The Cambria Daily Leader

s 1 '=-=- I NIGHT ATTACKS f I 1 AUSTRIAN EFFORTS TO I CHECK ITALIANS _? ) I I MOUNTAIN TROOPS DISLODGE ENEMY AND CAPTURE VALENTINA PASS. I. FORT SET 0N FIRE I e. Sunday (midmgW).—A dispatch from the Commander-in-Chief, issued to- night. says:— At nme points along the franfcier from "I Tona le as tar as Carnia, the enemy attempted, mostly by night atta-cks, to arrest the progress oi our otfenn.e ai-rmt the our o —j v-ome of the important positions taken I moo by us on the previous, days were attacked, I but everywhere the enemy was repulsed. Thu¡;, in the regions of Tonal <?, tire memj, supported by t.h& &re of his fodi- ¡ fi,c'btjon. dedivered attacks against the Tonate sa?dip. the Chody pMk, the -Jlorte. pisaota? the Gurdicaha valley, the J| j Mon? pi a Bo, the Misurina regions, and | Se?rn Pass. East of Pera-Ib?. the mo?t persistent e?f the ene'ny's att?rks were those delivered during the night of June nth-13th when. with tiie bflp of rocket light "ha.lls and searchlights, he sent his infantry against our positions at Val nrandC: Yal Piccolo, and Freikdfel. In each case he was com- pletely repulsed. Our offensive in the Nolaja YlOne con- tinaes rapidly and successfully. After the Naloja Pass we occupied, on the night of June llth-32th, that of Valentina. a very difficult operation, as thr enemy had to be dislodged from Pie!y trench in turn and followed from rock to rock. But our mountain troops "ecQred a victorious result of the action by their brilliant enemy. In some of the frontier distritos artil- lery duels witb guns of medium calibre mntinne. At several places our artillery has obtained the upper hand, destroying entrenchments, barracks, and observation stations. Since yesterday our heavy artillery has been bombarding the fortress of Mal- bcrghetto. achieving the most remark- able re-uils I n a very brief time, settingr. fire to th" upper part of the fort. jrhich l caused an explosion of the ammunition stores. Along the I&O!lzo frontier, our troops are consolidating the positions won during the last few days. On the Jeft I bank of the river our heavy field artillery, after destroying the dykes on the Mon- falcone Canal, succeeded on June 11th, by means of its fire. in interrupting the railway between Oorizi, on Monfaleomv tear the railway station of Sagrado. Signed), Cadorna. No Ouarrel with Italy. J Athens. Sunday.—If is re; >crted from Constantinople that the It-al-ian Ambas- sador has delayed his departure, as the Turks fay they havo no quarrel with ltaly, and do not vlant. var.

4 SWANSEA'S OWN j Battalion's Smpendmg Visit I to the Town. The Sv.-am.sea Battalion, recruited, as it I iS, from the flower of the town's man- hood. is naturally#looked upon in Swan- sea as the town's own crhiid. Concentra- tion and physical and disciplinary drills. have brought them to a sr-audard of physical excellency that would do credit to any unit of his .Ma jeshy's Army. It. I would, irclet-d. be difficult to afford to the j nan in the ftrcv-i. a true criterion of the immense change physical exercise has had on the men. Swansea folk, however, ■will the opportunity of swing thorn within a week or so, as it has been arranged that* the battalion shall visit the town for a few days prior to their removal to new (^carters. During their period of stay a4. Swansea, the battalion, with their own band, will parade the town at fixed times, WitR new to re- ihaf they are needed.

J PORTUGAL ELECTIONS. r -,dolmn. Sunday.—The results hitherto r f»rmour«ced show that the Democrats are o,isnrfwt of a majority in the next Par- j foment. The minority will bo Evolu- [I iaonifts. I

J OYSTEBMOUTH-RGAD BRIDGE. I A large crowd on Sunday morning wit- nessed the lifting into position of the second steel side of the new Oysteriuouth- :road bridge. at Swansea. When com- p]etd the bridge ? ill bQ an imposing structure and its convemence will be at CO-"venience wiU 

J LLANELLY CHAPLAIN LEAVES. The Rer. Garfield Roberts, mrate of All &1int. LlancUy. -bo has accepted I ?rvice in Kit?b?n?r? Army as ehaI>lain'l has jUlt left D&T'ellT, a?d will go on fireign <?rTi?e. The rev. gentleman va? ?!j!l of ar?Tity while he was in the town, j R? TD?rcoY?r be was &n eloquent pr?a?bcr. His departure nll be felt in £ the parish to an appreciable extent. 4

I NEW VOTE OF CREDIT. According to a Parliamentary paper J issued this morning, a supplementary I 1 estimate of £ 250,000,000 is required to 3 defray the expenses which may be is- i furred in connection with the war i daring the year ending March 31st. 1916. J The original vote of credit for 191-5-16 3 "was X250,000,000 -.rhi(-h, with the M= now 9 asked for, brings the total to £ 500,900,090.

