South Wales Weekly Post

TRYING TO SAVE HIS BOY. VERY SAD FERRYSIDE DROWNING CASE. Mr. J. W. Nicholas (coroner) held an inquest at Ferryside on Saturday on Wil- liam Richards (55), of Bryn Mefus, Tre- vaughan, Carmarthen, foreman and traveller for Messrs. SpurreM and Son, Car- marthen, who was drowned on endeavouring to reecue his son, Bertie, aged 13, whose body has not yet been recovered. Mrs. Blodwen Jones, a married daughter, go,id that she, her father and mother, three sisters, and two brothers were spending the day at Llanstephan. Her brothers. Bertie and Egryn (8), went to bathe near the castle m the presence of the other members of the fiamiily. Bertde, who could .swim a little, went right on to the advancing tide, leaving Egryn near the side. When he had gone out forty yards another boy shouted, "Bertie is drowning!" whereupon her fat-her, divesting himself of his coat, jumped in but when Bertie disappeared he held up hw bands and fell on his back, and was seen no more. Witness entered the water with a lifebelt, but faiiled to reach either of them. Mr. J. Mo. Lloyd, son of Mr. Walter Lloyd, J.P., chemist, Carmarthen, air ) swam out to the spot where Bertie had disappeared, but could not find him. The Coroner described it as an extremely aad and pitiful case, and a verdict that the deceased met his death by drowning when endeavouring to save his son was returned.

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I DOWN TOOLS.' I WELSH I.NIINERS' i THREAT I 1 IF BONUS QUESTION I NOT SETTLED. The .Press Association, telephoning at! noon on Monday, understands frorft the secretary of the South Wales Miners': Federation that that day's conference be- tween Mr. Runciman and Mr. Lloyd George and the coalowners, which was expected to take place this morning, would not bo held until four o'clock in the afternoon. •HOPEFUL." MR. TOM RICHARDS, M.P., ON THE SITUATION. The Press Association, telegraphing at IS p.m. on Monday, says Mr. Thomas Richards, M. P., takes a hope- fill view of the situation. He says he will be very disappointed if the difficulty which has arisen is not got over to-day. He and his colleagues fully expect to leave London for South Wales to-night with such terms as will be accepted by the men at the meet- ing which is to take place at Cardiff on Tuesday. The coal owners who travelled to town were received by Mr. Runciman and Mr. I Lloyd George, after which the men's dele- j gates were accorded an interview and it may I be-c-ome necessary, as in the case of former disputes, to bring about a joint conference j of rapresenta-tives of capital a.nd labour. ) DRASTIC ACTION THREATENED. I The Press Association Cardiff correspon- ) dent iskiys The strikers in the Western Valleys of Monmouthshire were joined on Monday! morning by about 800 men employed at Crumlin, otherwise the position remaens the same. Practically all the lodges in the Federa- tion area have adopted resolutions in favour of a down tools policy in the event of the bonus turn controversy not being settled on Monday, and drastic action is likely to be taken.

NATIONAL SERVICE. IMPORTANT EVIDENCE II BEFORE CABINET. A Cabinet nAeeting, consisting of the following members (says the News of the World ") has been sitting for the past few weeks for the purpose of inquiring into the question of recruiting and en- listment and the effect. of the present system on manufactures and the export! trade:— Lord Selborne (chairman). r Lord Crewe. Mr. Winston Churchill. Mr. Austen Chamberlain. Lord Curzon, and Mr. Arthur Henderson. I I Important evidence has been taKen, and the report is now being prepared. We are told that involved in this in- quiry has been the question of national service, or the establishment of some! quota system such as that which obtains in South Africa. Under this system each locality is calied upon to provide a certam number of men. If these are supplied voluntarily no further action is taken, but if the quota is not forthcoming, then the Government has power to intervene and take the men it requires. ,It is said! that in no -single has it been neces- sary for the South African Government to use these powers.

CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTSI SWANSEA MOTOR PARTY'S I SPILL. I A .serious motor-car Accident occurred about 10 o'clock on Sunday night in the Oystermouth road, a party of five persons being thrown out. The car was returning home from the Mumbles, and when near the Gasworks (where the road is "up") it mount- ed a barrier and collided with a bank of stones, and then fell into a trench. William Henry Blackmore, No. 26, Sketty-avenue, and George Gooding, of the Vale of Neath public house, Port Tennant, were found to be severely cut, particularly the latter, who was removed to the hospital. The other three occupants escaped unhuit. FALL FROM A BICYCLE. William Beresford, butcher's boy, of Dy- fatty-street, Swansea, was riding a bicycle down New Orchard-street on Saturday after- noon, when he fell, cutting his forehead badlv- BOWLED OVER BY MOTOR-CAR. A lad named Valentine Coppery (8), of No. 2, Wellington-street, Swansea, was knocked down by a motor-car, driven by Mr. W. H. Davies, Neath, outside the Trafalgar Hotel, Oystermouth-road, on Saturday afternoon, and he was picked up unconscious and l- moved to the hospital.

FULLER, V.C. COMMEMORATION TABLET AT BONYMAEN. The brass tablet to be erected at the I Swansea Industrial School in commemora- tion of the award of the Victoria Cross to Lance-Corporal Fuller, the first Welshman to win this coveted honour, was inspected at the Swansea Industrial School Sub-Commit- tee meeting on Monday afternoon. The inscription set out the notice that ap- peared in the "London Gazette" at the time, with the additionr- "Commemorating the award of the Vic- toria Cross by His Majesty King George V. to William Fuller, a.r old pupil A the Swan- sea Industrial School." The architect, was instructed to put the tablet up on the wall of the school.

A POINT OF HONOUR. HOW FRANCE OBSERVES II IT. (Press Association War Special.) I PARIS, Monday. I Commenting on the case of the aviator Gilbert, who recently escaped from intern- ment in Switzerland, and who was ordered to return there by the Minister of War. the "Figaro" says: "Everyone know8 of what a splendid m)? the Aerial Service is being deprived by the action of the Minister of War, ordering one of its imt pilots to give himself up as a prisoner in Berne, but no one protests, be- cause the honour of France's name j illl-I .yolved."

PATHETIC SCENES AT VALLEY FUNERAL. Striking scenes were witnessed at the inter- ment at Cwmilynfell Graveyard on Satur- day of the remains of Willie Cecil Jones (13), son of Covin. Dl. T..Tones, of Cwmilynfell, who was the victim of the terrible accident at the Blaeneaegurwen Colliery surface reported in Saturday's Post." The funeral was one of the largest witnessed at Cwmilynfell for a. considerable time, and clearly indicated the respect in which deceased and his parents arc 1 held. Several of the father's fellow-members of the Pontardawe District Council were pre- sent, including the chpirman (Mr. JoJin Mor- gan Davies. J.P.).

EMDEN AS PEEP-SHOW. The Australian .Department of Defence I bas aoc<'p?ed the contract, of a ?ydnay I"QI"- 'I poration to raise, the German cmieer Em den, now on a reef at Keehng Ib!a?d, and' take I -1*"•* <?M'?!?.?fr?ie?e?<Mt? ?

ATTACK ON PARIS ———— FRUSTRATED IN THE; AIR. EFFECTIVE FRENCH COUNTER-CHASE. (Press Association War Service.) PARIS, Saturday nht. 'le following official communique is issued'_ to-night:— This morning, about 10 o'clock six Germain aeroplanes—three from the region of Sois- .swns and three from the region of Com- piegne—left in the direction of Paris. They were- arable to attain their objective, and merely dropped some bombs on Nogent- ^ur-Maa:ne,Niontmorency, Montfermeil, Ribecourt, and Compiegne. No victims are reported except in the last-mentioned town, where two hospital attendants and a ohtld were killed. The enemy aeroplanes when sighted were immediately fired upon at various points in their course, and were pursued by our machines. The commander of one of our squadrons at the front pursued one of the German machines, and at 3,600 metres shot it down to the north of Serdis. The machine and pilot were found to have been destroyed by I

BURNED AT THE STAKE. "KULTUR" IN THE U.S.A. (Renter Foreign Special.) NEW YORK, Monday. A Sulphur Springs (Texas) telegram states that two negroes charged with killing a sheriff were burned at the stake in the pub- lic square.

