The Cambria Daily Leader

I ,[) c"iTHCoSE HATED ENGLISH! The story of a quaint little incident of German insolence defeated is being told here. Two men in a restaurant in Brussels some days ago were talking together in English. At the next table sat several German officers, who by scowls and feetures of impatience clearly showed their indignation at hearing the hated tongue. At last one of the officers sprang to his feet aud interrupted the English con- versation with the words: Stop speak- ing that language. It disgusts me and I rill not have it." I The two men looked up in surprise, but in no alarm. Will you kindly give we your card r" said the elder of them :almly. The German, mistaking the re- juest for a challenge, handed it over with m insulting flourish. The other gravely returned his own. As soon as the Ger- man officer caught sight of the name it bore his whole manner changed. His aggressiveness became confusion; he clicked his heels and made a military salute. Then, with a deep bow, he re- joined his companions and explained matters to them in an uneasy whisper. The man whom he had forbidden to speak English was a member of the Cm ted States Legation at Brussels.

I CONTRABAND SCANDAL. Rome, Wednesday. --Startling, develop- ments are announced in connection with the contraband scandal in connection with which Dr. Fiore and Signor Castri- griano, a Customs official, have been arrested. The search of Dr. Fiore's hoiMse by the police revealed that he had been in close touch with the German Embassy, and that Embassy officials had been sent here to organise contraband traffic. Several of these officials have been requested to lfcave Italy. Compromising documents have also been found in the booses of both arrested men, also a sum of 3,OOfM)99 marks (. £ 130,000) wait from Germany for the purchase hero of rice, which is largely replacing wheat in bread^aaking in Germany. Signor Gastrigmano attempted to bribe a Customs official with the object of smuggling the rice through Italy, and offered him jE6,090, representing a com- injsaon of 9d. per quintal. This proves that thic enormous quantity of rice was bdmded for Germany, and that the latter wa* prepared to pay a high price for it.

I SWAftSEA Aim RECRUITING. Bewaring Ml off st Bwweea yesterday, ofty throe men (two from the Weteh R.F.A. wcbA one from t-he Weish puswere) being passed and attested at Mond Buildings. Bgwmal men are IIIWl wacted for the awam- Battattoo. I BOCK; UP, MORRISTONI It is feit at the recruiting offl- that, WhØe them ma be no reasonable ground ter ootaplaint at the contribution of the t.DtfIL itaeU to the BMf armies, the some eMtOot be OHA of Horrisbon ami other ad- jxpiat manufacturing districts. ee Parliamentary RecruWllc Oomnit- too oeveng hae not yet been commanded in QIf) dietriat, but, tt Is oratanfeood that in ef the Welsh ooujttiee the retiicne ebow that II. large number ef -umn are wilfeiff to come ub f-« teoonin; when called trpem.

Wbe Uerataas IIIwe the greatest eemfi- deneo in their now super-Dreadnoughts tmd rtfbjDarines, anyis the Handelsblad (Amsterdam/ The crews of the two ai=rebozou :pt have every day five jhoarr gxm praefck*. Eleven thousand I HMO. are Trorkajg day and nighfc ia tie 4 towl wharf at KieL j

FOR 6" WELSH. I FOR. 6TH. WELSH. ImHS   b!Nb & bUDbbH)ri)UHb During this week the following have been received on behalf of the 6th Batta- lion Welsh Regiments From Mrs. J. Harries, 19, Kensington- terrace, {Swansea, 161bs. of sweefcl. From Mrs. A. Gape, 15. Glyn-road, Brynamman, and friends, 1 shirt, 5 pairs socks, 4 body belts, and 1 pair mittens. From the Staff of the Cambria Daily Leader," head office, Z6 12s.

