The Cambria Daily Leader

 FMOPR?ES. Neath Co?psra?on Lay j 3ow?Sca!e. 1 The following prices of groceries and pre- j j(1ns ha?e been ?xfd ?? the ?eat-h C?o?- j VI1"c!jon from the period Wednesday, 27th I January, until Tu-Mday, ?tb February, i, J elusive Flour.—Best extras. Zs~ 84. per 20 leather tie. 6Q. y»r 2ft lbs. Sngar.—Best Iiimp. d(-I. yer lb.; iargt> j '•rystaJs. iid. per lb.; granulated. 03d. per Vn. •, T?mar?i'a. ?d. p?r lb.; <i??T. J?d. ?r i:> I J>ard.—Best America D, »d. per IP. -s,. per lb.; aocond (luality. :?4d. per lb. I Cheese.—Ch.oice.st Canadian. lOd. per lb.; j Now Zealand. 30d. per Ib, .UartjarirH'.—Finesr. 10d. per 1b.: ch;¡¡c, i id. per overweight, 1°. per jb. I MATTHLW ARNOliD iMaycrs.

Mr. Jus?? AtLm placed s?vera? j rounds of golf on the Pcmbrcy Kn?6- B?t .?a? acconimnied b? Mr. Mr""on ETfm?. Hmh ?pnHF. and Mr. T\ Brodie. I"nier-i:iu?rift'. The famous judge im- j »tiensftiy enjoyed the game. and spoke very j highly of the Pembrey 1mb. Tb- Llanclly Borough Council bivf i -,plied to :b e local angling association stating 5shing in tl- r-.zc- oir- will < be forbiddfn until the PTil of the -p-ar.

IWSTON COGO TEMPLARS. A "01': fo:J.;c.e55t\Jl social gathering was u'.H on Mord;:v evening in connection with the jUili-inue Led??, rf Good Template, ilorrieton. presided over hy Bro, ;r. Denne. C.T. The pa.r.T were enlortaiued to reitftphcjente by the kritdnesfc of Si«t«r 31 rs. D. Harris (Guardian,, after which au enjoy- d hlo programme •vra-j contributed to by ^ddres&csf from Bro. A. K. Ball, D.C.T., Rev. W, Dyf.d"¡; l">avies. Bro. j). F. John. P.y.S-J.W., and Bro. P. J. Bowed, G. Co Ili- musical itoras wr<* rendered by )¡[j. fitelo Palmer. -John. Jsmee. Hxrrie; Bros. 1 p,o:ucJ", a.nd Ack Fcrr!.ncfrE-"bDHDD;; tables; wereat.tende-d to by Sisters Miss aJlø Mrs. Palmer ?:ud L. Pefchcrick, P.V.T. A laughable sketch. •"The Black .}lyige.. was perforated by Bro. C. La^t..and party. The -naua-1 vote of tha.r.ks was passed to a I] who had contributed to the evening's pjea- euro, and for ilr?. Harris' s generosity, and to which Sister Harris, responded. to by a very encouraging a-ddrer*. and thus terminated one of the most i-uoee-ef.ul ^a'horuiTa held in connection with the Lodge.

The rraiioh Aiabssoador, M. Paul Gam* bon. accompanicd by M. ÅtlgngTIm. Tr^rtoh Minister of Marine, wa* received by the at Bu-ckdrshaji Palace yesterday afternoon. Leicest^fl- Town Council lasrt. night, PaAsed a ior; fwkl?? t'llfl <rOTerr:ni £ in ?, tc- regu- yn,r> t.ho sripp-y p. nd cf food.

