South Wales Weekly Post

MAT AND STIRRING SCENES f- -t I Waves of Enthusiasm at Albert Hall. I SIR A. MOND'S DOUBLE FAILURE. Admission of His Ongm. It in the history of the Albert Hall there been any such meeting for any idate as that which was held last jig in support of the candidature of David Davies. The Duke of Wellington )nce asked what he considered the most ult thing in warfare. In his plain, I way the Duke said, sentehtiousjy, ''To witat ij going on on the other side of jill! In political warfare, also, it i' to develop that kind 01 w isdom.. and ;ver underrate the forces which are in sition. Last even'ng, long before eight :k,it was perfectly pitiable—for those are concerned to see Mr. David Davies to success—that there should have been ds of people who wished to be present I' :eer and to encourage, turned away from )wded hati That signal, which i3 be- of most men who seek to attract large I snces. "Hcuse Fuil. went up earty, yet thvz,e were some six, possibly seven the vote thev were nuhtbered nine— persons who had managed to themselves ensconsed in the .-outhern jny, and they tried, absolutely without t, with no measure of .success except to y upon themselves endless ridicule, to irb a perfectly wonderful meeting with T-uptions so utterly inane as to reveal the j ity of the stupidity of their authors; 7 we-e there with delibera- —for the sole purpose o! factious intet- ion. but they sconifi-'lly beaten by I r own ineptitude, snowed under mt 'ly by the weight of arguments advanced. absolutely incinerated h. {he furnace of ting enthusiasm with \\l:ich the atmos- e was \o man is master of his and he is a ra-'h uidi\:dual who speaks t iissertlveness ratlter than with conn- 'e of the result oi any such election as nspa it now goir.g through, j us much. however, may be said Xo one o DiHwyns. the Baths, the ewnes the ids-staiidii; before a.. political enc$ at Swansea, has ever. ever been re- 3d with such tumultuous cheers as 'Good Dai" received last night! I r. Efnie \Vynne n;ade a \onderfu)!y t chaii-ryiati--c-autious, analytic&I. logical. to the preposterous < n that Sir Alfred Mond had advanced ,i,ntere.4ts of the port, and he asked die e cotene of intett'upters to point out.If could—the evidences of his ,success in direction. There was the &taring, glar- fact that every port in the Bristol Char- except Swansea na.d been controlled and had jt.3 Íutf'¡eft: guaranteed, whilst .nsea, had tc suner a serio.ug loss month noath. -i, i l e d len Mr. \Vynne sailed in <'j<rcessfuIIy wit!' exceedingly timely reminder: The oady overtaxed ratepayers ol Swansea I dd be required to meet this dencit. Tl)at ght the :nt?rrnptors between wind :wd I er. and b?ng M sordid as their cham- ? they were temporarily silenced really grftci ;us speech by a sin?uhu'ly .'ious )?y fo?towpd. Mrs. Charles Wright ved the resolution of conMence ir. \[¡'. I .'id D;Jri.e¡S.= Wtth pomted- out that ih,! dangers th'cugh tCh we had passed had been mainly due our foolish tolerance' of dangerous alien uence?. and with the quiet cotdid&nce ich is born of past experience she -tsserted .t if aril the great sacriSces of our men a had gone forth to faithfully dare cr to )Iy die were not to be renderi'd vain. we at see to it that only men of Brttish hlo<x! 'uld be permitted to discuss British In ests at the Pe::<e It Wl a lv British WOffiD-'S speech Fhe meeting had opened grandiy. The .Llen,,re. of the no!sy n in", one whom, a poor, hysterical woma.n, is wife of an interned German o whom. therefore, much may be 'given—had been vociferously taken up, i the enthusiasm was at white hea-t. en the future member fo Swan.sea and ,riotic representative of an"-Wa.Ies stood to address the meeting. To say that David Da vies had an enthusiastic re- )tiort is like talking the language of the -hou&e. No one iu the political history Swsea has ever been acclaimed with ;ater fervour no one, if one may say ?o [.hout using exaggerated phrases of endship, has been the recipient of a more nderful demonstration of anection. It s perfectly thrilling; j 3ut two scenes that followed will make the eting as memol'<Lble any ever held with- the boundaries of the borough. The ashmen's candidate opened with a solemn )test aga'inst the USe of Sir Alfred Mond's f jrmous wealtit .for the suppression of fre-e .cussion in Swansea, and he raised his t ice against the clumsy attempts to bind- )n men into silence by bags of gold. He ?demned as cynical and sinister the threat Sir Alfred to "ma.rk down" men who) posed him. and the audience showed their ?n appreciation—"in the usual manner." Fhere is nothing in this campaign that has ded forth more genuine resentment than B futile and foolish attejnpts—made in 3 name of Liberalism '—to stifle free dis- ssion. Thus it was that when the ca.ndi- te, very quietly, but very effectively, an- unced that the audience might possibly :e to know that the judge f)f the High 'urt had that afternoon refused to grant a injunctions against the South Wales uly Post" and Mr. Brook applied for by r Alfred Mond, and had also rejected a rther application by Sir Alfred Mond for r. D. Davies' personal appearance at that urt, the whole audience—the discomfited -isy nine excepted—stood up with one cord and gave expression to a feeling joy that seemed almost ecstatic. They eered and cheered and cheered, chanted )t again that He's a'jotly good fe'low." )d when the great wave of enthTisiism had Aed away they sat down as blissfully con- nted as any audience that has ever as- mbied in the ha.U. It was a truly memor- )le acen.e. And didn't Mr Brook get reception when, 'm& time tat-er. he rose to support con mtional resolution of thanks to tiJB chair- an! Apart from the candidate Yi -I!kse, fr. Brook has been the outstanding fi, ,ure this election. You see, he happens to 3 one of the band of devoted doctors w