The Cambria Daily Leader

5.30 Edition.

a -P, -14 A s uu u A R INSPIRING RESPONSE TO APPEAL. Y Recruiting Offices Besieged By Applicants, I ABERTAWES YOUNG I MANHOOD READY. I To-day, September 2nd, the Germans were due in Paris- according to their official pro- gramme. They have not arrived there so far. A desperate assault on the Allies commenced on Sunday, and day after day enormous masses of troops have been flung against the line of de- fence—regardless of loss of life—but without success. Although the .Allies have had to concede some ground on the left wing, in no part of the line have the Germans been able to break through. After a furious battle last- ing more than a week, the Russians in the east have scored a signal success, tak- ing 30,000 Austrian prison- ers. The Russian troops used the bayonet with great effect, and incident,ally repulsed a German force in its endeavour to effect a junction with the Austnans. A return is now to hand of British casualties, giving a total of 5,227 killed, wounded md missing. As will be seen from a tele- gram received from St. Petersburg, it is thought that war between Turkey and Greece is now inevitable. RAPID RECRUiTltiC. IBMiRABLE RESPONSE FROM SWANSEA'S YOUNG MEN. SCENES AT CFFICES "here were .^enes of great animation I\t 4:h old Swansea j)-rill Hall in St. He1"=r\'s-road tlJis aftf'I'nOOD, The youn men of the town have lately been reo sponding to the call of their country with tnthnsiasm. It takes a big staff of clerks ocope with the demand, tor- the •• ra-fc 'tuff is rolling up in a manner which i> a credit not on]; to the men, but to ivansea. A Spader" representative who dropped in about, three o'clock was &i>icklT hught to realise the effect which the c.haH £ > of reci-uiti ng cluari-ers wa* baring- *he office in Uniou-street was not big to cope with &p w,rk. At the Drll tiall tile first floor is being atitJs&sl as a sort of waiting room Herein a dozen of would- be wearers 0 khaki are waiting their turn. Th?' ?p men of the right stamp- hard. rn?s<'? DUb of toil, from 18 years of age up to feed\g the Recruits. A? T ???in upon t}wm I ?as told by the 'fifr^r in charge tha< the Mayor had re o de arrangements for the supply of tovisions t,? the men at a ch'?ap "atP- !y authoritv added. "if you could send own a telegram or two b?nns; upon *?wa:'it might help us withour wor?. ??'ws from the fron< vould whet the ppetites of the men." The Doctor's Task. Up above Dr. Trevor Evans was busy with his tape. Candidates for the King's shilling bared themselves before him, and were carefully measured around the chest and otherwise exam- ined. At other points about the room yelv stationed clerks hard at work. How have the recruits been turning up to-day?" the recruiting sergeant was asked. "Very well, indeed," he replied. We have had about 90 since we opened this morning ;and they are still coming along. The quality of materiau is good; and the I facilities, as you can ice, are much better than they twere." It is not worthy that from about 11 a.m. to about 12.30 p.m. on Wednesday, 70 young men had been accepted, and soni" turned away, deeply disappointed. Besides, many were still waiting for admission. Many of the ac-1 i-epted recruits were already enroute for I Cardiff and other centres. [ I Departure of Recruits. I 1_ J i\e officer in charge intimated that a large niun ber of recruits-probably ahoiit 100—vould be SPIlj away from Swansea this (Wednesday) night. Others would follow as socon as they could conveniently leave their employ- ment. ¡ "Some of the men we have accepted," he said, "find if impossible to throw up their work immediately. They may. for instance, be in the, middle of a job. Under the circumstances we I must of course give them a little time. But they are keen to s'o. and will get i away as quickly as they possibly can." At Castle-street. I A larg-c number of men presented themselves at the Castle-street Recruit- ing Office this afternoon. Among these w-pre noticed several footballers. indud- ing the Brothers Ray and Percy Shefford. PONTARDAWE. The church parade which was held on Sunday in connection with the Pontar- dawe Volunteer Reserve Force, on the suggestion of the Vicar, has stirred the young people of Pontardawe to a &en.e of their responsibility. On Tuesday there was quite a rush at the Pontardawe Public Hall to register names for Lord Kitehener", Army and the Territorial Force. No less