FOR COMPULSION. VIEWS OF SIR ALFRED MOftD. "PROPERLY ORGANISED SJ:tJ£.u.J" Sir A. Mond, writing in the "Daily Chronicle upon the ruination of his directorship 01 the Westminster Gazette, "i says he did not authorise the statement that it was due to h::s conviction that a system oi compulsory military service was rapidity becoming a necessity. lie continues:- At tne same time it ii quite true that I have with some reluctance come to the conclusion, in which i ain not alone in Liueial circles both in and outside the House of Commons, that we require a pro- perly organised compulsory service. The waWl. for tanning an opinion oil this ques- tion are, owing to the lack of official inlor- mabi/on, not as definite as is to be desired, but I think sufficient general information exdsts to demonstrate that the present system is unjust, inefficient, expensive, and will prove incapable of produo.ng the very large body of nren which widl obviously be required to c-arjry. this war to a victorious issue. I am strengthened in my opcnion by the fact which you announce that a Cabinet Committee is inquiring into the subject. From this I inter that the subject is regarded as one of practical and almost immediate (importance, as it is not conceiv- able that over-worked Ministers are con- ducting a merely academic inquiry. May I say how much I and many other good Liberals regret that in a question of such importance, which ought to be dealt with as impartially as possible, our attitude should be represented as merely the out- come of an agitation by a certain clique of newspapers. This is felt to be very unfair by many of us who are advocating a policy which is not congenial to a number of our political friends because, after careful re- flection, we are convinced that at is our duty to do so at the present juncture."

ENGLAND'S MARVEL." SENATOR HUMBERTS TRIBUTE. USEFUL ENLIGHTENMENT FOR FRANCE. (Press Association War Special). 'PARIS, Monday. M. Charles Humbert, writing in the Jour. nal," gives his impressions of England to- day. He describes the vastness of the effort whioh the English are making, both with their Fleet and their Army. He praises the energy and skill which they have displayed in improvising a machinery of war that can vie with that of Germa.ny. England manages to do all this, he says, and yet that does not prevent her from helping us and sending us coal, steel, and raw material, and when she las provided for the requirements of her troops she will work for her Allies. England's mobilisation of her industry is a. marvel. She has understood, thanks to the admirable leadership of Mr. Lloyd George, the capital importance of raw material in rr.odefl warfare. In England everyone kr.ows that the factory hand is as indfa- pensable as the soldier at the front. Indeed in the trenches their comrades tell Those among them who are skilled workers that it is their duty to go back home. This sentiment is expressed in a poster in the words, "We shall owe our victory to you." Victory is now the one and only thought of the English people, and the Colonies are heart and soul with their Mother Country, From all lands wherever the Union Jacli flies is coming a continual flow of soldiers, work- men and money. Are are united as brothers in loyalty to the Empire and in hatred of the German. Those who sometime incline towards pessimism should spend a few days in London. They will come back filed with new enthusiasm hy the sight, of the fine tenacious spirit of this people, which will never yield ahd can never be broken.

SPANISH MINERS. DISQUIETUDE IN SWANSEA VALLEY, I MATTER TO GO BEFORE I M.F.G.B. I On Saturday the monthly meeting of the Anthracite Miners' Association was held at Swansea under the presidency of Mr. D. Walters, J.P., Abercrave, .sup- ported by Messrs. J. u. Morgan and John James agents) and delegates re- presenting 15,0UU miners. A deputation attended from the International and Abercrave Collieries with regard to the employment of foreigners at the mines, and complained that colliery owners were still introducing Spaniards and Portu. guese, who could neither understand "\VOish nor English. The deputation pressed upon the meeting to use its in- ?uence to get the Miners' Federation of Great Britain to adopt some measures to prevent colliery owners employing fOlCign workmen. In the course of the discussion it was tated that the employment of foreigners was Causing considerable disquietude in the bwansea valley, and that it is in- I creasing. Mr. John James, the agent,! soino l2 months ago had to deal with this question, and it was stated ho had ob-1 ta.ned a promise from the owners that no further contingents of foreigners should be brought, but lately a large number have been imported again. j The meeting instructed the agents to adopt any course that is possible in order to put a stop to this employment of foreigners. In all probability the matter Trill now be brought before the Miners' Federation of Great Britain and the OfaurW J

