The Cambria Daily Leader

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PREMIER'S CALM CONFIDENCE. i _I I MESSAGE TO THE I BELGIANS. I SESTOBEO TO THEIR HOMES BEFORE i LOIiQ. i I TERRIBLE SACRIFICES, Mr. Asquith has addressed .,0 L'Independence Beige" the following message of wel- 1. t" » c' j fcome, which appears m the published in London to-day: I Cordially welcome the appearance of "L'Indepen- dence Beige" in this country and trust that the brave task which is being under- taken will be successful. I feel confident that be j fore long J/1 ndependence ¡ Belge wi-11 again be issued in Brussels, and our friends and allies, the valiant Bel- gian people, will once more be restored to their own country in the full enjoy- ment of that freedom for which they have made such splendid and terrible sacri- fices. í H. H. Asquith., .——- ——— i PRINCE LOUKUJF BA TTENDURO. I FIRST SEA LORD VISITS THE KIND. t Prince Louit of Battenberg, "First Sea, ?crd of the Admiralty, called at Bucking- J ham Palace to-day, and was received by i ^he King, with whom he remained a coii I fciderable time. I -———- I CERMANY- LAST HOPE I I Alt THE OLD MEN BECOMING SOLDIERS I (Press Association War Telegram.) I P«ris. Wednesday.—-I he following is *n extract from a letter found on a Ger- man prisoner, dated Dusseldorf. October 4th;- "Among us, officers and men are grow- ing rearer and rearer. We no longer 14ove men equal to their work. Volun- ,iiid men belonging to the Laudwehr r, all leaving. To-day, if you saw these soldiers, 3011 would turn your head for thry are taking anybody—the I last hope of Germany. All the old men are becoming soldiers. It is a real joy for those who have not been taken. "Have you any bread? Many complain tof having none." THE PARIS PRESS j TO-DAY'S NEWSPAPER OPINIONS. It (Press Association War Telegram.) f Paris. Wednesday—To-day's newspapers Recognise that the military situation ill- ^ains stationary, aud say it seems that [the Germans are very reluctant to re- ?se Die coveted prey on the North rench coast, and they are therefore re- doubling their attempts with greater el'{'ene5. j ¡ C,;L Ronspet, in the "Petit Parisien," **ays General Von Kluck, who is recom- facing furjou attacks, will fare Do { better than h? did hfore. especiaHy in the face of his new adversary, whose en- I r into the game will be particularly rriisagreeable to him. The h Echo says it niust be admitted that the desperate resistance of the enemy shows that the positions he occu- pied are of a strategic interest of the first order, and that if he is obliged to retire. <?p,te all. it ]8 because his plan seems have been more ov less upset ,? the Allies, who-admiraMy con?anded-are 1-idi?g the German Army completely ill  All the enemy s attacks hav fai?d. ? ?????? activjt.y Of the Belgian AXuh Irking in conjunction with the ?"?a troops, is an element of success It nU not be long before Western Flanders IS the r?? of action where the incTitab? I !T,-Vfr f x of the German Army towards i? ?? w? ?D?,g w'in begin. r'4> <. Matin H &ays: King Albert's b aNe driven bak the Germans ?T re ) ?? assault? not with help of a Wall ° the calibre of their gnns. but with ♦heiTh eaRts and their hayonets-m op?n ,01.1ntr" h t eonntrv ??aout forts or entrenchments, 1 | and in eQnal numbers. ,| num b ere..

