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NI'N DOI. fJIGCYN 0 ANNAS DAI A FINNA A B BYFAL. Gan GLYNFAB. y ^Awd'HT ICSov."It. Y mlaJl." -Buddu.gol yn yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol, 1911. Tafodiaath Canol Rhondda.) 'YR UNF AD-SHWRN A-AR-BYMTHAG AR-ICCAN. "RACCOR 0 FYFYRDOTA." Walla y'ch bod chi darllenwrs just a -dan to ar y myfyrdota ma. Wel, os dim i neyd on risko diccyn. Fi ethon i gal ,pip ar y clwyfediccion, a na sight! Odd .pob un o'r boys yn jofadd i poena 'eb gintach, wath odd y doctors mor dynar, a mor byrticilar, on wir ddyn. "You are very pyrticilar ser," mynta Dai with d doctor bach ifanc. We 'ave to be," mynta fa, "there's no ,irOOm for mistakes 'esre my man." "Not like a doctor I 'eard about," myn- ta Dai yn bwrw i dop-pee nol o ar i dalcan. "Wot about 'im?" mynta'r doctor bach. "It was my gran-mother told me the story," mynta Dai. "Well, out with it," mynta'r doctor, "let's 'ear the tale." "Bachan," mynta Dai, yn troi ato 1, "c<Ma'n Sysnag i bron myn'd ar strike." "Wad mlan," myntwn i, "paid eeto." "A butty of mine, Twm Numbar Three did meet with a haccid-ent ser, ay, ay, d'you see. 'E was workin myn yffryd i, in a dangerous place, d'you see, wen a piece of Btone fall down from the top, d'you see. The stone come down an' shaved a bit of 'is nose clean off, ay, ay, I am blowed, an' before reachin' the floor sleished a bit of his toe off, d'you see. Twm was carried on a stretchar to the swijary, an' the doctor gwaith be- gin to put the peeshes back on Twm, you know. In the gyssitement, the two peeshes got mixed, d'you see, an' he skck 'em in the wrong places. Ay, ay. (Dai yn poari diccyn). "Bacha.n Shoni, mynta Dai, "ro leg up i fi gytta'r Sygnag ma, w i just mas o bwff." "Wad mlan," myntwn i "paid a ildo." "Go on, my man," mynta'r doctor, yn wyTthm. "Well," mynta Dai," the doctor, d'you see, put the piece belonging to 'is nose on 'is toe, an' the piece of 'is toe on 'is nose, 'Martlia Liza,' as you call it." "Yes," mynta'r doctor. "I understan', wee versa." "Gad y geira mawr na'n llonydd, Dai," myntwn i. "Twm went back to work, an' was as lappy as a lark, they didn't find out the mistake, d'you see, until Twm caught a cold in 'is ead, an' then there was a bloorriin alibajoo, I am blowed. Every time Twm wanted to sneeze 'e 'ad to take 'is boot off, an' every time 'e 'ad a corn plaster on 'is nose, an' so, martha liza, d'you see. Ay, ay. Well, the doctor 'ad to do the job over agen, or Twm would be spendin the wintar takin 'is boot off. I wyrthinws y doctor nes i fod a'n shigglo, a fe wyrthinws lot o'r clwyfed- iccion. "Your story," mynta fa, "is as good as a dose of metsin." "Thenkyw ser," mynta Dai, "for the supplement. "Complimant Dai do mean," myntwn i yn cochi diccyn." "It's all right," mynta'r doctor, "I know you now, you are Ni'n Doi. Well just sing a song each to cheer these poor chaps. I nethon, a fi geson bobo vote of thanks. "Bachan," mynta Dai, "ble ma tym- lata'r Kaiser, y fe ddychreiws y bwtcher- ach ma." "Paid a boddrach o bothdi tymlata," myntwn