ho we come closely in toucb with the i-u.:n that ie Germa.n hordes have inBicted u" po': the :xHes of Englishmen, and the revolt that is¡ his soul against the possibility of Germanic dluenee being again permitted to permeate ie British Parliament has found expression t & torrential now of real, because natural, oquence. Evetyonp whose pr'ivilege it has een to be acquainted with the d&c-tor knows tat there is not a more sincere "T unaffecW La.n in the whole of Wales. It is us knowledge that 'caDed forth the 40nglY-felt resentment at the endTxivour J gag him. and which jpd to the 'onderful greeting which last night gave im fresh inspiration. It was well worth he worry of antagonistic litigation to I njoy the sequel. Thia memorable meeting' ended with a oté of humour. Sir Alfred, who, very un- I Mr!y, as most men think, paid for, the rivilege of monopolising the Albert Hall or the three nights preceding the election, t&d confessed his sin of selnshness by oft'er- 'tg it to Mr. Powlesland'd supporters on Thursday. Of his grace he had also otfered hem the doubtful privilege of a daily olumn and a half in t.h<" "Leader." Mr. Vyime made the brief announcement that. he leader of the Labour Party had not been tempt E-d to accept either concession. Th& audience smiled, and everyone went home satisfied, '-xcept, of course, the uoisy riine. They. poor people, had been com- pelled to realise that in thLs election there is something talking more eloquently than money, it is a righteous feeling. ) — THE MEETING. Ex-Alderman 1,,aN,id Davies. the only Welsh CoaHtion cancHdat-e for Swansea. Wcat, heM a gTêÜ demonstra.tion—and it wtu; a gr't>at, u'te—at the Albert Hall on j r ue6 d a.?? g %vel*e Tuesday evening. The proceedings were! timed for eight o'clock, but long before 7.50 the hali w.ts simply packed irom iioor tu celling, and hundreds fajled to gain a.d- miR-.on. 'fii-e preliriilnur, ttaif-hour was t&ken up wii.n potitica! song< Mr. J. W. Barlow pre- siding --t the ui'gan with his accustomed talent, and the vast audience taking up the refl'aill." \vith the heal't:est t-nthtisiaRHi. One uf Th<n \ute, vote, vote for David Davit's. The man that is a Welshman trough and through; ') li we aght with ali. our might he will top the pot! all right, And he'}! see that J<J.ck and Tommy get their dtiC. Mr. A. W. E. Wynne nlied t-he chair, and wa. supported by the candidate and Mrs. David Dn\ies. Mr. Phi)Ip Conway (barrister- at-lav, London, and a \\e'shman). Mrs .Col. Chas. Wr'giit- Mr. and Mr=i. T. R. Robin-j ?n. Mcns. H. \a?'oquiers (Belgian). Mr. J. R. Da viM, .Rev. and Mrs. Watkin Davies, Mis. Morns (Gore-terrace). Mrs. D. M. (Hashrook. ex-Aid. J. Hillard and MM. Hilla.rd. Mrs. W. P. Smith, the South I Unioiust organiser and Mt's. Fred ? Waddirt, I :\ir.andMrs. W. Goa.ma.n,, NI. and Mrs. J. Jonea ("Daily Post"),! Mr. E. Ste'-fart (Mannesmann Works), Councillor and MM. Ceoige Hemming?, Mr. 'r. :t"r! Mrs. Bett Bott<jmley, Mn. A. W. E. Wynne, Mra. Coonu.t. :\h, ebbei \Bla,('koill) Dr. Crifhth. Mr. J. Ma.rsla.nd, Rov. E. P. Hemv. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. (1emmill. Mr. and Mrs. A. BaITY" Mr. L. Wnltcfs. Mrs. Made!. Mr. and Mrs. Brook, Prvat'? Gammon (relumed prisoner of war), Mr. R.Whittaker, and many others., The meeting throughout w!-Lz, coiisider'abiv by one hysterics! woman ii] the top b¡:¡J('Qny wh<j&< intet'r'upt.Ïons excited the kcc'' )-M?ntmp)n, ot the main body of the a.udier.ce. lett Colit-J. R. Bright was rf-a'd front Lord Beresford ex- sorrow 'bat he ("uld not come down to help Mr. David Davies &t ,I;wiiiisea, as he wai under treatTnent for neu- riti. and had ha.d to refdae -many icvLta- tio:: to sIJeaJ, The 'cry r<?ad- .iiig the sisna! fo" n' gfP'it ollt.burt of enthusiasm and -i Vo ri,at*A. tht' ,;¡.Lt,fJ to give '¿-¡ri." TIle- Earl of Deublf!.b wired his regret, a; he'A'aa speaking in Stalfcrdsliii-e that day. (Applnuse.) A farther Much regret &m down with bronchitis L.n.d unablp to a.ttend meeting. Best luck. —Heneage." THE CHAIRMAN. The Ch 'utTna.n, v.'ho was received with rounds of applaa.- e' sa-id he appreciated the honjm- in presiding over su,-i. a s;rea.t and glorious meetu.g: ib augured well for the rext (Applause.) After aiitloi;iicing k-tei-s of apology for non- attendance, given ;tboN.E! (the one from Lord -th I,Lartv a p p l a,?,i-e Beresfcrd v; ,i1œi.ed with hearty applau se and a voice. ''That's the stuff t.o gi\'¡ 'en)"). the Chahma't said he no pol'ucian and he cime- there to sp(-Lk as a business mftn.. FoJIowing a lew words he had had to say of Mr. DavLd Davies last week a grsat many remarks had !)pen passed by 8.;¡1' k paper. On0 would have thought tfJe nuep- tion of the contru! of the port. to which he had referred, \vas stmply a.nd p4roy a nor)- Tr ,,iv T)e.OPI(-' prespnt would reTT ember he í.rl'. Wvrinel raised that Iwsiion aboilt. a year ago-in (A voice. "Quit? riah1:H\ It wa-s received at that time by Sir A. Mond's paper ,3 a very proper suggestion in regard to the future cf Swansea. There was a mretin: held and he ("fr. Wynne) re- ferred in that meeting to th' manner in which the Swansea Harbon" Trn,¡,t was being treated by the <7over?)mer)t. C'n:dijf. Pen- ai-th. 8a!'r\\ NewpoJ-t awl Port Talbot were a.U competitive ports of Swansea and they wouLd quitf uria-erstand. -if all t.hose other Tjort? wcr' trnde" v'y mu-h more favcutable conditions than Swanaia. then it. Ill so much wor.se lor Swansea port. The point was this Thf Government in th<yir wis- dom in tbklri, over the rnitways n.nd railway ownûda.Ports-thu¡;t> ports were owned by the dencits of the Ttorts. or rather the dividends to the share- holders in thcs.' railway compa.nies owning those norts..They did not do that f.r:œ Swan- sea. The Sw'insen Harbour Trust, in which Trades Unions and aU ki:ids of friendly socie- ties a'l over the kins'dom had placed money for investment, was Mt ont. wansf'a evi- dently was not considered' by the Govem- men.t to be a plt-ce of nationRl importance. (" Shame. ") Seeing that Swansea sent nearly ]5 per cent. oi the whole of the coals re- quired in France ..).nd Italy by our Allied for theit r:ail wn p and munition works, at 'east it shouU be recognised by the Govern- ment that Swansea was a Dlace that had always bc,sn ready to take its p,a,-e in the carrying ont of the war.. 