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Twenty thousand men killed or disabled— thAt is, approximately, the pnce padd for Ea.ti&fying the 8ycoph.<UYtic desire of esrtain German commanders to tickle the va.nity of their Royal Lord and Master. D&tters iound on the bodies of victims of earlier a.nd simjilar s¡¡,crifk('!s leave no room far .tegarding the feelings of the poor cannion- food, who are ordered to dea.Ui or mutila- tion iji tlie hope that the Kaiser may have occasion to rejotce and Berlin to bena-g itself. These deap&rate advances in close formation. against formidable entrenchmemts, held by determined men in adequate Ilumhers, with- out a rea,jiiable chajice of success of mili- tary value commensurate with th<e losses involved, and as part of no considered pkt.n, hut as mere means of celebrating a Roy,¡ L birthday or some other ekltia,llv meajdn.giless a.nn.iversa.ry, imports a theatrical a<nd wholly murd'oous element into Hie temMe businesa of war. The 'Generals in control of th-e German I armies in France and FLajiders know bolter th?n anybody else that no s&rious affart to b?'eak through the Allied lines, either in the direttft! of Paris or C'alajis, offers a practica'l oha.nce Off success under the conditions that jtOw prevail, which render a genera-1 ad- y,Hlce on either side a virtual impossibility. and that local and temporary thrusts here and there have no strategical importajice t except as feelers for weak lintks in a ch;un, the breaking of which !s contemplated. And it is palpably certa.in that ¡-.n far from projecting the re.sumption of the aggressive ma.rc.h forwa.rd, arrested at the Mame, the! 'Germans a.re no\v mainly concerned with the difficulty of iiolding the territory they occupy—with constant glaj!.oes ba.c'k.ward to the avenuea of retreat. They have no soldiers now to wmte 01 ma.d nnderts.kin.cs. for the re9<"rve'; being humed up from Germany to the West ca-nnot keep ixic-a with the French, British j and Belgian reinforcements in evet ,s,,velliiig 3iumbers pasEirg under the pon.ti'cl of Joffre. Under the increasing pressure exeirted by Russia and the n.eoesE<itiæ impeded by tito steady prolongation of t.he E.a.stel'Jl bAttJe- froeits, the d3n)and for more a.nd st.Ht more l of German trc--ps is imposing a, strain which tven tit? highly developed and well-n.u&- banded resources mid exafbing. And titere ii' th2 KU.ppIcm.sntary ca!! ffn' four or five .army cor,s to a,2.!gt badly-shaken Austria i'i a th.ii'd attejnpt tc salte her ,v<Auided p'ide Rn<I establish contact Axitdi th<' ot'her- "vise iso!atcd?Hy. Turkey, by am.a<s'hing np Servia.. ¡ T)n Iatt?:\ her hardy .?oidiery re-! ? freahed, their equipment retiew.?. a.nd dienr? ..rmament? strength aned. w?; if left I .'?one. iiavp a sporhmg Khanoe ag?' 'ist <ven a- Austro-Ceimnn army t- 4C'0,000 \'<iJlttr t.he .'locked. a.tMl t.he whih go windrng ?:'d narrow ?ftrge?, have :)'a,d'ents so steep nnd aurfa.ces so <?'t): us to m&ke the t.ra?isp(n't ?f h?avv gu.ns a ta&k ci' aupaihj.g dimc?Ity. But it,?C)ugll nci. cn<' of th? Entente Powei's M in a posi- tion to a?iat her with men—Russia only has so!diei:t ad??tod for w'nter ughting In the T!alkans, <ind i!hf' Ig for the present cut by the territory of neutrals—n'&vei'thei.pgs .Servia. Is unlikely <.o lw let't to ccpe single- handed For Houmnnia. dispHsed. if events permit, to def&r at-tion nnUl tiik- ea.tl'y spring—the loan of j65,OOC.OOO raised in tlLis comttry 1(-;<1,,(, no ]oopho!<=- for do-ubt I'&gai'ding its determination to join tht- A!)ies—will not rema in inactive it the Servians are hard pressed. It. rcouires oo pai-ticular almewd- lif-S to infer that th.. size of the punitive and the participation <tf Germans <m a provision for the t-t,,ntiilgelicy of Roumanian .intervention. HowevN that may be, the demand for Gar- nun s /,)ldi-?r, at w mctny points a.nd iu such numbfra must resti-ict the supply avaHabJe ubthc West'ern theatre, where a th<vough)v mobiUsod France is reoeiving British trdopa on ascaip that would have excited the wnn. der of WeUington. Mr. HH!aiM Benoe. bv an Ingenious but "apP,arentJy sound method of deduoctiyeJlea- oui.n?, h.i. an-ived at tiie cûTwlu3ion that the German hnes extend'.ng from Switzer- land to ti.e North are being held bv forces which have become so thin as to be de- prived of P,),xet- for an eSective offensivE. and unleag tluckened to a su.bstantin.1 degree vvill offer tempting opportUIJitif'S for pene- .< "tration onct the weather coiidtioiiz; p"rmit of free movement. He conc<!udes that ? whether or not Geriiiaiiv can pr&viide the naw formations in adequate strength to re- 'nforce the a,rmief! stalemated on the West- ern front she has not a.s yet done so, fmd ) there are no reserves posted at the rea-r of the batt)e-Hne, equi-distant from the diief ? strategLca! points, available to throw On tll:i% I side or that to cope with a suddeti attack in force, or to driv<' home a successful 'ounter- attack. These concluaaons are blLS.ed on the circumstances which attended the yielding II of position's to FreTtch attack In the cent'e at 8ois«ons. and Steinbach on the ex- treme right in AIstace, imperilling the Gpr- mah line, a,nd then complete or partial re- covery by means of counter-attacks del:eled wiith greatly augmented forces. In the c&ae of Soissons two days sumced to concentrate strength for an effective oounter-atroke; m the other case, beuig turthec away from the centre, there wa<s an i'Merval of four days. From this and similar evidence, Mr. Bedloc makes the de- duictioIl that the Germans have no reaerves of appreoLabJe strength behind the troops in t-be bat-tle-tine, but in ca.se of need obtain f'he for-ce, re.quår.ed for an emergency at n,ny g!ve.n point by weakening the whole of the ? .renummng line—a process facilitated by the -excellent railway Mfrvice available. The: 11111portalwe of the deduction, if sound, is that "'Dff',re with new armies in hand, or coming h-d, is. confronted only by an attenua- 1ine which the Germans so far havp .not, thickened with adequate reserves, and m *? "o? because of pressing demands 0?2- ??'oe able to furnish when the cam- ø l'te-opened in earnest with the ea-rlv M)r ? ? *?'°P6ned in earnest with the ea.r!y ?-———?

