Abergavenny Chronicle

HEAT AND LIGHT RATIONS. I ALLOWANCES FOR DWELLING-HOUSES I IN LONDON. The new coal, gas, and electric light ration- ing order deals with coal, gis, and electricity used for heating or cooking, and ga, and electricity lld tor lighting. There are two schedules of ceal rations, one for London and the southern and western counties, and the other for the Midlands and northern counties. The allowances of coa4 for dwelling-houses in London for the year are as follows:- No. of Rooms, Tons. Ov/ts. Not moro than 2 -3 Ú 3 3 1.0 1 4 0 5 .j n.5 0 7 ••• • • 5 0 8 0 •9 S 0 10 — I u 11 14 0 12 11 0 For every additional room 1 ten until a maximum of i-s reached, thereafter any additional -.i not exceeding 1 t-oo- per room shall be hi the discretion oi tho local fuel overseer. Consumers may take the allowance of fuel to which they ar> en til led under the table either in toai, gue, and/or electricity at their option in accordance with the following yulea: 15.000 cubic feet of aHail count as 1 tOll of fuel. 800 Board of Trs.de units of electricity shall count :13 1 ton m ruei. The ga-s or electricity allowances tor year are not to exceed Cubic Fee* Cm*« oi* t 11.' () O. Rn.!r I," '>of" ,t-" I No. of Rooms. of l?a-. Ei-jcirieity. 1, or;) Sf ) 120 4, 5, or 6 11:2,j.) 7, or 9 15, IX*) 240 10, 11, or 12 13, 14, or lo 2.2,i)!" IS' 17, or 13 26.250 420 ID, 20, or 21 30,0).?) Additional allowance not ov-. d.ng 5 t I-LI? Ia ma y be graft' i j:i vove; ,i, grounds, f.?r h-?H.?cc. where lucre a;? Jc< or infirm persons,, invahds or y~ung oh::c!re! or in ca.se of i i!ne\ss, w hen a !r.? :ca l cfrt.t:-?'-? must be provided by the applicant. Where gas and electricitv are both for lighting, t ae consumer *o rairt of the nitowar.oo as sra. and vs 1 electricity, 750 cubic f>ot of gas "oiusf take: for P-Lirlo.-C as efju-'valent to 12 units of electricitv, and vice ver.-a.

Whilst riainting a shop front 'u the Alder- shot Hfs'?-str?t. Arthur .e. M! through HeU?'i!?l cu to Le k?r''). Lcv/a? taken" to hospital in a critical coud.t.ou. Sentence cf six mcnth: m the feor.d division w? pn.?sed at Lc.?do? ?-?n- on Wuliam Robertson Lloyd i?r o?t:?i?? .;am r, ol)?c an alleged adve-t'.seineut 14, 10d. b v an A large swarm of bee. in'.crfer* u w;th traffic in Broad-street, Reading, fcr two hours. Eventually li^er and sugar enticed the queen into a box, and the other beea quickly followed..

PRINCE ALBERT I  SPEECH.! ? MAXES HIS FIRST PUBUC SPEECH. Prince Albert made his first public ap. pearance at the Mansion House, London, as president of King George's Fund for Sailors, which was celebrating its first anniversary. The Lord Mayor presided. A guard oi honour to Prince Albert was provided by training school boys and veterans of the merchant service. Prince Albert, who wa-s wearing the uni- form of an officer of the R.A.F., said:— It is the first time I have ten able to attend the meeting of King Georges 1 und for Sailors, of which I have the honour to be president, and I can assure you it gives n.e very great pleasure to be here to-day. In moving the adoption of the report I fed that I must say how pleased. I am, both as president of the Fund and as one who is connected with the Royal Navy, with the great success of the movement for the bene- fit seamen, their wives and orphans. Althoug" h 1 may say that the public on chore tees little of the sailor and less of hi- work, we can certainly realise in the generous support of this fund how much tliov,-api)r-e-eiate what he is doing for King countrv. '•The sa ilor'a profession is not a comfort- able one even in peace times, and tll* ex- treme hardships and dangers endured in war time call for sympathy and understanding from his fellow-countrymen. I think we ma-T appreciate from the meeting what this "As one who has been in the Fleet, I -sli 161 ii., to, tcndor nir t 1: o ii lcs in tho ot' and on behalf of those srn ing on the L'I, on whatever duty or in wlultcver sphere, fcr the very hearty support given by all classes of citizens to the fund. I should like to take this opportunity of thanking the deputy chairman and the general council for the great services they have reudered to our fund. I have great r:ea<sure in moving that this report, with its record of generous support from all parts of I the Empire, shall be adopted." -The Duke of Connau»ht, who seconded the resolution, said that lie believed that the fund would provide a definite link tween the people on shore and those who guard us and serve us on the sea.

