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I TERRIBLE FRENCH FIRE. ITS HAVOC ON THE I I GERMANS. (Press Association War Special.) I PARIS, Tuesday. "The infantry attack begaJl at noon on Saturday," said a man wounded in the Champagne victory who has just reached Paris with a number of others, all looking like millers, plastered from head to loots with chalky mud. "Our regiment was among the supports for throe dayc. Our guns had been making j an apPalling din day and night without stopping. The big grins spat out shells, and are were beginning to get impatient in the trenches. "On Saturday we had ju.-st finished eating our soup, and were cleaning up our arms, wihen the chiefs on the stroke of noon shout- ed 'Forward.' "We shouted like men possessed, and with a single botmd were out of our holes. In front of us there was hot work. Ladfl of the- 'active' were doing good business that l were beyond the Boche trenches. We + doubled up to them in our turn and saw Plies of German dead. I ( "Farther on we saw all around craters in I which quantities of Boches were buried be- f5 neath fallen earth. Here and there a boot ? was sticking out. We gave a pull to see if ? there were any alive. gere were not, but we did not wait long, "On and on we rushed; then to our right we caught sight of a strong enemv contin- gent with machine guns in a pit. they did I DOt last long. We dashed on to them with the bayonet; there was a stiff fight. The I survivors, seeing themselves done for, shouted 'Kam- erades, kamerades, pas ka- pout,' and I Threw down their arms. I tsome, however, although prisoners, went on firing at the artillery. "A captain shot a hole through my left hand with a revolver. I knocked him down I and sat on his chest. He begged for mercy, saying he had a wife and children. I am a • ■■ family man myself, and I had pity on him. I He picked himself up and thanked me pro- fusely, and, offered me money, which made me faugh. Another piou-piou. whose head was i wounded by a glancing machine-gun bullet, said: "In the thickest of the infantry attack I reached the German artillery positions with my company. Gunners and infantrymen, all mixed up, were huddled round the guns holding up their hands. "Om* artillery had simply turned" them into So many Idiots. I There were all kinds, old and young, .but all possessed of one idea—' Pats kapoui, pas irapmt.

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"IN ANOTHER WORLD."I NEATH WOMAN'S FAREWELL I MESSAGE. Elizabeth James (56), 1, Mortals-terrace, j Cymmer, wife of Edwin James, tinworker, was found drowned in the Neath Canal on Tuesday afternoon. The puinfd discovery was made by her husband, and the police were communicated with, They succeeded in recovering the body. Dr. Preli applied • artificial respiration unsuccessfully. On Tuesday morning Mrs. Jamas sent her two children to Mrs. Cole, who lives in Penydre, Neath, with a rtote on which was written the following m-fissajje: By the time vtni get, this note I sbaH be in another world."

