South Wales Weekly Post

THOUSANDS OF BOXES I DESTROYED IN MELiNCRY- I THAN FIRE. On Thursday evening a fire broke out in the annealing department of the Eag.e Tinpiate Works, Melincrythan, Neath, j and a iarge quantity of empty tinplate boxes and covers and the roof of the de- partment were destroyed. The wooden boxes were stacked up near the annealing furnaces to be dried. These eaugtft fire and the lfames quickly spread to the roof. P.S. Michael was promptly on the scene, and together with a num- i ber of workmen and P.S. Morgan and P.C. Beer they played on the fire with the manual from the galvanising works, there1 being a plentiful supply of water from I the canai. The fire was got under in about an hour and a quarter. The Briton Ferry Fire Brigade also arrived at the works and rendered assistance in the concluding stages. Fortunately the fire will not interfere f with the work in any way. I — ■ » » I

DIED AT MUMBLES. I ESTEEMED WESLEYAN I SUPERINTENDENT. The death occurred at the Mumbles on Thursday of the Rev. 'Thomas Darlington, superintendent minister of the Swansea Wes- leyan Circuit from 1901 to 1904, and subae- qnently superintendent minister of the Can. ton, Cardiff, Wesleyan Circuit. The deceas- ,ed minister, who had been suffering from overwork, had been advised by the medical attendant in London, where he resided till recently, to take a rest for some months, and be came to the Mumbles. is.believed that his illcesa was aggravated, by the recent Zeppelin paid in the lieighbourhooch of bta home in the London district and the news that one of his sons had been wounded in the war. He was an able preacher and ad- ministrator, and both in Cardiff and Swan- Sea he was held in high esteem. There are two sons and one daughter. One of the sons is in the Wesleyan ministry, and the other is serving with the colours.

800 WOMEN CON- DUCTORS. GLASGOW EXPERIMENT TOTALLY SUCCESSFUL. An interesting discussion took place on Thursday at the conference of the Mismcipal Tramways Association on women as tram- way-car conductors. 11 Mr. Df.lrympfle, the manager of the Glas- gow svgten:, mentioned that he employed over 800 women conductors, that he had found them altogether satisfactory," and that they had proved better able to handle unruly men than their male colleagues. The conference was so impressed with this testimony that it decided to approach the Home Secretary with a view to doing away with the restrictions that at present forbid the employment of women as conductors in the London district.

THOSE WHO ESCAPE. I SHAREHOLDERS IN CO- I OPERATIVE CONCERNS. One large class of profit-earners at least escapes taxation altogether. They are the shareholders in the great co-operative trad- ing: concerns all over the country. The point was emphasised on Wednesday to & "Daily Express representative by an expert in Income-tax problems, who has made a special study of this particular prob- lem. "The subject is very complex," he said, "but at the same time the nation is faced with the position that great business under- takings with an annual turnover of £ 140,000,000. and with a combined declared profit of £14,500,000, escape taxation alto- gether under Schedules C and D. This is the more remarkable, as the co-operative movement is absolutely the only trading concern or society that does not pay. "No doubt this extraordinary position is due to the idea that tha Aot of Parliament under which the co-operative societies are formed had as ite avowed object the en- oooiagaitoent of thrift among the poorer classes. To-day however, there are "6,000,000 members, who include purchasers of all classes, mainly, no doubt, thrifty working-class folk, but also large numbers of the better-situated professional classes. "These will all escape the ta.x on their profits, because it is not deducted at the source. There is little likelihood of them being traced, because the amended Act of Parliament allows the co-operative societies to keep lists of their subscribers in their books, not by names and addresses, but solely by numbers."

NINETEEN FROM I SWANSEA. LOCAL DOCTORS' RESPONSE TO THE CALL. More doctors are wanted for service with the troops, and of all the doctors undar 45, one-third generakly are expected to volun- teer their services between now and Christ- sua. Swansea has responded well to the call, for out of 61 men in practise, nineteen are doing work for the Army in one form or another. Several are with the colours in Afferent parts, the names of these being: Drs Isaa-c, Dan Evans, Childs Evans, Quick, Sod-em, McDonald, A. Evans, Brice, and Gabe. When panel doctors leave for this pur- pose their cases are taken by medical men remaining, the doctor on the panel getting 60 per cent, and the locum tenens 50 per cent. With the coming of winter and the con- aequent increased work, it is urged that messages at the sntgeries shoaM ? ilt aa ftarty aa possible an tiw^aanua.gfcy W4 a& PON" 24 -—-? —?_i_ .?? .:?'M.

DARING ITALIAN FEAT. AUSTRIAN DEFENCES DESTROYED. (Press Association War Special.) The General Staff issues the following communique to-day: — On Tuesday night one of our detach- ments occupying slightly advanced posi- tions on Monte Melino, at the point where the Val d' Aone runs into the Guidicaria Valley, favoured by the darkness of the night, reached positions which the enemy was busy reinforcing, and by a dashing attack succeeded in destroying the wire entanglements and part of the trenches. During yesterday and last night our troops repulsed hostile counter-attacks against our advanced positiOftll at Malga- pra del Bertoldi, north-west of Monte Cos- ton, and Sasso Stria, in the Falsarego zone, and- against the heights in the Td- mino sector. (Signed) CADORNA.