CHANNEL TUNNEL. I At the International Parliamentary Com- mercial Conference in the Royal Gadery of the House of Lords, Sir Arthur Fell, M.P., chairman of the House of Commons Chan- nel Tunuct Committee, introduced the sub- ject of the Channel Tunnel in its commer- cial aspects, remarking that expresses could be run direct from London to Paris in less than six hours, and, if required, could travel at intervals of not more than five or ten minutes. The tunnel would be able wIthout. pressure to transport in each direction 30,000 passengers, as well as 30,000 top, of goods, in twenty hours. It could be com- I pleted in about five years. It would vastly I increase the trade of the Western nations of Euroj>e, and would probably be the most important factor in helping those nations to recover the enormous losses occasioned by the war. He moved a resolution to the effect, that the tunnel should be proceeded with as soon as possible. M. Luigi Luiggi (Italy), seconding, said that bv .o strengthening intercourse be- tween the Allies they would strike the last nail in the coffin of war. The tiiiiuel was indispensable for the development of per- sonal intercourse between the three great democracies of Western Europe—G reat Britain, France, and Italy. The resolution was supported by M. Hon nor at (France). and carried unaai- vnously. ) and' carrie d

DEFRAUDING WAR OFFICE. I At Westminster Police-court, John J a discharged iio",(. ,I er Iand' his „i,ter, XelIie Maloney, were charged with fraudulently receiving £ 176 separation tlat, the male I)r i allowance. It was stated that the male pri- .soncr, after serving ozdy six weeks in the 1 L-ndon Regiment, was discharged as medi- callv unlit, and that, through an oversight, tllc, separation allowance had been paid to his sister for two years. The man was sen- tenced to three months' hard Labour and the woman fined £10. -♦

I UNINTERNED ALIENS. I Sir G. Cave, in the House of Commons, in repiv to Sir H. Daizicl, stated that, ex- centinc" those temporarily released for agri- cultural and other worl, cf national import- ance, the number of enemy aliens unin- terued was a pproxirnately :-Germans, 6,000; Austrians, 5,5C0; Turkish and Bulgarians, 1,1(1). Included in that number were over 4,000 r of friendlv races, who were only technically enemies.

I PRISON FOR MYSTERY MAN. 1 Irving Harrison, the "mystery man/' found in Victoria Park, London, a month aoo, who, beyond stating that he was an American citizen, refused to give any ae. count of himself, has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment at Old-street Polioe- oourt for failing to register under the Aliens Act. The prisoner, it was stated, fetill re- mained unidentified. He refused tc make any statement, and had declined to bee any American officials in this country.

I AEROPLANE HITS HORSE. An aeroplane which descended for want of petrol later attempted to rise, when it I struck a :tür6e on the head and burst into fia iiie^s. The two aviators jumped out, the aero- I plane being about two feet from the ground. One of them appeared to have been burnt, and both were taken away in an ambu- lance. The aeroplane was destroyed. —<o-

A man was killed in Queen's-road, Iht. tersea while attempting to stop two run- away horses. Mr. F. A. Broad, President of the Amal- gamated Instrument Makers' Trade Society, -has been adopted as Labour candidate for Edmonton. Colonel A. H. 0. Lloyd (Yeomanry) is Captain F. C. Dreyer, R.N., is appointed Director of Naval Artillery and Torpedoes, Naval Staff. Bethnal Green electricity is to cost a half more than before the war. The "comb out" of the Board of Inland J Revenue is now proceeding. June was the first month, this year in which there wW no air raid on London.