I TO END WAR? -0- STORY OF WOMmCMEW 6R!I!SH EXPLOSIVE DISCOVERY. We have often heard of inventions thet will make war impossible, of engines of tie- etruction eo powerful that human flesh a.nd blood cannot eland against, tthem. Tlie pigeon-holes of every Ministry of War in the world must bulge with particulars or discoveries of this nature., and yet we find men kiling one another crudely with oold steel, just as itihey did in the days of the Crusades. We learn, for instance (says a. military correspondent) that a j)-eirson described as "a distinguished Eingli&h chemist" has pro- duced tin explosive sjubdta noe the effect of which when used in artillery shells is "an- nihilating." It is claimed "that a shell tHled with the eubstanoe will, on detonat- ing, give out a blast, of flame, over a mile Ions aiid nearly 200 yards wide, of eo in- tense a nature that nothing can live in the area of ita passage*. Men, animate, and I' things axe turned inst a-ntly into e. scorched, and charred mass, a.nd all the atmosphere within the radius of the explosion is eo affeated that instead of supporting it de- stroys life, chemical action being brought to bear on tho oxygen that ilt: contains. It is not a question, we are assured, of poisoning the atmosphere, a method of war- fare forbidden by Hague Conventions. The mvenvor claims thd4 he has subjected to his- use one of the great destructive forces of iiacure, the action of which cannot be ob- j«ct&d to on the humanitarian gioxmds „ uicn nitherto have xuuucnced the deci eion6 of JtLague Conferences. it ma.y wed be true, as we are informed chat the War Offtoo has tested the invention ..tnd decided W adopt it. jf the fuii claim i the inventor be established, the wholtt course of the campaign ought, to beoeffaoted. v,ü.üg couiu action oftn. ex ti.<x i» e, r.^iiher the detpest trenches nor the strongest fortifications; it ought to sweep ououiy oul of jrrance ana i;'iandere and roiand in a weeK, and end the war before I the New Year ia month old. One is bound to credit the possibilities of the discovery, but then, as 1 have said, one I has heard of similar discoveries eo often be fore. It will be wise, 1 fancy, for to go on with the preparation of our new Armies

I BULLDOG MASCOT FOR BATTALION. In a large number of letters which Swansea Battalion members have sent to their relatives, the wish is expressed that someone would present the battalion with a mascot. A Leader representative was sean by I the Mayor (Alderman Dan Jones) this morning. The Mayor told our representa- tive that Colonel Benson and the officers of the battalion expressed their wish for a mascot in the form of a bulldog. Colonel Wright, on hearing this, had generously come forward with an offer to present the battalion" with a bulldog well- worthy of the position. Whon will the dog be presented ? asked the representative. The dog has already been presented," said the Mayor, and it will most probably be on its way to Rhyl to the battalion within the nest few days."

I CANADIANS AT THE FRONT. I Renter understands that the Princess Patricia's Light Infantry, from Canada, is now at the front. They met with a splendid reception- j The men are billeted in a village, and ate their Christmas dinner within hear-I ing of the guns. About 75 per cent. of this corps bavp already seen active ser- vice. This corps—the first to mobilise-went into camp at Valcartier in the middle of August. It was also among the first Canadian troops landed at Plymouth on October 14th. and was encamped on Salisbury Piaic, where the remainder of the contingent is still undergoing train- ing. 1 — ,v

I A FAMOUS TELLGHAM. Paris, Wednesday. L'Intraugigesull reproduces the following' telegram which was sent by General Foch to General Joffre on Sept 9, when the battle of the Marno seemed to be turning in favour of the Germans, and" says that the telegram has rendered General Foch famous: My right wing is being crushed, my left wing is being crushed; I am, never- theless, hammering at the centre. General Foch's manoeuvring, which has probably no precedent in military his- tory, was so successful in this battle that the German centre under the Crown Prince had to retire before the French onslaught, obliging both wings to do the same. Another version of the famous telegram is as follows: My right being smashed, my left being broken in. in spite of al that, I am pushing the attack on the oerltre.- Exchange Telegraph Company.

I SWANSEA SCHOOL TEACHER'S FUNERAL. I The funeral of the late Miss Kathleen Davies, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. T Davies, 34, Rosehill-terrace, Swansea, took place at Danygraig Oemetery on Wednesday afternoon. Miss Davies died, after a long and painful illness, on Saturday last. She had been engaged at Dyfatty Schools UieI,lI5t:a.l1t. teacher for two years, and in the course of her duties was placed in charge of her class at the temporary schoolroom .U Jtethesda. In connection with Mount Pleasant Ohurch Miss Davies took a very active pa-rt as Sunday school teacher, in the children's meeting, and Young People's Society, and endeared twxself to all with whom she came in contact. The Eev. Jeunee Owen conducted the burial eerviee. Messrs. Websrter were the undertakers.