A CINEMA FILM. SWANSEA WATCH COMMITTEE AND AN INSPECTION. DUPLICATE KEY SUGGES- TION. Swansea. Watch Committee met on Thurs- day, Aiidennan JDancel Jones (chairman) pre- ssing. A letter was read from the Tramway Company re the appointment of women tramway conductors. The Chairman: We are oil patriots, and they cannot get men. It was stated the women tram-car con- ductors were proving satisfactory wherever employed. Regarding the policing of the Docks (which matter has been up before) a com- mittee of the Watch Committee had been appointed to go into the matter, together with the Harbour Trust representatives. The latter appointed are Six Griffith Thomas, Messrs. Aeron Thomas, S. 8t.epheœ, and T. H. Couch. ;uteen fires and two burglaries have taken plopoe during the month. The Chief Constable recommended that Fordham, Amg Ed ward's-road Messrs. H. Bradley and H. Eastman be awarded certificates for bravery for rescuing Miss Mary Baker, Milton-terrace, from the sea. The committee decided that the police should attend to their own clocks in their offices. In certacn towns duplicate keys of busi- ness premises are kept at the police station, which proved valuable for fires and bur- glaries. The Chief Constable suggested Swansea should follow suit. The Chairman though if a revenwe was derivable the town should undertake it. In discussion the Chief Constable said if they charged 10s. each they would benefit, even assuming only 60 took advantage of it. it waa made clear that it would be optional for tradesmen to take advantage of the opportunity. The vacant Oxford-street Police Station is still in the committee's hands. It has been vacated for some months and there is an un- expired term of 12 months. ilt was decided that the Estate Agent should at once take the matter up with a view to the best arrangement possible being come to either in letting or determining the lease. Certain regulations re promotions were approved of. Picture Censorship. The Chief Constable reported upon a pic- ture coming to one of the cinema houses in October. He said in company with Mr. Hield (deputy-Town Clerk), Mr. King and Superintendent, Roberts, they saw a special exhibition of the film in advance. It was to the effect that there wis no objection to-the picture. And. D. Davies said that was an irregular proceeding. The Watch Committee were the responsible body, and now they were asked to approve of something they had never seen. The Chief Constable said tbi, Mayor was out of town and notice of the exhibition was given by the manager only ten minutes in advance. The general opinion was that under the circumstances the invitation should not have been accepted at so short a notice. Ald. D. Davies said the seriousness came in that if objection were taken the manage- ment could point to the sanction. The Chief Constable said there no sanction given, but it was a recommenda- tion. Upon Ald. D. Davies' motion. it was de- cided to expunge the recommendation alto- gether. The Chairman commended the generous actions of MT. S. L. Gregor and Mr. Owen Harries (shipowner). The former has given spare rima for the wheels of the motor am- bulance, and the latter has undertaken to repay for necessary ambulance repairs. The tender for this was L33.

MARGARINE OR BUTTER? SWANSEA GUARDIANS RE- OPEN THE MATTER. At the fortnightly meeting of the Swan- sea Guardians on Thursday Air. H. C. Jeff- reys moved the foliowing notice of motion; (1) That Standing Urder No. 17 be sus- pended. (2) That the resolution of the Guardians passed at their meeting of the 9th inst. deleting reoommendatiou (c), page 296, of minutes, be rescinded. (j3) That the clerk obtain from institu- tions, etc., information re margarine, and summarise same and send a cupy thereof to each Guardian. (4) That at the meeting nefct following the receipt by the Guardians of such in- formation they do deal with the question of the substitution of margarine, in whole or in pari, for butter. Mi. J. H. Eosser occupied the chair dur- ing the moving and discussion of the notice. Mr. Jeffreys said that if they did not bring the matter forward that day it would LIe thrown over for three months. Mr. Wm. Owen objected and contended that it was not a matter of urgency. The Chairman ruled that tne matter was urgent, and motion No. 1 was carried. in No. 2 Mr. Jeffreys contended that all they were doing was seeking information. Mr. Owen asked Mr. Jeffreys on which was the greatest margin of profit—on mar- garine or butter. Mr. Jeffreys did not reply, and Mr. Owen said he accepted Mr. Jeitreys' silence as an answer to his question. MT. W. A. Thomas could not see any harm in seeking information. Mr. William Owen moved an amendment at thia stage that they adhere to the decision of the lasu meeting. The second part was again earned. In the.thiad part, Mr. W. Owen said he would again appeal to the nuoibm-s to vote against that again. Mr. Jeffreys aaid they did not bind them- selves to buy margarine that day. Numbers three and four were again passed, the Chakw= giving has C"t?ng vote in the Jut three parts of the motion. A long discussion afterwards took place on the butter quoted in the tenders. The Clerk said that the firm which had been accepted had "written saying they could not supply Welsh batter, but could supply Somerset butter. After a further discussion, it was decided to accept the tender for the supply of Welsh butter at 1& Sid. per pound, and the report was accepted.

ACCIDENT AT LANDORE. John Thomas (52), of Ciown Cottage, Birch- grove, Llanaamlet, a blacksmith employed at a works at Landore, was admitted to the Rwansea Hospital on Friday morning, and treated for injuries receired through a piece of steel flying from his hammer and striking kUaa in the sida.

