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I NOTES AND COMMENTS
I NOTES AND COMMENTS The extent of the Allies hopes is shown strikingly in the answer Sir John French has sent to the congratulatory message of the Lord Mayor of London. The good wishes of their countrymen, he says, "will be of the grea-test encouragement to the troops to push the immediate success to a really decisive issue." There is no fresh official news from the British front, where heavy -weathei- is impeding the movements of our troops. But the attack I shows no signs of spending itself. The exact significance of the taking of Hill 140—" the culminating point of the crasts of V imy "-is not quite clear. On the right flank we are across the Lens-La Bassee road, but a military writer says that we are a little I in the air, because the French are not yet masters of Givenchy and the Vimy plateau. ThT? Wednesday evening com- munique from Paris simply states that fighting continued throughout the day on the heights between Souchez and T imy. We maintained all the new posi- tions which we had previously taken." Meantime, the nation is wad ting, with some amount of dread, and yet with for- titude, for news of the cost of victory. That is will be heavy goes without say- ing: successes of the nature that the Allies have had are. not purchased cheaply. But, if the French position may be re- garded as much like our own there is hope that the losses will not be upon the scale of pa-st engagements, such as the Battles of Ypros and ellve Chapslle. In Paris, it. is believed that. the tremendous expenditure of money and labour upon artillery and shells has resulted in a saving of lives even beyond the expecta- tion of those who had declared so confi- I dently in the past that this would be so. And the proportion of killed and wounded is said to be noticeably small. One other point may be noted for the oomfort of this country. It is that whilst old Rcgalaj- battalions and Territorials played their part in the advance, the central move- ment on Loos was entrusted to one of the new di> isions raised since last September. And the men are said to have acted like seasoned veterans. The cffect of the Allied offensive in Flanders and France is the subject of some interesting views from Petrograd. All the correspondents write with many qualifications, and some declare that it is a good deal too early to indulge in specu- lations with regard to the future. The j Morning Post" representative in the Russian capital, who has all along shown himself possessed of means of securing special information, asserts that the first faint sign6 of favourable change in the East were conveyed to the Western Allies, and the. signal was then given for the commencement of active operations which have been kept waiting until the German armies in 'Russia reached a certain stage favourable for the common operations of all the Allies. Friends from Ae Russian! front told the correspondent that the Army generally has long been aware that September was the date when the change was expected to come. This month was the time limit, but the point to note is that the space limit is at least one hun- dred miles further west than waa ex- pected. That hundred miles, represent. ing three months' fighting at the present rate of German progress, is claimed to be the index to the extent of the German en- feeblement. According to Russian calcu- lations the Germans should by September —the time limit apparently agreed upon by the Allies in common-have been at least another hundred miles deeper into Russia. They have reached the requisite stage of enfeeblement before getting half- way to their mark. Russia has begun to turn. The views of a militarv critic in the N-ovoe. Vremya are forwarded by the Times correspondent in the Russian capital. This critic comes to the conclu- sion that the enemy will lie compelled to recall a portion of his troops from the extern theatre ot war., On the basis of the ratio of prisoners to other casualties he estimates that the Germans3 losses in their recent defeat cannot be much less than 75,000 Fwi know now that they aro I very greatly in excess of this figurej; in othr words, to fill up the gap in their western lines the Germans must recall an entire army from the eastern front, which Í6 no easy task in view of the heavy drain on the German reterves necessitated by the prerariout; I situation of Generals Bohm-Ermolli and I'flanzer. Luring to.) fortnight which has ala-pewd since the defeats of these generals the fresh drafts la.vi«sh]y poured into thf* battle have failed to repair the strategical position on the Sereth, the Styr, and the Stocho-.L Do yon think they can break through?" was the question a German correspondent put forward again and again when he visited the German lines in Champagne. The invariable answer was. Out of the quest.ion.