I RUPTURE IS NO DISGRACE. I Owing to the. fact that Hernia (or rupture) is regarded by a number of ignorant people as something in thfJ nature of a disgrace, some soU-oonscioufi f suffeyers are loath to take the necessary steps to get treatment..Don"t let false I modesty cause you to neglect your hl?alth there is no disgrace attached to I rupture titaa there is to a strained I ankle. I number amongst my patients I a large number of ministers of religion, lawyers, doctors and other professional men. Rupture neglected is dangerous to life. Call at Rich, The Chemist, 30, High-street, Swansea, and ask to see Mr. Rich prirateiy. Hour*: 11.0 to 2.0, and 4.0 to 8*0 daily. Every consultationj1 private.

ALMOST SKELETONS. I I PITIABLE CONDITION OF WOUNDED V AUSTRIAKS. WEEKS WITHOUT FOOD Venice, Wednesday.—Over a thousand wounded, soldiers have just arrived at Meran. They tell most pitiable stories of bitter hardships and intense suffer- ings. On the Galician front, one division had to go for three weeks without proper food supplies. The men dug up pota- toes and roots and ravenously ate them raw. There seems to be no doubt that the Austrian Commissariat has CUDI: pletely broken down at many points. The majority of the wounded who have arrived at Meran appear to be most serious cases. They arrived in an in- j describably shocking condition, being almost reduced to skeletons. They have been sent right across the Monarchy, form north-east to south-west, a. journey of five days and nights, lying on straw- covered boards in goods trucks, without heat, almost without food, and entirely without medical attention. On the journey they endeavoured to bind up one another's wounds. Their sufferings wer* greatly aggravated by the intense cold and insufficient clothing. A greater number were silff-critig Acutely from gangrenous wounds owing to lack of proper medical and surgical attention at the front. Doctors, it woulci \ipear, could do nothing but amputate hands, arms, feet, and legs in, literally speaking, a wholesale manner. j f" ""—* = ? j —.

STEAMER FOUNDERS. I WHOLE OF THE CREW BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN RESGUED.. r Lloyd's agfent at Margate telegraphed I I to-day: The British steamer Stranton (Captain Daniels) from Jarrow-on-Tyne to Rouen, foundered after a collision with a steamer with two masts and one white funnel, off South Sand Head, during a strong southerly wind.. The captain, mato, steward, chief engi neer and eleven others landed at Margate Another boat, with the boatswain and three seamen has not arrived here. Another account states that the Chester picked up four hands at eleven o'clock last night. Lloyd's Fayal agent telegraphed yestex- day as follows:- The steamer Perugia on fire; proceeding full speed to Corvo. Assistance was sent at 4 p.m. A later telegram states that the seat of the nre had been reached and the vessel proceeded on her voyage. The British steamer Perugia is bound from Leghorn and Naples for New York, and left Gibraltar on December 22nd.

THEIR CHRISTMAS PINKER I HOW SWANSEA BOYS ABROAD FARED I OUHiiiO i ESfltf 1SEASGN. m ? I Colour-Sergeant Watldn Maddy, of the 6th Welsh, writing to P.O. (66) Newell, Swansea, expresses thanks for cigarettes, etc., and adds: "Lieutenant Fris-by aioo wishes me to thank you for the papers which y<ju. sent him. Things are much tha same as when I wrote before. All the boys are in fairly good health and in excellent spirits. Bow did you enjoy Christmas ? I-expect it was fairly quiet at home. We had a fairly good one here, under the circumstanced. We were up at and worked hard until one o'clock, when we finished for the day. Everything had been done tb give our ) boys as good a" Christmas dinner as possible under the existing circumstances. Wp went to several estanunets (which, bv the way, are what we call at home public-houses) until we borrowed suffi- cient plates to enable every man to havp one I Our next move was to borrow some timber to make a table, the tablecloths bein.g our waterproof sheets. Well, every- thing being ready, we were all seated at two o'clock, Lieutenant Frisby being at the head of the table. Our mpnu con sisted of roast beef, potatoes, turnips. cabbage, plum pudding, and beer. Not so bad, eh ? I may tell you we all did justice to what I term an absolute feast under the circumstances. So much for the Christmas dinner at the 2D.d Army Corps railhead. I canli, say how the rest of our battalion got on. but if they had as good a time as we did there should be no complaints "We sincerely hope that the time is not faf distant when we shall return to our native heath with the victorious cry on our lips, Peace 'With ITonoiir 1 The writer concludes by wishing P.C. Newell and the town a very prosperous and peaceful New Year.