'Applause.) Swansea Port's Lost Trade. He (the fe't the bondholders In the Swansea Harbour Trust were not receiv- ing so much consid-ra.tiun as they were en- titled to—all ports had suffered toss of trad" during the war. bu.t to Swansea's competitive ports in the Bristol Channel it did not ma-tter to the same extent as he had indicated, though a!I loss of trade was always a loss to the people who lived in tha.t town or port where the trade was lost. (Applause.) Swansea was n\jt on!y in the position of los- ing trade, bu.t as compared with the other ports Swansea wa° not having the 1;!t guaranteed and he suggested tha.t as Sir A. Mond —this was In January last—was T'rimarHv eled.cd in the interests nf Swansea. it was his business first of all to look after the interests of Swansea. (Chóers.) I He had heard Sir A. Mond say one or two weeks previously that he was in a very dimcult position because he was a member of the Ministry. We! now, he did not care very much what. wetf the political aspirations of Sir A. Mond. (" Quite right.") It he was a member of the Min- istry and did his duty to Swansea all well n.nd g(x-d, but if his -position as Minister or as member of the Govern- ment—the controller of a very small de- partment. the Ofnce of Works—inter- fered with Swansea's interests, then he suggested Sir Alfred should give up his position as Fir.st Commissioner of Works for the time being, and as soon I as he had seen the Swansea question f put in order he could take it up again. (Applause.) He (Mr. Wynne) had a letter from Sir A. Mond saying he was somewhat surprised at the remarkable suggestion he had put forward as he (Sir A. Mond) thought that as a Minis- ter he would be liable to do far more for Swansea than as a private member. A Change of MM. I That was one of the few occasions on J which Sir A. Mond had changed his mind. (Loud laughter.) In any case j Sir A. Mond had had eleven months as Minister to try and put this matter in order, and the position to-day was that Swansea stco(i where it did eteven months ago. As a matter ot fact the dencit of the Swansea Harbour Trust had grown every. month, and last month the deficit —for the one month-was L10,000. That wtts the largest deficit in the history of Swansea port. (A Voice: Thanks to Sir A. Mond.") On the day following-this was in last January —Sif A. Mend's paper said it was a very right and proper question to be taken up, and there was only one) remedy, and that 'was the Government should immediately place Swansea on the same terms as other coal ports of the Bristol Channel. Mr. Wynne said there were It columns in Sir A..Mond's: paper—January 28. At that time. it waa not a political question; at that time it j was right. Yet to-day, simply because politics were in the air, it was wrong.! Immediately after the meeting referred to it was decided unanimously that there should be a joint committee of the whole of the interests of the M\. n—Corpora- tion, Harbour Trust, Chamber of Com- merce. Metal Exchange u.od the Labour Associations—and Jollowing that a state. ment. of Swansea's ease Mas made out and t\as sent to eveTy M. P. in the coun- try. to all the bondholders, and he (the chairman) had a list of about 150 replies received from various trades unions pnd associations in which they were prepared t< support Swansea's case. Imme- diately that position was taken up Mr. T. J. Williams (then the member for Swansea District) came to Swansea and said he would take the matter up and would do the best he coutd. (Applause.) Mr. T. J. Williams took the question to the House of Commons and spoke upon it. It had been said Sir A. Mond had done n great dsal for Swansea. Sir Alfred neve)-\had a liner opportunity in !us life than K) have supported Mr. T. J. Williams on that occasion. (Ap- plause.) Sir A. Mond on that occasion was absolutely silent. Thai was when Sir Alfred should have come forward and said hf was the M.P. for Swansea, and although the matter had been taken up by the member for the district he ? member for S\VaH3èa {Vo;-er w&s gc'ing t<< see it went thresh. But nothing of the s,.)rt was done. Mr. T. J. %Vzlliazris -Wqk things up in May or. June last. In :t;ty ease A -qe" w.i9 stilt ui this position. a.nd yet this week stated ti-,at one evidently thought M.P. 's were )Ttftde in order M aft.'u'b f,ours SwaTtsea. (Laughter.) He (Mr. Wynne) waslK,.t aski'lg lor ctny favours for Swansea. ai«j all he wa. zi-,kiiig to:' was justice. (Chpprs.-and :t vú-i.c.e, "Wnat did HogM- Beck say?") Mr. Roger Beck said it wa;i rot right in his opmion to say Sir A. Mond bad done nothing fur Beck said perhaps ittj hetd donf sumet);mg. In a tetter which he received frcm Sir- A. ",to.-id the tut-ter <'i'M:ned that he :lso had dottf something fof Swuuse.ll-. HE- said, I.o<-)k at my department wy!at we ha\'e done." H& 'said he had erected two hage sheds un the Swansea jocks which would have .to be paid t'oi it seemed part of depArtmeut t, go !out<d c'rprtlt'g such huge pia-ces. Well, c'tc of those huge places be (the (.'haii'ma.n) be]i°'ved. h3.d caj'go of wine in it, aad h? did not think ..nythiftg had bf-en in theüt.hel'oae up to now. (Laughter, and a Voice "Give it to them. ) Each of those warehouses was six or seven times as big as that haU he did not know whether the Government had yet decided'to p&y r<?rtt for t'tem. but they had not uti.id i-e-itt fci- the!G IIp ,lO HÜW. J,"Shnme. The Ratepayers to Bitar the Burden. The question ot the port affected each one individually, !or the prf.,4pi,rit.v of Swansea. could only go on provided the- port itself was go on pro%,i( prosperous. (Cheers und G&sd Wynne.") The dencit of Swansea port up to fhe end ot last month was no tlia.n JCISO.OCC, and on top of thpt there was the guurantee by the Corporation which had leen receded by the Tru$t, Mid whi'"h had in the payment of interest to the bondholders. He did not know how long they would like M. ratepayer;! to keep on payi.