- How the de- feat must have lowered the morale of the troops in this region can be imagined from the confidence with which the Ger- mans regarded their position. It is an open sscret that we are reckoning with the poesibilitv of an attempt by the enemy to start a new great offensive some- where on the-"W}est front," wrote this cor- respondent in a message wherein he described the awesome effect of the bom- bardment heard behind the lines -it is quoted in the Times." We arc ready for it; the whole front is in a state of electric tension; and I am not going to far when I say that there is hope, too. in the hearts of our troops, who are eager for the fray." Accounts have reached this country of the wonderful fortresses the enemy had built during the long stale-mate in the We^t. Little )HS. be^jj ^Jlip-wed^ tp ¡rv.- pire, in detail, of the means by which I these were finally reduoed. But enough I has come through to sho-w that the hurri- cane assaults of the Freiucfe and British were irresistible—and that they left the eN-my demolished. The prisoners were of a ols which seemed to indicate that Germany, is finding difficulty in maintain- ing the standard of men with which she swept' over Northern France. "I have never seen more unprepossessing soldiers I in any country," f'aY5 one observer. "They were far from being the flower of the Prussian Army; many were youths, and all of thorn had dull, unintelligent faces." Speculations as to numbers are notoriously unreliable, but we give for what they are worth the opinions of a military -writer on the new situation, ac- cording to official estimates, the (strength or the German armies in France us below two millions. A considerable proportion j of the total strength is made up of non- combatant servioes and troops on the linos of communication, and of those re- maining all are not available for manning the trenches. Recently published state- ments make it appear that the number of army corps on the Western front, after having been increased during the spring, probably to meet the Allied offensive! which was expected to take place about j the month of May, has al-ain fallen to th<» figure of December, namely, forty-seven This, assuming all units to be at war strength, which they probably are not. would provide about 1,130.000 bayonets, of which, again, all would not be available; ia the trenches. Assuming that they were, an ^verago of only 2,825 rifles per I mile, or about 1.5 per yard, would be at the disposal of the enemy, a number very inadequate to provide a fighting line to- gether with local and general reserves. It is practically the 6anie average strength with which the British line about Ypres was held during the heavy German at- tacks at the end of October. The moral of the week's victories as far as they can be seen from the information I permitted the country, is well pointed by Truth." It is that whilst organisation and science have done much for our I enemies, they ha.ve not done everything, and now, as always, the human factor is what, other things being equal. wiLl ulti- I mately decide the fate of the campaign. The Germans fight, well enough in massed formations because they have no choice. but they have not beftn taught to fight individually, and this is where French and British training oomes in. The phalanx is too wasteful of life to endure to the end. and is already bending under the pressure of the light. infantry attack in which both French and British sol- diers excel. Given equality in numbers of men, guns, and munitions, the result can never be doubtful. One of fhe causes which will keep the rates of Swansea- fairly high during the progress of the war is the allowances which the Corporation is making to all I servants who have gone upon military service. From the Borough Treasurer's Abstract of Accounts—a volume arranged with the skill of a master-hejid in finance —we are able to give some indication of the responsibilities which the town has undertaken in this direction. The figures only take us up to March 31st last, and we cannot