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ASSASSIN'S HAND
ASSASSIN'S HAND ATTEMPT TO KILL MR. J. P. MORGAN I DYNAMITE, REVOLVER AND NITRO-GLYCERINE ON CULPRIT. I "COO TOLD ME IN A OOEAM" I New York, July 4.—Yesterday cans, who hal alrea.dy begun the cele- bration of Independence Day, alth-ougli tLo natiorial festival does not occur until I to-morrow ,■> startled by a new Ger- man cjime. Mr. J. P. Morgan, the famous -on of a famous father, was, "n his own house, seriously and painfully wounded by shots fired by a pro-German, who is said to be a professor from a university. The would-be, assassin after arrest, said: x was !s,-iit by. no one, and I have no accomplice. Uod Almighty told me in a aream to kill Morgan, and to destroy hig home and family if I could, for in that way I could end the war. He (Mor- gzn) alo-a,, is responsible for the great shipments of arm-; and ammunition from this country, and could stop the war if he would." God knows I am perfectly willing to die in the cause of humanity." Revolver and Dynamite. That the man intended to inas-sacre the vrhole of Mr. Morgan's family and destroy his home seems proved. He had dynamite sticks and nitro-glvcerine in a bottle, in addition to the revolver with which he wounded the famous banker. Before making his attack the man i dashed a suit, case containing the explo- sives to the ground with such force that it ia a miracle that there was no explosion. The man who apparently had been in hiding near the house on Friday night applied at Glenoove, Long Island, the financier',s summer residence, yesterday l morning, and created a disturbance with the butle.r. Mr. Morgan emerged from his library to ascertain the cause. The butler | stepped aside as his master asked the intruder what he wanted, and saw the latter draw a revolver. Seizing a heavy brass utensil, the butler crashed it on the man's head. but unfor- tunately he was too late to stop him from firing twice at Mr. Morgan, who in the meantime had tackled his assailant. The man continued to struggle after he was seized v Explosion at the Capitol. From his statement it seems obvious that his hostility was aroused by Mr. Morgan's assistanoe to and friendship for Great Britain. This incident, following immediately on an attempt at the destruction of the Capitol by a bomb explosion, which damaged one wing, has stirred America as nothing but an attempt on the President could have done. The double frightfulness of the explo- sion at the Capitol and the attempted murder of Mr. Morgan are reduced by later' intelligence to the acts of a single individual. He has admitted that hia name is Holt, and that he was formerly an instructor at Cornell University. The sensationalism of is increase/I by the fact that the British i Ambassador was Mr. Morgan's guest, and tliqy had been breakfasting together. Sir C. Spring Rioe helped his host to tackle Holt, and held him while Mrs. Morgan, and a nurse disarmed him. The man was then arrested by t h .(, then arrested by the police and brought before a justice. Holt is an American citizen and has grandparents of Franco-German stock. He had been staying at tltp Oglf>n Mills Hotel, which corresponds to London's Rowton Houses. I A Monomaniac. Ths bottle in his valise, Holt says, eon- taiued henzine. He had two revolvers. The police believe that he was responsible for the bomb placed at Mr. Carnegie's re- cently. A5 he stood with bandaged head :n court he presented all the characteristics of an unbalanced ranatic. his high cheek bones accentuating his deeply sunken eyes and thin and firmlv-closed lips. His forehead is good, hut hi* pars stand out. His whole appearance indicates abnormal self-esteem. There is little doubt that brooding on one subject has destroyed his mental equi- librium. Mr. Morgan's condition, according to. the latest accounts, is satisfactory. The more serious of the two wounds was in the groin, the bullet passing out at tha back. Holt's latest version of his crimI" is that he did not intend to kill Mr. Mor- gan, and that he was armed'for self-de- fence if attacked hv the guards. He lioped, he. says, to persuade the financier to use his influence to prevent any further exportation of artus. The ie- volver was fired with the intention of scaring Mr. Morgan, who had attacked him, and the latter was accidentally wounded as a consequence of his own act. Holt is married and has two children, one an infant girl. He is said to be a brilliant scholar. A Famous Banker. Mt. Pterpont Morgan js acting for the British' Government in connectioji with the enormous purchases of munitions now being made in America. Mr. Mor- gati, who was born in 1867, is the Son of the famous banker, Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, from whom lu inherited a íor- tune of over £ 12,000,000. Mr. J. P. Morgan's Assailant. Chicago, Monday.—Holt, the aseailairfc- of Mr. J. p. Morgan, is really Erich Muenter, a foriher student of Chicago University, according to the circum- stantial statement of an old college tta- sociate, to a Chicago newspaper. Thia informant aBye Muenter was born in Germany, and that lIe disappeared on his wife's suspicious death, and subse- quently re-married He had since heard that Muenter was teaching under tfeft name of Holt.—Reuter.