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[CONTINUED SUCCESS OF RUSSIANS. I (Press Association War Soecial.} PETROGRAD, Monday. The officii wmmuiuque issued here to- day c'avs: — In the region ea.8t of Oshmiany and to the south as far as the Pripet region, stub- born fighting continues: m some cases local miccefiges were scored, but these cannot in any way affect the plans of conformity with which our army is operating. The most notable successes of our armies were: (1) All attack near the town of Deliatitchi. on the Niemen, which Forced the enemy to fall back, alter sintering great losses. (2) All action which ended in the repulse of an enemy attack in the district south- ea:;t of the station of Bara-novttchi. (3) A sudden attack against an Austrian battalion near the village of Labusy, on the Chara, in the district of liak Lovitchi. in the course of which part of the Austrians were bayoneted bot men, with two officers, were taken prisoners, and a machine gun was captured. As a result of this attack the enemy was forced to retreat beyona the river. (4) The capture of the viillage of Sliesnitsi, en the region of the lower Stokhod. Here the fighting reached the limit of desperation and obstinacy. Houses, even when in flames, were fought for with a fierceness T exceeding all precedent. .111 tne ena tne %Qiage remained in our hand. and the enemy had been killed almost to a man. Of the whole force defend- ing the village, only two were taken prisoners. \Y e captured four machine guns. In the region of the Kovet-Sarny railway there were several hard fought engagements. On the left bank of the. Styr the town- of Koikd ajid iisen-rirons are being strongly bombarded by the enemy. In the Galician frontier region, desperate fight-ing has recommenced near Novo Olek- sinctz, on the Styr. istrengthene-d by thp. arrival of fresh troops, the Austrians forced xxa to evacuate the town. Returning vigorously to the attack, om troops, using the bayonet with attac k our tr(x)y)s, dt%-the Austrians oat, great effect, again drove the Austrians out, and besides killing a great man v. took Over a thousand prisoners. According to latest, report? i.ne ?usirjans i?e once more attwking Novo Ok?smetz. FIFTY MILES ADVANCE.1 STRIKING UNOFFICIAL PETROGRAD REPORT. (Reuter's War Special.) PARIS, Monday. M. Marcel Hutin states in the "Echo de Paris" that on the Russian southern front another pu-th forward has been made by General lvivoofTs armies. PETROGRAD, Monday. Fighting of extraordinary violence is pro- ceeding around Ih-insk. Among other ac- tions an important success is reported by Russian cavalry which defeated a strong enemy column near Lake Tchighiry. The Germans, who were superior numerically and supported by artillery, pressed the Rus- sians, who withdrew to the lake district, a veritable labyrinth of which they alone knew the innumerable tracks and byways. Taking advantage of this circumstance the Russians Led the enemy into marshy ground afiU by (SKiliu l manoeuvring jjurrounue*! aim on three sidee.. Half the Germans were exterminated, and the rest, njcluding three complete infantry companies of the Guard, were taken pri- eonert. Their artillery was also captured. From tl»e Austrian front it is reported that the Rustaana have reached Kovel, that the. Austrians have evacuated Brody and have stopped their fortification works at other towns in Volhynia. During their retreat the Austrians threw a large quantity of artillery, machine guns, ammunition, and forage into the River Strvy (?Styr). (Note.—If the Russians have reached Kovel again they have rapidly advanced about 50 miles from the east. Brodv is nearly 20 miles west of the point whorj our Allies were last reported to be.) "ORDERS TO WITH. I)R,&W.t,v MACKENSEN'S ARMY IN PtRiL SENSATIONAL STORY FROM GENEVA. The Geneva correspondent of the" Daily: Express" says:—I learn from Innsbruck that von Mackensen' s JIny operating in the Pripet region Lass leceaved orders to withdraw on the whole tront because the Russians have begun an enveloping move- went with extraordinary rapidity. It is expected that the triangle between the Styr, the railway from Pinsk to Brest- Litovsk, and the Pripet will be evacuated within forty-eight hours. The Russian advance from Bessarabia con- tinues, and the A^ustro-Germans' losses in prisoners alone amount to 8,000 during the last twenty-four hours.

SURPRISE FOR THE AUSTRIANS- ITALIAN ADVANCE ON I THE CARSO. EFFECTIYE WORK ON LEFT I WIN0. (Press Association War Service.) ROME, Monday. To-day's Italian official communique says: Small figfcts took place on the 20th in the Dorso Carina, on the north slopes of Monte Baldo, in the Monte Caston zone, on the slopes of Monte Rombon, and Potoie. Everywhere the enemy was thrown back, leaving some prisontaa in our hands. In the Plezao Basin our artillery dispersed by well-directed fire an enemy column de- scending the Valley of Koritnica, and bom- barded on Monte Rombon some working parties of the enemy, scattering them. On tihe Carao, on the extreme left wing of our occupation, our infantry, making a sur- prise advance, succeeded in effecting marked progress in the direction of Peteaco, after- wards rapidly consolidating the positions gained. (Signed) CADORNA.

WITH THE BAYONET. THE BRITISH ATTACK ON BELLEWARDE. (Press Association War fSDeoiall. AMSTERDAM, Tuesday. The Co urtrai con espouadeait of the Teie- greaf I reports Severe bayonet fighting has developed near Ypres after the heavy bombardment which far abnow, a wieek made all the houses in the town tremble. Numerous wounded are arriving at Merun, Wevegenen, Courtrai, Lendelode, Haulers, Dadizeele, and other piaces. s Fightsiiig in Flanders again took pdaoe near Hooge on the eastern road from near Ver- loren Holk to the Zwantje waysdde iitn on the p-a" road fi-om Menin to Yprea. The Ekigiiah attacked at the poant of the bayonet and fought the Germans for Drie- hoeven, near the BegvTen Wood, which is generally fcrsawn as B^Jleward-Hoek. Beliewarde was taken by the English, but nothing ia known coitveOTHng the Castle De Vink, of which before the attack the Ger- mwru; were in poesessioai, while the English occupy t-he. stable btiildmiiga. .Vccording to a correwpondetit tiie chief lnmvemerl-t is not directed agasnat. Yprea but against Lme. ?9t" frwb G<a?MM' I<. v6ib?y ex- hausted from iorood marttosnfc. aie con. taKtafly aarriving.