I BamSH STEAMERS COLLIDE I tlovd's Port Said message to-day says: 1 ) < lbe British steamer Radnorshire, London for Yokohama, wirelessed the following: } Have been in collision off Newport Rock iif h the British fitpamer Dawlisb, J Karachi for Gibraltar; the Radnorshire, J holed in the forepeak, returned to I anchorage. The Dawlish has been beached, on fire in the forecastle." It se understood that three men are injured. L

BE LCIAN KING'S VISIT -I » INDIAN TROOPS DISPLAY THEIR SKILL AT SPORTS. I AN IMPRESSIVE SPECTACLE The Press Association's special ocrre- Pix>cdfnt at the British Headquarters in trance sends the following despatch. dated Sunday\ The King of the Belgians I.,aid a visit to! th" British lines Ulit afternoon, and ",a5\ present at a gymkhana or?anise?i in his honour by the Indian Cavalry Corps. Hi6 Majesty, who Wa6 in a cavalry uniform. was accompanied by the Qu<?n. the young Pnoce I?eopold. heir to the Throne, al,-o? ia uniform while the royal suite in- cluded a lady-in-waiting to lwr Majesty, King Albert, and wo of King Albert's staff. Ai he approach to the gr>nod ehown! for t')e epprte his Majesty was met by! the Ocnerai Commanding the Indiaiii Cavalry Corps and his titait. After a brief halt for the necessary introduction*, the whole party moved forward, the King leading in an open car, followed by the Queen and Prince j in cloecd coupe. The escort Wa6 fur- nished by the English cavalry, while the road to the ground was lined at intervals by troopers with lances erect, and the ends of their turbans fluttering in the breeze. Not one man or horse out of all that magnificent, array stirred, and the effect oi the lines of motion lees figures sitting upon their equally immobile c hargers was strangely impressive. The parade ground was reached in a few minutes, and after driving round it through the lines of swarthy Indian cavalry—the men drawn up in single rank, and their officers in front-tho Roval party entered the roped enclosure, whence full view of the scene was gained. The sight that met the Kings eyes was indeed a splendid one. Bow after rcw of Indi-tn cavalry of differnt i-fgi-, ments strftched as far as the eye could j i-t-Qch, the sun glittering upon the tips; of their lecnccs. At tho close of the gymkhana, which included tent pegging and all kinds of trick rid in, the Royal party drove away in motor cars to take tea at the head- quarters of the cavjilry corpe. At the conclusion of the meal King Albert returned to the Headquarters of the Belgian Army, after having ex- pressed to the General his warm thankfl for th esplendid entertainment that had been provided for him, and his praisel for the bearing of the troops that had taken part in the exhibition.

SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN TORPEDOED Lloyd's Dundee message to-day rayol the trawler baak Walton arrived with, the crew of the Dundee trawler Queen Alexandra, supposed to have Tifiep tor- pedoed about four miles off Toda Plead last nig'ht.

MR T. J. REES. Mr. T. J Rees (Director of Education for Swansea^ continues to make progress towards recovery. Yesterday he was able to go for a motor drive. He is. however, still very weak.

TO-DAY'S PARLIAMENT. House of Commons, Monday. Mr. Ronald McNeill awted the Home wli,-ther de-camp to the German Emperor, was the owner of Maresfield Park, Su^ex; whether this prop<?'ty with the valuable head of cattle in the park was being preserved intact for its enemy owner, and whether it was proposed to make full use of ite resources for the benefit of British sub-. jeets.

GOBSEINON COLLIERY ARBITRATION. At the Hotel Metropole, Swansea, on Monday, the arbitration in connection with the dispute at the Mountain Colliery. Garseioon, was oontivued before Major Morris Ifor the company), and Mr. John Williams. M.P., who represented the men. The latter claim an increase in the price list owing to a change from the pillar and stall system to the long-wall method of working. All of the evidence, has now been taken, and the arbitrators J will during the week iticct to prepare their award. Should an agreement not be arrivod at an umpire will be callod in.

