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The American. Government has been Officially asked to suspend, judgment in re- spect of the sinking of the Arabic, which involved the. loss of American subjects and prdperty, until the German view of the af- fair is presented. This request will doubt- less be granted, even though the greater offence of the destruction of the Lusitania. and the drowning of many Americans has not yet been satisfactorily dealt with, be- cause the President of the United States, firmed with enormous powers, happens to be not a seasoned statesman but a conscien- tious scholar of the Don type. He is pri- marily preoccupie4 with the problem of avoiding a war that would set up a cancer- ous sore in the Republic because of the num- ber 'and influence of the Germans, who, as not the least of their services to the Father- land they were eager to leave, would be certain to transfer their votes to the partv that was most pro-German. in its ten- dencies. German influence has a wide reach and St may prove capable of bending the policy of the Western Republic in a direction dis- favoured by the overwhelming majority of the American people. An organised body, though jn a minority, may be able to off-set and neutralise a public opinion deprived of any rallying point. And in other spheres of action we have hesitaucy attributable to the same cause. Denmark, Sweden and Holland tolerate the frankly lawless char- acter of the German wal; upon their com- merce. These look for a lead to America) the most powerful of the neutrals, only to be bewildered and confused by an American policy of expediency which, whatever its ultimate results, has already dispelled the notion very widely entertained by Americans that thev are the best protected people ill the world. So far from that being the case American lives and American property have 'been destroyed wantonly on a large scale, therebv demonstrating that the opportunist j policy of President YYiison is palpably in- effective. President Wilson, transferred at short notice from the principalship of a University to the Presidency of the United States, is meditating on non-essentials whilst the future of the world is being fashioned with a people looking on who. by reason of their innate power and love of liberty, might have played the nobler part. have pla-yed the robi,
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As means of cowing the British people into a submissive spirit, the Prussian war- organisers relied ■especially, upon. ZePPeli4 raids; and. submarine warfare. Ac have now had a fairly extensive, varied, and in structive experience of both. According to the German calculation London and the other great centres, of population in Britain, as well as the inhabitants of the-country dis- tricts adjacent to the North Sea, were ex- pected to be panic-stricken by frightful- TIOSS operated from the air, while the poe throughout. the Kingdom, subdued by t'anmie, or the anticipation of famine, would be clamouring irresistibly for peace on any terms on which the War-Lords of Berlin might be graciously pleased to accord it to the conquered British Empire. Famine was to be produced by the dread which the skill and efficiency! of the German submarines in main- taining the hlockade" of our coast would e\ oke. The British mercantile marine would be partly locked 1m in our home ports, the crews rfefusing to face the new peril of the j deep, and partly lying useless in foreign bar- bonrs daunted by the proclamation of the marine war sone draw a round our shores by Admiral von Tirpitz with a free and unspar- ing hand.. Neutral vessels would renounce any efforts to brave the Potsdam rulers of the sea by bearing merchandise to our forbidden wharves. It is interesting to contrast the? actual results of the use of the two trusted Prussian weapons with German prognostica- ticus of their effects. There had been preliminary exercises in submarine attacks on non-combatant ships before the great "blockade" by the. U boats was proclaimed. The Glitra was sunk by a German submarine in the North Sea on October 20, 1914, and our readers will re- member the subsequent attack on the re- fugee ship Amiral Ganteaume which caused the de^th of forty non-combatants, mostly women and children. In December, 1914, Admiral von Tirpitz gave the first public hint of the scheme on which he was en- gaged when he asked a journalist from the Suited States, "What would America say if Germany should declare a submarine war against aH enemy trading vessels?" Shortly .afterward? the bombastic "Berlin decree" Was issued with the d6claration that: "Just as Britain has designated the area between Scotland and Norway as an area of war.j?o Germany now declares all the waters surrounding Great Britain and I''Q' laud, including the entire EngMs!? Channel, as an area of war. For, thip purpose, beginning from February 18, 1915, it will endeavour to destroy every eucmy merehant ship found in this area of war, without it always being able to avert the peril that this threatens to persons and cargoes." sixth i), f tli.e blo(.,k- the block- ade was completed just before the Arabic was torpedoed. The results attained by Admiral, von Tirpitz during twenty-five weeks of the submarine war on commerce are known in detail. In that time tthe num- ber of British merchantmen that fell victims to the U boats was 107, being 1.5 per cent. of the total number of British trading ships with a net tonnage of 300, which is the limit of inclusion in the official returns. Our readers are in a position to judge for them- selves how far the German plan of strangling British commerce aiid undermining," our power of resistance by famine and panic has I achieved the success so confidently expected throughout the Fatherland. Wliezi we turn to the exploits of the Zeppe, Jin airships, we find that they ha-ve compiled the following record up to the latest date for which full details are in our possession :— Casualties. In Date. District. Killed. jured. iaai. 19—Yarmouth and King's j Lynn 4 9 Ap-il 14—Blyth and Tyneside.— 2 April 16—Lowestoft, Ipswich & I Bury St. Edmunds.. — M?y 10— Southend 1 — )1a) 17-Ramsgate 2 8 27—Southend I 3.. jMay 31-0ntlyíng districts of London. 6 Outre 4-F..ast and South-East Coasts — June 6-East Coast 5 40 June 15-North-East Coast 15 15 August 9-East Coast 15 14 August 12-East. C0ast .6. 23 6 2 5 August 17-Eastern Counties. 10 36 The perecentage ot women and children among the killed and injured—nearly all iaon-combatants-la extremely high. The military results and the scare effects of the raids are nil. #