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WAS BRITAIN JUSTIFIED? -■C^1 1 • A SCRAP OF PAPER. # I OUR REPLY TO GERMAN CHANCELLOR'S EXPLANA TiON, I A SLASHING REJOlflDER. PRESS BUREAU, Tuesday. 6 p.m. T iv, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. authorises the publication of the following observations upon the report. of an interview recently granted ijj- the German Chancellor to an American correspondent It k. not surprising that the German Chancellor hoi!Id ?how anxiety to explain i^ray this now historic, phrase ahout tùo treaty .being a mere "crap of paper. Tha phrase lias rua4?" a deep unpiessdon. be- cause the progress of the world largely depends upon the sanction of agr^eiawnts i).,tween individuals and between nations, and the policy fiisclosed in Herr von betfanaun iloliweg's phrase tends to de- <)a:,¿ the Ipgal and moral cmrency of jivilisation. What tiie German Chancellor said was iat (TTeat Brjtam ui-reqturiDg German.r ;(1 resppct the neutrality 01 Bftlgiuai was going to make war just for a word, just a scrap of palwr." That is that Great Britain making a mountain out ot a molehill. He now asks the American public to believe that he meant the exact opposite of what he Fs;d-.that it was Great Britain vho re;'Or regarded the neutrality of Belgium as a morc- trifle a,nd I, ho took re^pousi- bilities towards neutral States seriously." Flat Contrafiiction. The, arguments by which Herr ron Bethinann Hellveg seeks to establish two sides of this case are i. flat, contradiction of plain facts. First, tho German Chan- eellor alleges that England .in 1911 W35 deternrincd to throw troops into Belgium without the assent, of the "Belgium Govern- ment." This allegation is absolutely false. ift is based upon certain documents found in Brussels p.-biota, rword eooivei'sa.tjons he- tween British and Belgian ofheorK in 190tS and again in 191-1. The fact that, there is no note of these convorsatiorP at the 'British War Office or the Foreign Office shows that they were of purely imormal I character, and Do military agreement of aay sort was at Pit-her time made between the two Governments. Before any conversations took place bo- tweon "Britioh and Belgian officers, it was expressly laid down on tb British ride | tiiat discussion of military possibilities to:b? addressed to tho jnnnn^r i.n which in case ot need British assistance t oonld ..be most eflVtively afforded to Bel- gium for defence of her neutrality, and on Belgian soil- A marginal note Upotl | record explains that "(hat the entry of English into Belgium would only tako piace after th^ violation of our neutrality by .Germany. _4 5 regards the conversation, of 1DU the Belgian oifieers said to the British. Yon could only land in our country with .cur, consent"'and in 1^13 Sir Edward Groy gnve the Belgian Government a c&te-' (JrieaI assurance that no British Govern- ment would violate the neutrality Belgium, and that. so long as it was not violated by any other Pow<^r wo certainly should not send troops ourselves in their. territory." Misuse of Dosuments. The Chancellor's method of -misusing documents may bo pilustrated in this connection. He represented Sir Edward Grey as saying. Be did not believe, i England would take such a step because he did not think English public, opinion wonld justify &uch action." What Sir; Edwa rd G ry actually wroto was, "I said that T. Y-as sure that this Govern-j1 roent would not be the first to T-iolatel the THutralityÓf Belgium, and I did j nt)t bdievc that auy British Govern-; ment would be the first to do so. nor, would public opinion here even approve of it." If the German Chancellor wished to1 know why there were conversations on military subjects between British and Belgian officers, he may find one reason in the fact well known to him. namely, that ,va-, establishing an elaborate network of strategical railways leading irom the RllinG to the Belgian frontier through a barren. thinly-populated tract, railways de- liberately constructed to permit of a sudden attack upon Belgium, such as was carried out in August last. This fact alone W35 enough to justify any communication between Belgium and other Powers on the footing that there would be no violation of Belgian neu- trality unless it Wnrp previously vio- latpc by another Po?er. Op no other footing did Belgium ever havp any- such communications In spite of these facts. the German 1 Chancellor speaks of Belgium bating thereby abandoned and forf,-ite(I her neutrality, and he implies that be! would not have spoken 01 German ill- vafion as a wrong bad he then known 1 of the conversation ot 19itii and 1911. i It would seem to follow that accord-, ing to Herr von Bethmann Hollwesr's code a vrrong becomer. a right if tJt<> party which is to be tho subject of t;J" wrong foresees the possibility and makes preparartion-s to resist it. Those who are content with older and more generally accopte<l fetandardv are likely to agree