TRAWL£RMEN'S WACES. A new wage rate has been amicably fixed between the Swansea Steam Trawlers' Company and the Seamen's Union, by which the chief engineers get get an increase from S2 5s. to £2 8s. 6d. per week, second engineers from £ 1 15s. to 9,1 16s. 6d. per week, and firemen 'from tl 4s. to ti 5s. per week. Deck hands have gone in on the old rate, with fe. 8d. added on each tioo earnings of the ship, and stewards to receive a ■ bonus of 36s. per quarter.

GREETINGS TO PRZEMYSL. Amsterdam, Wednesday.—According to] telegram from Vienna the officers and men of the 5th Battery, 10th Russian Artillery Regiment, sent the following Christmas greeting to the garrison of Przemysl "We wish you bratne defenders of the fortress wholeheartedly a quiet and merry Christmas. May God fulfil all your wishes. This is the sincerest wish of all officers and men. i

THAWC AFFAIR AT LANDORE. A tragic discovery was made by .1 young man in a house at Treboeth at 12.30 to-day. It appears that a youngv woman named Gabigha Griffiths, who lived with her parents, Mr. Phillip Griffiths, an engine driver, and Mrs. Catherine Griffiths, at Twynyrodyn House, near Cwmgelly Cemetery, left the hoiuve and went into an outhouse in the gardfcn. She not having returned after being outside for some time her brother, William Davies Griffiths, went to tIlb outhouse and made the tragic discovery of his sister lying on the floor. The edge of the door was on her neck, which was thus jammed against the wall. Dr. Hubert Thomas was immediately called j to the scene, but on his arrival he could do nothing, as the young woman was quite dead. It is stated tha* the da- ceased was subject to fits, and it is therefore thought that she had a sudden j seizure-

WOMAN THRICE STABBED. I TRAGEDY AT A RAILWAY STATION: HUSBAND CHARGED. At Doncaster to-day, Thomas Phillips, j a collier, of 1 North-road, Woodlands, a model mining village, was charged "with wilfully and feloniously causing the death of his wife, Thirza Jane Phillips, aged 32, by stabbing her in the neck, breast and back with a butcher's knife on the Great Northern Railway station platform at Doncaster last night. When arrested and charged, prisoner said: "I will reserve my defence. The accused was remanded for eight days. ->1

ON A LARGE SCALE." I MOVEMENT OF GERMAN TROOPS TO AND FHOM WESTERN FhONT. Amsterdam, Wednesday.—The Han- delsblad" learns from Sluis that the Military Commander at Bruges refuses to issue any more passports from or to places on the coast. All frontier guards t have been strengthened. Movements of troops on a largo scale to and from the front are taking place, and yesterday 10,000 men, mostly marines arrived at Bruges from tahe front. j i Tho Germans are now establishing a new flying base at Ghistel, ail hour's walk from Ostend. It is reported that the reserves of petrol are gettiug ex- 1 hausted, and that oi-dinary peti-oleum i is being used by the Germans for their motor ears.

POSED AS A MARQUIS. I All :GED BIJAMOUS MARRIAGE TO A WAHO IN CHANCENY. i Raymond Frank Do Lafaye Biard, aged 25, living at Notting Hill, was charged at Marylebono Police Court to-day, with marrying Tthanne, Home Douglas, at Winchester, on July toth last, his wife Elizabeth Mary Biard (to whom. it is alleged, he was married in 1908 at Jersey) being alive. Detective-Sergeant Broadhurst said he saw prisoner in a shop in Edgware-road on the previous evening. On seeing wit-! ness, the prisoner rushed out and witness went, in pursuit. After a sharp chase of over a quarter of a mile during which the prisoner jumped on to two taxi-cabs, he was arrested. Witness informed him he was going to arrest'him for bigamy, but defendant was so exhausted that he was unable to reply. When formally charged, he said: "I was very young when I married my first wife in Jersey. I didn't think it was valid. I didn't care much for her. I saw her occa- sionally and gave her a sovereign on on& ,occasion. Wanted for Months. Witness said he had been searching for prisoner for months. He had -been posing as the Marquis de Lafaye. Thp lady he was alleged to have married at Winchester was the daughter of a dis- tinguished medical practitioner and a ward in chancery. She made his acquaint- ance at Dinard. Prisoner denied saying that he did hot care for the woman. Sergeant Broahurst dpointed out that the first wife lived in London, and she recently gave birth to a child in hospital. Accused said that he considered his first maTriage" wasr noir: legale- He q had no felonious intent when he went through the second marriage, and the lady who lie then married he considered, and al- ways would consider, as his wife. The magistrate, on being told that nrisoner had already been bound over for fraud, but liad failed t?r report him- self, remanded him in custody and certi- fied for legal aid.

