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LABOUR CONGRESS. A FREEDOM AND PEACE MEMORIAL. The Lajbour Party Conference was opetned at Nottingham on Wednesday. On Tuesday the Miners' Federation continued their private discussion on the agenda. So keenly interested, as well as sharply divided, were they in their opinion of i.ts contents tha.t they TTpre unable to attend as a body another public conference which took place in the afternoon between repre- sentatives of the Trade Unifon Con- gress and the National Labour Party I()IJI the proposed Niatio.nal Labour Memorial of JVeedoon and Peace. Resolutions on behalf of the two national committees were proposed by Mr. Arthur Henderson aid seconded by Mr Haj-ry Gosling, empowering in- ] fluential members of the conference to officiate as trustees to invest funds with which they shall be provided in pure-lial-insr a suitable site, in Lo-nckm and erecting thoreon a National Lab- our Institute. The Miners* Federation sent a small delegation, headed by Mr Her- bert Smith, who proposed that the saheme should be referred back. Sup- port to this suggestion came from the United Textile Workers, and on a card vote the arnend-ment was defeated by onily a small majority. Mr Henderson, who warmly sup- ported the scheme, said it was not merely seemly, but a necessary thing, that there should be a memorial to ooicamjemorate their fallen comrades. The number of Trade Unionists who had joined the Army since" 1914 was upwards of one million, and from 25,000 to 30,000 had been killed. LABOUR'S. WAR AIMS. A special session m connection with the conference was set aside at night for the hea-ring of addresses from fra- ternal delegates of the international working class movement. The Albert- hall was crowded, and the delegates, whq 'included M. Renaudel, of the French Socialist Party; MM. Emile Vajidervelde and Brousere, of the Bel- gian Labour Pa,rty; <1\;[, Litvinoff, the Bolshevik "Ambassador" to this cou n- try; and M. Camille Huysman, the Belgian secretary of the Inteirna.tion.al Socialist Bureau, were given a warm reception, M. Litynimoff especially being received with sounds of oheer- ing. Mr. W. H. Purdy (Newcastle-on- T-yno). who presided, .expresvsed a hope that as the result of the Labour Con- ference the International Allied Soc- ialist meeting which had been called wo,uld oome to some agreement on war aims, so that their representatives would be able to bring sufficient in- fluence anli power to bear on their re- spective Governments as to bring about an. international gathering, not only of the Allies, but the Central Powers as well. (Cheers. ) A lady representative of the Social Democrats of "Bohemia presented a memoriad from the Czechs, who, she I said, wholeheartedly sunoorted the war aims of the British Labour party. I M. HUYSMAX DEMANDS DIS- I ARMAMENT.' M. Huysman brought greetings from the w hole of the Northern States, where, he said, the impression pre- vailed that the war had proved con- clusively that capitalism was omni- potent in the war's encouragement. Another way had to be found. The belligerents on .the western front were taking rope from the Russian revolu- tion. (Cheers). "We axe of the opin- ion," he added, "tha ta, peace such as we have suggested should be prepared by the labouring clas-es across the world, so that we may giye a sign of the era that will ocme. The Austrian and German la.bour parties were think- ing .hard- It was a fact that the statements made by this country and j America h2'({ interested more people in Germany and Austria, tlian their papers disclosed. He was convinced tlialt by agreerncnt at the inter-Allied Socialist conference they w<uld ar- rive nearest to the solution of wax questions, the first of which must be disarmament. (Cheers). Instead of a system of violence there must be a system of right, founded oil the honesty of natiOtDF. (Cheers). BOLSHEVIK "AMBASSADOR." I M. Litvinoff, who was again cheered expressed his joy and pride at being. there as a representative of the Rus- si an, people and the Russian Govern- ment. He stood there as a representa- tive of no ordinary Government— (laughter)-—tho likr; of which the world had never seen. The magni- tude of the Revolution had been clouded by the war, but the Bolshe- viks had carried through the Revolu- j tion in the most approved style— ('Laughter)—with '.the hc4 p of the people, a.nd had maintained their posi- tion in spite of the hatred of the capi- tnlist class. Had the Bolsheviks bean adventur- ers or exploiters they would have been swept away by the army. The Bol- s heviks revolted agaifust the war be- cause they revolted against the authors and advocates. In the little fortress town of Brest Litovsk more dramatic history had been made in three and a half weeks than had been made in three and a, half yea.rs of war. Even if success did not result fiYMn the negotiations a revolution in Germany, and let me hope some- where else—(cheers)-may come with- in the range of immediate possibili- ties." The examples or no annexa- t ions and salf-determina-tion would be the death of Imperialism. Germany and Austria. had either to accept the Russian peace terms or oon,tinue the war for territorial aggrandisement, and 110 did believe that German people would continue to be bled and si.i-ved for such an ohject., There ;n lie *Mily one answer from them. M. Vand'Pirvelde do'laired that in order to obtain a democratic- pe-ace democracy must tr:umph- over mili- tarism and jingoism, not only abroad but- at home. GENERAL ELECTION THIS YEAR A pr0j>0sal to amalgama,te with the Labour Party under its new constitu- tion was discussed at a conference of the Women's Labour League at Not- tingham. on Tuesday. Dr. Marion Phi!Iicommended the proposal as af fording a long-desire d opportumty <f working side by sido with a strong women's P?rty wil.htn t?a ,I party, which wo'dd be infinitelv larger than ever before. Mr Arthur Henderson said he be- lieved there would be a general elec- tion between Julv and September next, and it would be the greatest election in the history of the La bour parly in this country. He hoped they would go into 'it, both men and women, with a. determination to win. Hjo was concentrating his attention upon the next election.