say the length of time they cover; roughly, we should say about six months. The department with the Largest number of enlisted men seems to be that associated with the Highways Committee, the Electricity Works coining a good second. The figures are: Allowam-96 to Men on Military Service. £ s. d. Highways Committee 441 13 8 Electricity Works 391 19 7 Borough Architect's Depart- ment  275 13 11 Health CommittM) 239 19 2 Parks 138 i 7 Finance Committee 45 13 5 Corporation Property De- partment 36 18 8 Corporation Workshop 16 8 2 Add to this, the Police Force expenditure j —and the additional S2,050 spent last jear is principally accounted for by special constables and allowances to men on military service—and the allowances for teachers who have enlisted (these are not specified), and it will be eeeu that in this one respect alone we have taken upon ourselves respectable burdens. Let us add that they are burdens which the rate- payer will cheerfully bear We have received a copy of Civilisa- tion in the Melting Pot (Headley, Bros., Is.) which is made up of a number of essays upon foreign policy Mr. George A. Greenwood, of Ystalyfera, contributed at Various times to the Millgate Monthly," and others written specially for the volume. Mr. Greenwood is "still in the year of his majority," and in a ¡ modest preface he pleads that the young man's view of things should be given a chance of reaching the eyes and ears of the nation. Mr. Arthur Ponsonby, M.P., in an introduction, emphasises the value of a survey from Dan to Beersheba by one who has youth, and recklessness and impetuosity upon his side. But for our part, we wish Mr. Greenwood had been freer from that outlook peculiar to the people we dub "intellectuals"; that, good Briton as he is, he did not show such eigns of an overwhelming desire to be meticulously fair to the enemy, and to discover all that can be said for him. We wish that in his essay upon U Germanophobia I for instance, he had found that note which ought to be in the voice of a young man of 21—the note of passionate and righteous fury against the nation which has placed itself beyond the pale of civilisation. Mr. Greenwood talks of Ypres and Louvain with horror and disgust; he refers to the bombardment of Scarborough as the clowning manifestation of a paroxysm of moral insanity," but not the premedi- tated act of an entire nation." Unfor- tunately the proofs are too numerous that Germany has been conquered by Prus- sianism: ths Jaughter with which the U boat crew greeted the last of the Falaha victims echoed throughout Ger- jtaaay. A chapter upon Russia contains many untimely statements. But for all i that. we welcome the book as an expres- sion of a young man's mind. Mr. Green- wood is, of course, as dogmatical as 21 can be; still he writes with force, with a general knowledge which commends re- j spect, and he writes well. A good deal more is ,ty .tyearjJ of pim.
TARIFF THEORIES AND FACTS
TARIFF THEORIES AND FACTS FALLACIES EXPOSED. SIR ALFRED MOHO CRITICISES BUDGET PROPOSALS. DUTIES ON MOJOR CAR PARTS. ITALIAN AnD FRENCH MANUFACTURES AFFECTED. Free Trade principles and the proposed new taxes under Mr. McKenns/s Budget were subjects of keen discussion in the House of Commons on Wednesday on the report of Committee of Wav6 and Means- The additional duties on tea. cocoa, coffee, and chicory were agreed to without debate. On the resolution for a duty of 33 1-3 pe rcent. on imported cars, cycles, parts and accessories. Mr. M'Kenna said that practically all the motor-car works in this country had been taken over for war munitions. In these circumstances he hopcxl the House would allow the fiscal'controversy to drop. (An Hon. Member: Why did you raise it?) He was endeavouring to show that he did not propose to raise it. He held himself absolutely at liberty, if he occu- pied his present postion next year, not to invite the House to renew these taxes. No Tarff Party Pressure. I Mr. Bonar Law said there was an im- pression that these duties were due to the existence of the Coalition Cabinet, and that they were the result of pressure by himself and his friends. That was a com- plete delusion- These particular duties were suggested by Mr. McKonna to the Cabinet, and none of the Tariff Re- formers. so far as he knew, had had any previous conversation with him on the subject. Further, he believed that these duties would have been imposed if there had not been Unionist members of the Cabinet, and