PEER'S SON LOST. I/save to presume the death of the Hon. Gerard Willingdon was to-day given by bate Court. Mr. Freeman Thomas was lieutenant in the 1st Batt-a-lion Coldstream Guards, and th-a Court was asked by counsel to "ive leave to presume death on Septem- ber Hth in tho,BatHe of It.he' AisDP. It was said that. on the second day of -the battle a shrapnel Fheli burst in front of Lieutenant F-m(-jx;joi Thomas, that he immediately fell, and £ hat he was believed then to hove met with his death. H.is Ijordfahip, who had previously ad- joiyned tbp bfa-nng c'f the ap.plitioIlt, now so-id h4,, had seen the parties in the owe, a-rd he thought he could do no harm if he granted leave to presume death. — i s

BRESLAU til ACTION. -1 The following official communique was j issued at Petrograd on Saturdayl.ast I night, near the Bosphorns two Russian torpedoboa+? dc;troyr8 encountered t?o Breslau" whom st?rclth?ht showed uj) onel of oar turbine destroyers, which at once attacked the cruiser. A very violent ex- change of shots took place, and it was observed that several shells struck the cruiser. Explosions nr heard on board her and a fire was notioed in her bow. Owing to the darkness, however. it was t impossible to see how seriously file enemy had been damaged. On board the des- troyer which attacked, an officer and six men were youndad.-Heuter. A Constantinople telegram states that in last night's fighting in the Black Sea the Turkish cruiser Midullu [the Turkish name for the Dresian-I sank, a large Rnmaan d\"oyer and returned safely to pofV"Reoter.

DNIESTER VICTORY RUSSIAN TRIUMPH COMPLETE. CERMAHS ATTEMPT NEW CBOSSMG OF RIVER.. EffEMVS OBJECTIVE The Russian victory on the Dniester proves to have been greater than was at first reported. The part of von Linsin- gen's army which crossed the river at Zuraw to lost ncarb.16.000 officers and I mcu. i bey were not only driven back over the river, but the Russians followed, and took Zurawno, though. according to axi enemy report, it was subsequently lost I in a counter-attack, A new movement across the Dniester has now been made some 60 miles lower down the river, and on a broader front than at Zurawno. according to Petrograd, the enemy passed the river at several places between Niezwiska and Zaleszczyki, the latter place being on the borders of Bukowina. The river here follows a curiously winding course, and the dis- tance along it between the two places mentioned is about 30 miles. What the objective of the enemy i& at this point and the direction of their attack on the northern bank are not apparent. Lwow (Lemberg) is nearly JOO miles away, and Zaleszczyki is only about 24 miles from the Russian frontier. It is also a railway junction, having connexions with Kolo- mea and Czernowitz. Thousands of Prisoners. I Prisoners of the other German army which on Thursday was defeated at Zurawno are being sent through Lenjberg incessantly. Over 400 German officers and 15.000 men have already passed through. The captured officers for the first time are showing gratitude that they are still alive. All the prisoners are ter- ribly exhausted after five w-ieeks of fighting.

THE WATERLOO BALL. To-day is the centenary of the celebrated ball given in Brussels by the Duchess of Richmond three days before the Battle of Waterloo; that is to say, the night before Quatre Bras, Thursday June 15, 1815. L

MEXICAN GENERAL S DEATH New York, Monday.—A message frora El Paso states that General Obregila liaa died from tlie effects of an amputation of the arm, which becamo necessity after the battle in which he defeated General Villa. j Vlla,

PRIZES FOR FRENCH AVIATORS. Paris, Sunday.—The Paris Municipal Council has decided that a prize of £ 200, and a gold medal, will be offered in the name of the city of Paris to every avia- tor who may bring down one of the enemy aircraft flying over Paris or its suburbs.- Exchange.

REV. DANIEL HUGHES ENLISTS. Thsi Rev Daniel Hughes, formerly pastor of Crane-street Baptist Church, Pontypoul, has joined the Second 1st Welsh Casualty Clearing Station as a private, and is stationed at Cardiff. It will be recalled that the rev. gentleman, who is an eloquent preacher, came into considerable prominenc.e some years ago, when, after the church had been closed to him, he utilised a sledge hammer to gain admission into the building. Legal pro- ceedings followed ip London. For the past few months Mr. Hughes has been engaged in connection with the Y-M.C.A. work among the troops in Pem- brokeshire.