FURTHER RUSSIAN SUCCESS. I CAVALRY VICTORY IN THE SOUTH. < f I (Press Association War Special.) j I .lnø iouowing communique is issued by1 ) the Headquarters Staff:- I South of Riga. in the course ot tae ngni/tug near the vil- lage of Stung, on the river Kicau, in the re- gion of the station of Gross fckau, the Ger- mans fled, abandoning numerous nand gre- uades, cartridges, and wooden bowls. Stubborn hgnting has taken plaoe at the village of Athalin, in the legion of Neuget station. The village passed into cur hancis. I Dvtnsk. I ine situation is suMiouary in the region •>f Lviusii. In fighting with the bayonet near the farm lof Spensee, west of Lake Sventen-, we made prisoners, an officer and over a hundred men, and took a machine-gun. In the region of Smelin, near Novo Alex- andre visk, in Stubborn hand-to-hand fighting I we captured two inacnitte-gans 6rki made prisoners over two hundred men. One of the heights changed hands six I times. Vilna Region. I In the region 01 omUgotns, on the south- east front of Vilna, and in the region of the river Gevia east of Lida, there has bean fighting everywhere, irequently of a very intense character. On the right bank of the Moltchada, a left affluent of the Niemen, on the passages of its upper portion, and in the region of the Ochin Canal, several serious actions have been delivered, accompanied by bayonet fighting. In all this lighting, which has been very frequent latterly, our troops con- tinue invariably to give proof of high quali- ties of bravery and tenacity, which are re- dected in the growing stubbornness of the enemy. u Calicia. m the region norm-west ot .UUMO, m spite of the enemy's efforts to check our offensive by counter-attacks, our troops have captured the village of W initza, on the left of the river Ikva, and have made further prisoners of 26 officers aind 400 men, besides taking three machine-guns. In the region of the village of Ihraretz, south-west of the town of Kremenetz, our troops < Captured one of the heights I and made prisoners two onjeers and hun- dred men. In the region north of Zalescziki we dis- lodged the enemy from the villages of Vor* volmtze and Ghinkovtze. Our cavalry dashed in pursuit of the de- feated enemy. Part of the Austrians were! cut up; the others were made prisoners. Our cavalry continuing their valiant action, made a raid into the village of Prussy, south-west of Tlust, and in the ensuing en- counter made many more prisoners and took a large quantity of arms. I LUZK RETAKEN, I RUSCSANS' DECISIVE j SUCCESS. AUSTRO-GERMAN DEFEAT IN GALICIK. ) (Press Association War Special.) 1 PARIS, Friday. I M. Hut/tin writes in the "Echo de Paris": The army of GaneralsIvanoft and Brusi- loft gained yesterday a great success over the Austrians in Volkynia. | The Russians have resumed the offensive: on the Styr and Ikva, and have driven in the Austrian front, capturing thousands of prisoners. "I The Austrians and Germans have sus- tained a great defeat east of Luzk, on the Lemberg road, and have evacuated the town of Luzk, which the Russians have retaken, and crossed in all haste the Styr, where they are pursued by our Allies. GERMAN STATEMENT. ) Aiu.oir<tn/A«i, xiiiir^aaiy. To-days Berlin official communique deafl- i ing with the fighting on the eastern front aays:— Army Group of Marshal von Hindedbuig. —South-east of Renewaden the fighting has not yet concluded. Counter-attacking yes- terday, we captured 150 Ruk?siaw. Wast of Dvioak we succeeded in peneta?- ing the advanced positions of the enemy, capturing 17 officers, 14,105 men, and four machine-guns. A Russian counter-attack against the positions we captured south-west of Dvinak failed. The resistance of the Russians from the north of Osmiana to the east of Subotniki, on the Gawia, is broken. Ohr troops are pursuing the retreating enemy, who lost over 1,000 prisoners. The nght wing is still fighting north of Novo Grodek. I Army Group of Prince Leopold of Bavaria.—West of Walowka we took a Rus- sian position, capturing three officers, 380 men, and two machine guns. Further south I the situation is unchanged. Army Group of Marshal von Mackcnseo. -N.Z-east and east of Logiachan fighting is proceeding. i In the south-eastern theatre of waf the situation remai ns unchanged. (Note.—The line Osraiana-Suibotniki is that of the Vilna army's reargua-rd, and the faot that it is retreating means the main body is safely awav, the thousand prisoners being very small for a rearguard battle- WaQo-wka is just east of the railway line Lida-Baranowitsche, 25 miles north of the latter town. I "ON TO KIEFF." KAISER'S ORDER TO HIS TROOPS. German prisoners captured in Galicia and brought to Kieff say tnat one of the last of the Kaiser's orders declares: "From the reports of the rommand-er of the army I know that my courageous troops are tired I after their continuous victorious advance and require a rest. This may be obtained only at Kieff. Buck up and strenuously endeavour to reach it."