"'£Y06-Witness" i" ? ??t ))a.i!-a.t!vc. ¡ ?.? '?" ? ""?? "? ? ?t'Hery us?d ?thp'?? "? ? ??' ?" w?'ch ordnance, tsn?cia.?l? f?? h?avMr weapons, ha? dnmin- ) ,i ???M?ab? de?-M. There is the: ??<- ??? 15-poundpr Md Run. of! ?n???? ?? Bri?h and to the pre- -oinent, 'Ic-11 f?d ?ns; th? 4.1-inc)? ,ow!tz!'r, w,th ? ?? ?,,? ? ?? ?.??? '? ? 90?. sh?!: the 8.2 inch. X Ith ;t ? ? '"?? ?-?"? ?-'? ? ?6701h b. pro?ot,?; ?d ]? ?? ?. ? 'I ?'" ?? ?'?' ?? ?"?? 17-inch of P?n? n ?? ????? ?? ? ?? ? wetght. In addition the enemy uses trench mortars, each cf which can deliver lOOlb. of high explosive in a trench—" minenwer- fers," or mine-throwers, as the Germans ca.ll them. It is a striking testimony to Teutonic military capacity that upon the bas:s of book knowledge and deduction it should have equipped its armies in so su- perior a fashion to anv of the others. Aft.r our experiences with the Boer "TLong Toms one would have imagined the Brit- ish would have been nrst in the Seld; and our troops 3 re. as a matter of fact, equipped with an excellent 60 pounder field gun and a 40 pounder quick-firing howitzer, both the best of their type tin existence. But they have been very few mid far between. The Japanese, in the siege of Port Arthur, again (-.xemplined the effect of the heaviest guns against fortifications, but there has been nothing hitherto to compare with the efficacy of the German big guns against fortresses, and it bac, exercised a very marked influence upon the campaign. A?-aan'-it heiid works the 6e!d gun, tiring a rela.tive.ly small sl?ll filled with bulled for use aga1ni!L troops in the opetn, is of Hmdtod va'lue, for it c.!un only fire a small quatn'tity of the high explosive that alone i Can Mow in and fill up trenches. So the: French have found with this o'tiberwise in- ctMnparable 75." without which it is dim- cult to say vv'iia.t would not have happened to them. Their belief in the murderous quality of this veapon ha<s been one of the latest moral as°et! of t.h'?ir army, and it La's been thoroughly justified. Though now nearly twenty yealr: old in point of design, it is doubtful if there is anything to match it, even though it has the defect of its qualTtMs, and its abdiity to fipe 20 roujtds a mtinute plays liavoc. with the ajnimun.itiotn supplies. A French technical jouxtml has compared it wift the GerTnaiti Held grm. Its range is 7.110 y&rds against the German 5,800: its the-U njearly l11b. heavier, though OOlllta.ining the same number of bullets in the shrapnel i (500); its nmzxie ,"eIocity is 210 feet per s.econd more, and the energy of the dis- charge of the muzzle is of a power r'&presen.t- ed by the capacity to rajse a weight of J1Je\J¡rl y 100 tons a foot in excess of. the G'er- ma.n Power; it is fair l':IteadieíI', quicker-firing', requires fewer men to operatbe it, and tjia amnnmition, ospeCLaJI.y in raapect to the fusas. is miwli superior to the Germans, :malny of whose sholls have fanle'd to burst in this wat, as in other campaigns m which one side hae; Lsed ammujtition "made ui Ge:'man.y. The Frsnch w'&re outrmmbered, army corps for mrmy ccrpc, in respect to tli.air a.rtiH<'r\ a German army corps havm'g 144 to the Fi'N.cIunen's 120 guns; but the qualitjss of the French "75," and the J11!1.>t"ry of it c'bta.i-ned by its gu.n'ners, hafve fa. niot--o thdH offse't this superi,crity in itumbeto,, good as the German aTtillery has pi'oved to be. Whci e the French tailed wa.s in an adequata provision of mobi'le heu'y Be!d armiery. At the oUttseft of the w<M' hawe hinted they had at lead as mtich to learn as :>: ¡ ,1 t h:> .<. have buoy. flf .<1 i'9<Lj 'n- r?nffe'd'?y n??ea-ot. m?.b?mg s?w?t &?y ?liv a fire to which they should nevef ha?e b?cn exposed. But t-he .French te&nKsd ?-??iT lessons and adapted themselves to the conditions that they diaoovered to exist m "the ?al thing"; the Ge.rma.na have done s"o f'Ar leaa ratpidly and to a smarter extent, albeit, there are m.Miy judges in England \<"ho co.n?der tba.t the only tafotics for bpeaik- ling t'he lines of entrenclMnents are malssei-l of guns and masses of men conce.nti''ated a.gainRt a selected s.pot. Thit is ju;<t wtiat the GtI'- ma.ns h<).ve tried at ma-ny noint-s, notadJTy at Y.pres. The supGriofrity of the AlMed a.rt.'U- 1-e'y, and the 'eltJdinæs of the AH-ied in- fantry to clo'9le wifth t-he bayontet, are the things )J.pon whicth we muat rely to see the end of the pretsemt mmi-stwrl;ation. It is a decided 1'eprcaeh to ua tha.t we have heard so much c< the G'erma.n snipers. ''Sniping, or' isoiated shooting agam&t ptn'ticula-r targets by picked shots acting upon their own initiative, jg an art requiring qualities whicJi it is the whole aim of GeTmaji iAiiiita4. training to stamp out. Yet. in this inhere individual ? harJ)shooterg hjavc. shown ajt excellence 'If marksmaaTiship, a cool audacity, t)N've tiii(i t3iitL-rprise that have eluded us gn;'vcns loss. Yet we have a far grea.ter supply of such m''t: than the Gej-mans have: better ahot-<. act'ustom.ed to s.t-nJ.k game, a.nd rely upon their wit: a.T)d acco'm- plishments to see them safely through tight corners. The only matter for surprise M that we .t hou ld Rye!' hllvf\ permitted the Germans to obtain an ascendency m this! worrymg and effective bra.nch of wa'Tfat'e. Lord Roberts yt-arF. ago predicted morlern ba-ttles wou ld be won by "snap- shooting at short ranges a contusion tite reverse of much of British milit'ary opiniofn., which, after South Africa, was inclined to lay great stres!& upon long ra.nge &'hoothtg of a type far wluch circumstances offer no ecope of any kind In thL- war. His words have been dramatically fuifilled here again we have an asset t'Lat the Germans do not possess, in the capacity of our soldiera for action <i.t once quick a.nd <'col, in circum- sta.ncea ut which the German is apt to get nurried aJld (lxd. Infantry for infantry, however, there ha. been not the slightest pos;>"lhility of a oomparis'on between British. riiie shooting, witli its ui-tiqtje and that. of any ot'her army in the field. ————— ??—————

