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THE GENERAL ELECTION.

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THE ELECTION IN WEST WALES

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THE ELECTION IN WEST WALES WEST CARMARTHENSHIRE. ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTIONS FOR THE UNIONIST CANDIDATE. In this constituency the fight betwen Mr. J. W. J. Cremlyn, the Unionist, and his opponent, Mr. John Hinds, is strenuous and unremitting. Accompanied by Capra-n D. H. Leslie (Cwm- gwilly), Mr. Cremlyn on Thursday of last week ad- dressed laige and enthusiastic meetings at Llan- egwad, Court Henri, and Llanfvnydd. Mr. W. S. G. Morris (Ystradwralt), Colonel J. D. Lloyd (Pare Henn), and Mr. Delnie Davies-Evans (Penylan), respectively presiding. Mr. Cremiyn delivered cogent and lucid speeches, in which he reviewed the present political situation, laying emphasis on the importance of letting the people decide the great questions of the day. by means of the referendum. This, he said, the Liberals were afraid to do. They were afraid of trusting the people. Captain Leslie sa d Disestablishment was being dangled before the eyes of Welsh Nonconformists, but they were never allowed to reacn it, because the Liberal party knew that once they had given to aies any measure of Disestablishment the Welsh people would no longer su^nort them. At a later date Mr. Crenjlyn addressed meetings at Llanddowror, Llanfalteg, and Whitland. In his spech to a large and attentive audience at Llanddowror, over which Mr. Collins presided, the candidate laid stress on the importance of this ejection in view of the. fact that the Government at the dictations of Mr. John Redruond sought to break up and ruin the British Empire, whereas the Unionist policy was one which aimed at not only a united nation but a prosperous one. Motor:ng on to Llanfallteg Mr. Cremlyn in his speech there, said that surely if the referendum workecj so we>ll in Switzerland, it ought to be more effective in England. Mr. Lloyd George's statement that it would cost £ 2,000.000 was ridicu- lously absurd. At the outside it would not cost more than £ 200,000, and what was that compared to the cost of a general election. Mr. Cremlyn later in the evening addressed a large meeting at the Town Hall, Whitland, under the presidency of Mr. Higginbottom. The candi- date dwelt on the present and future composition of the House of Lords, and their abilities in dis- charging their duties. A- vote of confidence was passed. Addressing a large meeting at Llangendeirne, Mr. Cremlyn dealt at length on the importance of the referendum, and pointed out that it was the most democratic proposal ever made to the publio. It was a read proposal for government of the people by the people (applause). Motoring on to Llanarthney, he adressed another enthusiastic meeting, over which Mr. Madaocks (isatlyglas), a local farmer, presided. The candidate gave a lengthy and lucid exposition of We smaii ownership policy of the Unionist party, and con- trastecl it with the policy of small tenancies which the Radical Government had ottered as a means of solving the land question. The Radicals had made a cry of '.Ba.ck to the land," but had not done a single thing to encourage the people to come back to the soil. Their proposal was one of tenancy only, oand after the small holder had paid back to the county council in rent the amount paid by 4e county council for the land, With interest added, he would still only be a tenant. The Radical Govern- ment did not want the people to own the land, otherwise they would have accepted the proposal made by the House of Lords that county councils should have the right to sell the land out and out to the holders. If, as the Radicals said, that the House of Lords were "blackmailing swindlers," and they wanted a greater distribution of the land, why did they not enable Welsh farmers to purchase their holdings with State money in the same way as the Irish peasants had done under Mr. Wyndham's Land Purchase Act? The Unionist party offered a real solution of the land question, and when the farmer had become the owner of the land lie tilled, they wanted to protect the home market so that he could make a decent living for himself and family (ap- plause). Proceeding to L'anddarog, where Mr. H. Puxley (Llethrllestry) presided, Mr. Cremlyn said that the programme of the Unionists was one of construction and not of destruction. They wanted to reform the House of Lords, and d.d not agre with abolishing entirely the hereditary principle. The Lords had passed 230 measures introduced by the last Liberal Government, and if, as Radicals stated, the House of Lords blocked the way to all useful and progres- sive legislation, then those ,30 Bills, which the Radicals loudly boasted of, must have teen useless and non-progressive (cneers). The candidate was enthusiasticalv received at each of the meetings. AMONG THE FARMERS AT ST. CLEARS. Mr. Cremlyn utilised his time amongst the far- mers on Tuesday morning, when he addressed an open-air meting at St. Cleats on the occasion of the monthly market. Mr. J. H. Thomas (Dery), a local farmer, presided. In a cogent speech Mr. Cremlyn showed that Tariff Reform would not in- crease the cost of food. He stated that if Tariff Reform was put to the referendum there would be an overwhelming majority in favour of it. The great advantage of the referendum would be that a certain question could be put to the electorate without anything else being introduced to confuse the issue (applause). The candidate, who was loudly cheered, satis- factorily answered a number of qstions. After the open-air meeting at St. Clears, Mr. Cremlyn, accompanied by Mr. D. H. Thomas (Star- ling Park), a well-known land agent and agr,cui- tunst, addressed" three enthusiastic meetings. The lirst at Llangain, where Major