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,II THE FOURTH WELSH I ————…
,I I THE FOURTH WELSH I ———— EARN FAME IN THE I EAST. I ,LIEUTENANT PRO,MOTED I f- ON FIELD. I When the- story is told of the recent Rght- tng in the Dd el'ies it will be found that -the 4th We'sh, which includes 400 L!&ceUy ¡ meu, did some remark.tble woj.k and von cadying farae. They were particulajly cnn- spicuous 'n tho bayoucli charges. E'very maB was s hero. There are, however, cer- tain dends which sta-nd out prominently. TOb. Jepeated gal.antry of Lieut. Cecil Pniliips and his daring resciic of a. wounded ofScer oi another regtMeut, ujider nre, has been specia.Uy noted, the lieuten&nt being pro- moted to tne rsak of captain on the noid. Lieutenant Phiilipa is thb son of Mr. Wil-, ham ,.PhilJips, pos,r(iaster, Llmelly. "DESERVES TRE V.C." I A personal tribute to the splendjtd gal- lantry shown by Ca.upta.in Phillips Is ccn- t-tmed .in & Jetter from Captajn Hubert John:— "The 4th Weigh have seen a lot of tgtt- ing. All tb" oi6cers have an exceueut ie- putatÚn, a ;g tbe P.1ell, and what plMBes one most is to hear the men relate some of the doings .of young Ceci! PhiIIips, who is the herb of the reftimeiit. Mid deserves the V.C. The tj ings he has done are rea.Hy tnarveHous, and he s..m:s to bear a charmed life. "Among other things, he carried a wortoded ouicer of another regiment back to eover rcdpr very hes,Ty nrc." H0fe<c Parents' Sad News. I Ne-ws on Iriday of the I <Jesth in the Dardanelles of Private Robert Dav'les. South Wa'es Borderers, 38, Ishnd- piace. The sad intimation wp-,s received ciEcinlIy by the aged parents, who have ¡ three eons in the Army. Bob" was a I' popular member of the Albions R.F.C. and worked at the Old Caqtlp Works. <n Cairo Hosp!ta!. I oTJpt..Jones, JIaiitjjy, on rrjday locrD- ing receivec! a letter from his son, Lance- !C()Ipr:ù Sam Joces, 4th Welsh, stating i thaL he is at preBpnt m hospital at Cairo suffering from injuries to the shoulders and knee, and that Colour-Sergeant Meredith WUliams, C?fn?r?he? is in the same hos- pital with injuries to the right 2houlder.¡ t ?oth men are making excel?at progress t& ? wards recovery t Cheerfu! a:!d Cc"t?!t!snt. I f Corporal J. h. damage, :Out,h y\aies ? Bordt-rers, writing ho:.ie to hi? pajentg m LIaueHy, says:— We have been Hghting bard for d?y& and came out on top ,.a,:n,1 We h&ve Leen in this trench over ? ioi? i)ight and I have seen some sights. Our men are quite cheerful ane* confident aa to the h idtimate issue." The father of Ccrporal Game is 'in the Navv. I Famous LtaneHv Forward Wounded. News has been receive d at LIanelJv that Sergeant James Watts is included in the list of wounded ajnong the 4th Welsh at the Dardanelles. Watts is the wel!-kno'n Llanelly ajid Welsh international forward, a*id is one of the mcst- popular men in the 4th Welsh. He slaved for Wal o'! against England, Scot- l, Ireland, France and the Australians, and in all t,)()k part in eleven international matches. He had the reputation of being one bf the fastest forwards who ever played for Lla.nelly.
D!ARY OF A FtGHT.-I !.J…
 D!ARY OF A FtGHT. I !.J -1 SWANSEA PRIVATE'S INTER- .EST!NG LETTER. The following descriptive M<-ount of am attack is written by Private Llewelyn Davies. of the 8th Welsh Pioneers, and was rooeivÐ<1 by his brother. Mr. Ben Daviea. who resides at 2. Swan-street. Swansea. Davies. who is pow lying convalescent ;n a hospital in Cairo, waa before the war employed a.c the G,W.R., and previous to that at the Daily Poat." He aays— I am writing this letter, givipg you & alight description of taking a position. On Friday, August 6th. we were resting in Shrapnel Gully. We were told that there was going to be an attack at 3.0 in tho afternoon. The Navy came in eight, aud at 5.30 p.m. they started to bombard the enemy. At 9.0 we started off along the hea-ch under sheU fire. On Saturday morning a duel takes plaoe be- tween a German and Britiah aeroplane. The former catches fire and dropa in their own lines. The Turks shel! one of our plajie< tnd at 60 a.m. on Saturday about 50 pri- -one-,s ccme through our lines. At 12.C a.m. the colonel got wouuded. and we charKed eight machine gun*. At 5.0 p.m. we wer 'watcbirg the N&Yy shellirg a village, wherA the "cfmy'a sruns wer". We could see a Al-ash come frcm the gUl¡". the s,iells exploding, and then you nould hear t'la banga. I waf layins on a ridge throughout Satur- 4ay ni?ht. At dawn Sunday we charged up a hill, and we then lie down on mother rir\e. Our guns slicHing the Turks, and they are bffmbar.iing u.?. Larpre quantity of shellf) drop in front of us. Turks' attacks repulsed. We retire a.nd get back to our termer poM- tioBS. We are fghtino: in the open; enemy in the tr''nchee. m .? OE" rush and take nrst trench. They come up in large numbers. also dropping in large numbers; so are our !bt. Bomb cornea, hurst", and catches me and my rine. I ?ct hit in the a,rm and in tho hand. Wait until 6rc coois down a bit. and then m%Re -tnother daish ba-ck. Could not fee me for Gallipoli dust. I lie in a gul!y with ? *.ther woundfd for eight hours. You have heard a tot of talk about munitions, hig;h ex- pmsive shells, and shrapnel shells. The fnrmer shell is the one to nMLke arms and lees Hy. Eavo no more to say now."
