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THE SHAM OF BABY WEEK.
THE SHAM OF BABY WEEK. The Corrupt Font of its Inspiration. I Indifferent Success of Merthyr Week." I Where were:the Clergy, Doctors and Councillors ? I ? in Merthyr has come and gone, I ?t"t? ? PM'son who can look back and pronounce  I "I?ce&s from the point of view of interest ?! ayl"d, ? numerical attendance must be suf II. ?ia from optimistic myopia of a pronounced Hatw 44t.ql,e ',T ot even that detestable section of the kt, ra iinity ? the parvenu middle-class, found wol'I? ?* ?ts' idle hands here, a most surprising T «a"'s when one remembers the procli- Vlt v ?? women folk to intervene in other Qàe'affail's, and to prostitute themselves on ?&-f) ? a class that they do not deign to ? ?tip?? ? other davs. Possibly the reason these did ^°bjlp Participate was due to the fact that the ?a ]? ? ? dealt with was one that required ?o 0 lIttle education to handle at all, and they c 4?"I most enthusiastic for causes that ilW t entei-l brain fag as a preliminary to look- ii?? ST?,ee't 5, at the exhibition. Apart from this ^se^di eliverance, there Was a noticeable ab- zet  „ loca l a d ministrators, an d ine d icos, ? ? local administrators, cleric's and medicos, ???ch I shall endeavour to deal later. For 'pr.3,Bnt I would like to concern myself with ?ai' exa nination of the problem that was ?d ??S general times, with a view to as- ^'tai ?ln8: whether this minimum of result is de- ?b]? ?? not. Needless to say such an examina- tiojj "an(ls that the fate of the individual Hv w^ose otali"ty. builds up those awful ill- Wi] ??'tality statistics, must not be con- si4iv1 i without reference to the economic fac- e's.  ?re I allow myself to dwell upon the ?i???ing and unremitting work of Dr. Dun- ta? ta4 1 tho voliintai-v workers, and Mr. ??!)r-?") ?' Lloyd, or their earnestness, lest I 1.,iov?l, of- f l ieii lest I ?ot? be it?ynpted to regret that the week was tCoIfn.1.dwd bv a Sweater apparent success. Did ?? -1 ? the l)—v "r theRe workers alone I i TSelt Ashing that I could say that imS ??''?' ?hing that I could say thtt  fedIte result of the week wou1d be a Smutrnn in ,infentile mort?Iitv rate for i \-f- nf atkast -?' Per cent. As it is I am ? ?' ? "? ."? that Dr. Drmcan was not the ori- Siting the scheme, b?t merelv a hard local w O'c?(?,r tOwall,ds the success of a. national effot, I %4-0It %'o FO"Inder I do not know. Probably, the in- Iq; ? of the scheme was contributed to by ?Hv P?sons, for it is the natural resultant of ? }& three modern conditions that have exer- ?* minds: (1) the war, with its sacnfiœ ?eft ?'t'ves; (2) the publication of the report ''f???'?led National Commission of Inquiry '?to ? Declimng Birth Rate—on which no J ?in ? recognised economist sat or gave evi- ??? "etore it, and (8) the cognate report if *1| j» °-Vf^ C?nnmssion on Venereal Disease. At ft evf!—. c^are ?rm that the movement did lot 'iPfiuig frm the working class, and furthcr ?'M '?????' altruistic the motives of the ful illdells ?? S0PPortors may have consciously +i"f e aneonseious motives, and the real ones, ? Pohtacal and 'ndustriat—and on analysis ?e i- ? do not believe that either the hygienic ? ? ?H ?? motives played an tinportmtpart in .Vn'Nati.on of the scheme for baby week. On \{Aer hand there was direct evidence in the ?e q-rt speeches of most of the imported ak6l,,s, ^hat the political motive was a pre- ('0Hvina^+ ? their minds; and the industrio- I '^nomi °*s has ever been present with the H'tic' al l- n all Malthusian discussions of the past, ^t'a t fj.aH? this Bab? Week movement is ?. a', ,?<?al of the Malthusian argument from 1!11enat.al ? post-natal bases. The only differ- ? b ?7 '?6en a raging tearing anti-MaHhusian 1:¡¡%Plgn, md Baby Week is that in the one he ]<! P??s and penalties of parturition is to t' an,l' tl has been. What is the poli- ?1 ??. ?ent in favour of an ,v.lat J.q t Ie po 1- ?0l>u7^- on, such as favour o.f an mm'eased adult tt t! a.tion, such as Baoy Week seeks to secure P It AA tj aeci?e,,a,,sed population means diminished ^ies ?? argument condemned by its baseness, 1 j} "'t lts eonoomitant, the industrial argument, 1?i Piu- i ? cla«s one, thit a <?eclining industrial to.<Jll a.hon W1^ seiiously inconvenience the ???? c'?ss reason of a shortage of Labour, i1' a» ?? learned too well bv experience, o, C dunmutJon of the unabsorbed Labour thel' ??.?h tends to depress wages, and prevent re "Idlistl.i,.tl Progress of the organised workers. othPWoi'c'6' I serious d', f if '? bv ?'ords, the serious diminution of e f ee- t?Hltr??' ?o?P?efl with the serious wastage of alit, ]ifL, ?i,nd declining birth-rate, are re- ?"