SILVER WEDDING DAY I —— — THE KING'S ELOQUENT SPEECH AT GUILDHALL. I CITY'S E53,,000 CHEQUE. I SQ.t¡,rdav was the silver wedding day of the Eiu? and Queen. The occasion Was co?mn?norated in a fiMing manner by a special service at St. Paulo Cathedral. Their Majesties, who occupied seats in the riddle aisle, were accompanied by Queen Alexandra, Pri ncess Mary, the Pr; ncess Royal, and other members of the Family. The" Prime Minister and Mrs. Lloyd George, Mr. and Mrs. Asquith, and many representatives from our Colonies and from the Allied countries were also present. After the service their Majesties drove to the Guildhall to receive an address of wel- come from the City of London Corporation. The Lord Mavor presented to the King and Queen a cheque for oollected by private. effort, for such charities as they may ■lecide to distribute it among, and a silver Tankard, once the property of Charles II. In the course of his reply, the King said: "This anniversary falls at a time fTheu the shadow of war lies heavily on our land, and the very existence* of the Empire is assailed by an unscrupulous foe. In this '.i¡;¡' of trial it is our earnest desire to iilire the sorrows of our people and so far as in us lies to alleviate their sufferings. "But while our hearts are heavy at the thought of the bereavement and distress which, have befallen the nation, we have seen with joyful gratitude the whole-hearted response to the call of duty which has rever- Iterated throughout the Empire. And here, in the presence of the distinguished repre- isentatives of the Dominions and Colonielli and the Empire -of India, I warmly acclaim the noble and self-sacriifcing spirit in which our brothers across the seas have g iven their best in our united defence of liberty and rizlit. After a tribute to the work 'of the Navy, I Armv the Air Force, and the Merchant Ser- I vice, his Majesty continued:— "We may cherish, I believe, well-founded hope.s that in the furnace of war new links of understanding and sympathy are being (orged between man and man, between class and class, and that we are coming to recog- nise as never before that we are all mem- bers of one community, and that the welfare of each is dependent upon and inseparable from the welfare of all. "It has been a source of gratification to the Queen and myself that our children have been able to bear some part in the great task to which the country has been called. "We are deeply moved by the manifesta- tions of goodwill which have been so abun- I dantlv displayed towards us. We rejoice to feel that we are united with the people of the whole Empire in their ideals and aspirations; in their joys and sorrows, determined to secure EU(?. a peace as will save the ?ener?tion.s to come from the sufferings, horrors, and desolation inflicted upon the world during th? last four years. "When that peace comes, may it dawn upon an Empire strengthened by the fiery trial through which it has passed, and knit together more closely by the memory of common efforts and common sacrifices." IX THE CATHEDRAL. I tHe King and Queen drove to St. Paul's in an open carriage, with an escort of Life Guards. Prince Albert, Princess Mary, Prince George, and Prince Heury were in another carriage. In the cheering crowds were men from every part of the Empire/ and there- were American soldiers, whose "Rah, rah could be heard above the other sounds of cheering. The service in the Cathedral was of a simple yet most impressive character, and the Primate's brief address was in harmony. In the course of his address -the Arch- bishop said: "The domestic gladness of King and Queen is more than a private joy. Whatever concerns the Royal home is the people's possession. The mutual privilege, the mutual responsibility of wedded life finds a parallel in the Sovereign's relation to his people." Following the address came the Corona- tion Anthem. After this, the vast congre- gation joined in singing the "National An- tiv-.n."

CRUELTY TO CHILDREN. I "Whether this conduct is in accordance with the laws' of your native country, Ger- many, or not, I don't know, but it is not in accordance with the practice of parents, guardians, or schoolmasters in this coun- try," said the Recorder at the Old Bailey, when he sentenced Marie fthrtha Juliana A:doi, a German, to fifteen months' hard labour for ill-treating the children of a soidier. T ie children—a boy of eleven and a girl oi seven—were placed in the care of the woman, who was a relative by i?arria?e of the faUt'?r. — o

I EARL'S ESTATE DUTY. I In the King's Bench Division, Mr. Jus- tice Sankev heard an appeal by the Earl of Eilcsmere from the decision of a referee under the Finance Act assessing the value of his Northampton estate at- Brackley at expressed the opinion ilize -i,? oie of fact that the question of value was one of fact for the referee, and dismi&sed the appeal with costs.

I COINER SENF ENCED. Alfred Asser. thirty-eight, hawker, of Bow, was at the Old "Bailey sentenced to seven years' penal servitude for coining. His wife- was acquitted. The man had been previously convicted for a 'similar offence.