.FASC!NAT!OM OF THE "SWEEP."…
FASC!NAT!OM OF THE "SWEEP." ihe Rimsu public dearly love to have a chance m the "Cal- cutta Sweep," though tickets are now only obtainable for actual members through the Secretary of the "Calcutta Turf Ciub. The reason for the public's desire to participate is the huge prizes obtainable for such a amall outlay. In the "Calcutta" or other "Sweep" the odds are many thou- Mmds to one against the punter even obtain- ing a horse, much less a "starter," "placed horsa," or "wiuner." Public fa,cy for the "douMo event," pr'. ticularly on the Autmnu Handicaps, CesaJewitch, and Cambridge is growing greater eve-y year because every spoitsman is not only sure of a "horse" but is certain of two horaea, and, moreover, selects them himseh. Phenomenally large odds are obt&'na.bie, s.rLQ in the past have not only been won out pid by Mr. Douglas Stu&rt," of Liostal, Switzerland, who h atwayp ms.dp a speciality 01 Lhis class oi ? ?Mtainess. Sp?rt..meM will remem ?r the two Rtartl?ng doubts won by aud pa.id to his clients, viz., £10,000 to i;10, amd jE5,558 15a. 4d. to -Lil 2s. 5d., in each case the lucky punter selecting two horses only some time before the rac<? were run. Mr. Stu- art's double event bcok on the eominp' Cesanwitoh and C&mhiidgeshu'e is on a larger a<;ale than ever, <ud proves the pub- { lie's fancy icr this pM'tic'dar pair of ejects. is a, gs-iDS, picking the two ? winnera, and if &uccessiul is wonderfujiv well rewarded, while the risk is alvays small.
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-lobu (Bala) Jones, the old Wedail int-&-I national half back, of Watcr-strept, Abea'- avon, vaj6 changed at Abera.v<m vnth reck- tessly driviug a motor-car. F.S. McGovam a&id th.a.t a.t 7.50 oa the night of Ang'sst 18 he saw defendant in a intor-osr coming from ? the direction of Briton Feny. The car was being dnven <*{, bhe rate of 50 mile? an hour. Defendant dtd rtot soHnd his hoTn, a.Tt;d peo- ple had tc ly m aJl dirsctiotts to avoid hein I kr..ooCkE'd t40,vn, P.O. Ncrtb eárrotoratpd. DefenduA, r.-bo did not appca.r, waa finied ;S2. <
I WELSH IN THE TH2CK' OF rr.…
I WELSH IN THE TH2CK' OF rr. CYMRIC RECRUITS IN NEW DIVISION. Mr. E. Ashmead Bartlett, m his dispatch describing the four day's b&ttle on the Galli- poli Peninsula., and how the "Sari Bajr crest was won a.nd lo&t/' says:— "Neither would it be fa,ir to overlook the part, play€<I by a division 01 our new armies in this section of the held. Although new to their work acd unaccustomed to the Movel conditions of moujutaun warfzre and net aœlima,{,ised to mnxching, furhting, and climbing m the heat of August, often for hours without wa-ter, they nobly supported the Colonials and suEered heavy losses un- flin.chin,5ly, Welshmen will be interested in the above quotation, for the division mentioned WM largely composed of meti recruited in Wales cither for the new service ba-ttalione or the TenT'oria.'s. The T&rritorials belonged to the Welsh Territoria,! Division, commanded by Major-Geuera.1 the Hon. J. E. Lindlay, and included the ?th Welsh irom West V.'aies, the 5th Welsh from Poniypridd ajid dis:Ù-t. the Welsh Divisional Royal Engi- neers frcm Ll&ncDy and Carmarthen, the We}M1 Signal Company from Cardin, and the infar-try battalions belonging to the North Wales Brigade of the Welah Terri- torial Division. The casualty li&ts have aJso disclosed the fact that some of the Welsh service battalioxis were eng&ged in the nght- ing, including the 8th Welsh and the 4th South Walep Borderers.
! "SMACK INTO THE IENEMY."
"SMACK INTO THE ENEMY." HOW THE 4th WELSH CHARGED THE TURKS. A vivid narrative concerning the doings of the 4th Welsh at the Dardanelles was given by Private Charles Maurice, of LIaneUy, who is now lying in Splott Hospital, Cardiff, suRering from chrapnel wounds. Private Maurice said the battalion, in com- mand of Lieutenant-coIoDeI BramNvell Jones, landed at the Dardanelles on AugTist 14th. The battalion was divided into two sections, one-half bein? ordered to advance and the other to pest for awhile. "The Qrat half." Private Maurice con- tinued, came sniac!: into the enemy, and there were enough Turks there to 3a,t us up. I We had orders to 6x bayo-neta and charge. That charge caused a number of casualties in ay company (D. Company), in command of I Major De Bees, Carmarthen, supported by Lieut,nant White, Carmarthen, and owing to .,he heavy crush and ditches we found it dimocJt to advance. My platoon tried to get í through a small gap, and I noticed that some of them were hilled there, so I went to a I lower gap, where I got at cloae grips with two Tmks. I POPPED T3E FIRST CXE OFF. I but the Recced nearly popped ice oBF, but I failed. to tod the vihl spot. Sergeant A. McT-ris, Llanel!y, temporarily attended to my rounds, and on the way to the dressing sta- tion I parsed €7a.ptaia Howard, son of Mr. Joseph Howard, J.P., of Penaith, who had been wounded. At the time I met him he was bein? attended by the medical staif. At the <1ressm? station I came across a number of my half of the battalion who had Ijcea hit. and their wounds were being dressed by I doctors. My impression of the situation is that once we get out of our present position the Turks will have no chan-e, as there is a twelve mile stretch of country behind them in which they can't possib.y live when we sta-rt them on the run.
