The Cambria Daily Leader

LUSlfllA'S LAST TRIP. .—- .I&. !• TO-DAY'S INQUIRY, BOARD OF TRADE INVESTIGATES LOSS OF GREAT liNER. 1- CAPTAIN TURHERS EVIDENCE Lord Merr-cy to-day opened the Board ot Trade official inquiry into the loss of the Cunard liner Lusitania. The court •»i nt the Central Hall, Westminster, his Lorrkbip being assisted by Admiral Sir Frc<lkx S. Ingleheid, and Lieut.-Com- mander Ifearn, as naval assessors, to- gether vith Captain D. Da^es and Cap- lait-, J. Sped ding, of the Mercantile Mar- « ine. The Attorney-General (Sir Edward Carson), the Solid tor-General (Sir F. E. Smith). Mr. Brannon and Mr. Dunlop, represented the Board of Trade. Mr. Butler, K.C.. Mr. Abuttal I. K.C.. and Mr- Hyplop Maxwell (instructed by M essre. Rawle, Johnson and 0).). repre- I the owners. Otber coijrsf-I held briefs for the survivors and relative-, of the. lost pasopingprt3 and crew. lir. Mar- shall. general secretary to tli" Marine Engineers' Association, attended, and Mr. G. A. Scott wa« for tiif executor;* of I the IHi-: Mr. A. G. Yanderbill. h Deliberate Murder." f The Attorney-General lii'st addressed 1 the court,, He said the Lusitania was a passenger and emigrant, ship. Certain ttate meats as to her loss made by the German (rovernm^nt became prublic. It f was alleged that she was an armed vessel caIrving masked guns, ammunition, and tr.eorJlS. bu t a Her investigation by the officials of the United States Government the German Government was told that it had [wen misinformed. This would If fully conformed by the evidence to i)-e I given. | The question^would arise as to whether the spot at which the Lusitania was "I T a proper place for her to have been in «:t the time. Tberf- was t evidence ihat a second, and perhaps a 1-Jiird. Iorpedo was discharged. Ho snjpha>ised 1be fact that no warn- I iflg wao g-iyen. The course adopted by the German submarine was contrary to .international bw and to the dictates of h'unaniiy. I;, wa.s deliberate murder. The questions tor the court, would be fh to the speed of the ship having regard to tli(, Admirnlt. instructions, and as to ) whether everything was done to save life. Certain instructions were given to Cnp- tflin Turner by the Admiralty, but it was undesirable thai Admiralty nilos and j regulations should be described in public, ?"id probably his Lordship would take .11(:1.1 evidence, when reached, in camera. I Captain Turner's Evidence. Sort* time was occupied with a. witness I from the C'inard Co.. vr]-»o gave evidence generally as to tbp construction and equipment of the Lusitania. Captain T. AY. T. Turner, the com- mander of the ship. was then exaniiued by | the Attorney-General. lie said he passed an extra. master's certificate. The Lusi- tairia was well found. "When she started the voyage from Xfw lork she was uri- Had sitp any weapons of offence or de. fencer— None whatever. Answering: further questions. Captain Turner deferibed the course he steered until the afternoon of May 7. Tie was mile* oft the old Head of Kiusale when the ship was attacked. Witness was on the port side of the lower bridge. His second officer called out, There's a tor- pedo. sir." He then looked and (aw the wake of the torpedo. It struck the vessel j on the starboard side between the third I and fourth f unuel,. A thick volume of 5 wnoke and steam appeared. Women and Children First. He headed for the land, and ordered the boats to he leered, giving the order, Full .speed astern, but there was no re- sponse to that order as the engines were out of commission. A second concussion led him to believe i tnat an0111f'r tnrpf'do followed the dis- charge of the first. There was a heavy lirtt whif-ii made it difficult to lower the boats. 0<at4. His orders were women and child- iren ?r?'t. Ho remained on the bridge until the ship we?t (!o?n. He had put on a litp ??t. and aftr bdng pi(ked up wa. transferred to tb? Blue Bell (traw- 'r) and landed at Qu?pnstnwn. :1 The Attorney-General: I ,wm put this funeral f) nation because it is to be chal- lenged. So far as you are concerned; was everything possible done to get out boats and to save lives r—Everything possible. Did you act on certain instructions from the Admiraltyr—I did. The A ttro ney-General.- My Lord, I do roi propose to go further with this wit- ness at present. -(i Mersey: "Very well; the exami- nation may lie resumed later. Mr. Rose Innes raised a point as to the permission to question Captain Turner in camera, and his Lordship advised counsel to communicate with Sir Edward Carson.