MOVABLE LIGHTS
MOVABLE LIGHTS The authorities are instituting several prosecutions against oar and motor cycle owners in connection with laaups so fixed its to be capa ble of movement inde- pende,n,t of the direction of travel of the vehicles, and extremely heavy fines—up to £ 25h—have resulted. If is, therefore, necessary to remind Automohile Aoci tion members/that the regulations now ia force state tthat No lamp shall withoaii. lawful authority be carried on any sucef vehicle unless it is so constructed, fitted and atotLrhe4 (a) as not to be capable of movement independent of the movement of the vehicle; and (b) as not to throw light in any direction other than that in which the vehicle is proceeding or is intended, to proceed, except in the case of lamps required by any law or regulation for the time being in force to throw ita light, jin some other dizeodou."
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There is a suggestion of convincing naturalism ahollt the rrav the story is told, which. it is difficult, to conceive will fail in its effects. That is, to | interest, entertain. and educate a very large Durn r (If English aud Welsh Theatre-goers. HEARTS TO LET (Vitagraph). BAMBOO AND ITS USES (Path-e). THE MERCENERY (Pathe Coloured). THE WORTHIER MAN (Vitagraph). I' BRONCHO BILLY and the VIGILANTE. Featuring G. M. Anderson. CASTLE CINEMA"1 Adjoining "Leader" Office. WORCESTER PLACE, SWANSEA. Monday, Tuesday,. and Wednesday, Ca?t'nuous Performance, 2.30 to 10.30. THE OLD FOGEY :1 Ii A Three-part Drama, notable for its II numerous realistic Circus scenes. Charlie in the Park An Essanay Comedy, featuringCHAS. CHAPLIN. The Girl at Nolan's A splendid Vitagraph Comedy Drama. Raindrops and Girls A thoroag??y amusing comedy. I The Stage Coach Driver and the Girl .f A splendid Selig Western Drama, con- I taining wonderfully exciting incidents. I THURSDAY NEXT- I GENTLEMEN OF NERVE II A Keystone comedy, featuring Mabel r U Normand and Chas. Chaplin. I CARLTON I Cinema de Luxe, Oxford St., Swansea. J 2.30 CONTINUOUSLY. 10.30 Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. THE MYSTERY OF SEA VIEW HOTEL. I The Man Who Died. Papa Scores.. THE MAN OF IRON. The Young Man Who Figgered. —i — i Paths Gazette. < < I SPECIALLY ARRANGED MUSICAL s § ACCOMPANIMENTS. ] MUMBLES PIER; AND PAVILION. i The RendezvoUS" of Swansea A Mumbles. j To-night at 7.30, and during the week. ] Matinees Thursday and Saturday at 3.30. Paul Mill's Famous Company, THE COURTIERS." j Popular Prices of Admission-Threepence. 6d., and 1s. THE jgSTNHTFETD, AN SELTON, AND DISTRICT PERMANENT MONEY SOCIETY Is prepared to ADVANCE LOANS FROM EZ to £100 to Respectable Applicants with the least possible delay MEMBERS ENROLLED DAILY. For further particulars apply to the See. retary, W. CLEMENT, 36, The Square. Bcsnlu^ryd, Swansea. SALES BY AUCTION. GLYNLLECH COLLIERY. ABEBCEAVE (Between Abercravo and Coibren Stations on the Neath and Brecon Railway, in the Anthracite Coalfield}. MESSRS. John M. Leeder and Son A RE ia?trusted by Mf. Arthur Davies. the .LI-l. Liquidator of the Glynllech Colliery Co., Ltd., to offer for SALE BY AUCTION. At the Colliery, on TUESDAY, JULY 6th, 1915, at 1 o'clock, TtiE LEASEHOLD UNDER- TALKING known a-s The Gtynlleeh Colliery, Conrp-rieiiig all the Uncorked Goal, etc, underlying CEPNYRERW and HEOLY- GfcABYBDAU, in the Pa.riÙ of Yetradeyn- lais, extending to 140 ACRES or thereabouts, together with the PLANT, MACHINERY. BUILDINGS AND SIDINGS, which roughly consist of.— LANCASHIRE BOILER, Steam and Water Piping, Pair Hauling Engines, Engine Houoe, Screens, Salter's Balance, Tippler and Housing; 3-Ton Tram Weighbridge- by Pocley; Weigh Office and. Contents, 2 Jubilee Trams, 2ft. gauge; 20 Iron Trams, 2ft. Iftin. gauge; Large Quaaxtity of Train Raile and Sleepers, Parting*, Crossings, etc.; Worth- ington Pump, Steam Hauling Winch, Ver- tical Boiler, Sidings, about 390 yards, in- cluding 6 Sets of Points and Crossings; Truck Weighbridge, and other items. The CoilieiT undertaking will first be offered as it stands, in one lot, but. if not so dispo«ed of, the Plant, and Machinery will immediately be put up for Sale pieoe- meal fr dismantle meat as catalogued. Arrangements will be made for a Motor Bue to run from Swansea, to Abercrave on the day of Sale. Particulars, Conditions of Sale, And may be obtained ofW. Davies, Esq., Solicitor, Llanelly; and the Auc- tioneers, 