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'EASTEP.it FRONT. I -ooe¡;;> Aliisd Forces Linked I ACMSS Sibaria, AN UNSROKEN LiNE. I l[,¡' \l,tnt:11'H'i1'  ')0 P lP I' liar bin, Manch uri a.'??.udny, 7.?0 p.in. ? —The va'?uar d o' the C2?, L.. I i 'k f()r, i';um Verehnt'udinsk (80 miles east of Lake Baikal) have joined hands with Colonel SemenofFs forces 011 the Onon miles south-east ot V-crch- ncudins{v). General Dietrich" (commander ct the Czechs from Vladivostok! is already I" telegraphic communication -with th0 Transbaikal Czechs. From Pcnsa, on the Volga, in Europe, to Vladivostok, on the Japan ijea, there is ii'o*,r nu ui.interrupted chain of Allied ¡ trccp.— Daily Mail." BERLIN'S CONCESSION. I Jnvcttia p ( Moscow) telegram the Central Lx- • ecutive Committee iuvs ratilhxl treaties supplementary Lv the Brest-Litovsk Treaty. At a secret Communist meeting in Mos- cow M. Lenin reported, according to the i'ravda," that this contained improve- ments upon the Lhovsk Treaty, that a number of towns and governments iiad been returned, and that Russia had full liberty concern ing t ite nationalisation of the political economy.— "cuter.

f THE OOMESS. CALL. FOR HUN LABOUR WAR AIMS i 48-HOUR WEEOAMANDED DERBY, Wedne-jday. •'••The Trades Union CCl)g('h met here awhile-day. The Agnc'ultu?'al Labourers' Union hrowdrt no a revolution urging Govern- ment eoe of national agricultural 1.thd, and .declaring that the production, dic-ti'ibution, and control of all agricul- tural produce should be ill Government hands. The. resolution wa~ agreed lo nem con. IL W. Sherwood (General Workers) m a ed a resolution, asking for universal red uction of houife of b bour to iS a week, without reduction of Lord )f a hours', day was referred to, and ,1r, John Hr (Boilermakers') moved an amendment in.favour of a 44 hour*' week, and that M -tematic O\ertime declared illegal, and that the maximum overtime should not exceed 32 a 211011th, and that no person under 18. should work overtime. There was huight 'i' when Mr. Hill re- ferred to engineers in America who, work- ing four hour- a day. earned more and did more than in 12 hours a day worked fcrpierly. ,¡', 11 A car d vole re. til ted as fo llows: L'or tile resolution i.tt>S,U00 Tor T|IC rc.-olution WHS dcclarea carriea. LABOUR. WAR AIMb. Mr. J. H. Thomas, M.P., mo-.eu:— I'htU this Congress re<?'rni-~ the Ktaok- p ici i»e?olution, and calls for the war aims of the Labour and .Sogialist i^ertiev of the '"eiifial Powcff in answer to the war aims cf t he inier-Allieit Conference held in Lon- which asks for the t!Cfti u,ti(\;1 of the pal ftrary power a.ny where that can separ- at.?;: cecretJy, t:;?d of i!.? ?u??' cl)?i?. dis- turb the !it ace of the world, or it it can- i;ot. be decoyed, at the. least its reduction to vii'ual uupotencc. and further demands thj. when peac>. i* being) di?cu&hcd. adc- the 1 cace Conference. It 11:2'(, the Government to pstablish pe'? nT-?oti???' imme<liately the enemy I cither voluntarily or by com pulsion, eva- cuates franco and Belgium, ud H'nffirms its policy nt the nrincipl? of tb.e niteiri-a- tio?«! us the saf(?t Fuarantee of the world's Pt.'Kr. Tsic rescbitnn was passed by an over- wht»5iiiiug majority..

MACEDONIAN SUCCESS. I The A.?ceiution. covre-spondent in Macedonia spates that on Sunday ve took five jriu-tops ■south-west of Ghcvghc'li and of Alehak Mahle. They, formed a salient in our line; rnd were strongly for- tiisd. We took 56 prisoners, including an officcr.