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MADE SOLDIERS BY FORGE! I ——— WAR LORD IMPRESSES MEN OF LUXEMBURG. i OUTRACEOUS PROCEEDING. I A Paris telegram states that the Ger- man authorities have forcibly enrolled all the Luxemburgers whose ages are be- tween 18 and 35, and have sent them to the armies operating against Russia, It will be remembered that it was re- cently annountd, that the Kaiser had arrested the Grand Duchess of Luxem- burg and had confined her in a fortress. For years the War Lord has cast covetous eyes on the little independent State of JUux< anburg, ■ and when the Grand Duchess succeeded her father he tried to induce her to marry a German prince. The lady, however, declined—without thanks. She is said to be one of the loveliest wom-en in the world. The Duchy. The Grand Duchy of Luxemburg formed part of the Germanic Confedera- tion from 1S15 until ISfitJ, but in' 181)7 the Treaty of London declared it a neutral territory under the sovereignty on the King of the Netherlands, on whose de- cease (November 23rd, 1890) it passed to the Duke of Nassau. It has a population of 259,889 and an area of 099 square miles. The Army, or State Guard, numbers about 300 men. The present ruler is the <8 rand Duchess Marie Adelaide, a beautiful girl of 20, who succeeded her father on Februar* v 26th, 1912. ————— ————— ANOTHER ALLY 90,000 MEN TO BE SENT TO FRANCE BY PORTUGAL The reports that Portugal intends to range herself on the side of the Allies are strengthened by the following statement, published in the Secolo," the leading Lisbon newspaper :— Portugal has definitely resolved to take part in the war. The Portuguese j Government has decided to despatch im- i mediately to France a division of artillery 8,000 men strong, under the command of General Jaime de Castro. At the same time a brigade of 4,000 marines and artil. lery will leave for service. Altogether, when preparations are completed, Portu. gal will send 90,000." Other Portuguese newspapers report that the mobilisation of the Portuguese army is now in full progress and Hearing completion., "c I I CALLANT FRENCHWOMEN. READY TO GiVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY. (Press Association War Telegram.) Paris, Tuesday.—M. Torzy, ex-Deputy for the Aisne, who has returned from Soissons, relates that the Germans in some cases have taken children as hos- tages into their trenches in order to oblige the inhabitants to supply them with food. Others forced women to march before tliem against the Allies, but when they came in contact with the latter the women shouted, Never mind, tire all the same." MITCHELL UNHURT. GOOD NEWS FOR SWANSEA TOWN SUPPORTERS. Some days ago it was announced that Mitchell, the Swansea Town half-back, had been wounded while serving with the Royal Artillery in France. News is now to hand that the report is without foundation. Mitchell, who is a driver, has made himself erY popular with his comrades. ¡ AUSTRIA HUHRY 1 Venice, Tuesday.—The prices of grain in A ustria-H ullgary are reported to be the 'highest in the whole world.—Reuter. THE AUSTRIAN IMAGINATION. (Press Association War Telegram.) Petrograd, Wednesday.—The following semi-official statement is published here: German official coi yi ii). u n iqties have adopted t-he tactics of multiplying whole- sale the Russian losses. However, the record in this respect is held by the Austrian*, who iumonncc that the Russians lost at and wounded, which exceeds by a hun- dredfold our real losses. ————— ———— OMAN FRINGE KILLED. delsblad" learns that Prince Wolrad Frederic of Wa ldeck-Py rniont, half- brother of the Dowager Queen Emma of the Netherlands, has been killed in the western theatre. of "war while engaged on patrol duty.—Reuter. The Prince, who was a lieutenant in the Royal Prussian Dragoon Guards, was a half-brother of H.K.H. the Duchess of Albany. .————— THE DUCHESS OF SUTHERLAND. A romantic marriage took place in London a few days ago, at which the bride was Millicent, Duchess of Suther- land, who was married to Major Percy Desmond Fitzgerald, of the 11th Hussars. a son of the Hon. N. Fitzgerald, of County I Galway. Ireland. On Tuesday the bride, savs the London "Evening Standard," returned to France I to resume bar work of mercy as a Red I Cross nurse among the wounded soldiers of the allied armies. Maor Percy Desmond Fitzgerald, her husbtSfcd, is the staff officer to the Second 1 MounisS Division.