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A week ago most of us were in he dol- drums. If the people of the Central Em- pires were permitted to know all the truth they would be by now much in the same state. And this, notwithstanding what ap- pears to be a fresh series of successes ob- tained at the expense of Russia. The week now ending has given the war a, more cheer- ful aspect from our standpoint. The defeat of the German naval and military expedition which entered the Bay of Riga, the sinking of the Moltke—the first capital ship yet sub- marined—the destruction of a German U boat off Ostend by an English airman, the driving ashore of another in the Baltic, and the pounding of two or more in the course of the bombardment of Zeebrugge by an Allied fleet, are incidents which, collectively, inspire public confidence. The degree of su- periority which the flying men of France and Britain are establishing over their rivals is each week becoming more marked. Hav- ing regard to the success with which rail- ways, war munition works and airship sheds in close proximity to large German towns are being bombed the apostles of frightful- ness may presently realise that the Allies, if their patience be tried too far, have the means for making reprisals on a scale that must render raids on unfortified places ex- pensive luxuries. f Probably if the truth, plainly hinted at in the Press Bureau report of Squadron-Com- mander Bigsworth's noteworthy feat off Ostend, could be frankly disclosed, there would be a shock of surprise for the Dismal Jimmies" who have, been bemoaning our seemihg impotence in dealing with Zeppelin, and submarines. Whereas the authorities are getting a close grip on these two sources of danger. It takes a considerable time to build a submarine—it costs between £ 150,000 and £ 200,000—but a deal more to train the crew, and the class from which the latter are drawn tends to shrink. If, as suggested, Germany is about to abandon the piratical practice of sinking merchant ship without warning or search, we may be sure that one'weighty consideration is the high rate of mortality which now prevails amongst these craft. The German people, however, have been taught to attach such exaggerated importance to the alleged sub- marine blockade" that the abandonment of a practice, responsible for most of the success achieved, at the behest of America, appears almost incredible. For under the altered conditions, not only wqjild appreciably fewer merchant ships be sunk, but the dan- geri> which assail the wider-water WarfthlpS i wthvld be seriously aggramfcsd.JFor, instead of furtively torpedoing its victim, the sub- marine would have to .come to the surface to search and give warning. President Wilson- has manifested such in- finite patience in dealing with German inso- Jenoe and outrages that many of his own countrymen, and the majority of people elsewhere, have arrived at the conclusion that the virtue will outlast the WaJl", notwith- standing anything further the Germans may do. The smalil nations put up with their WTOII"S because they fear the power of the pirates, and America, as the only neutral capable of penalising the latter, is, the cynics avow, "too proud to fight. But if Germany is really disposed to yield on the point, it must be because of the strength of the conviction that even the abundant sandsj of American patience are running out. and that fresh provocation may have a determin- I ing effect. Mr. A. H. Pollen; in this week's "Land and Water" article, expresses the opinion that Germany, once convinced that the United States will make war unless the (Lawless attacks on Americans and American property are discontinued, would persist for one of two reasons. "If tho Russian campaign were literally 'Germany's final effort; it, bankrupt in 'money and in men, she had sent out her reserves to be expended in a final effort to get a resounding military success, not with a view to finishing the campaign victori- I ously, but with a. view to ending it by a triumphal, if useless, exhibition of military prowess, then to force America into belli- gerency and forthwith to admit her in- capacity to fight the whole world in arms, might, in fact, prove to be a high flight of statesmanship. The Allies, suddenly re- lieved from the obligation of further sacri- fices, might, and probably would, consent to terms ten times as generous as those they could impose if they had first to inflict a military defeat. No such collapse as this is s-liown to be imminent. or likely, or perhaps possible. Still, it is extrwi-di-,iarily significant that Dr. Helfrich, in putting the new loan before the Reichstag, should openly have admitted that Imperial Germany is. bankrupt unless it can make its enemies bear the whole burden of this war. So many confident expectations entertained by I ourselves. by our Allies, and by our enemies have been wildly wrung that to form new expectations on such very slender grounds indeed