I RUSSIAN FLEET ACTIVE. I SHELLING GERMAN j LAND POSITIONS. I I RIGA GULF BATTERIES SILENCED. I (Press Association War bpeciail. PETROGRAD, Monday. The foil-owing naval communique was issued here to-night:— On September 25t.h, at 8 o'clock in the morrdng, during a bombardment by our vessels of the enemy land positions on the Gulf of Riga, a stray enemy projectile lauded on one of our ships and killed the commander, Captain Yiazemsky, a.nd also Captain Sivinine. At. ton o'clock in the morning our vessels concluded the bombardment of the position, having red-need all the batteries to silence. Besides aforementioned losses, we had five moo. kilted and eight wounded.

IN RAGING RAIN- STUHMS. MARVELLOUS DASH OF THE FRENCH. GERMAN GUNNERS TAKEN BY SURPRISE. (" Tides' War Troegr.am.. per Press Association.) (COPYlght.) i PAIUB, Monday. From one of the few points of vantage 1 have surveyed the battlefield of Champagne. The attack took place in raging rainstorms, which makes the da&h of the French in- fantry that carried them up to the enemy's first positions before they had time to mow their batteries, all thmore remarkable. After the first rash the advance was so quack that at more than one place the Get- man pivot point left behind had subse- quently to be captured by a minor siege. The battle of Go he lie. the name given by the French to the attack of bhe Britibsh north of Lens, is being fought in.a Densely populated mining region. I This Brrtj-yi attack led to the capture ot Loos, Gohelle, and the coal-pit* in it-a neigh- bourhood. In the direction of Grenvy, pushing east along a marked rise. they- have occupied H¿ll 70, which j only two kilometres from Leans. After tins au&pki.ous beginning, it is scarcely to be expected that events will con- tinue. witli the same rapidity. The German positions occupied by the French have been subjected to a bombardment which must have enormously depreciated their defen- sive value, for the Germans are certain to mass reinforcements from other sections of the front behind Tahuily. -1

i 1 SPY 7 v SCARE. REMARKABLE SCENES AT PORT TALBOT. A remarkable story of a well-known operatic singer being taken for a Germaji comes from Port Talbot. Uurmg me pasc Wrt"K ?'?irncr's ODera Com- pany h,&ve bOOd pcnorming at the eort 'lal- bct New theatre. a.ud m ?Rc company w?? a Misa Standing and her brother, Mr. Aubrey Htanalng, teuor vocalist. Miss Standing was lodging at Ynis-street, Port IV1 bot, and on Friday she went for a walk to the grounds of Crajga?on House, the resi- dence of (?oun. &nd Mrs. W. B. H?.H<yw6a. situated umdar the Penyoae Mountain. Mies Standing sat reading a book in the grounds. and whilst there a number of women from Penycae became suspicious of her, and, it is alleged, started a rumour that she was a German spy taking sketches. A crowd of women asscmblpd and commenced a hostile demonstration, throwing sticks, stonee, and turf at tLe iady, who, entirely unconscious of the cause ot tJje demOD, became alarmed. Fortunately. Mrs. Hallowes bad witnessed the ooeurrcf ce, and telephoned to Port Talbot Police Station. P.S. MoGovern promptly proceeded'to the scene, and found Miss 8tû.ndu-.g in a state 'of collapse, and took her to her lotl grinds. Several of the demonstratore are known to the police, and polioe court proceedings are expected to follow. As a result of the affair the rumour quickly gained currency that a German spy. dressed in female attire, had been arrested in the town, but, of C()uree'j teee rumours were entirely without founda- tion.

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AMERICAN CONSUL'S AMERICAN CONSUL'S I CONDUCT. TOO STRONG FOR WASHING. TON TASTES. (" Times Telegrams, per Press Associa- tion) (Gopyraght). NEW YORK, fcbnday. The State Department is considering the conduct of the American Goiwiil-Generafi at Munich, Mr. Thomas St. John Goffrey. It has been discovered that Mr. Denis A. Sipelliay, treasurer of the American Commit- tee of the Irish National Volunteers, en- trusted correspondence for Mr. Goffrey to Austrian Government agents with the obvi- ous purpose of eluding the censorship exer- cised by Washington over all private mails to Consuls in Germany. Even before the war Mr. Goffrey was called to Washington and reprimanded for his pro-Germanism, but he escaped dismissal through tliie etfort3 f Mr. Bryan. Since then he bas openly endorsed an article in the Continental Times" criticis- ing President W^son's policy, as w? as fre- quently writing al)eis letters to the news- papers bitterly assailing Great Britain. Complaints ba-ve also been received from Americans of their treatment at the Con- sulate.