NEARING THE END RUMOURS OF GREAT VICTORIES. IMPORTANT HEWS FROM THE CONTINENT BRITISH GUNBOATS BOMBARDING GERMAN BATTERIES. ALLIES' ADVANCE ENEMY'S SWMARIHES BEATEN OFF "MHtOSS." (" Times Telegram per Press Association.) Ghent, Tuesday.—The last war news has caused great unrest among German officers. Festivities have been can-. celled, and all available troops have been sent in the direction of Nieuport. A German general has committed. suicide. ol The air is full of rumours of great victories by the Allies BRITISH WARSHIPS AT WORK. ("Times" Telegram per Press Association.) A point on the French coast, Oct. 20.— It is reported here that yesterday morning, when two British gunboats were engaging the German coast batteries, they were attacked by Ger- man submarines, and that on the Dover patrol destroyers, with another vessel, coming to the assistance of the gun- boats, the German submarines were driven off with loss. The gunboats are still engaging the batteries on the coast. OSTEND RUMOUR. The special correspondent of the ing Post" in the North of France has been informed on excellent authority that Ostend has been retaken from the Germans The Allies continue to press —j enemy in the Ilorth-wgt and pnsh him back. The correspondent estimates the Ger- man force operating south-west from Ostend at about 40,000. The Belgian Legation were on Tuesday aiternoon withoul confirmation of the lep.jrt that the Allies had re-captured Ostend. OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE. Paris, Tuesday.-The following official communique has been issued:— 7 -n i • • 2-50 P-m- In in spite of violent attacks, the Heiginn army is maintaining its posi- tion along the line of the Yser. Other actions are taking place in the region of )-iotft between the allied forces operating fa,-Vi this side and tli enemy's forces. On our left wing the Germans con- tiniie to hold strongly the defences of j.Lille in the diiection of Armentiere-s Fourmes. and La Dassee. On tho Mense the enemey has essayed in vain to drive bad! our troops who had debouched on the right hank in Camp des Romaine. To sum up, on the. 19th (yesterday) we made some progress at various points of the front [Note: The above communique appeared in our late editions yester(lay.1 11 p.m. The day has been characterised by an effort of the Germans on all parts of the front, namely, The extreme north, where the Belgian Army has held its ground remarkably; At La Bassee, where the Germans essayed a partifniarly violent offensive- To the north of Arras; At Mametz, between Peronoo and Albert; At Vanquois. on the eabt of the Argonne; and, finally. On the heights of the Meuse and in the region of Champion. Everywhere the German attacks have been repulsed. GERMAN ANXIETY. I ("Times" Tategram per Press Association.) Copenhagen, Tuesday .—Anxiety about thf situation is manifesting itself in Ger- many. The Berliner Tagebhvtt'sJ' military !correspondent, explains thai though a deci- sion is likely to come like a thief in the night," it will more probably be on the East front than on the West. The Imperial Chancellor i6 being at- tacked in certain influential circles as i Tesponsible for the war. -"ON THE RUN." I(" Times" Telegram per Press Association.) ortllern j, t'ance, Tuesday .— The pres- sure which is being exerts on the German (right is irresistible, and has resulted in a I very great modification of the programme the Germans .had mapped out for them- selves. An effort on the part of the Germans I now to proceed by way of the coast to Dunkirk and Calais would be at best a | manoeuvre which would expose them to very grave- risk of being completely cut off. The work which the Allies have done during the past; week further inland has ?l)e.en, if not spectacular, exh-aordmah!? effective. The Germans have at certain points been most emphatically and gratifyingly on the run. Their fighting line has daily undergone variants which were totally undesigned. Teutonic affection for the occupation of open towns belonging to the enemy has led them into greater difficulties than the temponirv advantages in matter of food and lodgings have afforded tlm. BACK TO ANTWERP. ————■- (Reuters War Telegram.) Amsterdam. October 20.—Railway com- munication between Antwerp and Brus- l sels has been restored since yesterday, as has that from Bergcn-op-Zoom to Ant- werp. About 9.000 refugees from Roosen- daal returned to Antwerp yesterday. l