A QUEUE STORY. This (say; a. correspondent) is -i- true story The scene* was a. tea. queue and nvo wcll-dreisscd women w?re in con- versation. III C(311- Firrit Lady: I think it is an awhtl job waiting in queues, don't you? Second Lady: Yc-s, it is to some lwopk, but to me there is a certain f/iseination about it. As a, matter of fact, I don't really need to he here, as I have already four quarters of tea in my bag a.5 wdl is some more a.t home. First Iii -y: Oh, 1 wish you could kt nw have what y<fu have here, as am particularly anxious to get home. Second Lady: Well, I'm afraid L couW.n't very well t>ee,ause- the people ..i,otind us would see it. But perhaps you can get it from my bag unnoticed. The first lady accomplished the feat, handed over 2s.4d. in payment, and tripped joyfully home. There her purchase pro^'ed to l>e— l wd ust.

There :11'(' :210 million pounds wort h of tl and 10s. notes in circulation, said the chairman of the Londwn and Provincial Bank. President WiU-ou has (,tijoll)ed ',I!e. strictest possible obeervjince: of the Sabbath on all ranks in the Ameriotm navy and a.rmy.

W. A. WILLIAMS, Phrenologist, can be consulted daily at the Victoria Arcade (near rhe rfarket), Swansea. Coupon 1/6 14 DAYS ONLY. Every Coal Ctistotiter, 0 Iln l.al Ral.IIûat (1 111['8 ?ff?r? ?m) C?j?Mt ?!? Coupon   ? i i d tJl Purchase, wIll -he handed 1,16 towards 1,000 Ladies' and Gents, TRAIN TARE. les an en,3 —————————— NEW Style, Double Breasted, with Belt, Trench Raincoats. 11 ?i.?&S. l?QiiL?UG ?N? Sale Price 28/6, worth 45 Maids and Youths from 15 11. Post Orders ||* ftt II | « despached Oil receipt of P. 0.- j oti ( 232 High Street' Swansea. t <