In the w<'rs of the French Revolution and the Fh'tSt Empire Napoleon reco( I ),ised in thj English guinea pre one o)f his meat formidable and elusive enemies. He did not under-rate its power; on the contrary he became so obsessed by the idea, of its ubiquitous innuence that he discerned the latter in every hostile mov<;ment. He had a firm conviction that his final overthrow wae due, not to the Army of Wellington, or the Navy of N'dsou, hut to English gold. Coun- tries like Spain, Prussia, Holland or Austria were a-pparently crushed by force of arms only to spring into life .i.nd vigour again under the magic eff,et. of the ye.How metal, poured out with a lavish ha.nd from Eng- land, and used to arm .;nd clothe und fe<'d new armies to f:ice the vetera.nE of France. We are atill 1-wayinp, for the profusion of guineas sent to StiSen resistance to the Cor- sican &nd preserve the liberties of Europe in the interest, on and repayment of our gigan- tic national debt, the e?-cater part of which waa incurred :n provici!'ig the goiden coins. How history seems to repeat ites'f—with a difference—and how persistently the in- terval of a hundred ye.sn'6 separates the great world wars? A century ago we were ap- proaching the end—which can- in June- of a sanguinary struggle, involving nearly the whole of the civilised world almost con- tinuously for eighteen years. Aft'a' legs than six months' nghting, so enlarged is the f:cale under modem tonditions, people .')? beginning to conclude that th-. 'present mutft end beforf long by reason of the utt"r pxhaustion of ?ome of the b'e)nger;'nt Powers. TI'o pae'<' is certainly hot to an unprcvc" dented degree and the carna-g? colos<sa]. but th'?n the resources nre greater, and a rigid discrpHnc, no less than a high flt:>noa.l'dù£ courage, enables appallingly great sacrinces to be made automatically and as a matte!' of course. The cunningly deviaed and com- plete machinery to the hand of the Prussian I war lords:, who decreed the war in a spirit of conquest, not only compels the Germans !to forsake their peaceful callings to act as cannon-fodder at the word of command, but also provides for such a moulding of popular I sentiment that they cheerfully, enthusias- tically, play/their pa.rt, and the media of public information ate M) controlled and ad- justed. as part of the arrangement, that the classes and the masses alike, infected by false viewe and fed witth false news, are animated by the spirit of the Crusaders. iThey may not be rescuing the holy places from savage inndels but re convinced that hardly less praiseworthy a mi-ssion is theirs in bringing about world subjection to Ger- man power and kultur." And meanwhile some of the features re- appear of the earl ier stfund of the free np- tions of Europe ..gajnst. a miUtary t\-ra.nny thiv,,),t,eiii.jig to st.ine the sense of indavid'ua.l libe'rty, extingu,isii the spirit of natti'ona.lis'.T.. aiid pla-ce all nnder the impe'rious rule of the sword. It would seem aa if the world were destined once every century to be called upon to justify by force of arms its right to freedom. And the most conispiouons of these features is the role imposed upon I this country of standard and pUI"S!e-beail'ler for the weaker and poorer peoples. Frajtce, in some respects the richest c(YtJJnry in the I world, has njeod of no one's boim't.y, and Russia, whose punctilious regard for nnan- cia'! obligations no le..s thMi her enormous potential wealth ha.s made her hnpemia'I bonds about the most stable of all securities, ha.s not occasion to ptand beholden for more thafn temporary advances—well se- cured—like the ma.ster of a broad expanse of unen'oujnbered rich adores liable at unex- pected moments to be mxvght short of really cash. Frajice a.nd Ruasiia atajid a class apart from stricken Belpthm, to which £10.000,000 baa been advanced Romania, whLch is obtain- ing a loan of JB5,000,000 from the Bank of England, amd hai-d-fightimg Ser\-ia, whose shara cf JB80&.000 doubtless reached her in arms, ammuimtion and equipmen't. Those war Eoana ganerally ha've the cha.ra.oter that I DOmin+IYl'a.ised m coin they reach the bor- rowers iu ttbe form of the Articles they need. In truth, there is no more inspinMug as- pect of the war, from the stajidpMnt oi the Allies, than the whole-hearted majine.r in which t,he raso ureas of all a-re being "pooled" for the common benefit. The 'bull, of the food for the sustenance of our troops in the lighting line is drawn from France—be it noted az asigl1 of the times that only the very beat is acoepted—Mid, on the other hand, that the French soldiexo no lcmgar arc served out with cotton uuder-clothiig, but the beat woollen, each article carrying the najns of a Bribialt &rm. With Polish Lodz, Belgian Mons, and Fre<nch Roubaix- each a great textNc ma.nuft¡ul1"ii!lg centre— 111 tlw halllds of the Germans, tJie obligat.ion I' is ca.&t upon us to Sjid the ma-terial for tit-e 'mniforuis of all the Allies. In Colne Valley -whei-e 300 milee of kh:trld M being pro- ¥1'(:.4--a.nd tn ttte othcf bf ?Engisa? th& ? a.M workimg to the very lli.niW of huma-n endur4L.n,(,,e OO'\lEn.l i), a week., witJi as many 'hoa-M. p.takfed )ntijp as the supply of Ja.b{)Ur from Bslgium and FMMtce toil a!.M)g'sade the Tykes aj)jd Ijan<a<tt.riat!&. KharM of varied shad?, as a.d?j[)ted by T?itish. BeSjgian, FTanch aJid R??ssian. auihoritias, Is being run out l;v the mile—tt is no longer measu.rod 1)?' the 'la.rd. And m with lrJso ilikewise with everyjthmg e3se requdred for the purposes of w<Nr. The Belgiatis; caught abort of rines <m<i gune, I>ec&use cmly half-way through v.ith a new scheme of organisation, had UM'ir nMtde good. by the French, who, in twn, borrowed from the British, I whose dephted retierve --iipplies werp not i equa.1 to the dema.nd created by the rush to the colors in I'e&ponse to Kitchener's appeal. But the manufacturers of thia country are now putting their backs mto I thf buaineas, and guTM, rH!e& and amniiiiii- tionare I)eing made an works and factor.es us!Mdtly coticerned with products of a more ) prosaic, characte! For war hits become for us, as Mirabeau declared more than a bun- ) clred vears ago It was for Prussia., the national industry to which every other must lx- 8ttbürdil1ate. works M-e iliakiitg t'ie; outward eases for shdis, engiueerin!. works j and foundries are devote to the products of EUTM, motor aaid kindred wo'-ks are H.p p]y!ng themsel -e, 1, to the m,i,nufR-et-ure of riSes. In brief, all the available resoarces of. the country are being util'sed to the utter- most ?or equippipg onr armies In ?"