i, "os gytta'r Kaisar ddim ouns o gydweepod. Dera, mlan." "Cydweepod mynta Dai, "deryn bach yw wnnw sy'n aTa lot o dricks a dynon weetha. W i'n cofio darllen annas am wr-wraig yn pyrnu trywsis mewn shop. I Wetti iddo i gario fa sha. thre, odd i wraig a, na' i war-y-ngyfrath, na i ferch a ddim yn licco'r patrwn, a yn snochto diccyn ar i dast a yn pyrnu shwd batrwn o drywsis. I wishgws y trowsis, a fi ffindws i fod a bothdi dwy fotfadd yn rhy 'ir, i ofynws i bob un o'r taw- i dori'r peeshin off. On no go, fi ath y tair ar y strike. I ath sha'r gwely a fi benderfynws y byssa fa yn mynd ar trywsis at y teelwr y bora wettyny. I gysgws, a fi wrnws nes bo'r ty yn ecco i gyd. Nawr am y "Fairy Tale." Fi startws "Cydweepod" ar i -waith yn ddishtaw bach. Fi ath lan i ochor gwely y wraig, a, fi gockleeshws blan i thrwyn i a phiifyn. Fi ddi-unws y wraig genol nos, a fi difarws o bothdi bisnas y trow- sis. I grippws lawr star yn drotnoth, gitchws yn y shishwrn, a fi dorrws ddwy fotfadd off, a fi emmws y gweelod yn didy 'nol, a off a 'i aha'r gwely. Mlan yr ath "cydweepod" ar i dracks i room y war-y-ngyfrath; i wisprws yn nglusta onno—"Trywsis." I gwnnws y ferch a lawr a i, gitchws yn y trywsis, a wiw, ma ddwy fodfadd arall off, a ar ol trimmo'r gweelod, off a i i'r gwely i gys- cu fel plentyn diriiwad. j I bippws "cydweepod" i room merch y ty, a allwn i feddwl i fod a'n smilan yn ngil-i-foch pan yn rwtto talcan y grot- tan. I gwnnws, a lawr a i ar fieina i thrad dros y star. I gitchws yn y tryw- sis, a fi dorrws ddwy fotfadd, arall off yn i anwybotath, a nol o onno i'r gwely. Odd yn ddim yn ddiccon, myn deppyg, wath fi ddath no fachan arall i drampo bothdi'r ty. I enw fa oedd "Spite." I ath wnnw at ochor gwely gwr-y-ty, a fi wisprws yn i glust a— "Cer lawr a shortna'r trywsis di unan, paid a eeto am y mynywod ma." I lawr yr ath a, fi ddychreiws deilwra, a chympohir i slippws nol sha'r gwely, a'r trywsis dan i gettal. On yr arcol Pan ddath amsa.r hreowas y bora wettyny, fi ath miwn i'r room a'r trywsis am dano. Fi ddechredson wyrthin, wath odd wyth motfadd wetti i tori yn lie dwy, a odd gwr y ty yn fwy teppyg i grottyn yn mynd i wara miwn football match na dim arall. I nath "cydweepod" lot o les yn y diwadd, wath odd spwylo trywsis newydd spon yn golyccu collad miwn arian, a chas rwppath or' short ddim diccwdd wettyny. Na fel bydd i ar Will o Ber- lin, gei di weld, Shoni, on ta o with i'r story ma, fydd yn raid i Will dalu eetha "bill" am focu cydweepod mor 'ir. "Twt," myntwn i, "Taro'r bai ar y jafol neiff Will, fel y grotten fach a'r gwspris. "Beth yw'r story," mynta Dai. "Odd na grottan fach wetti cal i chwni gytta i myngu, odd no ardd dda gytta'r 'en wraig yn Hawn o god fala, gwspris, a churrans duon, an so on. Pan ddath y gwspris yn oifad yr odd y grot- tan fach yn treelo twscid o ainsar roun i'r llwyni gwspris. "Mary," mynta'r fangu, "gattwch y gwspris yn llonydd, na goo' gel fach." On bytta gwspris odd Mary o 'yd, a fi ddalws i myngu i or diwadd, a fi rows eetha wipsy iddi. "Y gwr drwg sy'n gweyd wrtho i am