SHIPBUILDING DIRECTOR. I Mr. Noel E. Peck, Director of Shipbuild- ing at the National Yards, has resigned in view cf the fact that Lord Pirrie has assumed personal responsibility for the run- ning of the yards. I

BAKER'S TERRIBLE DEATH. I A Ncath baker named Wiltshire, pro- prietor of a steam bakery, was drawn &rtl" the- machinery and died from his injuries soon after* admission to Swansea hospital.

| l ev states that wines can novv Sir A. Stanley states that wines can now be imported more freely from the Continent. Sir James loxall will not seek re-election in West Nottingham, a seat he has held for twenty-ifve years. It is intended to raise £ 25,000 to found a professorship for the study of Dutch at Lc.ndon University. I. AOORt 5.000 sieves of black currants from I France, which had been held up for lack of shipping, were condemned on arrival at Cuvent Garden.

MOTHER AND HOME. I The ability to control the features is an Art that women should cultivate, for the un- restrained play of expression is rarely favourable to good. looks. Perhaps this is because in most cases faces are more- apt to express misery than mirth, and so the tell- tale lines appear. Brows are knit, lips curled or set in anger or disdain, and fore- heads wrinkled. But perfect control of the features should not mean an expressionless .face-,i. too placid face is apt to degenerate into insipidity. Smiles should be cultivated. The only ourves they cause are lines of beauty. To MOTHERS OF BOYS. I Boys demand especial care at the mother's handsi» They should be trained to show con- sideration to others, and general good breed- ing. A lad who is awkward, grumpy, and ill at ease in the presence of visitors is a pain- ful sight, especially when—as frequently lwppens-his sisters point a contrast by ease and refinement of manner and a knowledge of etiquette. Let your boys wait on you. Do not be their humble slave. Nor should they he allowed to tyrannise over their sisters. That is the way to make, them selfish, arrogant, and generally insufferable. PERFECT CLEANLINESS. I Perfect cleanliness in the kitchen and larder is necessary if a fresh house is de- sired. The sink can be kept clean by the ur-e of hot soda-water The kitchen window should 00 open whenever possible. HINTS FOR HOUSEWIVES. I I ? I A little vinegar put into a Dome or dried-up glue will moisten and make it liquid again. When eggs crack in boiling water, put a teaspoonful of salt in the saucepan, and the whites will not come out of the shells. Stains on leather can bo re- moved if rubbed with a piece of flannel dipped in spirits of wine: by this means every spot will ba removed. Potato-water is excellent for cleaning mud-stains from nearly all materials; a raw potato cut in two and rubbed on stains of this kind is almost or quite as effective. CARE OF SPECTACLES. I Rub spectacles occasionally with a piece of crumpled newspaper. This cleans the glass lwtt-er than anything else. The, next best thing with which to rub them is a silk handkerchief. i,A HAPPY TRIO. I Mother and nurse find their task both lova ble and light when Master Baby is thriving visibly and always ready with a smile. Baby, nurse and mother will be in this happy state if Neave's Food is used. Baby will like it, but the great argument for Neave's is that experience has proved its value for the youngest and most delicate .infant. To CLEAN I To those housekeepers who find it almost, if not quite, impossible to make servants keep all tinware used in cookery as perfectly clean as it ought to be, the following plan is suggested. Every month or six weeks have your copper filled and the fire lighted, and put into the copper a pound of common washing soda, and the same of soft soap. When the water boils put in all the baking tins, gridirons, saucepan lids, and every de scription of tin or ironware that look" black but ought to be bright, or is encrusted with the deposit of grease, etc., from cooking. Put the lid on the copper, and let the con- tents stew for two or three hours. At the end of that time have t lie in all taken out, well dried, and put before the" fire for a short time, and finished off with a final rub with dry whiting and a, leather. If this plan is carried out it will be impossible for the dirtiest girl to get your tins in a very had state, especially if you look after her a little. The copper should be emptied at once before the water gets cold, and it will be found that the same effect has been produced upon that, and if it is well rubbed it will be beautifully clean. To WATERPROOF BOOTS. I It is regarded of great importance tnat one should go 4ry shod, and to ensure this i condition treat boot." as follows: Remove every trace of blacking, then with a piece of flannel saturated, with castor oil rub it very thoroughly all over the boots, not omitting the soles. This will keep water from penetrating, no matter how heavy the rain; it klso keeps the leather soft and in good condition. A method so simpie, inex- pensive and efficacious is within the reach of all. I PAD FOR SHOE-CLBANIXG. I Keep a velvet-covered pad by you for cleaning shoes. If shoes are rubbed over well with this directly they are taken off, they will ve.ry seldom need a thorough cleaning, except when they have been worn on a muddy road. To WASH BLUE SERGE. 1 Serge can be cleaned with fuller s earth moistened, or may be sponged with one-part spirits of wine 1 mixed with three parts water. Serge which is very soiled can be washed in the followitig- way. Put half a pint of white vinegar in a large sized pail of water, the water to be warm, net hot, or the material may shrink. Wash in the usual way, then rinse well in tepid water, to which add two or more table-spoonfuls of vinegar. Even without washing, serge may be freshened if well brushed on a table, with vinegar and water, but do not make the material too damp, or it may put the garment out of shape. When dy enaugh to press, be sure and place a damp cloth over before putting on the iron. I GLOVE HINTS. I Gloves often split because not lianas thev stain because of the perspira- tion, plus the dresoing, or dye, in the o-loves. To remedv, lay the gloves in a damp towel before wearing them. This makes them "give" more easily. Dust the hands with fine powdered starch while dry. This gtays the perspiration. Another excellent hint is to make in the palm of the glove three or four little round holes. Sew them over like buttonholes, using cotton, not silk That makes a ventilator for the glove, I and is most cooling to the hands. ) and is mo.;i t cool i ——— t.lie han d I SLEEP FOR CHILDREN. P- Most parents are particular to secure ior their children a proper amount of sleep until the high school age (says a contem- porary). It is a pity that general cogni- edozick- should not be taken of the fact that the growing boy "and girl of this, the period of adolescence, need a great deal more sleep than they usually secure. Examinations and their attendant cramming are the causes of various physical ills, nervous dis- orders, sleeplessness, and loss of appetite. The bad habit of sleeping with the mouth open should be absolutely interdicted. If caused by adenoid growth. they should be removed. If the result of careless breath- ing it must be cured by strict measures. S<? that the child has his head properly placed, and that lie is sufficiently, but not too warmly covered. If he is taught to breathe properly during the day, he will be likely to do the same at night.