?? And in th's let it I-)-e liot.,ed that And in this commotion let it be noted that j whatever mav b< the sliortcom?tgs of the t -Lim. -.4 Tmder traunng at home, everyone rMchmg France is perfectly equipped, ex- vitia". the wonder and I\dmU'illtlm of tnc FreMh as much as do the ar- rangcm?ts. ensuring as never before a reg?r and abundant ?rpply of fOO41 for the soldier.. splendidly .'ot?d ?? d ?hJo?d? and the handling of the v.-ounded. ? t, ambulance, motor ar.d train are wh?, ed a.t ext)rc* speed from th. bst?e-neld to the hospital. Nothing ukp it has prevou? been axp<rienced 'n warfare. llnSlSia, with <<.bcut .650.0:0,000 worth of wl1-ea.t ,,Lady t<o be shipped when the FPrl-"g ..Mcs her will pay m food fw the Fru-Lce will have her bill for tood applies to set off again!'Jt tha.t preseiitr-.d for kh?i a.r.d ilann?. The ?11 round ?- ciprocitv will be hcipful to eac}i. A?nd ? there will be an adequate Hurplua left to pavtOr the guns, fines, ammunitions. sa.ndtes. .retirements, and the- other nooet!- 's¡H'ieg of war cbtnined from Japan and America which bo.und to be eairit-41 i-A by tiM. war. For with Great Britain, FrnJ).ce, Servia,. Germany, AuRh'ia and Turkev fne:sged in war. a.nd wLtl) It,,t,y -in4 Ioiinl *liket,% t.n intervMe, there )s little outMde capacity to in ooptag witJ¡ the pnormo: demands of the belligerent Powerc. Countries like Spam, Port.uga.), Swedpn H<dlan.d a.nd D<imark have home supplies 'barely adequate to theaj- own liPens, so tli&t the natioHs actually Nig,-tged In the war are in the maiji thrown back upon tiheir oWn resources. TMs matter of supplier we roay b<' siu'e, is not b<='i!ig OYerIooked by the leaders o" aidB. for more than ever is It t,.p,e triit,h thai. "n-rmios march on th.cir ptomadi," and that the best-fed, most pmciently clothed will join in baatle with an cdds on ohMLce ft .OCM". Quick-lirixW gtu),4, t<x), a're prorlia.\ in Hie 1Jf;e of ammunition, and, if .sta.rved, axc, ['endsred impotM)t. So tliatt in any at'tempt to gauge the situat.Io'n re- ca.rd must be Ind not only to the nmnbeir of men a.va.iLtb)e. but al&o to thfar equip- ment. and the supplies fot' th'pir feeding a'ud thR feeding of the nitcs they c<irry and the guns they nee. An theee clementa are factci's making for success or failure when beake aj-e fought. The military <xr'tw of tOO "Times" be- Keves tha.t the Germans are bound to make a I&st &nd supreme effrri to break through the lines of the AUios in France during the next week or two. Putftmg himself "!n- side the skin of a TT ember of Uve German High Sta.S, he asSL'niae the dif"a.greeabw pi-obabiiitv that be in a.llli>: cOMP(.Iliipg Austria, to de- tach large f(-,rr-es into R itnga r y, and thBt ItaJy in-ay n-t, retn&m much longer ina<otive,, b)pcause it bag become cieair t4) ltaluwls at ouly by pmri-,iii- pation in the war can national aspirations M rea-Haed, and hie concha that Germany must before the and of FebtpuJT employ the bulk an d the Qower of he: 'my stil! m the West for & decisive InTvwclv --it, or invite disaster wh-n the spring b a into the Md not only the new the Alli", but also those of ooutral OOil-iœ aOOut to join in i.he frav. Colonel Reol,inton éidently amti- cipntes lively happenings m Flanders ajid North of Filance in FAAm-aty. We nM ents-rmg up<N the seYenth mcxp.th of the war, and Jf th dea.- be MM-epted thai tJM Allies are quite with a Mmpic defensive, tl)e, roie of tl* stcne waU rM.Tst.mg the ar"isaiilts of the b4tariiig ram, we can &t L-f a?6ti,,3n Nvi;Lh express our nmwæ'l"Vf'Î'; saacitbn w3th every pha.ee of the caripmign., BiLt tliore M-o one or two fpctg to disturb our eq uaninuiv. for froT.t them we nlAY dis- cern the measure of the i-Mk tha.t. liea before us. A good many e aj'e stiU hnggting the delusion tha.t the wa.r may ooHa.pse Ibt ajiy moment. But wh&t. 3.re the fads! TTM- A!li« hold con,sideTab!y lees German tefri- t<orv a* the end of the six'h month than they held at the end of tlie nrat month: the Cer- m&ns are in -e ffect:,Ve ation of Belgium, s much greater of France aind Poiajid tha.n Uley were a.t the t-nl of August-when they swept throug'b bi.xi; dtd not ooeupv, ]a.rge ap6)t& in Frajice, now m tba hamds of tl)eii- legitAmate Goe-rnment. The Austrians, iL is true, have lost the greater pirt of Galicta and the Bukovma; but they are not. much worse on' In n:apsct of territory at the end of January they were at tile end of September. YQre better off tJiaji they were in November, when Cra.oow waa menaced and an Italian journal haot,ened to inform us that it wa.s in names," and that its ffJI was iaMtnent. Prxemysl. in- veated since the begi;.1:IYiT\gof October, holds out, and Cattaro stiH !:ec.ts the flag nying. The Serbs wexq near Ban.jevo, but M'e not now near It. There is Is -njy-st-ery about this tha'b no hypotheaM thak we ea-n sugg'egt MJt a,ccoiu-.t for satisfac&yrilt. We have heard a t dea.1 a.b-out Hhe German march on Pari&, or Oalaiis, or Ypres. Htive the AUieg ne\fr de\ired to get a<ny- where" At the bagiinfnutg of immairy., when there W'ILS a. Belgiam ímooess n,eaT St. Gorges, a correaptMident l)Oaíut10fU8ly made the foolish 1'ema.rJ!: that h,- tih'e end of the month the Belgi&n.a ected to win hMk their coast Mne. it look Itbe it? One wouM not ba to see the sdtua,- ttc'n in thf west sub,%t&ntigy nn changed for ,sl.t\,wê\?T{6 tit,. the 'et)&'t ot war is pilin.g U)p'(&y by d^.r. The pattenoe, of the Freh<3i people under peonKarly trying circumstances is exemplary: aNd thfeTr ta.ith in Joffrc Tlzlbúundrd. We itjso must refrain from oonjeetAtp& fliat do not sa.ti&fy or con- Ympe, emd ijm.ita<te this fortitude aiad trust. And wie will escape disapi)oinimeTA if we omm to speculate upon Htc length of the war. Our e:;tinla.t-ee. in the past ha Vie be<m optiinnatic. The, spirit of the er-"Mv appears not ma.teriaU;' aSected. After six months of a terruM; hair'meo'mg sucit as no men in the history of '.he woitJd ha.ve over bonM; 'before, they catn atill dte by the tens of thousands to gn-e thefir Em.peror 3<8 :i, birthday girt & atring of MMcesMa—a. hope t.ragJc:l1y disappcinted. We may decide the :itta<'ks oil Givenchy. Craonme, and in the Argonne as evidence*! of .'m Imperial vanity; but the *'legend" of the 1'ónaD.g a. }x)werfu.l motive force wit'h the I Army, and that is the main point ,voit h k-"<)Will,g. worth knowing. As for the Auatria-ns, wele they upon om' si.de we wc'uld have the bigli- e&t adtmiration to express for the with whtich they piul )'heans9lvea together & fter djster upott ia.st'6r a.Td keep 6ght- ing steadily on against odd.' and dimcul- tle6. lTi the F,.u-st \ve see the ",jtU.']