The Cambria Daily Leader

SIXTH WELSH CASUALTIES. Two Killed. Private SHOEMAKE SHOT "I've Done My Bit, Anyhow," Official intimation has been received at Swansea of a fur- ther casualty in the ranks of the 6th Welsh, Private JShoemake, whose wife lives at Fisher-street, Swansea, having been killed in action. Particulars of the action are contained in a letter received on Sunday from a companion, hut the communication from < the ergeant of his company, in which the ead news was confirmed, was not received I until Monday morning. (Passed by Censor.) I The total casualties suffered by the 6th Welsh in France number 16, according to a statement received in Swansea on Monday, these including an offieerwho is reported to have been wounded in the leg. Another private reported wounded is Private J. Lennard, 97, Oak-terrace, Llangyfelach-road, Swansea. The death of Private A. E. Shoemake was conveyed in a letter to his wife from Sergeant E. Rowbothan. the sergeant in charge of the section, who was with liim at the time of his death. The sergeant writes: "We were sitting together, having tea, just behind the parparet. A few minutes before that he had shown me a photograph of yourself, and made the remark, Well, I have four there to be proud of. and if I was hit now I've done my bit anyhow." The bul- let struck him in foi'ehead, and death was instantaneous. He was buried with a proper service in the churchyard of a quiet little village." Private Shoemake was 25 years of age, and had previously served in the army. lie joined the 6th Welsh on the outbreak of war. Prior to that he was employed in the Man net-man li Tube Works. As a boy he served as a telegraph messenger at the Swansea Post Office. Private Albert Shoemake was very popu- la.r with his companions in D ? Com- panv. He could write a graphic letter, and many of his epistles home, describ- ing his experiences liav-i been published in the Cambria Daily Lecider." He leaves a widow and iliree children. tlis parents reside at the IJafod. Regimental Casualties, The regimental casualties are as follows: Killed in action 2 Killed by a train 1 Drowned 7 Wounded in action 6 16 [A copy of the photograph referred to above is reproduced upon Page Six.] Wounded in Left Hand. News has been received by Mrs. Len- nard, of 97 Oak-terrace, Llangyfelach-road, Swansea, that her son. Private Joseph Lennard, of the 6th Welsh, has been wounded at the front. Writing from hospital. Pte. Lennard eays: I have been wounded in the left hand. Am getting on fine. It has done very little damage—at least. not so much ar- T expected it to do." Before the war Pte. Lennard was a collier working at Llanelly. He is 19 years of age. Mrs. Lennard. who is a widow, has four of her nine sons serving their King and country. The other three are Corpl. T. J. Lennard. of the 2nd Welsh, who hap heen wounded at the front and is now in this country; Sergt. Richard Lennard. of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, now recovering from wounds; and. Driver F. J. Lennard. of the A.S.C.. who has not yet been to the front. Two of these four sons are married and two single.

DETECTIVE'S DEATH REMARKABLE STORY TOLD AT AN INQUEST. I ARMY CAPTAINS ARREST I The Coroner's inquiry into the circum- stances of the death of Alfred Young, a detective, who was fatally stiot at llampi- stead on the 11th instant, while engaged with a comrade in suing a legal process upon Captain Richard Gorges, was re- sumed at Hampstead on Monday morn- ing. The first witness to-day was Constable William Cock, who produced plans of the flat occupied by Captain Gorges, and stated that the staircase leading to the spot at which the shot was fired was not huhted. Detec five-Sergeant Askew said last Wednesday week he received a warrant for the arrest of Captain Gorges. The Co-oriei-: What was the charge? Mr. Scanlan, M.P., representing the ac- cused, objected to the Coroner's question, stating that the charge was irrelevant to the present inquiry. The Coroner said he was afraid he must rule it relevant, as the nature of the charge would have an effect in judging of accused 's intentions and state of mind. He directed the Press, however, not to specify the charge. Witness, continuing, said that a col- league, in the course 01" hi" inquiries, hal heard that Captain Gorges would shoot stone dead the nrst detective who put a lisnd upon him," ) n consequence of a suspicion of danger it was agreed not. h. I attempt to arrest indoors. Y- ung had! armed himself with a bis stick, and when his knock was answeied and he entered the house witness was surprised, in view of the agreement not to make an arrest ir. doors- Gorges was standing erect on the stairs, vith squared shoulders, and his hands behind his back. Young passed Captain (u rges and stood or the lower stairs, so that accused was between two officers. Gorges invited them up to his room, and said, "run go up Hrst." His hands eeemed to he fumbling bphind Us back. Deceased asked Gorges to lead the way, and told him Jk was under arrest. Noticing a movement, witness jumped. intending to pin Gorges tf) the wall. Gorges drew his right hand from bellind him and aimed the revolver at Young. firing at a range of aiout a foot. De- ceased appeared for the fraction of. a second as though attempting to claep his assailant, and then reeled and fell head- long downstairs. iiere witness broke down and wept. (Proceeding).