¡g -V 1 000 whilst .tH the other ports were being guaranteed, and this money wa.s coming out of the pc<ke-ta.of the rn<tepayers in taxe.s on the whole o! the country. The port ot Swansea should be sup,r)oi;ed by the whole of the cuuu.t7-v, either in trade or. as in the cat-e of the oth", Bris- tol Channel ports, by the Government s guarantee. (Appl:l$e.) And eprtainly not by the people in tile immediate neighbour- hood as ratepayers. (Renewed f.p¡.lause.) And while tha.t position had been gcin. on Sir A. Mo:)d had representing or mis- representing t!ieni—("<ood." a.nd applause) —for the la, nine ye irs. They lieard of the great things Si;' A. Mord had pea. (A Voice "Dud." a.nd laughter.) He (the chairma.n) had U$ good eyesight as most. people yet he failed to see anything of this great, fine and good mnnenee Mond had i>how n. He could spea.k slightly stron.e.r than Mr. Roger Beck. and he said this: Not only had Sir A. Mond done no ?cod for the port oi Swansea, but he had been a draw- back. (Cheers.) He did not, think Swansea with the Mond label had appeared to advan- tage throughout the whole country or Em- pire. They heard a good deal of what Mond há.4 done and how he had helped the country through the war—(slight a-pplaojge and maeb booing)—but he suggested that when we could r&ise 8! millions of men for the Army and a Na.vy that was the admiration of the world—(cheers)—that we could do without Sir A. Moad. (Loud cbeei-s.) And ait.er awut nilw years' ex-perience it wus <i.bout tMne they had a, eb2,aige in the n'pre.;entation of Swansea. (Loud cheers.) "We ha.ve here." continued the cbairman, "a maLl known to everyone in Swansea.. He is tried and true, and we can aJi trust him. (Cheers, I ajud "Good old Dai."), 1 do z)ot think we are going to run any greM.t t-isk in. selecting and ele<ting Mr. D. as the Ht-xt M.P. for Swcutseii." (Loud chl".i.ng.) MRS. CHARLES WRICHT. Mrs. Charley W right. who met with grt-at reeeptton. propose the vote of coa- denee in Mr. Da.vies' cajididatme. She had the greatest pleasure in supporting her old friend, whcm they would :;ee repreting them in Parliament. (Applause.) That P.iT- I'a,-iiezit would ha.'e tv deill wiLh many com- plicated questions, and they should therefore send there Men burn oJ British parents. (.Applau:i-e.) She had a message from her fsther-in-ia.w, Col. J. R. Wright. and that .1. that he only wished he were ten ye<n's younger, for he would t-aucl on tlLa.t plat- l<nn: but Lile strain of the last four years had been ec) grettt hhat h' Nvi?- unable to do anything more than to wiah his great friend. Mr. David Davles. who had worked 1>0 an- seacmgly for itin) m hig -tto elM'tions. e.&ry success in th.i" eleetiojL't. (Applause.) And she wa. sure the e'e<tfjrs of Swansea. would retrnTi on Saturday uext a real Welsh- man at tlie head of the poU. (Loud ap- plause. ) MR. PHILIP CONWAY. Mr. Philip (,'onwa.y. who v.armly reeett'ed. said when he read the report of Mr. Dives' tirst&pecch. so full of patriot- ismand\Yelsh national fervour, lie felt that the <ase maue out against his opponent. Su' Alfred Mund. was una.nswera.ble. (Ap- plause.) ThM etectioj:! wus being fought upon a great ba-ttif cry—a. national )L'a.ttle cry— and was not being urged by a str;uiger but by one who::n they all knew.—a friend who had lived ajnongst them a.nd who had tilled the highest offices the town could give him. í.\pplau.<e.) An<t he suggested that it vz,3 h national cry that. was going to ca.r!'y Mr. JDavid Da vies into Parliament,, It uC'ded m e,trryij?p an emiftentr stateirri-ai, and He ligget.el that t'hst elec'tiou, o< u!I eteotlofi; .should be lou.ght lor entry into the House of ParMament— the troiher of Ptirliamf nto- ..)iilv by men ot pure Brttigh j blood. (Loud a-ppla.ufe.) He asserted tha.t tha: .vLL-3 the dominant factur in Ihi. elect'ion tht'au?hout the country, (rtear. hear. Ltild i a Voice: "Ler us have pohtics.) Wa? this a q'LiestLoi politics 01- wa? it <t?.t a question of (Loud ap- plause.) It kya-8 a question of what was to h&ppen ::)1 the years to CMne—whether there wa;j to be repatriation ot' aLt Cei-niiitL.; and their re- para,tiol1 o.i the damage they lutd done— (applause)—And full an d coniplete in- demnittes. (Applause.) And he auggeated t<hat the nr& 41lestiou vyts more likely to be properly detel'.nined by a nimt of pureBritia!: blood th.in by a Parliament who was of aien ptt.rp:'ta.gc— one \vhom their chair- man had t-w.N:i a 1f¡ihn'e ncni tbe great busine&s point of view. (Applause.) And h? therefore Dked tJjem .with the greatest possible confidence not only tQ carry the resomtion. but to pl?cc Mr. David Davies in due course ai the head of the pol!. (Appl&u&c.) One w(1uld really hav" thought t'h&t at thi.