than 38 succeeded in passing the preliminary test for the former, and 123 passed for the Territorial Force. I Recruit Procession. Those who passed for Lord Kitchener's Army are to filll in at the Public Hall at, 11.15 on Thursday morning, ajud niareli to the J>ynevor. Hotel, where they will be entertained to lunch at J2 o'clock. At 12.15 they will fall into line and march through Herbert-street to tin- Cross Bands, beaded by t h« .Allfwen Silver Band. From there they will be taken by char-a-banc to Neath, and then by traiii to Cardiff for final inspection. Tbey will be accompained by Mr. C. G. Gilberteon. who is taking an active interest in the enrolment, Sergeant Lark- in? a?d Mr. J. M. Jones, the workhouse m(\sr. who is avting as ho?. ?f'r?ta.ry. n Every Evening at Seven. j T hpro is a. ) arg-e Dum hflr {,f -oi1ng 11 n- married men in Pontardawo, who are cer- tain to follow the, example of those | atrpady "signed on." An opportunity is given to them to join at the Public Hall «every evening at seven o'clock. As far as the firm of Messrs. Gilbertson and C". is concerned they are prepared to do all they ran to look after the wives and dependents of- those who volurtteer. It is also und erstood that they win give preference to married men at the works. THE CAmNET. I A further meeting of the Cabinet was held Fit 11.30 this morning. Mr. Asquith presiding. Prior to fhe meeting Farl Grey and his son. Lord I-A-oRick, called at 10, Downins-streef, and the Belgian j Minister visited, the Foreign Office. DISCRACE TO CIVILISATION. I Perth. Tuesday.—Sir H. Barron. the 'governor, speaking to Australian natives at an annual dinner, said that German officialdom was a disgrace to any civilised country. German officers 'bullied the (»?rmar soldier; and the Germa-n soldier helped the Geman officer to bully the civilian, yet those civilians • r made eettlprs whom Australia could gladly weicome to our shores. I

MORE BOMBS. I I GERMANY'S IDEA OF I WARFARE, I ZEPPELIS REPEATS DASTARDLY ACT AT ANTWERP. MANY HOUSES DESTROYEa I I Antwerp. Wednesday.—A Zeppelin air- l ship, which passed over here this morn- ing, was travelling in a southerly direc- tion. A bomb was thrown from it on to the railway, but no damage was done. Other bom bs, however, seriously damaged ten houses. Behind these houses five bombs were dropped in fields where they made great holes, but did no other damage. It is believed the Zeppelin was hit by fire from forts and dropped eight or nine bombs at once in order to facilitate its escape DANISH STEAMER SUNK. SRTUCK A MINE IN THE NORTH SEA I The Grimsby trawler Pearl landed at ¡ Grimsby to-day Captain Loffier and eighteen of the crew of the Danish steamer Kamma, which struck a mine yesterday 45 miles off the Tyne. Captain Loffler states the vessel was struck just under the first hatchway. All the crew, together with the captain's dog. was saved, and were picked up in the Kamana's boats by the Pearl. The Kamma was bound from Odensi to the Tyne light for coal. DRESDEN AT WORK I GERMAN CRUISER SINKS A LOCAL TRADER. Dio De Juneiro, Aug.. 30 (delayed).— The German cruiser Dresden sank, on August 2ttth, British steamer Holmwood. of Newport, carrying nx thousand tons of coal. The Holm wood's crew has arrived ¡ here. This message was at first suppressed by the Censor, but has now been released. [We. gave this information yesterday from a letter received by the wife of a Swansea member of the crew.J THE BELGIAN EXAMPLf. I IDEALS OF THE AUSTRALIAN I EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. ■ ) I Melbourne. Wednesday.—The Old Scotch Collegians' Associations to-day gave a farewell dinner to seventy-one of its members who are accompanying the Expeditionary Force. Colonel McCay, the brigadier, respond- ing to the toast, said: If the Austra- lians do their duty as valiantly as our Belgian friends, we shall be ^satisfied." (Loud and prolonged cheers.) £ 5,000 will probably be voted from the Lord Mayor's Patriotic Fund to the Bel- gian Relief Fund. do- KING AND HIS SOLDIERS. THEIR MAJESTIES VISIT WOUNDED I, OFFICERS. The King and the Queen to-day motored to the military hospital at Millbank to visit the wnunded officers from the Expeditionary Force. Their Majesties first visited the smaller hospital tor officers, and saw each of the patients under treatment there. They then passed to the main hospital and saw the remainder. To each their Majesties said a few