would be a sin against the light. I confine myself to 'saying, therefore, that I see no alternative between air impending German collapse or an existing German in- sanity to explain the deliberate unfriendli- ness to the United States. And it is, per- haps, a good comment upon this alternative to add that it is far more probable that the whole of Germany is mad than that it has developed a suddèn-ailld fatal—objection to insolvency. In appraising the situation aa distinctly •improved for .the Allies during the past week, we do not discount the continued tribulations of Russia, her sacrifices, and the perils which still assail the armies that have held together; with such wonderful tenacity. Now that Brest has incurred the same fate as Koyno and Novo Georgievsk Kieff is the only great fortress left the Russians on this front. It was foreseen that when (the Grand Duke fell back on the line of th But; Brest would present a tempta- tion which, if not resisted, mi^ht in the result, yield the Austro-GermanBthe object thev have been seeking during tHe last four months. If the jure of the stronghold in- duced the Russian leader to accept a, gene- ral action in its defence, he mfpht. whilst thus delayed, find his principal army enveloped, so tbatin the event of a defeat the results would be catastrophic. The second alternative of strongly garrisoning the fortress and leave it to make the most of cts defences would probably involve the loss. of the garrison without .even such inadequate com- pensation in delaying the advance of the enemy as was obtained in the case of Kovno and Novo Georgievsk. The Grand Duke, however, remained constant to his purpose of abandoning fortresses and space to keep his armies unbroken. Unlike the Allies in Franc*, he has practically limitless ground behind him for retirement—a circumstance that makes it very difficult for the enemy to force a decisive battle upon ham. Mr. Hilaire Belloc, however, points out one physical feature which closely affects a leisurely retieat, alternating with the assumption of the offensive by strong rear- guards when the conditions are favourable. This is the great Pripet marshland east and south of Brest, which will divide the Rus- sian line in two unequal parts. The conse- quences of this strategical defect need not necessarily be serious in these days of easy •nter-communication over long distances, since the separate parts can still act in unison. And if the marshes prove under modern conditions to be in a military sense untraversable, as in earlier campaigns, they would, Mr. Belloc suggests, be a source of strength to the Russians, since the left flank of the northern army can rest on them. On the other hand, if the invaders manage to effect a surprise by overcoming the natural difficulties, the Russians outflanked would have to fight a general action. Ger- man failure in the Riga region has for the time relieved Russia from a dangerous move- ment in the Baltic Provinces, but the con- clusion seems, nevertheless, sound that the critical points on which to concentrate atten- tion are Riga, and the Pripet Marshes. Mr. Bailee sums up the situation in the East in very guarded language: "Should the enemy fail upon either of those flanks to threaten the continued retirement of the Russian armies, and should that retirement., though leading to a separation of the line into .groups of armies, proceed without mis- hap until sufficient recruitment and muni- tionment are available, then the whole drama of the Eastern campaign during this summer will have ended in the strategical defeat of the enemy." There is this to be said, however, that the success with which the Grand Duke Nicholas has piloted his armies out of Galicia and eluded every effort to break through the centre or to envelope either flank gives cause for confidence re- garding the ultimate end of the great drive. The Petrograd correspondent of the, "Morning Post," who has throughout been in close touch with the Russian military authorities, but whose generally optimistic predictions have not always been justified in the result, describes the principle which has governed the general strategy of this war. an all the Allied fronts as that of ex- hausting the resources of tilie enemy while gaining time—"that enemy who fights most powerfully of all against the German." A secondary purpose is to kill as many as pos- sible of the enemy's trained men. "This Russia continues to do wholesale. Her tac- tics of defensive fighting and of taking every 1 opportunity for local counter-attacks up to the moment when persistence in defence in this or that position might involve a general engagement, have proved the surest and most economical method of destroying the enemy's forces. Russia has been retiring steadily for months, yet every army, every corps, division, brigade, and regiment re- main properly incorporated. No fighting force in all the history of the world's wars has ever carried out such a steady retire- ment, for so long and so far, without losing in the slightest degree its corporate organi- 15ktitxn.,Aa a 1igting force. Th^. possibility of Japan being asked to redress the balance on the Eastern front re- curs frequently in the public mind. One reason for this if the fact that the Japanese alone of the Allies are in a position to establish and maintain close contact with the Russians. The Paris correspondent of "Truth," a depository of much valua-ble and varied information, makes a suggestive re- ference to it this week :France, must give ul).