in that case they would have gone through the House with much l less opposition. (Liberal cries of "No.") He (Mr. Law) ccumended to the critic the sturdy faith of the President of the Board of Trade, who told him he was glad to see these taxes, as they would prove the fallacy oi all the Tariff Reo formers' arguments. (Laughter). SIR ALFRED MOND. I NOT DEALING WITH THEORY. I Sir Alfred Mond said the right hon. gentleman (Mr. Bonar Law) had certainly n'ade a difficult position more difficult to understand than it was before. He went on: Many of us, I cannot say myself, and certainly a large section of the people outside the House, see in theso duties which we are row discussing eonu concession to the Tariff Reform opinion in the Cabinet. I am not surprised that the right hon. gentleman repudiates that suggestion, and I very glcdly believe that it is the last way in the world in which he or any intelligent Tariff Reformer would have introduced this subject. When we are, accused of raising an old controversy and j arpeaied to not to continue the discus- sion, I would point out that we have nor, introduced any controversy whatever. We are not dealing -with a question of theory. Free Trade and Protection are not theories but facts, and the fact is that you are I introducing for the first time for many l years in the Budgit protective duties-, that is to say. duties on imported goods without imposing on similar goods manu- factured in this country corresponding ex- cÎE>í duty. That is protective, and these duties are protective, and no amount of giving reasons why you are doing it will ?t over the fact that you are asking us b vote for a protective tariff on these articles. The Chancellor's Reasens. I I admit that if the Chancellor of the Exchequer had made outf a case of an t overwhelming character in regard to the reeds oi our national finance even t-heil most convinced Free Trader might haV':Ijl been ready to frankly admit such pro- ?o?-alB, but the Chancellor of the Ex- cl?quer b? d<?He nothia? of the kind. and ho cMnnot do anythia? of the kiad. What are the reasons he hnngs forward for those duties? The first argument is as to exchange, but I submit that thp 4.trount affected is not worth consideration ir this connection. The right hon. geutieman took me to task the other day ro" comparing the amount of exports which I eaid would be included— £ 2,400 000—in si moathf. against a total imports of £ 429,000,000. He observed that I ought not to compare tha total amolmt, of int- verts which are excluded and the balan--ei, for the six month.5. I cannot get the I figure for the halanoo of trade for the l1nple rc&eon that we are importing and c?portin? Government goods in large quantities which are not recorded in the Board of Trad e reports. The Sumptuary Argument. I Why does not the Chancellor of the Erchequer tell us what that figure is, and what this £ 2,400,000 should be compared with? Sorely the fact that you have raised a loan of £ 100,000,000 in the United Stales is, for the purpose of exchange, a sufficient answer: and as to the exclusion of £ 2.400,000 worth of goods, they are not all from America, but from all parts of the world, and this tax on all the goods coming from America is not going to have an encrmous effect on exchange. Coming to the question of revenue, the £ 2,000,01*0 raised from these duties, seeing that we are spending £ -i,00O,OW a day on the war, will not pay for more than IS hours. Then there is the sumptuary argument. You want to prevent people from purchasing luxuries, and therefore you are going to tax that class of products which are not luxuries at all. Th»t is what we cannot I understand. per ent. of motor cars are used for usinC86 purpoKas and the war, and the right hon. gentle- man has not told us whether motor cars used for war purposes are going to be excluded- Motor Ambulances for Russia. I A large number of foreign motor cars are brought to this country and sent: again to France for war purposes, and I saw the other day an appeal to send motor ambulance cars to Russia. I have very little doubt that probably eeane of those cars are American cars, and among other cars very largely u-sed for ambu- lance purposes is the Ford car. Ap- parently we are to be stopped buying cars for ambulance purposes for our Allies on the plea that we must not admit luxuries. I have a largo number of letters of protest against luxuries, One does not want to awnken past