ON RUMANIAN I FRONTIER. I ",W i I 200,000 GERMANS I 1 MASSING. -1 I j EVENTS PENDING IN I THE BALKANS. I I Tintes War Telegram, per Press 1 Association.) (Copyright.) B UK A BEST, August 24 (received 29th). The diplomatic conflict in the Balkans has now reached its height. The Central Powers are employing every means in order to increase the prevailing discord between the various States, and, if possible, to bring about way- between Bul- garia. and her neighbours, while the Entente endea-vours to promote an understanding be- tween them on the basis of concessions on the part of Serbia and Greece to Bulgaria. The ultimate settlement will inevitably be imposed by the Entente Powers, if not now al the close of the war. According to information derived from a | I trustworthy source < About 200,000 German. troOps have arrived at iiraaso (lIt Hungary near the Rumanian frontier) during the past week. The journal Dimineata" states j i that many detachments have already taken up positions in the mountains and in the neighbourhood of that town and in tie dis- trict of Fagrash. On the other hand, it is reported in well- informed quarters here that Germany has abandoned the project of advancing east- wards through Serbia and Bulgaria owing to the many risks attending such an adven- ture and the difficulty of providing suffiicent forces. The suspension of ordi- nary traffic on the Hungarian railways is, I undoubtedly, due to the transport of troops. The opinion of competent experts is th&t j the German invasion of Serbia will begin in I about ten days. I PRO-ALLY SENTIMENT IN RUMANIA. August 26th. Travellers from Hungary confirm infor- mation that the Hungarian Custom officials have all been withdrawn from the frontier station at Predeal to Brasso. The interme- diate district has been handed over to the Hungarian Ministry authorities. Trains t.raversing it are closely watched, and pas- sengers are forbidden to look out of the windows of the carriages. The opposition groups, which all favour the cause of the Entente, have been encour- aged by recent events in Nish and Athens, and they may be expected eoon to make their influence felt ifi various ways. I TURCO BULGARIAN NEGOTIATIONS. "ON THE EYE OF BEING TERMINATED." j (B«uiter Foreign Special). SOIHA, Saturday. Replying to a deputation the Premier is I reported to have said the negotiations with Turkey were on the eve of being terminated, though the concessions made to Bulgaria did not involve any political commitment on the mrt of the latter. I SOMETHING FOR NOTHING. (Note.—The above teleg mm sumg?m- tMt Tur??y has made coccessMM, and the point arises whether she woul4 amkb them for nothing?)

CHARLIE CHAPLIN V. THE WAR. I RIVALS FOR THE PUBLIC ATTENTION. I observe that the chirf popular mdoor amusement in England-a. well as in Ger- many and the re-st of the world—is the cinematograph theatre (wites a neutral correspondent in the Times "). Out of curiosity, I went to one of the largest you have. There was not one film shown to give any idea of the work of the British I Army or the British Navy. The whole audcence looked forward to the antics of one Charlie Chaplin. I could not but compare a similar scene at a great picture theatre in Germany, where prices had been lowered and parents are entitled to take their children free; where all soldiers enter free, and all wounded free, in order that the nation may obtain, from ocular demonstration, informa- tion on the one national topic-the war. If I may be permitted to say so, the impres- sion created in my mind by the contrast was unpleasant. 1 am told that there are thousands of these picture theatres in ten- don and the provinces, in Scotland and Ireland, and that Charlie Chaplin is the idol of mitirions of your people. The only sign of war was that some of your generals were thrown on the screen, but they re- oedved relatively small applause. An Eng- lish friend of mine explained that the Eng- Jish are not enthusiastic in the matter of hand-clapping, but I pointed out that Charlie Chaplin received a positive ovation! I An undemonstrative Send-off. I ivelit to see some ot your troops start for the war. They were leaving a camp in which they had been for some time. Flowers are commoner in England than in Germany. There were no flowers thrown at them; no cheering. They went off without demonstration of any killld other than kisses thrown by some ?ris at the windows and the stare of old men*M cottage doors. One of the pictures in my father's house repre- sents the scene at -the departure of the Guard ? from London for the Crimea in 1854. Many a time, as a tiny child, have 1 Jooked up at the ijwnense sis* of the British Grenadiers who fohght so the Crimea. They were depicted as departing in a tumult of popular .demonstration. Has any change come over the English people since 1854 or ns the war so complex that I they do not understand its nature?