¡t.i011 appi'oxi- mating to that in the West. The batt!p- contmuou. from the Baltic to the mouutfun boundaries of Rou- mania. The gM.ps that h;<,ve exist'ed, in northernmost on the north) bsmk of the Vistula, ;md at certam points in the Carpathians have bewl filled, and one gl'eat aJtd ahnost unhl'ot.:en chain of jrben runs from TUsit to It is needless to say that so enormously Ions; a ?'ne must sna.p when a ma"s of men is harled against one pMnt or other. B'jt thenr defective system of commlluieations has Mi far prevented the Russians }'!pm bringing tc bear the nta.ny minion at hpr conunand, :t!id v''e hpt<)' < f a i'<'n'e'<\ed man offensive from the Carpathians directed on Prxpmyfl, whNst the Anstro-G-erman forces m aouth-oast Hungry w1!! aive tha Rouma.nia.ns B. soMiera* we!com< when -in- terveilt.ion nna!h' Here igaiii thf weathet- imposes dimcu)- t.Jl¥. and thugh ;t hs l,een ignor-'d by the <x)T'iba.tant!< as much M posmMp. with mnd ir) Fknder? and Poland. ?a?d d&p Rno?v in Serbia a.nd the C'ar- p&thia??. !?! a.<*ni!'6s have had to a?*ce<3t the re?traiitfts Im??ed b?' the cIi:nAtc. "General J&r.ua.Tv" has 3.)pain played t?'e RusaLcfie t.ra.itor, for a "evore w:ints)' in Poland— wh.m'e tliere hAS been more rain t,hsm s!M)w— wouin bxvc l'en ,)f the !!reatÆt "'h-'mtnee for thE>J1l. L) t-he swampy aw laa-oon- strewr districts of East Prussia. Russian propss has similarly I-eon arre'st.ML by the failure of the fr,'d. to hnrdpn the water- aoddan not permit- ting, we ma:y in bho EM:t n.<: in HM have to possess onr for week. mere without, seein"? auy siq-,w of an thai; -.Vill have other ;Mms tha,n the mere of the onfmy.

?h'. T. J. WiHiam' 1f.aesygwernerl, se- cured on Saturday the Liberal nomination, which, in tne exiting conditions, involve clectiou to tt)e PadiaJJ!o;>ntarv eeat va.CfI.td by Sir D. Brynmor Jonoe. From the (*OT)- servativie standpoint there was liWoe tó ¡ cho6sc between Mr. WiHia.m)<. Mr. Dan' Thomas, or Mr. Arth'u' they aU profe.sS/Ad, with equa.! thoroughness, the RadicH1 cr(-irl. But even poTitlcaI oppon- euts may be .permittl"d tt) \11'. T. J. WHUiMMs on his if onjy for thp reason that he fmHiM. síngl-hR.nd{'d.' and irder sPlious a powerfu! tht) de£c..at of inthiencps which no lover of hi!! country can wish to M'n enlarged at the ywa-, 'ent Ju.n.ct.i()1\ The Mumbles people are to-da.y pro- nouncing by their votes whether they &T'e for or against the inclusion of Oysterrnouth District iu SW<1I18e-a Borough. The form in which the question is put to them is likely to affect the iasue, the ia<'t that the Council &rran,ging for the poll is confessedly :-¡.g.a.inst incluaian suggests the probability that t-ho form will not favour the inclusioiNsts. But it is to be hoped thjat the ejectors will bring thais' oomRMMTaenae to beajr on their reply to the question or questions put to them. and not be influenced by mere teobMcaJities. Inclusion ensures icr them an improved system of drainage a.n ample supply of pune wa-ter, better education tacilitia& for their ctuidren, rapid mea<ns of trajiait to aJMi fiom Swansea, and reduced rateis. Against these is set the bogey 01 a Swansea dra.ina.ge out- fall beyond Mumbles Head, which, it is said, will become a sQuroe of pollution. Some of t'he foremo:4t engifneers o< the kingdk;a-n a.M prapa-red to pledge their pr()fes()naJ. repu.ta- tion tha,t it wiH be nothing of tlie kind, and unless they convince an impa.rtiBi And higiTJy oo,,aipetcjit, judge in Major Norton, representing the Looaj Gove.i'nment Hoard, t.ha.t. they a.re right 'the dra.ina.ge scheme founders at the inquiry. The House o):' Commoas Committee three years ago did not condemn the schome its objection waa to car.rymg drainage through a. neighbouring diatricb so Icing as proof wa.a not adducpd that there was jtM practicable scheme bv which the sewera.ge could be deUvered into the sea a-t some point within the borough. The Swansea Co.rpora.tion. a.fter exha<uxtive enquiries, is sa,ti",fied tha.t tfhe best and rea.Mv the only flble otuHet is off Mumbles Head. included in the Swanjaea. Borou,g-h, the Mumbles is irrevocably conunit-ted to a permatn&ntly system; to rates steadily on the up-grade; l1ün'artic:i. petion fon' the children in the edu.ca'tion a<d- v-tag- obtainaMe m Swamaaa., aa)d to a. wat- supply fhatt, by its defects, is not only a cause of discomfort to the indiabitarAs, but a, senorus dsterrent to the now of visiton; upon which the place largely dfepecdB in summeir and autumn. No hope can he enten*- taioad of tipoops being billeted at the Mum- Mes until a supply of pure ws.ter is a.vadl- a,¡ble. The Tnilitary a.utho'rities \viU not hear of 3t. and hefin<g adv-erbised by tMs refusal to entbertaan t!ie propose c&nmot fait to irtfl-- potexdaal visators. In t!he ab- sence of inciluaion the MumMes wiu oon- tin.ue practically as it is during the years to come—the Disitrict OOlwoil ha<d not even the sma-U co'U!r,a<ge nfcoessad'y to a<oq'mLre the iMid offered on ad vantageous tarma for saving the sea. front from the builders—its lot moo in that of A-oWd see 6ubst<ntiaJ lafid out in Mndcrintg mo!!ie a.ttract.ive to visitors one of the mosb pic- t-u-resque and potenti.aJly heaJMiy pleasuT'e resorts in the Kingdom. ?———— ??-.——?-?.