eon- trovers!es, but I am astounded how every- thing I prophesied about tariffs is coming so trU2. "We have got now to occupy our minds with every industry and the details of every industry which is supposed to come under the tariff. We are asked questions, for instance, about rebate, I Perhaps the Financial Secretary to the ?Tr?aeur? m?j- be able to tell us ii wheci an English motor-car maniifactmra im- ports parts necessary for him to make motor-cars which ho is going to export to other countries, whether he will be I allowed rebate on the 33i per cent duty. I Our Business with France. I have a letter here from a representa- I tive firm, which does a large business in exporting cars all over the world, and they say that unless they can get a rebate* I they must take t.hia business out of this country to New York. How is that fcoing to help exchange ? 1011 dre going to put a heavy duty on watcher, and on some of the remaining businesses which our French Allies have got. I have got letters to protest and of bitter complaints, be- cause whereas the French Government have allowed the makers of French cars to keep u ur connection in this country, ar nake a small number of motor-cars uing them here you are putting 01 ty that is going to knook the Frei 'Ire entirely out ot existence. Is that, fi JjDoes that help our ex- changes? I Surely it lore important for us to get our exc ge with France more nor- mal. than get our exchange with America mL-9 normal. It is surely injurious t.o the business of this country thrL the exchange with Franco shou be bad, yet you are levying the dt in a most extraordinary way. I wouI, ke to give an example cf how the meth by which the Chancellor levies the dut) ffeots Jfrench ears and American cars. An American Ford car will requir imported parts for assembling valuei at E12, on which the duty is E16. A n dium-pric.d American car. complete with body, will be valued at. say, £lO. with the duty of £ 40. On the other hand a medium French car will cost S225. with the duty of £ 70. On ex- pensive French cars like the "Delaunpy Belleville" the duty will be £ 220. The duty of .£16 or £ 40 would not affect the sale of American cars, but in the case of the high priced cars the duties will completely kill the French and Italian trade, and further benefit the American manufacturers. The Foreign Exchanges. Thus we are going to damage our ex- change with Italy and wiih France. It is not a benefit to English trade that the Italian and the French exchanges should be so much in our favour. We could send more experts to those countries if the exchange wore more normal. You are going to damage those exchanges and not get any result in America, not. because of ¡ the duty but because of the way you are going to levy it. Just take the subj ect of tyres. The rigbt hon. gentleman aihrms, and we believe, that the duty has no pro- tective intention, but he is giving a pro- tection of 3A per cent, ad valorem duty to British tyre makers against our French Allies. I saw the other day that a large firm of tyre makers were putting up their price by 3*31, per cent. On what principle can you justify a protective tariff in favour of English tyre against. French? I under- stand that the right hon. gentleman, in the case of motors, says that they are not being made here, but he cannot allege that in the case of tyres which are manu- factured here I think to the value of half- a-million pounds per year. He has already taken a good deal out of these duties. Will he not tak", the tyres out too? I do not pre?a the right hon. gentleman for an excise duty, because I am perfectly well awaje tha.t the practical difficulties in his way make it impossible for him to impose it. Custom House Difficulties. May I ask why he chose this moment to throw additional and unwarranted work on the Custom House Department? Those, of us who are engaged in exporting goods know the difficulties of obtaining ex- port licenses at the Custom House—(bear, hear)—and yet, this it the moment which the right hon. gentleman chores to start id valcrum dllti with p?op? who have no knowledge of valuation whatever. Th right hou. gentleman ha never explained how the valuation is to h? don or what Court of Appeal there is to lie against any over valuation. I get thousands of letters asking what is excluded aud what is in- cluded. A tariff is a delicate and scien- tific thing, and cannot be introduced m this crude manner. *ou will cause end- less difficulty hy the method of imposing the same duty on parte as on the com- pleted car. I am sure if the right hon. gentleman, the Member for West Birmingham (Mr. Chamberlain) had charge we would have had something very elegant in the way of tariffs. It does r.ot make it any better ?or the poor people "h<? are being taxed, and it does not do "? 