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- Catholicism and Loyalty.
Catholicism and Loyalty. To the Editor of the County Times. Sir,-I am sorry that Mr Conway Lloyd has been so indisposed, and I am glad to hear of his rapid convalescence. Thank you for the reply on his behalf. In it you concede at last that the Catholic Church has no concern with purely secular affairs in Ireland or in other countries." But those Irish Presbyterian Unionists in their appeal untruthfully said it had. Now, when Mr Conway Lloyd was at Brecon speaking of "Rome Rule," and two days later at Crickhowell of '-the domination of Rome in Ire- land," he knew that I had denounced the untruth. He must therefore blame himself for what you are pleased to call my "attack" on him. He could, and should, have avoided it. From your conces- sion it follows logically that the Catholic Church has no concern with the politics or religion of secular representatives and officials. Further, if non-Catboncs are intolerant or disloyal, that is their own affair but if Catholics are similarly guilty, she will r 'call them to their duty, and even adopt such severe measures as the excommunica- tion of Freemasons and Fenians. There remains the other point as to whether Irish Catholics in particular are disloyal or in- tolerant. Thnt de jure- they are not disloyal is clear from the torpgoing settled point. Are they de facto ? If they are, it is for him who says so to show that they are excommunicate. Will you or Mr Conway Lloyd please therefore tell us the num- ber ? I am afraid you will have some trouble in proving that in Ireland Catholics do not go to Holy Communion, hundreds and thousands of them in the same building at the same service. If you cannot in this way prove disloyalty—and you cannot—and if you have no evidence for Catholic religious intolerance—as you have not—then you concede all I ask. Now to details. You seek to fasten an untruth upon Hie and to pin me to a challenge. Be it so However, that is not the way to meet your own (or Mr Conway Lloyd's) untrue statements, or to take up my challenges. Now as to my alleged untrue statement which was, Welshmen were not told that even Belfast itselt re- turns one member who is a Catholic and Home Ruler." You reply tuat "no secret was made of Mr Devlin's connection with Belfast as a member of Parliament." there was a secret made, inas- much as my point and my argument were that the good Presbyterian Unionist clergyman did not let Welshmen know that Ulster was not so Unionist and Protestant after all, since Derry returned to Parliament a Presbyterian Home Ruler and Bel- fast was Catholic aud Nationalist enough, with one-fourth of its population Catholic, to return a Home Ruler who is a Catholic. I am afraid then it is you who are guilty of the inaccuracy, not 1. If I, please quote my statement and your proof side by side, and I will confess. As to the challenge about Freemasonry, I did not connect that with Irish Catholic loyalty, but merely instanced it to show how the Church condemned disloyalty every- where. However I accept the challenge please say when you would like to have my proofs. You have admitted one untruth, that of the Irish Unionist Presbyterian appeal. Now try and admit a few more. You say, "The point it not what the religion enjoins" —that is untrue for it was my main point. "The point," you say, "is what many of those who profess it do and say, particularly in its name." Certainly this belongs to my second and subsidiary point but you evade it since you will not tell us what motive "in its name" (the Catholic Church's name) governed those priests' action. You condemn them unheard I said Mr Conway Lloyd was evasive that is a persistent instance. You say, "the priests' point of view, apparently, was &c." you may think so but I insist upon having what was real and not merely apparent and, moreover, that which you do not allow to appear cannot even be called apparent. Now, why do you not accept my challenge in this matter ? In reference to the Gaelic Athletic Association you are not only evasive and decline the challenge but the reason you give tor founding it is untrue. That I have on good authority. It is also untrue to say that the English National Anthem "is barred at every Nationalist meeting, &c." Proof When Isaac Butt started the Home Rule movement the charter toast ot the National Party was "The Queen, Lords, and Commons of Ireland." So, too, when Mr John Morley and Lord Ripon visited Ireland after the defeat of the Home Rule Bill of 1886 the loyal toasts were honoured in Dublin, and the Nationalist bands throughout the country set then. selves to learn to play "God save the Queen." Even the Unionist papers admitted that King George received a more enthusiastic welcome in Irelend than in any other part of his dominions. The Unionists are really to blame for the lack of "official" welcomes, because they seek to draw from these political capital in favour of the Union, arguing that the Irish are a contented and well- governed racu The same old story as that of the Union Jack and English National Anthem, debasing what should be above party to party use And don't you think there is often in England gross disrespect for the holy name of God when that anthem is sung, and people rush for the door, putting on their hats, and not waiting for a single verse Is that disloyalty ? And how often do English folk who are "ioyal" Unionists'sing the Irish National Anthem ? Is that loyalty to a nation whence they have derived so much. Mr Conway LLyd was expected at the Brecon Welsh Society rieetine- recently where an Anglican clergy- man was lecturing. The Welsh National Anthem was sung—no other find there was no profane rush lor doors. Was that disloyalty ? You say that most of my "ancient Irish history" was "in answer to Mr Conway Lloyd." This is untrue it referred to your remarks, and even then it was not in answer to you, since I was merely suggesting an explanation of pro-,Joer cheers. Now, some of the facts just given you are not as "anciont" as some of your "history." My reference to the Catholic marriage laws was to show how inconsistent