fytta gwspris, mynta Mary, yn weppan Uefan. "Wel," mynta'r 'en wraig, "pan fydd y jafol yn ceeshoch preswato chi i fytta, gwetweh—"Dos yn fy ol i Satan." Na fel buodd i am diccyn, on bytta gwspris odd deelight Mary, a fe i dalwyd i ytto. "On wetas i Mary," mynta'r fyngu, "am weyd—"Dos yn fy ol i Satan ?" "Do, myngu, a fi wetas yny efyd," mynta Mary. "Pam i chi'n parha i fytta.?" mynta'r en wraig. "I "tas-"I)os yn fy ol i Satan"—a fi ath on, myngu fach, fe mwshws i ar y men i ganol y gwspris, a gorffod i fi fytta'm ffordd mas. Na'r esgus fydd gan Will o Berlin, gei di weld Dai, wath ma fa'n dychra 'into y byssa 'eddweh yn beth ffine ar ol y twmlo ma i Sossinjars a wetti gal yn mhob twll a c-hornal, i darewiff y bai ar Satan. Pan fydd i apple-cart a wetti cal i up- setto i fydd yn i weppan i a fi wetiff— "Satan odd yn y mwsho i mlan." "Arno i of an," mynta Dai, pan o ni'n cyradd y tent, "y gallwn i weyd fod Satan yn 'inside passenger' gyta. Will o Berlin os blynydda. Ba-chan, i angofias weyd fod Mary Catherine yn toncan fod na lot o garda eetha rough wetti joino'r Sossinjars yn y Balkans yn y'n erbyn ni- y Bulgarians nia nw'n i galw nw. Ma arno i ofan y cewn Ni'n Dot y'n shifto i 'eadin newydd." "Rwy gotrnal bach od o'r byd yw'r Balkans, myntwn i. W i'n cofio clywad Mishtir yn spoutan diccyn am y gwanol freeds-y Roumanians, yr Albanians, y Serbians, y MoRtenegrans, a'r Bulgar- ians. Cistal i'r darllenwrs gal gwppod diccyn am deni nw, bra bo Ni'n Doi yn weeto i gal yr ordars am y "Next move." Y ROUMANIANS. I Gwlad "Carmen Sylvia," y Frenines na ddath i Steddfod Bangor os slawar dydd, short o Granogwen y part na o'r byd. Dynon bach yn ishta ar y railins i nw, yn watcho Mishtir yn un da. am ddarllan penna-feelin the lumps-fel ma nw'n weyd. Ma nw'n ddynon a awl i fraggo i bod nw o freed y Rufeiniaid—i chi'n cofio Pistol Paul. Dynon a chron tywyll, gwallt du, a llicced duon, rai j teppyca'r byd i gippsies. Peedwch a galw gippsies ami nw, ne walla bydd gwaith i'r undertaker yn y'ch anas chi cyn y bora. Dynon anwybotus, seccur, a ffond o ala arian, os bydd arian i gal. On poor dabs, ma cWIlrnyd wetti bod a'u trad ar i gwddwca nw trw'l' oesodd, fel nag yw i caritors nw ddim yn sliino llawar. Cri- attur di-drist yw a, a diccyn o dast blag- gard ddim wetti cal llawar o yshgol-bo- dydd, a os bydd a wetti dysgu diccyn, yn barod i gattw mwy o randiboo na giar fach bantam ar ol detwi'r wi cynta. YR ALBANIANS. I Ma'r Twrk yn i galw yn Arnuts, y nw i unen yn ffansio Skipetar-dynon y mynydda. Tacla balch, unanol, bech- gyn ecwar iawn, yn crettu ma nw yw'r bosses yn mob man. Sa chi'n cwrdd a un o nw ar y street fyssach yn crettu fod Munition Works Dafydd Lloyd George wetti ryttag off o dre, ma nw'n bistols, a daggars, a ohillith o flan i trad i goppa' i pen. Fyssa'n apt o roi'r creeps yn y'ch eefan chi. Yr arcol! Rwy short o Walk- in Powdar Works. On er fod golwg werw ar i gwynepa nw, good short i nw; pantnars ffitrst class, true blue pan ddewcl1 chi idd i napod nw, yn barod i sharo'r tamad diwetha, a bron bod yn Flue Ribbans. Diccyn