Welsh Gazette and West Wales Advertiser

THE SHAME OF EUROPE. UmER the heading of "The Shams of Europe" the 1-1 St James's Gazette" publishes some extracts from an editoral article in a Tokio newspaper called the Niroku Shinpo' protesting agaiiMt. the outrages committed by European troops in China. The Gazetts accompanies the extracts with the remark:— We to; our part may well ask whether a. Christian and civilised people can read such an article in a Mongolian newspaper, knowing 9 the facts to be not unfairly stated, without a sense of profound and bitter humiliation." Thefir-st two extracts are as follow :—We are well aware that our Niroku Shinpo is but a small, insignificant paper, ajid that- its influence in the great world is not very far reaching; yet, without it, how can we send out our cry for humanity, since the West has failed to raise protest against the savage crimes committed freely by certain soldiers y of the Allies in North China? However, we cherish the hope that we who live in the dawning of the twentieth century may yet see the various rdess of mankind so. fiUetl with the milk of human kindness that sach crimes as we are now recording will no more be possible. The recollection of the great outrages of Tung-Chau still makes us shudder at Lhis very moment when we are writing these lines. Tung-Chau may be said to be the gate of Pekin, and it is a very important place in North China. According to the report of the Japanese reserve troop which was stationed there,, the Chinese women who were violated and afterwards murdered by European soldiers, together with those who. had committed suicide to avoid the unbearable shame thus forced on them, amounted to five hundred and seventy three Think of it Besides the above report; how many more met with the same fate is beyond the possibility of discovery Here let us produce a few striking pictures of savagery,, so that reader may know what cruel things have been practised by certain soldiers of nations. who are jiust now loud in their boasts of a Christian civilisation. If you had visited China, you would have noticed that every Chinese house keeps a lft-rge- water-butt in its yard, or garden. The-water-butt is abo-aft four feet high, and about three. feet wkl* at the top. Now, many Chinese women, as some of our war correspondents have- seen with their own eyes, jumped into these water-butts with their heads downward. In this frightful manner they killed themselves, after they had struggled in vain to maintain their chastity. The u St. James's Gazettew says that the next account, of cr-aelty to children committed by European soldiers, is too horrible to reprint. The Japanese writer himself confesses that "the massacres and outrages at Tung-Chau were so terrible that even the pen of TOLSTOI, ZOLA, or DOYLE would not be powerful enough to describe the actual scenes of. brutality that took place there." me-

NOTES AND COMMENTS. The Mayor of Lampeter has issued an appeal for support towards the proposed new public Assembly Rooms for that town. It is estimated that a building, such as is contemplated, will cost, with all its fittings, about £ 2,000. A new public library was opened at Barmouth last week. The building had been erected primarily to receive the valuable library of Miss Frances Power Cobbe which that lady bequeathed to the town. It is a large collection, including the library of Miss Lloyd, of Hengwrt, a number of works presented to Miss Cobbe by well-known authors, and a yet larger number collected by Miss Cobbe at her own cost during her lifetime. On the recommendation of the directors of the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Rail- ways, the Cambrian Railways Company, being the working company, have accepted the tender of a Cardiff firm for the con- struction of this light railway. This is the first contract to be let under the Act of 1896, and the work will be put in hand almost immediately. The line will be about eight miles long, and will run through the major portion of Lord Powis' Montgomery- shire property. Leicestershire graziers are having to pay more for their land than they have done before. Most of the grass, which ranks with the best in the world for feeding cattle on, is let p,nnunlly by auction. At last spring's sales it was thought that the top price had been reached, but the grass which has been thus let this season has shown an advance of from 7s. to 10s. an acre. A common price now being offered for accom- modation land is X7 10s, an acre, while in some instances as much as £10 an acre has been given. Store cattle are also making considerably more than they did last spring, while labour was never dearer. At a vestry meeting at the Church of King Charles the Martyr, Tunbridge Wells, the vicar stated that when the Queen died the church was draped with purple and black material at a cost of XS. He appealed to the congregation for funds, and received 28s. a result, he said, of which he was ,t, ashamed. Their late Sovereign had wor- shipped many times at that church, and it was a lamentable state of affairs that the congregation had not sufficient loyalty to congregation had not sufficient loyalty to come forward and pay the account. How- ever, the parish warden, who was loy.il to the backbone, and pai 1 it for them—out j othfcv church fund." i i Lord and Lad v Rendel r eturn to England I at the end of the month from Cannes. Aberayron has probably found out by this time that to hasten slowly is a wise policy as well as a good proverb. The South Staffordshire colliery owners have maintained the prices of coal with great firmness, but a strong downward movement has now set in. Large quantities of sugar are reaching t) this country from Germany and, Holland in anticipation of a possible duty upon that article. The Merionethshire Poliee have memorial- ised the Standing Joint Committee for an advance of wages. Their application has been referred to a committee. A like meoi- orial by tha Cardiganshire Police will be considered at Lampeter to-day (Thursday). Sir John T. Brunner, Bart., M.P., has adopted a novel but eminently practical method of helping school children in their studies. He proposes to provide spectacles for scholars who are afflicted with squint- I he oiler is made to all the elementary School Board and "V oluntarv schools in the Northwich Parliamentary Division. Unfortunately, affairs at the Frongoch mines have taken a turn for the worse,, and the outrlook at present is far from. bright. Another mysterious explosion took place last Saturday, a portion of the mining plant being, damaged with the result that the mine was in imminent danger of being flooded. 