NAVAL NEWS. 1 .0- BRITISH TRADER SUNK I I STOPPED BY GERMAN SUBMARINE.- FLAG TRAMPLED ON. I tfPress Association War Telegram.) Copenhagen, Tuesday.—A despatch from Stavanger states that the steamer Glitra, belonging to Messrs. Salvesen, of Leith, was sunk to-day twelve miles off the -Nor- wegian coast by a German submarine. The vessel was ordered to step, and when the crew bad been ordered to take to the boats the Germans opened the bottom valves of the steamer, which sank. Further Details, Stavauger, Tuesday.—Captain Johnston and sixteen of the crew ot the steamer (ilitra arrived to-night Irom Skudesnas. The captain states that the GUtra left Grangemouth on Sunday with coal and coke for £ >tavanger. At half-past twelve (noon) to-day the ship was stopped by the German submarine I 17 nine niiie, south- west of Skudesnas. The submarine sent a boat with five men to the Glitra. With re- volvers in hand they ordered the English flag to he taken down, threatening to shoot the captain if lie did not obey. They gave him ten minutes to lower his boats. The captain lowered, t.he fla.g, whereupon the German officer tort* the flag np and trampled npon it. The captaiD was forced to take the ship's papers, but he and the crew were not allowed to take anything else. The crew entered j he two lifeboats, which the submarine tugged five hundred yards from the (ilihn. Three of the Ger- mans remained aboard the steamer, which thpy. searched all over. The cap- tain believes that one of the remaining German's was an engineer, and that be opened the bottom valves, because the rear of the ship beg-1m to sink. The lifeboats were ordered to row to the, shore, and, having reached Norwegian territorial waters they were met hv a pilot boat, which tugged them towards the Norwegian coast. Later on the crew were picked up by the Norwegian torpedo boat Hai, which landed them at Skudenas. The Glitra was not insured. CARGO COMMANDEERED. Case. of Wooden Bullets Found. Brisbane. Tuesday.—A steamer which has mi-ria-ed from Ocean Island reports that whilst tlipre a vessel with provisioiie, and ammunition for the Germans at, Naurau arrived. The provisions were commandeered and. the ammunition thrown overboard. A case drifted ashore containing wooden bullets.—Press Association. I ARRESTS IN SHIPS. I Shots From Bristol Channel Forts. I An inquiry under the Defence of the Realm Act was held at Cardiff yesterday into the conduct of steamship cap- tains and two pilots wNo were said to have neglected to stop in the Bristol Channel when signalled to do so by the examining steamer. How necessary these precautious are," said Commander Edward Nieiioll. may he gauged from the fact that last month 1,458 ships were stopped and 49n Germans and Austrians were arrested." In some instances the disobedience of captains was so flagrant that, the guns of the forts had to he fired, and in one case they had to be fired both, at Harry and Lavernock three times before the vessel stopped, with the result that needless alarm was caused. Colonel Taylor, who conducted the iD- quiry, accepted the promise of the cap- tains all(1 pilots not to ignore the signals again, hut said their conduct really amounted to aiding and abetting the enemy, and they were liable to very severe punishment. This time we shall not try von by court-martial, but an example must be made of the next one who? comes up." —^t CERMANS IN LILLE NEWSPAPER FINED FOR EXPOSING OFFICERS' MODE OF LIFE. (Press Association War Telegram.) Paris. Tuesday.—Severa l unpublished details regarding the two German occupa- tions of Lille are given by a correspondent I of the Journal de Debats," who visited the region. A German officer arrived in a motor car on August 24tb. and announced to the Mayor (M. Delasaile) that the town was about, to be occupied by an armv corps and a war indemnity would be levied The Mayor answered that Lille having been declared an open town, he agreed ta pay an indemnity of one hundred million francs (£J"OOO,OOO), provided It was in ac- cordance with the Hagua Convention. The town N%us occupied for eight days by a force equal to a quarter of the popula- tion. Two days later, 30,000 Germans, under General von Bertrab, entered and be- haved perfectly correctly. A few days after the occupation the Mayor pointed out that the conditions had not been fulfilled, as a quarter of the population amounted to only sixty thou- sand. This was due to the severe fighting going on in the Camhrai and L Gateau district, where all the available troops were engaged. In this circumstance the indemnity was neither asked or nor paid. The only sum paid was a fine of 350,000 francs ( £ 14,000) inflicted on the Journal la Croix du Nord" for puhlishing scan- dalous revelations concerning the mode of life of the officers during their stay. The occupation lasted nearly a fortnight. On Sept. 6th no Germans were left in the town, hut numbers were continually pass- ing through the region, and occasionally the town was visited by small bodies of troops. Prior to the second occupation on Oct. 13th, a few shells were fired .m the t,?- and hostages were t?ken as punishment for firing at German .soldiers who were I continually passing through the town. Consequently the re-appearance of Ger- mans in force provoked a panic, and the inhabitants fled in the direction of Rou- j baix, Toarcoing, aDd Jlajelbrouck.