words of sympathy and cheer. The Royal couple expressed themselves extremely pleased with all the arrange- i ments made for the comfort and treat- ment of the wounded officers. The visit. which lasted an hour and was a private one, foUowed upon a simi- 1ar visit made hy Queen Alexandra and Princess Victoria, each of whom also made a point of saying a few cheery- words to every patient. I MIDSHIPMAN'S STORY. HORTH SEA ACTION PROVIDES TASTE OF CUNFIRE. Mid?pnia-n Hartley, of H.M.S. Lion, of the First Battle Cruiser Squadron, writing to his parents at Burton-on- Trent on the recent naval hattle says: I At last, we have had a taste of gun- lire-but it was only a taste. We ran ijito three light German cruisers, and two of them were sunk. One managed to I mak- off it? a sinking condition and badly on tire forward and aft. Of course, their guns had about the saifie effect on us as a Daisy air rifle. The Stokers' Hobby. I The funny thing which you should I have seen was all the stokers grubbing about after the action looking for hits of I shell. The Germans fought awfully well and bravely, but the poor beggars hadn't a dog's chance of living through it. j' The Main?, was the name of one of those sunk. Two of their destroyers were also sunk.

A DISHONOURABLE PEACE, e AUSTRALIA PREPARED TO BEAR ITS SHARE OF WAR. MUST HELP LITTLE BELGIUM Sydney, Wednesday.—The Prime Minister, addressing a public meeting here, said "We arc at war to preserve I the territorial integrity of little Belgium i and to keep our plighted word. We must help to the utmost to restore Belgium to the possession of her own house and hom-e. This war has shown the world that the mightiest empire i u the world values its reputation more dearly than a dishonour- able even if comfortable peace. The cost to Australia has already beeu I t6,CW,000, but We can, bear this burden and a great deal more. We arc not going to stop sending a first contingent while I, the empire is fighting over yonder. J II WE OBJECT 11 AMERICA MUST NOT BUY SHIPS FROM I GERMANY. New York.—Britain has informed I America that the latter's proposal to buy I ships from Germany constitutes a brea(;h I of the policy of neutrality. I 10 "PETBOCRAD." THE TSAR'S NEW NAME FOR HIS I CAPITAL I St. Petersburg, Tuesday.—By Imperial I Order, the city of St. Petersburg will henceforth be known as Petrograd.— I Router. I WHERE ARE THEY NOW? GERMAN MIUTMY HEADQUARTERS I REMOVED FROM COBlE I Z. A Renter's Amsterdam message says I that, according to a message from a Ger- man source, the German military head- quarters, which were until Sunday last at Coblentz. have now been removed to an unknown destination. Before their departure the Emperor issued a proclamation thanking the in- hahit.ants for their patriotism. and expressing hi* pleasure that Coblentz could be chosen as the first headquarters of the German forces during the war. DRIVEN OFF BY LANCERS. MAURAUDIHC GERMANS RETIRE BEFORE I BELGIAN CAVALRY I Oetend, Wednesday.—Yesterday a body of German troops went to Alost with the intention of cutting the telegraph wires. 'l']wy occupied the railway station, Town They .11all and the bridges. The cash at the station, amounting to forty-fivo thou- sand francs, had previously been conveyed to a place of safety. I Belgian Landers, who arrived on the scene, drov" the Germans away in the I direction of Assche. JAPAN. I A THOUSAND MINES TAKEN FROM THE SEA. I- Reuter's Tokin correspondent tele- graphs that the Japanese have occupied seven islands around K.iao-Chau, aitd have taken over one thousand mines from the sea in the, vicinity. r DOCKS MEETING. j CALL TO LGCAL PROFESSIONAL MEN AND I CLERKS. Swansea professional men and clerks I who contemplate joining Kitchener's army are asked to attend a meeting at the Exchange 6n Friday morning at 10.30. DUTY ON FLOUR. I Wellington, Wednesday.—A deputation has urged Mr. Massey. the. Premier, to abolish duty on imported wheat and ilour during the crisis. Since March flour has increased in price from 55s. to £E1. Mr. Massey replied that the Food Com- mission would fully investigate the matter. SWANSEA HAIRDRESSERS' EFFORTS 1, The Swansea United Hairdressers* Union voted at their meeting on Tuesday i the sum of 95 towards the Mayor's War Fund. They are also levying their members until tie war finishes towards the fund. A number of members arc also running different scheruea in their saloons and businesses to he1.i.