? ded ?? apprettension bv the politician and en ? 1?' si11(,(' the ultimate result will be ? tedn?? Population and comwquentIy of pos- ?? i?'ts to the Army and Navy; and fewer I ?})) ?te?.?? Pressing against the means of sub- thL"> -})('fl' :ul<l del)J'eZ:in;; tlle standard of life of l l'{) et. I proip?."?t ?'y competition for jobs. Whether |. have ( I < b 1\1' '?' Knessed tlie su b -conscious mo- '??s of tb? 0tlridei's Week or not is im- ?teriat .Ollnd(>rs of Bab" Week ())' not is ini- d SInCe tl t t1- Material 8inot|le result of it is just the argu- ^nt I li'ave la 1 a bove, .,} tl t "wi)I <nT. ??onrsofi ? ?- B?Y Week robbed of Its f(41-t an,d i,xiiil)it,ion,s, and uu '?'n;)te ")n ?'?'es does become an appeal to the "'kin, i SS 11l0th ers of the nat i on in these t << «'n ,S 1l1others of the na tlOn III lese "?? your ignorance, ad save you  f? ru "ation has uced of it to Mow 1t Ji^ilcl is vfnv+i e nation has need of it to blow it 14t"() t i^saxicl ?"? ra gs, and the employer tuso f ? P'? it iiist its fellows w h en h?ill ¡eeOl t a?,, 1. I to,, T in their de- '( "? for ,1, ??'' ??re in the wealth they X?te fvr L, a'tc3, or ??reat,(,r eontvol of the industries  ??rse. such a. blunt manner J %;ecb 1aV^ brought the retort of my Wl1 wife to the 1in lt1.o' 'I tl() t e hp¡.; ? ?'? woman of the work- i^h8,' elaSo u T rather ?'? ?? ??' boys 44 ?Wolll<l r,tller bury my two boys tll", T, t,l?l't 'Iioulfi grow up to be  "hat ?? surprised at chiefly is  ?tor. ?T ? ? scheme have not had ? ?u? ,??.?? ?Bkces, wlio have adopted •Tndrro O'NVl 'SCh^mo of "Mothers' Pen- V'' of wwhin& ch our Comrade Sylvia Pankhurst I is such a devoted exponent in this country, and which I myself applaud from a humanitarian standpoint, and question from an economic one. I am perfectly willing to admit that the awful toll of baby life revealed bv the statistics on in- fantile morality is a terrible stain on all civilised nations, out in view of the facts which later life and economic history reveals I am not sure that the babies are not better off, though it would be preferable both is a stay to the ravages of venereal disease, the pieturisations of which were one of the most instructive features of the ex- hibition in the Drill Hall, and an inducement to the production of a better infantile mortality rate, coupled with 'a better race from the point of view of anthropometrical tests, and mental attainments, to give adequate and proper in- struction in the use of contraceptives, conducted as such education should be not publicly, but privately through the media of medical men, and health visitors and nurses. The middle and up- per classes in Society can easily under present circumstances obtain Bucll knowledge, and means; and from observation of the number of children that is produced by unions in the, classes I am positive that the knowledge is sought and the means employed, and until we shall have established a better system I am per- fectly willing to demand that what is goo 3 enough for these will do for the families of my own class. When we have ushered in the better fit-stem. of government and life for which we stand we will be able to review the facts in the light of the altered conditions. But to revert to the Merthyr Baby Week in particular, I should like to pa,v a tribute to the enthusiasm with which the workers did tackle their difficult work, and to the interest which Dr. Duncan did exhibit in the forwarding of the project. A Northerner myself I get a pretty shrewd notion when a fellow countryman is all out for the furtherance of an idea or a cause, even though lie may mot exactly bubble his en- thusiasm through the pores of his skin and f am prepared to stake my faculty of observation that the Scotsman who overlooks the health of Merthyr was all out for the saving of the kid- dies of Merthyr, who now perish between the day of their birth and the attainment of their fifth y< a?