GODRFRGRAIG. Godn^r'graig is rapidly gaining pro- minence by reason of the military honours awarded to its young soldiers. Lce.-epl.. Harry Walwyn, of the Man- chester Regt., whose homo is at Tar- i reni-terrace, has b(\('.n awardN[ the Military Medal for bravery on the field whilst bringing in the wounded under heavy shell fire. This is the second M.M. brought to Godre'rgraig. the first being awarded to Pte. W. E. Jones (now discharged) o fthe King's Own Royal 11 ilies, who resides at Knoll road. Severa l boys have been home on loawo during the week. Among them are, Lieut. Jno. M. Lewis, Pantteg Corpl. Jno. Murphy, Pantteg; Pte. Aneurin Williams, Pantteg; Pte. W. Lewis, Pantteg Seaman Tom E. Grif- fiths, Pantteg: Lieut. Evan Rees, Mike Brophv, Pte. Dickie Richards, Pte. Ben Rees. also of Godre'rgraig. All wore heartily welcomed. A presentation meeting was held at Pantteg Chapel vovstry on Tuesday evening, when five of our he-roes were presented. They were Sergt. Tom J. Morgan; Corpl. J. Murphy; Pte. An- eurin "Williams; Pte. Wm. Lewis, and Seaman T. E. Griffiths. The following contributed towards the programme: Song, Miss Dorothy Llewelyn; duet, Miss. E. A. Joshua and Pte. Richai-d Daniels; pcnillion singing. Master — recitation, Airs. I). T. Jones Miss Megan Hughes and Miss Hutch- ings. Mmo. Brinlev Thomas accom- panied throughout, and the Rev. Ben Davies presided over a large gnther- ing. Congratulations are extended to Miss E. A. Joshua, who captured half the prize in the open female champion solo at Cwmtwreh on Saturday. Also to Miss May Williams, who took the sooond prize in the solo for children under 16 at the same place. On Monday the burial took place at Holy Trinity, of Mrs. Sarah Rees, wife of Mr. Rees B. Rees, Knoll-road. Her son; Sergt.-Instructor Idwal Rees attended the funeral. She leaves a husband and eleven children to mourn their loss. Deceased was the daughter of the late Mr. John Griffiths, one of the pioneers amongst the leaders of tho tinplate trade. Much sympathy i.? til(I svnli)athy :"i ft?it witli tile f;llllllv Ili th?ir-sad b(,-

David Griffith Davies, solicitor, of j Bethesda, who pleaded guilty to ap- propriating t,1150 of his clients' money j was sentenced to three years' penal it Carnarvon.. The annual sales of the Co-operative W holesale Society for 1917 amounted to £ oi ,624,000, an increase of £ o,390, 000 over the previous year. The value I of the goods supplied by the society's | own factories was CIS,321,000, an i. n- crease of e2,058,000 over 1916.

Short-Sighted .1 'I Persons J want to bring the book clcse to their eyes. It means that |\ J the object looked at does not focus on the rethia, the focus comes in front—too soon—the eyeball is therefore too long. Wo cannot change the eyebufl, so we change the foe us. We put a lens in front of the eye which throws the focus back to the proper position. I Call upon ns and learn more about this important subject of defective vision. C. F.. WALTERS i F.S.M.C., F.IO. QUALIFIED OPTICIAN. | Oxiord St., Swansea j 'Vutior.ai School^ jii L(N" ear^y opu-'site .L