and unscrupulous you were. So too about the paper "Irish Freedom" you were irrelevant, you are now inconsistent as well for, why does not your paper "condemn" Orange "policy and utterances." Again, about pro-doer sympathy, I showed that Mr Conway Lloyd's instances were irrelevant everyone. Now, you bring up fresh instances. Even if from your style of arguing I do not gravely suspect the source of your information, but take its accuracy for granted, there again is your inconsistency the Boers have Home Rule though they took up arms, but the Irish may not because of their cheers You think of the "brave English soldiers "who died were there no Irish heroes? Granted that a few Nationalists have made foolish and dis- loyal speeches, htve, the Unionists made none? Mr Conway Lloyd (as we have seen)? Captain Craig ? and others ? Yet other Unionist speakers, such as Mr Harvey at Hay say, "It was not the people of Ireland wilO wanted Home Rule but the few agitator*" and Mr Beckwith at Crickhowell said of the Irish that "every year" they were "less inclined for any kind of revolution." Where is the consistency? Irish Catholics prayed for the success of the British arms and I was one. All these political references have, as such, no concern for me now for I am confining myself to the position of Catholics as such. I merely use I them to show the inconsistency, the unscrupulosity, t -ift,i- of not all but of many Unionists, who utter un- truths about us, and seek potitical advantage by deliberately stirring up "religious" strife. I am supported in this by the Unionist chief whip who is a Catholic. He said at Waterloo, Liverpool, Things of a most offensive character, displaying most narrow-minded ignorance and bigotry, had been uttered and written against his religion not by responsible leaders ot the Unionist Party, but what he might term the third-rate type of lecturer, who found it conveniently easy to dilate in anger and venom upon matters of religion, either through incapability or lack of intelligence to understand the question as a whole." ("Morning Post," Oct. 23rd, 1912). Another Catholic Unionist M.P., Col. Sir Mark Sykes, says in the" Times" of Sept. 27th, 1911, "It mikes it impossible for an Irish Catholic to be a Unionist or for an English Catholic Unionist to counten- ance the tactics of his party." Similarly other Catholic Unionists have protested, such as the Duke of Norfolk, Mr James F. Hope, M.P., and Lord Ninian Criton-Stuart, M.P. tor Cardiff, who says it is "di-c;usting and disgraceful." I hope you are not serious when you say that "the Ancient Order of Hibernians is a secret society in this respect that it debars Protestants from membership, and that its Lodges are guarded almost as rip.suiy as those of Freemasons." Are then H Oat hi the Temperance Society, a Confirma- tion lass, the Welsh Baptist Union (because of close cjmmuuMu), the Liberal Club, a "Dinas" house-party without you or me, secret societies" because they are exclusive ? Even if they keep out some Protestants and have every avenue of approach rigidly guarded ? Mr Conway Lloyd seems to write more sensibly than that. The secret societies he refers to are those oath-bound societies which plot against lawful authority in Church and State or both. Such are Freemasons and Fenians-if Fenians there be. Again it is untrue to say that the Ancient Order of Hibernians is such and you decline the challenge to quote a disloyal rule. As to Mr Lloyd's figures, I have two remarks to make first that you have suffere 1 yourself to be trapped 1 merely went on his figures in which he suppressed the number of Catholics. Arguing, as I said, on his beautiful system of averages "-not on mine or any correct system—I showed what would result. You condemn the result as fal- lacious {not the arithmetic as incorrect), and thereby you condemn Mr Conway Lloyd And again, surely, you knew that we had County Coun- cil electorates'in Ireland, and not four Provincial electorates The second remark is, that his figures are both wrung and misleading. Wrong, because in County Council electorates outside Ulster how could Protestants have a chance where the Catholics are usually over eighty, and up to ninety- eight per cent.'? And yet a number is elected. Is that intolerance ? Misleading, because, as a fact, they are not elected as Protestants but, more wonderful still, as Unionists! Do Unionists in Great Britain ever elect Liberals ? Unionists in Ireland --atiti in no county in Ulster are Protestants eighty per cent.—never elect Catholics or Home Rulers. Irish Catholics do, then, waive their principles in favour of a Unionist of exceptional merit, such as Col- Everard, who has been a tower of strength to the tobacco industry. Find me greater tolerance than that in the United King- dom. Mr Conway Lloyd does not touch upon other boards or bodies and he does not say what would happen in Ulster if plural voting were abolished You decline my offer of Protestant witness to Catholic toleration no wonder !Yours, &c., W. FINUCANE. Catholic Church, Brecon, 15th Dec., ISM3. Father Finucane continues to treat his own assertions as incontrovertible facts after evidence has been given disproving them, and claims from his opponents admissions which they have not made. At the very outset of the foregoing letter he says we concede at last that the Roman Catholic Church has no concern with purely secular affairs in Ireland or in other countries." We made no such concession, as reference to our I article on the 11th inst. will show. What we then said was "Incidentally it is fair argument that the doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church do not affect the question at issue the point is not what the religion enjoins, but what many of those who profess it do and say, particularly in its name." Tn everybody but Father Finucane, we are sure, the distinction between the ideal of the religion an'! the real of the Church will be clear enough. Then the rev. gentleman goes on to say that Mr Conway Lloyd, when at Brecon and Crickhowell, knew that he (Father Finucane) had denounced the untruth. At that time the correspondence had not