REFUGEES IN SWANSEA &- l|p BELGIAN LADIES AT FFYNONE. i RESIDENTS IN MAUNES HAVE A TERRIBLE I EXPERIENCE. j GERMAN BRUTALITY. We all wish to thank the English very much for their splendid reception. They have been extremely kind and courteous, and we do not really know how to repay them." These were the words uttered to one of our representatives this morning by three Belgian refugees who have—through the kindness of the Right Hon. Sir Alfred Mond, Bart., M.P.—taken up residence during the period of the war at Ffynone, Swansea. It is expected that more refugees will follow; at present two sisters and u nephew have arrived in the town. Reach- ing London on Saturday, they remained in the city for two days, and proceeded on to Swansea on Wednesday evening. in. •? were met at the Great Western Railway Station by Mrs. and Miss Aeron I nomas, Mrs. Mervyn Howell (a Belgian lady recognised by the Belgian Govern- ment in organising a local fund for the Belgian suffering), Mr. Wni. J. Crocker (loibGrai agent), and Mr. W. Leslie Crocker (who acted. as interpreter). A Terrible Experience. I When seen this morning, the party ap- peared extremely bright and happy, but it, was apparent by the sad story they re- lated that they had had a terrible ex- perience. We are natives of Malines," one of the ladies remarked through the interpreter*. a town which has a population of 65,000. It is situated halt-way between Brussels and Antwerp, a ad is onsidered an important town. For a long time we had been living in peace, but of course we could see the danger, and on Tuesday of last week the cloctds commenced to burst. Thirty-four Uhlans entered the town for reconnoitring purposes, and ultimately nIP authorities sent to one of the forts for—and actually received--two Maxim guns, which were engaged by means of a motor lorry. Wiped Out! As a result. the Uhlans were wiped ont. But." continued the speaker, the military authorities thought the position was nusafe. and at once instructed all the inhabitants to depart, thus leaving very little for the Germans if they entered. On Thursday a general move was made, and as the inhabitants were leaving by one way shells were pouring into the town from the Germans in the other side. Malines itself was undefended, but the Germans took no heed of that. In the dead of the night we tramped through the country for five tolid hours until we reached Duppel, where we spent a night1 on straw which the soldiers placed at our disposal. The next day we left Duffel by train for Termonde, Ghent, and Ostend, wnen we crossed by boat to Folkstone for London. It was stated by our informant that in the fight at Malines four inhabitants were killed. Whilst the escape of the residents was being effected they passed a party of prisoners coming from Louyain. These people had their arms tied behind them, and were being pushed along. In one instance a Belgian complained that his wife had been tied to a tree and had been pierced with a sword by the Germans. SWANSEA LADY'S EXPERIENCE, i On Last Boat to Leave Antwerp. A Swansea lady was among the pas- j sengers on one of the last boats to leave Belgium after the outbreak of war. She! sailed from Antwerp on August 5th, on one of the large cargo steamers of Messrs. Lambert and Holt, and arrived in the Roval Albei-t Docks, London, (on I August 7th. All the passehger boats had stopped running. There were about J50 passengers, all British, on the boat. On the journey across they were stopped four times by the vigilant scouts of the British Savy. ¡ who came alongside and assured tlH''In-i selves with the aid of megaphones that! All's well." On the night before the arrival in the J London docks, the vessel collided with another boat at anchor at t]1" mouth of the Thames, and four of her plates were d-mkigk-d. "We had to stay in dry dock dntil one or two o'clock in the morning." said the lady to a Leader reporter, while the damage was repaired. Then we were able to complete our journey up j the Thames to the Royal Albert Docks." Speaking of the scenes she witnessed i before she left Belgium, where she had" gone to spend a three-weeks' holiday, the