< Lirne of all timl: 'wjh the sad result of Uie -rial_ England h&d gone through—when ahe as bleeding h'om a thousand wounds—that a. man wb-) W£,s not of British birth would hav& htni&eH. in order his loyalt-y,lJd affection for ,thf eoLUttry in whi,-n he' .wa<; I;iol-ii, "*d "Engtand's Sons AtcM." i-. -? ihn ;s no tlme or jJe Jtor me—my tune may come again la,t,:e¡;ut t,j-,i" la a time when England and England's sow alone should stand for ap- plause.) But what did t..btv 6nd? Why, a man like Sir Alfred Mond fuming down to Swansea and daring to m&ke to a British audience a speech in which he said that beœ.use his father had. antong other bene- factions—(a Voice We have heard that before. ") And they would hear it again. (Applause.) Among other benefaction;? gi ven small sums to the poor of his native town and univetsitieB he had been held up to calumny. In NorLh outh'i'(a,rk. Sir John HarrutstOTt. a gifted Eng- lishman, was contesting t.he sca-4, against a gentleman of the nanie of Mr: Strauss. (Laughter and a Vu-cL- "Another Welsh- man!" and loud laughter.) Were there not enough libels upon Welshmen already, said Mr. Conway there'll be more writs. (Much la.ughter.) Now, Mr. Strziusa resented the suggestion of his alien parentage, which was undeniable and undenipd. (Applause.) Hut he saya ttiat he would give JE1QO to ajiy maii who would give su.'h information as woudd lead to the conviction of any Britisher who dared to call him a German. (Laughter.) Ladies and gehtiemen, said Mr. Conway, what have we done to deserve this?—(more Iaughter)--and at the hands of a race to I which their forefathers belonged, who had been given every hospitality, commercially. aye. nationally, that this country in it& great heart could give to a stranger- (hear, hear)—a ra<'e. as the Prime Minister had told them, that had lied to us and "pied upon us. (Hear, hear.) 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I HUSTLING IN bOWER. I Mr. John Witliams Holds Eight Meetings. Eight meetings 1,1 support of Mr. John tor the Cower Division'-whom the Prime Ministfi- does not W.-Ii to be or-,fj,tiL-d-as indicated in the recent wrp by Mr. Towyn Jr:me$--were held at Bishops-ton, B'ackpIU. Llangennith. Llanmadoc. LIanrhidian. Penllergat'l. LIan- lvyfelach, and Treboeth on Tue.'ida- Might, the speakers including Messrs. D. J. GI'f:g- o.r\. D. R. Gi-eni'ell. Meth. Jones, Waiter Le\ia. T. J. Richards, Mrs. H. D. Willia;!fi$, a.ud mativ otho-s. -'II'. JtJJ1 Willia.m, addi'eBsng meetings in the Peninsula, said be h..td given the late C\mlit.ion €iovemmeiit all the support he co.dd consistent with his craed a, Hf La.bour man. regard. the Corn PToda.etion BiU, he had voted agamst it because the w.ige r,at.e" tor agrictiltu:tali laboui-ers were, kiteord- utg to his h3'w. Mr. Williams "Wlt into- <ie-tails on tbe ID&'1S1.l!'e <jt remeditd. steps wLichhe,adxo('ted,pla.ciJJ.gtbe, farm- ing industry on a sounder basis and tha a-grieultural workers in a better petition, whn-h they merited. As regards onicud LiberaHsm.thatpi'oposed tobejust.th& sanie in the future as in the. pagt; but we ha4 outgrown the old-time party iabeis N.nd we did not wish to go back to The Laibow' prognunme was aJI in the workers* interests: too long ha.d they trjsted to others. But though he stood as La-bcrny In every way, the La-bour members would not fail to take advantage of progressive re- forms in the workers' interests ad.'vcca.ted by any party. It was necessary theTc &ao'uld be an abiding peace. with, he hoped, the end oi all wars. (Loud applause.) And the caost effective way of doing tha.t '\s to make Germany pay to the last pency, and demon- strate to militarism that war was unpront. able and did not pay those who waged it. Mr. Williams weut. through the various points in the Labour programme, which, ha s<dd, had his wholehearted support. At each place resolutions of con&deDce in Mr. John Williams' candidature were passed with acciajration. and at each meetice the large audiences pledged themselves to woci: a&sidtuously to assist in his retum.

SWANSEA OFFICER'S MILI- TARY CROSS. Second-Lieut. C. B. ExceU, 10th Baft. South Wales Borderers, has been awarded the MiHta-ry Cros. for conspicuous gallantry during an attack in which he exhibited great dash artd &kiU and drove off the enemy. rnfortuiiately, Lieut. Excell was shot in the neck.

SEQUEL TO SWANSEA BAY, DISASTER. -Another dead body of a navaj dan, very mudh decomposed, was picked up on the foreshore near the sea-wali on 'fnesda.y mcrn- mg and now lies in thp mol-tuazv. This is supposed to be the third body washed up from the boat 'm,bisker, which was iosf with all hánds on the Mixen two IIlonths ngo.

SWANSEA'S FISH PROSPECTS. The Grimsby Consolidated Steam Trawling and Ice Company, which re- cently bought the interests of the Swan- sea Castle steam trawlers, haye 8.5 steam trawlers, and the outlook for fish supplies at Swansea, in the immediate future is vefry promising.

BRITON FERRY CHAPLAIN'S STAFF POST. Ca.pta.in L. G. Hughes, son of the Rev. Henry Hugbes, Briton Ferry, has been posted on the staff oi Brig.-General Davey, Chaplain's DepftrLntent, stationed in Ltm- don. Captain Hughes has been in Framce four years, and has been mentioned in de- spatches. Captain Hughes. previous to join- ing the Army as chaplain, was pastor of WocKiseaf Baptist Chapel. Sheffield.

OLD-SWANSEA CAPE HOKNER. Mr. 'Villiam Man.%e11.who cued at hi,s residence. L Kimberiey-road. Sketty., vn Friday, after an jllne¡,¡;j uf ton months as thf6. result of an apoplectic seizure, w- weli kjicwn in shipping cities. He was yeaa-j of a.ge. and had lived in 8betty 42 \ears. An old Cape Horner. and rn<re at home on the water than land, his iit'e had been an eventful one and ua two <)ccaRio.ns be had been shipwrecked and rescued gr:u priva.tMMm. His fune.ral a.t Sketty Church on Thtirada-y will be a puhlic one.

CH!LD"S DEATH AT NEATH WORKHOUSE. Mr. Lewis M. Thomas (coroner) resumed nt Neath on Satm-day the inquest, on M<iy Elizabeth Dowits (. years), daughter of Reginald Downs, J'a.i!way ganger KenPg Hill, but adopted by the latter's brothai-, Cornelius Seth Downs, rail-ixa, ganger, and his wife, living at Kirweri-,te--ruce,, Efajifach, Pontrhydyi'en. The child died at Ne,.th workhouse infirmary. The* jury found a verdict that death was due to chronic pulmonary tuberculosis Tiid that there was no evidence of neglect.