commenced, and we can only infer a reference to something outside our knowledge but this correspondence has shown that a thing is not necessarily an untruth because Father Finucane so de.cribe8 it. A good deal of what follows is out of court it is based on assumptions, neither admitted nor proved. In passing, how absurd the suggestion that disloyalty amongst Catholics in Ireland is non-existent because there are not wholesale excommunications It would be about as sensible to say that the priests of Dublin are on the side of Capital and against Labour because they do not shout for Larkin. Father Finucane wriggles uncomfortably in attempting bo escape from responsibility for the untrue stz. ment re Mr Devlin's connection with Belfast, b"' he cannot get away from it. He falls back on Derry, and rashly asserts that this was not mentioned at the anti-Home Rule meetings. Thuse mh, c i ngs were not reported in full, and for aught we know the Derry case was mentioned over and over again. Whether it was or not, the rev. gentleman made a wild mis-statement, and now tries to shuffle out of it. We gave the proof he asks for in a previous note If we understand him aright, Father Finucane is now prepared to offer proof of the disloyalty of Freemasons. He should have done that when he was challenged. At the risk of his concluding we are shirking the issue, we content ourselves with the remark that we are confident about the loyalty of Freemasons in the United Kingdom. We did not admit the untruth of the Irish Unionist Presbyterian appeal, although we were not responsible for it, nor had Mr Conway Lloyd anything to do with it. Nor did we evade the challenge about the "priests' point of view" in certain Irish elections. It was only possible to suggest what was their point of view (not being able to penetrate their minds), and that we did. Again, we plead not guilty to the charge of being evasive about the Gaelic Athletic Associa- tion We gave instances of its peculiarly loyal tactics—actions which cannot be explained away by any unknown good authority." It does not make the proposition that the Nation- alists bar the National Anthem untrue to go back to the days of Butt or to quote a special happen- ing in 1856 when there was obvious reason for "assuming a virtue though they had it not." We make Father Finucane a present of his statement that even the Unionist papers admitted tnat King George had a more enthusiastic welcome in Ireland than in any other part of his dominions, with this one observation, that if he wants us to take it as proof of abiding loyalty amongst the rank and file of Irish Nationalists, we claim the right to reserve judgment until the people have discarded their disloyal leaders. Father Finucane quotes from speeches and letters of Unionists who are Roman Catholics, but we notice he does not quote the letter of Mr Rowland Hunt, MP., a Roman Catholic, pledging himself and son to fight for Ulster if needs be. We are sure he will forgive us this bit of new matter if only because it might be used to show a Catholic's tolerance. Here is atypical example of unfairness.—"My reference to the Catholic marriage laws was made to show how inconsistent and unscrupulous you were." All we had done was to publish a letter on the subject, and we had excised part of that in an endeavour to be fair to a colleague of Father Finucaue's. Now who is the unscrupulous party to this correspondence ? Just as reliable are the references to the Pro- Boer business. Instances which cannot be denied are passed over as irrelevant new ones bring the sneer "I gravely suspect the source of your infor- mation." If the facts cannot be denied, of what importance is the source of our knowledge ? The secret character of the Ancient Order of Hibernians is seriously suggested for the reasons mentioned and others, and cannot be explained away by ridiculous comparisons. The acts are there all the time against the rev. gent., and these count for more than paper rules. We are quite ready to admit that Father Finucane tried to trap our readers with his treat- ment of the figures of County Council reyivstu.- tation in Ireland, but we cannot refrain from smiling at his notion that he trapped us because we shattered his flimsy structure about the Parlia- mentary representation of Ulster. He had asserted that Protestants had more than their share of representation cn the County Councils. When Mr Conway Lloyd gave figures by way of answer he first juggled with them and then applied the result to the Par'iamentary representation of Ulster. We demolished the Ulster case, but that demolition did not trap us into condemning Mr Conway Lloyd, for the simple reason that the County Council figures were given to disprove Father Finucane's assertion with regard to Protestant representation on the county authorities in the Nationalist part of Ireland. Whether Ulster Protestants do or do not support Catholics for any office is a question entirely outside the issue. Father Finucane has now had to admit in effect that Nationalist county council electorates, where in an overwhelming majority, keep the representation to themselves pretty well. All he can uphold now is that a I "certain number" of Protestants are elected. For ourselves we are ready to let the figures—all the figures—of county council representation for coun- ties of Ireland, or provinces, speak for themselves without averaging, or lumping, or omission. As to our declining the offer of Protestant wit- ness to Catholic toleration, rightly or wrongly we thought we were justified in ignoring as vain boasting an offer to "keep us supplied for a year or two" with such testimonies, especially seeing that it does not square very well with the present situation in Ireland, no matter whether we regard that situation from the point of view of Unionists or Home Rulers or Catholics or Protestants. Owing to its great length and the special difficulties of finding space for all the matter we have to deal with in a short week, Father Finucane's letter has been slightly condensed, not, we believe, in any way unfairly. This correspoudenee is now closed.—Editor, "Brecon County Times."