THE FREEDOM OF ROME. I Home, Monday.—The Freedom of the City of Rome was conferred on Signor Jsalandra, the Premier, to-day.

FRENCHMAN'S GERMAN WIfE. I Paris. Monday.—A French soldier in the Png-L,-)ere,. named Andre Barbier, married to a German woman, Marie Sedl- rreyer, who remained strongly pro-Ger- man after the outbreak of war, has killed I htt. wits. "Hie couple gradually became irrecon- cilable, and the roere reading of. t he com- muniques in papers .sufficed to make the young wife burst into a rage. In the course of a recent altercation the toithi took refuge on a balconr, and from that point ot vantage hurled insults at her Husband underneath..Rsrbier i,?r,a3ired calln,, for a time, but finally he ?-?<<'d a fToh'cr and struck l is wife down with a bullet in the forehead. He then w?lkod to t?e police station and gave Mf np.—Eyh&n?? ?p?'ial.

i COMPULSORY SERVICE I — —■ CABINET. AND THE OUTPUT OF MWISNS. I AN "EXECUTIVE" TRIBUNAL I A Cabinet Council was held yesterday evening after the House of Commons had risen, and there is reason to believe that Ministers bad before them the scheme for work on munitions which Mr. Lloyd: George discussed with the trade uDlon: ¡ reprnta.liYes last week. There i6 some difference of opinion as to whether workmn who have left en- gineering works for the. Army should be recalled; where this has in some j ll- stances been done the men have proved to be discontented. But it is generally agreei1 tiiat. workmen should not be trsug- 1 ferreci from one munitions works to I i another, and that unskilled lat)our, in-: eluding women, should be employed when advisable in despite of trade mù"D r??. ?at?ony. 1he trad e union n'prnt.a.hv have themselves agreed to this. The question of compulsion seems to have receded into the background, but if it .is re-sorted to the best opinion is that the trade unioM should themselves act as a sort of executive tribunal. Within a few days an official list cf the staff of the Munitions Department will be issued. Appointments are rapidly btiiig iii!id* but the allocation of the different duties and posts has not yet been definitely ma/jp. I Among those who are to serve under Mr. Lloyd George are Dr. Addison, the rarlianienta-ry Secretary, Sir Percy Girouard. Mr. G. M. Booth, Mr. E. C. Geddea, Sir H. Uewlyn Smith, Mr. Leonard W. Llewelyn, Mr. West, Sir (Tuy I Granet, Mr. W. 11. Beveradgck and Mr. J. T. Davies.

CABINET RESIGNATION REFUSED Lisbon, Monday.—The Premier to-day presented to the President of the Republic the collective resignation of the Cbjnet. I which was not accepted. The Counsel Minis!ere meets to-morrow. --4

HUNGARIAN HARVEST FAILS. Znnch. Monday.—Tntense }¡t eon-I tinues in Antri¡ and many parts c-li Hungary, and has already occasional serious damage to crops. The hopes Ar)- | tertained of a favourable harvest of oats and barley mast now be abandoned. Grain generaly has suffered considerably in Moravia. Bohemia, and Lower Austria, but the timely rain may partially save the situation in other parts of the Monarchy.