HUNS'ORGIE. j HUNS' 0,R-GIE. 1- l? AMAZING STORY OF GERMAN I DEBAUCHERY. BOULOGNE. Thursday. About a year ago 150 German officers c rdercd a two days' feast, to be prepared for them in the Castle of Allenviiie. near Amiens. The feast was SAXwdfng-ly prepared sod served to tho Germans by the French in- habit anis. as commanded. A few days after- wards the enemy was driven out of the dis- riot by the French. When the latter entered 'he town Of Alienville the first thing they fd was to visit the castle. Before they had 1.aohed the doors of the place, however, the (wtlc- net them. In his hands he held the unpaid bill of the Germans' f<ist. The butler has since given on oath hte word that "he bill is an exact one. The following is how the list of eatables reads: 400 eggs. BOlh. of buaer. One prize hull. 60 Pot* of confiture. The list of licluids is even more surpripiivgr: 2 barrels of beer. 12 Quarts of cogtaao. '00 ciuarts of eider. 15 an art? of "Bn ,25 bottles of champagne"^ wine. Ic-ii-itrt of calvados. 48 bottles of burgundy. 8 quarts of rum. 30 oua-rts of 6 ouarts of cassis, and 0 quarts of madeira. 4 large bottJles of old 6 quarts of musoat. and valuable liqu- 5 ouarts of vermouth. eurs. This evidence of kulture has been made t.he subject of a lecture delivered before the Sohocvl of Anthrapology in Paris, entitled Fools, Criminals. and Alcoholism."— i" Daily Telegraph.") _0_

NEATH LANDLADY'S WILL. ] MIS. Mary Ann Carney, of Lhe Ea?iesb?sh ?i, Melinerythan. Neath, who died on the 24th of Febn?ry last, left estate of the grc-es,? ,"lue of a,162 -16s. 9d., oi which ?2,105 4s. 3d.. is net personalty, and probate has been granted to Mr. Matthew Arnold, of 11, Parade-buildings, Neath, solicitor, and Mr. John Henry Roberts, of WaJier's-road^ If ii—rlfa 11- v —

6,008 FEET H!SH j 6,000 FEET HIGH. 11 go- ITALIANS DARING ATTACK. ENEMY'S DEFENCE WITH BOULDERS. I (Press Association War Special). I- I I ROME, Sunday. In the Val Sagana the destruction by Austrians is reported of some bridges, a, I high road, and part of the railway line in the Fondo Valley, between Roncegno and Novaledo. ? On Friday evening the enemy delivered a strong attack against Monte Armentera., i which was promptly repulsed. In the Upper Isonzo one of our mountain deta.chments on Monte Kukla, weet of Monte Rombon, on Friday morning attempted a bold coup de main ags.inst the trenches of the enemy in a very strong position on the sum- mit of Monte Rombcn (6,624ft. high). Owing to the very great difficulties of the terrain and the determined resistance of the enemy, who met our men with gun and rifle fire, j hand grenades, and even the rolling down of j heavy stones, our troops only succeeded in capturing a few trenches. The enemy is still holding out on the ex- treme summit, of the mountain and we are remaining in verv close contact with him. I ENEMY'S AERODROME BOMBED. As our aerial reconnaissances show that the enemy was aJready hastening to repair the damage caused by the recent raids of onr airmen over the Aipovitza aerodrome, this was once more bombarded yesterday morn- ing by our flying squadrons. One hundred and twenty bombs were dropped. Two sheds were hit in the centre and the whole camp was damaged. Here and there fires broke out. Our airmen, though for half an hour under the fire of numerous batteries, returned safely from this daring raid. DISCOVERY OF FLAME-THROWERS. ( limes War Telegrams per Press Association, copyright.) CHIASSO, Sunday. The Italians are continuing their ad- j vanee on the mountains north and easii of Monte Rombona, which are almocti entirely occupied. The Austrians were in long caves, but the Alpini penetrated these like dogs. Some fifty Austrians were captured and large quantities of munitions. On the mountains south of Plezzo the! Bersaglieri climbed a wall 1,650 feet high, mastering the ridge between Vasik and Javorcek. They found flame-throwers formed of metallic cylinders. Under atmospheric pressure an inflammable mixture of tar and benzine is forced into the ignition tube, and a tongue of flame generated twu i?eah shoots two hundred feet. = —