EXPLORER AND THE PIRATES. I Copenhagen. Sunday.—Eoald Amund- sen, the South Polar explorer, was among the passengers of the Norwegian steamer Iris, which was on the way from New- castle to Bergen when a German sub- marine fif-ed two torpedoes at her, both of which missed. Amundsen says no warning was given by the Germans, although many women and children were on board. The vessel escaped owing to the captain's excellent aig-zag manoeuvring. The explorer, who has always been friendly with the Ger- mans, expresses deep horror at this at. tack on a neutral steamer carrying pas- sengers.

CARDINAL AND THE CUARO. I Rotterdam, Sunday.—A remarkable statement was issued to-day from Berlin by Wolff's Bureau. It purports to record a collision whioh took pace bebvoon the inhabit.u,t,s. with Cardinal Morcier as the central figure, and the,.German Guard at Mailinee, which town has been cut off from aJl communication with the outside by the German Governor on the ground that the Belgians refused to work in the Arsenal there. The statement is: On Thureday, Cardinal Mercier wanted to leave Mai in as with a following of 100 persons, who came into collision with the Gorman Guard. The Cardinal wanted to go on foot to Brussels and the German Guard asked him for his pass- port. The Gentian Gua.rd could not allow him to pass with so great a crowd. One of the priests in the Cardinal's following protested against the action of the Guard against, the crowd. CardinaJ Mcrcrier and a small nu-mber of his followers were allowed to Pa-As out of the He entered a carriage that had been sent to him from Brussels and left. The reason of this demonstration was lihat Mttlines has been cut off from railway and other vehicular communication." No ether news of this incident has leaked out. Having regard to the issue of a statement, from this source and its cryptic nfuture, it may be assumed that something very nnpleemnk b," occurred, and that the Germans are anxious to forestall the eventual disclosure of the real facta-

WALKED INTO ENGINE PONTAROAWE MAN KIUEO ON HUMBLES RAILWAY. DISTRESSING FATALITY On Saturday night, as the Mumbles tram.-the 11.5 ex-Rutland-street, Swan- -s passing cae of the arches in Oystermouth-roed, the engine knocked down a man, subsequently identified as Thomas Williams pi), of Bryn-yr-Afon, i £ ailway~t«rrace, AlItAgen, Pontardswe. Several coaches had passed over the body before the train could be stopped. When the body was got out from the permanent way it was in a badly-muti- lated state. Death must have been instantaneous- Inquiries show that deoeaeed, who was a eingle man, was, with friends, coming up from the Sands, and walked right into the path of the oncoming train. An eye-witness, who lives near the ecena of the aooident-the Trafalgar Arch--ea-d that Williama attempted to crces the line before the train passed. but misjudged the distance. The loco- motive was pulled up with all possible speed, but it was found that Williams was dead. The body was red to the mortuary, where the clothing was searched. Some money and the return half of a ticket to Swansea was found. A search on the line, near the seene of the occurrence, resulted in the finding of a silver-waten and a gilt chain. All inqnest will be held.

AUTHORISED TO FOU.OW OPERATIONS Rome. Mouday .-n-a Stampa" says: Prince Victor Napoleon, authorised to follow the military operations, has left Venice for the front.

AUSTRIAN COLD FOR HOLLAND Amsterdam, S?nd?y.—Tbe "Tc?raatf ? learns t&?t: Austria gold, exciling in value £ 400,060, has reached Holland for the Dutch banks.—" Times telegram. —

5,000 MINERS ON STRIKE Five thousand Welsh miners employed at the Lewis Merthyr Steam Coal Com- pany Collieries, Rhondda Valley, struck work to-day, as protest against employ- ment of non-unionists.

PRINCESS MARY IN MOTOR COLLISION. Princess Mary and Princess Henry of Battenberg were leaving FarringfordL, Freshwater, the residence of Lord and Lady Tennyson, in a motor-car on Fri- l'daV evening for C&nsbrookp, when a military pfficer on a motor-cycle dashed into the front of the car as it turned into the main road. The motor-cycle was smashed and the officer hurt, but not seriously. He was conveyed to Parkhuist in the Royal car, which was undamaged. Princess Mary and Princess Henry were not injured.