1 the da-rc you are doiDg to a ri of industries becai way. I do hope we aiething I more accurate all worked out.. The questiou of pn. is very important. 1 I understand tha -orne parts oome largely, if not f .rely. from other I. countries and are llf on British cars. A Striking Illustration. The British Government will tax those parts, which will then be used by British motor car manufacturers who, in some cases, will sell those cars to the War Office, so that the Government will i pay with the one hand the duty which it ¡ is levying with the other- The are all little troubles connected with tariffs. I I think we might try and avoid them. I was challenged the other day, or a; least I saw a statement, that in presenting ?gurcs from the Motor Trade Association declaring that ?E16.(W,OM of capital was employed and 30,000 men in the trade. that I had not much 'belief in those figures. I am sorry if I conveyed that impression. I have every reason to believe in those figures, and I understand that they can he absolutely proved. That is a very large amount. and it is a very serious question. Is this the right moment to go and impose this duty, or is there any rea- son for doing it? I can quite understand that the Cabinet in the innocence of their heart thought what a splendid thing it would be to stop people buying: motor cars. May I point out that I know people who have big cars and who have actually bought Ameri- can small cars in order to practice economy ? It is very much cheaper to run a small car than a big car, therefore, you discourage economy by compelling pw-ple to go round in big motor cars instead of buying the cheap cars. (Hear, hear and laughter.) A Protective Tariff. I I saw the figures worked out the other day when I was being urged to do the same thing, which I did not do because I did not want to make the American Ex- change any worse. The right hon. gentle- man, of course, is in a difficult position, and I am afraid his attempts to white- wash himself to-day, and the support he has received very ably from Mr. Bonar Law may satisfy him, but will not satisfy anybody else. He has got here a protec- tive tariff. (Hear, hear.) He may as well frankly admit it. What the result will be after the war I cannot say. The right hoq. gentleman, the Colonial Minister, thought it would have no effect, though some of the journals, which sup- port that policy think otherwise. Person- ally I prefer not to prophesy as to what is going to happen to any of us after the war. I think the war is so absorbing and the results of it are so incalculable tlat there is not much use in discussing what is going to happen afterwards. I do think it is a great pity to introduce all this trouble at this time. The Chancellor of the Exchequer by these duties has evoked a great deal of feeling inside and outside the House, and has already abandoned half the duties on motor cars this after- noon. Mr. McKenna dissented. Sir A. Mond: We will say a third. Har- ing abandoned a third, can he not aba don the other two-thirds? Does he really want to put us in the position of beir.g opposed to him at this moment, and or* having to stir up a controversy at this moment on the details of all the vwrioua duties on the different stages of the BmJ- get? I cannot imagine that he or his col- leagues really think what they are goi" to get out of these duties is worth all fii,4 trouble and all the heart-burning they have raised not only here but outside, (Cheers.) After all the right hon. gentle- man perhaps no longer receives those com- munications which be used to get as tr.4 Secrotary of the Free Trade Union. (Laughter.) I The Technical DctaHs. If he did he would eee how many of those who formerly admired and adored him are to-day regarding his action witht pain and horror. He would realise how we al e asked to conduct campaigns whictt we do not wish to do. Is that really thom temper and spirit which you Oslk to introduce at this moment? Have you not got one controversy on your hands whica is quite slifficient for you? Do you wila to raise another? I rannot believe yon seriously do, and I think the more