-and, it may be, Britain, too—her oppo- j sitioai to a Japanese contingent coming to the help of Russia. What she fears is a consequent injury to the Netherlands should I the Mikado ask for Java. and, possibly, for some rice swamps in Indo-China. Japan j has had its eye on Java, the great source of Dutch wealth. The French view of the Netherlands is that they will have to get rid .somehow of German family influence at the Court of The Hague aind throw cold water on the plan there as good as accepted—of a future marriage of Princess Juliama and the j eldest soii-or the second son, failing the eldest—of the Crown Prince." More is likely to be meant than meets the eye. The triumph of Germany, involving the absorption of Belgium, would be fatal to the independent existence of Holland. Herr Jagow, in discountenancing the idea that the German had designs on Belgium, naively declared that the latter would not be of material value unless accompanied by a slice of the Netherlands. And though the majority of intelligent Dutchmen realise this; Holland stands idly by while her own fate is being determined by the efforts and sacri- fices of others. Partly because the places near the frontier have been peacefully "penetrated" by Germans who have freely inter-married with the natives and obtained control of industries and oomniercial busi- nesses*, and partly because the Consort of the. Queen is a German Prince, and pro- German influences are strong at the Court. Supplementing these causes of inaction and doubt is the indisputable terror excited by the ruthless savagery of the Germans in Bel- gium. There might even arise a party openly for the acceptance of German control but for the hostage given to fortune and the greatest of naval Powers in Java, the chief overseat-contrildut-or to the. wealth 'and pros- perity of the Netherlands. The vision of Japan pessritftg towards the Spice Islands and ready to earn the rich prize is calculated to impose restraint upon tve zeal of Dutch Germanophils. One of the minor advantages of war is that it lets loose the tongues of men with know- ledge that in peace-time they cannot impart. The language of diplomacy under normal conditions glosses over disagreeable truths that cannot be concealed, and affects a friendlineas of tone that ill-corresponds with the real beliefs and feelings of statesmen and diplomatists. War flings open the flood- gates. And it is remarkable how the evi- dence accumiilates, indicating the deliberate, intentiol). of Germany to make war in 1914 at the accustomed Prussian time, immedi- ately after the harvest was reaped and the wide Is-copc of the definite aims in view. Bis- marck, who would have been satisfied with smaller territorial acquisitions than Moltko and the military class successfully insisted upon making at the expense of France, said that one alternative to the forcible joining of Alsace and part of Lorraine to the Ger- man Empire was to constitute these pro- vinces a neutral state like Luxemberg and Belgium. But-. as Germany would not violate, the neutrality of siuch states— the man of blood and iron" attributed to the Teutons a much higher standa-rd of inter- national morality than since then they have been proved to possess-—the effect would be that Germany and France would not be able in case of war to get at each other except from the sea. For a neutralised Alsace and Lorraine would supply the missing link to a continuous chain of small neutral nations extending from the Baltic to and including Switzerland. In the writings of German publicists and piofosiwrs, and in the utterances of GeTman politicians, may now be clearly discerned the plan of over-runnihg and occupying Bel- gium regardless of treaty obligations, over- whelming France, and taking possession of her Channel ports. The deadly menace to this country that the situation would then import was relied upon to bring about a war with this country after France and Russia were beaten and Germany had secured all the strategical positions in the Channel and considerable parts of the French and Russian fleets. It was to this appalling climax that' certain politicians and newspapers in this country came very near committing us. Home of these are ultra-patriotic to-day, 1:13 if that could con- done the sinister character of their guidance at the crisis of our faie"is a people. The ramifications of German organisation are so widely flung f^at light is apt to come from unexpected places. In New York, the Germans, for propaganda pur- poses, have acquired tho Evening Maii," and one of the ablest si'id best informed of the contributors to the latter is Herr Paul Robrbach, a specialist on the subject of foreign policy. He! naively discloses the fact that the attack 01., Serbia was decided upon to secure relief from the semi-suffoca- tion of German industries by British sea- power by cutting a way through to the regions where cotton, copper, petro- leum, etc., could be obtained. "There is (he observes) abundance of raw materials we need in the Or;ent--Ais Miner, Syria, n d ttie Balk a n S-- Mesopotamia, Persia, ;vnd tne Balkans— where, having gained a firm foothold, we shall be able tb check our present oppo- nents, Russia and England. A railway line from Damascus to £;11;01"0, another from Angora to Erzerum aii-c- Tcflis, would compel England and Russia to; have benevolent con- sideration for us. If \:0 maihtaan our posi- tion in the Turkish OiVfent the influence of our culture will,' as a matter of necessity, ex- pand over the whole M'itiommedan world" and he goes on to ask: What will happen ci an Angilo-Russian and French cut is made at the Dardanelles and on the Bosphorus, and if the territories "letween the Straits and Persian Gulf ahd,^t4iose between Port Satid and Mount Ara- at are partitioned among our enemies?" fid answers: This would mean our elimination as a world- power. Germany, if si; a allowed the defeat of Turkey, would sirJ to a second rate power. It is still in the Ori (It .that the position I j of Germany is to be determined. Ram- shackle Austria