ONE OF THE P:ONEERS I
ONE OF THE P:ONEERS I WOUNDED IN GALLIPOLI BAYONET CHARGE. Pte. G. H. Tho ts, D. Comply gtJt Wttlsh Pioneers, ISth Division, Mediter- ra.ne.ui Expediti&na.ry Force, wyiidng home to his paj-ents aA 15, Recordcr'street, Swan- sea, s&ys:— "Sorry to have kept you so long, a< we h&ve been very buay wlt.h the Turks, bn.t I ajn now having a little rest. I have beeo wounded in tM right, shoulder in a, bayomet ¡ oh.rge at HiJi 871, alao Will Rich&i.da, who is at thf hospital with a slight wound amd I ;yoont.ry. It is nothing to worry about as i thin.k we ajpe both getting on nicely. I am &orry to say that Dan SuUiv&n is kUted. I am on an island in a. convalescMit I home, ao you will see I am not ao badly wounded.
GEORGE R03EY. RECRUtTER.-
GEORGE R03EY. RECRUtTER. STIRRING SCENES IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE. LADY WHO LOST BABY IN LUSITANIA. Mr. George Robey stepped out into the lunedight of Tra.i<Jgar-squ,a,re, London, on Friday afternoon and faced a iarg e aud cheering crowd. Special constable, hospitajl ordcd-Iy, kendly visitor to the wounded, Mr. P-obey essayed the new ro!e of recruiting orator on behalf of the 2nd London Regi- ment. Gentlemen!" he cried, "I travel about the country more perhaps than any of you here, and I see a lot. There seems to be —God knows why'—& di:1nc1inaæon, 1>1 some quarters to take this war seriously. That is incredible. You've got to remember that we're fighting agadnst the most blood- thirsty horde of super-educated savages the worJd has ever kncwn We want men, meii-and more men! (Cheers.) We a're going to win this w.u, even ii we have to call upon the m&nhood of our MotheriLand between the ages of 15 and 60!" In a ringing vodoe Mr. Robey caJJed for uhe young men before him to walk up and walk mto 'em! Out of very fairnzs to those heroes who were doing, or had done, their bit, others should conM and oSer them- selv.es for the glory, for the life of their homeland' It was a fine, manly speech, and it rang true, striking home to those below in the crowd, many of whom came forward in response to the appeal. None the less stirrmg was the nue appeail of Mrs. Pve. I One of the survivors of the LusManta. I The baby in her ax.-ii;i wag swept from her as the waters closed over her, and she rcee a.gxcn t-o find herself drifting among the bodies of those with whom, oray a few momeuts before, she had been l&ughitig and talking. She told her movdng story to a breathless throng. And at the end of it—"Now!" she cried, won't some of you ooiM for- wa.rd—to avenge the Lusita.nia.?" "I'll go back again!" shouted an m- valided mAn down in the centre of the crowd. "IT go back!" and he dcmbed up among the liens and subscribed hje name for the secrm.d titne. Others followed, gladly and eagerly, And when the Natio-laa Anthem burst out to mark the end of the hour's work a good harvest had been reaped.
) ! THE SA!LOR'S COOD-BYE…
) THE SA!LOR'S COOD-BYE DRtNK. Charged with udminisrermg poison to her husband, Jtyne-, Morion, with intent to kill him, the wife of a petty officer iu the Grand Fleet WM; remaned pt Will(,aden on Thm's- day. The accused, Fiorence Jane Morton, 0f Leopold-road, Willasd.en, told tbe magisbrate tha.t she did it by mistake. The police sta-ted that Promcutc-r had been home on laa.ve. and there had been frequent quarrels between Mr. and Mrs. Morion. On Wednda.y, when Mcrton left to rejoin his ship, Ms wife g&ve him afhsk of rum. He drank from the flask on att omnibus, and felt a bunting sensation in his mouth. He informed the police, an<i the na.sk was found to conta-in i'um and an acid, \VTien ar- reste d, Mrs. Morton said, "I gave him tha bottle of rum. It must have been spirits of <.B I had aNne in the houae." _H..
TO SEE HER CHILDREN.! I -I
TO SEE HER CHILDREN.! I MOTHER'S TRAMP TO I LONDON. I ¡ A PATHETIC STORY. At West London Police Coort a p'wr woman, nanied Mocre, who walked from Coventry to London to pee her children, had her reward when, on the appHcatioti of Mr. Oswald Hanson, solicitor, Mr. Fordbam, the magistrate, directed & police onicer to accompany her to the heiise where her chil- dren were living in order that she mig-ht have an interview with them. ) Mr. Hanson explained the circumstaiMces, I which were out of the ordinary. The woman, it seemed, was parted from her hus band some years ago under a deep of sepaxa. tion. The husband failed to keep up his payments under the deed, and zhe and her children had to throw themselves on the I parish of Fujham. Then the husband's parents oifered to ta!fe c&re of the children, and the wcmaji, being a native of Coven- try, was sen t by the Fulham Guardians to that place. She signed a paper agreeing that her cmldren should be placed in the care of her father-in-law and mother-in-law. She did not, however, said Mr. Hamson, sign I away her legal rights as a parent by that Mocument, and when &he di&co.'ered that, I often as she wrote, she could get no tidings of her children, she decided to come to ¡ London and demand to see them. So she walked up from Coventry, but on going to ¡' the house she was refused admittancs. Mr. Hanson added: "She feels it very I deeply that she can't see her children, and came to me in great distress. Having acted for her in pai,t. years f.nd knowing that she is a very decent, respectable woman, I told h.,r I would see you and try to enJist your sympa-th-'es and a,, A Tramp of 85 Mnes. Mr. Fcrdham: Certainly, Mr. Hanaon. Tha woman is Quite entitled -to see her child-en, and I shall ask the inspector to send an ofncer with her to the house. Mr. Fanscn thanked the magistrate on the woman's be- half. Seen subsequently. Mrs. Moore gave some details of her tramp to London from Coventry. She had kept an account of the different places she prgsed through. and she said that. with the exception cf a few miles when she wa.s given a lift by a friendly motor lorry driver, she covered the journey entirely on foot. arrivine iu London ex- hausted She slept the nrst night on a door- step. I didn't know what to do the next day," continued Mrs. Mocre. whose eyes nllad with tf,a.r8 at the recollection of the hardahipa she had undergone. I couldn't get any tidings of the kiddies, and I didn't know exactly where my husband's people were living. A friend of mine pllowed me to stay in her hpui-e a few days, and I got a little work washing and charing to pay for my food.' Eventually, it appeared, she got on the track of the children, and she v.ent to the house where they were living. Admittance however, was denied her, and the most she had seen of her little ones lately was a casual meeting with two of them on their way to and from schooL It was clear that Mrs. Moore, who is a homely, motherly sort <f woman, felt the separation from her children very much, and she expressed in warn' terms her gratitude to. Mr. Hanaon, the soHcitor, for his efforts in ihe matter, and to the magistrate for the merest he took in her case. He must be a good father," she said of him. He was so kind, and seemed to teel for me." Coventry is 85 miles from London.