PROOF POSITIVE. GERMAN SHIPS LEAVE GULF OF RIGA. (Press Association War (Service). PARIS, Monday. Temps" learns on trustworthy Petrograd information -that. the German I squadron, has finally cjiiitted the Gulf of ltigii, and is now at Kiel. Tills is remark- able evidence of the completeness of the Russian naval victory, and also of the in- cessant activity of British and liosssian sub- marines petrolling the Baltic. The Moltke, which aftea the battle had to be towed bad: to Kiel, has a rent in it- side of 24 metres square, and will be laid "l' for fljomitha. It was sta?J a week ago that a iMTge to Ki,,l in a German warship I?td been t- !L?that a 14Tge orippjed condition.

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WORKING WITH THE RUSSIANS. FRENCH OFFENSIVE IN CU-OPTHATIUN. FAVOURABLE OPPORTUNITY SEIZED. A-MSTKltDAM, Monday. The Belgian correspondent of the lyd," writing on the new offensive by the All, says:-Foi, some time great preparations for a gigantic offensive in the West have been made by the Allies. Details ca.n now be published, as the pre- parations have been concluded and the enemy has already experienced the execu- tion of these plans. The offensive in the West was I Maae In close oo-operation I with Russian counter-attacKa 111 the East. The time is now most favourable for an of- fensive, because Germany's main troops are engaged in the. East. General Joffre delayed his attack until the Allied armies were satisfactorily placed as regards guns. and ammunition. It is certain that a re-grouping of troops was performed, and that a general attack begitH on Septem- ber 23 with a heavy bombardment of the cotist and severe art-illery ftro along the northern 4irW. At some, points shells rained down for two days und nights. Near Loos the defesioe works of the Germans were razed by the tire of the British artillery. The fighting last Saturday was terrible. I BLOODILY REPULSED" GERMAN VERSION: OWN LOSSES IGNORED. (Press .Association War Special.) AMSTERDAM, Monday. The following communique was issued to- day in Berlin: Along the coast all is quiet. Oftny isolated shoftf, were filed without■ success against bbe, environs of Middelkerke from vessels lying far off the coast. In Ypres district the enemy hae not re- newed his attacks. South-west of Lille a 'great enemy offen- sive was arrested by our counter-attacks. Severe isolated enemy attacks north and south of looos collapsed with Losses for the English. In the district ci Soucaez attacks on both aides of Arras were also bloodily repulsed. The number of prisoners has increased to 25' officers and 2,600 men, and the booty oi machine guns to 14. The French offensive betwefen Reims and the Argonne did not ma.ke further progress. All the att-acks of the enemy, which were Especially severe on the road between Sommepy and Snippes and north of Beausejour Farm, at Maesigeg, and east of the Aisne, failed with very heavy enemy losses. The number of pri- soners here has increased to over 40 officers and 3,900 men. NEAR GERMAN SUPPLY LINE. NETT RESULT OF THE 1 OPERATIONS. M. Marcel Hutin, writing in the "Echo I de Paris" on Monday says:—The results of II yesterday's operations are as follow: Be- tween Souain and Beausejour we have I gained 1. On the Souain-Somme-Py road about one and a quarter miles, beyond the place known as La Cabane. Here we are only two and a half miles from the railway which sup- plies the German lines. 2. On the Souain-Tahure road we have got farther than La Baraque (Hili 170) and here also we are near the railway. 3. To the north 'of Beausejour we have gained about one and a quarter miles between Beausejour and the farm Maison de Cham- pagne." This farm dominates Ripont and the Dormoise Valley. PRESS BUREAU, Monday, 11.20 p.m. The following dispatch has been re- ceived from Field-Marshal Sir John French:— General Headquarters, Sept. 27th, 10 p.m. North-west of Hulluch we have re- pulsed a number of counter-attacks and have inflicted heavy loss on the enemy. I East of Loos our offensive Is pro- gressing. Our captures now amount to 53 officers, 2,800 men, 18 guns, and 32 machfeie-guns. The enemy has abandoned a consider- able quantity of material, which has not yet been olassifisd. AT THE RIGHT MOMENT. THE NEWS IN THE I BALKANS. (Press Association War Special.) News of the Allies victory in f Champagne has come at the right moment to dispel the last ve,stiges of sym- fathy with the Central Powers, which .ve been losing ground since their diplomatic success at Sofia, leading to Bulgarian mobilisation. The Greek mobilisation has produoed a discouraging effect on Germans here, who are crestfallen. According to news from trustworthy Serbian sruroes, the Auatro-German forces concentrated on the Pantchovv- Orsova line :\re not more than three hun- dred thousand, a.nd are composed mainly of old men and youths. Although provided with heavy artillery, this force nsvertheSess is coatzddexed insufficient, and the projected attack on Serbia is believed to be necessarily postponed. 1-. LYING LOW AT- SOFLV. I From iofis the news to-day is scarce, lne pacific assurances given by Bulgarian Min- isters here are considered infective, and that nothing short of a demobilisation of the Bulgarian army wfli lead to a change in the determiivJi line taken bv Gxeec*-