PEOO'JD'S LATEST ACHIEVEMENTS. Paris, Monday.—An officer writes to the I Petit Ilarijen an account of one of the many brilliant exploits of Flight- Lieutenant Peguod. The famous airman was reconnoitring enemy batteries in the Wtpevre. An \\viatik started in pursuit, but. the French machine, rising to a greater height, put it to flight. Then a misfortune hdel Pegoud. His motor broke down, ard he had to land somewhat abruptly ill a field. The Aviatik pUot appa?otty though; him dead or grievously injured, for he ceased to run away, :wd came to earth n'?r by, P?uod. like Brer Fox, laid low. The German pilot stfp?d out -ir h? ipat and came towards his prey. 1)? WM vithin a f?v yard?. Suddenly P?ond started up and put a htiH?t throxch h.i! head. Then he ran towards the Anahk and idiot the look-out. A few minutes later two aeroplane?, one German, ono French, sailed into the French lines. Pegoud was piloting the crpturcd Aviatit and his look-out the I French machine.

I CWMAVON OFFICER WOUNDED. I Mr. Rhys Nicholas, schoolmaster, Cwm-! a von, received a telegram on Mondav informing him that his son. Lieutenant! E- A. Nicholas, has been wounded at the! front. lieutenant Nicholas, who was educated at Llandovery College, is in the 1st Manchester Regiment. -u_'

I THE TELL-TALE DATES. I  A letter received i n I.f?nhpad. MU- lothian, by friends of a corporal serving in th? CaDadian C?it.in??t states that hi5 company on capturing one of the! enemy's trenches found eight rvoír8 of poison ga- marked Ml 4, and also respirators dated 1911.

I LETTERS FOR THE FRONT In the House of Commons yesterday a question was asked as to the non-do-i livery of letters **erit to members of the 2nd Battalion South Wales Borderers at the frot»t- Mr. Tennant said that if lctters wore, properly addressed to the, unit thovi should have been delivered. Everything fxxsaible would be done to give as good a service as possible

ALBANIA'S FATE SERBIAN COLUMNS MOVING AGAINST THE REBELS. ITALY'S ATTITUDE Rome, Monday.—A despatch of to-day'r, date from Antivari to the" Tribuna. "1 says: A Serbian column has occupie d El- •basean, and another column is reported l to have occupied Tirana. Two columns appear to be making for Dura^ao. Up to the present Hie Serbian action had the same object as that of Efcsacl Pasha, namely to scatter insurgent; bands organised by the Austrians, but after the occupation of Elbassan and Tirana, EssaJ. Pasha cannot contemplate without anxiety the advance of the Serbians. Hence Lbo situation is very complicated and d?licato, and not devoid of danger. A further complication lies in the l threat of Montenegrin action against Scutari, and of Greek action against Berat by means of organised bands; im- portant events are thus imminent. Commenting on this dispatch, the Tribuna says these events are very regrettable from the international point of view. The secondary actions now .n progress cannot affect in any way the eventual fat of Albania, which will be settled in due time. The Albanian ques- tion is not one for Serbia, Greece, or Montenegro only, it concerns Italy first of alL It was to defend her Adriatic in- terests that Italy went to war. No one can therefore think of deciding her great. Adriatic interests, which are bound up with the Albanian question without the participation of Italy. Tho Albanian problem which is the one directly interesting. Italy remains un- changed. for, as until the Powers signa- tory to the Conference of London and in particular Italy, resume its considera- tions.

THE EVERE ZEPPELIN. I Amsterdam, Monday.—According to the Telegraaf," the airship which British airmen destroyed last Monday by setting fire to the shed at Everc was the Zeppelin LZ38.—Reuter.

ARRESTED GERMANS BAILED OUT I I Copenhagen. Monday.—Four Germans, who attempted to hdp the escape of Ger- man officers who were landed in Danish territory from a wrecked Zeppelin some timefback, and were, interned at Aalberg, were arrested a, few days ago. The four tman6 were refcased on bail until their trial after having given security to the value of 100,000 kronen.

RIOTS IN DUTCH COLONY AmstE'lrdam .-Ao from R.u.-ina i states that disturbances have occurred in 80eb and Larompeng, in th Celebes dis- trict. Thirteen of the rioters were HUed and two injured on Jun? 2. Ou J?ne 3 a native corporal was severely injured, while a native and a European^ soldier were slightly wounded. During an nitack by brigands on Porgk-ib.1 T;•:r- oorporal and a native i'. ,.Y'1't1r'.1.