\ I am sincerely sorry that I cannot second him here as I can in the excellent methods he has adopted for the medical supervision of the school children, or as I would whole-heartedly se- cond him in the promotion of the health of the borough. I, at least, am honest in my opposi- tion to this thing. I may be entirely wrong, but so far as my knowledge goes, and my intelligence construes it I have stated my position to Baby Week. But what of the local doctors, the eoun- Week, but what of the local doctors, the coun- cillors, and the clerics of the town. Are they, too, inclined to the Malthusian interpretation of this thing, or was their entire disregard of the effort that was being made due to a contempt for the welfare of the children of the poor, or to some other reason ? -For, mark you, here was work entirely within their provinces. The doc- tors of Merthyr have never possessed my con- fidence they have by their actions over and over again proved themselves only too good sons of the hide-bound British Medical Association; which, they will be pleased to know, is held up in work- ing-elase sociological discussions as an example of how not to do it in industrial control; and is cursed with virulence by young medicoes whose ambitions are curbed and quashed by its illicit repression. Merthyr, alas, must be a very Mecca to the B.M.A., for its general practitioners are reactionaries of the most marked nature. But even so I should have expected that they would have felt it necessary to show some lively inter- est in Baby Week, a movement so obviously touching their trade, and not to have ignored it as they did, leaving it to a handful, and they amongst the busiest in the profession, to dis- play an ephemeral interest. I do not think that a single general practitioner was present at the opening of the exhibition, and only a smattering showed in on Friday when the "show" was being held. As to the clergy, I am perfectly at a loss to find a reason, or excuse, for their boycott of the movement. With the exception of the new Rabbi of the Jewish community, who, I suppose, does not count as a Christian minister, a curate, I think, and about a couple of professional Con- scientious Objectors, of whose denomination I am not cognisant, I was surprised at the absence of this class; a. much more marked absence than that of the doctors, since they could not urge the excuse of overwork that the M.D.'s would probably raise if pressed for a, reason for their non-attendance. These men who bid us go forth and multiply," when in the exercise of their trade they wed us,' showed, by their non- attendance, a callous indifference to the welfare of the fruits of their commands as vice-regents of the Almighty. If the Labour Members of the Council and Board. of Guardians take my viewpoint, which I very much doubt, they may be exculpated from their failure to attend, but failing a disagree- ment with the ultimate results of a successful campaign as I have ? set forth, I do not see how they can expect to be held any less blameworthy than the rest, for failure to support a campaign which was directly engaged in by themselves as an authority, through their Health Committee. I Altogether the triune of non-attenders looks bad, and needs explaining. Of course, in dealing with the general prin- ciples of my objection, I have had, by the very nature of the case, to ignore that residue of cases to which my objections do not directly ap- ply, and in these cases I do sincerely hope that the ignorant mother will have had the edge of her ignorance dulled, and will be enabled to offer to her offspring a better chance of survival than it has had up to the present. I have taken my objection on purely impersonal grounds, and in those cases to which my generalisations do not apply-an-cl there are sonie-l wish the results of the Baby Week a happy issue. All that pre- vents my whole-hearted support is the insecurity oc the future, the tainted motives that I sin- cerely believe lay at the real basis of the national movement, and the incompleteness of the whole scheme from its failure to rationalise its pro- paganda by recognising that the fecundity of the poorest section of the community-and it is there that the real evil lays—docs not allow the proper period of rest and recuperation to the mothers, which, coupled with the altogether in- adequate nature of the income in the great ma- jority of cases, results in a feculent infant popu- lation inevitably doomed to an early demise, or at best -a debilitated race, useless to themselves in after life,, and predestined to prison, asylum or workhouse—a source of sorrow to parents, and of worry and expense to the community. Let the movement bo a truly educational one, for the production of a, virile race, irrespective of en- hancing the census returns—the sole end, and aim of the present movement—and we, of the Socialist and advanced Democratic movement will offer it our heartiest support and co-opera- tion. A.P.Y. I
I Pontlottyn and Brithdir…