SWANSEA'S NEW CLOCK;] ) EVERYTHING MADE IN THE! TOWN. I I TRIUMPH OF LOCAL CRAFT- MANSHIP. I The public of Swansea are wondering why the new police clock is not set geing. The instrument is now completed, with the ex- ception of taaking the communications witth the dial, which little detail must be left till the official opening. The clock itself is going regularly, and Mr. Walter Webber, of Oxford-street, who not only sup- plied it but made it for Alderman Evan Evans, the generous donor, described a few of its main features to a "Potit" reporter one day last week when the winding opera- tion was performed. Here are a few of them: Four six-feet opal dials, each illuminated by six electric lights of 50-candle po-^er. Bed frame 5ft. long by 18 inches bioad. The great "going" wheel, 10 inches in diameter. Fitted with Lord Grimthorpe's gravity escapement, the characteristic feature of which i8 that no matter what pressure is exerted upon the hands by wind or rain, it is not communicated to the pendulum, whose arc is therefore kept regular and the time- keeping made accurate. It is expected that 'the clock will keep time to within two seconds per week. Pendulum fitted with compensating bal- ance so that the lob is always kept at the same distanoe no matter what the tempera- ture might be. Has the beautiful Westminster chimes and will chime the quarters. The largest of the five bells weigh*, over seven hundredweights and measures three feet across the bow. The wire rope holding the weights has been tested to ten times its required strength. It will come as a surprise to many people that the entire clock has been made in Mr. Webber's own workshop from the brass and zinc ingots obtained at the local works. It! is a very fine piece of workmanship, and, Alderman Evan Evans' gift to the town, as is generally known, represents L400. It is expected the official opening will take place in the oourse of a few days.

PETITIONING THE KING.' INDIAN SOLDIERS PRESENT APPEALS. One of the most interesting incidents of the recent visit of the King and Quern to the wounded Indian troops a.t Brighten was the exercise of the time-honoured Indian privilege of petitioning the Iving-Emperor personally. "The time was short, ibut the King's ex- perience in India moved him to listen patiently to two sepoys who, greatly daring, took this opportunity of approacning the Presence. Said the first: 'Mv brother and I were both wounded, and came to England, They told him I was dead, and he went mad. B'lt I was not dead, and the sahib took me t-o see him. He became sane, and we .both wept. But next day Vie went mad again, and said it was a dreamt and an illusion. And he has gone back to India, while I- well, I gave six shillings to an Indian writ- ing man to buy me something in the bazaar, '.nd the writing niaa-tliey are all .accursed, these writing men—he took my six shillings and will not give them back. 'This,' said the King, 'is a serious matter, and shall be looked into.' It is a, promise, and the peti- tioner falls bad content," say.s "The India- man," "for he knows that the English keep promises. He Listened—That is Enough." I "The second petitioner, had lost two bro- thers at the front, and it behoves him to return to his village to settle the affairs cf his family. This, too, shall receive con- sideration. Whatever may be the decision, the sepoy is content, for the King has lis- tened, with his kind smile, as the petition was translated to him. 'He is a listener,' says the sepoy as the royal party passes dn. 'All we want in India is, a listener. You: saw,' said he to the others, who wondered at his forwardness, 'you saw that he listen- ed, amI that i h.