Brecon Board of Guardians.
Brecon Board of Guardians. Mr O wGO Prico (chairman) presided OVf;l the fortnightly meeting of the Brecon Board oi Gaardiios oa Friday morning. VAGRANTS AND INMATES. The total number of vagrants relieved during the la-t;t fortnight at the bouse and the lodying-hoasea was 164 being a decrease of i i igbt as ca-,ipar--d with the corresponding i ;>criod lasj year. According to the masters' journal there were 65 inmates in the house, a decrease of 11 as compared with the corres- ponding diy of last year. ADMINISTRATION OF RELIEF TO TAGRANTS. The Cierk read a letter from the Pontypridd Uuion siting the Board to reconsider the question of joining th« scheme for administra- tion ot relief to cnsnal paupers by the way ticket system, pointing oat that if they did not join the scheme there was a probability that the vagrants would increase io their district. Tbe Cierk added slufe they had deoided not to juiu the scheme ou account of the fact that the Flay Union bad refasod ta have eny<biug to do with it and it would ba useless their joining if some of the U-tions in the county refu'-ed. HI" had pointed all this oat to the Pontypridd Union. Mr J. Sruitb proposed they adhere to their decision 80ahi was agreed to. INCREASE OF SALARY. The Finance Committee reported having considered the application of Mr Samuel D.»viaa, relieving officer, for an increase of salary on aocouufc of increased work and thpy recommended that tfca salary be increased by £15 subject to the consent of the Local Govern- ment Board. The Chairman, iu moving the adoption of tbe report, s*id thai Mr Davies' Bdlary, owing to certain deductions, waa now not what it was years ago. Mr Jenkia WillUcns seconded, and it was unanimously agreed to. CALL ARREARS. The Clerk reported a number of parishes in ay;,i acs both with their first and second calls and it was decided to sammou those overseers in arrears with th-ir first calls aud to give the others 14 days' notice.
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'TOUCH-AND-GO" AT LLANA-FANFAWR.
'TOUCH-AND-GO" AT LLANA- FANFAWR. Amazing Story of Alleged Farm Affray. Accused Committed for Trial. Alfred Williams, late of Lletbyrdu, Llana- fanfawr, farm servant, was brought up before a special police court at Buiith Wells on Thurs- day last, charged with maliciously causing grevious bodily harm to Jane Williams, of Llethyrdu, on October 3rd. The magistrates on the Bench were Mr C. W. Woosnam (chair- man), Dr. Black Jones and Mr Thomas Williams. Mr Reginald J. Owen. Buiith Wells, prose- cuted on behalf of the Police, and Mr Trevor Hunter (instructed by Mr A. G wvnne Vaushan, Builth Wells) defended. P.S. Gecrge Morris stated that when arrested tit u cotiage dot Llanafan on October 11th defen- dant said "It is an untruth. All that I did was in self-defence. I was sitting on a chair in the back kitchen. She came for me with a razor, saying she would cut my throat and her own, aud I clipped her in the face with an open hand." Cross-examined He had known prisoner for about five years as a decent, quiet man respect. ably connected. Dr. Spencer, Builth Wells, stated that he visited Llethyrdu on Sunday, 5th of October, and found Mrs Williams in bed bleeding from the nose and mouth. There was blood all over the bedroom. He took steps to stop the bleed. ing. The woman had lost a good deal of blood,, and was very pale. He did not then examine her body, because she was so ill. He did not notice any marks on her face, but there was a slight discolouration of the eyes. On Monday he saw her again. Bleeding had restarted that morning and she was very ill. He stopped the bleeding, and returned to the house about eight p.m. and spent the night there. The woman h-id lost nearly all the blood in her body. He sat her up in bed and she bad a convulsive attack, losing consciousness. At this time her life wa: ill serious danger-it was a case of 'touch and-go It was about ten o'clock on the following morning when be left. He stayed there till that time because he was afraid of another attack of bleeding. About a week later he examined her and found a small bruise on the body. He had known Mrs