lady said just a fter the outbreak of war all the German cafes in Antwerp were.! wrecked and the furniture thrown into! the streets. E\ery hou;.e had a flag out,1 and crowds of thousands of people were (' parading the streets cheering. ■- BOOM IN BOOTS. GREEK GOVERNMENT OROERS REFUSED BY NORTHAMPTON FACTORIES. A Leicester telegram states tJlat during the last few days Greek agents j have been negotiating with the Leicester j boot manufacturers with a view to placing contracts for Army boots for Li reece. English army boots are mostly made in Northampton and Kettering, but manu- faeturers ill both districts are so busy with British and French War Office contracts that they have been compelled to'decline the orders from- the Greek Government. I

TO-DAY'S WAR NOTES. 1 (Special to the "Leader.") I Wednesday Afternoon. i :tTTE;\iTI OX -ill be direcim to the! "? casualty figures issued this morn- ing by the Press Bureau. Taken in the gross, they make a heavy toll, but there is this consoling fact—they are small in comparison with the severity and extent of the fightitig. Our men were thrown into conditions of exceptional difficulty, .)pJe Germans seem to have found out I where the British contingent was posted, HU?madea dead set upon it. They paid a heavy penalty 1o'{'1t. Had the British Force been stronger in numbers—say double the strength put into the Held—it might have had a list of casualties quite as high as at present, but it would have told with much more severe effect upon the enemy. A N outstanding feature of the fighting so far as it has gone, is that the Germans seem to make artillery their chief arm. The infantry has not made a great show except in the lists of the slain, for the manner in which regiment after regiment has been mowed down is terrific, and could be withstood only by an army in which quantity and numbers made humanity and care for life quite insigni- ficant factors. The cavalry, including the Ulhans, is not much better than the in- fantry, as it has retreated with consider- able loss in many engagements, and (so far as we can learn) has done very little real damage to either the French or the British troops. But in artillery the Kaiser appears to be well equipped in numbers and calibre, and to be able to Kail shellr. upon the opposing army with prodigal j liberality. His guns are numerous and large, his supply of ammunition plentiful. and (taken in the mass) his juarksni'»n have been able to do a tremendous amount of damage. ,TERY little can be said about opera- tions in the western field. The Allied troops are holding their own, so far as we learn, and that is a point to the go"d. The longer they can keep the Kaiser's armies back the better it will be for all-? concerned—tliaa is, of course, apart from the question of imposing upon him an actual defeat- Evidence available points to the proposition that lie has brought to the west the best of his regiments, and that he has amassed against France and her Allies all the power lie can spare from the East, even to the extent of being weak- over the other side. That has given him an advantage against which the Allies cannot at present hope to be supremelv successful. But there is much in the argument that Time is ou our iide." 'W'I'MI reference to the last sentence. there is much to be proud of, and thankful for, in the manner in which men able to bear arms have come for- ward to serve their country. There is now a more earnest realisation of the fact. that this war is one in which our natioual existence is t stake. Men have enlisted in large numbers in Swansea and other parts of South Wales—all honour to them. There is safety in numbers, and everyone must hope that before it is too larte Great Britain will be able to do as she has done before—that is, to supply the needed addition to the op- position ottered t4 ;_t, and rapacity. 