ITALY AND GREECE —————— -0 —————— New Foes Turkey Must Prepare to Fight. Rome, Saturday.—Negotiations are pending for a more extensive co-operation j on the part of Italy with the Allies.— Renter's Special. Paris, Sunday.—The Parisian papers be- gin to consider as inevitable not only an imminent rupture between Italy and Turkey hut also an actual declaration of war by Italy. Both the Journal and the Matin H recognise that the Italians have every right; to come to the conclu- sion that they have been mocked quite enough by Turkey, which, they say, is treating Italy its if she were already at war.—Exchange. A Greek Demand. Athens, Sunday.-The Turkifh Minister has just handed to the Greek Government a letter which is believed to be the Turkish reply to the strong steps de- manded by the Greek Government relative to the persecution of Greek subjects in Turkish territory. The letter is conceived in the same spirit as the communique that followed the re- moval of the Greeks from the northern coast of the Sea of Marmora into Asia Minor. The Turkish view is that these measures are dictated by military neces- sity and must. not, be regarded as perse- cutions—Exchange. Rome, Saturday.—Greece has sent eight destroyers to demonstrate before Vurla, near Smyrna, as a protest against the Turkish ill-treatment of Greek subjects. The relations between (lie two countries are very strained.—Exchange. I

ESCAPED GERMANS RECAPTURED. The three German prisoners who escaped from Alexandra Palace, London, the previous Monday were re-captured on Sunday a few miles from Enfield.

CANADIANS ENLIST AT SWANSEA. Amongst a number of recruits who left. Swansea this morning for training in the Royal Naval Division were four smart young Canadians, who had worked their passage to this ountry in order to enh-t in H.M. Forces.

QUARRYMAN'S 40FT. FALL. The Cwm Capel Quarry, Burryport, was the scene of a terrible accident on Satur- day, an elderly man, John Daniel, resid- ing at Pencoed-road, falling a distance of over in feet on to some stones below. The unfortunate man sustained a broken leg and arm. and his head was badly cut. He was removed to hospital at Llanelly, and died a few hours later.

GERMAN RAILWAY TO CALAIS. Paris. Sunday.—M. de La. Yallee, a journalist of Liege, declares that the Ger- mans are diligently constructing, a railway line to link up Aix la Chapelle with Calais. The line had been surveyed long before the war, and the German Govern- ment had urged the Belgian Government to undertake its construeitttn. Since the occupation the work has been pushed for- ward with all speed by the contracting firm of Holzmann and Co., of Frankfurt. I The central office for the works is at Liege, The line runs via Bleiberg, Sippen- acken, Fourron; Margate, and Berneau. 't and Beriieaii. On the right bunk of the Meuse at Ber- neau is a viaduct of reinforced concrete to to 60 feet high, which is connected by a bridge across the river with a similar via- .duct on the other fide.