rather with, what Cardinal Mercier said iu his pastoral letter; Bel- gium was bound in honour to defend her own independent- She kept her oath. The other Powers w«re bound to respect and protect her neutrality. Germany violated her oath- England kept Tlieeo are the facte." Wrong Committed by Germany. Jn support of the part of tbe Gerinan Chanoeilor's thesis, namely, thaff U Germany took her responsibilities to-' wards jjeutrai States seriously, he al-j leges nothing except that he spoke; frankly of the wrong committed by Ger-. many" in invading Belgium. That a'i man knows the. right, while doing wrong is not usually accepted as proof; of his per i-o as conscientiousness. The ~e.au atun of Germany's view ot her "large responsibility towards neutral States may,however, bz? learn; on.| authority vhich cannot bo J?put?'d by' reference to the English White Papers. Ihose responaibi litres were in tnÜn take? ?u'jously. R by, when Germany W806 askfd to rt^spwt the neutraiitv <.? i Eelgitim if it were respects by France, I did Germany refuse? France when a-sked tIH; coiret>ix>nding question at the; same time, agreed. This would havcj guaranteed Germany from all danger of I attack through Belgium. The reason of I Germany s r"fu.al was given by Herr von Bethmann Hollweg's colleague. It 111..1., bo paraphrased, in the well-known upon Smtkespeare. Thrice is lie armed that hath bis quarrel just, hut In fust." had to advance into France." said irerr von .lago-w, by the. quickest and easiest way so as to be able to get' i well ahead with their operations and fin-I a hour to strike WIH-S decisive blow as j early an possihle/' Germany's real atti- ? bld". toward Belgium was thus frankly" given by tDI) Gerxnan Foreign Secretary to the British Ambassador; and the. Ger- man Chancellor in his speech to the Reichstag claimed the right to commit a wrong in virtue of the military necessity of U hacking a way through-" Tbo treatv which forbade the, wrong wag bv com- parisou "a mere srrap of pspor/* The truth was spoken in the first j statement by the two German Mini- ( inters. All apologies and arguments which have since been forthcoming areafterthought* to excuse and ex- plain away a flagrant wrong. j Moreover, all attacks npon. Great Ed- tain in rpga.rd to this matter, and all the talk about responsibilibü5 towards neutral ;ta.tes:" Mme badiv from th^' man who on July 29th atked Great En- j'1in to condone violation cd the aeu-j I j t.rality of Belgium. j Price of Peace, The German Chancellor sp..k to tt.?? American correspondent ,p n'?r.A for :rears to bring about an understanding ■between England and Germany' an understanding, hf added, which would have "absolutely guaranteed the peace of Europe." He omitted to mention what Mr. Ar- quith made public in his speech at Cardiff: that Germany required as the price of an understanding an uncondi- tional pledge of England's neutrality. The British Government were ready to bind themselves not to be parties to any aggression against Germany. They were not prepared to pledge their neu- trality in case of aggression by Ger- many. An Anglo-German understanding on the latter terms wonid not have meant an absolute guarantee for the peace of Ear ope. but it would have ai) abso- lutely free hand for Germany so far as England was concerned for Germany to break thQ peace of Europe. The Cliancouor says that in his con- versation with the British Ambassador in August last he d may have been a bit excited at seeing the hopes and work of the" whole period of his Chancellorship going for nought." Considering that at the date of the conversation ('August tth") Germany had already made war on Prance, the natural conclusion is that the shipwreck of the Chancellor's hopes consisted, not in the fact of a European war, but in the fact that England had not agreed to" stand out of it- The dis- pute would hayc been settled on fair and honourable terms without war if he really wished to work with England for peace. Why did he not accept that pro- po?at? He must have known after the Balkan conference in London that Eng- land would be trusted to play fair-. Herr von Jagow had given testimony in the Keichstag to England's good faith in thMe De?otiaticus. The propo&a! for a sfco?d conference e."P- -POA-?!rs 'as made by Sir Edward Grey with the same ?tra?g.ht- forward desire for peace as in 1!H2 and ID to. The German Chancellor rejected this means of averting war. He who does not will the means must not com-; plain if the conclusion is drawn that he did not Trill thf end. The second part of the interview with the American correspondent? consists of a discourse upon the ethics of the war. The things which Germany has done in Belgium and Trance have been placed on record before the world by those who have suffered from t4em and who know them at first hand. Alter this it does not lie with the German Chancellor to read to the other belligerents a lecture upon tho conduct of the war. I