they done that MtB-itz should call him a! ghoul and Strauss should offer -C-100 to any Engli..4bn.ian who would get another English- maji or Britisher convicted ? (Appla-use.) 1rs. Hoyd George at Swansea had given two ejection L'i'MS'—one man unc vote and one hocMp one family. Now he returned to trump Mrs. Lloyd George's triok by saymg ''Neither ol them for men of German origin." (Laughter and applause.) OVATION FOR THE CANDIDATE. 1;: ¡ -<- Audience's Cheers at Injunc- tion Result. Mr. David Davifs met with a gr&at recep tion uu rising to address the meeting, thf vast audiem.-e cheej'ing and cheering and blu-stitig uut with For he's a jolly good fal- low. At the outlet tie replied to a qufs- tion.. ''Why a.rf we tasking tor the \ve8 of aliens it we object to people uf aUen urigin 1" Hl-l; miswer was We do not want any alien VOtd. (Applause.} As many Allied votes aR you hke n<j (jennan "ot8. i hupe that: lady (the interrupter m Uie top balcc.ny) is satisi 1 11-.Liid applause.) He proceeded to refci- t,o the telegram, that he was said to lia,e rei.'&ive.d !!om -\Ir. Boiai- Law advising him to withdraw, .trtd said that. ifi the Leader'' that evening was a tele- gram from Mr. Bo-naj" Ww in these terma Dear M&nd,—! am sotfy there has been a misunderstanding about the tetegram which was supposed to be sent to Mr. David Daves, t did not agree to ssnding a telegram to htm." ('Loud <i.p'pbuse.) The full text of the telegram could he seen in the "Leadt-r." (He.a.r. ht-ai.) Now a report '3 circulated in Swansea, and it was receiving a. kind of tacit sanction in the utranM:1 of some of the pla.tfofin ö'1ppor.tel'S of Sii- AIire<I Motjd, that he (the speaker) had either with.æ'awn or intended to withdraw fron)L the contest. ("Oh.) There i" no:, a pa-fticle of trdth in the s.tate. j?Mant." ?--ciat'ed ?[r. Davies. "I have not withdrawn an.J I a?) not going to withdraw. L ndejf no e-onditious will I withdt'a.w. (Lo'td appLauae.) Let jne &ay furthef in that that I give warning tc the peop'e ho Me i'espon.jible iof that report that they afe comniitting .a. seiious offenc-e under i.he Corrupt rractic'ps Act/' (Hear. hear-) And notv I pass to ar. evtn more Interesting mat- ter (Mr. Davias .untinu.ed). Last Thursday yoj inay have set'1l Mi thp papers that p'os'?.ution for l.,):.e l wa? ?ing instituted 1,()",?!?--utioii for ?l.L.el was iygt;tute(i .?nd :gHi'? thf "South \Va!e.s Daily Post." Un Friday uighi. 1 had a bujtdte of ailidav-Íts and wits. Let met-xp!cdn what. that means. It. mæIl that S:r Alfred Mond was going t<; iustitnte an i,,t.ic,it for libo) agansj, us. j\ voice he i. "j And in the inean- tifne he applied ft) the court tor an inter'i'ni tnjunctio)! in order tu present any one of us II repeating statements until th? trial 's tteard. ?hieh may be w?-ek;' ahead and '%h?)i uiav never uojn? Ittto the court at .:h. ?AppKuse.; As ia?' a? I am concerned. ladies and gentlemen. I ,.in itof afr:ud to the issli,- in any British court of justice. (L<H!d uppluu.-c.) \o\\ 'then, let me t<?li yon [.lie spquei. To-day th<?. matter camp before t.ho c'ourt and my side of the Vt'as he.ud. aud Uiis is decisiou ot the judge: The judge discharged the I irij¡;nd.iOlla.g¡"ust the "DaUy Pos.t"(wtld enthLLsiasm)- against. Dr. Brook—(re?ewc'd. apptausei—but the jud?e <ontinupd the 1 ''njunction &o.faf-t)s it referred to a stateni&nt tne and. a t.tt.>l!H'üt.m;le, I ,It my meet.ing bVXf.r3. DacreT'ox.iy st:t.te- n?'nt consisted of three H"es. <jut "f many 'X)!umns spoken by me during this <?6< t.in. A :pe(:ial commission of Sir Alfred Mond's Ipgal experts went di rough those columns, and 1 think it is a mutter for sp<*<'iai pride on my pa-rt that th&'y only disc'overcd three lin ('$ as supposed to be actionable. (Henf, he?r.) 1 Mi!i undertake to say that any- lone of you who tviii go through those columns wil! not detect them. <H\'a: hear and laughter.) I am prohibited from reading; them. but I am inclined to thinit that it wouJd deserve a special prize i<u' anyone of you who would dis- cover the thr"- )i.e?. A farther ap?)!icati..)n \va.s made to the judge for leave to scr\'e notice of motion upon me tp appt.r person- :T.)ly before the court for having (,ii Saturday last. it wa.s aMeged. viû:a.t the terms of the in.te";m injunction. I The judge censored the appHcation, and he deotthsd to give tcaue for a rule. (Loud applause) Let me explain as far ;is I can my interpretation of this action. lamnotafraidofSirAlfredt Mond, who has got all the means at his disposal to institute as many libels actions as he likes. I know some are afn'.id of its effects, but I am not afraid to so into court and meet any of his iibel actions. (Appla-use.) But these applications were only .attempts to gag mv ¡;UPi)ÜI'te:' a.rd yet Sir Alfred Mond, In his paper. a-busps' me day by day. (Hear, hear.) He! goes about the constituency like a feudal ba.ro)i. surrounded bv n band ut' re- tainers. (laughter.) He hM got Mr. Vai,gli,,iii Edwards his solicitor, Mr. Dan Thomas Itis secretary, Mr Ruthen his nrcliitect, and Mr. Evans, secretary of ?he Mond Nickel Company, who is also <t barrister, and they have all been abus- ing me. (Hear, hear.) Proceeding, Mr. Davies referred to the stigge:3t.ioril, he had thrown out that Sir Alfred Mond should allow the La?u" -narty to ha\'e the use of the Albert Hall for one nIght' this week, he having engaged it for the three remaining nights. a.nd said that if the Mond party had not been agreeable he was willing that half of the evening that night should be given to Labour. (Applause.) But for his action in enabling the Swansea p&ople to pass judgment npun Sir Alfred Mond the Labour Pa.rty would have had no chance of cont&sti'ig the seat, and so he asked Labour this time to give him a. sporting ? hance of having a .tand'l1p sillglt>-h,ai:4ed ";ght with Sir Alfred Mond—(a.ppla.use)— .jid let the issue lie with the electors. (Hear. hear.) The chance of Labour would CMM ,'ga.in. They