I Pontlottyn and Brithdir Seat. I WHO SHALL HAVE IT? I Sir,—In the Bhymney Valley notes of the t. Pioneer" for June 30 there appea;red a com- ment on the action of the Glamorgan County Council in refusing at their la.t meeting to co-opt a1 member for. the above division. The headline of the oonnnent-" Glamorgan County Council set against Labour "—was not only mis- leading to the public, but unfair also to the Council. It would be absurd to suggest that the majority of the members of the Glamorgan County' Council have very much sympathy with Labour sentiments and ideals, but it is only fat:- that it should be fairly represented when cri- ticised. Your correspondent, in spite of the headline, deserves our appreciation for placing before us the political views of the late member —Dr. Martin. It is evident from Dr. Martin's election address and voting card, that he took the field as a Labour candidate, and considered himself a Labour Member nl tlV, C^pcfl. He was undoubtedly supported by the workers of the Division on that undertaking. I am now glad that the County Council deferred the selec- tion for three months. By the Political truce prevailing it seems quite clear that the seat can be claimed for Labour against all comers. The question then arises: Who is the official Labour nominee? How can it be claimed that Mr. Ham- monds. holds no political views passes my com- prehension. Anyone who knows anything at all about Mr. Hammonds knows full well that lie sticks to the tail of defunct Liberalism. His at- titude fn the past elections is ample evidence of his politic-al viewi., If, is true that he claims to represent Labour; so does his great political friend Mr. Clem. Edwards, M.P. This Parlia- mentary gentleman claimed, in effect, at a meet- ing in Pontlottyn lately, that he knew the view* of the Welsh miners better than the E.C..of the Federation. Mr. Hammonds acted as chairman to the meeting, and allowed Mr. Edwards to make statements which could do nothing but cause discontentment between the miners and their Executive. Your correspondent has made it now distinctly clear who should be the selected of the C.C. As the late Dr. Martin was con- sidered by the electors of the Division a, Labour representative, by the truce, a Labour man, avowedly cherishing Labour ideals and princi- ples, should be selected in his stead. The only person of the four that comes up to that stan- dard is the nominee of the Trades and Labour Council—Councillor H. Brown. The late mem- ber resided at Brithdir, so does Mr. Brown. By co-opting "liim the division would be well repre- sented, Aid. Williams at the tqp end of the divi- sion and Coun. Brown at the bottom end. Be- tween the two the middle part-Tirphil-should suffer no hardship. The affiliated trade organi- sations of the Division should lose no time in presenting the distinct claim of Labour to the seat before the County Council members of the adjoining divisions, as the matter of making in- quiries, and suggesting the most suitable per- son -in their opinion to the seat to the County Council at their next meeting has been left in their hands.—Yours in the Labour cause, 1 .July 7, 1917.- DD. D. DAVIES. I I July 7, 1917. J
I RHEUMATISM- KIDNEY TROUBLE.…
I RHEUMATISM- KIDNEY TROUBLE. I Rheumatism is due to uric acid crystals in the joints and muscles, the result of excessive urio acid in the system that the kidneys failed to remove as nature intended, and this acid is to a great extent the cause of backache, lum- bago, sciatica, gout, urinary trouble, stone, gravel and dropsy. The success of Estora Tablets for the treat- ment of rljeumatism and other forms of kidney trouble is due to the fact that they restore the kidneys to healthy action, and thereby remove the cause of the trouble, and have cured num- berless cases after the failure of other remedies, which accounts for them superseding out-of-date medicines tha»fc axe sold at a price beyond all but the wealthy. Women frequently suffer from ills, aches, and pains under the impression that they are victims of ailments common to their sex, but more often than not it is due to the kidneys, and in such cases Estora Tablets will set them right! The test is at least worth making, as woman's happi- ness and success in life depends on her health. Estora Tablets fully warrant their description —an honest remedy at an honest price, 1/3 per box of 40 tablets, or six for 6/9. All Chemists or, postage free, from Estora Co., 132, Charing Cross Road, i London, W.C. Bargoed and Aberbargoed Agent—W. PABRT WILLIAMS, M.P.S.
