. Leonard Sessions' query as to why the Roman Catholics in W ale;ø ar6 three times as numerous as their accommoda- tion, whilst some of the other churches 4tv, four times as much accommodation as of mem- bers, is this. The Catholics are scattered over all parts of the Principality, but they have churches in only some of the towns. The members who live away from the churches oniy attend the services occasionally. There is a sentence in Mr Willows' account pt his airship voyage to France (sàýs tM "Globe") which affords illustration of the iron nerve necessary to airmanship. Mr Willows simply states :—" I had to get out of my seat and crawl along the tubing to slip it (the ven- tilating fan belt) on again." But those who have seen the Willows airship at close quarter?} will appreciate what this meant. The car 01 the airship is an inverted triangular frame, the base of which provides his seat, a belt of can- vas, the apex supporting the engine and driviag gear. According to Y Drych," the Royal Welsh Ladies' Choir, under the conductorship ol Madame Hughes Thomas, had a wonderful re- ception in Winnipeg on the 17th ult. This was their first visit to Winnipeg, and among thoee who came to receive them was the Hon. Judge Howell, an ardent Welshman, who, although born in Canada, has not forgotten the Welsh language taught him by his parents, who were natives of Swansea. At the concert on Monday evening the judge presented them with a bouquet of American Beauties on behalf ol the Welshmen of Winnipeg. Lord Lytton was delighted with his recep- tion by the Women Liberals of Wales, and said that not a single point of the speeches de- livered at the public meeting was lost on the audience. His only regret was that he did not hear more- Welsh music. Lord Lytton if grandson to the great novelist of the same name, and he was greatly interested when toht that Lytton's historic romances were so well known in Wales. He is strongly opposed to the discouragement of the Welsh language, and said that it would be a linguistic calamity if it were allowed to die out. Seeing that the men singers deserted their post at the Liberal women's meeting at Cardiff last week before they had completed their entertainment, it is a pity that the pro- moters of the meeting did not press the re- maining musical talent that graced the plat- form into their service. M. Ellis Jones GIi- is one of Wales's most charming can^atricea. As Miss Mary Owen her name was a, household word in Welsh musical circles, and she is as keen a politician as her eloquent husband, th* new Welsh X.C. Mr Melton Prior, the war copreepoadeat, whose death has just been announced, visited Swansea on several occasions. In 1881 ho eäm. down to do the opening of the Prince of Wales Dock for the Illustrated London News." There were a good many practical jokes played on that occasion, most of them initiated or canned out by the late Carl Smith, who at that time commanded the Lywt, the steam yacht of the late Mr C. R. H. Talbot. Mr Prior collaborated in not a few, aad. entered heartily into the spirit of the fun. Indeed, he declared that he had had in Swan* sea on that occasion the time of his life. Strange, indeed, are the ways of GupicL Nine years ago Dr. Carl A. Johnson, a distin; guished Chicago doctor, dropped a bottle into the Atlantic, putting inside it his professional card, with the request it should be returned to him. The wind and waves tossed the bottle on to the shores of Wales, and three yeare ago at Rhyl Miss Winnie Bradbury, a Birmingham society beauty, walking with her brothen and sisters, picked up the message. It is now an- nounced that Miss Bradbury and the doetm are to be wedded at Birmingham. They have not seen each other yet, but correspondence has revealed all other details. Before goinc on a Continental honeymoon the two will visit Rhyl, and inspect the fateful,spot on the beach where the bottle Was found. That a Calvinistic" Sassiwn should have set apart a whole session of conference to dis- cuss the question of the relation of the Church to amusements, and that the speaking should practically have gone all one way, and that is favour of a more liberal consideration for the demands of recreation, both physical and intellectual, is surely little less than a modern miracle. Times have verily changed since the days when the late Principal Thomas Charles Edwards was hounded and ostracised for patronising athletics at the University College of Wales. We learn now, for the first time, from the discussion at the Holyhead Sasskm that bis father, the venerated Dr. Lewis Edwards, held the same enlightened views as principal of Bala Theological College and en- deavoured to inculcate them in the case of ministerial students. The coalfield trouble has brought to South Wales an army of journalists, and for another twelve months when nothing else s doing we shall get the chief London and provincial newspapers filled with impressions of the Welsh people and their native haunts. A Man- chester journalist inquired in this office a night or two ago where Pantypondy was. meant Tonypandy. Another who was very re. served about mentioning any names at all de- scribed his visit to Aman Aman. It was thought at first he said Ham and eggs." It would ex- haust the resources of a dozen languages to attempt a description of the efforts to make one understand their pronunciation of Cwmllynfell." If a Welsh Punch were published it would be hard to find a more interesting item than a collection of Welsh place-names as published in the English Press.