th-v right hon. gentleman will examine th* technical details of his duty the worse will find them to be and the greater t71" difficulties will appear. He will have, for instance, to make arrangements fo bonded warehouses and complicated ar«; rangenients for rebates. Where, may I ask, does he intend thatf the valuation should take effect? Is its at the port of landing or at the port of shipment? That point has.not been madl I clear, and I have been asked about it br sc-veral people, because it would mak* considerable difference. If you take thØt duty at the port of landing you arrive at the extremely curious result in the c",v of motor cars of a different rate of dutir according to the port at which the rue happens to be landed, since the freights to the various ports differ. I A Tale and a Moral. I On the other hand, I do not see how the right hon. gentleman can charge this duty ou the price on the other side of H"< Atlantic. I do not envy the Chancellur on hie first plunge into Protection. Ht* action reminds me of a story of Romos French troops who got tired' of doing-I nothing in the trenches, and so thev abandoned 9 trench. TV hen tho Germant took it the Frenchmen were overjoyed, ¡ and proceeded to drive them out i>,gai". (Laughter.) The right hon. gentleman is evacuating his trenches, and I beg f him to retake them before ther are occiii pied by the enemy, lest he may not b\ ablo to drive the enemy out. (Cheers.) Debate Adjourned. The, discussion continued until nearlv. 11 o'clock. Urgent appeals were made bv L Liberal members to the Chancellor of tbsv I Exchequer to consent to an adjournment I of the debate. Mr. McKenna eventual!r F consented on the understanding that hn F gets the resolution to-day (Thursday) with. L out discussion. j
ITHE VISIBLE lICHTS'
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MARRIED IH LOHDQNj
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U CHARliE" AND TIlE IjÐt
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RESOL vEÑ-co.isTABiEs 5 J WOUND. I N?ws has been received t?? l Harvey, who returned to Fr?'J? months ago, has again been T?" <A is now in hospital at Brighter D?, in the leg. Pte. Harvey, wbO ?. "• with the British Force in ?r'' the ?uts?t of war, was a po1i ) in Reeolvcn? and iB very ?et-Y j
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AMUSEMENTS, BMFIRB TO-NIGHT! LITTLE TICH In New Songs. LatMt Mews and War Films. GEORGE HYAM, Character Comedian. GRIFFITHS AND CARMEN, The Lady and the Chef." FREO CONQUEST AND CO.. in a new Farcical Absurdity "What a Dog." DAISY TAYLOR, Scotch Comedienne and Dancer REBLA, The Unconcerned Juggler. COMPETITION for Best Imitation of CHARLIE CHAPLIN. 1st Prize, £5; 2nd. EZ 18s.; 3rd. il 5s. An equal nurrter of competitors will ap- pear at Each House during the week. Winners at each performance will he an- nounced the following day in the Cam- bria Daily Leader." S&mFi.I-F""t House, Friday. Finai-Second House, Friday. GRAND THEATRE SWANSEA. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27th. 1915. Six Nights Only at 7.30, and MATINEE an SATURDAY at 2.30 p.m. Personal Visit of OSCAR ASCHE, LILY BRAYTON, and full West End Company in THE SPANISH MAIN Next Week-A COUNTRY GI RL. THE PICTURE HOUSE. HIGH STREET, SWANSEA. OPEN D A I L Y FROM 2.30 llLL 10.30. Deiiaieus Ices Provided Free of Chtrge Every Afternoon. Rita Jjolrvwt in a Pictunxatkm of Eleajsor M. IngTam 16 Extraordinary Bomance, THE UNAFRAID. By the Famous Players. City of Terrible Night (Imp.) Hank's Revenge. (L.K.O.) Curses They Remarked (Keystone) THE SECRET PRICE. The Prim of a Secret is a man's am- bition, and hie is paid in Love. Monday Next- JmryV MMtprpMcc. SONS OF &ATAM. eT"i?E ZUOORA MYSTERY. THE ZUBORA MYSTERY. jlCASTLE C!MEMA II C o! Ai'  WORCESTER PLACE, SWANSEA. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, Centtnuous Performance, 2.38 to 10.38. THE LOCKET. t A Thrilling Three-Part Drama of I the Sea. i Low in Armour. A Typical" Keystone" Comedy. A Midas of the Desert. r A TwoPart Kay-Bee Drama. The Merry Moving Men. An Amusing Farce Comedy. 1- Saved By Her Horse. A 9r^a,t Western Drama, pataceri with Hairbreadth Escapes and Magnificent Riding. And Other Interesting Pictures. Orchestral Music. Popular Prices. ■ CARLTON Clmma da Luxe. Oxford St., Swansea. 2.30 CONTINUOUSLY. 