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1 BREAKING UP THE PIRATE GRAFT. 1: '(Photo by Chapman.) A Swansea dock photograph of the German submarines brought into Swansea to be broken up.

Through a Cottage I Window. XXVII-The Ethics I of Voting. I By George W. Gough. When King George went to Victoria Station last sanday week to meet Mr. Lloyd George, he did an unprecedented thing. The King did it because it was to him, who ise"not only a King but a right noble English gentleman, the proper thing to do. The man who had bourne for us the most terrible lxLirden ever thrust upon the shoulders of a ritlsh btatesman. was coming back lioml, triumphant beyond all dreaming less than a year ago. Hunk of the end of June, 1916, with the Ger- mans hammering away nearly within gun- fire of the outer ring of Pans. Think of that long line of our lads with only some thirty uiiles bet ween them and the coast, when a break-through by the Germans would have spelt disaster. That, my' friends, is only, twelve months ago, and when the man to whom above all others we ow. the glorious change in affairs comes back to us, weary but victorious. the King did just. as we would have him- do when he went to be the first to grip the hand of the dauntless little Welshman. The dif- ference between Lloyd George and all his contemporaries, both opponents" and col- leagues, is profound, though it can be expressed in few words. H,aisagenius. In their hour of trial, our blood-brothers in America found a genius to lead them— Abraham Lincoln. By the grace of God, we found one too, when we were in the tightest corner we ever were in—David Lloyd George. Both of them sprang from the soundest of all ctockc., the common, people of our ages-old race, and the coin- man people followed both, gladly and to their unending advantage. I The First to Vote. By a singularly happy chance, it falls to the lot ot my reader,s in Swansea to -be the first constituency to have a chance of expressing by their votes what they think ¡ of the present Government and its world-, famous Prime Minister. Just before I I was born, the urban workers cf this coun- trv had had the vote given to them by the Franchise Act of 1867. -One of my first recollections is that, as an untiring little chap of eleven, I nipped about my native town electioneering on behalf of the pre- sent Lord Aberconway, then, Mr. C. B. MacLaren, and the late Alexander Mac- Donald, the second Labour man to got into tIl") House of Commons. Weil,I dm my share to pttt him- there, and I lik-eu it so much that I have ever since been as keen on electioneering as a terrier is on rats. 1 happen to be'a Liberal, but I'd much rather have been a keen Tory than a lukewarm Liberal, for he does the coun- trv far more good. 1 loathe lukewarm people. Give me the man who can boil overt Well, the first parliament that I helped to elect, made another great extension of the franchise, for it gave the vote to the agricultural labourer. The first Lloyd, George Government, only the other day. rounded off the task and gave the vote to every man and most women. So, as tirfcre is an election on in Swansea, it may be. well to consider the ethics of voting. I The Voters' Responsibility. The law of the land confers the vote Its a right. it is not now something that has to be begged for. or bargained for. or bribed for. British- citizenship carries with it the right to vote. Now it is the essence of every-right to have attached to it a corresponding obligation. There is no such thing, either in law or morals 'as a right to dn what you ,like. The theoretical reason for giving every man a vote is that the right to vote will burden .?n of doing his fait hini with the obligadon of doing his fair share to 800 that the country is well- governed. If he shirks that obligation, or if he fulfils it negligently, he acbs in an uncitizenly manner, and has no one but himself to blame if things go wTonar. A country in the long run, the kind of government it deserves. We may, then, assume without further discussion, that it is your duty to vote in the coming bye-election, and may pass on to consider what considerations should weigh with every elector before he makes the cross that counts on the ballot-paper. Time was when utterly base motives counted. In my native toivn there is a street with the curious name of Tip- ping Street," and the explanation given of this freak of nomenclature is that in the, old bad days there was an inn there to which the. "free and enlightened" burgesses resorted to receive their money before they went to vote for the camdid-ate who had bribsd them bast. In the I eighteenth century a constituency openly aavertised itself m the newspapers as for sa!? xnd invited W,&, juet as if it were selling tallow or timber. I The Test. Very few people wamt telling in these days that it is, wrong to sell their votes for cash, and the few who would be pre- pared to do it, do it in secret not only because the dping of" it is a penal offence, but a dirty action into the bargain. Ethically speafcimfc btnvever., tUe, disti"