0 & At a meeting of the Aberystwyth Women's y Liberal Association last Friday the presid- ent, Mrs T. E. Ellis, and Miss" Getta Jones, read interesting papers on the housing question. Both papers dealt with the evils of over-crowding and the need of educating the people to work out their own salvation rather than put their trust in Governments. The Parish Council—especially if its powers of acquiring house property were extended-- might be made a powerful engine for the labourer's economic and social emancipation. Sir Philip Magnus in his presidential address at the annual Conference of the National Association of Manual Training Teachers, held at Birmingham,, said that workshop training, instead of interfering with the other studies of scholars, had proved a stimulus. In a few years manual training would come to be recognised as so essential a part of a general education that j the unskilful and maladroit would be re- garded much in the same way as the illiterate and untaught were now spoken of. Referring to the recent decision in the law courts, he said there was no. reason to regret that the said. there was no reason to regret that the work of school boards should be restricted to primary education. Within that wide field there was L'oom enough for the display of the full energies of our elementary school authorities. At a meeting of the Colwyn Bay Urban District Council last week considerable- dis- cussion arose out of a letter from the Post- master-General intimating that there was no ground for requiring a knowledge of Welsh by the incoming postmaster, and stating that the appointment had been conferred uponj Mr W. Milne, assistant superintendent at: Wakefield. The Council passed a resolution expressing disagreement with the appoint- ment, and pointing out that there were several sub-postmasters in the district who were unable to speak English. It was stated that the object was not to restrict the posts to the Welsh people, but to people who understood both languages. A letter from the Home Office on the subject of the recent report on licensin°r cases by the Chief Constable of Manchester was read at a meeting of the Watch Com- mittee last week. In it the Home Secretary associated himself with the resolution of the city justices expressing strong disapproval of the action of Messrs Hnghes and Shaw in a case referred to by the Chief Constable. He also expressed his entire approval of the manner in which the Chief Constable and his subordinates met the attempts made to dissuade them from their duty, and trusts tnat your Committee will do all in its po\\er to support the police in the strict enforce- ment of the licensing laws." The leading manufacturers and sellers of motor vehicles have issued a memorial to members of County Councils protesting against the proposals that all motor vehicles should be compelled to carry a distinguishing number, and that the,limit of the speed of motor vehicles should be reduced to ten miles per hour. The memorialists say they wish to poipt out that on the Continent automobohsm, instead of being hampered by vexatious and, as they unhesitatingly regard them, unnecessary restrictions, has recerved marked encouragement from the Government, the press, and the public. In confirmation of this statement they beg to remind County Councillors that in France, where the authorities have had a large experience of automobile traffic, the maximum speeds have been now fixed at 18^ miles on country roads, and 12| miles where there is considerable traffic. Signs are multiplying that we are on the eve of witnessing one of the greatest and 0 taost humanitarian movements of the age —a general crusade against consumption. Information already gained at home ttiid abroad shows that PflnciimnfiAn I and other forms of tuberculosis, al- though pi eventable and controllable by in- telligent precautions, still remain the direct cause of a high rate of death and sickness. In the United Kingdom alone some sixty thousand deaths are recorded annually from tuberculosis, and it is stated on good author- ity that thrice this number are constantly suffering from one form or another of the disease. An effort is now being to stamp out the disease by the establishment of sanatoria for open-air treatment in differ- ent parts of the country. Several counties have already taken the matter up. in earnest and it is to be hoped that the time is not far distant when a joint-counties sanatorium will be established in this district. At the annual meeting of the Carnarvon- shire Uonnty Govel 'i jl,g Body, Mr Darbishire maintained that !octlity should not be called upon to bear the cost of purchasing land or providing buildings. The State should provide land and the county provide all school buildings, the locality being required only to provide for the maintenance of the schools whtii established. He moved the appointment of a deputation to the Board of Education asking for such modifications in the Welsh scheme as would enable local governots to be relieved of all cost of sites and buildings. It was pointed out that this would involve the passing of a new Act, and it was suggested that steps* be taken to organise a public agitation, in Wales to that end, and that the co-operation uf other Welsh con■■ty governing bodies be I .ught for this pu;, • >-iC. • j ve2ih<lMQS1Strar .Genera] s returns for the year 18JJ were issued on Saturday. The marriage rate recorded is the highest for sr mc1 thibirth rate is the iowest fuch lias yet been known. The work of extending the Marine rWlf1^6 :l1,i theiy'tV''yth is 110w beill& rapidU proceeded with and Whit-Tuesday has been fixed upon for the laying of the memorial stone. J e Sir Edward W. Watkin, so long known in out°the Zltk r:uhv:iy enterprise