Williams for over three years and never knew her "sick" or "sorry," but very robust. She had been ill since then, but it was difficult to connect her illness with what had happened. Force must have been used. She must have been struck very hard. Cross examined Before he lifted her up he did not consider that the act of lifting would endanger her life. As he lifted her up he thought she was "touch and-go." If she laid flat and did not bleed any more, he felt she would recover. Owing to tbe amount of blood she had lost, if she had been kept raised she would probably have died. If she had not been raised her life was not in danger at that moment. Re-examined If she had a third hemorrage she would have died. PROSECUTRIX RELUCTANT TO GIVE EVIDENCE. The prosecutrix was then called. She said she did not wish to give any evidence and that she wished the case withdrawn. The Bench retired for a few minutes' consultation, and on returning the Chairman said Mrs Williams was bound to answer any questions put to her. In reply to Mr Owen, Mrs Williams said Alfred Williams was at Llethyrdu with her. She did not remember anything. They were both in a bad temper and she did not remember what happened, and she could not say anything more. The Bench granted Mr Owen permission to treat Mrs Williams as a hostile witness. Further examined, prosecutrix said she remembered seeing P.S. Morris in her house, but she did not remember what she said, as she was very weak at the time. She did not remember saying that Alfred Williams "took a race" and kicked her two or three times. They had a bit of a quarrel. She did not quite remember that she told P.S. Morris that prisoner knocked her on her nose with his fist. She did not know exactly what she said. She could not remember telling P.S. Morris that prisoner struck her on her nose, saying "take this, you d- It was her signature on the paper produced, but she did not remember signing it. She did not know what she had signed till her sister told her. P.S. Morris, recalled, stated that on the 11th October Mrs Williams made the statement pro- duced to him, and signed it in the presence of < her sister, after be had read it over. By Mr Trevor Hunter She was ill and weak 1 at that time, and it was difficult to get any { statement from her at the time. Mrs Williams, cross-examined by Mr Trevor r Hunter, s Jd prisoner bad been 22 years in her service and had been a good servant. She kept a farm aLd he was a farm baibii with her, and was treated as a man in a responsible position. She had been angry witi; him at times. At the time of the alleged offence ohe refused him permission to go to Hereford the next day, as she had arranged to go to Llaudrindod, and that started the quarrel. Both of them got very angry. About four years ago he had a promis- sory notefrom her for £ 140 for back wages due to him. That had not been paid, and caused a quarrel on the 3rd October. She told him that he could have the money and go. She did not remember getting hold of a razor, and there was no razor at all, so far as she remembered. She did not lake hold of a razor and say that she would cut his throat and her own, so far as she remembered. She remembered that there was a struggle, but she remembered nothing about the razor. She did not know what happened i after they started it all occurred in a second or two. Another man came there to steep that night. The following day she was left in the house alone, and at night she went to the village shop, as she was frightened. The cows bad not been milked that evening, but Alfred Williams bad milked them in the morning before he went away. By Mr Owen: On Saturday night she shouted on Edward Williams, because her nose was bleeding. It started through sneezing. Edward Williams came and attended to her for some time. Afterwards several people came, includ- ing Mr aud Mrs Richards. Prisoner, when formally charged, pleaded not guilty. He was committed to take his trial at the Brecoushire Quarter Sessions on January 6th and bail was allowed, himself in X100 and his brother-in-law in JE100,
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Christmas—The Outlook.