CANADA'S WHEAT CROP Yield Will Exceed Previous Records by 40 per Cent. Ottawa, Monday.—According to a state- ment by the Finance Minister, the esti- mated wheat production will exceed by it) per cent. that of any previous year.

TO HELP THE SERBIANS —— Swansea Mayor's Appeal for Sufferers. The Mayor of Swansea, at the request of the Central Serbian Relief Fund, is making-an appeal to Swansea t.o help to relieve the terrible sufferings among Serbian wounded soldiers and the civil population. The appeal says:— Although we have recently heard," says the Mayor, .that, conditions have greatly improved, when it is realised that men wounded in Sei*iember have re- ceived" medical attention for the first: time in April, it will be readily understood that there is urgent need for additional m Pdical aid. In December last ?.ho &-ottish Women's Hospital (National Union of Women's Suffrage* Societies) sent a fully equipped unit to Serbia, and the Serbian Government has appealed to them for women doctors and nurses. A fully equipped Welsh unit will, it is hoped, shortly be despajtched—snbaeri prfions forj whMh h&vo already I"n pi'?mised or re- ceived-but to maintain a hospital of 200J beds for the first six mQnths the sum of £ 3.000 wiji be required. "I therefore appeal with confidence for your generous .support in order that Swansea may raise as large a sum as pos- sible towards alleviating the terrible tntf- feri* ngs of one of our Allies, and so that theWelsh unit may be sent off at tho earliest possible daie. H Cheques and postal orders should be crossed, and made payable to the ilM. treasurer, Mrs. Aeron Thomas, and ad- dressed to Dolgoy. West Cross."

ARMY COLONEL FALLS DEAD I Colonel G. T. Trewman, of Rin'1 fell down dead from heart failure vhilo walkmg in Oxfol'dtreet, Read mg. the I other night. The deceased gentleman A few months ago lost his son, who was! killed in action. Colonel Trewman, who was 59 ycar-s of age, was formerly surgeon at the Reading depot, of the Royal Berk- shire Regiment.

SUBMARINE BASE DESTROYED. I Athens, Monday.—Two French de- trtroye = have been bombarding ihe port of Tcheshmc, on the coast of Asia Minor, opposite ChiO:" which served as a base for the operaticrf~,>f German submarines. The bombardment lasted forty minutes. All the sailing vessels in the harbour wef* sunk, and the customs and telegraph office* and petrol stores were destroyed. The TuHcish garrison fled in panic to the, mountains.—Reuter.

PEER AS MUNITIONS WORKER. ljord Xorbury has taken work a I. 7d. an hour as a iftter in an aeroplane factory in Surrey. He will begin his new occu- pation. in overalls, at t, a.m. to-morrow or the next day, and will work every day till 7 p.m. He will take his meals with, the other workmen in the factory and. will be in all respects on the same foot- ing in the works as they. Lord Norbury is fifty-two yearn old anil has Iteen iuduced to take this step by the feeling thai cverv lpaji should do what he can at thi> time in help his country. He has a good ktvorkdge of mechanic*, and internal eoinbvj.tiou engines and holies to be of use iu accelerating tho country's war output. On the dfty that her husband takes to overalls Lady Norbury begins work in a soldiers' coffee canteen at Euston. The Earl is the fourth of that name. The first earl wa/s Chief Justice of the (>>urt of Common Pl?a?. T? countess is a -,in M Lord Howard de ?aldfn. Th? K?v. J. H. Hewlett. Primit'v? Me-thoci?t pas+or. Folcsbiil, hM &tartpd ¡ work a? a 11"amwa:var driver. Three i"Yonionvoi mist, mi mater* are work-  Î ;:•>u:!inn factories in the same dis-