o eesha traino yn foesel a chryfyddol sydd ar- vr Albanian. Y SERBS NE SERVIANS. Ma chi boys a plwck yndi nw Cristion- ogion i nw, yn cario i crefydd: mas efyd, yn enwettig y dynon cyffretin. Os dim un yn starto gwaith yn y bora eb weddio am Iwyddiant. "Ma'r bywyd teuluol yn fwy pur," mynta Mistir, "a moesoldeb yn uwoh, na'r next door neighbours." Dynon symyl a sobor, hron i gyd yn ffermwrs, on diccyn o duadd, i fod yn I bwtwr. Ma addysg yn cal sylw mawr yn y wlad, a ma'n dreni fod rwy flaggards fel Germany a Awstria yn ooesho i gwas- gu nw mas o fodolath. Y MONTENEGRANS. I Dynon y "Mynydd Du" (nid Mynydd Du Shir Gar a Shir Frycheenog cofiwch) o'r un acha a'r Serbians. Bugeiliaid a ffermwrs wetti gorffod wmladd am rydd- id a bodolath yn erbyn y Twrks, a ma'r' mynywod mor ffyrnig .a,'r dynon pan bo wmladd yn bod. Dyw'T Montenegran ddim yn ffond o wetho. yn eetha teppyg i'r forwn yn newid i gwasanath. "Os of an gwaith arni," mynta'r Mish- tir newydd. "N accos, ar fencos i," mynta'r en fish- tir, "watit i daiius i yn cyscu wrili i I ochor a lawar gwaith." Y BULGARIANS. I Ma wlad a diccyn o opath am deni, a ma'n dreni wir ddyn fod y Kaisar a'i griw wetti i widlan nw i ddod yn y'n erbyn ni. Y criattir gwana yn Bulgaria yw y brenin, rwy short o geelog y gwynt. Dynon tawal yw'rr Bulgarians, on bod diccyn o dwtch yr en frawd a'r clusta irion, wnnw fu yn cal diccyn o bleto a Balaam, fi stieciff at i boint nes cal beth ma fe'n foyn. Ma i tai nw "in good ordar," a os yw y Bulgar yn yfad diccyn ar y mwya dim on amsar "gwyl" fydd yni, ma fa'n sobor y rest or llwYddyn. Dynon yn ffond o eddweh, yn weethwrs calad, a lot o boints da yn i cymeriata nw. Ma'n dreni, fel y gwetas i, fod rap- scaliwn fel Will wetti gallu i cocso nw i ddod mas. "Olo Dai! Ma fessinjar yn i brasgamu ddi." "Wota the niatter mate?" mynta Dai. "Buck up Ni'n Doi, there's 'ot work waitin' us." I buckson a chi gewch wpod yn y ben- od nesa os byw a iach a arty. (I'w Barhau.) ————— —————
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CYNGHOR DOSBARTH YSTRADGYNLAIS. At y Golygydd. Syr.-Fel, trethdalwr o blwvf Ystrad- gynJais, yr wyf wedi cael tipyn o bleser a chymliorth i chwerthin, ac hefyd yn teimlo yn flin, ac yn ofni, nad yw pathau ddim yn yr y&bryd goreu, yn mhlith ein cynghorwyr, wrth ddarllen hanes Cynghor Dosbarthol Ystradgyn- lais, yn y "Llais" yr wythnos ddi- weddaf. Y peth cyntaf gawn, yn yr hanes ydyw fod y Cynghorwyr yn teimlo yn enbyd iawn am i'r trengholydd wneud rhyw gyfeiri adau atynt mewn evsyllt- iad a'r "Teddy Bear bridge," ac yn gofyn ganddo wneud ymddiheuriad iddynt. Pobpeth yn iawn, yr wyf o'r farn fy hunan y dylasai wneud, ac hefyd iddo gofio o hyn allan fod holl drigolion y plwyf yma yn ymladd a thrafferthion bywyd o hyd. Ar yr un pryd rhaid cofio pwvsigrwydd swydd trengholydd; ei ddyledswydd yw bod yn llym, ac yn gywir bob amser. Ond beth am lythyr Mr William Morgan, ymddangosodd yn y Llais yn ddiweddar sydd yn dweud fod mater arianol phvyfol wedi cael ei ddal yn ol yn herwydd mater personol, a hyny am dipyn o amser ? A ydyw yn iawn defnyddio safle swyddogol i ddal mantais bersonol? Os ydyw, yr ydych yn iawn, wrth adael llonydd i lythyr W. Morgan yn y Llais i gyhoeddi ar goedd gwlad y pethau a dybiem ni yn warth Os na, beth yw eich r heewm. Mr Cadeirydd, dros ddweud wrth Mr Howells ei fod allan o drefn, pan- yn dwvn tystiolaeth i'r hyn a glywodd gan Mr W. Morgan, ac nad oedd enw Mr W. Morgan, yn ddim i chwi ? Wel, gallwn feddwl ei fod lawn mor bwysig i cbwi a chael vmddiheuriad oddiwrth y trengholydd, ac yn llawer pwysicach yn :nlholwg y trethdalwyr. Eto, mae genyf barch mawr i bob dyn sydd yn ddigon o ddyn i sefyll dros gad deall pobpeth ei hunaxt .'r ddwy ochr, ac nid cymeryd ei ddallu gan esgusodion. Credaf fod Mr John Howells wedi gwneud yn iawn i ofyn, ac i ddweud yr hyn a glywodd gan Mr W. Morgan, am ei fod yn dra. gwahan- ol ei agwedd, i'r hyn yr oeddem yn gael yn y Cynghor. Frofer lythyr Mr W. Morgan ai gwir ai peidio. Teimlaf yn ddiolchgpr i'r Cynghorwr nad wyf yn ei ad- nabod o ddynion y tyd—am ddweyd yn eofn, nad oedd foddlongar ar fater yr "audit" hyd nes y caffai atebiad oddiwrth y clerc, ei fod wedi dweyd wrthynt fod yr audit wedi pasio yn foddhaol, a'i fod ef vedi pleidleisio i gadarnhau gweithrediidau y cyfarfod hwnw dan yr ystyriseth hyny. Yr atebiad gaf-odd oedd fod pob peth yn foddhaol i bob gofyniad, a phan yn gofyn am report yr L.S.B. ar y mater, nid oedd y clerc yn gwybod dim am dano, na pheth oedd gan yr L.G.B. i wneud ag ef! Paham na fuasai y clerc yn ateb yn derfynol nad oedd gan yr L.G.B. ddim i wneud ag ef. gan na wyddai neb m well nag ef ? Ond yr ateb oedd fod pob peth yn foddhaol o hyd. Ac yna yn foneddigaidd iawn mae Mr D. R. Morgan yn codi i amddiffyn y clerc trwy ddweud fod pobpeth 0 yn rheolaidd. gan fod y cyfarfod wedi ei elw i'r perwyl hyny. Syndod y byd! a'r ffaith eto heb ei mynegu, ond fod y cwbl yn foddhaol o hyd. Beth am y gwirionedd o'r ymdrafodaeth i ni fel trethdalwyr? Ac am fod Mr John Howells yn ofni fod yna rhywbeth y tu ol i'r hyn a wyddai drwy y Cyngh- or, a'i fod am gael y gwirionedd allan, gofynwyd iddo yntau wneud "ymddi- heuriad" am y pethau oedd wedi ddwyn i'r Cynghor! Credaf y gallesid disgwyl gwell oddiwrth Mr D. R. Morgan mewn cysylltiad a chwilio am y gwirionedd, gan ei fod wedi bod yn Ynad Heddwch drosom. Ai hon oedd y drefn y pryd hwnw? A methai Mr David Lewis ddeall "paham y troai aelodau eu barn pan fod pethau yn troi i'w herbyn." ac iddynt fod yn "ddynion." Carwn ofyn i Mr David Lewis, pa un fwy o ddynoliaeth sydd mewn ofni eich lod yn gwneud cam a rhywun, neu ynte ddal at ei grogi, rheswm neu beidio? Nid wyf am eich blino a mel :f!, Mr Gol., ac ni wnaf ond gofyn cwestiwn neb ddau i'r Cynghor. 1.—Pwy awdurdodd Mr Levshon Wat-kins i helpu gwneud yr accounts? 2.—Ai vr un awdurdod ta-lodd ef? 3.—Pa le mae fwyaf o ddynoliaeth Ai taloi £10 neu R26 i ddyn am I'Hi11 dyn arall i wneud ei waith ei hun, ac yntau wedi cytuno am gyflog, ac yn analluog, neu ynte gwrthod cymhorth i "dyn ffaeledig" i gael "artificial legs" i enill ei far beunyddiol? Yr eiddoch. BRYCHAN.
