NOTES OF THE DAY.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2174, 12 June 1914, Page 4

NOTES OF THE DAY.

Wkejj Ms.. Witry thrust Sir Wit H* 31 , Hau^Jssbs out of what tpmains oi the Liberal s&netftary, lie was dealing with the Gdvefemeo't's Ap}3_aratetfats to the Legislative Council, Ee is reported by the hytidton limes to have said that "Mi. MasSEV's daiffl. fcfiat fete GiOycj'ftmciit <jM not mate aay paa-iy disfci Bcfckijfls ! iii ! makiftg appointments to' the-Council was ft-distortion ol faok ill the q.ppoii}tui«fnts that had. been mado were of friends of the party in power." As the pvklie, will very welt rmaemtei-i two of the mast n> coat apptiintecnts to the Ooundl were those o'i the Has. J. T. P;«Jt and the Mm. J. Babe. Both of these gentlemen are feadjii.g lights ill the ranks'of fches Labour Party, eatl the Reform farty owes them nothing, They were appointed presumably be«nnse the Governmcrat felt that Labour was entitled to i*,pi?eBcatation, aiid that MESSKi. &Auti Md Baiir had di>Kc«at-rated thodt | fitness for the positions. I| « a y be, | ol cMirsc, that Mil Witty Wife the opinion that the reasonable section of the Lakmr Party are the friends of tte .party in jKttver, and ttet only the "Ked Feds" a-re op.po.scd to it, ivhat is more profea.blc, however, is that Mn. WiTfY, like majay wf hia Wa-rdist friends, fens got so into the fcjabifc of maJKiiig aecusations ngaitt&fe the- Gevorfliiient tMt lie has not fcroubfed about the. real facts, tin. Witty and his associates k&ow thai for something like 20 years tlieir ova ! I party :«isc4 te Lcgklativo Oouiicii as a dtimpjug-groiind for their o\vj:i friends, rcgardlcss of their qtialifreati&ns, until tlic Gcm&BJl bewme a by>*ord, and th<jy cannot ' 6eli«vc that tliftir opponents haVp, a higher eoncoptkm of tfeir flbligetionS to the public, Wfen &c Masses Goy, ertimeftt appointed Sir WittiAM. Ham,-J(K*es to the isgisiativß Council—a fitting reCQguitfoß ®f his i sn g public sei'vjecs—the Waitlists could feardiy bislieve their senses, and sitiisaquciifciy showed vetjr plainly their iaabillty to apprceiiatfe a geaeroas aetien on the, part of sji •oppoijeiit. insfead of iVanMy adraitting thai llf. Massey had d<jne tb(?- right fchifig, and added to the legislative' Couneil a gentleman who. ' tfeougb opposed to him politically, was tjifccly by virtuo of his wj<fc experiijft* its ,i aerator of PaHiaiiicMt, Miaistci' of ike Cretvfii, and represcbtativooif the Pom.in.ioft in Lontjofl, to render furtto valuafeJe service- in the Bevis-" ing Chamber; . they uttgraci'ovirfy vontod tkrir Bjoleen on their old colleagno. It was <\\nk on a par with bo many of felie aetions e| the petty ptwpto who ta*&ni control the "kjberal" Party. No one can bij sa.r-prise-cf thai nttrobers ol the old supporters of the party in ti® fiayg 'of BalmnOe and SBBDON-'finrl th.ftmselvos owfc of sympathy with the aims ami methods of tliose who to-day drag tho B&me of liberalism b me mira, a>Bd who seek popularity oh no better ground titan' their daim to a namr! of which tfoey have provci thenjsfllves uftweftby.

. The Welsh Church Bill. lib tho Homo Rule Bill, has now gonre to tbn House of ILertfs for futal Mil-sitkrat-jon, If it is rejected it will still Imbdmc kiv nndef Ijio clause, of the Parliament Act, which provide. , ! that if any fynblic Bill (other tijftn a money Bill trv a, feili c&ntainin.e fifty provision to extend the mntinjuJli duration of Pa.i'lijtitjftMt; beyond fitt; years) is_ passed by the HcuisiV of Caiaiiftetts in tlii'eo successive sions (whether of the same Parlinmnißfc or not),, and is rejoetpd by the House tii Loi'tls in each of those ee-s----sioiiß, it shall, on its rojeetion for the third time, tuilos.s tjjc Hotiec of Comnions directs in the contrary, boooivte an 4ct, of farlsamcnt on tlie Jloyal Assent liointr signified tliweto. An effort is being mtidn to scpArato difPsiiiliHshnvenf; from diwuclowtnonfc and a large number i?.f Welsh Noncnnfirfmists liave signed iM;l.itinns apiinst the tlisciidowmcnt projioseils. According tti a cablegram which apnoars in another pkvl of this issur- ! Mia ARcftnisHofs .of C.istpnefflv gflct i Isrtve aj*i«B.l«cl "tu !il\6 I eitiaeiishi.p of we wwati'X aga-iaet,

the ahcaatiou of tte Welsh Church ittucls for secular pnrnascs." Speaking on the second reading of tlw Bill, Mn. M'Kenka explained the effect of chsendowment ijy'lJic use of the following figures:--Present Income of Diaeose?— £ J' nun Voluntary L'wtfifnrtioiis... 300,000 l'l'OMi BiidoVfHieut'i , 280,8011 ■ ,' 5(10,600 under disemlowijieisl ite income would . Ire ;-■• From Voluntary Contributions ... 300.080 From Modern BomifiietiojiP ......... 19,-OW l<rotii Kbek-sbstica! Commissioiitrs awl Qttwn Anna's Bwiniy fSMSffi From OeMJiinteil Life Interest; . 42,800,600 nt 4 n<sr c«ut. ~ 80,41(18 A&iiwonnl ConiriWtims ffoiH J3cclesiantie&J CcuuiiisaoHtTs r-tul Qirewi Amies Bounty 32,8(18 : mm