B UftR YPORT LAN D OFFERED. James, L.L, Swan- ¡ ,t,<,¡¡;t W" public auction at the'Tlotel Metropole, Swaese: on Tuesday, the eight-roomed leasehol 1 .dwelliug-house, Xo. 7, Buvrows-terrace, Burryport, let at a rental ffs. <>d. per week, with 30 years' unexpired lease, for, £ 'M-r/. The freehold land, 25 acres in -tent, ad'ci'.iing the G.W. and -Gwendraeih Val- ley Hallways at Burryport, was with- drawn at C23,.jOO.

INEWTO-N GIRLS BABY. I At the Sw-atisea County Police Court on Wednesday Eva ilickson, a single woman of X^vUoi, Mumbles, summoned Win. Blake, a eeaihan in the R.N.K., to show cau.-o, etc. A female child was boni in June last. Defendant admitted the pater- nity, and stated that he would have married the girl if the had not deceived 'him.She had told him that she was a widow, and until recently he did not know* that she gave hirth to an illegiti- mate dlild thre years ago. An order of 3s. week was made.

OPERATIONS I H PALEST !NE. I P.KliyK BUKEAU, Wednesday. The "War Office announces:— isiace August llfh, activity has in the main been confined to aerial bombing raids against the enemy establishments on the liedjar. railway, patrol encounters east ot the Jordan, and raiding enter- prises. against the enemy's advanced lines. In the area l(II) iiiiles north of Medina the Arab forces of the King of IK Ijaz have continued tiieir raids on the Iledjaz railway. A Turkish on the Arab forces near Cihn- Naam was driven off with loss to the enemy of 50 killed and wounded and 10 prisoners.

AUSTRALIA AND THE WAR. Important Split in N.S.W. Labour Rank?. A telegram from Melbourne, sent on Tuesday, received on Wednesday, says:— An important hjtour split has occurrf } in New .South Wales. It i", the outcome of -1 be-—decision of the Inter-States Con- leiic^e-to take a ballot of the unions as to whether Laham- shall itirti.,er partici- pate in recruiting unless the Allies ex- press their readiness to enter into peace negotiations, and no penal indemnities, and also whether Australia's man power req\uro)ueuts to lie first met in reflect to lioiue defence and the requirements of industry, and with three exceptions the New South Wales Federal m-emhershave signed a manifesto urging the unions to vote in the negative, as otherwise the Government will have the opportunity of introducing conscription by regulation. The ballot cloe.es on the 1st of November.

I MUMBLES WATER. I Consumption Moderate Considering Number of Visitors. At the meeting of the Oystermouth Water and Sewers Committee on Tues- day, Councillor F. E. Beer presiding, the Surveyor said that 6,660,000 gallons of water had been registered at the reser- voir meters during July, as compared with 7,307,000 gallons in July. 1917. Dur- ing August 8,212,000 gallons had been fe- gi>tcted, as compared with lons for August, 1317. The surveyor slid that considering the large influx of visit- ors to this season, lie considered I it most satisfactory. The Chairman: Yes: very satisfactory. 1r. C, P. Bell: It is the best report we have had since the Cray wafer was laid on. Mr. J. J. Jones: Do you consider the advent 9f a record number of visitors to the place is due to Mumbles having a bet- ter supply oc water P The Cheur4MiB; X wouidu't say that. v- •• • I