serv*t-- .a present purpose, but at the right moment wiHl fall to pieoes, the pick of wndch will fcO. to Germany. But access to the riah land. of promise beyond can only be through tb«i territory of one or moire of the Balkan tvticftes. Se-rvia was I selected for imnidation 'Thia was the true genesis of the worid-v.i\ Aiistro-Hungary and Turkey, as vassals of ihe All Highest" war-lord, are to aid in bringing about the German domination of the world and Ger- man freedom of the s&As, which wilj signify freedom for no one This girandiose schenw, "conceived and pre- pared for at Potsdam, ,axid expected to fstablisn the to equality vifch, if.not superiority Gi-eat, and the other geniusm ot the Hohenzofllern family, is so absolutely fa/tal to the aspira- tions of the Balkan States, that a league of the latter a?a-in? the common enemy would spring into existence spontane- would .4pt ;? the ?ft'ey-eSects of a highly succc?M intngue engiLeeTed by Austria at the close of the fil.. t .,ikaii w?e, when the Turk was beaten, and the Allies had only to stand true to one another and the agneemenit to which ali had subscribed, to gather tup the spoil. But, at Austrian instigation, the German i £ ing of Bulgaria, without consult- ing his ministers or Parliament, turned the foroe-s of Bulgaria against Serbia and Greecc, to wrest from them a larger share, with the result that, m conjunction with Rgumania. the Allies quickly overwhelmed Bulgaria, and subsequeritly deprived her of territories in Macedonia fairly won from the Turks. Bulgaria. represents in the Balkans the last hope of the, Central Powers. Serbia., the indomitable, is ready to fulfil, if within her powers, any mission that she may be entrusted with. Rumania is staunchly for the Entente Powers, but is shackled—in the absence of a definite understanding with her I Sclav neighbour-by the fear that, when committed to war with .Austria, she may find Bulgaria on her back. Venezelos is straightening out matters at Greece, and the diplomatic representatives of Britain, France, Russia and Italy are assiduously at work to counteract Austro-Gevman in- fluences and unravel the tangle. Tho posi- tion is rich with proniiee, for both Serbia and Rumania. are iordy to make con- cessions to Bulgaria, urid with Venezelos in t power at Athens Greece is unlikely to prove obdurate. I The resurrection of the old Bal- kan League, plus Rumania, would trans- form the situation, fey these little nations have large armies composed of soldiers whose efficiency is indisputable. M. Clemenceau who, if not a Minister, has good sources of information, is emphatic in his assertion that the Balkan League is in course of being rftiewed. Should the greatest personality in France be right the problem of the forcing of the Dardanelles aud the capture of Constantinople will find a. solution considerably sooner than most people expect! And when it is solved the world's war will assume a. new and posi- tively cheering a charaQter. even in the absence meanwhile of any thrilling move- ment in France and Flanders, where the Al- lies a.re in the mood to eagerly welcome a trial of strength, being conscious that the enemy, steadily deteriorating in quality, is being confronted by the cream of the French armies and easily the finest British Army in physique, intelligence and moral ever sent a.broa.d by this or any other country. ————_
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The Lord Bishop, of St. David's exercised « wise and just discrimination in bestowing a canonry on the Rr-v- J. Watkins Jones, vicar of Christ Chur-ch. For in a diocese possessed of many able, earnest and elo-  ;,A one w h o has quent clergymen tha, is not one who has more diligentlv, continuously, and unsel- fishly striven for tho uplifting of the people, nor more patiently to realise and fulfil the higher functions of the parish priest. In Swansea on Saturday the pleasure excited by the news of the distinction that had come to Vicilr Jones was m >dified by the fear that it might mean the partial or entire loss locally of an influence that for tens of years has been potent for good. And nowhere was the fear so great as amongst t,he poorer class in the Sandfield,->, who have learnt to more than respect the spiritual leader whoM perception of the prcfound importMMe of his calling does not exclude a cheeriness, an in- extio?ui&h&ble note of youthful exuberance, and a catholic sympathy with all forms of human a,miction WIAJ have endeared him to the entire community. To Christ Church,, set amid lowly sur- roundings, where thf Rev.Wat-kius Joijes has officiated f-ii- linve been at. tracted from all parts of the town a body of Church people with & rare capacity collect- V ively for well-doing. Eloquent preaching alone could not have held them together for so many years, nor mere judgment in the selection of men explain the unbroken con- tinuity of splendid service rendered by the curates—who havo stood as a class apart. The Rev. Mr. Griffiths, who is about to take up a living at Knighton, Radnor- shire, is only the I a., -tof a line whose close and sympathetic contact with every phase of life in the parish made manifest the penetrating infli isnce of a per- j jsonality of singular charm and effectiveness. The strength of the Church in Wales is to be measured by its capacity to produce and command the sustained service and zeal of such men as Canon J. Watki Tr r