SOLDIER CHARGED WITH MURDER. CABIN MYSTERY. I I SWANSEA TERRITORIAL'S TRIAL AT THE POLICE COURT. 1 I SENT FOR TRIAL A Considerable interest was manifested in the resumed trial of murder which was held at the Aberavon Borough Police Court on Wednesday morning, when Henry Edward Crout, a private in the bfh Welsh, and a native of Swansea, was charged with the wilful murder ot a fellow private named Philip William Burrell, 20. nuk-Rtrpet, Ab^rdarc, by fatally sbooting him whilst on duty at Port Talbot Doc?s on Saturday, the flth! mst. J'rison?r had twice before been brought before the magistrates and re- manded. At the Coroner's inquest held into the circumstances a verdict of manslaughter was returned against prisoner. The charge before the Court against Crout was that ho did feloniously, wil- fully, and with malice aforethought, kill and murder Philip William Burrell." The sitting justices were the Mayor, Alderman David Rees, Charles Jones, Mr. George Langden, and Mr. W. J. Wil- liams, Mr. Lewis Thomas appeared to pro- secute on behall of the public prosecutor, and Mr. Dan Perkins appeared for the prisoner. In the Guard oom. Mr..Lewis I homas, in opening tiiel case for the prosecution, said that the prisoner was charged with the most serious offence it was possible for a per- son to be charged with. The circum- stances were that deceased and prisoner were privates in the 6th Welah Batta- lion stationed at Port Talbot. On Satur- day, 9tit inst., both men went on duty, and the sergeant, J. Merryfield. who stationed the men at different points at the docks. At 9 o'clock prisoner was re- lieved off duty. and deceased was not re- lieved until some time afterwards. Both men linbseqnontly met in the cabin used at the docks as a guard room. There the men were heaJji quarrelling, and there was no possible doubt that de- ceased died from a shot wound inflicted in the, cabin, and prisoner was the only one person in the cabin with deceased. The only question was if prisoner knew what he was doing, but the fact that a quarrel had taken place between the men, and what happened subsequently, he submitted that prisoner did not know I what he was doing. For instance, he walked about exdaiminR "Oh dear, oh I dear." It was suggested that prisoner was so drunk that bA did not know what he was doing. But these were clear points which should convince the Bench that prisoner was clearly conscious of his acte. For instance, f6r certain reasons I Sergt. Merryfield had taken the riflo from prisoner and placed it with others in the corner of the cabin. After hearing the shot fired, Rergt. Merryfield, on returning to the cabin, found that the rifle had been placed back into its position in the corner, a fact which indicated that prisoner realised what he had done. Also prisoner walked about, lighted a I pipe, and said. I have done the in." Under all the circumstances he i submitted that prisoner was guilty of wilful and premeditated murder. Sergeant's Evidence. Sergeant Jonathan Merryfield was next, called. In reply to Mr. Lewis T'hons. he said that he lived at 45, Siloli-road,, Landore, and described the system of duty performed at the docks hy prisoner and deceased at the time of the fatality, j When on duty each man arrived with a rifle charged with five live cartridges. Crout was Drunk." Prisoner and Burrell went on duty at 7 o'clock, aud witness relieved them at ¡ 9 o'clock. Mr. Thomas: What state were they in ? Witness: Burrfll had had some xfrink, but was not drunk. Crout was drunk. Proceeding, witness Raid both men went into the fuard-room, and deceased went to sleep on a plank. Crout picked up-a rifle and swung it about, saying, We'll givt,, the Germans!") Wit- ness took the rifle from him. Prisoner then pulled Burrell off the plank on to the floor. Cront fell over him. Witness put Burrell back on to the plank, and prisoner sat down, and he (witness) left the room. While talking to the sentry a few yards away, witness heard a shot fired, and went to the back of the guard- room. He found Burrell sitting on the plank corner, and Crout standing near by. Burrell h,ad been shot in the stomach. There was a rifle about four feet from Crout, and a spent cartridge in the breach of it. with four others in the I magazine. I Given Drink by Sailors. In reply to the Bench, witness said that both men were sober when they went on duty, and the only reason to account for their condition was that they had been given drink by sailors. The men would have resumed duty at 1 o'clock bad they been all ri?Lt. Private James Hemmings, G']OU(tf1r- pl,?