-—— — ) I "VICTORY IN 1917." I I "OLD MOORE" VENTURES I .11 ON WAR PREDICTION. The prophets and astrologers, who as a rule confine themselves to vague generalties have fought rather shy of the war, but in Old Moore's Almanack," the modern representa- tive of Francis Moore. who established the I almanaok 21< years ago, makes a coarageoue plunge. From the stellar innuences," he Writee'l there appears to be but little indication of peace dng 1915. The eclipse of the sun in February (1916) will see Germany defeated and her legions driven back to the confines of her own country. The British arms will be triumphant and win victory after victory. Holland will suffer terrible privations and will be driven into the war. Throughout the spring the most appalling slaughter will oocur, and step by step the Allies will force their way ahead. A decisive naval victory is denoted in May. The culminating point in the war does not oocur during 1916, and it will not be until the following year that the hordes of Germany will be overthrown finally. Power was given unto the Beast to continue for forty-and-two months. In closer detail the prophet's utterances for next year are as follow:— January.Germany will be rolled back to the borders of her own country. February .-The red torch of war now enters the borders of Germany, and the hand of retribution will fail heavily on that thrice. accursed nation. Maroh.—The Prussian hordes will meet with j severe reverses. April.—An armistice may be proposed at this time and diplomacy will be busy. # May.—A brilliant victory is pre-signifiad for the British Navy. June.—Honours and gain to the British arms. Julv.-More successes for the Allies. I, August,-The commencement of the Kaiser's downfall. SePtemPer.DectsiTe 'attles. ()otober.ia.listio troubles rend the Qtr- man Empire. November.-Germsu Exchequer j December.End not yet But continued pro.. gzcas avsuzod for Brittda.

SREECE MOBILISES. KING SIGNS THE ? DECREE. I ENTHUSIASM IN ATHENS. A Router's Athens message, dated Thursday, says:- King oonsiantkte has signed a decree ordering a general mobilisation of 20 classes. Tiro decree will be officially published this evening. Great atunusiasm prevails. "THE ONLY POSSIBLE REPLY." I a iurtner Heater s AUi^is message adds: THE GREEK PREMIER EX- PRESSED TO THE KING Tip] VIEW THAT MOBILISATION WAS THE ONLY POSSIBLE REPLY TO THE ATTITUDE OF BULGARIA, AND THAT, AFTER CONVERSATION, HIS MAJESTY AGREED TO THIS STEP AS A DEFENSIVE MEASURE. INTIMATION FROM CREEK I LEGATION. fm rress Association is informed that I the Greek Legation in London has to-day received a telegram from Athens stating that I in view of the steps taken by Bdlearia, it I is racum-bsnt upon the Hellenic Government to mobilise. A Decree ordering a generai mobilisation was sdgned iast night. "AIR FULL OF RUMOURS." GREAT UNCERTAINTY OYER SITUATION. Renter learns as the result of enquiries in various well-informed quarters that. the greatest uncertainty. still exists as to the latest developments in the Balkans. The Bulgarian Minister was without uay fur- ther information from his Government, and nowhere wm it poasibfLe to ascertain any- thing definite. WHILE THE AIR IS FULL OF RUMOURS OF CONTRADICTORY CHARACTER, ALL OF WHICH IT IS USELESS TO DISCUSS OR EVEN MENTION, IT APPEARS TO BE UN- CERTAIN WHETHER THE MOBI- LISATION HAS COMMENCED OR WHETHER EVEN AN ACTUAL DATE FOR IT HAS BEEN FIXED. In one quarter at is pointed out that the official information available is not as definite as that published in the Press, and during the afternoon some interest was evinced in the vague but significant rumours that mobilisation had been delayed. "NOT AGAINST ENGLAND OR RUSSIA." Interesting Statement at Man- chester. The Consul-General of Bulgaria, Mr. Joseph Angeloff, in a statement at Manches- ter on Thursday, said they would never find a single Bulgarian who would take up arms against England or Russia. The liberation of Bulgaria was due to. Russia, and when the country became untied with Eastern Rumania England was their friend. Bul- garians did not iorget theee facts. I TWENTY-EIGHT CLAMEB. -I V. ATHENS, Sept. 25. Bulgaria- .mob--A-md 28 glasses at midnight last, night. The news of the mobilisation of these classes has caused considerable emo- tion, and developments. are awaited wiith keen interest. 11 MOBILISATION DELAYED." PARiS, Sept. 23. A message from Salonika to the Echode Paris" sa :-Withoiit any apparent reason the execution of military measures which were to take place in Bulgaria has been delayed for several days. ALL BULGARS CALLED UP. I All Bulgarians are liable to serve, in the active army and in the various categories of the Reserve, from their 20th to their 46th year. The mobilisation of 28 classes would therefore signify the calling up of all the Reserves, and also of the recruits, who are due to serve this year and next. The con- tingent for 1913 was fixed at 38,000 men. For the present, curiosity rather than enthusiasm prevails in -Sofis. ARMENIAN REFUGEES. CAIRO, Thursday. The Armenia Patriarch has telegraphed King George and M. Poincere expressing his eternal gratitude for the generous aid ac- corded to Armenian refugees in AlIia Minor. —(Reuter.) I BULGARIA AND HER FRONTIERS. I