ICOSSACK TR!CKS.
I COSSACK TR!CKS. TOSSING FOR CAPTURE OF OFFICERS. From a- n&Ucetion of vivid q][etchm by Mr. Julius West in Soldiers of the Tsaj- we taJko this illujmina-ting description of the Cossack, who, we are told< remains a. Noma<d and a. at heart:— In Pola-nd the onicers of the Austrian irv&derH wei-e clad in fur-lined tunics of great w&rmth and comfort. Forthwith a trade oa.oie into existence in eome parts where Ocssa<chf! were. Two sCnd a halt roubles (&ve shiUinge) w'a.8 made the regular price of 3Qeh tun!<!S, which, one is assured, were sbhnost inva.ria.bly delivered on the day fo!Iowing tho order. Subsequently a trsMie in l-craes spra,ng up- For five roubles a Oos- aa.ck' found you a horse, provided no ques- tions were aekod, and for a few weeks a roar- ing busmen was conducted on the&e terma. Then it was found th--t seme of these ohe&p animals were not of Austrian, but of Russian origin, ajid tl!ere was t-rouble. TOSSING FOR ST. GEORGE'S CROSSES. After the war had lasted a couple of months or so. ajtd Crosses of St. George were beginning to be distributed, Cos&Stcka began to orgajiise their ooiltection on a soientiiio basis, The Cross of St. George corresponds with our Victoria. Cross, although the qu&it- noa.tiona for it a,re perhaps less exactlng. It a'so ent-itles its owner to a amall pcnsio'a, anù a heroio individual may go on adding to the number of his crosses. Coasacks be gsm to iorm little banda, and would toea for the privilege of capturinlg an oincer—one of fhe reoocniaed qua.ifka/Lion8 for the decora- tion. The successful individual would then be helped by his friends, who would do all they could to ro'un<l up" Austrian and Germaji detachments, an<t leavt* it to him to do the actual capturing if it camo to this.
SHtP THAT NEVER RETURNED.I
SHtP THAT NEVER RETURNED. ANOTHER GERMAN SUB- MARINE MISSING." (Renter's W<H- Service.) MADRID, Thursday. Senor Date, the Spanish Prime Miiiister, to-day stated that the German Govermnent had not received the miormation necessary to enable it to reply to the Span;sh protest regardiug the inking of the atea-mer I&idoro. (Note.-The Isidoi'o was sumk on AagTJat 18th by a G&rman suma.r.ine, the captain and crew escaping. She was a vessel of 5,000 tons, carrying a cargo of iron ore, and belonged to a Bilbao ccrnpanv. The SpanMb Government made a protast at Bertin a few days Later, and the German Go-8I'nm.ent expressed regret at the acci- dent. ")
A WEEK
A WEEK <N ADVANCE. SWANSEA REGISTRATION I FINISHED. There is a mistaken opinion in the town tha.t Swansea ia behind with regard to its t-pgiatration work. In order to dispose of thM. it is intoreeing and satisfactory to note the following :— The whole of the registra-tion work in Swan- see, both for males and females, has now been complated. Th is completion WM rpa-ched on Friday, wuitst the. date fixed for sending in the returns for males o:jly is thc lith (Saturday next), ard tHe date for fe.aa es the Slat inBt. It wiU, therefore, be seen that the work has been nnished in Swansea a good weelt in advance. The TOl Clerk (Mr. Lan? Goath) ia to be highly congrat-,ilated on hia snccescfu! org&niaation of the work, in which he has been zealously assisted by his 8taS'. com- prising MeasrH. G. L. Turner, T. I,. JenkinB and B. Crocker. The school tea<chers and other ladies ajid centlemen who voluntarily placed their Mr vioea at the 'Loua.l Registration Committee's .ii-rosal worked most assiduously, with the gratifying resutt that their task, a dinicalt one in every way, was 6xeelutcd without the elightest bitch of any kind, awd to the greatest credit of so la-rge o. town aw Sw&n- sea.
