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PRISON FOR AN EMPLOYER I SWEATED LEARNER'S STORY OF UNDERPAY AND LONG HOURS. Myer Bronstein, tailor, of Union-Steet, Whitechapel, was summoned to the Thames Police Court on Saturday, for producing a false record of payments purporting to have been made to Mark Diamond, and also for failing to pay the minimum wage fixed by the Trade Board. Counsel, who prosecuted on be- half of the Board of Trade, said that early in June an inspector paid a visit to defendant and found he was paying a learner less than 11s 6d a. week, the minimum allowed by the Board. He was also employing him more than SO hours a week. Defendant was told he would have to pay the arrears which amounted to 24, and he agreed to do so. On a subsequent occasion defendant produced a. receipt for the £ 4 and said the money had been paid to the boy's mother. The latter when seen denied having received the money, and defend- I ant afterwards admitted he had not paid it. Mr G. H. Bedford having addressed the court on behalf of defend- ant the magistrates sentenced Bronstein to six weeks imprisonment in the second division on the first summons, and ordered him to pay 10s. fine, jS4 and 23s. costs, or, in default, a. month on the second summons.

SKEWEN PIT FATALITY At an inquest at Skeweii on Thomas Morris, labourer, son of John Morris, Pembroke, who was killed at No. 7 Pit of the Main Colliery, Skewen, on Tues- day night, Trevor Davies, Old-road, Ske- wen, said that deceased) was in charge of a. journey of seven laden trams which were being drawn out of the pit by a rope, and he was running in front of the journey. That was the last time he was seen alive. When witness next saw Morris the latter was lying on the road dead and several trams were off the line. One of the trams was on top of him. The jury returned a verdict of "Acciden- taJ death."

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There are no leas than 122 applications l for the position of chief electrical engi- neer under the Swansea Corporation. Privates James Walton (22) and Ernest Holton (26), of the Fifth King's Own Lancashire Regiment, were killed by an exprem train at Steventon level crossing, a. W.R., on Wednesday night, whilst going on patrol d!Jjy. "I had a beard like yours once," said a Troedyrhiw man, "but when I found what it made me look like I cut it off." "Yes," replied a neighbour, "and I hail a face like yours enee, and when I found I couldn't cut it 011 I raised a beard.

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WARNED KAISER. HOW BEBEL PREDICTED DISASTER 14 YEARS AGO. —— I "DEFEAT CERTAIN." t l In view of the eventa of the last I two months on the battlefields of Bel- gium amd France, and their effects, it is interesting to recall the truly pro- phetic words of the late great German Socialist, leader, Augustus Bebel, who, as far baAk as IfJOO, in a. booklet en- titled "The Permanent Army and the Militia," and constituting a, resume of hie speeches in the Reichstag during the discusaiofn of the war budget, pre- dicted the present war and described its consequences to Germany in a manner that is astonishing for its true description of the events as they have come to pass. "A war bat ween t-wo great Powers will, with mathematical precision, lead to a general European conilagra- tion," declared Bebel. IVilat will happen to Germany should be find Great Britain among her opponents? Following is Bebel's an- swer:- GERMAN FLEET DOOMED. I "The German fleet, no matter how large it may be, will be destroyed by the English fleet that is certain to be its superior in force, and Germany will lose all her colonies almost immediately after the declaration of hostilities. "Should Japan join her forces with the enemies of Germany, and this would be inevitable if Germany fights England, then all the German colonies in the Far East will be irretrievably lost, despite all the superhuman sacri- fices brought in acquiring them. "But, the most fatal result of such a far would be the loss of the German merchant marine and of the world's markets, which will be captured by England. "A war with France and Russia, and with England as their ally, would aleo mean the complete destruction of the power of Germany. "Both France and Russia would be pleased at the present prospect of Ger- many warring against England. In that case their wishes would come true, for France would regain Alaaee and Lorraine, while Russia would see realised her centuries-old dream of possessi ng the whole of Poland and several important ports at the mouths of the Nieman and Vistula. "Victories in the war of the future will not conme to German arms as easily as the newspapers and school- rooms would lead us to believe. The superiority over the enemy the Ger- mans possessed in 1870 is absolutely impossible nowadays. DEBACLE OF GERMAN TRADE. I "The number of soldiers and the armaments are nearly equal in Germany and in France. The war of the future will resemble more a wrestling contest than a war, and first one combatant a.nd them the other will appear to be victorious. It will be a blood-sucking process—eaigner a blanc, in the words of Prince Bismarck. "But this is but one side of the medal. The other side is the economic- al situation of the people during the duration of tilie war. "The war will stop commerce and in- dustry. T!he war will ot-op the export trade of Germany, and under the pre- eent economic conditions Germany, robbed of export, cannot exist. As one of the results of this will be acute uneanplovment. Besides, the import of goods into Germany will oeBBe, and Germany cannot exist without imports. The foodstuffs will rise greatly in price, and poverty and misery will reign throughout the land." At the time- this prophecy was made official Germany made Bebel the tar- set of insults and jokes; but it would appear that the Cabinetmaker philoso- pher knew the true state of affairs much better than the heads of Pruss- ian militarism. .— ————

At a. meeting of the Neath Town Council on Friday, Mr D. M. Jenkins (surveyor) .reporte d on the number of unemployed for whom temporaxy work has been found in the borough. The irroaiiMt number on the books had been .;140 but now it was only 22.