46, Waterloo-street, Swansea. SWANSEA AND DUNVANT. Sale of well-equipped Freehold and Lease- hold Engineering Works and Foundry in Central Position, M-Esi RS. John M. Leetier and Son HATE been instructed by Messrs. T. W. Williams and Sozio,. in order to wind up the partnership, to SELL by AUCTION, at the HOTEL MKTROPOLE, SWANSEA, od TUESDAY, lien JULY, 191b, at 3 p.m., the Freehold Engineering Works Having a- frontage of about 38ft. to Green- fieM-street, and known as THE WELLINGTON FOUNDRY, SWANSEA, And the Leasehold Foundry and Engineering Works, Known ae THE DUNVANT FOUNDRY, Situate adjoining the L. and N.W. Railway, and near to Dunvvvnt Station, having sn area of 2 ACRES 2 ROODS 31 POLES, or thereabouts—held for a term of 1,000 3rears from 29th September, 1888, at the low ground rent of £ 12 per annum-t-O.-eher with the BUILDINGS, FIXED AND LOOSE PLANT AND MACHINERY, and the GOODWILL of the Business, which has been established many years, aa a GOING CONCERN. Particulars, Plans, and Conditions of iia-le may be obtained of Messrs Viner Leerier and Morris, Solicitors, Swansea; Mr. W. Arthur DaNies. Solicitor, S-wansei; and of the Auc- tions, 46, Waterloo-street, Swansea. —.——————.—————————————.— ——. SHAFTESBURY HALL, ST. HELEN'S-ROAD, SWANSEA. Mr. Joseph Harris XtriLL SEIJ. BY PUBLIC AUCTION, on the Premises as above, on WEDNES- DAY, JDLY 7th. 191S, a Large Quantity of Superior Articles of Household Furniture, the chief items boing:-Beaiiiifully-oaxved Dark Walnut Bedroom Suite, Satin Walnut ditto, WaJnux-framed Saddle-Bag Suite, Drawing-room Suite in Figured Satin, Splen- did Dining-room feuite covered in green leather. Two Randsome Solid Walnut Side- boards with bevelled plate glass backs, Telescope Dining Table, Octagonal Table, Handsome Dresser with leaded gla-so cup- boards, Bedsteads. Wire-wove Mat treaties. Wool Overlays, Feather Beds, Bolsters and Pillows, Carpets, Hearthrugs, Linoleums, Single Combination Bed6tead, Walnut. Hall Stand, Odd Couch, Dinner and Tea Service, Kitchen Table, Chairs, Braes Fenders, Fire f Brasses, Singer's Sewing Machine, Lady's and (ient.'s Bicycle, together with a fuii- compesaed PIANOFORTE (by Jno. Brader. Swansea), &a well a.& numerous other articlee. Goods on View Morning of Sale. Sale to Commence promptly at 11 o'clock a.m. Tez*me: Cash. Auctioneer's Offices: 1, George-street, Swan. sea. Tel. N o.. 469 Docks. FIRGROVE," LLANLLIENWEN-IIOAD. MORRLSTON. (Fire minutw walk from Ynisforgan Tram T Animus;. Mr. Astley W. Samuel F.A.I., HAS received ins true, tious from Mrs. D. J. H Clarl. to SELL by PUBLIC AUCTION, at tlMs above addrees, on THURSDAY, 6th JULT, 1915, Housel-iold Appointments, PONY AND HARNESS CARRIAGES, DOG CART. POULTRY HOUSES, &c. Among the numerous Articles are the fol- lowing: Burr-walnut eased full iron-framed Upright Grand PIANOFORTE, Drawing Room Suite, Carpets, Ruga. Mats, -■-cry choice Burr-Wainut Occasional Table, Morn- ing l-.ooin Suite, Beautiful Mahogany Oaip- pendale Cabinet, Brats Fenders and lions, very fine Mahogany Overmantels, Omar lients, Pictures, beautiful Turkey Carpet and Rug, massive Walnut Dining Table. Ele- gant Chippendale Ball and Claw Dining Jnaiis, Bentwood Ch?.ire, Divan Easy Chairs, exceptionally handsome Mahogriny sideboard, very tine llall Stand, Hall Chairs, Linoleum, Coco Mat, Heavy Triangular ;ta.ir Rods, beautiful Burr-Walnut Bedroom suite, splendid Mahogany Bedstead, Box- spring Mattresses, Overlays, Feather Bc4s, Kitchen Uteneils, etc. WITHER'S FIRE-PRDOF SAFE. 30 x 20 x 20; SPORTING DOUBLE-BARRELL GUN AND DASE, RUSTIC SUMMER HOUSE, Garden Seats and Chairs, Lawn Mower, Garden Boiler, Scythe, Hay Rakes, Garden Tools. Dog Kennel. Tennis and Croquet Seto. BROUGHAMS, Beautiful DOG CART (by Rich, Brecon), GOVERNESS CAR, Stable Requisites, Garden-Forcing Framee, Poultry Elousea and Runs. Goods on View 12 noon to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, 7th July, 1915. Sale to commence at 11-30 &.m. Terms cash. Auctioneer's Offices: Kind's Ciuunbeas, Swansea. SOWER AUCTION" MART, REYNOLDSTONE. rUESDAY EXT, JULY 6th, 1915, promptly at U o'clock a.m. 30 PBilfE FAT CATTLS. 9f)f\ NEW SBAbON LAMBS AND l>UU YEARLINGS. 30 POEKEFS. 