I WORLD AND THE I ADVANCE. I DUTCH SHOW OPEN DELIGHT. i NEW YORK, Monday. The British and French successes are pro- claimed by the newspapers here as the most important victories in the West since the Marne. Emphasis is laid by American critics especially on the fact that the Allies have demonstrated that the German line is not impregnable, but can be brokev with suffi- cient effort. England zlrid France have saved Petrograd, Americana declare, and have taught a lesson to Bulgaria, who will commit suicide if she permits her future course to be influenced by the expectation of the Germans winning the war. There is a feeling of almost open jubila- tion-among Americans alii the Allies' success. Interest i- more intense than at any since the Marne, and it is expected th-t other notable victories will soon follow, now that the Germans are on the run. "ALLIES ARE WINNING. DELIGHTED DUTCH £ ISS IN STREETS. AMSTERJDAM, iloiiday, Sept. 27. "The Allies are winning:) was the cry heaiid all over Amsterdam last night when the first extras giving the news of the Allies' victories ill Fraaice were published. Despite the Sunday night quiet, in the atreets, t-Jtoasands ox copies were snatched from the news, andors, and the enthusiasm in the ca.fes, hotels, and streets was extra- ordinary. People kissed one aciotlier, shout- ing: "Vive ]a Frime!" and "Long live mgland!" KETiCEiNT GERMAN PRESS. The morning newspapers to-day publish the communiques, but little comment. Tele- grams from Germany are very reserved on the great bat-ties. The only newspaper available this morning, the "Cologne Gaz- et.te," under the headline of "Hard Fight- ing," tries to explain a.way the Anglo-French advance. It cannot deny the victory, especi- ally- a,s it is aidn-Litted offiolailly, but in cater- ing for its patriotic clienteQe it makes pathetic enorts to prove that the -victory is ins&g-nificant and that the Germans ca.n easily make it up. It is remarkable tha.t uhe Cologne Gazette does not mention the fact that the Fre.iir-i).. and Engligli made German prisociers at all, but ifisist-s that the Germans evacuai>ed. Souchez voluntarily.—("Daily News.") SHORT, SHARP RUSHES. FIRST STORY OF THE VIURURY. WOUNDED ARRIYE IN METROPOLIS. The first of the wounded heroes from the victory m r landers reached London on Monday night. •> One of their number, an officer with shrapnel wounds in head and shoulder, talk- ing oi the action to a Daily Matill rapte- seutatcve in a temporary private hospvUi said — Things are beginning to hum at ia.5. vn Friday :t really, began. We had tt; usual dose of heavoes all day. On Satur- day morning eaaily, under cover of our artil- lery, t IJe¡,;d.,n ■ "Under a hurricane of shrapnel the move- up started with short, sharp rushes. The German trenches were at a distance of about 400 yards. Our fellows went at it with rare spirit. There was some Pretty business wkh the bayonet. Ana prisoners—-pi«,:nty ot tn?m, wnn U)e!r Kamerod cr? and very ready to thrGw down rlSes and'?N ht their eagernem to- be captured. TMt w:? the most surpn" thing oE the whoto business. Many of them were old men of th-e Landsturm and Landwehi, but there was plenty of young blood all1°\lg them as well. They seemed crushed and exhauzt-ed, no go I in them. and euemed to Welcome the chance of surrender. They wire all practically drvid beat-, with nothing but Kamerad: or some uch phra-s" to say. 1 got winged shortly after reaching the first line. Everything is goirig top-hole.' The boys are splendid, game as bantam cocks. There were no waiting ctowde at the station ilftst night to cheer the wounded. They came quietly, unexpectedly, some dozen officers and men. Smiling imder their bandages with radfiau't, hopeful taces. Hospital ambulances had been at Char- ing Cross Station since 5.30 p.m., and even when the men of the St. John Ambulance Corpe marched on to the platform the sta- tion throng still did not rea.l1 that before them were some of the men responsible for London's buret of gladness. NEW PHASE WELL B, EGUN, EXPECTED STRONG GERMAN COU NTitiR-iiFFORT. (Pr&-s Association War Special.) PARIS, Monday, Additional details published regarding the Franco-Britieh offensive t.ive good ground for supposing the action was engaged in fav- ourable oonditions, the only adverse circum- stance being the execrable weather, but for which the immediate gain would have been more considerable. Military critics are of opinion that the enemy will accumulate large forpes at the threatened points of his line, but in order to do so he will have to uncover other por- tions of his front. I Tho Allies will not miss the opportunity of attacking such weak spots, and fighting may be expected to take place at other points where as yet actions have not been-reported. The Brilliant initial successes are regarded as proof -that 'he Allies possess the initiative on the Western front, and have at their disposal 'he means to inflict severe blows on the enemy. The fully justify" (writes the Temps ") the unsh akeable confidence of the Allied nations in the final victory. The long months of inaction necessitated by the war of attrition have not undermined our moral force. The waiting period has in no way enfeebled our energy, for we know we must triumph, because we are determined to. last longer than the enemy. Our people are so fully alive to the real- ity that they Remain as cool and calm in time of sucoess as they did -it the time of the first reverses at the beginning of war. "They know that the Austrians And Germans are not exhausted; that they still possess powerful resources, and that the enemy, too, will fight to the end.. The effort which remains to be accom- plished is enormous. Yesterday marks the new pha.se which has begun well." « n r r~ rs