Tile fpeeoh of Sir Ed",M'<l Holdon. the Chaiitrma.tt of the London City atid M:idla;i-id Banik, at, the aU:Th;¡a.1 meeting' of the shaxe- holders, is a contributMH of surpa&ing TaBue to ch<e -eiiliglit-eiii-nent of the British in i,eg,ard to the r 1aJt:å,e Snancaal strargAJi of Great Britain a.nd GtmDólIlly. It correct o=c ia ,t ? .f mçst mmninst- ??; fashMM d.ia.g)MS< ? aud tha AJiMd Powm-,q "tr'a,¡;lèl Gei- nMMty waak. Ou? fniax,.ci.-A poa!tlon. buA- tres's'ad by sctmd methods, ciii we.at.hor any storm in sight. AiDd 'Gart11 allY so lotig as the con&d&ncc of it-s people in ultimate vic- tory ;s ni.Lintained,. cans.trug]¡e 0:1 few atb<ou.t a year, nctwithstaeid.mg t110 flooding of the Tcixtoni-e Fatherland with pape'r jnonay, agafinst. wMoh th&re is not g'old or aipproved aecn.trities to a.jita<! equate amou.nt ;'t. th<} Xaitional Banik t.1 effect Germany lt:Mt had wcours-- m an ela-bcraftdy -ii,sguiaed fonTt to th)e crea.tiom of mon<'T by the 9.1 J of the pi'MLtar, winch was the liare- bra.ined dl&oovefry of a. FiUtUMC t¡nist,e: under thf Loui? who wa.s ueafly tAie frr&t ()f the cwBpiouou.s yiotims of the The defect in thm paper money is th-kt -t-s it exceeds the gold available to rpdMm at on demajid. foreipnevs refuse 3< 0epta.noe except at a discount that with the discrepancy b?twM'n the q4old held and the paper emitted,and t l-e German peonli,- not onJy pay their ra,te? and taxee with; tM« scrip hut nnd as the pl'cfPect:¡ of a victorious finale reced e that iti! p-lia-.ing power corre.,spondc-iialv wi-tirh means more acute and widt&pread distress. If &ir Edward Hold<'n's polnt 1q wen grasped it wiJ1 oocom-e tr' appreciate the anxiety of the BerUn authorit-ics to t?uo- oress had news, exaggerate the good. and bemuse the people into heHevinB' that thej Kaiser is certain to come out. a,t the top, cthcfwis.e the whole fahn< G-rman make- i bpHeve in the domain of fiiiane-P wtH collapse, For a defeated Germany, 17<)iii- poHed to pay waj indemmt:es mstead ot re- will not be in a position to redeem the b3pe,l' money now trr mi'lI <om the Berlin State printing oSc" For t01'-?oign ('r1;t'Û\> in S"Ji::h ? case w,m in!t upon pavmeHt in soM. and no good.. WT.U rh GcTmany payable ;n ajiv An extreme example of how pa-ppr monsy c!eptiec!p,tes w'i.h the fal'Hng lcttuu<s ct' the 8t:tÆ issu::ng it i5 :tlorde.d i;) the XDer:¡en('e of the Southern States c'i America in their futii's the North. To- wards the dose the Confroerate nobeF re- came more ,.and more wortMess. Rich Southerners.'who ba.d pa-rt-ed with money. horses, and supplíffi for '-greenbacks," found themselves a.bso!ntel'y Tuin<>d when the h,tter were pToved to have no value. ',om.e M'c said to !iave papered bedrooma with for which not a cent couM be got when Lee capitulated and Richmond fen. As mn!!traHn ? the 8tage of deprecation that tiM Confederate puper had reached before the final 'breakdown of Jen'erson Davie' Govrnment, the story ]s to'd oi two "reb?" rneetrng. "How munh mc.ncv have yoo got, Jol-,niiv?" the one. and t.he other rephcd, )00,000 dcH.a,rp 'T\p got 200.000," remar_ked the; challenxei-. "U'f! puL It aJl together and i The C er- buv half a poimd of nlal-Lz, "JlO have parted with goIld, jewels. 3pd fcreign securit-les of market value for notes issued by the Natinnal Bank. v.-m nnd themselve; heavy losers WhÐll it is KXmM-alh- realised in (j.,ermany that th_e Kaiser's bid for world power or a downfall is renting in the latter. I j

I Glvndwr ? Ficto? ?? the ac" Iiiating ?n-u?, in We?h na.tiona.! Hfe toucti?d n?n ii? thp 1'tHo pa.mnMet is&u.? th?s ypa'- by .Inhle,t of t<ip BoMd ?f I De-r-ii-t-rt of t,lie I'?narl )f Th? not< ? thera?Te ma.rti?. M Mco?d!! with the spirit of th? tir'?s; when & W?h Arm-v Ccrns is rB.pidb' fillitig up its radiks, a.nd thp t?'?R Wd?h ro?inten? are suffer- ing ?t the front af hfaviiY M aDy tb'it have tntany de.«troy. Of Pictor'9 lif' andr;lorioui'l death we kno' (I et,(t A. i egr a.nd prfcise if not one. of the grpa.t ca.pta.in? hf w'M' cn'e (If th", prfat nbo:¡'din- ,<te: p-id :3111(> rpstg much npop tho fi':rl1t;n' t-p.irit, a.nd capability of th hard. ¡rim wrrior whû feH at- Wat<?r- loo with two wounds—one of them received at. Qua'-t-re Bras days that wouia I have disabled a man of less unnmchmg spirit. Of GlyndNvr we ku'jw btst enough to banie and tantaJiae i.iF. H's end 'p. oog:i1ming. and his carper, are wrapt in that mvsterv and ham that surrounds nearly all Welsli ngures of the past and events in national !iS=. He wac a guenlh I warrior, but very much more thun that one of the ve.rsa.tile. 'many-sided figures of varied appeal, interests and accomplishments, who could, in a more stable and popujous communitv, have laid for the nation the foundation of national inetatut.Mns which are only now, centuries latcT, being sloAvly introduoed to it under circumstances less propitious than enthusiasts admtt, for the new Wa-k"S has in mMiv ways nothmg to do with the past, but is a distinct entity. Weilahn'M'-n have been fal.'YC to their past ,Lrad,itioii,s wTien they cuocumbe d tl8 the paralysing ulSuence that associated identifica- tion with -%vaal are as Satanism held up the soldier to obloquy as a man of wickedness. past praying for, and thlt made the King's uniform n, thinp: to br> eyed askance. From a hundred whenever .such things were (1welt upon. the outlook &nd the opmion were those of a na-rrow and ,j,goorant prejudice. The cuuntry haa iic)v,- the opp<Jrtuin.ity to ma&-e up for this, and it has much to make up. and. many of its spokes- men, very much to repent They are striv- ing to atone, with a11 the zeal of the new- converter. even the men who. had they had their way, would have left us almost naked to our enemas. For there has been much in th& past" hÜ,tory" of the country, or what takes its piaccs. t-hat the world aboo,- htte]y refuse to notice, which it nnds as t'ediouely duU. and ephemeral And unun- portajit. 