9 COWS AND CALVES. o MESSRS. JAMES & JAMES F.A. 1. AUCTIONEERS, • SALES BY AUCTION. TO CINEMA PROPRIETORS AND OTHERS. CENTRAL HALL (OR PLAYHOUSE). YSTALYFERA. Messrs. Clarke, Dovey & Co. TTAVE received inetrtrctiona to SELL FY JLL PUBLIC AUCTION at the above addree.s on WEDNESDAY NEXT, JULY 7th, 1915, an Electric Dynamo No. 22191. C.D. 110 Volte, K.W. 8, 6, Revolu- tions 1220, Output 60 Amps. (by the General Electric Co., of Wbitton). Switch Board and Meter, Electric Pittings and Machine Belt. To satisfy an execution issued through the High Sheriff of Glamorganshire against vi. Go u tts. The lotfl will be on view the morning of Sale, which will take place at 12..30 p.m. sharp. Terms cash. Further particulars apply to the Auction- eers, Gordon Chambers, 31, Queen-street, Cardiff, or Metal Exchange, Fisher-etreet, Swansea. Dated July 2nd, 1915 PUBLIC NOTICES. QOUNTY BOROUGH OF SWANSEA. TENDERS FOR COAL, WATERPROOF CLOTHING AND SUPPLY OF' YEAR BOOKS The Corporation invite. Tenders for:— (1j The supply of House and Anthracite Coal for the Municipal Omcee and Polke Stations. (2) The supply of Waterproof Clothing; and (J The supply of Year Booke. Forms cf tender and further particulars can be obtained for (i) and (2) at the Borough Surveyor's Office, Guildhall, Swansea; and at the offices of the under. signed. Sealed tenders endorsed "Tenders for ] to be deliv?ered at my offices not latter than Monday, the 12th July. 1915. The C-orporation do not bind themselves to accept the lowest or any tender. H. LANG COATH, Town Clerk. Guildhall, Swansea, 25th June, 1915. SWANSEA NATIONAL SHELL FACTORY. Wanted immediately, cap- able Engineer as Manager of Swansea National Shell Fac- tory. Must have had experi- ence in Shell Making. Apply, stating full particu- lars, including salary required to Secretary, Swansea Na- tional Shell Factory, Swansea. YACHT PATROL. WANTED RECRUITS FOR ACTIVE SERVICE IN THE ABOVE. SEAMEN, FIREMEN, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS, and ENGINEER APPRENTICES. Rates of Pay for Seamen and Firemen, 5C»s. a week, wit.h 10s. allowance forfood. R6 clothing gratuity. Pay for others various All information can be obtained from the FLAG-CAPTAIN, H.M. DOCKYARD, PORTSMOUTH. (^W AN SEA HARBOUR TRUST. CONTRACTS FOR PRINTING AND STATIONERY. THE TRUSTEES are prepared to receive and entertain TENDERS up to Noon on Wednesday, the 21st. July, 1915, for the Supply of Printing and Stationery for One or Three Years from the 1st, August, 1915. Fcrms of Tender and full particulars may be obtained on application to the under- signed at the Harbour 6rice, The Trustees do not bind themselves to accept the lowest or a-ny Tender. WILLIAM LAW, General Manager. Harbour Office*. Swansea., 1st July, 1915. gWANSEA EDUCATION COMMITTEE- TENDERS FOR MILK, ft TENDERS ARE INVITED for the SUPPLY OF MILK to the Swansea, Training Ooliege for the Twelve Months ending SIc-t July, 1916. Forms of Tender (on which forms alone Tenders will be considered) may be had on application to the undersigned. Sealed Tenders, marked outside "Tender for Milk," must reach the undersigned on or before noon on Tuesday. 6th July. 1915. The Committee does not bind itself to ac- cept the lowest or any Tender. A. W. HALDEN (Clerk). Education Offices, Grove-place, Swansea Juno 30th, 1915. PONT ARDULAIS fALLEN HEROES. A memorial service to the men of Poni- ardulais who have fallen in action, was held at St. Michael and All Angels' Church on Sunday. The Vicar, the Rev. W. C. Morgan, B.A., who is the chaplain of the 6th Welsh, preached an eloquent and impressive sermon. The Pontardulais Silver Band, con- ducted by Mr. D. Hannoy was present, and played Chopin's Funeral March" and The Last Post." There was a crowded congregation. MR. mrTdnTeyahssTketches. In one of the letters he contributed to the recent controversy in the "Leader," Mr. David Caradoc Evans stated that there would be more Welsh sketches from his pen upon the market shortly. Two of the promised studies are in the July number of the "English Review": The Devil in Eden and A Just Man in Sodom." We have said our say upon Mr. Evans's outlook on Welsh life and character, and even these two extraordinary studies will not tempt us to re-open the question. But we may be permitted to express our regret that a writer of such evident power should persist in drawing for English readers a picture of Welsh life which, in our opinion, is entirely mis- leading. He keeps to the erroneous trans- lation of the Big Man," but this is not the offence with which we quarrel. It is rather that Mr. Evans, who can render the Welsh talk in an English dress which does not reduce it to the level