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!INNER MEANING OF I jCOMPULSION.…
INNER MEANING OF COMPULSION. By W. C. Anderson, M.P. I am writing this articles before the Government measure for compulsory military service is introduced, and be- fore the Conference to decide Labour policy is held. In these circumstances it is difficult to anticipate the events of what must be a critical week. The main features of the proposed legisla- tion are common knowledge, but there is always the possibility, owing to pressue from this or that quarter, of drastic alternation before the Bill is introduced. It is not claimed that conscription is being brought in as a result of mili- tary or national necessity. There is no military necessity in the matter at all. Two years from now all the sold- iers will not be armed and equipped who are now tvailable. rAc,, Cabinet decision is purely a tactical victory for the compulsionists. They have ad- vanced from point to point by a series of tricks and s.tratagems.They have introduced various wedges into the working-class movement, dividing at- tested from unattested, married from single, and creating division where previously none existed. AN ASTUTE GAME. I As the compulsionists ran forward I from cover to cover, they induced many honest supporters of the volun- tary system to run after them. The voluntaryists believed they were work- ing to sa^e the voluntary system, but the compulsionists knew better. Vthen the c.onscriptionists obtained from the Prime Minister his famous pledge, they felt that the hour of their triumph was at hand. Let them make the most of it, for, sooner or later, the consequence will be very different from what they expect. It is plain enough that the advocates of compulsory service were determined that the Derby scheme should be a stepping stone to the realisation of •Heir hopes. "Stripped of all these heroics," says the "Times," "the simple truth is that. the Compulsion Bill is only the sequel, plainly fore- told and universally accepted, of the great recruiting campaign undertaken by Lord Derby last October." "Under the guise of a last. attempt to save the voluntary system," writes Mr John Dillon, M.P., who of all the men on the Irish benches is keenest for the rights and liberties of the ap- peal, "a most skilfully devised plan was started having for its object and its almost inevitable result the situa- tion which has now arisen." Let it be understood, first of all, that the present situation has been created by deliberate trickery on the part of a conscriptionist. minority. Having gained what they think is a very strong position, they begin to bluster, to threaten general elections, the making and unmaking of minis-I tiies, Titeir position is only strong superficially. The moment they begin to force it they will have to face diffi- culties of which they have apparently no conception. WHAT ARE THE FACTS? 1 The country is to be rushed into conscription on the strength of figures which have not even been analysed. There are 650,000 unattested single men. Who are they, and what were their reasons for not attesting? A very large pencentage of them, it is generally agreed, would be found on examination to be medically unfit. Many of them are engaged on work which would be regarded as vital from the standpoint of the War. Some are men holding deep religious or consc- ientious objections to the taking of life. When these and similar deduc- tions have been made, how many un- attested men would remain? What is to be the position of Lab- our? The Trades Union Congress last September passed a strong resolution against conscription, and the supreme moment of the Congress was when "that great and fearless leader of the *miners, Mr Robert Smillie, thrilled the dele.gates by his outspoken declara- tion. Labour was called in to help with the Derby scheme and "save the country from conscription," but when the Prime Minister was jock- eyed by the compulsionists into I giving a pledge which reduce the campaign to a farce, lambour was not consulted. Behind all that is going on is not military or national necessity but the sinister power of a restless and irresponsible peer-pressman, who thinks the war should be run for the special advantage of his papers, and the overweening ambition of a member of the Cabinet who thinks he sees his I chance of cleaving his way to the chief place. A WORD TO THE MARRIED. I Of course, there is more in it than that. If we consent to this consorip- tioil of single men, it-will not be long before we have been overtaken by uni- versal conscription. Indeed that would be on the whole a fairer thing. for to attempt a dividing line between single and married is utterly unten- able and absurd. No conscriptionist would rest content five minutes with such an arrangement, the Northcliffe newspapers would once more get into full blast and reaction would at its leisure reach out for fresh victories. Let us have military conscription to-day, and we wll be faced with