NOT A' WORD ABOUT BERUN/I
NOT A' WORD ABOUT BERUN/ ENGLAND WILL THINK OF PEACE WHEN FRANCE AND BELGIUM ARE CLEAR. With reference to Mr. Uoyd George's re- cent statement in France, that "o long as a single Germa.Q soldier remains on soil of France or Bclgiun) there is not one Englishman who will even drca-m of peace." the wfeMy Labour paDer. J i'ldep{'llàent," ha3 addressed to the Pr)-me ;.linister and three other members of the Cabinet an in- Quiry whether this represents their .views of the British ohje-ctive, The replies appear in the c-arrent issue of the Indepeudent." The rfply of the Prima Minister is as fol- lows :— 10, Downing-street, Whiteha.11, S.W., August 31, 1915. Dear Sir,—I am desired by the Prime Minister to say, in .a.n.<3Wer to your letter, tha.t hia views are clearly f'ta.ted in his speeches, more pa.rticula.rty in his speech delivered at the Lord Mayor's banquet last November, &nd in tnt- House of Commons on Mamh 1.—Yours fait:h, M. BOJTHAM CARTER. I en&IoM a quotation from the former speech. The enclosed quotation is:— We shaJl never sheath the sword which we have not lightly drawn until Belsrium re- covers in rail measure all and more than all aho has sacriBccd, until France is adequately secured against the menace of aggression, until the rig-bts of the smrller nationalities o Europe are placed npoA an unassailaMe foundation, and until the military domina- tion of Prussia is wholly and finally de- stroyed. Carsen, Lens and Setbofne. I BiriEdward Ca.r&uu (.A.ttvrne:.v-Genera.l), Mr. Walter Long (President of the Local Govern- ment Board). and the Earl of Selbome (Presi- dent of the Beard of Agriculture) sent the followmg letters:— 5, Baton-place. S.W., Aug. 29. Sjr,—I agree wiLh Mr. Moyd George's state- "tent of our objMtive. and I would add. as t believe he wo,d, to "France or Belgium" j Russia. If any of our people imagine they are oaUed upon to make unoeceaeary aacri- ficse it is ouly because they do not realise the dangers of the situation and the ideals of our enemies a.-) contrasted with our in- tense love of freedom and our policy of pro- lk7,ess and happiness for the masses of the King's subjects. I am sure your patriotic efforts to inform your readers of the vast in- terests at sta.ke amongst all classes c,f the community will add greatly to the dignity and esteem of those whose noHcy you repre- sect.—Yours faithfully, EDWARD CARSON. Local Government Board, WTiitehjt.1}, S.W. Dear Str.—I entirely concur in the ramarka you quote from a recent speech made by Mr. Lloyd George. I cannot conceive any- thing lesa tha.n he deaf-nbas aa the conditions precedent to pea.ce.—Yc -u-s fa-ithrullv, WALTER H. LONG. 49, Mount-street, W., A ug, 10. De?.r Sir.—I entirely agree with Mr. Lloyd George when he sa.id, So Ion? as a, single German soldier remains on the soil of France or BeLgium there is not one Eugliabman who would even dream of peace." I feel very strongly, and I have endeavoured to express to the best of n?y abiUty the fact that I b?ieve, that all our ideais are at stake in this war, and I believe that if Germany is vie- torious in this war, or .3 enabled to c?,.Il it a drawn war. there is no body of men in the United Kingdom who wii! suffer more in con- sequence than the tradee union of the United Kingdom.—Believe me. years very truly, SELBORNE.
I I NO EtGHT HOURS SH!Fr!…
I I NO EtGHT HOURS SH!Fr! I I THERE. STRIKERS REBUKED FROM GALLIPOLI TRENCHES. ¡ Writing to Mr. A. L. David, tho seoretajy of the Neat/h Rugby Foobbadi Club, Private I Tim JenkuLs, of the 8th WeJsh Pioneers, on active service in thie-Dai-da,nelles, mnkes I some Mit.eTna.t.KHiaI obeervattons:— The weather here is absolutely Making," he writes. Having bad an opportunity of goimg through the Austra.liaj) ttt-euchas, .1 can now understand how they gained such gI<M'y. Our rogimsnt is living up to them. Every day brings us better positions, ajid hastens the end of the Turks. Our regiment h&g had a thrillmg experience, and Irved up to its pep?ttation. ¡ "vVhilst nghtrng side by side, and re- membering those who ha.ve fought, and died, we wonder at the news from home of cc<al strikes. If those strikers c&uld onJy spend just one day here and ;00 the sacrinces thAt a.re being made; if they could only gaze upon the little wooden crosses on the niOtnitain l slopes which mark the graven of heroea, they would c6a&e crumbling. We know no eight hours' shift; out bere there is no time Hmit, no Sa.turday afternoon off and Sunday rest. Our cne aim is for victoly and fre&dom."
DtNGLE REPORTEDII M!SS!NGL
DtNGLE REPORTED II M!SS!NGL 'A FAMOUS RUGBY  A FAMOUS RUGBY FOOT. BALLER. It is reported tha.t Li.ut. A. J. Dingle (6tb East Yorkshire Raiment) has bcun missing since August 2-;& in the Da.rd&aeUes operations. The h&me of Arthur Drngle adds yet iHtOther to the list of play era in the last, England v. Scotlatid Rugby ma<t<A who have a.ppea,re<i in the c&sualty lis<,s. Dingle was then played an the left wmg as partner to the ?ate R. W. Palmer, but scai?oely ahone gainst J. L. HuggabQ, the R.A.M.C. maji, who was one of the Srst Rn?by in?iat?onal-s to be killed in the war. Pt-obably Dingle's lark of success was dne to the fact that he wa-3 out of hm proper position, which was in the centre. A grefAt individuaJist, he did some brilna,ut things while at Oxford, and subsequently showed even better form in Northern club and cooJity football, pjaymg so finely for Durham in 1913 tha.t Ms selec- tion for the England team for t<h.e fcEowing tprin'g wa<s' regarded in so,,n:) quarters as prac,,ECal.ty a certainty. However, the trials I ca.used a readjustment of views, and it w-as only in the nrna!! game of the s<*ason that Dingle was chosen.