ENGLAND'S MORAL RE-BIRTH May it not be/' asked the Rev. H. C- j Mander at Swansea on Sunday, that we need the discipline of a delayed victory ? May it not be that a, speedy triamph would not have been good for our land ? Think of the levity th^t marked our life in the days of prosperity, thea the disregard of holy things, tha lore of pleasure, of the vanity and luxury which flaunted itself before God and man! May it not be that in this delay God is parg- ing this realm of bitter things, is chasten- ing ns by the strain of waiting ? A. speedy triumph might, have been our undoing; a deferred victory may mean the moral re-birth of the nation. That He will lead our righteous -use -to victory we do not doubt, but He is calling us to search our- selves and know Ilim that in the travail of these days of so now our soul may come to birth agaim,"

AUENV ORDER CASfS IN SWANSEA Two further summonses under the Aliens' Re-striction Order came before the Swansea Bench on Monday. The defend- ants were Elizabeth Lewis, 69, Sebas- topol-street, St. Thomas, and Wm. Henry Brown, Central Hotel, High-street, Swansea. In the case against Mr. Brown, who was represented by Mr. Henry Thompson, P.C. Francis said that he could not trace any telephone call to the Central Police Station from Mr. Brown in reference to the Spanish lady who had stayed, at the hotel. In his defence. Mr. Brown said that the lady told him she was going to Cardiff, hut as she had not been there before sjic had no idea what her address would be. Defendant, therefore, rang up the police station for instructions. P.S..rones said that BO telephone call had been received at the station. The Bench fined Air. Brown £,5, Mrs. Lewis was find 20s.

EDINBURGH SENSATION. The High Court on Justiciary at Edlin- burgh was crowded to-day, when the trial was opened before llOrd Strathclyde, of two members of the Glasgow firm of iron merctharwtd, William Jacks and Company, Gll a charge of trading with the enemy. The accused are Robert Hefcherington, of Newlands, Glasgow, and Henry Arnold Wilson, of Milngavie, who are partners in the finn. I Accused eat in the dock between two police constables. The Lord Advocate and the Solicitor- General for Scot-Land prosecuted for the Crown. The allegation was that the accused suggested to their agents in Rotterdam that portions of iron ore belonging to thean on the quay at that port snould be delivered to a German firm; that, having been asked by the firm's agents whether1 the firm agreed to deliver to Krupp's Works at Essen and at the Rheinische Works at Kubrort, they agreed, and the ore wa.6 supplied. Before the jury was sworn, 'Mr. Clyde, counsel for the defence, took legal objoc- tion. <

AC HIBAB A H El G HTS -0 ALLIES ASSAULT FORTIFICATIONS CERMAH SOBMARINES REPORTED AT CONSTANTINOPLE. THE LAST OF THE MAJESTIC Athene, Saturday.—The Allies yester- day and to-day assaulted the Turkish. positions in Gallipoli, sup/ >(\(1 by the warships. but the Turks still hold the heights of Achibaba, and those command- ing Kilid Bahr (Gallipvli side of the Narrows). Tbe constant arrival of wounded in Constantinople is creating great unrest there, und though it has lbeen reported that there has been an in- surrection. this is denied by the Turkish authorities. Popular demonarations have taken placo, necessitating strong measures by the police and military. Sofia, Saturday.I'he Turks have lately been showing great activity in fortifying the positions at Aivas Baba, near Adria- nople, and only Turks have been em- ployed in the work. It is reported that two German sub- marines arrived at Constantinople five days ago, having gone through the Dar- danelles. Their appearance has greatly comforted the people who now consider the defences of the capital safer. It is reported from Bucarest that the German, Austrian, and Turkish Lega- tions are offering large commissions- n order to smuggle through Rumania numerous wagons laden with ammuni- tion for Turkey, which country is also offering any terms for wagons of petrol and benzine. Turkey is without coal and hopes to be able to replace it with petrol and benzine. Official Rumanian circles assert that severe orders will be given to prevent the passage of all contraband. -Reuter. I Sinking of Majestie. Marseilles, Sunday.—The post from the Dardanelles contains a letter written by a French soldier to his daughter giving a description of the sinking of the battle- ship Majestic. It save: "At 6.35 on the morning of May S'I I saw the periscope of the German submarine to port. I im- mediately gave the alarm. The sighting of the periscope was immediately fol- lowed by an explosion on board the Majestic, which was also on the look out and had fired a gun. The cruiser at once -began to list dangerously, going over to an angle of forty-five degrees. Everything on the deck was falling and slicling down into the sea with a frightful din. There was, however, no panic, and the sailors who had stripped in readineti8 for the final plunge waited for the fatal moment with perfect calm. Four minutes after the explosion the Majestic turned completely over, and disappeared under the waves, only the* fore part of the keel remaining above the water. It was a heartrending and terrible, but sublime, sight to see six hundred strong men facing death in silence. They were thrown into the sea, where they were smothered by the nat.- ting which should have protected them from torpedoes, and which now cn- meshed them like a huge drag, amid the huge v-Wrpool, in which, 'with a deep sod-), their beloved battleship sank to the bottom.Reuter,