IN DUE COURSE." I PREMIER'S COMING STATE- MENT ON RECRUITING. In the House of Commons on Thursday, Sir Leo Chioassa-Mohey (R., Northants, Eo.) asked the Prime Minister, with refer- ence to Lord Kitchener's statement on July 9 that there had been a falling off in numbers in the recruiting returns recently apparent, and tp the fact that on September 15 an. on September 15 anxious thought was, occasioned by the recent falling-off in' recruits, what had been the actual effect- tive recruiting in the period of over these two months, and whether the facing-OS in recruits in the last few weeks b 5?,Dlff September 15 referred to a further faJI below the decline described by Yord Kitchener on July 9 as having occurred and being then existent. Mr. Asqnith: I will 'leave an answer I until the statement which I shall make in I due course. Britain Its Jeopardy." Mr. Hogge (R., Edinburgh, E.) asked 'I the Prime Minister whether the Minister of Munitions stated with his sanction that Great Britain was in jeopardy and, if so, would he communicate the reason to the House. Mr. Asquith: I don't think this is a matter that can conveniently be dealt with by means of question and answer. Mr. Hogge: Aro we to understand that the statement of the Minister of Muni-I, tiona is not accurate? Mr. Asquith wm xadwgfa, id to give, no »wwer.. .i"

"ZEP" COMMANDERS STORY. CITY LIGHTS SEEN AT 40 MILES. The Home Office has passed for pubiica won an account of the iaso Zeppeuu ram Jpoll the London district," given bj -ommander MaWiy to a cox respondent o. ohe New York World now dii Genrfan}. fhe account appears HI flu; in the DaIJ. -liaiil The llome Office comments that tht story contains nurr«rous comments which are quite untrue, and one (to the effect that. an anbi-aiicraft gun has been placed undei oover of St. Paul's) which can only be characterised as a falsehood apparently invented to excuse what German aircraft are attempting to do." How He Was OuJded. I The commander oi tr^e Ztoppeiin savs in his story that- In the distance we could see the Thames, wlrch poants a way to London. It is an unclestructibie guide and a erne road to the great city. The English can darken London cl6 n.uch as they want, but they can never erad cate or oov-eir up the Thames. It is the great point from which we can always get o-ir headings and pack up any part 01 Londcn we desire. That does not mean that we always come up along the Thames by any means. 1.011- don is darkened, but it is so puldciently iaghted that on thus night I saw it reflected in the sky forty males away shortly before ton o'clock. .1 neaded straight for the glow m the sky and then for a point on the Thames 4t,( get bearings for my attacks. Soon the city was outlined in the distance. There were dark spots which stood out from the blui of lights in the welll-lit portions. The resi- dential sections were not much darkened. It was the dark spots I was &fter, and 1 hope down on them as they marked the city. TM Searchlights Turned On. I As it in tne twxnjiung oi an eye all this I changes. The sudden flash of a narrow band of brilliant light reached out from bolow and begins to feel round the sky. A second, third, fourth, and fifth soon move a scare of crias-crasswig rxObonig. As viewed from the Zeppelin it looks as if the city has suddenly oome to life, wavtng its arms around the sky and sending OUt feelers for the danger that threatens, Out our impression is more that they are tentacles seeking to drag us to destruction. London keeps a good watch on the sky. Our motors and propellers soon reveafed our presence. First one, and then another and another of those ribbons shooting out from the glaring, eyelike searchlights pick us up. Now from belotw comes an ominous sound that penotra-tes the noise of the motors and the ptopeliers. 'Ubeae are little rea flashes and snort bursts of ure which stand out prominently against the black back- ground. From north and aonth, from right and left they appear, and following the nashes roils up from below tthe sound of the guns. It is a beautiful and impressive but iieeting pic- ture as seen from above, and is prabauiy no less interesting! from below—the greyish dim outline of the Zeppelins gliding through th^ wavuig ribbons ot light and the shrapnel cloudlets which hane thickilv. What He Aimed At. I Llommajider siatay ooniuinaea :—I picked I up St. Paul's and from that point laid a course for the Bank of England. There was a Dag searchlight in the immediate vicinity I of SiL. Paul's. Although we had been firea upon from all sides we had not yet droppect a bomb. Above the Bank of England 1 shouted through the speaking-tube connect- mg me with my lieutenant at the firing ap- paratus, "Fire slowly." Now mingling with the dim thunder wipd the vivid Mashes of the guns below came the, explosions and bursts I of tlame caused by our bombs. With the mind solefly concentrated on picking out places previously on the programme tor &t- tack as being factors of military bearing, bhe comparatively short time spent above Lon- don appeared much longer than it actually was. I soon observed flames bursting forth in several places. Over I-Iolborn Viaduct and the vicinit.Y of Holborn Station we dropped several bombs. From the Bank of England I to the Tower—a short distance—I tried to hit the Tower Bridge, and I believe I was I successful, but what was the extent of the damage I could not determine. Flashes from the Tower showed that guns wore placed there, which I had already observed during a previous attack. They were keep- ing up a lively fire. Arriving directly over Liverpood-sfhreet Station I shouted Rapid fire through the tube, and the bombs rained down. There ,wa.s a succession of detonations and bursts of fire, and I could see that they had hit well and caused apparently grea,t damage, which has been confirmed by reliable reports we have since received. Flames burst forth in several places in that vicinity. Having dropped all my bombs I turned mv airsnio for home. Conscience Pricks. I Mathy, who is said to be o4 years of age, has made in all 100 trips in the air. He has twice escaped from wrecked Zeppelins. He mys:rict ordens were given to do everything possible to avoid hitting St. Paul's and other churches, museums, the palace, Westminster Abbey, the Houses of Parliament, and, of course, residential dis- tricts. "I want to say there's noL an officer or man in the aerial fleet who doesn't feel it" as deeply when he learns that women and children and other non-combatants are killed as does a gunner or commander of big guns when he hears his shell didn't strike exactly where he wanted it to and resulted in the death and injury of non-combatants. In fact, I would much rather, stand on the bridge of a torpedo-boat, fighting ship against ship, than attack a city from the air—but not because the danger to me is much greater." Mathy seemed to know to a yard how far it was from St. Paul's to the Bank and thence to the Tower and the different rail- way stations and how Kng it would take his Zeppelin in any given wind to cover those distances. He often referred to new instruments for locating and measuring ob- jects below and controlling the dropping of bombs.