(?e, Aberavon, said he went to relieve Burrell. Burrell was drunk. He relieved Burrell because he was shouting fo be re- lieved. Afterwards he returned to the guard room and put his rifle in the eorner. Subsequently he heard quarrelling and recognised the voices of Burrell and Crout, hut he didn't return because he thought there was nothing in the quarrel. Pri- soner and Burrell were quarrelling over beer. Crout said: I>ve well spent 8s., and you have only spent 2s." Burrell replied: You have had a —% sight more beer than I Have/' The quarrel lasted a qnarter of an hour. I Heard a Shot. He was thirty yards away, and heard a shot in the guard room. He rushed back and saw deceased and prisoner. Deceased was stooping, and blood was coming from him. Witnes said: Good God! You have been sitot t" Prisoner was standing five yards away with a pipe in his mouth. He told prisoner to stand where he was. Pri- soner replied: What the has it got to do with your" He examined the rifles, and found that one of them had been discharged. Sergeant Merryfield came- up to take charge of the rifle. No one (Continued on rage j.)

TO-DAY'S WAR I NOTES. I (Special to the Leader.") Wednesday Afternoon. NEW-S to-day is proceeding along lines that ought to be encouraging. The Al?ed Forces are faced with a tough job. ililklng an army out of a series of strong defence is no light task. It takes time, calls for bravery and endurance on the part of the attacking force, and for patience on the part of those of us who ,iire anxious to hear good news. ALL along the line, the reports show, the position is very hopeful. There is a lot of hard work to do. and we must not fly away with the idea that this is to be the final battle. But as one reads through the messages from yarious I sources, even those that are unoiffcial, it is quite evident that the a re in a very difficult position. They are hard pressed at all points—by the French. I)y the Belgians, and hy the British—their onIIY seNILS to be loping its strength as a fighting force, their commisariat is not maintaining the hig standard that it started at. their tactics are meeting with effective checks. A LOT has appeared in print abon. the l Anew armies that the Kaiser is putting into the field. We are told by some writers that his chances of success are diminishing because he is using raw troops. We must not place too much re- liance upon that, because all the men he is calling up have passed through a period of training under conscription The same sort of argument might, on paper, 0.' ap- plied to ourselves, with this difference, that our new battalions aTe made up I largely of men who have never handled guns before. But there is also another, i and a more potent, consideration. It is that our recruits are showing better as a moral force. The best military critics are unanimous in saying that the new British battalions are showing a whole- hearted and thorough enthusiasm that is making up for a lot of missed training, and that when the time comes for them to show what they can do in the field they will not be found wanting. ONE significant message received says that the leading German newspapers are showing signs of acute depression. [The military correspondent of the Berlin Tageblatt," for instance, has abandoned the hope that a victory will be achieved by the Germans in the west. '"THERE is a fearful piec0f evidence to 1 back that resignation. It is only necessary to refer to the message from j ?Amsterdalli, which savs that the latest lists of casualties published "n the Ger- man papers show that the claims of the British and French troops to have wiped Ii out German battalions were absolutely correct. The Reserve Infantry Hegiment Xo. 17 lost in one battalion 800 men wounded, and in another battalion of the same regiment 740 were killed. At the battle ot the