I This nteans that the voluntary sub--1 soriptiofls would tiave to be ■jrteruasecf :by £45,000, in order to maintain Ac present ijwonio- of the Clmr-iA. Lenp : KfIBERT Cecil contends ik&i tl» item of £33,000 given in the tabic shonttt . ftofc have been, inehubd on one side only of the aceouiit, and the -Guardian, while not aeccptiag fttfi. ■M'Kbnsa's figures as an accurate statement of the .position, rctftai'ks that in any case tk , (Jovernflwufc would bo without justification for taking nearly £J9OO a week from the resources of the Church, Many of We. importers of d.iscs.tab : lis,hmeijfc regard disendowteenfc a.s harA and Unjust, ami it as possible ttafc the Howie of Lords, instead of rejecting the Bill β-utvigiit, iiray propose some far-reaching alteration? in the dfecMdowmont clauses. It i-s significant that the seco-a-d r-sading of the Bill ift the Hetise of Geinnwns this year showed a dectease of 15 in. the number of its supporters, as tosipatcd "with last year.

I, The return of JL tjelwbse to Ministerial office in Fraflo; is liitercsting. But more ißlercsiiiif is tte France., evert now., afte tiiQ kaloidescopie cteiagesi «f the last nine years, dares riot again send TfiEoPhils BBtCAssE back tp hkvM post at Hie foveign-Officc; Drirea from the yaai d'Orsay to ptoeatu Berlin and end the Morocco .crisis, M Bbmjasse has never Tecpyerei hk pßsitren inthe councils of Eufotae. He guided toe foreign policy of Fimnee logger than «iy other statesman ■ since tlio establishment-of- the Bepublic Ho was efevemtly looked up to by the diplomatists ol the mpst diploma-tie tiatioH in tbc world, Hut his one doloct was that he yemembai'ed Alsjiso.Lorraine., and üßiSasLngly worlsed tor the. isolatl&a of. Oerjßftny. t-n-: happily for him ifc was DBmasse who: was isofoted, not' Gcniiany; As tte pQaro once ssul, he has sp?jit his life in "just toissin.* everything." Se m WtsM the post of Freeier on an ius-t-oMo occasion, 3Ef G just mbso.il a tmimjih in Mofoceo gfeator %.a any to tlie credit of BlsiiAftijK. W just- missed, the rescue of Russia fioto' Fier uetonablfr position in the eris-is-' oofore thD_ lyar \rfth Japan.. Ofle<> he . waated ..with sovereign-s ifte a. sovef-' Gjgfl. To-da.y he is' one- affnotig tl»» ( many deposed monarchs 0:1 fewope, >'

Another of. the Jsiociges gifeji hy (He. Iteform P,%rty to the ■ 19U was fulfilled .ycstwcfay, Vkii ilie ■Board of Agnsurtiwo catfie .into fe !iWg-. ,-Mr.ilas 1-oti.g. beoo ob-vicus rtliat there is need of same fedy to iato a .general, view of the prablews of pviral life in t.te Bofflinjos: The of A-gieicaJtee I? an es.cellfflßt iflstitutioa, but it ■Wβ its . limitations, and (fee is t.vntlotfhteaiy room fot impro\»orowt Sβ |fe L isahon. ; The peraotwel of the boa«> can nardly fail to inspire' edefidciiGo mm.g iterters generally, and cSitiso .theft to fal that their interests liavs teen ciitvjisted fe a body of. ejcpc*!* enced <wi.(3 wactiea;! man, 'ttmre is a bm field of v/ark helqre the board, and the .membets will fevo their bands full .to a iottg time to Ifc.is good td sefl that rural cdneation is amfttg the fh-gb tilings to wlifcli attentio;*! is to. be reeled, No ■sfte in the .Dammio-n has f*oba : btj gfltee raoite cltvsety into tbis ■qtiestifti} fen tfte pwßidflifc, J. ft, Wftsosr, and the pub-tic will be jastifnaj-iri lo.oton.g lor the devq.lgp.ment of j, sound and vigorous paiiey oii this, as on thrt other fflfitters to \vMch the ■boara is to direct its nttofittMi.

fwU&m state o| the City Mifnifiipiil Hell has been s mMfor. callwg for attention for some time, past, When the how ajMmeate wti>s to the, test ciceMoa brought the toteJ nuHfe sf names to 40,00 a, it became evident fcs,.{ something Av.iis sfefio;usiy svjrong Soffit wh.aro, M.fi. liMfvij's aniiQiiiiice.mdMJ yesterday that eOOO ■■names have liecr weleoteTOdicatioil tl»; the mtifltopftj aiifhotities talcini the patter sedeusiy in Wai "A, ■ Mii. IASto pelirts twt t tte aaamai&ii; ■ siate of tlw. rolls j s p*cyb*bly aiaitil' : cine te fts feet ftat tlift Citj? feas ; ) . large floating popalatkin. Hkm i rao doubt wliaitctiSr ttei) a «jiv HioMttgb wiKgjftg oJF the Bujhiejmi irou is needetl at the pi-es&nt timb I.he souadesfc eouvso would be to taki an etecforaf deosirs a»d sfet ..g.fMsl with a *|r;an slate, Q^i W tfeil taR am a s.tand-jng itivitetion ia mem lwltjcs <ifc election times, and j Wonacft tss clean riad iDro«j- pdllinir Mr, Ames, % city ftelumm Ofeen is, ll» stales, gd;n tbm<oitghl.y l infco the awttar, and hi Rjport wjfl awaited *ith eonsir erable interest