WELSH NURSE'S HEROISM. INOCULATION TO SAVE SOLDIERS' LIVES. The story of a Welsh girl's heroism has been told at the American Hospital at Neuilljr. Through the devotion of Miss Mary Davies, a nurse, who inoculated her- self with gangrene baccilli, the lives of many hundreds of the Allies' soldiers will probably be saved. Miss Davies, who is the daughter of an Indian provincial governor, was a student at the Pasteur Institute before the war, and when the American Ambulance was installed there she became a nurse. Gas gangrene is the most infectious and rapidly fatal diseases of the battlefield; it has now, in all probability, been vanquished rwinp; to the heroism of this Welsh girl and the skiD of an American doctor.

MUMTIONS FOR TURKEY. Avkvard Question in House of Commons. Mr. George Terrell, in the House of Com- mons on Thursday, asked whether Germany and Austria were supplying Turkey with munitions of war, and through which of the neutral countries such supplies were being carried. Sir Edward Grey repKed: — I think it would be better to ask to be excused from answering this question. If I thought by answering it it would make it i more difficult for Germany and Austria to lsendmnn tiOru; to T j-k ey, I should be glad to answer the question, bit I.&p1 afraid tlia fSmA woaJd be the p&Qtnqg,

THUTII ABOUT TURKEY. NO INTERNAL DANGERS. GOVERNMENT NOT EM- BAxutASSEO. Sensational rumours from time to timt ake the round of the Press by which ^■Key is represented as being on the t>vt a revolution, and that Constantinople it Jil the vegre of i(<-<une1 but a trenenmau • Ho was able to remain until a few days xgo in the city, where he has been a resi- dent for a long period, gives quite con- trary impressions n the Jfcicho ue Paris', isays the Paris correspondent of the Morn- ing Post "). He begins by remarking thai it is not by illusions that suocess can be ar- rived at, and he proceeds:- At the present moment the precise politi- cal situation in Turkey is the -"oilowiiig fhe civil and political powers are concen- trated in the hands of Talaat Bey, Minister •f the Interior, and the military power in those of Enver Pasha. Both have frequent 11tings with Prince Hohenlohe, the Ger- man Ambassador, whose influence became preponderant immediately after his arrival. In this triumvirate menaced? Is a revolu- tion to be feared or hoped? To both these juesticna the answer must be a categorical no. At no moment since the beginning of the war have seditious or revolutionary movements been observable either in the in- ferior or in the capital. No Trouble. The non-Mussulman e^meuts in von- stantinopde have given no sign of unrest, in- deed, each time the order to decorate the city is made-and that is often—they are the first to display zealous haste. There is no- thing surprising in this. For five centuries they have teeai beneath the yoke, and in Oorcetantiooiple at leaet they have lost all sentiment of moral independence. On the other hand, nothing in the shatpe of revolu- tion is at all likely from the Mussulmans. Revolutions in Turkey are not maode by the mc: They are the acts of a few auda- cious men, and the great mass is very slow to move even then. Of course, there is a certain number of energetic Turks who are bitterly opposed to the present regime, and if they were in Constantinople perhaps their plans might succeed, but none of them is there, nor wryotld orte of them be allowed to pass the frontier. We must firmly set aside all hope of seeing a new Government take { the place of the one now in power, even in the event of the heir to the Throne, Yusstif I Izzeddim, favourable as he is to--is the Allies, succeeding to the Grown. We have had illusions. It might have been believed that serious dissensions might arise in the Army fa-om the fact that since the beginning of hostilities a number of offi- cers, but at most about twenty, have been brought badk from the front and condemned for insubord"tim. Such cases, however, &e rare, and stern measures have been taken to prevent the ,Dread of a mutinous spMit. No Fear of Famine. It has also been said that serious differ- enoes exist between the Germans and the Turks. This arises from the fact that twice Germans have been murdered in Constantinople, but the causes of these had nothing to do with politics. There was also a riot at the munition factory, in which twenty German military, workers were killed. Again, this is ex- plained by the fact that the German soidiers had gone on a debauch and at- tempted to violate the privacy of private citizens' houses in approved Hun fashion. Another consideration must be ex- amined, the material situation of Con- stantinople. Is there any chance of the city falling by famine? This seems im- probable, although conditions are already very hard. Some products of prime necessity are entirely lacking, but it is not yet famine. Thanks to the vigilance of the Russian fleet the quantities of coal arriving are manifestly insufficient for the public servioes, but in the matter of wheat -,Turkey already,. -posseeeas wore than she requires, although almost no Hour, and the lack of coal prevents mill- ing. There is often a shortage of bread, therefore, in the city, whiok always causes a panic, bread being the basis of, all diet in the East. I