Christmas—The Outlook. At merry Christmas time begone dull care We Britain s must then rejoice, in however humble a fashion we mu..t banish, be in fur ever so brief a time, all thoughts, of the "'dreary round, the rcumon tasc." So be it. A merry Christmas to us all! It should be a happier Christmas for :be people than some they have known in this generation, for the trade boom i", not yet exhausted, though we are bid that it has nearly reached its limit. It is true that the year has been evilly fruitful in industrial tror.ble? in disasters of our •omplv-x fa of civilisation, cohiiia.uin,; :n the awful calamity at Sengbeo) rjd, so nt, T' our Breconshire border. But ni v-d to practical sympathy as the wh >■> o v '.ry has been by that worst of all accidents m i. oal- ields, it is of the nature of L naaity I", time quickly dulls the vicarious si .m t an v. hilst there must be a melancholy C.-tristaaas m tile stricken mining valley, elsewhere the festiva: must be permuted tj have its celebration with out charge of callous indifference. Again we say "A merry Christmas for that med[j8, it only once in the year, the banning of envy and distrust and all uncharitableaess, giving place to "Kindly words and deeds, And thoughtful care for others' needs." Can we with as much contidence proclaim 'A bright and prosperous New Year?" We wiojtJ we could. Another year of prosperity may be in store, but there are signs on the nation's horizon warning us to be humbly modest in our expectations of the future. We do not now refer to the possibility of a depression in trade, bat to the many indications there have been of late that we as a people me Icosening our every day hold on that goodwill which has its anniver- sary feast at Christmas. The industrial oul breaks at Llaneiiy and Leeds, what do taev mean ? Is It not that the obligation of duty has lost its grip upon a very large number of the people ? A blighting mixture of reckless Syndicalism and bastard Socialism, which misses the lofty if mistaken ideal of the Socialism of the text book, seems to have been imbibed by great bodies of our workmen, and there are cot wanting unscrupulous leaders 10 exploit them. For the moment the older and saner Trades Unionism has triumphed in the Llaneiiy case -4rd the Syndicalist conspiracy at Leeds has "Iso failed but the force behind these movemeuts is net killed, it is only scotched, and may violpnt); manifest itself a^3in at any j moment. With the aspirations of the working i classes to improve their lot by combination we must all sympathise, if we think seriously about social problems but it bodes ill for any nation) whcse workers are its backbone, as ours, that a great and iccreaiiug number of them should I believe-as we think they must—that ill indus trial warfare the end justifies the means. This is not Trades Unionism, it is not Socialism, it I is unreasoning folly, pointing ia the long run to national ruin. CD it be checked ? Something f may and we hope will be done by the respon- sible Trade Un;on leaders; but they of them selves cannot save the nation. Can politicians do it? The;, might, perhaps, if they would but amongst some of them to whom has been entrusted the gift of persuasive eloquence we fail to find the uisposition. Can we turn to + he Churches, whose cobk; miesion it is to proclaim not only at Christmas with perfervid ji Y, hu; all the year round with practical example tb; everlasting message of peace and goedwil* Y They may save the nation, if they have the will. This is not the moment to strike the discords of controversy amongst them, but it is a fitting time, when they are telling out agaiii the angels' song, to inquire whether they a;e satisfied that they are fulfilling their duty to the masses of this country. Are ibey, in the bee': and dust of domestic conflict, neglecting a great opportunity ?
GLASBURYI
GLASBURY I HOCKEY.—The Glasbury Ladies' Hockey team were visited by Buiith Hockey Club on the 13th inst,, and a very exciting game was witnessed, resulting in one goal eacn. Mr H Jones, Boilin, acted :'s referee. FARMERS' UNION.—A meeting of the locai branch of the Farmers' Union was held in the Lamb Club Room on the 15ih inst. There were about 24 members present. Mr Hugh Mattison delivered an address on the principles of manuring. FUNERAL.—The death of Mr John Prosser, the Green, took place on Wednesday, the lOih inst., at the tipe age of 83 years. Mr Prosser had beea an inv'lid for several years, and had been under the care of his daughter and son in- law, Mr and Mrs Ralphs. The funeral took place on Sunoay, the 14th inst., at St. Peter's churchyard, the Rev. H Griffith officiating. The bearers were Messrs J Whittal, J AJarston. H Thomas and G Tantram. The chief mourners were Mr and Mrs Ralphs and children, Mr J Prosser (son), Mrs G.ahaine (daughter), Mr and Mrs Grahame and children, Mr J Phillips, Bourn, mouth (nephew). Many floral tribute were sent. Mr J Morgan supplied the coffin.
Thanks to Dr. Bridge
Thanks to Dr. Bridge Lord Glanusk at the County Council meeting on Friday, on behalf of the Council thanked Dr. Bridge, who is giving up the post of county aud school medical officer, tor the services he had ren- dered. He said Dr. Bridge had done the work of the county in a most efficient manner, with courtesy and kindness all roULd-i iiear, hear) -and they v6ry much regretted his leaving. ( Hear, hear). Mr Owen Price supported the Chairman's remarks. The Rev. Rees Evans If he applied for an increase of salary instead of leaving us we should grant it. (Laughter). Mr Cockcroft Why did't you bring forward that idea before I Dr. Bridge thanked the members of the Council I for the very kind way they had treated him, making his stay in Breconshire a very pleasant one.
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Live Stock Committee. The Board of Agriculture having informed the County Council that the two members appointed to represent the Council in the Live Stock Com- mittee for Breconshire, Messrs Owen Price and W. S. Miller, were members of the Live Stock Committee for the whole of Wales and were not eligible to act on the County Committee, Messrs Mervyn Davies and B. Davies have been chosen.