of the comif, whose Welslunan is not continually saying Yes, yes, inteet to gootness," presents modern Wales as given over to the religion of superstition, and gives types of Welshmen that. we entirely re- pudiate TIe is capable of better things. PONTARDULAIS V.T.C. A V.T.C. platoon has been formed at Pontardulais. Mr. R. R. Sampson, J.P., Bryngwilly, is the chairman of the committee, and Yr. Isaac L. Davies; Boys' School, hon. secretary. A strong committee has been formed, and amongst the hon. merabers of the corps are tho) R?vs. D. Lloyd Morgan, D.D., and W. C. Morgan. B.A. (vicar), and Mr. John Williams, J.P.. managing director (Clay- I ton Tin^late Co.) Sun Rises 3.51, Sun Sets 8.17. Lighting-up Time, 9.18. High Water To-day, 12.2 p.m. To-morrow, 12.23 a.m., 12.57 p.m.
AN APPEAL FOR SERBIAI I -…
AN APPEAL FOR SERBIA I I JVI r. M-asterman, who has gone back to I his literary work, has an article, in the new issue of the Contemporary Review" upon The Temper of the People." and the argument of it is epitomised in the paragraph following: It is a people awake.-thinking of war and nothing else by daylight., dreaming of I war in the darkness; each only desiro-us of doing his bit none, indeed, imagining for a moment the possibility of defeat; a people resolute and unafraid." He describes the wonder of the response to the call for recruits, recalling the manner in which three million joined the. Colours, and he reminds us also of the temper of those who have stayed behind. These, too, have given service, in witness of which he brings in, -,is witness, the (',bseneL' who has most power of judg- ing," Mr. W E. Dowding (prominently associated with the organisation of the Prince of Wales' Pund). Mr. Dowding estimates that, in addition to individual gifts of friends and relatives, twenty-five millions at least, in mc-ney or kind, has been raised for the "ii/rious funds of charity or service since the war's begin- ning; and this in face of (what no other belligerent nation has ventured to attempt) an immense increase in taxation —the doubling of the income-tax and a huge advance in the Deer and tea duties. Truly the people of Great Britain have answered well the call to the pocket. And we in Swansea can rejoice in the fact that the old town has worthily maintained its traditional generosity. No appeal has been made to it in vain. No appeal has been treated niggardly. The town has been overwhelmed with calls, and all have been listened to. That is why we rf-qpolld willingly, and hopefully, to a request that we shall call editorial attention to one of the many funds now beseeching help, and this fund not the least deserving. The Mayor has asked the townspeople to help in the matter of the Serbian hospitals, and already they have subscribed liberally. But we are asked to give the appeal a still wider publicity. Our readers know something of the dreadful state of things in the gallant little country which broke the offensive of Austria. No pen can ever picture the desolation which war-bred disease has wrought in Serbia. The typhus horror is passing, but an observer who has just returned to the stricken country writes that even as I write tiie^e lines in a valley among the hills I look down on a long wooden ehed which contains some twenty-five people in the grip of typhus. Far away in the South the town of Monastir has still many hundreds of these sick folk." And another disease is -now added to the long list, of Serbian maladies. .Gardening is so baoWard amid the larger exigencies of agriculture .that vege- tables are very- scarce and dear: and one result of this is that scurvy has broken out. V* p have sent out an heroic band of men and women to help, and it is our duty to see that they 'are well supplied with means to fight the foe that is hitting Serbia harder than can the Austrians. Therefore it is that we command the town fund on behalf of this cause, and hope that into the hands of Mrs. J. Aeron Thomas, of Dolgoy, West Cross, who is acting as local treasurer, there will come this week another fine list of subscrip- tions. Belgium and Serbia have done so much for the cause of the Allies that there is nothing too much that we can do for them. Last week seems to have been an unfor- tunate time for the German nary. The raid on Windau had unhappy conse- quences—for the raiders! Windau. is some fifty miles north of Libau, and situated just south of the elbow of land