POUR NOS IECTEURS BELCES. -.ON COMMUNIQUE FRAnCAIS DE MARDI. Sur Ie front de l'Yser les troupes Beiges ont progresse dans la region de Bervyso. Les Allemandi au point du jour ont fait une attaque contre nos lignes a Pest d'Ypres avec un bataiilon done l'a:>saut fut ccinplptement arrete. I/enncmi iaissa sur le terrain 300 tues y compris lo commandant de 1a compagnie de tete. L attaq-ae davaifc etro supportee pax des compagnies ds so .onde ligne, lllais sous lo feu oe nc/tre artillerie, ces compagnies ae purent sortir de leur abri. •• Aupres de La Bassee a Crivenchy et Guinchy. l'ennemi fit cinq attaques | oontre les lignes Anglaises. Apres avoir fait quelq'ies progres les Allemands farent rÚpousæs. loissant sur le terrai-a de nombrrnr.r morf s et 60 prisonlliers y fi c 'ierg. comi»ri6 deux 0ffi(îr; Sur la route de, L'ethune n la Bassee, section d" Pennemi qui s'effor^ait de quitter ses tiancliees, fut arretee instantanement par le feu de notre intanterie ct ue notre artillerie. Sur la reste du front cntre la Lys et rOise, il y a Oil des duels d'a*rtillerie. A I'oup?t de Cra?uuc, 1'cnneml a fait deux attaquss stiecessi ves dfune extreme nnlenc('. La premiere a t? reponss^ie, j la seconde a p?n?tie dan ro«. lranchées, mais par une contre-attaque energique, I! nos troupe:) out regagne presque la. totalite du terrain perdu. I Jya lutte continue autonr de cetto j section des traiicliees qui restent 1 oce.upee.s par l'ennemi. En Champagne a lor:- que rartillprio ennemie a monfre mollis d'activite, nos batteries cnt: fait des, tirs tres effcctifs eontre les pi^sitiona Allemandts. Dans l'Atgonne, dans la. region, de St. I Iluhcrt. nous avons arrete pav notre feu tnp. tentative de contre-attaque. En Alsace, l'ennemi a fait an usage j tres actif de ses inortiers de tranchees I fcontje nos positions a. Hartinanneweilcr j Kopk, oil il riy a pas eu d'tvagagfaaent i nottveau. [ L'cyiii^iai ? encore booibarde Thann. Lambach et Sentheini.