ANOTHER RUGBY CAP CONE. It is now oihcially reported that Lieut. Arthur James Dingle, of the East Yorkshire Regiment, is "miasma, believed killed." And so the war continues to levy heavy toll on the ranks of the Rugby Unionists. Dingle was one of the famous band of players who took part in the lafit great match between England and Scotland on bleak Inverleith away beyond Fettes, in Edinburgh. Three of Dingle's comrades úa that J'-ngiish side have already fallen—itou-ald Poulton, D%by i Watson, and Francis Oakeiev, and of his i opponents on that day Freddy Turner and i | John Hiiggan have been kilted. —

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M0RRIST0N PROUD OF THEM. PRESENTATION TO FOUR j HEROES. j AND TO PARENTS OF DEADI I SOLDIER. I A peresenfcation meeting was held at the fountain Inn, Morriston, on Saturday night. The meeting was convened by the friends of Priva-tes Wm. Reed, Tom Joseph, Evan J o m i(xeph, Evan Powell, and Berwyn John, in order to s-hew their appreciation of the services rendered by the four gallant soldiers, who luui returned wounded from the front. The chair was oeowpted by Coun. D. J. Bavies, J.P., Grove Villa. The presentations, of sums of money, were distributed by Mr. T. J. Williams, M.P., Maeeyrwernen Hall. Mr. Williams spoke in glowing terms of the example set to Morris- ton by the four heroes present.. Hs was proud that Morriston had responded so nobly to the call of duty, and that. its sons had ex- perienced such hardships in the caTife of liberty. ITe made reference to Private Evan ftces EvariH. 2nd Devons. who was kiPed in Prance, ahd presented the parents of the do- <3ed soMier with a beautiful illuminated addre56. Durimv the evening musical items of extep- tional merit were contributed by the follow- ing well-known artistes: Messrs. Evan Evans, Owen, Evans, Tom Bowles, Llewelyn R. Bowen, Dd. Evans, Tom Evans, Wm. Mor- gan, and Joe Jones. Selections were rendered by the Male Voice Party, accompanied by MT. Rosrace Samuel. The secretary was Mr. Joe Jones, and. Meters. Edwin James a.nd Evan Evane acted I as chairman of committee and treasurer re- spectively.

ALLIED P'LEDGE TO GREECE. I JOINT ARMY TO HELP HER. ATHENS. Monday. A piece of news made .known here to-day has given gteat satisfaction throughout the country. Last night the Ministers of the Allied Powers informed th? Greek Govern- ment that their countries were ready, in case of attack on Serbia and Greece, or either, to land immediately a force amply equipped with artillery and other services. That force will be kept up to strength, and Reinforced M circumstances dictate. The Ministers of the Allied nations also informed the Gteelt Government that the Allies will furnish all necessary financial assistance immediately. Germans and Roumania. For the moment, then, attention in the Balkan situation must move from Greece, where matters may now (I think) be regarded as in order. The position in Roumania becomes the one of paramount importance, and there the Ger- mans are putting forth all their strength in order to bring the Bucharest Government to their side. Germany's aim now is to force Roumania to side with her. and so allow troops and muni- tions to go through to Bulgaria—across which country they would be permitted to pass.— (" Daily Chronicle.") m ■! mww——————

NOT ENGLISH." I HOW WELSHMEN ESCAPED 1:1 GERMAN PRISON. Ruhlaben was not without its hnroours. says an English prisoner who has been re- turned from th<Te. One d&y, when ? com- pany of p?Tisone" was paing hthen e. streets, a German reporter got mixed up with them, and not, Al his wild protests would convince the German police that he was not a. prisoner [himself. Anyhow, they made him one, and he matched to sonie purpose back to the prison, where he stayed for a week. Many of the 4,500 British prisoners at the camp are coloured men, and one of them, a Li- beriasi, wae much hurt at being reckoned a British subject. Several citizens of the Argentine Repub- lic, too--that being a British colony accord- ing to some welll in-formed German official (every Briton knows by now, from many of his newspapers, how well the Germans are educated)—were put to sleep on concrete. On the other hand, several Welshmen got off because they w4ere not English. Ultimately Mr. Gribble was "exchanged," and went to Amsterdam, where ho met has wife again.