13FPORTS from the North-East show- that at last Germany is offering"! more solid opposition to the Russian ad vance. It was only to be expected that something of the sort would happen sooner or later, but although the Tsar's troops have not during the last few days made the progress some people antiei j pated. we juuft not be disappointed, They have now got to the stage of their advance where the, murt expect some rather harder fighting, for which thev i are iully prepared. npHE reverse will do no harm, as war goes, it will serve to strengthen the Russian determination, and we may hear by to-morrow or. the day after that they have brought op some other forces to n, pel and avenge this htde set back. News from various places in Russia shows that I the anti-German feeling amongst the I' people is reaching an acute stage. IN the advance against Austria the work done is more decisive. The battle for possession of Lemherg is not finished yei. and the Austrians are not beaten out of l'oland. But in each case the- have had very severe preliminary defeats. S all of which point to a speedy completion of that stage of the campaign and a fur- ther series of successes to the Russian armies. Some writers urge that if Kussia wins decisively in Poland and at Lcmberg, it will not be necessary for her to proceed to Buda Pestli or Vienna. That is rather a sanguine view. But what we may look forward, to (espeeially judging from how Austria and H II ngary have acted in the past) is that the de- fending armies will lie so demoralised bv I defeat, and so mauled by internal dis- sensions among the leaders, that Russia' s progress to the capitals will be comparatively easy. I TAPAN is doing some good work, and Germany has to face the fact that, whilst one of her objects in forcing war was to attain fresh colonial territories, the first real result is that she is losing ground rapidly in Africa and in the Pacific. THE Queen of Belgium has shown re- markable courage. Having paid a short visit to England, where she has arranged for the care of her young chil- dren, she has returned to Antwerp, say-} ing that her place is with her husband and her people. GÐRMASY is making some very pecu- liar, if not ominous moves. She is re-occupying and fortifying Brussels, and has. it is reported, removed her heict headquarters from Coblenz. Jt is, of i course, impossible to say what these two It moves mean. but on first sight they indi- cate that the Kaiser is not quite satisfied with his position, and is preparing, for a possible necessity to retire. In such a case. Brussels would be his first stopping- placc-a place that he would mark up I! Change hei-e for elsewhere." It is a tempting proposition, and one upon which too much stress should not be laid.

I t, SWANSEA CIVIC GUARD. The memoers of the Swansea Civic Guard—who train several times a "eck on the Swansea Rugby Ground, unuer tiio direction of -ii.a^or Bertie Perkins—have commenced Morris* tube practice. The Guard now musters more-than 100. New men are joining .iNCU OF walf.3' EXECUTIVE. rughtiy., .? The Maycr on Wednesday morning To- oiYPd a reply stating Prince oi Wales Fund would be used for alleviation or industrial distress. Mayor said Local OrA'prnment Bo ard now advised a local fund, though on their advice they at first sent ail to the Prince of Wales Fund, which they thougut all along was meant for general distress. Town Clerk saiElP Swansea had contributed £8.000 to- wards the .2:3,.000,000, and they needed gi eater assurance as to what was going to be done. Montreal's New Regiment. Montreal, Wednesday. Rccruiting commenced to-day for a regiment to be known as the Irish Fusiliers. PROVISION OF MEALS. At Swansea Education Provision of Meals Committee, it wo'■ said that for the weeks ending August Is, 22, and 2, at a cost of £t5,) 10s., and 05,191 dinners at £ 5o7 9s. Sd., and 5,09S breakfasts and 6,464 dinners tc children not on the register at cost of 296 12s. 7d. Youth Shot Dead. Harry Thomas (17), of Uxendcn Farm, Priston, near Harrow, while shooting with a miniature rifle, tell. The weapon went off and he w.s shot in the temple, death being almost instantaneous. m V L Swansea Mercantile Co., Ltd. 18, PARK STREET, SWANSEA, MAKE CASH ADVANCES DAILY from tio to 11,000. No Charge Unless Business Done. Bills Discounted. Strictly Private and Confi- dential. For further particulars apply- H. B. JONES, Managing Director.