) CWMLLYMFELL I CWMl.L YNFEll I CYFARKOI) TYSTEBOL MR JOHN HUGHES. Xos Lun diweddaf yn Xghapel Cwm- llynfell, eafwyd un o'r cyfarfodydo mwya.f brwdfrvdig posilil. ycf owrdd i gvdnahod in<iwn moxld sylueddol was- anaeth y hravvd Ilafurus Mr J. Hughes, ysgrifeuydd yr eghvys, ar l>en .-ugaiit mlyuedd o wasanaeth ffyddhtn. Cymer- wyd y gadair a'r arweiuvcldiaeth gan y Parch. 1). Jeremy Jones, gweinidog. Wele rhai gymerodd ran yn y cyfar- fod: Adroddiadau, Mri. Emanuel Wil- liams, Isaac Davies (Gwrhyd), imawd, swynol gan Miss Mary Annie Jones, Cwmllynfell; adroddiad. Miss Margar- et Ann Thomas, C\vmllvnf<>ll can, Miss Annie Williams, Cwmllynfell; ad- roddiad, Miss Mdora Williams, Gwr- hyd unawd, Miss Ann Waiters: ad-, roddiadau, Mrs. Olwen Thomas a Mrs Trenchard, Cwmllynfell. Yna eanwyd rlies o benillion tarawiadol o eiddo v Parch. Samuel Williams. Llanhilletli, gan Miss Mary Annie Williams a Mri. Dd. A'/illie Williams, set dall frawd a chwaer, nes gwefreiddio y dvrfa fawi oedd yn bresenol. Cyu myn'd at brii waith y ewrdd darllcnodd y Uvwydd rhest-r n lythyrau oddiwrth v rhai can- lynol yn datgan eu gofid arll lias g-all- ('lit fod yn y ryfarfod: Idris Davids, A be re rave Parchn. John Wil- liams, Hafod: T. Mafonwy IJavies. Solfa John D. Jon: s. Cellau; D. R. Thomas, Llwyncelyn; Daniel John, W yddjjnuj; Cilasnant Jones. Dunvani,. a 1). Amman Jones, Cainewvdd; Airi. Arthur Davies, Richard Lewis, Evan. Powell (Port Talbot), D.J. Morris (LhndjJo). Y ?(i ::?:iry?'ohonym. Aviaii anfou cynyrehion barddonol, y rhai a ddarlhaiwyd gan y Parch. I). Jeremy Jones yn ystod y eyfarfotl W edi ychydig eiriau ar amcan y cyfar- fod gan y llywydd galwyd ar Mr. W. T. Williams, Bryn Shop, i gyflwyno'r- anercliiad hardd i arwr y ewrdd. w hyn a wnaeth mown araet h rhagorol. Yna galwyd ar Mr. David Morgan i gvflwyno y desc, yr hyn a wnaeth yn- ta.u mown araeth gynwysfawr a bardx!- onol. Galwyd ar Mri. W. J. Williams, Ochrywaun, a Daniel T. Jones, i oilio'r cyflwyniad, a. chafwyd ychydig* eiriau evnes a charedig ganddynt. Cai- wyd aiierchiadau gan v beirdd canlyji- ol: Mri. W. T. Williams, Wm. M. Jones, Dewi Glan Twrcli, Jas. Powell, C.S., Dd. Thomas, i). W. Thomas, Timothy Lewis, Harry Harries, Willie Owen, Gwvs, Tom Isaac Jones, a'r Parch. D. Jeremy Jones. Cododd Mr. John Himhes i ddiolch nm yr anrheg ion gwertlifinvi- oedd wedr rlderbyu oddiar law vr pglwys a bro- dorion y lip. Dvwf.docld mai Jlafnr cariad at yr achos oedd i gyfrif am ei wasanaeth, ae na f<»ddycliodd erioetl ant gaol y fath roddiou prydfertli. C'afwyd hefyd fyr haiKvs o symudiad- au yr achos yn ystod yr ugain mlyn- edd o'i wasanaeth fel ysgrifeuydd. Yna. awd yn mlaen a'r rha^len Adroddiad gan Mrs. Mary Ann Thomas, ac un- awd penigamp gan Madam Rachel Jones-Rees, a, gorf u iddi ganvt eil- \raith. Terfynwyd v cvfarfod trwy gnnil yr Anthem Genedlaethol, Mme. Rachel Jones-Re<>s yn arwain yr un- awd. Gwasanaethwyd wrth v Ix'rdoneg Li;an Mri. Tom W. Jones a. Sam Wil- liams, Cwmllynfell.

Y DIWEDDAR C. MEt'DWY DAVIES LLANELLI, FT* FARW ION. 24, 1915 Uiiiellau gyfansoddv.'yd ga-n ei ("llwae Aiiii Ynisn-ie.ud".vy, jir <j-d<irbv"iad brvs-ne £ r"s a-m ei farwol aetli. I)!i-bvnia:is heddyw newydd drom, Am farw 'mra-wd, O dyma. s"iom I'Mn gadaal wy t a myn'd at Dduw A!(tv'n:].('rc)'n? I)L'.dym:! yw. Tia angau yn dy ddatod di, Y f) :Jo y:-na gwelir 1i. W.vi ur.ig. ond mai genyf Dduw,— Ai dyma'r irrefr. '■ Ill-. ,lyma yw. Mi hc-tl'wn. frawd. fod yn dy h*, Mae liiraeth arnaf am y Ne', lile mae fy nbeulu gyda DUly. Ai dl"ef¡¡? le, dyna. y\ l-'t'-Krwel. fy mrawd, a.nwylaf un. Caw ii cto gwrdd h^b t;fid hi in,- Yn ngwlad v ga-n ca'.vu et-o fyw A goleu gawn ar gyiil'un Duw. Printed snd I'ublisliecl by "Llaifi Llafur" Co Ltd. Y,<alvfera. in the ( tv ,:r Jan. 26.