MAGPIES AND SWANS I I CUP PROSPECTS OF NEWCASTLE UNITED. f f NO SPECIAL TRAINING, (SPECIAL TO THE "LEADER.") With the coming of Swansea, Newcastle Tnitod a?d all Tyneside in general I are very confident. When the draw for the Second Round was made, the prevail- ing idea in the far North-East was tha-, Newcastle had only to beat West Ham to be all right for the Third Bound. This was the general opinion., notwithstanding lie fact that tho surprise at Swansea's -?3r??*L ito-,IDU w,u h?J not worn otL ?ut ?a gn<? whieh West Ham gave the .No\ocastrians on Saturday week has tempered the feeling somewhat, and whilst the notion ot defeat k< scouted it is oegiamng to be realised that Swansea, must not be belittled, but rather treated 8B worthy foenI{'a- fas* experiences—and J) a d plenty of them --go to prope that the unknown opposition is often Lb" most troublesome, cases in poijj.. beiUg V\ est Ham, -Northampton, and Cr 'vs?,al Of cour.e, it is ,?- pected that thn TYll.iders wjJl be on their meitie, and will settle down to the busi- ness on hand right away, and will no' permit t Oi- any recurrence of their f "tr c tricks until the issue is in their safe keeping. Football Superstition. Because some of the supporters believe taat the result will be keer.lv contested from beginning to end, it must not bo in- I terred they have any serious doubts as to Newcastle's ability to reach thf :ne.x! stage. They realise that when least ex- j}e{;ttd, tbe. "'jlagpies gave a great game at Ewood and defeated the game 3-2 after being two g0als behind. That áands GrIt as oneot. Xewcastle's best! pertonDances of the season, and is taken1 as a certain criterion of what will happen to Swansea, Then the fact that West j Ham were beateu is regarded as a. hapw augury. When United first met the Hammers" in iftos they the final. and in 1909, when the second defeat of the Londoners was effected, the semi-final was reached, and so. with that superstition wnich attaches to the game, the sequence is expected to be maintained this season. The Most Prominent F.A. Side. i ^eweasae United durinir the last. ixTI yefirs have been the most prominent side in the jr.A. competition. True, thev nuiv won once, and that was alter a re-plev in 1910 against Barnsiey. But whilst thev were scarcely fancied against Aston Villk ill 1901, they were expected to beat Everton. "Wolverhampton, and Bradford City. But: the bef-t they did was to draw with tho Bradford men, and then lost at Munches ten Moreover, thev reached thE semi-final in Since then the ryncstders have made no show in tile Cup conipetition with the excep- tion of 1912, when after three games with Sunderland they were beatfcn in the fourta nuid. Thejir bad experience of tast season, when they lostil in the first round to Sh?_;ield United at) Newcastle, by 5 to nil-a match in which Wilson, Goodwill and Hall were sRvprob- injured—will not be forgotten for man* v j a long day. Former Cup Triumphs. The fact remains that compared with the days of Newcastle's Cup triumphs the side has undergone many changes. Lawrence, McCracken and Low are the I only playing members of the team which won the Cup. Carr is an assistant trainer and coach, Mo William is manager of the 'Spurs, Howe acts in a 1 ike capacity for Queen's Park Rangers, Kutherford is with the. Arsenal, and Shepherd with Bradford City. Verted, j Wilson and Higgins are all Newcastle's reserve players-thanks to increasing years and poundage and less wind n and stamina, whilst Lawrence, after occupying the goal for 20 games was dropped because of a heavy home defeati on Christmas Day, for which he was made tho scapegoat. Newcastle's decline is due to lack of understanding between the forwards, and to an absence of ade- qiiate support from the half-backs. Hewison, who was injured a.gainstN ebt Ham, and was operated upon last week for a torn cartilege, will he an absentee, j and against Bradford City last Saturday both Hnrspeth and Mellor were in1 the wars. It is expected that botli will be fit, by next Saturday, but e-eii should such be impossible the return of Lawrence in goal, and the appearance, of Honrpson at left back would in no way t| weaken the defence. No Special Training. I No special training will be undertaken. I In previous seasons the Newcastle direc- j tors have spent pots of money by taking a t-raall army oi players and off,- cials to Eomc coast health resort, but circumstances alter cases," and so home preparation has to suffice in these hard-up times. As the dressing and training rooms are in possession of the militarv authori- ties, it is poiii.ble that a day at Tyne- moiith will he spent for the purpose. of augmenting the scanty accommodation at SL J¡:;me:, Park. The players, excepting the fllTe named, are all well. The re- served seats are p'raoticallv all taken up, but there is ample accommodation in the remainder of the centre pavilion and the cheaper stands.