BRECONSHIRE M.P. AND SOLDIERS' REST, HOME LIFE FOR OUR DE- FENDERS. Appreciatsion of the work done by the Cardiff Sailors' and Soldiers' Rest, 247, Bute Street, was demonstrated on Saturday afternoon, when a new Car- diff Soldiers' Rest was opened at 55, &to Mary-street (late Wi ad]iatn Hall), ankler the same auspices. The Sailors' and Soldiers' Rest per- mauentlv provides recreation, enter- fcaimmeaits, and meetings for the men, but during the war their work has been of a much more extensive charac- ter, for which all the commanding officers have given special facilities. The workers have taken no Jess than 700 temperance pledges during the last two months. It is as an auxiliary that the new ball has been opened for t,be use of the,soldiers new in Cardiff. T,he hall has seating accommodation for nearly 300 men, and the usual meetings, concerts, etc., will be held. It will also be open as a club for read- ing, writing and general recreation. MR SIDNEY ROBINSON, M.P. Mr Sidney Robinson, M.P. (presi- dent of 'the Rest), who presided at the open;ing ceremony, explained the object of the new Soldiers' Rest, pointing out that it would be conducted by those who had been responsible for the work carried on at the Sailors' and Soldiers' Rent in Bute Street. That work, he said, had been, patronised by the offim-a cdf the Welsh Regiment and the Welsh depot, who had rendered great service and encouragement, in the past and promised it for the future. Apolog- ising for the short notice given of the j opening, Mr Robinson said within a week the idea had been conceived and carried into effect, a fact which re- flected great credit upon the vol un- tary workers who bad set their should- er to the wheel. (Applause). Later they might make an appeal for funds to keep the place going, and he would like to make an appeal for newspapers and literature suitable for the institu- tion. In deola/riug the hall open the Lord Mayor referred to the good work that was being done. It was useful at all times, he said, but at times like the present it ought to be particularly useful.