AN ADDED TERROR. I GUN DEAFNESS AND QUESTION OF MEN'S PROTECTION. I I am told a frequent topic of con- versation in the London Service clubs and the restaurants of Paris affected by the soldiers is that of gun-deafness. This is certainly an added terror to war (says a writer in The Globe"). The enemy may deprive you of life and limb, your own artillery slowly but surely may make you deaf. A few days ago I was endeavouring to make myself understood by two French officers of artillery and failed entirely because they had become stone deaf due to the incessant ear- splitting reports of their own guns. It is the sudden discharge which causes rupture' of the drum membrane. Medical officers report many cases of concussion of the aural labyrinth and rupture of the tympanic drum. In the discharge of heavy ordnance the gun crew withdraws to a distance of some twelve or fourteen or even twenty yards: even with this precaution fracture of the aural nerve system is prevalent. But in a battleship is is impossible to get away from the gun. The gunner has no pro tection except stuffing his ears with cotton wool. In spite of this, possibly on account of its careless observance, the in- account of its care l es. crease of deafness among naval men is appalling, and quick and sensitve hearing is so essential a factor in the work of the Navy, especially in hikht maiacauvres, with lights out. 4 The Admiralty supply an ear plug consisting of a mixture of absorbent wool and plasticine, but our seamen are careless about using it. Already the question is so serious that a commission of medical exj.>erts is to be appointed to consider what measures shall be adopted for our men's protection.

THE WRONS TRENCH I I The first night p-ed in the, trenches by a young soldier from the South was, as he writes to a friend, enlivened by a comic incident. Unable to sleep under the novel conditions, our raw soldier was talking to a sentinel, when suddenly a foreign body plumped into th-d trench be- side him and a phantom hand swept his kepi from his head. The soldier lit ,a ma.tch, and discovered, huddled at his feet and already snoring a real live but very drunk Jboche," who clasped in one hand the filched kepi, in the oGfesr an empty bottle of rum. The unexpected prisoner waa gtiren in charge of two soldiers, and next morning had sufficiently recovered tc tell bit -story. So far as he could reconstruct fcho events of the night before, he had, after ieti-ig, Christmas, left the trench for a much- needed breath of fresh air. On hiø de- vious return journey he had mistakeo his trench and fallen into that of the enwmy.

HELMETS WASHED UP AT ABERAVON. A singular discovery was made on the Aberavon beach to-day. It was found that the tide had washed ashore a large number of military helmets, which were spread aboli i near the north breakwater and along the beach. There were about 150 in all. A large proportion of the helmets bore the name of one regiment, and several other regiments, it appears, wre represented in the collection. At the saein time a large number of bamboo sticks were washed up. When news of the strange discovery got abroad, a number of people went to the sands from the town, and brought back helmets as souvenirs. A large number congregated to see the unusual spectacle j