'WHISPERS HEARD.I
'WHISPERS HEARD. I BALANCE OF CAB!NET THREATENED. MYSTERIOUS SUGGESTION BY LORD EOSEBERY. Lor<f Rosebery was Ol Friday admitted honorary member of the Incorporation of Weavers in Glasgow Trades House. After subscribing the roll und receiving the right band <)f fellovsbip, Lord Boaebery in ao- knowledgment, referrmg to the motto of the Iuoorpora.u<ja, W $I. ve truth with trust," t-a.id they were called on now for a different kind of weavjng from any to which they not their and befote. They were engaged in weavil16 all over the wodd the winding-aheet, a? they treated, at the most infa.mous oon- t-pir&cy ever known a,ga.inst the liberties of mankind. That conspiracy might well have been f:l111}c{)"ful. Every other nation was un- prcpa.rod. Great Britain most so. Newspapers at the present moment were occupied on various topics relating to the w&r. He would select three—thrift, compul- sory service, unity. As to compulsory service, could they not trust Lord Kitchener to say t" the country the exact moment at which. it it over occurred, compulsory service ahould be impoaedt?* Why, theo, -wrangle about it in the newspapers!* It was a disheartening thing to see huge It w. < not for him to apportinn blamp.>. The exampio of unity, as of thrift, :nust come from the highest. They heard wLiapers and read innuendoes of pereonaj ambitions threatening to dis- turb the very balance of the Cabinet. If there should be any idea of the kind, the men responsible would never be forgiven by their countrymen.
ITOLL OF THI: DAR-IDANELLES.
I TOLL OF THI: DAR- DANELLES. News was received on Friday a.t No. 13, Tabernacle-street, Laodore, of the de&th or Pte. Thomas Thoma-s, a. member of the 6th South .La-ncasbire Regjment, I Late Pte. TttM. ThMnas. 1 who died of wounds whilst serving in the? Dardan?Hes, on August 10th. The de- ceased soldier was only 20 years of age, and was formerly employed at the Morfa, Copper Works. The last communication from him was received on August 3rd. Pte. P. McArdte. News has been re- ceived that Pte. Peter McArdIe has been wounded iu the Dardanelles. He be- longed to the Royal Munster Fusiliers, and in a letter home to his mother, who who resides at 5, Greyhound-street, h< says he has been wounded in the arm. Pte. J. Shea, 34, Ca.epistyll-st., wounded. fm. «. i,ii;tat,iny, 13, Brook street, wounded (both of the Munsters.) ?———————— ??. J. H. Thomas, Recorder street, Swansea, ot the 8th Wet sh (Pioneers), wounded in bayonet oha.rge at Hill 971, in Gallipoli.
RANjrS WOUND.
RANjrS WOUND. SERIOUS INJURY TO ONE OF HIS EYES. It is feared that Major the Maharajah Ja.m Sahib of Nawanagar-better known as Ranji —suffered a serious injury to' one of his eyes ij? the shooting acci- dent. The Jam was invited by Mr. Hunt, a London soHcitor, to shoot at Cross CMe, near Scarborough. A few pellets from .another guest's gun accidentally struck him in the face, but he went on shooting. Afterwards he fcuad that one eye was hurt, and au oxamiimtion showed "the in- jury to be serious.
R.A..M.C. COLONEL WOUNDED.I
R.A..M.C. COLONEL WOUNDED. 3rd Welsh Fteld Ambulance Co. Among the oiBoer casualties at the Dar- danelles reported on Friday is Lieut.-col. A. R. Wilson, M.D., R.A.M.C.. 3rd Welsh Field Ambulajuce (T.), (wounded). Lieutenant-colonel A. R. Wilsou, who has bten wounded, is the oSlcer in command of the 3rd Welsh Field .Ambulance (Terri- torial), whose headquarters arc at Swan- aea. Colonel Wilaon ha.ns from Birkenhead a.ad was given the commund of the unit in succession to Dr. Uoyd Joupft. of the Mumblea. It wNI be recaMod that on Frjday we published a letter from Lieut.-ColoTtel Witson to the parents of Private Williams, R.A.M.C., of Wh'tp-atreet, Swansea, who wa& kiUed at the DardaneMes.
NOT TRAITORS. I
NOT TRAITORS. I London Tribute to Welsh Miners. I A tribute T)o;d to the patriotism of the Welsh miners aA a. big reontitin? meeting outside tho Roya.1 Exehan,.e, London, on Frida.y. "Don't look down npon the We! strikers. sn-id the Obairmnn, they a,ro Dot tnutoTS. but patriots. If London 'had re- aponded to the country's ofll ELK theae m:' have dMie there would he no need to have this raJly to-da.y. The Welsh miners have givem 54,CCO m<m cut of the county of GlROtorg'&n adone to tbbir King and country." tCb.e€T9.) The speaker, Mr. Thomas Bnbb, added thp.i M was proud to be a We!lshma,n himself, for the g'a.Ua.nt boyf f?om Wales had covered t;liom--elves with srIoTy in this srrcat world wa,r. (Loud dheer3.)
FED UP WITH FtQHTtNC. I
FED UP WITH FtQHTtNC. I At Old Hm, Pnva.te John Herry, Chapel- street, Tividale, who was severely wounded at Festubert-r was charged with being an absentee from his regiment. Defendant said he asked for leave, and as it was refused he took French le&ve. He was wUUng to do his duty, but having served for nearly nine months at the front he did not feet itc. going back a.g<un.—He wtts rema.n<ied <.c Await a mUit&ry escort.