BE YOUR OWN MINISTER OF MUTIOS Crood- íoçd, weal digested,. if as essentiaJ to your physical and mental efficiency as are shells and machine guns to the success of our gallant army. The enemies of your body —and they are legion-have you at a great disadvantage unless in times of stress and strain, when your powers of resistance are taxed to the utmost, you can fall hack on ample reserves of strength, and vitality, built up by the thorough digestion of the food you eat. Indigestion and sluggish action of the liver and bowels—these are your labour troubles, and they call for sym- pathetic, well-considered treatment. Don't try to force them bick to work by drastic measures—pick-me-ups, vtolent purgatives and the like-for along that way lies open rebellion. Coax and help them back to willing healthy activity and efficiency by giving them the gentle bracing help of a good digestive tonic and liver invtigoraior, such as Mother Seigel's Syrup. Then note how, day by day, your supply of strength and vital energy increases, until at length it as fully equal to every demand that is mad-e upon it.

THAT TAX ON MOTOR- CARS. EXPLAINS A GOOD DEAL. I MR. HENRY FORD'S THREAT. I WASHINGTON, Sunday. Mr. Henry Ford, the motor-car manufac- turer, has threatened to withdraw the de- posits of his firm from any bank participat- U!g in the i'??lo-French Loan on the ground th?t &')&ocia? aid extend&d to any b?Uger- ents prolongs war. The Franco-British Fin?nciaJ Commission, he omtealptuously adds, shouki have a tin can tied to it and be sent home. Mr. Ford now vies with Mr. Carnegie as a leading American pacifist, and has said he will spend ten million dol- lars, if necessary, in the cause of peace. Recently he has been in conference with Mr. Bryan, who is contemplating a pilgrim- abe to Europe to preach peace and arbitra- tion. Mr. Ford's efforts to hamper the loan negotiations following so quickly after the announcement of the duty on motor-cars has led some persons to imagine that his resent- ment against the loan is not entirely disin- terested, as the duty will destroy the mono- poly of the cheap car market in England, out it haa been impossible to get an expres- sion of opinion from him. A Tale or an invention. At the present time Air. rora is the centre of a heated newspaper controversy. He claims to haye invented a submersible motor torpedo-boat to be operated 'o., a crew of two men. Professor Parker, the well-known scientist and physicist, asserts Mr. Ford stole the idea from him. The "New York World" sarcastically observes that since the war began Mr. Ford has sold motor trucks to the Allies, but now they eek to borrow in America, his money in the hank. hM become sensitive to the greet im- morality. "It detects a radical, ethical, and pacifist difference between selling American goods to prolong the war on credit, and sell- ing otherwise.' cr Post.") Jí.