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Captain Elkington, a former adjutant of the 6th Welsh, is reported wounded "some- where in France." J There are 326 workshops registered in Lliinoliiy uinler the Factory Act, according to the report of the medical officer. The collection made by Mr. W. Vivian last week in Lianellv provided 12,000 cigar- oettes and 800 ounces of tobacco for Llandlly men at the front. When the magistrates asked a witness in a case at the Swansea Police Court what nationality she wag. whether English or Ital- ian, she Replied, "Between." One wonders (writes a correspondent) how the great stand the Labour leaders profess to be making against conscription is going to help recruiting for the voluntary army! Sir Edward Grey's letter to the British Press throws additional light upon the hatred of the Potsdam gang for the British statesman. For the Hun knows not honesby as a virtue. » » <;n » The spell of summery weather has been of priceless value to tli(- farmers concerned with the gathering of the harvest. And this year evtry bushel of cereals safely garnered is a substantial asset to the Allies. ..tt.I!!I" So the Swansea Battalion is not to pay Swansea a visit after all—that is as a bat- talion. The men have been coming here on leave in batches for weeks past. A week ago there were 120 in tha town. Who 3?.'(? t!eN? (.M?Yiu-?tg ?u!iM?-t?s'' Qn  tliac, the Thursday the Tepbrt was., current that the Loughor Bridge had collapsed MTd a motor- bus of tho Tra??pcrt Company was mvoh'ed I in the disaster. There was not the slightest shadow of justification for the report. Where I ar.d with whom did it originate? It is fortunate for the atmosphere of the Swansea Guildhall that, there are many young ladies amOllg the voluntary workers engaged 011 the national registration work. Otherwise the air would be blue after so many fresh Government instructions as to coding, etc. I 4r-  G ..("ur. le mem )et at the Swansea 'uar- dian'?' meeting on Thursday had been dis- cussing a, subject'for some time, one of them moved a resolution, whereupon another mem- ber called out, "More progress"; but alas! he spoke too soon; they retreated again into the heart of the matter. 4Ci$. Of fine presence, musically and artistic- ally inclined, and most interesting as a con- versationali"t, for he was widely read, the news of the death of Mr. W. J. Treharne at the comparatively early age of 50 years was learned with profound regret by the large circle of his Swansea friends. The Swansea County Court judge was sitting, and the "good mws" about the T^ar- danelles was told him in the middle of a case. His Honour Judgw Bryn Roberts is not usually knocked off his judicial balance, and he kept his place on this occasion. "We've heard that report before," he said. Landore has heard of streets in the town whose inhabitants boast of the number of soldiers who have joined the. Colours, and I are anxious for it to be known to all and sundry that there is a street called Taber- nacle-street, in Landore, comprised of thir- teen houses, from which 14 soldiers have left for the front. The proceedings of the Swansea Parlia- mentary Committee on Tuesday suggested that the members did not adequately realise the necessity to adopt heroic measures for reducing the ra.tff: No mere finmicking measures will do. There must be a deter- mination to effect savings, regardless of invention or the conservatism of officials. ) It would lie enough to make the old-time Nonconformist minister rattle his bones in his coffin could he see the annouucement that a band—a prize one, too—yclept the "Calfaria," was playing on the Mumbles Pier, or anywhere eke. Clydach is, with reason, proud of their cracks, too. ♦ o » «■ o» Mdlle. Gaby Deslys, the vaudeville artiste par excellence, tours the provinces for a limited number of weeks, commencing in October, and is announced to make her ap- pearance in South Wales. Since she tours under the Moss management, and Cardiff Empire is undergoing reconstruction, Swan- sea Empire is clearly the venue implied. $ Mr. David Seline, who celebrates his silver wedding to-day, has a wonderful memory (-if old Swan-ea-t&-t is to siy. of Swansea when he was a boy, soijie forty years ago. Walter-road above the White Rose he recol- lects were then fields. The old Corporation Arms was on the site of Edwards' drapery establishment, and was familiarly known as the Music Hall. Muoh of the work thrown npon those ell- gaged in the registration work at Swan- sea has been making an exact oopy ot the pai-ticiilars given by males of a military age, and one wonders (writes a correspondent) whv the enumerators were not, instructed to I give the pink forms to such men in the first instance. Considerable trouble would have I been saved thereby. ..8" If the restless element among the workers would only realise the "strong hold we have. on Germany they would keep back for the present pressing grievances, real and I imaginary, until we have "outed" the Hun. And how near that happy event is dependent now almost entirely upon the workmen of this country and their united I efforts few realise.-( Pro Patria.") Heartiest congratulations to the new canon of St. David' s Cathedral. Recogni- tion of sterling worth was never better be- stowed. A Swansea- shopkeeper announces :n his window that his Christmas Club has com- menced. Phew!! Absent-minded Swansea conductor, in spare time a brassard-man Dress upon jfer right, there -< t + Some of the veterans in th< Lknelly V.T.C. have seen service hi almost f vary j I part of the British Empire. > «.r- J Mumbles folk these days wear large and expansive smiles, and the smile of Manager David James posi 'tive ly-won't come off! Query :If the young "peaky-blinder" who had heard amusing stories about the Swansea 'specials' isn't sorry he ever came across one?" A few of the Llanelly teachers shirked the registration work, but wiU hear more about it later on, when Ald. Nathan Griffiths has his say. Mr. J. T. Rees, the Director of Educa- tion at Swansea., resumed his official duties this week, and looks remarkably well after his recent severe illness. I Sir ?tanord and Lady Howard are going to put up a large hut for the use of the workmen at. Pembrey, and place rt in charge of the Y.M.C.A. The worried-looking man who ambled over the Swansea Slip on Saturday morning with a toy bucket on his head and his hat in his I hand had everybody's sympathy. <?