£ 3,000,888 ft Day. Mr. A*; iUith in "1 Vj-day, in ning a vote of cr-^l:t 07" f 00,000. •aid daily cSpciidHurc ol ta^ v ay during (lio last fin-.tr.eia! rear was :)]v IV .ai h: June 2,060;000 a day, and ca the la! ter da to l!i" Treasury had in haiid out ol ih .< preccdiug vote ;£:0,000.000. It v. as mated that the expenditure during tho- period governed by the nctv Vote of | i. :•.=<]It wuuld not be less Sfj.fNjO, \.&U.. U lL u,\1JC tt.:S h\.1.&. -,),J"C; a day. and it might Jèo Ho v. iti: the approval of the King, rx-o inu tod the government, and lie dx- ,d to say he should tot have b- i justified in doirig what he did under pressure of any transient purliajui iiia: «\igeney. He eaid the task was FJgnnnt, and he paid a great tribti'.o to his colleagues. Miners 'Strong Reso?ution. »'"v.ihitii>n was onaninMtudly carried t'xhy'x Minora' mooting ospr»-3sing j li-atislaction and astonishment at xt* fuial of coalowners to negotiate for ncr/ agreement during the war, and re- fusing to accept responsibility for any stoppage which will take place as a result, of this attitude. Concitiou t h;; amended demands were eminently reasonable was re-affirm. and such as can be conceded by coalowners apart ;e inflated coal prices caused by l taking adtantago of circum- <e.ces created by the war. Repreecn- iat;\es were\atithorieed to hold thern- •c'ves in icadinese to continue nego- tiations. Scholastic Appointments. Swansea Education Staffing ub- < uuuittee to-day recommended the ap- pointment of Mise B. M. DaHesi, St. Thomas Girle, to Danygruig Girls* School as headmistrees, end of Mi?s M. Williams (Plaemarl) to St. Thomas as headmistress. Constables as Mltttary Police. Swansea Watch Committee to-day,de- < j- d not to accede to requost to rcleaso .tables for military polica duties, with Expeditionary F«rree, in view of tho fact that 48 men bad ur,-t6-intw en- listed. ) RAZORS FOR TKE TROOPS. u-e making up the list of ack»ow- ieilsiinonts at mid-day, 1TO have rcceivet! more gifts of razors for the troops, so 1 that only 36 are Wanted to complete tins 501'. Fishing Trswt" Torpedoed. The Hull fishing trawler Argyie .a. toi-pedocd off the Sunk Lightship early morning, and oi the crow of eleven. four were fcaved. These were at Harwich, with the captain's (lead body. Tho voeae l .jelxnk vrith- oio warnings it 1-McI ftat turo rrvlniitoe. »;6WMAftk-grr ucttNG. J. AJdVs'e ca 45 Til. 1" I

StA TIN PASKA VOLUNTEERS. llrich, Monday.—Immediately after Italy's declaration of wa.r Slatin Pasha volunteered for active service. He has now joined the forces operating against Italy in the Qapricity of a lieutenant, wbirh raukhe held during the occupation of Bosnia. Slat-in offered his services at the beginning of the war, but the War Offico declined them.

| GERMAN FOIiTiFIED STATION SURRENDERS The Colonial Office i?sm'd the following |through the Press Bureau last B?M:— A telefrram ha« been received from the Governor-General ot Nigeria reporting thar Garua, the attack on which corn- me need on May 31. surrendered uncon- ditiünaJly on June 11 to an Anglo-Krench force, commanded bj Colonpl F. H. G. Cunli.ff(>, Commandant of tho Nigeria Iiegiment, West African Frontier Force. rGarua was an important German t.at.i(W on the Benue River, and since the repulse on August 29 of thp first British attack has been considerably strength- ened.]

PRINCE OF BALES' BIRTHDAY. I The Prince of Wales comes of age on June 23, but, by his wish, all congratula- tions are to be postponed until after the war. The following official statement was issued ye&terday;- Buckingham Palace, June H, 1915. The Prince of Wales, while deeply appreciating the wishes expressed by I many public bodies to present addresses on the oceasiou of his ooming-of-ags on the 23rd inst.—his Royal Highness, being at the front—wishes that -ill con- gratulations, public or otherwise, should be postponed uutil the conclusion of the war. For the same reason his Ro:ral High- ness has decided to defer making any appointments to his Household. An artillery officer on duty with an ammunition column writ-s to a relative at Boston, Lincolnshire:— The Prince of Wales has been several times to our column. The first time I was orderly officer, and the only one here, so took him. to see some special motor- tractors wp have. He was highly interested'; in fact. he iff about everything, aad wan" kmow nH %pl." is to know.