"DON'T UNDERESTtMATE ENGLISH…
"DON'T UNDERESTtMATE ENGLISH DOGGEDMESS." GERMAN EXPERT'S I WARNING. i ROTTERDAM, Friday. The recent new landings and subsequent .-successes of the Allies in the Ga-Uipoii Pcn- tusula. have caused a decided change in the views of Germans in regard to the Dardan- elles. The comments prove that the latest 1 operations came as a great surprise to t.he 'nilitary experts, who are warning the people cigainst their hitherto cocksure attitude. Surprismg Success." TL__h_1  UI IlllC Dertr.U;er T&g'eMa.tt": "Up to now the Allies ex- pectations to decisively turn events in the Dardanelles been uinappointed by the bravery of the defenders. But it was said in England beforehand that many disap- pomtments and heavy losses were to be ex- pected before final success, and this warns us not to under-estimate EngHsh dogged ness. As a rpsult of the August battles the English remain in firm occupation of t.heir new positions at or near Smola Ra.y. The landing here was caa*ried out with surpris- ing success, as also to the south and to the north of the position formerty held near Gaba Tepe. But of the breaking: through the Turkish liilGS Of the cutting off of thh,-ir force3 elsewhere there is no question..The English forces only pushed their way a few kilometres from the shore, and now nnd themselves in a by no m'ea-ns pleasant tac- tical situation, as their positions are com- mandcd from hm in the Tnrldsh possession. Th8tta!ianRo!e. I "Stiil, it rem&ms remarkable that the enemy has gained a fast footing on three points of the peninsula,. The new landing was supported by warships, who. appar- ently, did not encounter serious opposition from the defenders. It is scarcely to be feared that the F-ngli-sh and French wUI send more important ma&aes of troops. Their hope for the future is nxed upon the Ital- ians if help does not come from the Bal- i:ans, of which, at the moment, there ap- pears little prospect. Whether the Italians wil! iand on the peninsula, or on the Asia Minor coast is stUI uncertain, but, in amy case, the Increased dimculties the Turks will e.1:ph-neT!re through the Italians tc.ldng a part in the struggle should not be underes- timated.—("Daily Telesrraph.")
JEW V.C.-I
JEW V.C. I BRINGING IN WOUNDED MEN. WENT OUT AFTER I COLLAPSING. Co'-po.r&l Issy Smith, the Jewish V.C., of the 1st Maj3chester&, who has just arrived in London, told a Daily -%Iail represen- tative how. oa April 26th, he won. lus dis- tmctiion. He is a thick-set, handsome man, a.ud a. Londoner, who o&me home from Aus- tralia, to rejoin his regiment. Protesteng every moment that what he had done was nothing, he sasd: We had succeeded in advancing as far iM tiM nr&t enemy trench when my platoon sergea-nt (Rooke) was wounded. I bandaged him up under heavy machira-gun nre, ajid carried him tip the hil! towards the reser\'ie drench, a matteT of perhaps 250 yards. On my way I a&w Lieutenant Shipster running along with ammunition for a machine gun belonging to our regiment. As he ran to wards me on his w&y past, lie shouted: I 'I shan't be a minute, and I'll give you a hand. He h&d not gone ten y&rds further I when he was hit in the nock And Ml. I at once lard Sergeant Rfx)ke down and tdd hdm I to lie low. UMicr Pierce Fire. I I then rolled over and over along the ground till I managed to reach Lieutenant Shipstar. I bandaged h;q neck and then carried hun to where Sergeant Rooke lay. Fi,ring was at tliat time very neTce from inachine e;uns and rilles. I left the Keu- tenant there wh'ile I caxried Sergeant Rooke farther on, and then mid Rocke down and went l'<ack for the Lieutenant. I repeated this -,fvexal times, taking them one ,{ter the other by short stages untN I got them both within ten yards of our own reserve tpench. Then an ofRcer of the Suifolks, I think Lieutenant Pretty, came out and took Lieutenant Shipster in, and I brought in Rooke. Then I collapsed. I rested to'' an hour or RO, and went I)ack to my trench, and during that evening with the help of the stretcher bearers ll I went in search of Lieutenant Robinson. Although I f..itl.ed to find him we dnd succeed in bringing ir) a good number of wounded. "I was gassed sightly that day, but I would not leave the regiment, as I wanted to aee the nght through Som.e weeks later At a dincrent place I was badly cassed<"
" GERMANISING " SPORT..
GERMANISING SPORT. I SUBSTITUTES FOR ENGLISH SPORTING TERMS. We take from a Suma,tp& paper a Sst of liome of the words whcch the Germ&ns, in t,}ir patriotic a:rdoux, propose to substi- tute for the EnglM.h sportmg ternM formariy in use:— Cricket—Dreista.benscMagerspK'i. f Leg before-Beinenschwilldel. I Not out—Nechnichtabgemach-L W i<-ket-—Drci stab<'nednri<;htun g. Ha.lf.-time-HaibspieIWal'tBpaUBe, I Hands—Handeiehler. Start—AbgangssteJie. Starter- H?upt&bgangsstetleaufaichtevor- I &teher. We can now understand the position of Lho German who says he has no time Mr sport.
I -"GOOD CATCHERI
I "GOOD CATCHER I FRENCH JOURNAL AND OUR I FISHING CRAFT. ) I (Prom Asweiation War SDOOiaJ.) I PARIS, Saturday. The "Figaro" says:—"When tha Sritish Adm'ira,lty no longer considers it inexpedient to make known the ntunber of submarines of which Admira.1 von Tirpitz was so pud and now rest at the bottom of the sea, and espeoiaJJy when it reveai& the ijngcniaus methods employed to de&troy them, the civilised world will heave a deep, sigh of satisfaction. Fishing boats \\hioh have been chased hy submarines have yet sometimes been able t/) make good catches."
1"TO THE LAST DROP OF I BLOOD."…
1 "TO THE LAST DROP OF I BLOOD." Sir Wilfrid Laurier's Declaration. I (Press Association War Special.) TOKUJ\iU, Friday. I Speaking at Napance, Sir Wilfrid Laurier t said that the war which Germany had pio- ;oked was one ior the dommatMn of the world. "Before we consent to this spirit of the Germa.n &rmy/' he said, "we aj'e prepared i.o shed the last drop of our blood," They had to fight till Grmauy was so humbled that we should have peace after- wards. He was sorry the war was not so tnr as had been hoped, but we ,or ?d vanef,( ] should not bo dn-appointed or discouraged.