FROM SCHOOLROOM TO CHURCH. 25th ANNIYERSARY AT ST. LUKE'S, BISHOP OWEN'S YISIT TO CWMBWRLA. A highly interesting service was held at St. Luke's Church, Cwmbwrla, on Thurs- day afternoon, oij the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the churdh's' consecration, and of the unveiling of a memorial tablet to the late Rev. David Walters, one of the de- voted clergy who has served in the parish. Church services were first inaugurated on June 20th, 1886, when they were held in Pentregethin Schoolroom, kindly lent by Cwmbwrla Chapel. The Sunday School ser-1 vices were then held in a cottage in Pentre- ethin.road. On February 28th services were commenced in St. Luke's Schoolroom, where. they were continued for three years. October 31st, 1869, saw the laying of the foundation stone of the present church by Mrs. F. Walters Bond, and the consecra- tion took place by the then Lord Bishop of St. David's on "September 25th, 1890. In May, 1911. the New parish was formed Si-neerity, consistency and purity. out oi 6t. Peter's, Uockett, and tiie first in- cumbent was instituted on January 31st. 1912. I Thursday was, as mentioned, the anniver- sary of the consecration, and the service was conducted by the Lord Bishop of St. David's, who also performed the unveiling ceremony. Conspicuous amongst those pre- sent was Sir John T. D. Llewelyn, Bart., and several other prominent townsmen. j In the course of an instructive address the Lord Bishop said he was giad to be there on j that occasion for two reasons. He deeply I respected the memory of their late b,roi?.rl to whom the memorial tablet h&d b?en dedi- cated. He always left upon him (the speaker) an impression of I They were three features of his character. He remembered a conversation he had had with him prior to his departure for Western Canada and again in connection with a letter he had received from him whilst there. They had established the memory of a good man. The second reason for which he was glad to be there was to testify to the faithful, sterling work done in the pariah by their vicar. He trusted that it would would not be long before the Church was clear of its debt and he hoped that the anniversary ser- vi ces would go a long way to seeing them through. The services were continued in the even- ing when the Revs. H. Lloyd and J. Alban Davies preached. On Sunday the Rev. W. Evans (vicar of St. Peter's, De Beauvoir- square, London), a former curate-in-charge at St. Luke's, will preach, and the closing service on Monday evening will be con. ducted by the Rev. H- J. Stewart, vicar of Sketty.

GOOD THING FOR I ENGLAND." I U.8.L CARS TO BE BUILT I HERE. NEW YORK, Sept. 23. I MT. Henry Ford, who arrived in New | York to-day, declares that Great Britain's motor-car duty will probably compel his company to .build its cars completely in England. "We now make some of the parts here," be said. "and send them to our English plact, where they are assembled with other parte made in England. Hereafter, I sup- pose, we must build the cars exclusively in England. 'I  t T h& new taXwu be a good ttopg Wr England."—("Daily Express. '1'