I A CANVASSING CARD. I 1 "What Trade Union or Society." Councillor David Williams's canvassers' cards said Mr. W. C. Jenkins the other night, contained the worst piece of intimidation he had ever come across,t for there was a special question on the cards to find out what organisation the voter belongs to, so that unfair pressure could be brought to bear upon him by his organisation. Why t that was the Inquisition over again. The intolerable tyranny of the I.L.P. was ten 'times worse than any tyranny of Kingship, Czarism, or Kaiserrsm. Opposite is a facsimile of the card; I SWANSEA (EAST) PARLIAMENTARY. BYE-ELECTION. Ward- r. reauna ■ gsrecT -—■ ■ FOT Against Doubtfu] Ko. on What Trade Union cr Society the VOtot 'halnngc Remarks. ol acl(.Ir-,S3 MU--t be i, Any chaise oi address must be notified to the Ward Secretary at once. Canvassers are requested to leave the Cards each caght at Ward Qommittcc Roomy eSSSTON p. WAKE, Election Agent tiy rhr tf'1J!a Pn.ttors t-t:u a.* BelUj-Vuc Scrod, SwsnMj sn.d V"t+hfC(' b-v £ ^,evcr) h Elecnon Ail- Co* CouncUfut UowiO i Vs at Hlth Srrect SwmS!t

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"A DANGER." I Mr. Dewitt and Men Who are Not Trades Unionists. Of the eight members of the Swansea Board cf Guardians Salaries Committee who discu-saed wh-at the chairman described as the very important matter of a long list of applications from the staff for increased salaries, seven were Labour members, and the eighth, who pretuded. was Mr. Abe Freedman. The discussion was a protracted. one, and in the course of it Mr. Dewitt said I'm not going to vote for an increasa to anyone of, these who is not a. member of a: trades union. If they are not gootl enough to become trades unionijjjts, then, th-oy are a danger." Mr. Phillips said he did not want to make fish. of one and fry for t.ho other. If they were going to impose tha€ condi- tion at all, they slhould coailiienoQ with the clerk. 1\-Lr. Dowist: I biwb tko clerk and eveiyone all bha wa v down-. I shall not vote for an n to the clerk. All the r. ns were" .even referred to the ftnai-d for oo-nsidoration 1 Arising out of the application of th,, caretaker for a further ginint for a char- woman. Mr. Dfv/itt asked if he ?Ta? a m?mbGr' .The 'C a.irman: Yes. of a trade union. Mr. D-owiM then said that as a trader I unionist he had no right to m2k) an apph- -n on his own. It was explained that the caretaker was now allowed 10s. 3d. per week for a char- i. woman. Mr. Crania, however, wanted to knOlW more. Th¡, fvarotaker might, be a trades unionist, but he might still be sweating some worker. The matter was referred to the Beard.