-'3-<&-< x x.? Motor- 'buses gliding through the streets of Swansea airily announcing that they run to Taibach. and back, speaks eloquently of how this form of traction has annihilated distance. e *+ There are Swansea firms winning golden opinions by their patriotism at a. time of national stress. There should be a "roll of honour for the givers as well as the fighters. If P.C. KinseJla-one of the motA level- headed men in the Swansea Borough Force -tells you he's going to see a man about a dog," do Bot .1'gard it as a joke. It &s an absolute fact. He is the dog enquirer 1 of the .Force. For some time past a series of robberies from the clothing of bathers has been taking place at Langland Bay. On Friday a, man was arrested and charged with stealing cer- tain articles. » »»»» The fond Swansea parent who laid out ajl his spar a cash, in providing a new school rig-out for hig small son, and then read in tiie Post that there was to bfc another week's hr^idayy-^ay* ha .dfOfcRii't .-ii-Jhs, >est door neighbour did hear him. The value of advertising was evidenced n a remark actually overheard at the Temple- street end of Cxi.stle-street on Thursday. The speakea was evidently a visitor, and addressing his friend as he looked up to the palatial budding, remarked, Oh, this i is the great Ben Evans', is it?" The speechep ou the eve of the luncheon hour outside the Exchange on Friday for the Welsh Army Corps Fund yielded about a sovereign a line, or B161 in all. And other substantial donations are coming. Why should Cardiff practically monopolise atten- tion where national purposes are to be served ? 0<S>-< $ >-<Sx3x> A story is told in "London Opinion .about a Welsh parlourmaid who put. six white blouses in the wash in one we,-I- Why, Jane," said her mistress, six whit-e blouses are too many. My own daughter never thinks of wearing six white blouses in one week." May be she don't, ma'am," satd the maid, with' dignity; and may be she ain't engaged to a coal- miner, neither." <s- 0 <  >- 4 >  Swansoa docksmen. who are frequently being called upon for practical manifesta- tions of patriotism and philanthropy, resent the immunity enjoyed by the members of the Metal Exchange. One of the most active in well-doing suggested a raid next Tuesday in the region of the Metropole for the bene-^j fit of the Welsh Army Corps Fund. It is likely to be made.. -$ >< £ XixS»-<>-<3» A Belgian boy born at Ammanford h?s been named after the Belgcan and British sovereigns, Albert George. Little incidents such as this are not without significance in the history of nations. So fondly has big John Bull taken the hand of little Bel- gium in her days of stress and storm that the tender memory of the association, thrown dnto bold relief by the dark back ground, will be perpetuated for generations untold in {amilies' names and traditions. <s* A poet at the front sends the following :— My Little Crey Home in the west. In my little wet home in a trench, Where the rainstorms continually drench,' There's a dead cow close by With its hoofs to the sky, And it gives up a beautiful stench. Underneath in th.6 place of a lfoor, There's a mass of wet mud and some straw, And the" Jack Johnsons" tear Through the rain-sodden -air, Oh, my little wet home in a trench. I It .is doubtful (says the" W estern Mail ") whether there is anywhere in the kingdom outside the British Museum a finer collec- tion of prints and engravings than those in the Swansea Art Gallery, the gift of the late Mr. "Deffet-t Francis, England has just I been enriched in this department of art by the purchase ot an -English buyer of the t i.)ti,s Cnristophle collection of Fronch prints, which is a collection of the prints of the eighteenth century, brought J"fh" between th" years 1872nd 1888. There are some Welh connoj¡;g;>nrs ?! art who never get anywhet'? nwv 'Swansea without ? me time in the ganer' of engrav- ings. I F. J. V. Hopley, who, according to Wed- nesday's "Gazette," has been appointed to t lieutenancy in the Grenadiers, is a fine sportsman and splendid specimen of mail hood. As an amateur heavy-weight boxer, j lie wat- at one time mentioned as a "White | Hope." He was also one of the English for- wards who playect against Wales at Swansea in that international game when some mys- j ierious forward manoiuvre was to have de- veloped with disastrous consequenc&s for the Principality; in the result, however, the Welsh forwards chased their opponents about, at St. Helen's, Wales winning any- how. Hoplev that evening bought a paper- boy's stock-in-trade to send to friends, so struck was he with local enterprise in the maimer of reporting and writing np Rugby international football. And now he is play- ing at "the greater game." "No young man ever got into love by merely following, but only by vigorously pur- suing. (Rpv. F. Ballard at Sketty.) The South Wales coalfield seems to b.. as incapable of peace as a Prussian is of polish, states a writer in the Sunday Chronicle. $ >. Now, then What is to be done about "Bruuswick" aaid "Hanover" streets, ani how about those black eagles on the blocJ of offices in Adelaide-street ? -< What are you ?" asked Mr. Edwart Harris If witness at the Swansea Folic# ■* Jturday What do yea was the reply. The conrt smiled. A correspondent, writing anent the criv- sade against compulsion, asks Whaf about the Insurance Act, and restriction a licensing hours?-jEu't this compW-oii" Yes, but If people would only tell us how not fAt make a mistake, instead of how not to havfJ made a mistake, we'd get along better. Mr. Charles Davies at the weekly Swansea temperance meeting. ?