-=.-==- MOVE ON WARSAW.! I Russians Defeat Repeated I German Attacks. I German Attacks. AUDACIOUS ACTION ON I THE DNIESTER. ———————————— Stubborn Fighting in Galicia The German offensive in the eastern, theatre seems to be making no general progress, and in many sections it has iuDerod severe set backs, notably in Galicia. To-day's official new from Pefcrograu shows that the morale f* the Russian army has not been broken, ,and that the attack- ing powers of our allies are as high now as at any period of the war. This is proved by what is described as an ex- ceptionally audacious counter-attack on the left bank of the Dniester. The German atmpt to cross the river Windall near Liatzkow has been stopped, heavy losses having been inflictedi. The latest news from this area is con- tained in the following official com- munique received this morning: Repeated Attempts Repulsed. Petrograd, Monday.—An official com- illluniqne to-night says-.— Yesterday we repulsed repeated at- tempts by the enemy with great forces to cross the river Windau near Liatzkow, inflicting heavy losses on him. We also stopped an offensive by enemy detachments who had crossed the same river below the plai-c mentioned above. The battle for possession of the position near ShaYli continues with varying for- tune—the town of Shavli has been bom- barded with heavy guns. On the Niemen and the Novew fronts, and on the Vistula, the enemy did not pursue the attacks which he had initiated. By a rigorous counter-attack, north of Prasnyz, our infantry yesterday cap- tured all the advanced trenches which the enemy had taken from us the day before. In Galicia during the 12th and 13th, the stubborn fighting was renewed on the whole front from: Pistorwire, on the San, to Moscisko. The enemy attacked in dense columns on the front of tho River | Lubaezewka, which WB succeed?d in crossing in its lower course, as well as before Lubacsewka and the W^sznea, where we captured the village of Tucklo. On the Dniaster, the enemy, during the night of ItLne 13th-14th. attacked obsti- nately, but without result, our bridgehead near the village of Njzniow. On the left bank of the Dniester we de- livered all exceptionally audacious eounter I attack, during which several companies of riflemen and the 28th Jaeger Battalion were almost entirely sabred and dis- persed Next day, in the same region, detach- ment of our Territorials delivered a counter attack, supported by other units, and took 400 prisoners, inchiding eight officers. On the San. A fresh movement on a big scale has be -n made by the .Yu stro-Germans on the I ea"f bank of the San, by which they claim to have forced the Russians out of their i positions (says the Times "). Since the [beginning of the month the'armies have fa-ood one another on this trout with scarcely any attempt to advance on either side. From Przwnysl to its ooniluenc? with Hie Vistula the San has a leng??h of Twa rlv a hundred miles, of which roughly j two-thirds is in Russian hands, whilst thei eiemy hold the remaining third, to the south, together with the territory on the eastern bank to a depth of nearly ten miles. It was in this southern sector, stretch-1 ing from Sioniawa down nearly to Mos- ciska that the new effort in the general direction of Lwow (Lemberg) was made: Having failed entirely last week io ad- vance at Alosciska further 80uth in spite Of i: b mo,,Ol i)ttaci,. the enetfrv of tbf most: desperate, attack, the enemy prepared the WHY f?r :h? new move by rocaj-.turing the bridgehead of Sieniawa on the San. Having thus incM-?sed his .tacDiH?s for the bringing up of I'f'.illforoo-I ments, Ytn ?.?tkr'n.?u oa Sunday de- livered a genera! ??sa?dt on a front of about 44 miles, nnd, if the Berlin report is to be accept! as accurate, took the Russian positions along the entire length of this line, and captured 16,(100 prisoners. from Russian sources there is no news of the result of this action. Hitherto '-very effort of the enemy to get through to Lwow has been beaten off. I Having failed on the shortest route, from the south, then at Zurawno, on the south- east, the German commajider now appar- ently hopes to penetrate the defences from the w(>L On this side, however, he is still -40 miles from the Galician capital. New Move on Warsaw, Ihe resumption of the offensive by tbej enemy on the Bzura, though as yet on aj comparatively sma-H ?ca.?, goes to show that he has not abandoned his former de- signs on 0 W?rsav. Ik i8 even suggested in military circles that behind the screen of renewed activity on the entire fronti from the ;ta to the HUKCtWlhU. he is effecting a regrouping of his armies prc-I pars.tory to operations of a more serious character on the Bzura. In the opinion of an Army organ the Russian success 011 thDniester virtually eliminate,, the danger of a rupture of that line and shatters the. enemy's liopee of the rapid seizure of Lvow and the expulsion of the Russians from East Galicia. Learning the Truth. Petrograd, Monday,—A Russian ftying column, headed by cavalry, crossed th; Dniester behind the who last week pressed into Bukowina. hoping to outflank the Russians. This Gern an force was entrapped and attempted to rctreat. It abandoned an enormous amount of cq uipment, ?rbo German populaiion is now ]pa.rmn? t.he truth <M l?o the terrible losses since the advance on the Dunajetz River. One army lost 15,000 men. Many meetings ara being held in thA towns in Germany in of peace. The (iovem >Qent has proliibitetl ¡ all mention of the failures in the Baltic, hoping that the population will hAieve iviTI 1-?, .1 eve that- the fleet w intact for operations against England from the North Sea,