I Court-Martial of Mansei…
I Court-Martial of Mansei Grsnfell, I II, SECOND SENTENCE OF TWO YEARS' I HARD LABOUR. HIS STATEMENT BEFORE THE COURT. I Since the above reached us Mansei Grenfell has been "rushed through Kinmel Park," as h3 himself describes it, and has been re-sen- tenced to two years' hard labour for refusing to obey the "orders of his superior officer." Man- a j t sel only arrived at the camp at 5 a.m. on Sun- day, June 24th, was court-martialled on Tliurs- day, "read out" on Friday, and was removed to Ithyl, en route to Walton Gaol, before 7 i o clock on Saturday morning. In sending us a copy of his statement to the court-martial, Man- sel SAYE: I may say it was listened to atten- tively and courteously. My sentence all the same is two years. Hard Labour!—which I face with 1 perfect calm and confidence. From what I have been able to gather from the few papers I have seen, I think prospects are fine. It is only necessary that we should go on carrying on loyally inside and outside prisons and guard rooms, etc!—Yours with fraternal greetings, MANSEL GltENFELL." [Statement before District Court-Martial, held I at No. 10 Camp, Kinmel Park, June 28. bins,—1 Ins is my second appearance before a District Court-Martial, at this Camp; I ap- peared before one here on March 22 of this year. The charge before iixe to-day is practically" the same as that for which I appeared then, so that, in effect, and really, I am to be tried a second time on one and the same charge—in respect of which I have already served the sentence of 112 days imposed upon, me, and hav., thereby, ac- cording to the traditions of British law-even supposing myself to have been gitlty, that is— paid the price in expiation of my guilt. My offence, so-called, on that other occasion was my refusal to sign attestation papeis, which simply meant refusal to swear the oaths of alle- giance and obedience to superior officers," etc.; and I made that perfectly clear in my I tatement to the Court sitting that day. I wish to emphasize that, for I believe it is of great unportance and relevance to my argument and my case that it should be understood that the sentence which I have served was decided and promulgated, after it had been made quite plain that my attitude was simply a refusal to recog- jnise a.nd accept military discTplitj* nnd jurisdic- Ition—.although I formally pleaded guilty tech- nically. I expressly said in my statement that I could not recognise military omcers, as such, as "superior officers," and orgued that my re- fusal tp obey the particular officer concerned in my case was not a real offence although it might be a technical one. But since, then, thinking the matter over carefully, in the solitude and silence of my prison cell-for one does not spend even a short three or four months in prison with- out wanting to know exactly why—I came to the conclusion that I was not even technically guilty. I still think so and that all the legal proceedings relating to my case—from the local police-court trial up to the present change have been, and are, anomalous and indefensible logi- cally and from the standpoint of pure legal prin- ciple. At the police-court one was treated and I" convicted" as a "deserter" from the army, 'although the very first thing one was asked to do, after his" conviction" and being handed- over to the militarywa8 to recognise and ac- cept that very thing, for the supposed desertion of which he had just been condemned at the police-court. All the subsequent irregularities follow naturally and inevitably, perhaps, from that irregular police-court commencement. My H oifence" if I am guilty of one at all, is an offence against civil law, and should have been dealt with under civil jurisdiction. h is not that I have "deserted" the army, nor, strictly speaking, that I have committed any breach of jarmy discipline; it is simply that I have refused to obey the law which says I must join the army and place myself within and subject to its dis- cipline. I know it has often been argued that one is a soldier if the law says one is. But that is not the official and military view, which, rs I have said, requires that a man must formally accept military authority before he can be re- garded as a soldier. In this connection the offi- cial and military view is obviously and certainly the only law says he should be. But, strangely tation of the argument that one is a soldier be- cause the law says he should be. But, strangely enough, although it recognises all that the mili- tary authority still claims jurisdiction over those, like myself, who judged from its own con- duct towards them have never really been re- ga,rded as having come within its jurisdiction. I mention these inconsistencies as evidences from the military side in support of my case that 1 am not guilty, within the terms of the charge against me, which states that I disobeyed a lawful comi-n.atxl given by my superior officer," etc: Never having accepted military discipline I cannot be guilty of an offence against it. Never having sworn obedience to military officers I cannot be guilty of disobedi- ence towards them as my superior officers ín the military sense. I submit thjtt my case is one for civil jurisdiction, if Sor any at all. If I am kept in this nondescript relationship with everything—in which I am liable to be subjected to any num ber of unreal trials of this kind and to an existence limited to an occasional change from detention in a guardroom detention cell to imprisonment in a prison cell so, and vice versa, for five, ten, or twenty years, it will not alter the fact that my position is simply a refusal to accept military authority and discipline and jurisdiction. It is a. comparatively easy thing to write in the statute book that every man must be a, soldier; but a man is not a soldier— and I have shown how the military recognise this'—until he agrees to be one by formally ac- cepting military authority, etc. That is what I have consistently refused to do; that is what I honestly cannot do. Although I have high personal regard for many soldier friends-both [officers and rankers, and although I believe that many soldiers everywhere have been prompted I by the best possible motives, I sincerely and, I hope humbly believe that the method ef war must result in injury to every high object it is intended to serve. I am profoundly con- vinced that that which requires the destruction of human life as a condition of its success—what- ever it is-is evil. War, in my opinion, what- ever we must. admit respecting the motives of,- without a doubt, thousands ofsol diers—is or- ganised murder; and military- organisation ia preparation for murder. So that I cannot serve in war, nor militarism, in any connection with it. Indeed I am intensely morally bound to do all I can to break the spell of militarism and tq discourage faith in it. And that is what I have vowed to do to the utmost of my ability what- ever it costs me. I regard conscription or mili- tary compulsion as a double evil. As militarism, its object is, or at least is regards as legitimate, the destruction of human life which I regard 8ii sacred and, as compulsion, it violates the most precious principle of liberty, without which I think it is impossible to organise any decent society. Liberty to serve the highest and to protest against what I think is wrong is a right, I hope, to claim to my last breath. Service of the highest as I see it does not require the use of murderous weapons, but rather the discour- agement of it. Service, without freedom is im- possible; work under compulsion is slavery. And just as thoroughly as I hope to claim the right to refuse the use of arms, I hope also to claim liberty for service, against compulsion and slavery of all kinds. To the- present charge I plead not guilty technically as well as" deliberately, morallv.— Yours sincerelv, MANSEl, GRKNFBUJ.