CAPTURE OF HAMEL.. I i HOW AUSTRALIANS CELEBRATED II INDEPENDENCE DAY. I I Tanks were used by the Australians in J their attack south of the Somme, when they advanced 2,000 jards on a four-mile front, taking the village of Hamel and ove- a thousand prisoners. Telling the story of the attack, Mr. Philip Gibbs says the tanks started forward under a widespread flig-lit of shells. Smoke-screens were sent up in front of them in dense clouds, whicti. lay low on the ground, to hide them from the German anti-tank guns, and into this fog they went, nosing their way at a steady pace. Besides the oiffcers and crews shut up inside their steel wall 3 working the engines and the gnns, there were three or four men sitting on top utterly exposed Their legs dangled over the sides of the tanks like those of boys going for a joy-ride, and in this way they rode into hell-fire, as it seemed to men watching them, because of the smoke- screens and the flashes of the shells beyond. The infantry followed in waves, locse, open lines of men bending :forward as they went close to the barrage rolling slowly on ahead of them, so close that they took the risk of being wounded by our own lire, but preferred this risk to the more deadly one of lagging behind and giving time for Ger- man machine-gunners to -get to work. There were only a few places where the German machine-gunners opened fire and gave trouble. One of those positions was in a rear trench, where no tank could get into position, and here the enemy fought stub- bornly, firing machine-guns with persistent tattoo until they were rushed by the Aus- ralians. Elsewhere some of the German anti- tank guns fired some rounds, and three or four of our tanks were put out of action for awhile, but their casualties were small, and most of them rounded up large numbers of Germans, sweeping the country with their fire, manoeuvring over all this ground with the infantrv in their wake, and return- ing safely to our side of the lines when their morning's work was done. All this battle happened in a kind o twilight. At three o'clock there was the faint" light of dawn over the trenches and the woods, and ten minutes later there was fair visibility for 300 yards ahead, as tested on other mornings by' Australian Staff offi- cers. In this half-light, fogged over certain lines by the smoke-wreaths, the Australians made their way shouting for the enemy to I surrender. In most cases the Germans gave no trouble, but held their hands up meekly, and came out of their trenches and dug-outs huddling together without their weapons, and showing no sign of fight. They had been utterly surprised, and' were caught so quickly that our troops were through them and bey- -d them before they could put up a defence with any hope of holding their ground. Above the too- and in the pale slcv over this battlefield flew many aeroplanes. They were like a swarm of bats over the heads ofh infantry, and swooped low to drop bombs on the German positions. They flung many bombs into the little ruined vil- lage" of Hamel, making a hell of the place, and lighting fires there in advance of the assault. Many of the Germans had their gas- masks on when they came out of holes in the ground and held their hands up because they believed that the smoke-clouds sent over to screen the tanks were poison gas. During all this first phase of the attack there was hardly a sign from the German artillery, kept very silent by the concen- 1. J' j 1- _L- trated tire of our ixitteries, ana rne Ausua- lians were able to wander ovei their cap- tured ground in great ease, and every man among them searched for a prisoner whom he could claim as his very own. The few wounded were carried back on stretchers, and the lightly-wounded men strolled back with amazing tales of their walk-over. It was only later in the morning that the Ger- man guns from other directions turned their fire on to the captured ground, and especi- ally on the village of Hamel, which from the first hour or two had been as quiet as any hamlet a hundred miles behind the lines, except for a few fires burning after our airmen had dropped their bombs. It was a great day for the Australians, I and this morning I found their officers merry and bright, though most of them had had no sleep and had an anxious day ahead of them. "The joy of the thing," said one of them, «is that we have taken the initia- tive again, and that is much better than waiting for attack. It is better for us and worse for the enemy. Our men have their tails waving over their heads, and the Ger- mans arc verv. dowu to-day." This brilliant little success "has come to us on American Independence Day, and is the best celebra- tion of that historic event, which has a deeper significance for us now that the American soldiers are so strong on the soil of France..