FOR THE LIFEBOAT. Thanks for the Swansea Collection. The Mayor of Swansela has rcceived a letter from the committee of management of the Royal Na,tional Life-boat Institu- tion, in which the secretary says that he has heard from Mr. H. G. Solomon, the district organising secretary, of the splen- did success of Life-boat Day in Swansea this year. On behalf of the committee of man- agement I wish to tender you the sincere thanks of the, institution for so kindly signing the annual appeal for subscrip- tions, providing, a depot at the Free Library, and your valued co-operation in arranging for the Mumbles crew to pro- vide a guard of honour to our President, -H.'R. R*- the Prince of Wales, K.G., on the occasion of the Royal visit on Friday last. "May I also congratulate you cm the gratifying increas,) in the amount col- lected on Life-boat Days this year, the total being £ 335, being an increase of S120 on la-Pt year's amount. May I take the opportunity of thank- ing, through you, the ladies in charge, of the different districts and stalls; the lady collectors, who worked so the proprietors and employee of the works for their kind help; Mr. David James (Tram- ways) for the publicity he so kind-ly gave in the oars to our posters, and for provid- ing free passes for the Muanibles crew and collgotors; the managers oi the' Empire ,and Grand Theatre for permitting collec- tions; the editj&rs of the "Daily Post" and." DaAly Leader"; the gentlemen who assisted at the counjfemg; Mr. C. C. Vivian, honorary treasurer; Mr. W. H. Aidumole, -iuMooMury secretary; Mr. W. Firans: the oontributors; and ereryibody wiho efssisted in eafcabliAing a reooxd street oollootion. fear th» infltitatiosi/'

MORRISTON OFFICER'S SUCCESS. ,4 rrt, l" I 1 1 1 captain xanryn. jamos, wno rexurnea to Aberystwyth University after H years' active service, has attained his final degree in science. It is interest- ing to know that a Morristonian has come out top in Wales in organic chemistry and second in inorganic. Capt. James is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James. 127. WoodfieKt-street, Morriston.

I I Children's Corner, j BY UNCLE JOHN. I Many;thanks for the Smart Sayings and Drawings which are coming in every day. As I seuid, it is clear that the prizes for the litrfle talks I receive will have to be addedyto. Three will, not be enough, so we mrist see what wo can do between now ajid Thursday. > A Wile spigirrow got over the nest at 66, Woodi/ille-road, Mumbles, on :)unday, ana couldinot fly back. W hen Frank jbJdwardsr age went to look at the bird, Mariatt Eira, his sister, age 3, said:— Don't' drive the oparrow away—a-way} ■"Tisiuruel to frighten the sparrow, I say; Now, don't drive the sparrow away—a-way, YouJ may be a sparrow yourself aome day, Tfce trwo children watched the helpless little bird for several hours, keeping cats and {dogs away from him. T'hen the cider; birds came down, fed the chicine-bird,, coasted him, and led the way," showing him ,how to hop up to the garden; and! them. fly from the garden to the top of the wall; from the wall to the clotii^s- line jfjfrom the clothes-line to a low roof j from that low roof to a higher one; and then t up to the ntxst. We havt* saved him," declared Frank, andithe tiny sister said, Ye-s, his mother and father have fetched him, and he is safe, now. It is quite a pretty &tory of children's kindujess to a little biixi, for they could have caught limi in their own hands if they ibad liked to do so, but they wanted the bird to live, and later on, ia the evenmg, Slarian .started a hearty laugh among people on the Prom by shout- ing iwhen, ahe saw a bird flying above her)t This re's my sparrow's mother." Afiary Owen (age 12), 57, Byron-crassent, Swaaisea, writes:— A Little gii'l and her mother were gra- velling by rail. They stopped at a station called Speak. As the porter was shouting Spea-k, Speak," the little girl said to her motherr; lla, why don't you say some. thing,?/' A little boy of four, watching eatiag some bread aud butter, all or" a sudden said, "Do you like it ? His pa siaid "Yes"; and the little boy aaid, Why, do you bite it then ? Elaie Lewis, Farmer's Arms. Clycach, sends Us this ;— Dear Uncle John,—I am sending, you this little tale. A gentle-man who was going for a walk in the country- was oarrying his overcoat, and, finding it a bore, he put it down on a fence, ani on it he placed a card, saying, Pleas do not take this coat, as owner has snail- pox." When he returned, he found the coat gone, and on the card, underneth the warning, Thanks for the coat; X have had small-pox." This must be the last for to-dy. Gwyneth Williams, The Bungalow, Her- bert-street, Pontardawe (age 13), is tie sender:— Mr. Jones was proceeding alonj a rod. with his car, when a policeman stop-pet him and asked what was the number his motor-car. Jones: "B.C. 672." Polce- man: "I didn't ask you when thenar was made; I only asked for its numbed N;

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j EX.SWANSEA MASTER. The news will be received with regrofc that Mr. D. J. Rees, B.A., LL.B., a mhn. her of the South Wales Circuit, asri a Swansea boy, died in a London hospital 1 on Friday morning. About 40 years of age; he was formerly a master at the Grammar Sclicola, and had recently adopted the Bar at a pro- fession. He served for some jears in France.