SELF-SACRIFICING FRENCH. Paris, Sunday.Am official note just issued relates how by magnificent self- sacrifice the French captured a double line of trenches on a front of 2,000 yards at Toutvent Farm (Hebot«rn$) during a bloody fight lasting from June 7 to 10. Noi a single German out of five com- panies (about 500 men) escaped uninjured- All those who were not killed were taken p,risoners.-Exchange.

POLA ARSENAL WRECKED. Rome. Sunday.—Tbe "Messaggero" is informed that the arsenal at Pola has been almost completely destroyed by bombs from an Italian airship. In the arsenal were six Austrian warships, in- cluding one battleship, two cruisers, and several submarines. Several of these vessels were damaged. Italian bombs also struck several :floating docks in the port.—Exchange Telegraph Company.

I GERMAN PIRATE DECORATED. The following appears in the German war news received by the Wireless Press: The U boat commander, Captain-Lieu- tenant Heremg, has been awarded the Order Pour lo Merite. Captain-Lieutenant Hereing, as com- mander of U 21, sank the British I cruiser Pathfinder on September 5, be- sides several merchant ships. The bo- stowal of the Order Pour le Merifce at this date suggests that he may have been I responsible ior some more recent sub- marine successes. An Amsterdam teleo- gram states that it was apparently the U 21 whiuh torpedoed the British tor- pedo-boats 10 and 12 operating off the East-coast. The Order Pour le Merite, the hihgest purely Prussian military d- coration. was also conferred upon Captain von Weddigen.

DERNBURC LEAVES AMERICA. New York, Slinday.Armed with n safe conduot, Herr Dernburg, the Kaiser's Press agent here, whose bnltal cominencui on the sinking of the Lusitania caused the American Government informally to request him to depart from this' country, left for Germany yesterday in the Nor- wegian liner Bergensfjord. He received the reporters before sailing, and in a message expressing appreciation generally of his reception here he com- plained bitterly of. the porwaf ion be had undergone because he undertook to ex- plain exactly what in his opinion would be the course which the German sub- marines would pursue toward any Ameri- can liner laden with, munitions of war. Das Lied ist aus ("The song is sung"), observed Dernburg in a melancholy voice. The newspapers gpeed him on his voyage, observing that any Englishman who had taken the liberties he did wiih American hospitality would have been ejected long ago. I

THEWAR I J Resume of To-day's Messages. "Leader" Office, 5 p.m. The King and Queen of the Belgians and Prince Leopold, heir to the fchrena, visited the British Headquarters on Sunday, and inspected the Indian cavalry, wito gave a display of trick riding and tent pegging. The sight "WU extremely impressive. The TtrJiwag h«ve seized another pear, that of Valemtina, after brilliant work by their mountain troops. The Aus- trians endeavoured to retake their lost positions, but signally failed. The 6th Welsh in France have been inspected by Sir John French, who paid a tribute to the excellence of the Terri-' to rials. The Allies are attacking the Turkish fortifications on Achi Baba. Two German submarines are reported to have made the passage of the Dar- danelles, and to have reached Con- staniinople. 4