THE FIRST MILLION. 1,019,115 AMERICAN SOLDIERS HAVE SAILED FOR' FRANCE, Over 1,000,000 American soldiers liavq sailed for France. The United States Secretary, for War, Mr. Baker, has reported to the President that the embarkations in the months from May, 1017, to, and including, June, 1913, are as follows:— 1917. May 1,71S January 46,776 June 12,2 it Febi-uti-y 48.027 July. l'i.y.SS March 83,811 IS,323 April 117,212 3:53 ll,iy 244,315 Ociobor 3S, 59 Juna 270,372 I November 23,011 Marines 14,644 December 46,840 Total 1,019,115 Total 1,019,113 Mr. Baker's report adds:—The total num- ber of troops returned from abroad, lost at sea, and casualties is 8,165. Of these, by reason of the superbly efficient protection which the navy has given to our transport system, only 291 have been lost at sea. The supplies and equipment in France for all the troops sent are, by the latest report, adequate, and the output' of our war indus- tries in this country is showing marked im- provement in practically all lines of neces- I sary equipment and supplies. ————— —————'

I WOODS FOR CARVING. Oak is the most suitable wood for carving, I on account of its durability and toughness-,I without being too hard. Chestnut, American walnut, mahogany, and teak are. also desir- able, while for fine work Italian walnut, lime, sycamore, apple, pear and plum are generally chosen. I

Northumberland and Durham coal autho- rities have decided that the salvage of wasto is tef be permanent. L.C.C. Board of Education urges cleanli- ness in school children. Only two-thirds of the girls are satisfactory in this respect. For illegally using petrol Mr. Wilkie Bard, the music-hall artist, who said that his car, which is used for Red Cross work, was driven a little out of its way to enable him to keep an appointment, was fined £ 5 a-t Bow-street. A woman isolated in the Somerset Asylum I at Cotford killed another woman inmate who wandered into her room by banging her head on the floor.