WAR STORIES. SIDELIGHTS OF THE GREAT FIGHT. BRAVE ATKINS AND HIS LOST LEG. A private in tho, lat Hants Regi- ment, now in the Hertford British Hospital in the suburbs of Paris, writing to a.n aunt in Portsmouth, says: I am getting on famously, though I have had the misfortune to lose my right leg. What matters? I still have my lift and my life. Moreover, I shall be able to swank with my medal, after all. Yee, I have lost a leg, but it was for my King and country. It, was a shell that did it. It pitched between six of us in a trench; it killed one and wounded four, and ever touched the sixth. Are we downhearted? No, for we are winning. A TERRIFIC CHARGE. "9' a,' rt ,;w Y'OI" rnvate W. JV. smifcn, or tOO K.I< .A. Birmingham, who was at the battle of Mons, tells a thrilling story of a suc- cession of charges by our troops:— Near Creesy he, in company with a numoor of other men, was ambushed in a forest and was wounded, a piece of bone being taken aivay from his ankle. Being Left beihind, Smith was sent to Rouen, where a doctor per- formed an operation, and thence to England. Smith stated he was in two hand-to- hand fights, and "got a few in on them." He saw the 2nd Dragoons charge four times through a column of Germans, and was also a witness of a fine bayonet charge by. the Coldstream Guards. The former, he says, was a grand sight. HEROISM OF THE WEALTHY. "The wonder to me," writes a Staffs. man from the French capital), "is how .the women do what they are doing, amd doing it splendidly. Think of it! Sensitive, refined women, many of whom have left their homes and ser- vants and allfjthe luxuries wealth can offer, attending to wonnded soldiers who have not had their clothes off at all for three weeks—poor creatures. They are magnificent, these women. "There was an officer in the shop here rather more than a fortnight ago --3, 'superior' sort of person—who wanted a. raror. He said he had had his 'beastly' horse shot under him at Namour—'frightful nuisance'—hadn't time to get his razor, because they were retreating, fighting all the time. He afterwards took part in that awful fight at Chateau Thierry. We brought him from there to Paais-- bullet through his head and one .in his thigh. He was still alive, and apologised be- cause I had some of his blood on my hands! He died in hospital next morning. ANTWERP SHELLED FROM ABOVE. The people of Antwerp have been thrilled to-day (Friday) by an aerial combat between a Taube and a Bel- gian biplane, occurring right above the centTe of the citv. The Taube had chased the biplane to this point, the Belgian pilot being not averse to per- suading the Taube to come within the range of the forts. The Tauibe's armament included a mitrailleuse, and the Belgian, pilot, armed only with an automatic pistol, found himself unable to cope effectively with his foe. Consequently, when over Antwerp, the Belgian pilot begam to descend, and the Taube, greatly I daring. followed him down until 'he found himself ringed round with burst- ing shrapnel. Promptly he rose again aDd flew to the south-east. The falling shrapnel bullets caused one casualty, a little girl being struck and slightly wounded. T'he thrilling encounter was witnessed by practic- ally the entire pouplation, who crowd- ed the streets and house roofs when they heard the sound of the guns. J. Hodson (in the "Western Mail. ") j FOUR MATES KILLED BY SHELLS Private R. T. Packer, of the Grenadier Guards, has returned to his home at Cinderford, having been wounded on the fifth day of the battle of Aisne. He teills an interesting story of the terrible character of the fighting. "We are in the trenches fighting kmee-doep in water," he said. 'Shells were falling tilirickly around us. My comrades were failing all round me. It was nearing the end of tlI. day, and I was just about con- gratulating myself on getting through all Iight, when a shell burst quite close to me, killing four of my mates. A piece of the sheU struck me near the t-emple and knocked me senseless, and I did not recover consciousness until I was back in England and in hospital tbwo days later." Replying to queries, he said the British were very anxious to get to close quarters and showed great courage. The French also fought with great heart, and he was very much impressed by, their kindness. I CARELESS IRISHMAN'S SACRI- I FICE. Few stories of heroism excel that told by a sergeant of the Leicester- shire Regiment, now in hospital. "After Cambrai," said the sergeant, "I found myself with a wild Glasgow Irishman of the Royal Scots and a wounded man. of the Dorsets. We hid in a fanm, but one day the Irishman was seen by the Germans. He was the roughest card I ever met, amd would have robbed his best chum with out turning a hair; but, for all that moral kink, he had a sense of hon- our all his own. He thought he hadn't played the game by bringing the Germans down on us by his care- lessness, and, after reporting their presence, he said he was going out, 'just for a bit of a dander.' I guessed what he was after, and told him he miusot stay where he was. I RIDDLED WITH BULLETS. I "In spite of my rank he ordered me to a. place where they don't need coals to keep tftiem warm, and cut the argu- ment short by making for the door. He stopped on the threshold, and this is what he said, so far as I can re- member it:— 'It's like this, my son; you've got a missis and childer to look after, and so's that chap in the corner. I'm as bad as they make them, and nobody will be a penny the porrer if I'm shot this very minute. It was my careless- mess that gave you away to the Ger- mans. Tihey don't know there's any- body here but me, amd if I, rush out they'll get rne, and go off content. I'm taking my gun, and by Heaven if you come after meand bring the Germans down on that poor chap, I'll put a ball in your brain as sure as I'm an Irishman. I'm the best shot in the regiment, and I'll not- miss you.' "With a man. of that stamp you can't reason anyhow, and so he went off. wall king coolly out a.t the gate and making a rush for the field. The Ger- mans saw him and fired. They couldn't miss him, and he dropped in the road, riddled with bullets. They must have thought he was the only one in the house, for they diidn't come back. We lay there for three days until we got back to our lines. The poor devil who had gone out for that fat-al 'dander' because of a mistaken sense of honour was buried by the Red Cross people along with the others." I "CULTURED" TEUTONS! I Two further reports have been issued by the Belgian Commission, of Inquiry into the outrages committed by the Gennans in Belgium. It gives the story of the shooting of M. Tielemans, the Burgomaster of Aerschot, and his son, from the pen of the widow, who is now abroad: "At four o'clock in t.he afternoon my husband was distributing cigars among the sentinels posted at the door. I was with him. Noticing that the General and his aides-de-camp were watching us from the balcony. I ad- vised my husband to come back into Wie house. At this moment more than 2,000 Germans were encamped at the Grand Palace. I distinctly saw two! columns of smoke rising, followed by a fusillade. "The Germans were firing at the houses. My husbamd. the children and servants had scarcely time to rush down the staircase. After a few moments of inexpressible anguish one of the GeneraJ's *aides-de-camp caine down and said: 'The General is dead, w-hecre is the Burgomaster?' My hus- band said to me: 'This will be bad for me.' As he came forward I said to the aide-de-camp, 'You cam see for ( yourself that my husband did not fire.' I 'It's all the same,' was the reply, 'he is responsible.' TERRORISING A WOMAN I "My husband was taken- aM-ay. My I son who was by my side took us info a cellar. The aide-de-camp came to take him away, pushing him before him with kicks. The poor boy was scarcely able to walk. I was afterwards token all over the house by the Ger- mans holding their revolvers over my head. I was to see their dead General. "We were tiien thrown out of the t house, I and my daughter. We were surrounded by a cordon of soldiers, and were obliged to see the burning of our dear city. It was in the sinister light of the fire that I saw for the last time, at about one o'clock in the morn- ing, father and son tied together. Followed by my brother-in-law, they were being taken to be executed."

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