SWANSEA BATTALION'S VISIT It has been definitely decided that the Swansea Battalion shall visit tho town in the near future, but inquiries by too Leader yesterday elicited the fact that the day had not yet boon fixed. Our local contemporary, which says to- day that the date of the visit, as stated in the rost: has not yet been fixed, on Saturday had the following headlines: Swansea Battalion Coming Here Next Weak, and added that it is probable that tbp Battalion will arrive during next Wednesday."

MR. ROOSEVELT HITS GUT New York, Monday.—Mr. Roosevelt, in a letter to the opening meeting of the National Security League, attacks with characteristic vigour professional pacifists who. he says, are preaching poltroonery. It is the duty of the nation to protect itself. It is wicked to be nevtral between right and wrong. He considers the arbitration treaties recently concluded mischievous, as they condoned criminal inactivity regarding Atexico.-Riiiter.

MUMBLES VOLUNTEERS' WORK. A good deal of interest, is taken at the Mumbles in the platoons which have re- cently been formed in connection with tho Swansea Battalion of the Volunteer Training Corps. There are already about 14,0 members, and it is expected that Mumbles will soon have three platoons. t-nder the direction of Commandants E. W. Jones and Tnleman, the platoon's march out to Bracelet JBay three nights every week, where they arc split up into squads and drilled by several instructors. On Monday the Mumbles Silver Band headed the inarch, and created quite a -:tir in the village.

THE BRESLAUS OPPONENTS. Petrograd, Tuesday.—The following statement is issued here seini-oiffcially; In the fight, between two torpedo-boats of the Russian squadron and the cruiser Breslan, the result was that the enemy cruiser wa.s seriously damaged. One of the torpcdo-boatp had a few wounded, and sustained plight damages. In accordance with the system of the German ofecial eomnniques. one might expect them to announce serious damage I to the Russian torpedo-bo*ts. This time, according to a Berlin telegram, the Rus- sian torpedo-boats wre simply' sunk by the Breslau." In realitv, the inhabitants of Sevastopol can see these two vessels anchored in their port after theif return 1 from tn" r-1'nitiM\.