LOYAL SOUDAN. STRIKING MANIFESTOES BY MOSLEM CHIEFS. ss IYJR TRUE AiiD CLOSE FRIEND." The following despatch from the Governor-General or the Soudan has been forwarded to the Foreign Office by the J! Aacting High Commissioner for Egypt, and is issued for publication by the tress Bureau:— "Governor-Generars Khartoum, Nov. 13, 1914. Sir,—I liavo h«d the honour,to Te-I p6rt that the announcement of. the. out- break of hostilities between "Great Britain and Turkey has beesn the tjcca-» sion of a remarkable outburst of loyalty to Gieat Britain on the part of the Mos- lem inhabitants of the Soudan. This is the more satisfactory as, although the natives of this country have had. bitter experience of the evils of a Turkish ad- ministration, the persoa of the Sultan, as tho Khalifa and principal representa- tives of Islam, is held in the greatest veneration, and the participation of the Turkish Empire in the present war is, in consequence, a subject of deep re- gret to a oonsiderable portion of thp; population. "XotwithstaÚding these consid?ra-; tions, spontaneous and sincere expres- sions of loyalty to the British Govern- ment have been rceived from the ropre-! eentative notable of every province anJ district, and amongst the signatories, over one hundred in number, of special messages which I have received to datel the names. of all the important chiefs secular and religious, throughout the country are needed. "I attach, as typical of the general sentiments and deserving of special men- tion translations of declarations sent to me by El Sayed Ali el Morghani, C.M.G., and by Sayed Ahmed, his brother, th I: heads of the powerful and widely estab- lished Morghani sect; by Sherif Yusef ell Hindi,, a prominent member of the local Ashraf, or descendants. of that prophets ifwd by the .Grand Mufti and the Board of Olema, the official representatives Of1 Mohammedan law and learning. I need hardly point out that these declarations by influential leaders of .Mohammedan opinion afford striking tes- timony to the appreciation by the native? of this country of the bencnts of British rule, of which they now have had some fifteen years' experience, and I venturo to express the hope that the loyal senti- ments of the Moslem population of the Soudan may receive formal acknowledg- ment in a message from his Majesty the King or from his Mai esty's%Governinent. I hav, etc., Signed Reginald Wingate, Governor-General of the Soudan." MHne Cheetham, Esq., C.MG." Germany tha Author. Translations of the lengthy telegrams are then given. El Savad Ali el Morghani, in the course of his message says:— We regret exceedingly, ar.d our hearts are filled with grief, at Turkey's action in participating in a war against Great Britain. This act is assuredly against tlie desires of the Sultan and his wise councillors, and has given great offence to Moslems in all four quarters ofthe globe. It is beyond dispute that the entire Mohammedan world disap- prove of this act, and is greatly angered with the aggressive German Empire, which is the author of all these mishaps, and at the Turkish clique which follows its advice. This war, waged nominally by Turkey and actualy by Germany, absolutely and beyond all doubt. in all respects a German war. The justice of [England embraces ninety millions of t-tir Mohammedan brethren all over the world. England is the true and cloae friend of ail Mohammedans, "p El Sayed Ahmed el 6j¿fl)õT;; "From the depths of our hearts and sentiments we proclaim our loyalty and adhesion to our beloved British Govern- ment. In all events the British Govern- ment is the just Go/veramentthat has rescued the inhabitants ot the Soudan from the trials and misrule of former ? years. j Other messages weM equally feryent Mt. their expressions of loyalty. 1 J

| DRAMATIC BATTLE SCENE. ] I HOW A THEEATEHED BELGIAN BATTALION l WAS SAVED. Paris, Thursday.—A dramatic incident of the Ba ttle of St. Georges village, which was retaken by the Allies a. few days ago, is published here tolday. Owing to the floods, all access to the 'I village was cut off except by the road stretching from Nieuport to Manneken- svere, St. Georges being roughly half-way between the two places.. I To the south of the hamlet, a little strip of rising ground had escaped the surrounding inundation, and after two hours' hard fighting by a detachment of Naval Fusiliers, a. Belgian battalion suc- ceeded in taking up a position there. Oncej there, the Allies successfully kept off the enemy who, after having lest about 100 men in some ten minutes, evacuated their trenches, and retired to a shelter afforded by a group of houses in the vicinity in order to re-form their ranks. The fusillade continued. Having re-formed, the Germans resumed the offensive, and as only one gun could be brought to bear on them the situation I of the Belgians stranded on the strip of ground became very critical. The Naval Fusiliers then decided to make a des- pprate attempt to save their cdmrades. ii and, with this object, placed, a 75 milli- metre gun on a larje wherry with the intention of thus reeiching the threatened Belgians. To do this, however, the rescue party had to pass through the canal running alongside the village behind which the Germans were waiting Six Fusiliers volunteered, and very slowly advanced on its perilous mission Immediately the boat came into sight the enemy opened a vigorous fire, an the steersman fell ,back wounded. He was at once replaced by another, who was, how- ever, also wounded, and this went on until five of the crew had been put hors de combat. By this time, however, the strip of ground had 'been almost reached, and the sixth Fusilier was about to steer tho boat alongside when he -through the head. The Belgians, how- ever, succeeded in landing the gun, which immediately opened fire at point blank range on the houses sheltering the Ger- mans, which were some three hundred metres away. The buildings were speedily destroyed, and the Germans tied down the road towards Mannekensvere.