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BLENNERHASSETT'S COST TOI…
BLENNERHASSETT'S COST TO THE COUNTY. Nearly £1,000 to Pay. Members of the Breconshire County Council 1 had an unpleasant surprise at a meeting on Friday last, when they were informed that the county had been called upon to bear a sum of X845 costs of the prosecution of Irvine Blenner- bassett, the former clerk of the Crickhowell Board of Guardians, who was sentenced at the last Breconshire Assizes on charges of forgery, &c., after being brought home from British Columbit. There was a second aud smaller shock in the announcement that there was a further bill of about flOO to follow. Lord Glanusk (chairman of the Council) drew attention to the charges. Ee said that the committing magistrates at Crickhowell fought the question of the amount the county ought to pay for a whole day and he there suggested that they should pay £50, but when the case was dealt with at the assizes, the Clerk of Assize decided that the county of Brecon should bear the whole costs. Out of the zC845 over JE400 was for counsels' fees, and since then another bill of about Y,100 bad been received for "hotel expenses whilst under arrest in British Columbia." As it was the Public Prosecutor's I business, he thought it very hard that the county should be charged this sum. Under certain circumstances well-known to the Council they would have got off with a very small sum. He wished the Council now to decide whether they would ask for a Local Government Board enquiry. If they did they would have to pay the costs of both sides if they lost. The Clerk (Mr H. F. W. Harries) explained that the county was not called upon to bear quite the whole of the costs of the prosecution. they were charged JE157 on account of Messrs Lewis, Morgan and Box, the solicitors acting for The prosecution, whereas he understood the total of their bill came to some X300, and he took it that the Public Prosecutor would have to pay the balance The bill for Y,845 13s 7d presented for the county to pay to date incluried X214 7s fees of Mr Ivor Bowen, K.C., seni9r counsel, il82 Is 6d fees nf Mr Wilfred Lewis, junior counsel, X157 10s fees of Messrs Lewis, Morgan, and Box, solicitors for the prosecution, and 1165 2s 9d, expenses incidental to fetching the fugitive from British Columbia." It was stated that the Local Government Board inquiry would be very costly- Mr Gwynne Vaughan proposed that the Council appeal to the Treasury to make an allowance, instead of demanding an inquiry. Major Watkins seconded. It was at this point that the counsels' fees were mentioned, and Mr David Powell observed that it was enough to make any lawyer blush. (Laughter). The Clerk I protested oil behalf of the county as strongly as I could, but it had no effect. Col. Garnons Williams I don't think it is the slightest use our going to law about it, but it is possible we may ^et something by appeal. I think it is a great deal our own fault in not taking the matter up at once. The Chairman Don't say it was our own fault, It was the fault of some portion of the county. We are advised by our own Clerk that an inquiry would only run us into extra cost. Mr Vaughan's motion to appeal to the Treasury was then carried. 4
St David's Convent, Brecon.
St David's Convent, Brecon. The annual pupils' concert, exhibition of painting and needlework, and prize distribution in con- nection with the St. David's Convent, Brecon, took place on Friday afternocu, at the Guild Hall, when there was a large attendance. Around the hall, and on the platform, was artistically arranged a fine display of really excellent needlework and painting done by the pupils, and this was greatly admired by the visitors. The chair was occupied by Ald. David Powell, J.P., who was accompanied by Mrs Powell (who distributed the prizes). Father Finucane was also present. The proceedings opened with the overture Triomphale (Brontin), played as a pianoforte duet by M Jones and C Herbert. Then followed a French comedy in one act, entitled "L'Anni- versaire de Grand Mere," by Saynete, performed by the High School. The personnages" were La Grand Mere, M Cavarle; La Mere, C Le Bihan Une Servante. A Balinec Un Groupe Delenfantm, J Williams, D Hedger, D Fryer, E WilJiams, C Cabioch, C Herbert, W Morgan, H Stanton, B Owen. C Thomas. The acting was good, and it was pleasantly remarkable to have Brecon children speaking their lines in French, with a good accent, as well as moving gracefully and showing quite Continental vivacity. Subsequently an amusing farce, in three acts, entiled The Doctor ui Spite of Himself," was given. Iu Act 1 the acting of 0 Powell an Sganarelle," a woodcutter, then a doctor, was most sincere and convincing, and M Cavarle (the wife), also deserves special mention. M Gimsoa was very natural, and therefore successful in the I part of "Talentine," servant of Geronte. D Pritchard as Mr Robert," a woodman, D Phillips, as Mrs Robert." and C Shapland as 11 Lucas," chauffeur of Geronte, performed their parts well. As an entr'acte there was a pianoforte trio, Voyage en Chine (Baein), by E Spickernell, G Williams, and G Jones. In Act 2 the following characters, in addition to those in Act 1, appeared: Mr Geronte, D