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Information has beén received that Sergt. James Wat11, LlfM)eiIy, the ex- Welsh internationn.! fcrward, ha.s beent wounded at th" D1.i-è.1Ues nnd is pr<)- } grasMng favour,%hly.. I
JAPANrÆðr{;E F08--EUROPE.;?/£,…
F08 EUROPE. ;?/£, ——— < EFFECTIVE AID J COMING. 1 ARSENALS WORKING NIGHT AND DAY< PARIS, Thurad&y (delayed). The Petrograd correspondent of the "Tem/' baling his statements on infur- mation from Tokio, trelegraphs that the au- dience granted by the Japanese Emperor to t.he Premier, Count Okuma, at Nikko) -whi- ther the Russian Ambassador had also be. taken himself, was followed by an interview between Count Okuma and the Ambaaea,- dor, and a meeting cf the Gun jisangHn-(Su- preme Wa.i- Council). These happemnga have led to the expression by the Japanese Press of a lively sympathy with the com- mon cause, and the desire haa once again. being voiced to contribute more eiTectiveiy towards victory over Germany. According to the Japanese newspapers these interviews are directly connected with. the Question of effective Japanese aid. M!d the industrial mobilisation of J<ipa is the first step acomplished this direc- tion. Fiy,-ij-.clal measures r'esigned to ae- ceicrate t je manufacture of war materiaH will be tatken without consuJting Parliament in order to avoid all loss of time. The Tokio correspondent of the "Ruas. kosie SIo'.o" telegra.phs that according to informa.t.iou from a,u a.uthorita.tive sourcw Ja.pa,n has offered to send troops to Europe. Baron Ishii, the new Minister of Foreign Affa.irs, was wa.rgoo with the duty of clear- ing up certain important questions with 8if Edward Grey in London. His departure fof Ja-paji is imminent. MUNtTtONS FOR RUSSIA. PARIS, Friday. The Petrograd correspondent of the Temps telejgraphs that the arsenals of Tokic and Osaka are increasing their staff to 40,000 men, who are working night and day to satisfy the requirements of Ruasi& in mu- nitions, material and artiJiery.
CHECKS TO GERMANY
CHECKS TO GERMANY RUMANtAN GOVERN- MENT INFLEXtBLE. NO MONEY TO GO TO TURKEY. BUKAREST, September 2. The few reai&miug places on the frontier th.r'o<ugh which capeals could be exported were closed to-day. The Government ha& informed the cto'n producers that they must not send further consignaients to the fron- tier, and th&t it has be6n decided to ad- vajMe 60 per cent. of the va.Iue pf the cropo to the producers in order to &vajd a crisis- By a decLsMMi of the Ministry of Com-' meive the t-rajisit of gold through the coun" try is forbidden. The effect of this declaim)) is that the Germans a.re unable to send any more money to Turkey.—(" Times.") ANOTHER ATTEMPT. I I Explosives in Hospital Supp!y Tracks, i i r The Press Association toaMes that scoattt-* ing to intelligence that has reached Londoa 'j from Bukharost moat rigorous measures con- tinue to be adopted to prevent tranait of Austrian and German war material through ? Rumania. Details are to hand of wwthet attempt to evade the regulat.ion& j The Rumanian Government had gTvea permission to Germany for transit of 20 truck loads of hospittd materiai to pawo. j The train duly reached the Rumanian fron-' j tier, atnd as usual was subjected to close in. spection. The traut wLa accompanied by a German o&i&iaJ who appear-ed to be specially watchful of some of the trucks. The Ru- manian officer in going through the train, found that sixW the wagons were nlled with cotton lint for surgical purposes. Cloaef inspection proved, however, that these ap- parently harmless bales were packed wiith explosives, dynamite, and material for ae-' phvxiatting gases. The whole waa imme- diately connscated by the Rumanian GoT< j emmeint.
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"IF <T WASN'T FOR THE NAVY." SWANSEA R.A.M. C. MAN'S OPINION. Private Fred Haldpn, 3rd Welch Field Ambulance, writing home to his mother en Jamer,-street, Swansea, atates that he n« been woujided by shrapneil In the thigh, but is getting along well, a.od tells his mother not to worry. He hopes to be well jn a. few weeks, and says the war out there will not last much longer, as the boys are Sght.* mg well and "have the Turks by 4thb. ? heels. Personally, he only glv,,a the DajdaneUee operations to last three weeks longer. He adds that when anyone nsks whore cur Navy ia, tell them to be quiet, as they know nothing. If it wasn't for onr Navy, he doeø't. know wh<!M they would be!
E!GHT HOURS' ACT.
E!GHT HOURS' ACT. NO INTERFERENCE FOR THE PRESENT. The following statement was issued by tM Press Bureau on Thursday night:— At the conference held to-day (Thursday) at the Eome OtBce. which was attended by representatives of coalownera and minera from all districts of the 'country, and w&* presided over by Sir Richard Reyma'yaa* K.C.B., his Mjajesty's Chief Inspector ,cf Mines, there wf).s conaiderable differeute p< opinion among,.it the represel:ttivf'8 as t<t the desirability of :nterfenn? with tha Eight Ronrs Act, Rft:' objection wa.8 alsea takec by reprenentative" Of the miners to any interference at the present time in vie-w of the ettorts bing made to secure greater regularity of work and less absenteeism 0.1 the part of the miners. Mr. Smiilie, president of the Miners" Federation, stated on behalf of the minerat that if their efforts to secure a better tt- tendance at work failed, the question could be considered at a later d3,te if it were found to be necessary. It was decided to leave the matter in abeyance for the time bcinsr.
"SOME" ROAD.
"SOME" ROAD. The longest, roads )n oar Usut httle iehmd pa.te into insigniScsnce before some other roads. Just now America ia ccastructiB? a- motor roa.d right across from New York to 8a.n Francisco as It mpmorial to the innf. tyred Preftidpnt LiTicoln. It will ha.ve an a,\ erage width of 60 fact, and is now nem-ing completion. It parses in a direct lipe through twelve states, and is 14 miles longer than the trans-contiuentat telegraph roate. And at the comer of West 42nd-street and Fifth-avenue, New York. thei-e ia a sign. Hocoln lughway: To 8a.n Fraooisc0-3,3S4 nulee." Some road. th&t! t '1 >