Marne Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 69 is said to have had an unassessable, loss, and such phrase- as "innunierable losses Hand" tremendous number dead and wounded follow the names of several regiments. THERB are, of course, a -Pw items on the "per contra" Bide ot the ac- count. We must expect them. Nor is th-ere anything to be alarmed unduly about in the news that one or two of the! German boats have been nearOtll" she res. If Admiral Jellicoe were asked, his reply, in all probability, would be; "Let 'em all come!" TpROM the east there is not much news, but such as there is shows that the Russians are inflicting severe V uLislunent, 1 upon the Kaiser's troops. I AT first sight, there may be some evi- dence to lead the unwary into the believing that the Russians have not been successful. Not long ago we lead that they were close up to the western frontier of Poland, now they are back on the, Vis- tula. In the first place, we to re- member that all the time there, was a movement on the frontier, t:f>pr. were! being massed farther inliiid-along a lin from Warshaw, to lvangorod and Lublin, but also (and more largely) ( rther back at Brest Litovsik. This indicates that the Tsar's advisers were preparing 'neir own battle-ground, and that they It.ve now turned the Kaiser on to it. T^HERJE is silence in East Prussia for T the moment. General Rennenkampf has done there a work the value of which cannot be over estimated. His rapid ad- vance there was carried through at great risk and at a time when it was neces- sary to distract the Kaiser's attention from Belgium and France. The move was successful, and we are now reaping the reward. rPBIS is an important day in British naval history. More than a hundred years have elapsed since the great battle that eclipses all others in modern times took place a few hundreds of miles from our southern shores. The memory of the event is kept green every yetir by the demonstration around kelson s monu- |uient in Trafalgar Square. "One of the most memorable scenes through which J have passed" (a correspondent writes) Was when the centenary of Trafalgar was celebrated. The base of Nelson's column was adorned with wreaths of flowers and evergreens from every point of the British Dominions. For Sour whole days pro- cessions of people were passing around to pay their patriotic tributes. The pro- cession seemed to he never-ending. With a small party of relatives I joined in at the collecting point (which was being pushed farther away every I-ialf hour) just after 3 'clock on the Sunday after- noon. We were kept on the slow move nearly all the time, through a perfect maze of streets, to keep the line in order, I and to prevent confusion and disturb- ance. Hundreds of police were out to regulate it. An almost silent pilgrimage I was rewarded at last. but it was 5 o'doe]¡: I before we reached the column. The only thing in London anything like it for a. great many years was when King Edward was lying in state in Westminster Hall."

GERMAN AIRSIFF SHEDS. (Press Association War Telegram.) Copenhagen, TiieEday.-I. learn from German sources that airship sheds arc being constructed at Mogeltonder in Schleswis:, and at Rostock in Mecklen bura.

National Relief Fund. The National Relief Fund to-dajs reached £ 3,355,000. Trafalpr.. The anniversary of Trafalgar was celebrated in London to-day. OFFICIAL. Par's Communique. Paris communique issued this after- noon eaye: During yosterday enemy's attacks were particularly violent against Nien. porf, Dixmude, La Basse. All attacks repulsed with great energy by Allies. E ery^bere else situation ehon not. able ch&Bgd< f beltlug: i to 1 naif a 4 to 1 Atom, 100 to 6 Wolfaline. FAIR TRADER 1, RAKELAGH S, LOX. WOOD 3.-Three ran. I i > v -7 Pais can join the Swansea Bat- talion of the Welsh Regiment of the Welsh Army Corps. Apply for par- ticulars to the sub-recruiting office, 100, Woodfield-street, Morrisfbn, or Mond Buildings. Swansea Mercantile Go., Ltd. 18, PARK STREET, SWANSEA, MAKE CASH ADVANCES DAILY from .10 to XI.MO. No Charge Lnless Business Done. Bills Discounted. Strictly Private and Conti- • I'iatial. For further particulars aputy- H. B. JONES, Managing Director.