I" AT TERRIFIC RATE/1 PORT TALBOT MOTOR-CYCLID TRAGEDY, 1 INQUEST ON THE TWO YICTIMS. Mi'. Edward Powell (acting, coroner for Mid-Glamorgan) held all inquest at Port Talbot on Tuesday on the bodies of WaotAr VVhittingtou, aged 2id, of Glenda-le House, Tanygroes-street, Port Talbot, and Brinley Clark, 19, son of Mr. Edwin Arthur Clark, Jersey Hotel, Cwmavon, both, of whom wera Jailed on Saturday evening through colliding with a motor lorry on the Margam road. Evidence of identification was given by D. J. Reynolds, undi-e of Whittingtoo, and Mr. Edwin A. Clark. The latter said that his son owned the motor cycle and had rid- den it for 14 months. Wm. Joseph Sunningley, High-street, Tai- baclt, slid he was a motor mechanic em- ployed by George Mills, haulage contractor, of beaside, Aberavon. On Saturday he took a load of timber to Southemdown. The accident happeaed between Stall Court Farm and a house known as Hole in the Wall." Witness waa travelling at the rate of 12 mllep5 an hour. He saw the motor cycle coming towards him at a distance of 500 yards, at the top of the hill. They made no attempt to turn and came straight into him. He then noticed two men on the machine. They were Thrown into the air about 10 feet, and Clark s head collided with the radiator of his lorry. He stopped and found both men dead on the bank. The road was flat and straight where the accident occurred, and was 18ft 6in. wide. It hap* pened between 7 o'clook and 7.16, and wit- ness had three lights burning. He was is. formed that the deceased took the cycle out of the garage after repairs to try it. He had examined the cycle and found that it was set all out," to get every pOssible ?eed out of it. It was a four-horw power machine and capable of doins 55 or 60 miles an hour. His opinion was that the deceased were trying the machine. Witaeee kept on the proper side, but the motor eyola was on the wrong side of the road. Arthur David Morgan, baker. Tanywroew street, Port Talbot, said he heard the motov cycle coming behind him at a terrific rate. He found the bodies lying on tho ground. The cycle was wedged into the front of the lorry. There was a bright light on the cyole. P.S. Bryce (Taibach) said he examined the road, and cycle and lorry. He found that the lorry had kept within two feet of tb« hedge for a distance of 100 yarde back tram where the acoident occurred, and the lorry had pulled up within three times its length. The weight of the lorry was three tons. Dr. Phillips, Taibach, said Clark's head was battered to pulp, a.nd Whittington's ribs and neck were broken. Death must have been iJt. stantaneous. Witness thought that from the state of the injuries they (deceased) most have been travelling at a terrifio speed. A verdict of "Accidental death" wae No turned, and the driver of the lorry was exonerated from any blame. The jury passed a vote of sympathy witt the relatives of the deceased young men.

CUT IN TWO. I SHOCKING FATALITY AT 11 SWANSEA. HARBOUR TRUST EMPLOYS KILLED. A Swansea, Harbour Trust employe, named Thomas Morris (60), of No. 106, Rod- ney-street, Sandiields, Swansea, met hia death m a shocking n.anaer early on Monday morning, being run over by an engine and killed instantaneously On Sunday, when traffic was practically at a stands-luiii, a gang of men were at waric replacing the Low Level, Harbour Trust line on the town side of the North Dock bridge. Thia had been completed, and Morris, who je a mason by trade, was em- ployed on Monday morning replacing or pitching the stones between the raiB. He had an assistant with him, who appears to have been on the other side of the road to where deceased was working. Morris, about 7.30 a.m., was *& the road on the west-end corner of tha bridge, just as a Harbour Trust locomotive came along in charge of William Harding (driver), E. Bowen (fireman), and Richard Rowsell (ehunter). The engine, a light. one, was, according to the police report, proceeding towards the South Dock from the Prince of Wales Dock, and crossing the wnidge slowly and the beil was ringing. Deceased (so the report continues) appeared to be in the act of PUTTING A STONE IN POSITION, when he looked up, and the engine struck him on the side of the head, and he was knocked Tinder the front wheels, which passed over has body. He wwpr4wgcay cut in two. Dr. Morgan was called on the scene, and the remains were removed to the mortuary. There were several persons about, bat no one appears to have seen the actual accident. Those on the engine saw the deceased to* late to save him. Not far from the spot where Morns Was killed a lad lost hie life in a similar manned] a few years ago.

BLOWS FOR GOWER FAMILY. FRESH BEREAVEMENT FOB THE BENSONS. Fresh bereavement has come to the family at Fairy Hill, Reynoldston, in the death, briefly announced in our overnight edition, or Miss Charlotte Benson, daughter of the late General Benson and Mrs. Benson. The sad news was received in Swansea on Monday from London, where the death occurred. The deceased lady had been ailing foe some little time. She was a sister of his Honour Judge Denman Benson, now of Sheffield, and of Colonel Benson, the com. manding officer of the Swansea Battalion*. The family, including Mrs. Benson and hei three daughters, had .been staying in Lon- don recently. The deceased lady was much beloved in Gower, and additional sympathy will go out to the family by reason of the fact that the bereavement so closely follows upon that sustained by the death of Colonel R. Erie Benson, who died from woand, re- ceived at the battle of the Aisne last year, and who was a brother of the deceased lady, and Captain J. Benson. who was mor- tally wounded at the battle of Mens, he being a son of his Honour Judge Desiman Benson. The funeral of. the late Miss Benson is to take place at Reynoldston Churchyard to- morrow (Wednesday), at noon, the arrange- ments being ih the hands of Meesrs. D. a Jones and Son, Castle-square.

Tho Welsh strikes undoubtedly producad 0 moat unfortunate effect qn the Continent. One cannot broach the question of the war in c, city H'te Amsterdam without instantly bear- ing the expressions of amazement from the Dutch and of gleeful satisfaction from the (jroiixans, at the action of the Welsh masters anl Imners.-(" Daily Chronicle.")

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