I 6TH WELSH. Honoured by Sir John French. Since they left Swansea last Ocin. ber, the 6th Battalion of the Welsh Regiment has been doing a lot of hard work, although not in the firing line. A few days ago Sir John French paid a surprise visit to the battalion on their drill ground, and was very loud in his praise of the luen's fit and smart appear- ance. He complimented them on the very important work they T?ere doing^>n tho LuMs of communication and rin the and wished each and everyone jolly good luck. Unremitting Labours. r The popular Swansea battalion has now been eight months with the British Expe- ditionary Force in France. During this long interval the men—and their officers —have been unremitting in their labours, and though the bulk of the work has "been of a detail character it has been of vital importance, and so well has it been ac- complished that encomiums have been showered on the devoted band on all hands and from all quarters, culminating in a signal eulogy from the highest in authority. On June 10 the battalion was on an eminence, going through its strictest pac- ings. In the shadow of trees, unknown to them, stood a short, thick-set man. His jaw was firm, his eyes were keen. Later in the day the bote read: The Commander in Chief, Field- Mamhal Sir John French, ordered the commanding officer to say that He was very pleased to see the 6th Welsh this mor after the work they have done on the lines of communication, which must have been very hard, and that he was glad to see that the battalion was so soon going to the front. He knew the battalion would do well, and wished them the best of luck. You Terri- torials have given a noble sud wonder- ful example in oaming forward ae "ouf have.

I ItAHYCRAlHEADMISTRESS At a meeting of Swansea Schools Staf- fing Sub-Committee on Monday, Miss Maud Williams (Plasznarl Girle ScbooQ and Miss E. M. Prust and Miss A. Samuel, (Terrace-road Girls' School) were selected to appear before a sub-committee on Tuesday afternoon with reference to their' applications for appointment to the head- ship of Danygraig Girls' School, rendered vacant by tlie resignation of Mias M. J. Williams.

I I SHELLS FOR TURKEY. T — Bukarest, gainrday.-Germua efforts to pass contraband through Rumajna by any means that may be possible confirm < the reports that reach Bukarest from Constaatinople that the Turkish Army is badly in need of ammunition. When I 21 new transport wagons arrived here yesterday from Germany for the Tujrkiah railways the Customs officials found that 18 were double-bottomed and loaded with 350 shells, which have been confiscated by the Government.

OMAN CRISIS NOT PAST i New York, Sunday.—The "Herald," in an editorial to-day, warns its readers that the German crisis is not past. The belief that the Germans want peaceful settlement, it says, is founded on faulty logic. Tho German Government and people believed first Note was merely per- functory, and the second Note necessary to make Germany understand that United States is in deadly earnest. It will be unfortunate it the public is lulled into a sense of false security. An acute situation would then be developed. So far from the crisis being passed, it is only beginning.—Reuter-

LONDON DOCK FIRE. I A fire which lit up the East^nd of Lcndon broke out last night at the Regent's Canal f)oek, Commercial-road, E. The outbreak occurre,d On the sid« of the dock among a great quantity of copra, which burned with great inten- sity. The llamas spread to a couple of hmber-Ian barges in- tho canal. On a district call ft large force of the brigade attended, and several appliances were at work, but an hour elapsed before top. outbreak was under control. About fifty tons of copra were destroyed. The reflection of t h flam could bo plainly seen in the Strand and Fleet-Street, and from the Lud gate-circus end of thA latter t horoughfare the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral was thrown into 6trong< relief. 4t

A COMMONS S"JFif»R!SE, In the Commons to-day, to the general surprise or v the members, the Finance Bill, on which considerable discus- sion had been expected; passed its second reading w ithout a word of discussion. Splendid Belgian Move Tu the French official comii.unifinc .-day jl Li .l t'n "b".L 'iTOops. threw' a 'battalion "r; tjie fa-t bank the to the 'sov.th of the railway bridge of l>ix:arde. anil i.rgan- thc-ms.clvcs on the- In the sector north oKAna-. one cn- ?i?cmc-n? rendered u? m'pc" a Gor- m-.n ?-f Lore?c. ? man wor k to the eaO of Lorebte. Another cau-c d ?- io lose ?nd cr a. violent bombardment: a portion of tha s rciich conquerod by u" in the after noon lo the north of the sygar refinery oi Sovcliez. < i Stock Exchange, Business has been vary oil tlio Stock Exchange, and markets are t"1' out any special feu tare. Cor.i'ols 6C, War Loan 91. At Aberavon Polics Cons t. At Aberavon Police Court to-uay Ferdinand Xilson, 0, Kafod-itrecl, Pore Talbot, summoned fz i- wii'c desertion, was ordered to pay per week separation allows lice, with costs.— Elizabeth Jones, David'- Row, Cwm- avon, for nogta-ting her tlr.ictre: was I sent to prison for three montl^— Swa- ir mouths pafsed (.11 2 ? A?r?r?' -r<v, I Mary Janet .Tones. 22, .toners'-row, a similar riivg*. ? V" 1 y I 1 • I i i l < J