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tion between giving your vote for a man who makes you the larg'c- payment in cash differs very little from giving: your rot 0 to the ,man whose only claim on. it is that he promises to ^dvance the special intetests .of any .gilven class- without con- sideration of classes and even in direst opposition to them. It is a riglit and- propcr thing for a mem- oer'of Parliament to do a.il he can to pro- mote the interests of the working''classes. m,oto e n I- S. There M no -graver error than that of over-estimating the booms that legisTa- lion: Cart confer on the working classes. They will hav? to =wcirk out their salva- tion by their own strong right hand>3 in- dustrially applied,,and nothing else will e(-,zlnt, in comparison with th>:s. En-; on the other hand, many eodnl evils do re- sult from deficiencies in by-gone legis- lation. Things were' allowed to' happen wh;eh in the long run brought us to con- ditions which-we, now all deplcre and are willing to remedy, and par; of the remedy will oonsif?t of remedial legislation. But of 'roiiie d ia l l?,? all legislative-work of this sort, whi-e its nearer aim is to benefit the workers, has for its ultimate aim'the good of '110 country as a whole. This, then, is the test for the elector to apply 1J"fore h(,' i-e,ords Iils vote. He should'vote for the candidate of that J party which places before the nati'qn a truly national programme. Thers- was- a time -when writers 'on KlIal was called political philosophy looked askance on polib'cal parties arid political machinery as something .which and had to be t.ole-atod, but which was beneath the dignity of philosophic aictention.. view ;Is no longer taken. Political, parties liavo, the«!.r'defini'e .place-, in, tbegoverri- ment of the country, far at-thei-r "best, ■ and' they are at their besft'-ki ,this country, they are simply attempts to organise like- .minded people in order.t4t: the results they desire may be achieve j more rap'dl'V. Voting foTaihe Nation. I shall take leave to suggest' that in the present eicctipn' in Swansea EàrErthe P.ght Candida tf to vote for is the one who has.pledged himsslf „unreservedly to sup- port the Prime Minister. Some may thin,k that Mr. Lloyd George wante t9 gu ,I.oo,fa-t and too far; others may think that.his"programme is t'mid and nervous. But. we happen to be how in a position in which the that matters lpost is national unity, and the man who tHnds for that unity, who incarnates the nation in himself, who ntand-s b?fore the world as its spokesman and reiyresentai'ive, the only man for whom we now ought to vote. By supporting him we shall foster tho larggr national interest of which all c-la-ss interests are but fragments, none of which can be promoted unless this larger interest is subserved. They say there is no gratitude in poli- tics, and the candid observer is sometimes obliged to admilt that the behaviour of politicians lends credibility to the accusa- tion. Much familiarity with politics has never convinced me that a charge which may apply to some politicians on some occasionsa,pplies k> the people of this country As a whole. Mr. Lloyd George h-as deserved we'l of every one of us, and if any special group amongst us ought to lfool thsrir grafrit-ide stirred above the ordinary it is surely the Welsh people to whom this giant amongst men has brought special renown. Another trito saying which slanders the best, that is in us is that Gratitude is a lively Be-nse of favours to come." Well, even on this lower level, I should vote for Mr. David Ma tthews, because he 16 the Lloyd George candidate, and so far as existing prob- lems can be solved by the genius of a statesman it is Lloyd George who will solve them.