Evans (Ystrad) pre- sided, was packed by a large audience of fanners. Mrá Thomas gave a lucid exposition of the land question, and Mr. Cremlyn reviewed the Unionist programme of progressive and constructive legisla- tiort. I Journeying on to Llangunnock, Mr. Cremlyn ad- dressed a large meeting 'at the Schoolroom, after which he proceeded to Llanstephan, where he re- ceived a great reception. On entering the village he was met by a large procession headed by torch- light bearers. Enthusiasm ran high, and a very successful meeting was held at the Schoolroom, where Major Dowdeswell, V.D. (The Cottage pre- sided. The Chairman paid a compliment to the ex- member, Mr. Lloyd Morgan, on his appointment as county court judge. He said that the Home Rule Bill was too big a pill for the Britisher to swallow (laughter and aplause). Mr. Cremlyn, who was loudly cheered, said that although he was not altogether in favour cf torch- light procesions, thanked them for the great recep- tion given him. As to torchlight processions, he thought the Radicals were very much more in nccl of light than the Unionists, who were the children of light and marched forward in the brilliant sun- shine of reform (hear, hear, and applause). He was curious to know why they were troubled with a general election at this inopportune time. What- ever the wicked House of Lords had been in the past, 'they did not throw out any Liberal measure during 1910. Mr. Hinds, in h s election address, stated that they refused to pass the Education Bill and the Licensing Bill, but he was not strictly acurate. The Lords never rejected the Education Bill. There were four Education Bills, diametrically opposed to each other. The House of Lords proposed one or two amendments, which considerably improved the Bill, and the House of Commons refused to accept them. If they were so sure that the people were in favour of their precious Education Bill which drove the Bible out of an the schools, why did they not appeal to the country on it? Why did they not do the same with regard to the Licensing Bill? They know the country would vote against both those measures as was shewn on the bye- election that took place at the time. It was because they were afraid to trust the people that the Radicals were opposed to the referendum, to which Lord Lansdowne and Mr. Balfour readily consented when challenged by Mr. Lloyd George that they dared not put Tariff Reform to the veto of the people. The Unionist party trusted the people, and were prepared to put their proposals before them without confusing the issue. So afraid were the Radical-Socialist Government of the people that they sought to set up a tyrannical and capric- ious Single Chamber, which would take the power out of the hands of the electorate. They could even extend the duration of parliament from seven to fcrty years or more. If the will of the people was to prevail they must have some means by which the people could rule the House of Commons. They wanted a real Second Chamber to which men like .Sir Owen Philipps might be elected (aplause). Sir Owen was a man who controlled the shipping in- dustry in this country, and it could not be said that he had not earned his living by the sweat of his brow. Under the proposals of the Unionists, he would be thought a fit and proper person to be elected to the Second Chamber. Dealing with Home Rule, Mr. Cremlyn said that if put to the referendum it would be defeated by an overwhelm- ing majority. The Irish Deople did not want it themselves. Since Mr. Wyndham gave them the Land Purchase Bill half the land of Ireland had become the property of the peasantry, and they were now prosperous and contented. They would not subscribe to the funds of Mr. Redmond who had to go to American dynamiters and arch-enemies of England for the money required to bring about the destruction of Great Britain. Mr. Redmond had declared that he and his party would not rest until they had made Ireland an independent nation and had given to her a harp without a crown (applause). h. D. H. Thomas said that farmers were not making the living out of the land that they ought to. The farmer, when he invested -a £ 1,000 on land, did not reap the same benefit as the trades- man when he put a similar amount in his business. Farming was the most important industry in the country. and "the sooner it was nut on a nroner basis thp belter it would be for all other i What finer scheme could farmers have than the Unionist proposal of small ownerships. If the Irish Land Bill worked so admirably in Ireland, he. as a land a-ent. was perfectly conveinced that it would work eaually as well in Wales. A Unionist Welsh Land Purchase Bill was what the farmer wanted (applause). RADICAL SUPPORTER LEAVES A MEETING. Mr. John Hinds, the Radical candidate, ad- dressed a meeting of the electors at Newcastle- Ernlyn on Saturday. The Rev. D. D. Walters, Newcastle-Emlyn, presiderct. A sensation was caused during the address of Mr. Rowlands. Mr. W. Jeremy, Adpar, a promi- nent Liberal and a member of the Cardiganshire County Council, who had previously spoken in favour of Mr. Hinds' candidature, got up from h's seat and said that (referring to Mr. Rowlands's ad- dress) he thought the meeting .was a Liberal and not a Socialistic one, and left the meeting in dis- gust. Mr. Hinds also addressed meetings at Whitland, Porthyrhyd, Llanddarrog, and Cefyneithen. Mr. W. Llewelyn Williams was nominated as Liberal candidate for Carmarthen Boroughs at. Carmarthen on Saturday,wand was declared returned unopposed by the borough sheriff and returning officer (Alderman Walter Lloyd), who congratulated Mr. Williams. Mr. Williams proposed a vote of thanks to the returning officer, which Sir. John Lewis. J.P.. seconded. Eight nomination papers were presented by the Liberal agent.

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