CLOSING IN, GERMANS CROSS THE NAREV. = ENEMY STRAINING EVERY EFFORT TO I ADVANCE. j WARSAW EVACUATED. Tl -h t th I Though straining every resource at their I command to win Warsaw. German pro- gress during the week-end has been low. Berlin announces the breaking of the Narev line north-east of Warsaw, the cap- ture by assault of the Narev fortresses of Roshan and Pultusk, and the crossing of the river by the German armies in con- siderable force along a stretch of about 50 miles. It is added that the German armies "are approaching the Bug. south-east, of Pul- tusk." This would bring the enemy to a I point about 30 miles from Warsaw to the north-east. In this region the Bug forms a se-conrl line of defence behind the Narev, and is fortified. Only ten miles south of. the Bug runs the great trunk railway from War- saw to Petrograd—the spinal cord of the Russian military position in Central Poland. Cables from Russia announce the evacu- ation of Warsaw by portions of the civil ?population. The munitions factories. j their machines, and workmen are being transferred into the interior of Russia. Menace Against Riga. I A similar evacuation is going on at Riga, the great Russian naval port on the Bal- tic. which is now threatened by the ad- vancing German forces. In front of Warsaw the enemy claims to have pushed forward his lines towards ?the city, but the alleged advance is in- Iappreciable and cannot be traced on a fairly large scale map. In Southern Poland terrific efforts are llieing made by the Grand Duke Franz Joseph and Field-Marshal von Mackensen to secure firm possession of the important Ivangorod-Lublin-Cholm railway. Great battles are proceeding within a few miles of the line, hut the enemy are unable to claim any real successes. Along the whole 1,000-inile front from the Baltic to Bessarabia, the Russians are fighting stubbornly. The battle for the Warsaw triangle—the most stupendous in the war—is only in its opening stages. The following official communiques record the latest developments in the operations: I Rearguard Actions. I I Amsterdam, Sunday.—To-day's German official communique says:— The army of General Buelow is engaged in rearguard actions. Yesterday a fur- ther 6.000 prisoners were brought in. In the attacks on Jesia, south of Kowno, and in the vicinity of Demhowo (ten kilo- metres north-east of Suwalki) Russian trenches were taken. The Narev has lieen crossed along the entire front from the south of Ostrolenka to Pultusk. South-east of Pultusk our troops are approaching the Bug. South- west of this fortress, despite tenacious opposition, we have reached the line Nasielek—Gzowo. West of Blonie we took several enemy positions. South of Warsaw the places Ustanow, Lbiska, and Jazgarew were stormed. I Routh-Eastern Theatre of War.—The situation of the German troops remains unchanged.—Press Association War Special. 18 Miles North of Warsaw. ( The advance towards the Bug south-east of Poltusk represents an attempt to reach the important line of railway which runs north-east from Warsaw to Bielostok. The Bug joints the Narev eighteen miles due north of Warsaw, and thereafter, owing to the presence of many rivers, the ground becomes increasingly difficult as Warsaw is approached. Nasielsk is fourteen miles north-east of Novo Georgievsk The points which the enemy claims to have stormed south of Warsaw do not ap- pear on any of the ordinary maps, but there is nothing to suggest that the Rus- sian front between Blonie and Gora Kal- varja has been modified to any consider- able extent. I The Russian Report. Petrograd, Saturday.—The following om&ial communique is issue d to-nigb.t?— There was no nghting in the Mitau region yesterday. On the Yanishai-Slhavli-Rossieny front the enemy continues his movement east- wards. On the Narev front an attack by the enemy on the left bank of the Pissa, on Thursday night was successfully repulsed despite his use of poisonous gas. The enemy is straining every effort in an attempt to force the Narev in the Roshan and Pultusk sector and vèIPv stubborn fighting occurred here yesterday. The situation on the Vistula is un- changed. Some aittacks upon our advanced positions at Georgievsk and Ivangorod were repulsed Between the Vistula and the Western Bug there was energetic firing in the direction of Lublin, and the enemy made an attempt to advance towards Bebjitze. Seveire fighting occurred on the Khmiele- Voeslavitze front. The Russians effected numerous successful counter-attacks on Thursday night, penetrating as far as the enemy's artillery positions. The condi- tions of the fighting- did not allow of any of the guns which the enemy had abandoned being carried away. In the region of Grubieszow consider- able forces were concentrated by the enemy, who succeeded in advancing some- what to the nnrth after hot fighting. The fighting on 'the Bug in the region of Sokal continued yesterday. New Ger- man troops were observed to have arrived.

j BRESLAU TORPEDOED. I Athens, Saturday.—According toO reliable I advices received hellp from Constanti- nople, the Bre«ia.u has been torpedoed in the Black Sea, and has returned to Con- Pta'tttiai-ople with a bole six metres long, by three metres wide. under the water- line, between the third and fourth funnels. A German submarline (U 51) has stranded off Tcfhekenadje. Up to the present 34 vessels, with a total toiiTtage of 130,000 tons, have been sunk in tb,(- Sea, of Marmora and the Black Sea. -r-leu ter.