had heard more than once of the lack of usetu-Ineaa of Sir Alfred Mond, far as the harbour was concerned. (Hear, hea.r.) He could say with perfect truth, a.nd sincerity that during the twelve yearp he was A member of .the Swansea Corporation Sir .Ufred Mond did not. to his kuo.wipdge, prove of the slightest use to the municipal- ity. (Hear, hear, and interruption.) And now he would, pass to the wider issues. Since his iirst meetmg he had persistently a.nd con- stuntly criticised t-he pre-war activities and utterances of ?1' Alfred Mond. (Hear, hear.)"' "Abuse" from Str A. Mend's Own I Speeches, t He might call it abuse, but the only abuse cojisisted entirely of extracts from his own speeches and reasonable comment thereQn. He had shown that with respect to the Army, the .Navy, and the aerial noet the in- fluence <?f Sir Alfred Mond tended in one de- Snite direction, and that tendeney was to weaken the defensive power of this county. (Applause.) He would have been justified it he had been right in his statement that we had nothing to. fea.r from Germany; but events had proved the reality of the German peril. (Laughter from the top gallery.) Mr. Da.viea passionately declared they were dis- cussing what harvest they were going to reap from the sowdiag done by our noble dead who had won it for us and wasn't it a matter for solemnity and not for jibes and laughter. (Hear, hear.) Now, t ?use facts had not been challenged, and the critjcism bad not been refuted, and foi the gottd and sufiicient reason that Sir AlfredMohd had no answer to the criticism sLnd he could not deny the facts. (Loud ap- pl&uae.) He would give them another and fresh fact. Tu the opinion of the best naval experts,.bY,the Doclaitati6n of LoNdon. if it had been adopted by this oöunt.ry-it waa defeated by the House of Lords—we would have lost the war. Every naval authority, pra<d.ically every Chamber of Commerce in I the country, ajtd 122 admirals protested against it. because by the Declaration of London we would* not have been able to have an elective blockade, and Germany could have got through :ie'utral countries her food and the raw materials that she wanted. That d.e- iat of the Declarai-ion of London providenti- ally saved us, but Sir Alfred Mond voted for -it. (Cries of Shame.") Let him deny that it he couLa. (H.aar. hear.) His record be- fore, the war was deplorable, and he (the spt:u?e(r) submitted that he had proved be- yond qt6-,swuii that he was absolutely untrust- worthy as n f.M:ilitical guide. (Applause.) E\ery predictiun he had ma.d& was proved to b<: false, a.L)d as a Britisher he said that ingh& that Sir Alfred Mond was not a fit and proper person t.u ;it in Pai-liair-Lertit. (Ap- plause.; Nttr was he a ht a-nd proper per- soti tv have any voice of influence at all in moulding the peace term.<. As had been said li,L.,uught to stand aside because of Ins origin and because of his anteced'euts and let. those tenus be settle-<l by men Ltf Bi-itisit blofa. (Applause) "There has been mu<-h dtspute as to the real character of Sir Alfred Mend's pedigree," the candidate continued. We have rmw indisputa-bLe evidence, because it is that afforded by Sir Alfred Mb!.d himself. In the affidavit he swore In the action have referred ta: was born at f: arnsworth, Lancashire, on the 23rd October, 1868. My parents were at the tiMe of riy birth of German nationality but became naturahsed in the year 1880." (Applause.) That is his statement. and on oat-h in his own amda\it (Hear. bear.) And I repeat no man born of German parents has a right to have a voice or inHuence at all in the d'eter- mina'tion of the eond'itions of peacf between us and the Qerman.s." (Applause.) Sir AHre<l .Mond (the speaker went on) declared that he was in favour of punishing the Kaiser. He was also prepared to exact an indemnity froHL the Germans. He had been slowly giving one concession after another. In 1916 he actually prepar1.-damernorandum in which I he suggested tluit we should ask for 2:COO milliouB as an indemnity. The signmcance c.f th.it st&tement \aS that in 1916 Lord was tryiwš to initiate a peace in which ii dJpte'cll we woui'd have been de- fl.tod (Hear, hear.) And '.vas it in eontempiaiiun of such a peace that Sir Alfred .\tond p'epared that memurandum? {Rear, A pea<e in 1916 would have 'neanf that Germany would have be?n victor from t-op to bottum. (Hear. hear.) But there waR jile thin; Slr Alfred had not yet Hu had not. got a word to say :tbcut file repatriation of the Germans-- s?nd- in? t?'em t:?ck to t-neir own country, ("? o." a?-<d a,ppi::i.se.) Hefore Saturday next ha ¡ might e\en conc?e tha.t. (Laughter.) His point was tl.at we did not wa,nt politicians in high pJaces from whom concessions of that kind were reluc- tantly extorted. (Hear, hear.) We wanted men "V h,) \ve)e thinking solely of Hrit&iu and the H'itong. (Loud applause.) I A Just Ccmpaftson. L'&m'ng to the reconstruction. Mr. UavifK urged fhe impurtallc. of promoting agricul- ture-—th e greatest industry in the land. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Bryan, when a candidate for the presidency of America, said: Barn down our cities, but leave us our farms, <md our cities will spring up again as it by magic. Destroy our farms, and the grass will grow in the .streets of every city in the oi America." -ext in im- parLaftCe were our industries whi<h he w<m?d to proie<*t. not in the ui- ter?sts merely of.the capitalists, but in the inteMBts of the wcrk-? ot tit. county. as a. whole. (Applause.) We had. had enough dumping of foreign things into this land, disorganizing our industries and weak- ening us as a nation. (Applause.) He was aJso in favour of the most perfect system of education that the human mind could con- ceive, so as to give every boy, however h'omble, the chance of rising from the ele- mentry schcc-i to the university. (Ap- pl.j.H.se.) Further, he would like every family to live under decent and bright