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FIGHTING ALL THE "i WAY. 1 j RUSSIANS' STERNI RETREAT. I RETR14AT. I  IHOLDlNG THE GERMAN I OFFENSIVE. t ¡ (Press Association War Special.) PETROGRAD, SatuV Y. 11" The following official communique is pub- lished here to-daj" In the region of Riga there is no change. In the direction of Friedcrichstadt stub-1 born fighting continues. The enemy is at- tempting to force the lines towards the railway Krenzberg-Mitau. On the road to Vilna, on the right bank' of the river Vilna, and between that river and the Niemen, the enemy, during the night of the 26th, made an offensive move- ment, which was held by our counter- attacks. On the Middle N iemen and on the front between the Bobr and the Pripet our troops on August 26th and 27th continued the retreat, holding the enemy's offensive by fighting. The enemy's advance is most marked in the direction north of Bailv- i j st-ok, along the western side of the' Forest of Bielovege and on the roads to Kobryn. On the right bank of the Bug the enemy on August 26th began in the district of VJ&dimir Valewki to advance in the^li- rection of Torchin (w?et of Lutz .,?o- katche (on the River Luga), and Poritzk. On this front there has been fighting. On the Upper Bug, the Zlota Lipa, and the Dniester the enemy during the night of the 27th and on the following day at- tempted to attack us in several sectors, the offensive being particularly vigorous in the district north of Brzezany and west of Podgaitzi, where the enemy suc- ceeded in establishing himself on the left bank of the Zlota Lipa. I THE CERMAN REPORT. I (Press Association War feervice.) I AMSTERDAM, Sunday. I The official communique issued in Berlin ¡ to-day says:— Eastern war theatre.—The army group of Manshal Von Hindenburg.—South- east of Kovno—the stubborn enemy re- sistance has been broken, and our troops are pursuing the Russians. We have crossed the forest district east of Augus- towo Further south, in pursuit of the enemy, we reached the line Do brovi-o- Grodock-Narewka, and the sector oast of the town of Narew. Army group of Prince Leopold of Bavaxiao.rhe right wing is pursuing the enemy through the forest of Bialdwieska and approaching Szersczowo. I Army group of Marshal Von. Mackcn- sen.—The Russians in rearguard fighting i have been pushed back to the line Po- dubno (on the road to Pmzana) Tevli Kobryn. Our troops advancing from the south through the marshy district pur- sued the enemy to near Kobryn. South-eastern war theatre.—The Allied troops yesterday repulsed the defeated tnemy across the line Pomorzany-Koni- uchy-Kozoaw and behind the Koroplee ¡ sector. ADMITTED LOSSES. I I (Reuter's War Service.) I AMSTERDAM, Saturday. Accorf-lingcl to the "Nieuwe Rotter-j damsche Courant the Prussian casualty lists Nos. 302 to 309 give the names of I 40,245 killed, wounded, and missing. The total number of Prussian losses published up to August 24th amounts to 1,740,836 killed, wounded, and missing. To this must be added 214 Bavarian, 184 Saxon, 247 Wurtemburgian, and 441 naval lists. I JAPAN TO HELP. I I MUNITIONS FOR THE I ALLIES. SPECIAL SUPPLIES FOR THE I RUSSIANS. I (Press Association War Special). I NEW YORK, Sunday. A message from Tokio says it is learned that Japan has decided to employ aJl the available Government ind private resources l to increase the output of munitions for the I Allies, particularly Russia. ("Time?" War Telegram.) I TOJVlU, Aug. 24 (delayed). The question of supplying Russia with munitions has been taken up by the Govern- ment. To-day Count Okuma, accompanied by the War Minister abd the Hussi?! Am- bassador, went. to Nikko and conferred with the Emperor. I am autboritatively inform- led that the chief object of the visit was to obtain the Emperor's sanction to Japan'p :supplying sia with munitions. supplying Rus? i? with mun i t i ons. I" A WHATEVER COST." RUSSIA'S INFLEXIBLE I DETERMINATION. I (Press Association War Special.) I ,i PETROGRAD, Monday. Moscow has spoken, and with no uncer- I tain vocce. The war must continue, at whatever cost, to a victorious end, and meanwhile all suggestions of peace will be I rejected. Such is the unanimous resolution passed at an assembly of representatives of all Moscow mstitubions, provincial, municipal, political, financial, industrial, and cammer- dal. l All the members of the Duma for Moscow were present, and the assembly urged the Ünmooiate creation of a Cabinet, of National Defence, consisting of politicians and pubV.c men possessing the confidence of the coun- try. v Some confidential resolutions were adopted.

AMMANFORD STREET FATALITY. I Mr. J. W. Nicholas held an inquiry at Pen- t'yn Farm, Ammanford, on Saturday even- ing. regarding the death of Mrs. Young, wife of Mr. W. E. Young, farmer, who was killed the previous day. Evidence was given that Mrs. Young wae delivering milk on her usual round, and in Penybank-road she was getting into the oart, when the horse started off and she was thrown to the ground, her skull being fractured. She died almost immedi- atelj^. TOTflMfc if "Af&xdvatt*