PIRATES OUT AGAIN. I SMALL STEAMER TORPEDOED WITHOUT WARNINC. MANY LIVES LOST. The trading steamer Firth (406 tone), of Aberdeen, which was bound from a French port to the Firth of Forth, was torpedoed on Sunday off Orfordnees, Suffolk, four of the crew being killed. The submarine was not. seen by the crew, and no warning was given. The vessel was struck aft. and the /engineer, his. son, a steward, a I n J fi r'm au. wer-e killed. The survivors clirfig to the head of the vessel until a patrol boat came on the. scene and took them on board. They were landed at Lowestoft. French Crew Rescued. I Lloyd's Cape Wrath agent Trawler Yokohama picked up crew of l French steamer Datiae- sunk by two Ger- man. submarines 80 miles northeast of Cape Wrath OIl Friday at eleven p.m., bringing them to Stornoway. The Danae was bound from Liverpool for Archangel. The Danae was a steamer of 1,505 tons. registered at Caen, France. Trawler Destroyed. < The pirates have again been busy among the Lowestoft fishing fleet. On Saturday night the tr?wler? Kathleen, Henry Charles, Activity, and Prosper were stopped by a small submarine, whooe crew bombed the vessels after ordering the crews to take to their boats. Two of the crews were brought into Lowestoft by a patrol boat and the remainder of the men were landed from a local trawler. It is stated that the submarine carried no gun. All Hands Perish. I The Grimsby trawler Perseus was lost with the whole of the crew of ten hands on Saturday. The trawler Liudum, ar- riving at Grimsby on Sunday, brought the bodies of Con-stanb ne (skipper), Pickett mate), and Monkton (deck- hand). The other bodies have, not been recovered. The trawlers Undum and Ventnor were fishing within sight of the Perseus when the crews lieard an explosion, after which the Perseus disappeared. Without thought of their own 6afetv the skippers of hoth the Lindum and Ventnor lowered their 6mall boats and pulled about among the wreckage hopin to Fave liic? but only succeeded in picking up three dead bodies. At first, it was thought the Perseus had been attacked by a sub- marine, but the.belief is that she struck a mine.

BOY HERO OF 9 Gallant Act in Swansea Has Its Reward. There was a pleasing incident at the Swansea Police Court 011 Monday, when the Chairman of the Bench (Mr. Richard Martin) presented to a nine-year-old boy, named Clifford Williams, of Beaufort House, Strand, a certificate for bravery. In a few happy remarks, punctuated by words of approval from the court, Mr. Martin said that the certificate was being presented by the Swansea Corporation. You arc," he said, a little hero, and ] am delighted to know that we have hoys amongst, us who are so brave. You are as brave as any man who went to war." The speaker went, on to tell the court that Williams, although fully dressed, had jumped into the North Dock and had saved another lad—older than himself— who was in imminent danger of being drowned. The certificate. Mr. Martin said. should be fratied, and he would pay for the framing. (Applause).

PATRIOTIC SWANSEA BROTHERS. The three sons of Mr. Sydney Palmer, j Swansea. are serving in the new army, Mr. Leonard William Palmer having been appointed a second lieutenant in the iJrcl; South Wales Borderers Lieutenant. Robt. Svdnev Palmer is in the Swansea Bat- talion] and Private T. C. Palmer is with the 7th Welsh Cydists.

FIRST ASCENT OF MONT RlANC. Geneva, Saturday.—The first ascent of illont Blalle t.hyear has beei made by an American lad, Antony Hill, of New York. Mr. Hill, who is only 17 and has been studying in Geneva, was accompanied by a Swiss professor as guide, and the ascent was made in splendid weather.

RUSSIAN SOCIALISTS AID MILITARY. Petrograd. Sunday.—Hitherto, members of the Extreme Left (Socialists" of the Duma had not been admitted ko the military and naval committees, and, in consequence of this restriction, the Con- stitutional Democrats also refused to par- ticipate in the labours of these com- mittees. The Government, has now decided, how- ever, that Socialists and Labour members slhall be admitted in proportion to their numbers to serve on these committees. This is regarded as the most convincing answer that could be made to the reports spread from German sources of dis- sensions in Russia.—Reiuter. J

WAR CORRESPONDENT'S ESCAPE. I Amsterdam. Saturday—Mr. Geoffrey Pyke, Renter's' special correspondent in Denmark at the time of the outbreak of war. with Mr. Edward Falk. of the Nigeria Political Sendee, arrived here to- day after an adventurous escape from Ruhleben. Mr. Pyke was imprisoned in Berlin for four months, while Mr. Falk was in the military gaol at Hanover. Both com- plained of harsh treatment, particularly before their transference to Ruhleben. Their escape, which had been long con- certed, was successfully executed, despite many serious obstacles on the journey ti, the Dutch frontier, where both were arrested, heingsuspeeted of smuggling TJieir reception by the Dutch was ex- tremely kind. Both the escaped prisoners are rapidly recovering from the severe strain of their long tramp across country by nizht.Reuter..