Why Not a Negotiated Peace…
Why Not a Negotiated Peace ? MR. JAS WINSTONE'S LETTER TO A LOCAi. PAPER. -Iil*. Wimtone has forwarded us the sub- joined copy of a letter which he last week ad- dressed to the Editor of the South Wales Daily News — Park View, Pontnewynydd, July 5th, 1917. To the Editor, "South Wales Daily News," Cardiff. Dear Sir,—I shall be glad if you will kindly publish this letter. I cannot quite express the pleasure it gave me to rWHl -our t; Iv and well- i-t.,aso"ed leading article on 'liiutiUay morning last, which seemed to me such a complete and crushing reply to the unwise policy advocated and adopted bv the so-called leaders of Demo- cracy at the last Labour Party Conference. It is true that the German and British dele- gates who met at The Hague and decided on the interchange accommodation and treatment of prisoners had nothing to do with Peace, but wliv not.P The question of Peace surely is to the nation bleeding to death, of equal importance with the mission mith which the delegates were entrusted, and is it not time that the leaders of Democracy in this country, and, indeed, the workers themselves, should fully realise what is involved in their own future and the future of the British peoples, if no such meeting takes place? There is, indeed, Sir, so much reason in your statement: We see no reason, therefore, why this new departure of The Hugue Conference should not be followed from time to time by other free interchanges of opinion between belli- gerents on definitely specified subjects," and I fully accept the responsibility for suggesting that one of the definitely sjiecified objects should be Peace by Negotiations. May I point out to your readers that at the Cardiff Peace Conference, as chairman, I was verv particular to point out that as advocates of this policy we did not want a patched-up peace, nor a Ge-rman peace, but a people's peace, and therefore a lasting peace. Now that the Premier has expressed the same view, will it not be wise for the workers to reconsider the whole position and take an interest in endeavouring to re-estab- lish the International movement and to ensure that when any negotiations take place, with a view to settling the terms of peace, that thef shall be fully represented by their own leaders? I suggest the workers would be well advised to consider this phase with the view to expressing an united opinion thereon. The sooner the De- mocracy of Britain get into touch with the other Democracies, including Germanv, the bet- ter will it be for the future of Britain,—Yours respectfully, J. AVINSTONF,.
Child Neglect.
Child Neglect. ALLEG&D BABY FARMING CASE AT DOWLAIS. What the Stipendiary (Ma*. R. A. Griffith) de- scribed as a very bad case of baby-farming was dealt with at Merthvr Police-court on Friday, when Christina Lloyd, of Balaclava-road, Dow- lais, was summoned for neglecting an eighteen months' old adopted child. The proceedings were instituted by the Merthyr Board of Guard- ians (represented by Mi*. Washington Bowen, solicitor, Merthyr), and upon evidence his Wor- ship commented further that it was evident that the woman had taken the baby for the sake of ?, fmi the sa? l,-e of t-20 without the slightest intention of discharg* ing her obligations to the poor child. "I am afraid it was on the way to death by- starvation when it was taken away," he went on. "I am very sorry to have to punish or de- grade this woman seeing she was the wife of a soldier on active service and the mother of four children, but I should not be doing my duty if I did not." The woman was sent to prison for two months with hard labour.
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