John McCarthy, a postman, ,16 sen- tenced at Liverpool Assizes yesterday to 1- I montha' imprisonment for stealing a postal packet. It was elated that 17 postal orders, undelivered letter*, ajnl CB6 in gold were found in his possession. The judge ordered him to the, coasts of the prosecution Robert Nicholson, aged 22. was charge 1 at Ifcvcastloon-Tyne yesterday with ha.v- j ing- caused the death ol Thomas Patrick H.adley by throwing a rope round his neck, which resulted in Eadley being drawn a to to mo machinery and decapitated. while in the shell shop at Sir W. G. Ann- strong, VThitworth and Co.'s Scotswood wtirks.1, on JPncaday of last week. The ¡ yoatns had'been bkylarking. Xicholson was icmanded on hail.

[ TH3S DAY.———^ THE IEA1STS1SJ11E | AT ??? ??<tt? ?-?a€?0 worth of sound OO worth of sound j Goods of everyday usefulness offered at LESS THAN HALF USUAL PRICES. i There can be no higher testimony of the genu- ineness of the bargains offered at our Stock Sale than the fact that thousands of ladies visit us every day, most of them recommended by someone who has already participated. Every department bristles with bargains, and every bargain is as genuine as it is good. Come early and share in the rare money- saving chances offered to-day in Ladies5 and Children's Wants.   Oxford St. S EDWARDS,  »Swansea. Park St. ■■■■'■ HI —in MI ■■■!—in*iniiii—mi_u^iumi— ORRIS CIFI10 LIGHT CARS. (10 H.P., 4 CYLINDER) In SEVEN MODELS as below: De Luxe Mcdel 190 Gns. Cabriolet Coupe E255 j Popular" 165 Limousine „ E255 1 Delivery Van No. 1 S:220 Deliver- Van No. 2 190 Gns. Express Carrier 165 Gns. (Delivery at Works, Cowley, Oxford). THE BEST VALUE IN LIGHT CARS. The Morris Oxford is light on Tyres and in Petrol Consumption. I Read what it customer writes The Standard Model that I am driving was delivered in February last, and has now done just over 11,000 miles. The "set of tyres supplied with the car did 10,500 miles when I, ".scrapped three of them; the two front ones are still running. "Petrol consumption works out at 42 m-P-g- I am driving this car practically every day in the week, and I have toured the whole of Wales with it twice and have never found a hill I H cDuld not climb." These Cars are delivered complete with Spare Wheel and Tyre; Five Beet English Lamps, Horn, Pump, Jack and Tools. Immediate Delivery FROM I Hutchins & Co., Ltd., (SWANSEA DISTRICT AGENTS), LITTLE WIND ST., SWANSEA. Tel., 1128 Central. Telegrams: Hutch." I

PEMBREY DEVELOPMENTS. I In connection with the erection of the Pembrev factory of Nobel s Explosives (Limited), Glasgow. the contractors, Messrs. Walter Scott and Middleton, have applied for the use of the Old Cop- per Works school buildings as a barracks to accommodate 500 man. I A special meeting of the Pembrey School Managers was held on Monday, when Mr. Middleton, principal of the arm, interviewed the members. He said it was a. difficult matter to obtain the necessary labour owing to lack of ac- commodation. There were about tOO ojen already at work, and he required 1,000 more men. He had applied to the LabouT Exchanges, and was now in direct, communication with Air. Herbert Samuel, M.P. The application was granted, and the terms were left to Mr. Middleton.

Jtra. Lloyd George, chairman of the National I-uiid lor Welsh 1 roops, has re ceived ,the following generous gifts100,000 ciga-rettco from the British Amei"ioa.n Tobacco Company, one ten of assorted eweeb from i_jt/r<j £ )<> v oziport, and 12cwt. of 003..1.1 from Messrs Lever Bothers, Limited. Another handsome, gift from India was I received at Buckingham PaLaoe in aid of the National Relief Fund. It Was from 'he Maharani Saheba of Battllih (Bengal).

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