- < > < >-  < >  I have never lifted my foot to anybody in my life," said a witness at the Swansea Police Court on Saturday—"and df I d:4 he would be laid-up for days after." "And what about your hands?" asked the advo- cate.—No answer. -< x $ 1>00 "The degree of superiority which ilieiiy- ing men-of France and Britain are; establish- ing over their rivals is each week becoming more marked." (Thus the writer of a news- paper article.) Just so. The Huns art more expert at lying than flying. The authorities at the Ruhleben prisoners' camps nave cap;.ed the British neld post- card style. Acknowledgements of parcels received from the "Daiuy Post fund have the necessary wording printed, requiring t ?' rececved ati4* only the nature of the parcel rececved anS the names of the sender and recipient to b. filled in. A thrilling account written by the ob- server of an aeroplane in action concludes: Wo went home to the aerodrome for A breakfast." Is it to be wondered that the Hun hates the nation that can produce men cf such calm and indomitable spirit? Few of those present at Holy Trinity Church on Sunday evening guessed that the organist who played with such skill and technique was a. young man stiul in his teens. This musician is Mr. Arthur Williams, who resides at Ea-jtside, and who has lately deputised Mr. Louis Torr, L. R. A M., A.R.C.O., the organist of the church. Never again shall we meet the familiar dapper and well-groomed little figure. for he carried his years lightly; Never again x shall we be greeted with his cheery smile ?,nd wave of the hand. Human life counts for little in these days of strife and death 1!1.ma 1.0, him swiftly. Ban Phillips wiP. be missed audhis death is sincerfely mourned by the community of Swansea Docks.— ("rcr") <t-<  !x  -<   If ever promotion was'deserved, the Rev. Canou Watkins-Jones has earned his i=tal1. There is none of the dilettante, lisping, austere cleric about him be is all man r-ighi through. To come in contact with him i# a refreshing mor-al tonic, the influence or which the writer has felt and appreciated* The rev. Canon has the faculty of separating himself from the sacerdotalism wliieh seernir. so remote from" every day ism." and entei* ing lie, and sympathetically into purely a-l-t.; 1-,7 a n d- human and domestic affairs. This is tn. secret of his popularity as the Sandfieldt padre. "—("Mark Once.") Possessors of cameras are made to realist that it is war-time, as they run the risk of detention if their subjects have any military value, or, indeed; otherwise, as a young gentleman residing at the Uplands found to his cost on Saturday afternoon. He was blissfully focussing objects from an eminence overlooking Bracelet Bay, when a soldier ar- rested him as a spy and promptly marched him to the guard-house, where he was closely questioned for a quarter of an hour and then let go; but his apparatus was seized and taken to the Police Station, where it will be retained for several days, possibly to develop the plates. Lord Ninia-n Stuaiv, in an interview in London, told the following story of his boys :—He said that ea.ch man and officer of the 6th Welsh has an emblem sewn on his shoulder taking the form of the colours of the regiment, and arising out of this Lord Ninian related an amusing story. Lately, he said, they had been close to the German trenches, and the other day, when the enemy saw the Welsh take their places in the trenches, some oi them shouted across, What is the name of that new battalion which has joined you, wen-ring a ribbon on their shoulder?" The reply went back: They are Canadian sharp-shooters, and you had better be c;la.'e-ful." There is a lovely grandfather's clock on the premises of Mr. Walter Webber, who is no ordinary wat-chmaker and jeweller. It is home-made in the real sense of the word. The case of oak is carried out in Italo-Ionic, from his own designs. The braas dial ha-s a fretwork centre with ornamental, corners, and silvered centre with raised gilt figures, and every bit of it was done on the premises. And last, but not least, is fitted with Westminster, St. Michael's and Whit.. ting ton chimes—again all made in his own workshop. Swansea's weather expert", is, in fact, a craftsman of the old school and can turn out a wa.tch of the size of a, threepenny bit or a public clock like the one he has made for Alderman Evan Evans for the new police station. It was the last Bank Holiday, and th* ? khaki lad had come on leave to stay with his friend at Swansea. He had taken a tancy to his friend's sister, and they sat together .in the evening in Victoria Park. He told her' he loved her, and would she vjarry him when he got his next leave? She must have said "Yes." for they sealed the compact with a kiss and the wind rustled in the poplars, the leaves whispered and nodded, and wink- ed knowingly at one another. Outside the railings the throng of people passed up afid j down the road, whistling, .jostling, laughing.; It was none of their business. He left Swansea, next day for his headquarters, and was ordered away immediately with a draft of details, somewhere at the wp of the Medi- terranean. He is sleep'' now the long sleep, staring with sightleves up into tho dark waters above him. H, has got a long leave from his soldier dutiss; but he will not return to Blodwen he is wedded now to— Death Twenty-eight days after his pulsing, warm-blooded declaration of IoN- to that poor girl I sa,t in the same spot, and the laughing crowds still passed and re-passed outside the railings. It was none of their business. The wind rustled in the poplars, and the leaves whispered one to the other, but with bowed heads, and tlxrir tears seem- ed to glisten in the moonlight.—("Mark Once. ")