0)ir Welsh Morgantpl1 or Sempach. or We!j.h RaTmockburn, would have cc unfed for more in the estimation of the Acrid tLar! events which seem more import- ant. But though in the pv t nn- ¡ questionably one of the fighting races of Europe, it hiM been the peculiar nahtlona! misfortune that oac cnn point to no I-,attle that !tas made the 1E3.&t impressioOll 091. the popular memory in whidl Welshmen formed the whole of one of the contending ajLTniM. The ?rt of war wa.s for many centuries ?P-found;l,v modified by the Jo:ig bow. of %Ilicli AN?'elpamieii were amongst the mo?t a?omplished wielders, the iMt?ional weapon ? of g'ueri.Ua ftg'htters, usually toe few a.nd too I pooT in det'ejTsiYe armcur to try close co'n- c-IfusLons in the op<&n. but ner-ding some missile ana that could make up for these deacienciee. The na-tioaal phyaique—long afms and wan d'evoloped cheat a<nd ?oul- dfers—was also w?B adapted to thiF. terrible insta-umpnt. Taik.L'Lg ?! points into con- Rideration. it ix probable bhat the lo!!?r bow was in the open Sold far nwe deadly ?.?-.n ? reüpJ.e nowaday;' 'arp apt. to i,;ubgi.ne. ) If th': British infantry in Fenders! had that v.-hich they in much t'hc .saTne coujnry a<t tite time of Orsey and Ag'in<'oui't. no army, o{ what<e'vor dunaoxions. could .'Ttand before them. h wou? be a suaple qaMi-if?" of thne ind afl.lm ltnitio;n to'' ttio destructic'n of mUlitrn* thtt o hf'l" factntt' have conic Iut«,' ?. The hi$t<n.,¡c Engli.!lh bowmeD has mono- polised the f&me that rightly should be shared -vith the Welsh auxiliaries—who. Jll t.hc of theh' engagement, coiTes- ponded to the modern professiona l soldier and "<1& paid the higher of the two, ac-' c-()rding to F-iosart. Their fortun'es were iiTidistiDguiahable, and there wa? native chron'cler to separate tit's achievements of the Welsh against the men whose de- scendants modern Welshmen are so vacantly assiatiHg. They seem. however, to have borne a larger proportion to the numbers of the English combaW;nts m the armies of Edward III. and King Eemv. though tho armiea of those days were few enough, at any tinM. The immense modern boats are a reveirsion to a far mcrj primitive form of warfare, such as the Roman.s waged against the GalMc and Teutonic tribes. There :s a curious contract between the WEtIsh of the eariy middle agef, who wt're l:;ght infantry. principaLly Etrehers. and the 8V.;5.,< who, abo coming of a mountnin raoe. were <IIam'ptricaHy oppcsite in their a.rms a!)d equipment, pikes, swords ;iwd heavy armour. The Sws in mere mcdeni times have adopted themselvfs t<* circum- :;ta.n,:e<J. a,nd it Is doubtful i{ th ,-iv is in the world a more formidable- little nation, for rine practice is the national pastime, facili- tated by the RTeat moutitain.s thHt se.r\e as riae hutts. Had Belgium trusted so Uttle. .'n paper and ao much mo e ,¡d-ee1. RS Switzerland has done. she mlf;ht well have been spared some <jf her s.ff<'rlns;. ?

Carmarthenshire p-jHcemeu, most of on active service You are '.vas the retort: to Mr. Wm. Own by the chairman !o? t!;<- Swansea n{rd of Gu.n'dians on Thursday. A witness at the IJaneUy Oil Monday proudly boasted of the fact that he was the father of 24 ohldren t 1.1' .J1 Morf than ever it i,-4 now true that Hearty t)M only one emerging from tiM deplor- able bU::01!noo m the Swansea a. s-emblanœ of digjtity is "Suture" W:I- al NiaesyWxerliett. .V widow whose application for relict "a.s refused by the SwaJMea. Guardians on Thurs- day, pa,i(t ehe would prefer gomg to gaol thau to the Workhouse. Colonel Morgajt and Mr. 'i'uck&pld. in tlich- (ilialog,.W. on tke Irishman at Swaiis&-L Hospital Board meeting, provided a welcome divennon from its usual—more or Ie;- -d'y ,,)i,oceedi-iigs. Tlii- cornel h<Mi the ia&t la.ugh. ReMef c:ls.e15 considered by the SwaJieca Beard of Guardians on Thursday showed '10 n) -ricrea.e in numbers, hot the jn- (.'rea.'sed cost of food bU necessitatpd a.n \"lerease ii.n. rGli-pf of a.b{Mtt twenty per cent. It cost the Swa.mea boys who belong to the B.A.M.C. at Edmburgh 10s. 5d. far*; a,ione to get to Newcastle to see the Sv.'ans play. TheM' men must h&ve been real 6n- thuosia,<>ts, for the fittle jaunt ran away with a.t leaat a to tnaght's soidier's pay. FanTiers :i.t th° L!a.neHy market ehou!d, at'tM' past kunw the t-empfrH- me'n,t of their 1I")tœllers bolter by this time. T}ie hig;}) prices in'sistf'd upon for thf:ir faxni pr(¡¡dn.ce is no't justif¡ed. and L)a<nel!y people aM ,\ut."1)()ken. 1)1 :u) artitc)!' &ntit.kd of Mark in thf A\T. which has reference to Gencratk and Admirals, in the "Windaor Mag'ay;nc. apppars the photo]'ap.' of Fu)hr. of SW8.ns,J, who is the oniy thus honoured.