I I CAPETOWN PHOTOGRAPHER'S OFFENCE I I Capetown. -NiOlldnr.-N German born British subject, head of a local photo- graphic firm, has bean sentenced to six months hard labour for photographing the military magazine at; Capetown.— Eeuter

I I TRICKING THE GARRISON I I Berne. Tuesday.—An Italian officer,! with only about a hundred Champiirs, Alpin6, aft,?r # dif&snl? aic?,ut, reached ■ th summit between V-M?n?a and IRoi7er-I e?. an altitude of nearly 10,?Mft? where they found well-fortified hatteriee and two fine barracks. AHor a skilful dis- position of his men the officer sent a de- mand for the surrender of the garrison,1 saying that his battalion had surrounded the place. The garrison accordingly im-, mediately surrendered and were made! prisoners by his handful of men. The tarracks on the summit, were fitted with: double wtrduwf. heating ■apparatus, baths I and every oomtori, and must have cost fully £ 160,000 to construct.—"Morning Prvwt."

RAZORS FOR THE TROOPS I -0 THE LAST LAP. I ONLY 48 WAnTED NOW. I Yesterday we acknowledged the receipt of a total of 1<00 razors for the troops. The hope was expressed that the total from Swansea and the district might be made up to 500. This morning we have to acknowledge another batch of 52. Consequently we want only 48 more. The Master Cutler's appeal also ap- peared in our pages, yesterday j* he l'aiå that 100,000 razors were wanted by the War Office, towards which he had received 70,000. Our list will not lie confined to 500; that number will be a fair minimum for Swansea's share. To-day's Acknowledgements. Mr. David Jones, Mount Yiim, WoodviHe-street, Pontardulais 2 W. G. T. Graham-street, Ilafod 5 Staff at Hafod Isha Works (per Mr. G. Baptist, 26, Earl-street, Hafod) 7 Anonymous 2 Mr. T4. R. Howell, It, Victoria- avenue 5 W. E. 2 Mr. T. F. Burley, 15, St. Mary- street 3 Mr. S A. Bird, Swansea 2 Mr. W. J. Powell, provision mer- chant, High-street, Swansea 5 Mr. Harry Knight, 22, Hazel-road, Uplands t^ 2 Mrs. Morris, Leslie House, Dunns, Mumbles 3 Mr. J. Jenkins, solicitor, Swansea 2 P.C. Harris, Mumbles Police Station. 1 Mrs. H. E. Davies, 133, Norfolk- v street 2 Mr. T. Davies, ironmonger, Wood- field-street, Morriston 3 Mr. Illtyd Thomas, Glanml#r," Swansea « 52 Acknowledged Already 400 452

DRUNKEN WORKMEN FINED I Three workmen engaged on Govern- ment work at Jarrow, Edward Callighan, Francis Duddigan, and Joseph Bollo, summoned for breach of contract due to drunkenness, were yesterday each ordered to pay Ll damages and costs. It -,vin- stated in court that the case was brought I as a warning to workmen, j

THE NEW MINISTER OF MUNITIONS. I The Press Bureau has been requested to state that the Minister 01 Munitions (Mr. Lloyd George) will not be in attend- ance at the House of Commons to answer questions respecting his department until his appointment has been formally con- firmed by his Majesty at a meeting of the Privy Council on Wednesday next ai eleven a.m. t

THE WAR | Resume of To-day's i Messages. "Leader" Office, 5 P. in. Petrograd reports heavy fighting n Galicia and in East Prussia, with a de- cided advantage to the Russians, who are putting up a magnificent defcnce against the terrific onslaught of the Austro-Hungarian Forces. Unofficially it. is stated that, the German*, having failed in their attempts on Lem» ijerg. are engineering another advance on Warsaw, under the cover ol the present action. The Italians are continuing their born- liardment of Macborghetti, and an ex- plosion has been caused in the lower part of Fort Hensel. Elsewhere ou the various front, there is little to report, bwt the Italians are maintaining their advantage at all points. The Board of Trade inquiry into the loss of the Lusitania was opened to-day in T/ondon by Lord Mersey. Captain Ttirner said the German, submarine gave no warning before firing the tor- pedo, and he is of the opinion that a second torpedo struck the vessel. Tho heavy list made it difficult to launch the boats. Two more bodies of Lusitania passengers, not yet identified, have been recovered from the sea.