[CROWN PRINCE1 Explains Away the Defeat I 'OUR EUSTICdefence: The Crown Prince has been talking! I A long Amsterdam message received by the Cambria Daily Leader on Wed- nesday gives an interesting record of an interview he lias given the correspondent ot the Budapest jot,iial. Az Est." It is very much in the Crown Prince" mood; The looter of rrerch residences repels the charge that he is a fire-eater." If Germany had wanted war," he saifl. wo should not have chosen this moment. No moment could hav been more unfavour- able to Germany. Belgium was, after all, only a pretext. England intervened be- cause German competition was unbear- able to her, and the English had simply I to work more than "STAKE NOT EQUAL TO THE WIN-! I NINGS." i How 4LIoe, your imperial Highness ex- pect the end will corner aeked the in- I terviewer. Through the enemy perceiving, an- ewcred the Crown Prince. that the col- ossal stake is not equal to the winnings, and that they cannot win as much as they are bound to lose. The euemy assault will doubtless still last some time, but our it enemies must themselves see that they will not be able tu attain their aim." THE AMERICANS. How does the enemy light? asked the correspondent. Tho Crown Prince replied" The French fight brilliantly,, and are bleeding to death. They do not hesitate at any eaeriiice. With the English, the indivi- dual man is very good and tenacious, but the leadership is Jêlicicnt., Among; the I Americans, I have found the majority do l not know what they are fighting for. But we feel, of course, the effect of the entry of the Americans. They have sent over very much material, and are now tending- over very much human material. EXPLAINING THE "ELASTIC DEFENCE!" The enemy onset against our front I continues, the Crown Prince. Ow- ing to our elastic defence, we are with- drawing at several pcfints. These enemy attacks, and the withdrawal of our front at places, are often wrongly interpreted. Some people among U6 are too accus- tomed to a continuous advance, and, when a battle occurs in which the enemy at- tacks, and we have to defend ourselvo.s, ■ the situation is not always correctly un- derstood THE SAINTLY BOCH! The war is one of annihilation only ior the enemy, not for us. We want to unmhiiate nue of. our enemies. We mean, jioiv evvT, tw. hold our own. We speak openly of victory. The word vic- tory must not be undei-stoodito mean that we want to annihilate the enemy, but only that we mean to hold our own, and not to let ourselves- be vanquished. The moment England entered the war that was clear to me."

KILLED BY LORRY. J Sad Fate of Little Lad at I Clydach. Giyn Daries, the ten-year-old eon of I)-- vies' Brookwood Hcucze. Martin- street, Clydach, and of the late Mr. David Davies, architect, was accidentally killed being knocked down by a passing lorry in the main street at Clydach on Tues- day afternoon. The little lad was in the act of hoarding a bug, 'and before the lorry could be stopped he was knocked down. The body war, conveyed to the home of the lad's grandfather in Sybil- .street.

'BUS AND WAGON COLLIDE. While proc?edin? up Northampton Gardens at about 10.30 a.m. on Wednes- day a motor 'bus belonging to the Swan- sea Tramways Co., collided with a light I wa?ou. breaking the front axle and throwing the occupant on to the road. No I one was injured.

MILK VENDOR FINED £15., 1 Willialp Porter (33), milk vendor, sum- moned at Swansea County Police Court, on Wednesday, for selling milk contain- ing 13 per cent. added water, and being :íI per cent, deficient in butter fat, and for celling milk with 11 per cent. added I water and 10 per cent, deficient in butter fat. was fined XS for the first offence, and .f:ï ior the c-petnd offence. )

BOYS AND STEEL SCRAP. Four boys, of ages ranging between 12 and 15 years, were each bound over for 12 months in the sum of tS., and ordered To pay the costs of the cate, at Swansea Ceuntv Juvenile Court, on Wednesday, for stealing a quantity of fccrap iron, yalued 6d., and with damaging 30 bundles of scrap, valued ï., at the Groyesend Steel Works on August 8th.

A RUSSIAN'S MURDER.  Amsterdam, Wednesday.—A Moscow tlegram to Berlin describes the mu?der of M. Dritzki. Commissioner for Home Aj?airs. A youn? man entered his wait- ing room, and as he entered, shot him. The murderer mounted a cycle, and was said to have entered a house where also are the headquarters of the English Club. He and his relatives were arrested.— Beuter.

I BIT BADGE MEN. Protests Against Margam and Llanelly Appointments. The Morriston Branch of the National federation of Discharged and De- mobilised Sailorp and Soldiers have pro- tested against the recent Margam ap- pointment, as registrar, and against duplication of municipal appointments all over the country. They point out that there are highly educated and capable discharged poldiers available. The Llanelly Branch of the Federation also protested against the appointment of a municipal oihrial as fuel overseer at Llanelly, but the Town Council have pointed out that they were asked by the Control Board to appoint an official to the post, as if an outsider were appointed the time of the official would "be taken up in instructing him.