KEEPING THEM IN THE DARK. I I THE GERMAN AID RAIDS, r MR. BALFOUR ON REASONS FOR SECRECY; The First Lord of the Admiralty has. says the Press Bureau, addressed the following letter to a correspondent:— Admiralty, S.W.. Aug. 28, 191& Dear Sir,—You ask me why the accounts published in this country of enemy air raids a re so meagre, while the C erman narratives ot the same events are rich in lurid detail. You point out. that, while these narratives are widely believed in neutral countries, the reticence of the censored British press sug- gests a suspicion that unpleasant truths are being deliberately hid from a nervous public. Compare the following accounts which, though a historian would never guess it, relate to the airship raid:— GERMAN VERSION. Translation of neadlines of the "Deutsche Tageszeitnnsr," August 11, 1935 :— Air Attack on the Docks of London. On the night of the 9th-10th of August our naval airships carried out attacks upon fortified coast towns and harbours on the East Coast of England. In spite of strenuous opposition, bombs were dropped on British warships in the Thames, on the docks of Lon- don, on the torpedo craft base at Harwich, and on important positions on the Humber. Good results were observed. The airships returned safely from their successful undertaking." BRITISH VERSION. "Augist 10, 1915. The Secretary of the Admiralty makes the following announcement :— "A squadron of hostile airships visited the East Coast last night and this morning be- tween the hours of 8.30 p.m. and 12.30 a.m. Some fires were caused by the dropping of incendiary bombs, but these were quickly extinguished, and only immaterial damage was done. The following casualties have been re- ported: One man, eight women, and four children killed; four men, six women, and two children wounded. One Zeppelin was seriously damaged by gun lire of the land defences, and was re- ported this morning being towed into Ostend. She has since been- subjected to continual attacks by aircraft from Dunkirk un-ler heavy fire, and it is now reported that, after having her back broken and rear compart- turnts (damaged, she was completely de- stroyed by explosion." Now it is plain that if one of these PWrift is true the other is false. Why not, then, explain the discrepancy, and tell the world in detail wherein the German account dis- torts the facts? The reason is quite simple. Zeppelins attack under cover of night. and (by preference) of moonless nights In such conditions landmarks are elusive and naviga- tion difficult. Errors ar ? inevitable, and sometimes of surprising magnitude. The Ger- mans constantly assert, and may sometime believe, that they have dropped bombs on places which, in fact. they never approached. Why make their future voyages easier by telling them where they have blundered in the past? Since their Errors are ojur Cains. why dissipate them? Let us learn what we can from the enemy. Let us teach him only N, hat we must. Nobody will, I think, be disposed tc- doubt that this reticence is judicious But the question may still be asked, whe- ther it Is used not merely to embarrass the Germans, but unduly to reassure the British, how ought we to rate the Zeppelins amonc weapons of attack? What have they done? V, hat can they do? To this last question I do not offer a reply. I cannot prophesy about the future of a warfare which is still in its infancy. I can, however, say some- thing of its results during the past: that it has caused much suffering tc many innocent people is, unhappily, certain, but even this result, with all its tragedy, has been magni- fied out of all proportion by ill-informed rumour. I am assured by the Home Office that during the last twelve months 71 civilian adults and 18 children have been killed, and 189 civilian adults and 31 children have been- injured. Juaged by numbers, this cumula- tive result of many successive crimes does not equal the single "effort of the submarine, which, to the unconcealed pride of Germany and the horror of the world, sent 1,198 un- offending civilians to the bottom in the Luai- tania,. Yet it is bad enough, and we loajrf well ask" What military advantage has been gained at the cost of so much inno- cent blood? "Tne answer is easily given. No soldier, or sailor has been killed, seven have been wounded, and only (n one occasion his damage been inflicted which could, by any stretch of language, be described as of the smallest military importance. Zeppelin raids have been brutal, but so far they have not been effective. They have eerved no hostile purpose, moral or material. Yoiire faithfully, "ABTHTJR BALFOUR."

AFRAID TO CROSS STREET. Most people unable to cross a street without assistance are probably suffering from tgci-aphobia, says a nerve speciality. Agoraphobia is a morbid mental condition characterised by a nervous dread of open spaces, and is most frequently seen in the middle-aged. It may result from ex- cessive smoking; or from digestive dis- orders," says tho specialist. An officer distinguished for his bravery could not cross a wide street aione, but even when with a child he had no fear. I advised him to fix his eves upon his upraised stick or umbrella. The plan proved successful. Another form of the trouble is fear of crowded streets. Then there is the feai of closod spaces (claustrophobia), the feat of travelling in a railway carriage, enter* ing an empty church, or staying in a roeia alone. No effort of the ivill is of the slightest avail in these cases, but rest, change of air, and correction of digestiv troubles frequently brii": about a cu

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