I THE AMERICAN MOTE. BRITISH. PRESS BUREAU CORRECTS A STAlBSEHf. The American Note to, Britain on the subject of the searoh of .ships at sea for contraband was naturally the leading topic of conversation in political and commercial circles yesterday. During the afternoon the Press Bureau issued the following announcement:— There is no truth in the statement that the Note of the United States Government cn the subject of inter- ference with trade was presented by the American Ambassador to Iord Haldane at the Forig.11 Office. Sir Edward Grey 11118 been away for a few days, and during his absence, at his request and with the approval of the Prime Minister, Lord Haldane took charge of the Foreign Office. The Noto." from the United States Government has only been received to- day Sir Edward Grey returned to town yes- terday, and was 4 £ >ined in confers.o at the Foreign Office by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the First Lord ..f tjie Ad. miraity, the Home Secretary, the I resi- dent of the Board of Trade, nd Sir Francis Kopwood (now a Lord of the Ad- miralty). It is understood that they dis- cussed the American Note. A meeting of the Cabinet-the first since the Christmas holidays—was held at 10, Downing-street. The Prime Minister presided, and there was a full attendance of Ministers. Earl Beau- champ bad sufficiently recovered from 'his recent motor-car accident to be able to attend.

■_ )(")-)(").)YY-Vy")y(-)<") 6th ervice) Battalion i i! 6th ( S ? )  .?.—  1 Welsh Regiment, 1   1 SPECIAL SUPPLIES FUND, j h r, 1 ■ = ♦> We lnust see to it that our men go in want of nothing that we can supply♦> h has been formed for the purpose A COMMITTEE has been formed for the purpose of affording such assistance as may be desired <♦ •$o -.fcbe./iaea fic^-sferving abroad with the 6th ❖ ❖ (Semee) Battalion Welsh Regiment. The men are -C- ?performing arduous duties in the King's service, and £ ❖ are far away from places where they can get the little /?? ? extras to which they have been used and which are ? so necessary to their comfort, t   *> Whilst no other organisation need be interfered ? with in the slightest degree, there are many people who $ rightly regard the 6th Welsh as the especial Battalion of Swansea and the immediate district. It is felt, how- ever, that the many relatives and Mends of the men would like to assist in a movement for assuring to them direct supplies from time to time. A Ladies" Committee, of which Lady Ninian Crichton-Stuart is president, and Mrs. Herschell Jones is the organiser, is at work for the purpose of providing ? various articles, whilst a Men's Committee is formed f ? lor the purpose of assisting to raise funds to further the work of the committee, to provide tobacco, etc., and to render such help as may be required in other directions f rom time to time. ? Should the Swansea Battalion or any other Bat- ❖ tali on from the town be sen? to the front, the Committee ? Will .:rea4y to indude th?n in th? scope of their oper- ?   ?! « £ ations. ❖ ❖ An appeal for subscriptions and gifts is earn- | ? estly commended to all interested in the welfare of the men of the 6th Welsh I x G. S. HARRIES (Major), *J» Chairman of Conunittee. DAVID ROBERTS, ¡ Hoa. Treasurer. « A.P. HIGHAM, Hon. Sec; I Office and Bureau. "LEADER" BUILDINGS, SWANSEA. t 4- l t j

MA R R ? A GE. MATTimw^WTN-EVA^S.-On December 31st, 1954, at the Gh ureii of St. Maa-tin's-m- the-'FieLdp, T-ndezi, by tho Rey. David Williams (Vicar- of Mormon), Doris Lilian Afattliewe, elder daughter of 1L' an<' Mrs. David Matthews, Windsor Xodgt*, Swansea* to Ha.rold Butler Wyn-Evan», R,C.N.O; eJd<?. &on of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. ? B.C.N.O H?roM?ita, 8ta.p?«tosi SaJltM&d, Stroud Gn, London. No cordsi

."TA-N-TED, immediately, a. EespectaUe G-ii-1 as General Good References sre- Quired.—Apply, Jlm. William Oakley, 81. Eligh-treft, Oorseinon. A.C.1-6 TXTAJfTED, an Office Boy.—in own 1 writing to Box 66, -GZ.6- jSrjmoJeea. 25711,6 t'ÿVWO-W()orkm'e Oott&pM f?r &.}. on t?e w tjwwford.road, Ne?tb AM!cy; re&dy for occupation; nioe caxdens.-Applv, DaTiJ J oh 126, Tveath Abber. 167 AW