Gregory Mrs Geronte, M Gimsoa Lurinde (their daughter), G Williams a nurse, M Jones, Thibaut (a woodcutter), S Price Jacqueline (wife of Lucas), R Grant Leandre (a suitor of Lucinde), P Herbert a messenger of Leandre, E Spickernell a servant of Geronte, M Stanton Elisa, G Jones Perrin and Perrette (so. and daughter of Eliaa, G Williams and Q Gimson. All the pupils did exceedingly well, and at the con- elusion of Act 3 they received a well-earned acclamation from the audience. A screen song (action) was well performed by the pupils of the second school, and then M Jones played Mendels- sohn's Fantasia in F Sharp Minor vpry creditably. Another little play, A Mock Trial," was next given by the second school, in which the following figured :-Judge, L Le Mouel prosecutor, lie Weale defendant, M Quarrell; clerk, W Quarrell; crier, F Bontbrone; two warders, G Jones, J Jegon; jurymen, C Dugmore, S Rowlands, R Rowlands, C Quarell witnesses, E Millett, E Kelly, M Hutchinson, A Kelley, D Weale a prisoner, L Hutchinson. This was a very amusing farce, and all the young performers took their parts extremely well. Starland was an action song and dance cleverly performed by the high school in an artistic setting. The pianoforte duet, Gallop Brilliant (Lack) by 0 Powell and J WjlJiams, f-tnri the Frenck duet Les Chassesses (Luigi Bordese), in which the soprano was taken by the high school and the contralto by the second school, completed the programme. fhe prizes were then gracefully distributed by Mrs David Powell to the following pupils :— Preparatory form Addie Millett, regular attendance John Mellsop, reading; Frank Hutchinson, writing Agnes Bevan, reading Lily Hutchinson, needlework Charles Quarrell. history: Beatrice Kerry, arithmetic Frank Bonthrone, English. Junior division (1st form) :-Edith Kelly, needle- work Elsie Millett. English Helen Hutchinson, geography; Ann Kelly, scripture; Wm. Quarrell, history; Cyril Dugmore, algebra. 2nd form Reggio Rowlands, geography Stanley Rowland?, history; Morty Quarrell, Latin: Gwen Jones, English Dorothy Weale, algebra Jeanne Jeogon, drawing; Loeontine Le Mouel, literature Evelyn Weale, arithmetic. High School (preparatory) Cynthia Thomas, reading Kenneth Rosser, arithmetic: Berrey Owen, writing; Stanley Stantou, history Joyce Spencer, French conversation Edna Williams, geography; Dorothy Hedger. arithmetic -Jack Harding, algebra Cyril Herbert, Latin. Junior Division (1st forin):-Winuie Morgan, history Dilys Fryer, Scripture Blodweu Jones, arithmetic June Williams, geography Queenie Gimson, drawing; Muriel Stanton, French Ena Spickernell, algebra. 2nd form Aimee Balinec, scripture Dilys Phillips, history Gretta Williams, geography; Gladys Jones, algebra Olive Gregory, English; Charlotte Le Bihan, arithmetic; Constance Shapland. literature. ;)rd form Maisie Jouef, French; Marjorie Gimson, history; Rosalind Grant drawing Myfauwy Gimson, needlework Dorothy Pritchard, geography Jeanne Cavarle, Scripture Sybil Price, arithmetic Olwen Powell, French: Gwen Williams, literature; Phillig Herbert, algebra Marie Cavarle, geometry. Prizes for French ;-Charlei Quarrell, Dorothy Weale, Jack Harding. Gwen Williams. Painting Rosalind Grant. Music:-Frank Bonthrone, Olwen Powell, Maisie Jones. Prizes for good conduct and general satisfaction (awarded on a vote by the pupils) -—Evelyn Weale, Dorothy Hedger and Rosaline Grhnt. Certificates, Cambridge local examinations (pre- liminary division): Hector Dugmore, Raymond Clifford, Evelyn Weale. Svbil Price and Olweu PowelL Junior division Victor Jones. Certificates The Associated Bard of the Royal Academy or Music and the Royal College of Music w"irViry v'^on):—William Quarrell and Edna Williams. Elementary divisiou Dorothy Weale, Blodwen Jones and Sybil Price. Lower division Willie Williams, June Williams, Rosaline Grant and Olwen Powell. Higher division: Marie Cavarle. Trinity College of Music, Certificates (senior division) :—Grace Weaving, Constance Herbert and Mary Williams. The Associated Board of the R.A and the R.C. of Music (local centre examina- tions)—rudiments of music (intermediate and advanced grade) Maisie Jones and Miss Sibyl Morgan. In the course of a short speech Alderman Powell expressed appreciation of the excellent work dono by the pupils and of the exhibits that were dis- played around the hall. To him it was quite a new departure, really a relief, to take part in educational work where the people as ratepayers had not to pay for its maintenance. The St. David's Convent was a school where boys and girls were taught at their parents' sole expense. It must be pleasing to all to "Vatch the progress made by Brecon children at that school, and it re- flected great credit on the rev. Mother and staff that the pupils had progressed so well. He moved a vote of thanks to the rev. Mother and her staff for tue pleasing entertainment which they had provided them that afternoon. The vote was passed with acclamation. On the motion of Father Finucane, a hearty vote of thanks was accorded to Alderman Powell for presiding and to Mrs Powell for presenting the prizes. At the close two pupils, June Williams and Queenie Gimson presented framed pictures to Mr and Mrs Powell which had been painted in tke school.