Lights out: But. the old Swansea Star" atiuie&aga<in. ..$$:t-t- Ttte borough extension fight- beating the boundaries The Swa.nsaFi. boys at Rhyt. aj'e proficient in making trenches. A joy-ride.—A loccil visiting cotmnittee m a taxi passing the trough accountant on foot. .$- The drainage part of tiM enquiry at !Sw&n- s&a this week is a new form of trench war- fare. A musical young lady at Swajt. sea. ia accredited with a fond!Kt-s for ,cM- arysced. 31ez,-6rs. T,,)rr, Ha.rry a.nd Charts oole. have been ret-ain<'d as physical instructfrs to t)he Swa.nsea ButttaUon. Ali 'has been -efii in Oxtoi-,i- 5'tJ..t, Ft v.-as a. tixture--over a fajM'y Sotore. A sport? con r)nit tec bc<ih formad ift connection with i. Swans.ea. B.a.tta.hon. A challen-ge to the Swans is -utimated. The 8wi:i)' anyhow, arc ?ecunnc: a ine advertifenient for SwaTiwa. NotlJlllg like keerÙlg the nayne of a teivn in peopk'a mouth"" 4e,*81t-1'- Thp two financial experts to bf called nt the SwaiMna enquity arc tJ311J«1 K(,.Jl 4iid Ca.sh. Ominous fd those who h;1\'e to pty tht3ix hiflq. "Taylor in the lis.t for thi, week at SwaJisca. It ito net a ia?' 'smt np!' c, hiMia-rd !na.tch, but oniy drainage. Excit- hig,j.&!i'tit? "g. it? With OM excoption. the binkruptcy ('Ø.'5It'" exawi.no<I pn t<'riday at Q-wa..nioa ba"led front the Go?.-e" in every iMt:l-C:e t.ha debtor kept no ac..ot1r.t bcwyk"3. ])o not worry any <Yf C port,iŒ1 e>ffiei;)1, ai the present time.. If yc'H do you will be told th-iil oix-, on the "ex- te:Mi<'n And it. i. "extending" theTn. too. Th? dscipion of th" autho;-it.iM to re':ne< t y' Thf' dif.ion or tl,, .nth,))'it,ie. t.o remE!11V' tHe bnd t?th of rpcnt't? shf-j. .?"i: ;1"0'" lnmdred: of men. Bad teeth have b&&n re- < *blp fcti, more N',Ý1.x:t.iOl.l$ than f'oy otfiew phyMcai.dffcct. "'i. s: tiih.a: "Y 't "11-' .Vat1 ?. f,a4 t. M) ? <" n i.i,, ofder tll p«y for th<* use of th:t> N.=ath Gwyn HItl.V. haxs no muds tcr this purple." said Aid. livp- phi Morgan The Swan. Jni. r. Newcast-s in £ 1'. d., M worth a.t .C53C-. Atld prol¡¡¡,b.iy mul'f. a'. th<<' la 1, spm:ting chance ti' inning right out ;t ths tht dit, that the reason Mme of the Port Talbot Ül>erals voted for Mr. Nl;iateri-,i,ia was because titey thought be could iní!u.eJ:<:a the Admir.ty to makf PortTalbot ? nay:*l port.' 1J'HièS nf*'hp 's. Oliver! F'-nn- Oxford-street 6oys, froTn tiip "Poatbag" th:-t all Lh" qii,17, there are t.,itir sv'ectheArts up !o.r soldiers, m&k.e thpu. join tfhe s.rmy—s<Mne engaged to oPe mHrried. Ti-.a commuluquf K<d& 'onw of u-' hav'' g'}t <* round iM-If-dozeu" Ay a result cf the wa.T many clcrr:rnTI<eJ\ a.re n:o\v poh<=hing up their French..Yn a church in tJM other da.y the sc'rvic<' wa08 at-tended by a partly of Ba!- sprm &nd the ctir-,bt-el rising to the oct':aMn, ddireti short a.dd:re.?s<'e in Welsh, MLd \feh"h. ? ?tx<?t?. IHe W!M jugt arrivire, in "from Khe dif'trict, aa dre&s gees. :t perfpct knut. an d, ha que-Ziont.,(t a CW-MbWLia i&ndtord thM: t aay, a.re the bhnds dov-n in tl- Haven't you heard?" Xo. Wfn.ihe Kaiser is d," "It'a a ——gcod job'" was his parting remark. It was left to Amo Lloyd to sccre Swan- j «e-.TL '$ goal at N eW0a5tJe. He quite :< "dandy'' on Satur'da.y with his hair nicely parted i:ri the middle, and soon becama a favourite with the lady epec- ta.t&)'3, for whatever he got the batt one of t-he !.adi..e shouted out, "There's that little again!" ?<xE-?x!x<? A Swajisea gentleman ca.ited a,t t}i€ "DM?y ? P<jst" Oftice? en Monday, and bitt<*rh' com- pliirted of dajDnge done <<.t Cockett Cemetcly to graves by allowed to enter and trample on ajtiRci&t wreath glasses, of course, smashmg t-liklill. He also &a<w men. actually despoiling re,11 flower wrea.tJM, ajid had tthere been a polic.pnia.n present WQuld have acted. Re asks why such a. ata.te of thjjigB is allowed. The mili<'ary a.uthorM)es vouchsafe no ex- planation why the "Jights out" ord,pr is enforced at 6'wansea.. And since we are 9.U undt'r martiaJ-taw it would be daJ)gterons to make conjectures. One wonders hosv those fee] nowadaye who la-ughed when Sir Alfred Mond burlesqued on the local plat. form the rear of those conscious of the Ger- man peril, or read with appro vaj his s&r- clL6t.ic refereneep to it. The "Swait.5" havie proved the surprit-9 p&cket of the season in "Soccer." A de- feat at of tht, Bla&ebitTu Rovers, which thrUied tho? iootball w-onid'; was cap- :).Me of being disinif.ed as a 4tikr. Bnt when the lrrepl'BSSiw,3. who arc not even ;') the First Division of the &)(1t)r>rn League, go to Newcastle uid make n dra,w ff it. though 120 minutes are ph, ceritos out&Ide Swansea stajtd astounded. This war woutd ha' be'e:) .ivcrted ;E Great Britam had adec¡uo!Iitely preparpd for it. Germany';? selection of "The Uay" made on the aM::mpt;.o!) that \.e would cowardly s-tand 'aside, c?' if we iu- tervejM)d there would be no material (I;ff,, i-- ?nc became of our unpreparedness. Who discouraged prepa.rat.ions by assurances thiit 'he German perU was a bogey raised by scaremongers? ThR iamiJi who h&'v<t )f'.st dear ones In Fiance a'td F!anders. a.nd f M'nt th'*i' rnen folk to th<; coJoui's to save this frcm tho fate that hse overtakfn l'gium, wi)1 not be "fob'jed off" with nler pIausiMe aiM< g-we,r, 'to this quieetion.