THE DISTRICT • SEAT. ANOTHER NAME. 1 -1 1 NO REPLY RECEIVED FROM MR. MASTERMAN. » 11 IK& WILLIAMS INTENTIONS. i WILLIAMS' INTENTION&0 I LETTER FROM MR. MORGAN R. MORCAH » II No reply has as yet been received from » Mr. Masterman in response to the invita- tion extended to hini by a conference a called by the Swansea District Liberal w Ti'ive Hundred to select a successor to Sir s David Bryrnno;, Jones, K.C., who retired from Parliament on the occasion of hit appointment to a Mastership in Lunacy, Z Mr. Masterman has not yet returned ? from his holiday, but a letter from him is expected. Meanwhile Mr. T. J. Williams lias not receded from the position he took up v after the conference at Neath. although no meetings have yet been arranged in connection with his candidature. I have decided nothing so far," said Mr, « Williams, who js suffering from a cold, » to a Leader 0' reporter this morning. Professor Levi in the F ield. We are, however, given to understand C that in the event of Mr. Masterman de- clinlng the invitation extended to him i? f by the Swa-csea District Liberal Five Hvm- t died, an invitation will be siren to Professor A-rthur Levi, whose name was I amongst those mentioned as probable can- didates when the vacancy was declared. I AN UNPLEASANT CLEAVAGE. I Mr. Morgan A. Morgan on Welsh I Nationalism, i 8ir,-I had hoped that good cotmago j would have prevailed ere this. to avoid a controversy upon a subject that entails, and may necessitate a sharp and un- pleasant cleavage amongst friends of long years' standing, which will be re- grettable in the extreme. If I can but, say a word that will have some bearirlg: on the subject, and assist in uniting the party whose disruption is so much sought ?'ter by the Opposition, I shall be satk npd The contention that the t?stam 'of lection is open to criticism is anu ?tantamount to saying that perfection • is not to be expected, but I am ilad to I note that it is not suggested that the system adopted had a detrimental effect .on the losing candidate. The whole oi the districts carried out the suggestion of the original meeting without protest and in fact we were freely informed that a certain candidate was going strong. Surely it is unworthy to find fault with the system because the balance goes conr, trary to one's expectations > My opinion on the subject I gave ex. pression to at the initial meeting—that the meeting for selection should consti- tute a delegate membership, whom tho candidates nominated should have the pleasure of addressing. Then upon tho deltgates would devolve the duty of select- ing the gentleman whom they felt was best able to represent them in the honour- able position. This suggestion was vetoed by certain Morriston delegates as unnecessary, as the qualifeaiione of the respective candidates were so wn known. But strange to say, in face of thi* statement, Mr. T. J. Wil- liams put himself to no little trouble and inconvenience tc tour the constituency and to issue an address setting forth hw claims. Would it be fair on my part to puggest that such a canvass and address were a direct violation of all the laws governing the appointment of a person t'1 a purely mercenary position? Surely it is so in that which applies to the higher walks of life. The introduction of the clainisof Welsh Nationalists is entitled, under ordinary circumstances, to a due share of recogni- .L.- tion. For a time I was perturbed Test "I ) was doing a something unworthy in gnp- oorting the claims of Mr. Masterman, but when I reflected on the persons who claim ] the virtue and prerogative of champion-, I ing the cause of Welsh Nationalism, I felt impelled to take up my defence. j, I Why does not prndeflce hint to the mercenary, and the?vain, to abstain a while at least, and wait the fitting of <? times ? What is the language which thmr, actions speak ? Welsh Nationalism is ih. daDger We will support Distinctions of race and paltry are these in the light of reeenff^ vent5! There is a false kind of National- hrn ever ready to usurp that name fron? )thers as an honourable covering e:ithe( f?r selnsh designs or blind seal tg maiE?? popular pudice the stalking ham of ?; ambition. Who are these gentlemen that claim their right to champion the cauae of Welsh Nationalism ? Truly Nationalism is a venerable worii." when duly practised. But of late it been much hackneyed, and it is in dan- ger of falling into disgrace. The vety. idea of true Nationalism is lost, and thø-{, term has been prostituted to the wry worst of purposes. Nationalists J Why, Nationalists opritofr up like mushrooms. I could raise fifty- of them within 24 hours. Refuse t<\ -J gratify a reasonable or unreasonable de- inand, and up starts a Nationalist. This .?* pretended virtue proceeds from per- sonal malice or disappointed ambition. 7 7 A study of history will convince you I that the truest patriots of our land those who have often been ranked as traitors and enemies to their country be-" cause they had the courage and em- oerity to condemn and discourage a policy, which although popular, was un- wise and mischievous. Love your COUH- ■ try by all means, but above all sentiment be faithful to those great principles—a true allegiance to which can alone work for the prosperity, honour, and happl- nese of our country. (Signed) Morgan R. Morgan, N atIa. 1