C r- t A T, Tarir. Wednesday. — Tie Paris Echo" announces that British ad- vanced guards are in the western and south-western parts of Lens, which the etiemy has abandoned, leaving- traps and nests of machine guns. The en- cireting movement is proceeding around this town of the Black Coun- try, which may practically be coiraid- ersd captured.. • GREAT ODESSA EXPLOSION. Copenhagen, Wednay.-It is Te- ported from Vienna that a firs broke out in Odessa yesterday. An expw.. feion occurred in a large munition stores, and explosions continued until midnight.. Several factories were burnt down- The munitions stoics should have been handed over yester- day to the UlTainian and Austrian authorities. •■S If you want the VERY LATEST News of the Day, buy the 6.30 LEADER. The Latest Printed Newspaper circulating in West Waies. 6.30 LEADER.

TO-DAY'SNEWS ',N BRIEF I The Empress of Germany has had a ttl- lapse.—Reuter. Mr. Francis Oats, chairman of the Ds Beers Consolidated Mines, is dead. A telegram from Melbourne, on Wea- ne.^Jay, t;ays :-Lord Forrest died during the voyage on his way home to England. Mr. John Hopkin John (Swansea), the organising secretary of the Welsh Artisans' Union, is attending the Derby Labour Congress. William John (24) and Ada Salmon were each fined 20s. at Swansea County Police Court, on Wednesday, for carrying a camera in a prohibited area. Santiago De Chile, Tuesday (received W ednesda,-).-The crews of German steamers lying at Corral have attempted to sink their c-hips.-Reuter.

TO-DAY'S ALLOTMENT HINT. Late peas are a promising crop this season, and they should be carefully watched to see that they do not get dry at the roots, as once this, happens, mildew is sure to put in an appearance. It eel- dom happens that late peas are not fai- tacked by this disease, and it is practi- cally impossible to save them once it gets" a hold. Frequently spraying them with liver of sulphur, one ounce to two gal- lons of water, will usually check the pest, but it seldom en res it. As with every other disease, preventative measures are best, and these consists'of keeping the row clear of weeds, .stimulating.-the plants with liquid manure,' water, and seeing that the rows are not shaded in. any waj»T so as to keep the foliage as strong fflftd sturdy possible. Where rows are badly infected, it is advisable to burn both the hauha and the sticks, i and dress the soil with a fumigant, as in some districts. tras disease 90 badly affects the peas as to make it impossible to grow them. Grower.

[ FUILWQRKERS GO BACK. I ¡ All the Swansoa fuelworkefs. about 1,000 in number, w ho cease d operations on Monday night in consequence of their claims for an all round increased bonus not being complied with, resumed opera- tionson Wednesday morning, after a meeting at which Ald. Tom Merrells Was present, and urged them to return to work pending an agreement being come tn with the Ministry of Labour. The men under 21 years of age contended that they were entitled to similar monetary con- sideration as those above that age. It war, by reason of this demapd being I ignored that they struck work.

I LLANELLY AND CUSTOMS. The persistent rumours which have been current for some time that the Gus- tome Office was to be removed from Llan- elly were referred to at the meeting of th? Llanelly Borough Council by the Town Clerk, who reported the receipt of another letter from the Customs and Ex- cise Office, London, stating that there was no proposal before them to remove th? Customs Office from Llanelly. There wae, the letter added, a proposal to modify the control exercised over the de- partmental work at Llanelly in connec- tion with the amalgamation of Customs (ltl Excise throughout the kingdom, but thi; modification would in no way affect the status of the town as a separate CÜf' tome. port. All business connected witb shipping, including ship's registry, ship- ping etc., would, to far as the iimblie w? concerned, remain as at prsent.