in- dustrial conscription to-morrow. Does anyone doubt that industrial compul- j sion is the real aim of many of the people who have been engineering this Agitation "Compulsory service is necessary at this time when the people are getting out of hand." remarks Col. Sir Agustus Fitz George, "National service is required as much for the effect it will have upon miners and munition workers, as for the part it will play in the actual raising « armies." What will the worker think who jmagll1 he is merely giving a prod to the slacker im the next street when he finds he ha? actually put a halter round his own neck? And what will he think of Trade Union leaders and representatives who, for fear of a passing ui popularity or of a general election and the losiI n'g <-f their seats, are prepared to bring a new bondage upon the v, orkers, and mort- gage their future srill more heavily? The workers have severe struggles ahead of them in kny case, both be- n v care, both be- fore the war is over, and after the war is over if they have to fight with the shackles of conscription about them, God help the-n. Mr Dillon has no doubt that this is part of the con- soriptionist plot. "The working classes," he says. "will do well to re- member that. a large number of those who have carried on this campaign have bt-e-n predominantly influettr-ed, not by a single hearted desire to win the war. but by considerations of the oondition of England after the war is over, and by a dosiix; to create an iD- strument which can be used hereafter to resist and put down the struggles of Labour which they anticipate will follow on the condltsion of peace?" INDUSTRIAL CONSCRIPTION WILL I FOLLOW. In a letter in the "Manchester Guardian. Mr Frrnk Rose puts the same point with admirable e lea ran ess and force: "The propositicn which I wish to put to the workers is simply this- once they accept the principle of military conscription, in whatever form and to whaiever degree, upon what will they bl4c;e an argument against industrial compulsion? It is so clearly that which lies beneath this conscriptionist movement. The attestation of skilled operative en- gineers shows what is in the minds of these militarst intriguers. There is not the least- idea of send- ing any of them to training; the sole idea is to get them under semi- militarv control and set up what will be an industrial tyranny, hard, if not impossible, to sÍlake off after the war." Sir John Simon has resigned, and it is possible that Mr Runciman and Mr McKenna may follow. They are known to to be opposed to the ap- parently endless expansion of the Army. It is impossible for this cnun- try to be at one and the same time a great military power, a great. naval power, a great industrial and financial power. The Chancellor of the Ex- chequer knows that, and so does tho President of the Board of Trade. The attempt will end in the disastrous failure, and may even lead to the de- feat of this country in the European struggles. Last September. Mr Mc- Kenna put the estimated year's ex- penditure at. £ 1,590,000.000. the loans a.nd advances to Allies reaching We have now four mil- lion men either in the field or prepar- ing to take the field our war expen- diture has mounted up to fire million pounds a day; and our advances to Allies are sufficient to maintain and equip an additional three million men. THE MILITARIST MIND. To the militarist mind all this is practically nothing. Ho wants com- pulsion tor its own sake. Compulsion to him is a good thing in itself, and the father of good things. Organised Labour must speak and promptly. Tke conscriptionist. case is shallow and superficial. It has only to be explained and understood in order to disappear. But war is aJ- ways a favourable time for political reaction, for people are caught in the grip of a common fear. and tneir minds in many ways are imprisoned. It is at any rate the clear duty of those w ho see the certain dangers of conscription to speak out plainly and to make an unflinching stand. be tho consequences what they may.
STRANGE FUNERAL MISHAP.
STRANGE FUNERAL MISHAP. During the severe rainstorm at Christmas a middle-aged man, in try- ing to reach home in one of the remote giens of Mull, lost his way and died from exposure, his body being found on the following day. At his funeral it was necessary to cross some heavily-swollen rivers, over one of which was only a wooden bridge. When the funeral party reached the middle of the bridge the structure gave way, and men and coffin were precipitated into the rush- ing flood of water. With difficulty the men" ere rescued, .but the eoffin with the corpse was carried away by the current for a distance of nearly a quarter of a mile before, at great risk, it was secured and taken to the bank. About four miles had yet to be traversed to reach the burying ground. The mourners, though many of them were still drip- ping wet. accomplished this distance without further mishap.
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