through- out the country and with the scheme for a Channel tunnel between England and ranee, died on Saturday at the age of 82. At a meeting of the Aberystwyth Town Council on Tuesday, Alderman C. M. Williams said that the question of the extension of the borough would be taken in hand immediately the returns of the recent census were ready. The French census returns show great decreases in many towns, and only seaport towns and Parrs have materially increased in population. It is alleged that some of the returns are being" cooked" in order to. make a good: show. The War Office has decided that the British army is in future to be fed. as far as possible, on meat product either at home or in the colonies. The United States ■ Government .have instructed their Am- bassador to inquire the reason for the exclusion of American beef from the army contracts.. As a result of Mr T. W. Russell's Land I urchase Campaign in Ulster it is annouced that the Ulster Tenants' Defence Association, is to have a great extension of organization, I and to have its name changed to "The Ulster- Farmers' and Labourers' Union and Compul- I sory Purchase Association." It will, more- over, be "thoroughly non-sectarian and independent of the interests of any existing or future political party, and free to use its power as it may from time to time deter- mine. The Ministers now in power, or most of them, assured the country last September (remarks the Daily News ") that the war was over. The colossal lie of the nineteenth I century is branded in indelible letters upon the reputations of those who uttered it. The Colonial Secretary loaded with rancoious ¡ abuse everyone who ventured to suggest that he was telling the exact of the j truth, but nobody cares any longer for Mr Chamberlain's vulgar jibes. He has abused and insulted Lord Kitchener as he has the Liberal party, but both the Liberal party and Lord Kitchener can afford to disregard him. ° Mr W. R. Cremer, M.P., speaking at the annual meeting of the Birmingham Peace Society on Monday, in referring to the prevalence of the war fever among working men, said there was something to be said in excuse for their attitude. N ever before had a body of capitalists been found sufficiently cunning and rich to buy up almost the entire press of the country, and it should also be remembered that to a very large extent the influence of the pulpit had been added to the press. He thought the working men of the country were beginning to ask themselves what we had to show for the vast expenditure which had been incurred. Unless he was very much ¡ mistaken, there was going to be an extra- ordinary change of opinion among the masses of the The Secretary of the Newtown Co-oper- ative Society has received the following letter from fr. A. C. Humphreys-Owen M.P., in acknowledgment of the resolution passed by the Society in favour of legislation empowering school boards to support the .teaching of higher branches of. learning out of the rates You are, I am sure, aware ( of the great interest I take in education, and will not doubt that I will do my utmost J to bring about the establishment of a thoroughly efficient system embracing schools ot all grades-elementary, secondary technical, and evening continuation schools' i -which are so valuable in Urban centres! May 1 add that such a system wTill require substantial contributions from the Ex- chequer yet we cannot hope to obtain these while we continue to spend over a million a week in prosecuting thGt deplorable war which has already cost about a hundred millions ot the taxpayers' money." A crowded indignation meeting was held at the Town Hall, Dove, last week, to pro- test against the practice of confession and absolution, and particularly the coercing of boys to go to auricular confession who were being .prepared for aonfirmation by the Rev W. F. Jameson, one of the curates of the church. Several specific cases were alluded to, one in which a young girl of L4 had placed in her hands by the vicar a list of printed qnestrons, many of which were de- scribed asrndecent. These questions were to be studied prior to going to the priest's house at night, for confession. The Arch- bishop canterbury. letter published with reference to the Rev. W. F. Jameson was sevefeiy^r^ased. It was shown that the Archbishop s decision was upon the ex-parte ;statement of Mr. Jameson himself, without ;even inquiry into the boys' characters, which were stated to be beyond reproach! The speeches against extreme ritualistic- practices in the Church of England were fre- quently applauded, and a resolution of pro- test was passed with acclamation. Mr Walter C. Ryde, barrister-at-law, and< Associate of the Surveyors' Institution, read a paper on the rating of public-houses at the meeting of that Institution on Monday Sir J. Rolleston, M.P., presiding. After touch- ing on the question of monopoly as influenc- ing rent, Mr Ryde admitted that trade or the profits of trade, as such, could not' b* | rated, Jbut said that rateable value was the rent which might reasonably be expected. and the question was, would the existence of a trade, or the possibility of carrying on a profitable trade upon the premises, increase, the rent which might reasonably be expected. If it would, the rateable value must be -1 increastju itueorailigly. In treating of rtie question of personal goodwill, Mr- Ryde said that if the outgoing tenant could take away all his customers, the new tenant would be starting a new business; rt the outgoing tenant coald take away none, the new-comer would have the benefit of all the existing trade. Whether the rent. would be smaller or larger depended entirely upon the way in which th question of fact: must be answered and this was a question ror surveyors and not far a lawyer to answer. In the case of a tied house, it was plain that U the tenant paid n>,cre for his liquors than a free tenant would, the extra price must be regarded as forming part of the true rent. The rent, therefore, paid for a tied house did not assist the valuer, unless he knew what the tenant was paying to his landlord in the of prices for the liquor ha bought,

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