SERIOUS COXSPIRACR TRIALS. SIKH AND MILITARY PLOTS. At any time when the mind of the pnblie vas less crowded than it is at the present .noment the recent news irorn India that wwenty-four persons had been condemned t8 ieath, twenty-seven to transportation for ¡J">. six otheis to lesser terms of imprison- .nent and recommended to mercy as the result of "the Laintre conspiracy case," must .loave aroused some passing attention (says uhe "Morning Post"). As things stand tha general public probably does not, even know this Lahore conspiracy case was that lias brought in its train such a harvest of punishments. And some confusion on the point is only natural. Conspiracies in India since the bounteous reign of Lord Morley nave been as thick as gooseberries. The capital of the Punjab alone has three-of these cases going after its name, whidh, though there is a vein of connection i-nn!* g through them all, represent three distiheb Lrials and different sets of malignant activi- ties. The first, which up till the present year monopolised the title of Lahore "conspir- acy," was a students' plot as far as the execution went. The police about February last year, while searching casually for sedi- tious literature- at Deffii, suddenly stum- bled upon the material e,ieice of an an- archist organisation. Arrests were made, the origniul disclosure opened up others, aaid through the means of ono youth who turtied informer some four or five of his a&- sociates were brought to conviction. These persons, with one exception., that of a man who had been a teacher in a Christian mis- sionary collcge, where he was implicitly trusted by all his colleagues, were not miyz-ti more than boys, students at college, chem- ists' assistants, and the like. Tneir idea was a patriotic revolution, the funds for which were to be found by robbery and murder—the robbery and murder of their own countrymen and countrywoman, for the rich prostitute was specially marked down a« an easy prey in their circulars, which ex- hibit a combination of callousness and ob- scenity not easily to be imagined. A Sikh Plot. The stage being chared of the students, we arrive at the second conspiracy, which is of entirely different origin and nature. The actors were almost exclusively returned Sikhs from Canada and the States. Why the air of the West should exercise suich an unwholesome influence upon the moral nature of the Sikh, in his own country nota- bly a manly, loyal, straightforward char- acter, is a psychological diliiaulty not to be discussed in a few words; but the fact re- mains, and his warmest admirers sadly have to confess it. San Francisco, Seattle, and British Columbia were swarming long before the war with Sikh emigrants in a very evil temper with the world at large. As the rup- ture aipproached Gorman influence was no doubt exerted to turn their ideas into a more definite channel. A curious story has oome out in the present trial, though it does not seem to be fully corroborated, that Bern- hardi himself visited California in the course of 1913 and interviewed the Indian leaders. At any rate, soon after the war they (began to flock back in numbers to India with ideas fully bent on mischief. Then came Uie incident of the Komagata M&TU, the ship that was sent over ?ih Pt9' 400 Indians to Canada to see whether a way could not be forced through the immigra- tion ordinances. After a narrow escape from an open collision at Vancouver, only averted by the patience of the Canadian authorities, the pilgrims were despatched back to India. They were welfl furnished with arms, and the moral atmosphere of the vessel, it is clear from evidence available, rveesseemeJ, biLed nothing in its vitiation but that of a pirate in the old times. Nevertheless, they were allowed to land quietly at Cal- cutta, and were considerately provided. y the Bengal Government, which had every reason for wishing to get them away1, witfc apagiM" te»Mia tUttwi to the Puair jab. Resenting this arrangement, th^pro- duced revolvers, and a pitched batttee iodic place round the railway station, in which several lives were lost. Eventually there was a composition, an d the greater part were conveyed to their homes in the Punjab, where they at onpe be- gan to pict the revolt that was in their gian to &I !?eir plot was ambitious—the oar- m i n d s. rupbion of the Indian regiments in the pro- vince, the seizure of the big arsenal at F-erozøpore-aod then a grand mutiny; against the much-occupied British Power* At this point the fat Bengali" Raoh Be- hari Bose seems to have reappeared on the soene, and perhaps under his advice less am- biti?ue counsels were adopted. Funds were. to be obt&in? by g&n? robberies in villages and outlying district treasuries, arms by attacks on the sma U fuards at bridge-heads and elsewMre. V,t the police were on the alert, and after several crimes of this sort had been committed eighty-one of the principal offenders were identified and charged.. The trial was brought to a close at the end of July, the judges then retiring to consider the judgment, which has recently been pronounced with the results already mentioned. A Military conspiracy, Lahore conspiracy the thirdOia ah ouft» cone of the second, but is a military; affair Red is being dealt with by Court- martial. Stationed at Lahore during the recent ferments was the, 23rd -C&valfyj now on service in Mesopotamia. In- UM* earlier days of the war this corps Waa drawn on for drafts for others that had preceded it to the front, and the conse- quence was that recruiting has lately been I unusually urgent, and perhaps somewhat hurried, as regards the testing of tha antecedents of those offering. The anarchists have taken advantage of the situation not only to tamper with tha (feelings of the men—there are geilerall$ some olack sheep in every corps to whbtal the order for foreign service is repugnant —but actually in some cases, it would. seem, to obtain an entry into the ranks for some of their own fraternity. The ceh,eme has been detected and some eighteen men of the regiment have-been brought before a Court-martial, with rB* suits that have still to be announced, The plain recital of these facta carries its own warning a warning that may be borne in mind by the British public í. these days when public men have forsaken candour, when they hear of the magni- ficent and unanimous loyalty of Indian There is no doubt a great deal of true loyalty in India to be thankful for, but there are also some very perceptible spots ion its sun.

NEATH GAS WORKS, MAIMS TOO SMALL FOR TIm I DEMAND. Speaking at a special meeting of the Neafcb Town Council on Friday, Alderman Hopkin Morgan, J.P., said that the Corporation had been exceedingly fortu. nate in their eoal contracts for ga? purposes. If the tenders of last June had been then aocepted, the Corporation would have been the losers by thousands of pounds. Wisely the Counoil had proceeded from hand-to- inouth, so to speak, until the favourablo moment arrived. Then the contracts were made-practically sufficient for the wholo of the winter. Proceeding, Ald. Morgan, said that the Council were conversant with the, fact that there had been many complaint* with referenoe to the insufficient supply of gas. This was no new thing. Owing to the abnormal growth of the town in recent years i the mains were too small to meet the de- mands. The Gas Committee therefore asked the Council to sanction a loan of £1.000 fov the laying of new mains, which were abso- lute! v necessary in the circumstances. In conclusion, Ald. Morgan said that things were working quite smoothly at the gasworks, an4 THERE WAS EVERY PBOSPECT of the undertaking becoming a valuable asset to the town. The report of the Gas Committee, embody ing the recommendation above, was adopted*

EX-ABERAVON PRIEST WOUNDED. Intelligence has been received in Abere avon that Father Haggerty, for many years a curate connected with the Aber- avon Roman Catholic Church, has been ■ wounded at the front whilst serving as a t military chaplaiii. The nature k m jrou&ds is sot stated* •.