Tound which lies the Gtlf of Ri1;a. It is said to be the last point against which the Ger- mans can operate without getting into the narrow waters of the Gulfs of Riga and Finland, where they would be exposed to the aftacks of the formidable Russian tor- pedo flotillas, both, above water and below. The raid ended in the sinking of a torpedo- boat, and in the action off Gothland a German mine-layer was driven ashore and wrecked. Now we hear of the successful .torpedoing of a German war- shi!p of the Dentschland type-?one of the 1906 p re-Dread noughts—which suggests that the Russians are regaining repute at sea,.and that the Baltic, is scarcely as safe a place of refuge for the enemy as the Kiel Canal! The progress of Mackensen's wedge will probably absorb attention this week, unless, also, there is something in the yague reports that the Germans are going to try big movements in the West. Col. Maude maintains his cheerful confidence in Russia, declaring that once the Ger- mans ieaoli the edge of the Pripet marshes they will stand between the two Russian armies, one having its centre of gravity (not its base) in Warsaw, the other (to the south of the marshes) drawing its supplies of men and material from the region of Kieff. The old Grand Army, under Napoleon, in a similar position, always made short work of its adversaries strategically, but only because its corps could march faster, and on the whole fight harder, than any of thedr i.-iitagonists, but in both essentials the advantage is now decidedly on the side of the Russians. If the reader studies the map, however, he will see that the German main objective may be the Russian fortress of Brest- Litovsk. If they get there, it will mean the isolation of Warsaw, and also the shortening of their line. The Nation points out that the Caking of this fortress would cripple the Russian military machine for a considerable time. It is from this point <3t view that the question arises, whether the Russians can now make a prolonged stand in their eastward retreat. The Germans are advancing on Lublin between the Vistula and the Bug. That may involve a threat to the key- fortress of Ivangorod, which defends Warsaw by bestriding the Vistula aixty miles below it. It also involves a threat to Brest-Litovsk, in front of which the Bug flows*
THE BALTIC FIGHTj
THE BALTIC FIGHTj SOME INTERESTING THEORIES 1T!E are getting information about the sea fight in the Baltic in instal- ments. On Saturday came news about the driving ashore of the mine-layer Alba- tross; on Sunday we heard of the blowing up of a German warship of the Deutsch- land class—one of the enemy's five pre- Dread iio i-, ghts; and on Monday morning, we were told that a Russian destroyer ramineci a German submarine, which did not reappear on the surface." The battle took place on Friday between the Swedish Isle of Gothland and the Courland coast of Russia. The chief events took place at three different times: 9 aan. The German Albatross ran ashore sinking. 10.30 a.m. The Roon and other Ger- man warships fled, 3 p.m. The German pre-Dreadnought was torpedoed and blown up, and a sub- marine was rammed. The battle was partly fought within the three-mile limit from the Gothland shore; and Sweden will lodge a protest with the offending belligerents. BRITISH SUBMARINES Ity BALTIC? HHHE torpedoing of the batHeship lends add itiona. 1 1nterest to the ramoux, which for some time past has been strongly credited in Petrograd, that British submiirines are actively oo-operat- iiig with the Russian Fleet. Indeed, the Sunday Times" suggests, on tohe strength of reliable information from Russia that the German, attack on Lihau would have been much more serious had it not been for the presence in the Baltic of 15 British submarines, which it is firnjly believwl were instrumental in sinking ,at least two German transports. THE RUSSIAN BALTIC FLEET. THE Russian Baltic Fleet is proving '— itself well worthy of the high reputa- tion for Ixnth seamanship and gunnery enjoyed by its (Late commander, Admiral von Eseen. The fight off Gothland be- tween the Russian and the German armoured cruiser squadrons would seem to have been one of the few straight- forviard naval engagements in the present war. Owing to the very heavy losses al- ready incurred by the enemy in this claes of vessels, our allies possess a decided advantage in gun power. This will be clearly seen from a comparison, between