con- ditions—the towns made more beautiful to live in. (Applause.) And in creating a new social system, who woald be more likely to know what the people wanted—the man cradled in luxury or one like hJm (the speaker) who started in the academy of life before he was a dozen years old? (Hear, hear.) Their banks should also be more elastic. and he would like to see established in thi;5 country a system of national pawn- shops. (Ironical laughter from the top bal- cony.) They had got them in France. The capitalist could get his overdraft at his bank. and the working man should be able to raise a lonn to meet a tempc-rai-y bad time. (Hea.r, h&ar.) We are just about to gather the harvest for which our best beys endur&d and suffered and sacrificed, Mr. Davies concluded. "And upon tht harvest depends the prosperity and happiness net only of this generation, but of generations yet to come. (Hear. hear.) And I am asking you to lift yourself cut of politics, to ea&t away all. party labels, and remember your duty, your j solemn obligation as British men and women. (App!a.use.) T am, ,ppealillgto you as mothers, fa,thei a a.nd sisttrs of the men 'who died for u.:—the relatives o.f the men who have come back maimed and bro-ken; don't forget them, and don't forget vour duty to them. (Hear, hear.) Do not be misled by plausibilities. Do not be de- ceived by "glib utterances frojj(i the teeth outward." Do not forget that you are British, that you owe something to your noble British "dead. (Hear, hear.) And, finally, in the ptat I have given promises to do certain things. ) ask you to turn up my past records for twenty years, and have t ever made you a pledge or promtso that did not try honestly to futn!? (No.') And now te-'night t tell you if you re- turn me to Parliament-I believe you are going to do it—app!auso)—t pro- mise you I shall do my best for Swan- sea—! shati do my best for the town that has been the kindest that ever have known. ) sha!! do more than that. ) shall be true and faithful to the country of which t am a native and to which you all betong." (Lbud and prolonged applause.) The resclutton was then put amidst mlmh enthusiasm, and the chairman declared that only nine hands were put up against- The carrying of the resolution of conSdence by such a huge majority was an indication of the measure of the opposition that was present. The chairman asked them all to heartily support Mr. Davies in his nghf and to work for him right up to Saturday. (Voices: "We will" and "(Jur Dai.) Mr. W. Laugharne Morgan said he had the pleasantest task of the evening, to pro- pose thaniks to the chairman and the speakers. Owing to aJi hysterical lady and a conscientious objector—a lover of the Hun:< and hater of his own country—there had been some interruptions—interruptions which sneered at the reference to our heroic dead in France. With such exceptions, the audience had shown themselves thorough sportsmen and sportswomen. (Applause). Personally he knew little about politics, and he could put them in a littte parcel. Which did he like best, butter or margarine? Whv, home-made butter, Welsh butter, the home product, in preference to the other kind that came from Heaven knows where. (Ap- plause). Even if it was to one's monetary interest to vote for money-bags let them put that aside and vote according to their con- science.. MR. W. F. BROOK'S GREAT RECEPTION. Mr. W. F. Bro<j.k. who was re- ceived -with much heartiness and I the stdFains of "For be's a, joi!vf good fell&w," and a VQke: "Any more' writs?" Sewnded! eg had :?. ? ?. I. I been a great and wonderful one. Reasoof had been given why they shouJd put in < man of British blood and keep out the Geiv man or the German Jew or whatever h< liked to call himself. (Loud cheers and voices < "Another writ.. "J He wished it thoroughly understood he did not reflect upon Je.ws.— Bhtiahers to the backbone. Thev we proud of the us and they rnade the nnest of citizens. One of the gt Britishers of the Vtctonan ezTt was the FA4 of BeaooMiield—a J&w. But a German Je-w outhunned the HuiM—(A voice: "A Jew if a Jew ail the world ovt-r.)—ajid thev wer. responsible for erigiiie. i-iiig the most a..I)ornin- LLble system that had ever been started— (Loud applause., There ha4 beeu.{11w.:h mud slinging by Sir Alfred Moiiit, and 4;.1 ptp--r and the most ubamina.bletbuig saij In the election was thM Mr. D. Davie! w<ts a Bolshevist. Sir A.l,_md had saId it on his platform and it had been repeated again a.nd ag.tin in his paper. When Mond, who claimed to a Cerman Jew, e.dlpd Mr. Davies a Bolshevist he ù\"dookeJ\vhat a, booMerang he was throwing for himself. It a.ny nia-n deserved to be (:-Ltlled a. Bolshevist it was a German Jew. (Loud applause.) They. would be going home thinking of the boys coming hom&, thinking of the boys who' had laid down of the- boys done to they guing to insult their njem- ories by returning a man of German parent- age? (Crie., o,ï ,,v" -and cheers-) This time we na.ve to nrish with the Germajis and we a.re going to have a Bhtishej to help to do it. (Lo.ud cher') The resolution .tving been carried with a.ceijrna.tion., thf Cilairman ajmouDced that the Labour party in Swansea had refused Sir A. Mend's oHer for Thursday's meeting and had also refLi-4,,d his offer of a. column in tile Leadei." The prpc-eedings. which throughout wera characterised by the greatest intei-est and enthusiasm, terannated with the singing of tbo National Anthem. I REMARKABLE SCENE. .Some hundreds of enthusiasts waited for Mr. David Davies &s ho drove away in a cab h-om his great meeting at the Albert Hail on Tuesday evening, and the enthu- siasm. wh?n he came out of the haJl, almost equall&d that at an international Rugby match when the winning try is scored. Ev?n ?i'tpr the cab started on its journey It "'( ?t'oo d old i)ai, was stopped, and erie.-3 of "<?ood o!d Dai," '"Beos t, of luck," and "Wa-les for the Welsh" wero both hert ¡l ¿wd genuinely e: pressed.