AFTER THE COAL STRIKE, FIXINC WACE RATES i MINERS ASKED TO CURTAIL THEIR HOLIDAYS. CmC)LiAI!M BOARD MEEDHC CONCILIATION BOARD MEETING '■ -n.. f ?*? (By our Mining Corrispondent). i The first meeting of the representatives of the ooaiowners and of the workmen connected with the collieries of South Wales for the purpose of considering and incorporating the new terms of settle-j ment under the new joint agreement was l held on Monday at. the Engineers' Insti- tute, Cardiff. The proceedings in the morning were preceded by separate meetings of the work- men and of colliery owners in order to arrange preliminaries. Subsequently, at noon, a joint con- ciliation meeting was held, with Mr. Fred L. Davis presiding on the owners' side, and Mr. J. Wimtoue on the workmen's bide. There were also present MessrN. '_I' Richard', M-P., general secretary of the miners, and Mr. W. Ca?'oigne Dalziel.j secretary of the coalowners; together with l Mi. W. P. Nicholas, the workmen's solicitor, and Mr. K(>nhok, the ({)}lien'-I owners' solicitor. There was a full at- tendance of members of the committee on both sides It wa, decided that a sub-committee should be appointed for the purpose of drafting terms of the new agreement by ¡ the Joint Board. Men's Official Report. Mr. Richards' official report stated that the following represented the ivorlnien Messrs. Winstone, Onions, Richards. Barker, Morell, J. D. Morgan. Walter Levis, David Lewis, Vernon Hartshorn. It was resolved to ask Viscount St. Aldwyn to become independent chairman of the new board, and that a meeting of the Joint Sub-Committee should be called I for Wednesday morning at half-past tell, ic being left to the sub-joint, committee to decide upon the date for the next Board meeting. It was also agreed that the workmen be strongly recommended to curtain their August holidays to one day instead of three, which they were entitled to. Rates to be Retrospective. Mr. Richards also wished the workmen to know that. the wagP8 payable on Satur- day next will be made upon the terms and conditions of the old Conciliation Board agreement pending the rearrangement of the rate under the new agreement, which will be made retrospective to the day of the resumption of work, July 22nd. The members of the coalowners to serve upon the sub-committee were of course nominated by the coalowrers. For that meeting another official report will be issued. Subsequently a meeting of the Coal Owners' Association for South Wales and Mqnmouthsli-ire was held in the large sembly hall of the Enginceri-i* Inst itute in order to receive the report of the mem- bers of the Conciliation Board of ti-le owners side. It was subsequently arranged that the meeting of the Council of the South Wales Miners' Federation should be held at Cardiff on Tuesday.

A NEW PRESIDENT. Santiago-de-Chile, Sunday.—Senor J. Luis Sanfuentes was to-day elected rresi- dent of the Republic.

FEWER TRAMPS IN WALES. j The decrease in the nmnbgr of tramps in the counties of Brecon, Glamorgan, and Monmouth, for the past quarter was 22,197, making over 70,000 decrease since the war began.

FRENCH DESTROYER'S BRILLIANT WORK. Toulon. Sunday.—Navy orders issued here announce that the French destroyer Bisson has just carried out a brilliant operation by destroying the Austrian sub- marine and aeroplane supply station at Lagosta Island, cutting the cable and killing several Austriaris. The French had one Bluejacket, killed. He was solemnly buried at Brindisi.