the German flagship ithe Boon, which oarries tour 8in. and ten 6in. guns, as against the four Iftin. and the eight 8ih. borne by the leader of the Russian armoured cruisers, tie Rurik. The lo;Uer vessel is practically the only one of bar class, and prior to the appearance of the Dreadnought or battle-cruiser was the most powerful armoured crumr afloat, not excluding the Blucher, with her twelve 8in. guns, which, was practically built in answer to the laying docvm. of the Rurik by Russia in 1905. SOME INTERESTING THEORIES. THE naval correspondents are very con- tradictory in their views regarding the strategical position in the Baltic. Thus one declares that the German pttr- pose may be to tempt the Russian Baltic Fleet to conje .mt in strength and to bring a superior force held in reserve to cut it from its base. The appearance of a battle- ship squadron, of which one vessel was torpedoed on Friday, lends colour to that theory, though on other grounds it would seem much more likelf that the German squadrons in the Baltic are keeping watch against a Russian attempt to raid German sea-coast towns, and at the same time Germany takes what opportunity may offer to raid Russian coast towns. A MINE-LAYING SCHEME. THE presence of the German minelayer Albatross with, the squadron sug- gests that the Germans may be attempt- ing to lay mines to prevent the Russian Baltic 'Fleet from coming out. a scheme which would be more in accordance with German methods than an endeavour to seek a general action with a fleet which, though inferior in strength, is really act- ing strategically in conjunction with the superior British Fleet. It is reasonable to assume that Germany intends to re- serve her strength to deal'with the most powerful enemy. Until he is destroyed Germany can do nothing at sea outside the Baltic except lay mines and sink merchant ships with her submarines. If the Russian Fleet was mined in, Ger- many would for a time be free to act elsewhere, should she decide to bring out her Fleet. In the meantime Russia and Germany in the Baltic are keeping just in touch. A FAR-FETCHED SUGGESTION. ANOTHER view offered is that, on the *— face of it, the whole proceeding was so stragetically futile that one is driven to seek for some extraneous explanation of the undertaking. The Russian Courland Coast ig fairly simple to attack. It is not particularly well defended, as the Grand Duke quite wisely recognises that the main Russian theatre of war is further south. Attempts at landing there could be car- ried out without very much risk. It is possible, then. suggests one of the naval writers to-day, that the Ger- man troops employed on these ex- peditions are only rehearsing under actual war conditions the work of landing in England, which is the great desire of every German? There is, I believe, something more behind this idea than appears at first glance," he declares. We scarcely think anyone will be very convinced. THE 151N. GUN TALE./ THE sinking of the Deutschland battle- lJ- ship is equivalent to a weakening of Germany's pre-Dreadnought battle strength by 10 per cent.; slio has-or had —only ten vessels built prior to the Nas- sau clas&-the first Dreadnoughts—of much fighting value, for the ten older ehips, of the Wittelsbach and Kaiser types, are small. of about 11.000 tons dis- placement, and their main armament is four 9.4in. guns of 40 calibres. There is a belief in some quartern that these older ships have been re-armed. To the sug- gestion of a correspondent who wrote him that "You are evidently unaware of the fact that the German fleet is being fitted out with guns of enormous range, far beyond anything our Navy has. Mr. Archibald Hurd replies that the sug- gestion is a fairy tale, quite possibly cir- culated by the Germans. Once a ship is built, you may fit her with smaller guns a* the primary armament, but not with larger ones. Moreover, owing to atmos- pheric conditions, a gun with a range "far beyond anything our Navy has" would have no .iclvan t«j^e; the British 13.5in. and 15in. guns have a range which M. the highest practicable, and the Ameri- cans hold that the effective distance covered by th* latter is greater than need be. At any rate, the truth about these gun stories is that it is easier to put quart into a pint measure than to place 15in. or heavier guns in a ship con- structed to carry 9.4in. or llin. weapone.
THIRTY MILLIONS IN CHARITY.