0THEB MEN'S MINDS. The only danger is people thinking things are going too well.-SIR ALFRED MOND. OUR ROADS. Our roads are the most useful, the best, the strongest, and the most pleasant to travel on in the world.-SIR GEORGE GlBS. HOME OFFICE AND ALIENS. In no case has the Home Office failed to intern any person whom the Advisory Com- mittee has reported to be dangeroul.-mia. HEWINS, M.P. HEROES OF THE WAR! I hope some day to see a statue in some public square to recognise the stand the conscientious objector has made.-Ma. BKOIILEY. I MICROSCOPIC. I knew a man who wrote the Lord's Prayer,, the Tenth Commandment, and the 100th P.-ahn within the space of the circum- ference of a pea.—Ms. JUSTICE COLERIDGB. I TREACHERY. I To refrain from subscribing to National War Bonds, or War Saving Certificates, to the utmost of one's power is treachery tQ our sailors and soldiers.-MR. BONAR LAW. I THE EMPIRE'S NEED. I have seen it put forward tha-t our cradles are overcrowded, and that we ought to discourage rather than encourage a high birth rate. Those who say that are false guides and false prophets. The earth still wants populating. Take Canada, for in- stance, the population of which is about seven millions, though the country would ll,)Ii soveiitv millions. -3 i R. w. easily hold seventy millions.-MR. W. HAYES FISHER, M.P. I THE LEGACY. If we do not pull through this war we leave behind for our children and their children unending war.—MR. PROTIIFRO. I A GERMAN PEACE. What is the German peace, what is the future of the world which Herr Kiihlmann holds out to It involves the complete economic subjection and dependence of races that are to he abandoned to their con- queroip;. It involves the surrender of national independence in all but name. It involves the principle that might makes right. Against that principle we have taken up arms, and we will remain in arms until we have beaten it to the grolmd.-MB. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN, M.P. I THE GREAT ALLIANCE. The. complete unity of the l^ngiisn-speaK- ing races would be the most effective guarantee of the world's peace that we could live to see. An alliance I)etwk-.t-ii those races would do more than any battles to teach Germany that no matter what she might do bv propaganda and force of arms. victor? was not for her. MR. W. M. IIUGFTES. THE WAR OFFICE FEELING. Nobody can go to the War Offiee withut feeling what an immense lot of people there are there, and wondering what they are all doing.—MR. BONAR LAW. A TLEA FOR HUSBANDS. Women can do a great deal to keep men Fober and improve the life in the home. A husband who works hard all day for wife and family should, when he comes home tired, be very gently treat,-d.-LORD FABEB. GERMANY AND BELGIUM. The treatment of Belgium is, and re- mains, "the greatest bb upon German honour and German humanity. German honour and German humanity, I think, have been violated in many parts of the world, but Belgium stands out as the great and unanswerable proof of what it is that the German Government will do if they -e is tD be think that any military advantage is to be got by it.—MR. BALFOUR. I EMPTYING THE CRADLES. While the war has filled the graves it has emptied the cradles. At the present time every dav that the war continues means a loss of 7"000 potential lives to the United Hingdoni, France, Italy, and the Central Emvires. Race suicide among European peoples, in short, on a most colossal scale has been the outstanding result, of German militarism.—SIR BERNARD MALLET. FIRST WIN THE WAR. But let us not forget that' all our plana for reconstruction-—all our hopes of rebuild- ino. a better social and industrial life in our country after the war depend on one cardinal fact (which, whether we like it or not, is ever present), and that is "winning the war .HR. F. W. PURDY. LABOUR'S COMING DAY. I believe there is such enthusiasm in the movement as has never been seen before, and that the Labour party will give such an account of itself at the next General Election as will place Labour in the British Parliament in a position second to none ever occupied by any Labour party in the world.—MR. ARTHUR "HENDERSON. I SEA-POWER AND VICTORY. Though the war last thirty years, as long I as we hold command of the sea we must win I iI t.-LoRD BERESFORD. RUSSIA'S HEROIC EFFORT. The Russian people, in times gone by, have pad through trials like the present, and have always emerged from these trials strengthened and renewed. And now, bend- incr under the merciless onset of Germany, which has skilfully exploited in its interests the heavy legacy of our old regime, Russia, bleeding at every pore, still opposes the enemy's invasion.—^MR. KERENSKY. LEARN OR PERISH. "Learn by experience or suffer," is the rule of life. We have all of us seen indi- viduals becoming more and more a misery to themselves and others, because they can- not understand or will no accept this rule. Is it not applicable to nations as well? And if so, have not nations come to a great crisis in which for them the.rule "Learn or perish" will prove inexorable? All must learn the lesson of this war.—VISCOUNT GRKY.

MINISTER'S SUDDEN DEATH. A verdict of "Death from natural causes" was returned at a Lambeth inquest on the Rev. Josiah Mee, seventy-four, a Weslevan minister, of Doneaster, who died suddenly in the street outside the Central Hall, West- minster, where he had been speaking. —————