FRIGHTENED BY WAR SERMONS! An interesting address was given at the Swansea Wesley Brotherhood on Sun- day afternoon by the HeL F. Sparrow. He said it was with difficulty that a speaker co,ulcl give an address without dealing with the great question of the moment, but. he was steering clear of it as it was playing or- people's nerves. In fact he knew of a case where a reverend gentleman had so studied plans of attack and df fence on the battlefield that he had made some of his congregation too nervous to attend worship. He (the speaker) cherished the hope of a uni- versal brotherhood, but that must be put aside until the great, barbarous Ger- man nation is defeated. An excellent solo was rendered by Miss Hilda Freeman.

GERMAN TRIBUTE TO KITCHENER Amsterdam, Saturday.—In an ajticle on I Britain's new armies, the. Berlin corres- pondent of the "Koelnisehe Volkszeitung" pays a high tribute to the organising tal- ent of Lord Kitchener, and says: "Even German envy must adnut that his recruit- ing has been an organising performance of the very first rank." The. article continues: Certainly the new army is composed, for a great part, of inferior elements, and is not equal, of course, in quality, to the old, small mercenary English Army. But war ex- perience will come with time to these young English troop.s. just as to our own, and in view of the good military talents of the English people, they will soon have become very valuable. These young English troops have already shown that they are enemies to he respected, and that nothing would be a greater mistake than to underestimate them."—-Ueuter. )

THEWAR Resume of To-day's Messages. j Leader" Office, 5 p.m. Petrograd has sent along no news to-day, but yesterday's German communiques claim that the enemy has crossed the river Narev in force. Warsaw and Riga. are being evacuated by the Russians. It is unofficially reported from Chiasso Hut. I',di hi warship has captured German submarine and her crew of forty. The 6th Welsh, Swansea's premier regi- ment, has been in action for some time, and to-day we learn that two members of the regiment, have been ishot in action, one accidentally killed, seven drowned, and six wounded in action. Of the two killed in action. Private Shoemake's is the only name made known up to date. General Botha, has disclosed the fact that the Kaiser had given a guarantee to the traitor Maritz to preserve the inde- pendence of South Africa. Brigadier General Lukin, D.S.O., will command the Union's first contingent to Europe. Four British trawlers, one British trader, and one French steamer, have been sunk by German submarines, four lives being lost. Gorizia has been evacuated by the Aus- trians, and its capture by the Italians is rega.rded as imminent. It is esti- mated that up to Sunday 20,000 Austrian prisoners have been taken by our Allies.

BULCARACRiEMENl I New Territory Obtained by Turkish Agreement. Sofia, Friday.—I understand that the agreement arrived at between Bulgaria and Turkey in regard to the cession of Dedragatch Railway implies no engage- ment, whatever of a political character on the part of either country. Bulgaria neither 'binds herself to remain neutral nor to permit the passage of contraband of Avar to Turkey. Under the new arrangement Bulgaria obtains the who!? extent of t.he line traversing Turkish territory, together with stations, Karagach, Demotika, and Kulchi Burg, as the Bulgarian frontier will coincide with the course of the River Maritza, all territory west becom- ing Bulgarian. Round Karagach, Stri, and Adrhmople, Bulgaria claims a zonp of one mile, 1,572 yards. If this is con- ceded the new line will be constructed, affording Turkey independent access to Adrianople. The reply of the Eentento Powers to the hut Bulgarian Note is anxiously livwaited here. There is reason to believe if tlii, country were assured regarding I the future of Macedonia, and guaranteed against an attack on the part of neigh- bouring States, a marked change would I result in policy.

TWO ZEPPELINS RETURN HOME. I Amsterdam, -lion da.v.-T]i P. Nieuws Van Den Dag" learns from Vleeland that two.Zeppelins flying east to west were seen yesterday. Later on they returned, and disappeared in a northerly direction.

CYCLONE IN AUSTRIA. P d 7'"rh-T 1" Paris, Sunday.—The "-Journal Geneva i correspondent reports that a violent cyclone in Austria has devastated the fruit crops. Cut corn was dispersed by the wind, and the lightning set fire to a gri,ol number of farms. Several deaths a.re re,po;tted.Ex(-hange.

A SERBiAN DENIAL. I Paris, Monday.—The Rome correspon- dent of the Matin" telegraphs that. newspapers publish an official note from Serbia, energetically denying the report which has appeared in Austrian and Ger- man organs, declaring that captured I Albanians were armed with Italian rilfes, and that the Serbian Government in- tended to make a protest to Rome.