c===:, f -= I brought down or put out of action, and 9 captive balloons set on fire under parti- cularly perilous conditions. TONS AND TONS OF BOMBS. Our bombing aeroplanes in the course ot expeditions, carried out during the dav, dropped over 13 tons of bombs un the re- gions of Chauignon, Anizv and tieaueourt .During the night, in cloudy weather, cur' bombers contiimed their work. Six- teen tons of projectiles v. ere dropped on railway stations, luv uoucs, and railways, in the enemy's back areas. The railway station at P!all"V lc lttrtdl alone re- ceived six tons Two violent tires brojv* .out as a result of these bombardments tons dropped on cantonments m the'region of Jessy, and four tons on vail- way stations dt Guigncourt and Yaison- leue gave excellent results. L) udditiun um bombers used several thousand rounds -on enemy's bivauues. LAST NIGHT'S BRmSH I OFFICIAL. T!ic?h'y.S.'i7p.u]. j.ftë.r [h-e hC' defeat it;iJi<c1 (-l! the enemy yes; nday OUi' progress on the haUk' front 'between Peronne and the ??t'seertver ha.s continued t<?hy. and our troops have reached the'general lines 11 r"g (7 ntih's- soviL'i-cast of J3apauiue> S?.'H?etT-'[<:3-CtmT)rm-BaTuHe (8 uule? north of Cambrai) Rum?ucourt (.2 milcs north of Baralle) Lec:'?c (Hun?'??n-;{ oi Etaing). Hcdile rf'argll¡(nls which r 5 "(-Il the advance of our infantry hMveb?cn capture! or dri\en back with loss, and heavy casualties have been in- flicted on the retreating Oeriuan columns by our artillery. Large numbers of the enemy, retiring in clo&e formation over. the. ridge north- west of Equancourt (south-oait of Yprto), were .successfully ergaged by our bat- teries over open sights. In his hurried retreat quantifies of j stores and material; of all kinds have been abandoned by the enemy and hate fallen info oar hands. GAINS iN FLANDERS. i As the result of the gncccsstui opera- tion carried out this morning south of the Lys river English troops have taken li-icbebourg-Ht. Vaast, and have estab- lished themselves on the line cf* the La Bassee road between that place und Est a ires, which is in our possession. number of prisoners and a tew guns were captured by us in this attack. Our posts have been pushed forward slightly in the western outskirts of Lens and cast und north ?f Givencliy-Lez-La Ba-isee. Durin'g j he night Iur trGops made pro- ?r?s norU'-t'a'-t of Slvenwerk' (four mile? north-west of Armcntieres) and entered Wulverghem (? miles west of Messines). AIRMEN'S HEAVY DAY. On Sept. 2nd our aeroplanes worked all day in front of the advancing battle line, behind which our observation balloons followed closely. Our airmen were fre- quentiy attacked by large formations ot liostile machines, but persisted in their various tasks. Targets offered by the re- tiring Germans were reported to our artil- lery, contact with our infantry and tanks was maintained, the concentrations of hostile troops and transport along the road were engaged wit h bombs and machine guns, hostile anti-tank guns were [ silenced .and supplies of small arms* [ ammunition-were dropped to our infantry in the forward zone. Many aeriel encounters took place. We ['destroyed ten German machines and br ^usfht I wo down out of control. Our missing machines amounUd' to 20. Twenty-four tons of bombs were dropped (juriiig the day and night following. FRENCH JUBILANT. PARIS, Wednesday. "Beyond doubt the British will shortly take Cambrai," says one of the papers here, recording the fact that they are within seven miles of that town. It is aleu pointed out that we are nearer Douai than ever before. The. papers allude to the victory as one of the most glorious of the war, and state that von Quast and Bulow are in full retreat. The Journal is of opinion that the clieiljy no longer has ii-iucil object in de- fending the line of the Somme between Peronne and Noyon. General Debeney's successes are but the beginning, it says, of more considerable movements, which will be. now not long delayed.-Pre Association War Special. I A GERMAN VIEW. I General Von Ardenne, the German writer, says that judging by all appear- ances the German front as a whole will not undergo iiiiieli further withdrawaL The German Army is' undergoing the severest trial it has heen exposed to, hnt the wales are beginning to sink slowly in its favour. I U. S. TROCPS AND FLANDERS. It seems probable (says a furls writer) 'Iliat tlio Germans will halt in front of Cambrai, where a series of natural posi- tions may enable them momentarily to check the retreat. I American troops are now fighting in nauder& 'sside by &id« with the British. 01' ,>; :>