THIRTY MILLIONS IN CHARITY. -1-w THE OPEN HEART OF THE NATION • I The war has opened the heart of the nation as nothing has ever done before. There is not a family in the land tha.t has not contributed something either ;o the relief of suffering cx to the cihnort of the troops at the front. The full ex- tent of these contributions would be difficult to estimate had it not been that a careful observer in Mr. W. E. Dowding, of the National Relief Fund, has been preparing for book form a permanent re- cord of this magnificent output of volun- tary effort. From the particulars which he has gathered of all voluntary work since the war 'broke out, he estimates, he said in an interview the value in money of the gifts in cash and in kind in the United King-. dom alone at £ 25,000,000. In addition to these gifts, there are all the contributions from the Colonies, which would bring up the total to at least £ 30,000,000. This sum does not touch military work. and the offer of men and equipment—those splendid offers, for example, from the Princes in India and from Colonial legislatures. If we were to add these, the total could very easily be put at 240,000,000. h Although this is a strikingly large figure in contrast with nnything that has been done before, yet it may also be looked at," he remarked, in proportion to the part which the Empire is taking in the war. It really, is not, pnoportion- ately, a large sum. Against the huge figures of the War Loan it looks, indeed, rather small. But, whereas the War Loan is lent at a profit, this sum has been en- tirely given without prospect of return; it; is a sacrifice. It does show, indeed, as Mr. Mastermun very rightly says in an' article in the Contemporary .Review,' that even those who stay at home, the noi^-combatants, are deply determined to do their part. Four Funds That Exceed a Million. The largest fund raised hitherto in this country was the South African War Fund, which reached just over £ 1,100.000. There are already four funds in this country which have passed that total, namely: "Tha National Relief Fund. which, in- cluo. ling tue. amount cnntrib lted I for re- lief. hut not sent to tbi central fund, is at least £ S,000,<WW) "The Rtd Cross and St. John Ambu- lance Funi. amounting to CI,500,000. "The Belgian. Relief land, which is well over a million. "The conthbutio?s to the neutral com- mission for j?lMf in Belgium, also w?H over a million. Amongst, many other large funds is the Y.M.C.A. War Emergency Fund, which is about £ 350.000. £ 5,000,000 Gifts in Kind. Gifts iu kind to soldiers aud sailors are eo numerous .that it is almost im- j.'ossible to estimate accurately their value. I have prepared a list of the item6 that have been collected by vari- ous organisations, and it is four hundred long, ranging from lavender and verbena for the hospitals right up to complete hospital equipments, fleets of motor am- bulances, all kinds of clothing, furniture for hut, names amusements, gge.. Christmas puddings, vegetables, razors, and field glasses. "Then. as you know, a vast quantity of cigars and tobacco- ha,, been sent to the troop;. One Londoa papgr has col- lected 11 I) 1e than 80,000,000 cigarettes and another about all over the country newspapers have had tobacco fundf- It would be a conservative esti- mate to value these gifts in kind to the soldiers and sailors at £ 5,000.000. "To show how thoroughly the appeals bave reached individuals, the case may be mentioned of a, village in Yorkshire, which aeat in such a large contribution to one of the funds that I inquired of the Chairman of the Parish Csr^icil how it had been done. Hel sent a long des- cription of his methods which ended in the statement that nve'-y d.ty they had put the nxmes of vioBtributors on a black, Loard outside t ae Till t-e schoolroom Employes and Employers. j Workmen's collections either in boxes or on lists, or by means of an agreed deduction from the weekly wages, have yielded an incalculable amount. Only this week the miners of and Derbyshire have decided to make a gift of £ 30.000 for motor a.m-bulanoos and to subscribe XI,OM a month 1 o maintain them. At the t<ame time the colliery owners in those two counties have made & gift of « £ 3o,000 for similar purposes. And then employers throughout the country have tablished wages funds, in which they reserve money both for the men themselves when they return to civil life and for their dependents during the war. There are many cases of wage-, oarti-ors contributing to the dependents of their fellows who have joined the Colours and of employers doubling the sum. In foot, I do not think that any distinction can be drawn in this matter between rich and poor. Sacrifices of the Poor. I There have been remarkable sacrifices amongst the poor, such as these:— The boys of a reformatory echool gave up their annual holiday to send money to tie Prince of Walk's Fund. The girls of a training home gave up puddings and had dry bred in order ,,to inakea weekly contribution to one of the large funds. A working woman with no money offered a florin brooch which wias given to her by her husband on her wedding day twenty-one years ago. There have been gifts from all parts of the world. The chief of these was, perhaps, the million bags of flotir from Canada. Four million pounds of cheeee was sent by the Government of Quebec. All parts of the Empire have sent fruits of the earth and have supported by col- lections nearly all the funds raised in the ( United Kingdom. ) Few Fraudulent Appeals. I A good many people have been en- couraged by superficial statements in some newspapers to believe that fradulent ap- peals are prevalent. That is not so. As a matter of fad, the large number of genuine appeals and the constant pub- licity given to them by the Press, which has acted most generously all through the war, seems to have, directed public charity into the proper channels, and spurious ap- peals have been shouldered out. One interesting consideration is how this great outpouring of war charity has affected the permanent charity of the country. So far as I have been able to ascertain the permanent charities have done better during the war than they I did before. The war, in fact, seems to have acted just as Christmaa does in opening people's hearts."