MYSTERIOUS SHIP EXPLOSION. I New York, Saturday.—An explosion, the origin of which is unknown, occurred to-day in thf forward hold of the British steamer Cragsido in dock on the Hudson River. The explosion was followed hy a fire which was, however, speedily checked. The Cragside was to leave to-night, for England with a cargo of sugar. It will be delayed for a few days. The cargo, which was valued at a hundred and fortv thousand dollars, is believed to have been completely de-st royi-,d ter.

uSWwwIMMING FATALITIES. wIte-71 boys werfc bathing in a disused pond near the old Vulcan Works, Barrow- in-Furness, Lancashire, Oil Sunday after- noon. one named Beckett got into diffi- culties Oil entering the water, which con- tained a 'lot of ,t I'ingy weeds. Tlif, friend. Blakeborough, a lad of 17, tried to rescue him but sank. Beckett, could be seen floating just under the surface of the water. Another swimmer brought him to the tide. Artificial respiration was tried, but without success. Seme time after the body of Blakeborough was also recovered. Soldiers bathing from a boat at Cilee- thorpes, Lincolnshire, on Sunday after- noon noticed that a comrade. Private John Thomas Ferguson, was in diffi- culties. He was rescued, but art-ifidgi restoration, failed. (

< 6th WELSH CORPORAL KILLED. (Passed by Censor). News has also been received in Swansea of the death in action of a Corporal of the 6th Welsh. His name has not yet been ascertained. Damage to the Benalla. Lloyd's Durban message on Monday sars the Benalla has the cargo in No. 2 Hold very seriously damaged by fire and water. As far as can be ascertained, very little damage was done to the cargo in Nos. 1 and 3 holds. Sunk by Submarine. A Lloyd's Lerwick message, dated Monday, states that the steamer Grange- wood, of London, Arcliaugcl to Havre, was sunk by an enemy submarine in the North Sea The crew of 2t were landed there at midnight. The Grange- wood was a steel screw steamer of 3,122 tons, and was built at Sunderland in 1902. She was owned by the Grati- tude S.S. Company, Ltd. American Steamer Sunk by Pirates. A Lloyd's message from Kirkwall oh Monday t-gays ,fiw American steamer Leelanau, Archangel for Belfast, with a cargo of flax, wits iunk by a German submarine yesterday. The crew were landed there on Monday morning. MESOPOTAMIA VICTORY. In the IIouse of Commons to-day Mr. Chamberlain reported on the operations in Mesopotamia and the River Euphra- tes. On July 2Mh a British force cap- tured tho enemy's main position, takfng eleven guns, two machine guns, and several hundred prisoners, and 600 dead Turks wore counted. FRENCH COMMUNIQUE. PARIS, Monday. The following official communique was issued this afternoonThere has been reported in the course of the night only artillery actions between Aix-Noulette and Souvhcz, a.s well as in the region of Soissons. There was a grenade fight from trench to trench in the Bors D'Ailly, and the Hartmanns- tvei-lerkopf was bombarded. Our avia tors droplled bombs of 90 m.m. calibre and steel arrows on the military station, of Nantillors, to the north of Mount Saucon. Welsh Postponement Bill Withdrawn. In Commons to-day Sir John Simon announced the, withdrawal of the Welsh. Church Bill. An Order in Council has to be made postponing Disestablishment Atil the end oi the war. c* <

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SUBMARINE CAPTURED Pirate's Disastrous Attempt to Torpedo Italian Warship. Chiasso. Sunday. —Information has been received of the capture of a Herman sub- marine with a crew of forty men, which attempted to attack an Italian ship on the 11th inst. The torpedo caught in the metallic pro- tecting net. and failed to penetrate.

isNOTHINC TO AMUSE US" I An Apoeal From Some 6th Welsh" Boys." N W have nothing to amuse ourselves nrlien we are resting." The lament comes from some of the iboyr, of t.he 6th Battalion Welsh Regt., now at the front. who ask that the Leader would use its good offices obtaining for them a football or a mouth- organ or two. To past appeals similar in nature our Tpaders have been good enough to com- ply. Not one has passed unanswered and, eeeing what gladness these very ordinary artjcl bring to our gallant khaki lads. ,we feel confident that the request will be qu'ckly gratified. We shall be happy to forward to Private J. Christelow, 7th Platoon, B Company, 6th Welsh, either footballs cr mouth-organs sent in response to this ]fcfipeaL j