10.30 Thursday, Friday, and Satvrday. DEALERS IN HUMAN LIVES. A wholesome warning to Parents and Children of the Dangers that beset Girls in large cities. GWENDOLIN, F<*mded on George Eliot's famous book. Daniel Deronda." A Story of Jewish Life and Character. FOLLOWING IN FATHER'S FOOT. STEPS. W1FFLES A VICTIM OF JEALOUSY PATHE GAZETTE, etc., etc. Monday- A MYSTERY OF THE RIVIERA. ELYSIUM High Street, Swansea. 6.45 TWICE NIGHTLY. 9.0 TO-NIGHT and during the week. PEA TUEE FILM- 1'M Popular Drama in Five Acte- THE BUILDER OF BRIDGES. Featuring that Well-known Actor, Audbrey Smith. This protection was played at St. James, Theatre, Louden, for over Two Years. GAUMONT GRAPHIC. In addition to an All-Star Programme. Monday, Oct. 1tth, and during the week, the raost-talked-of film ever known— FIVE NIGHTS. AMUSEMENTS. THE PALACE, High Street, Swansea. BIOSCOPE STAR FILMS. THE TRAIL OF THE UPPER YUKON. Filmed by Rex. seligJ Triumph: THE INGRATITUDE OF LIZ TAYLOR. TO-NIGHT at 7.45. SALES BY AUCTION. PLOUGH AND HARROW lX. LLANGY- FELACH (Distant li miles from the Cross at Ver- rietonj Messrs. James and James F.A.I., HAVE been favoured with instructions 0 from Mr. Faulkener, who is leaving the inn. to SELL BY AUCTION, on the Pre- mises. ("ll SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2. 1915, the following Valuable Horses, CARRIAGES, PIGS, HAY, Etc. viz. HORSES.—A fine thickset Roan Mare, 15 h-h-, 9 years old. guaranteed in all harness: Bay Mjito. collier type. 14-2 b,h., 4 years old, guaranteed in aJl work and all har- new; Chestnut Mare, do.. 14 h.h., 3 years I old. guaranteed in all work and harness. PIGS.—Two ripe Porkers, 1 young Boar, 14 months old. POULTRY.—A number of Hens and this year's Cbickens. IMPLEMENTS—Light Spring Wagotf", suit- able to carry .,1) to 40 cwt.; heavy Tip Cart; Moving Machine. Bamford No. 5, new this year; brand new Gig; beautiful Spring Trap bought at. the Bath and West Show. HARNESS —Set of Trap Harness equal to new. two Sets of good Cart Harness, two sets of leading do.. etc. HAY CROPS.-Rick of well-harvested Old Ray, Rick of New Hay and Rick of Short Hay. all got in excellent oonditioo and early harvested, etc. Sale To commence promptly at 4 o'clock p.m. Terms, Cash. Austioneers' Offices: 7. Goat-street, Swan- sea. Telephone No. in Docks. AUCTION HART, 5, 4 and 5, GOAT-STREET, SWANSEA. Messrs. J. F. Harvey & Sons HA VE been instructed to SELL by -Ll PUBLIC AUCTION, at their MART, on FRIDAY, the 1st OCTOBER. 1915, a Large and V&ried .Assortment of Well-preserved Household Furniture AND OTHER EFFEOTS. ¡ Sale to com-enos at 11 a.m. prompt. Auctioneers' Offloes: Goat-street, Swan- sea. Nat. Tel No. 58 Docks. PUBLIC NOTICES. TOUR DIRECTION. McCREA AND PHILLIPS, GLOUCESTER. I ALBERT HALL, SW ANSEA. MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, at 8 p.m. t MR HORATIO BOTTOMLEY (The Editor of John Ball") Will Deliver an Address on "THE PRESENT SITUATION." Chairman—ALDEIilLAN DAVID DA VIES. Seelctions on the Organ from 7.38 to 8 o'clock. Unserved Soats, 4s. and 3s.; Unreserved, St. and is. Early Doors at 7.15 p.m., 6d. ex- tra to unreserved parts. (Ticket Holders Free). Ordinary Doors 7.30. Tickets for all parts can be obtained at Messrs. Thompson and Shackell, Ltd., 39. j Castle-strcoi, Swansea ('Phone P.O. 17), where plan of seating can be seen. P. OCKETT'S BRISTOL CHANNEL 8PTEAAI PACKET COMPANY, LIMITED. NOTICE. Messrs. Pockett's Bristol Channel Stmm Packet Company, Limited, beg to inform their Customers that after Thursday, Sep. tember 30th, the GENERAL CARGO business between Bristol and Swansea and vice versa will be Suspended during the continuance of the war. or until further notice. The I' Company will continue the carrying of Tin- plates and other full cargoes between the ports of Swansea, Bristol, and other ports in the Channel, and act a-a Warehousemen ct Swansea. The Company tha.nk their customers for the support extended to them during many years, and invite inquiries respecting cargo in lots of 100 tons and up- wards, lesser quantities, which may be dealt with by arrangement.—Bristol, Sep- tember 2flth, 1915. VICE CONSULATE FOR GREECE. ¡ Notice to Greek Reservists. By Royal Decree, dated the 10/23rd September, 19L5, mobilisation iu the King- dom ot Greece has been decreed. Are convened c-lastee from 1892 to 1911, both inclusive, that is to say:- (1) All reservists of these classes ha-ring undergone three months* service. (2) Reservists who are Dot actually under arms belonging to the classes 1912, 1913a, 1913b, and 1914 who have served for three months. (3) All auxiliaries belonging to the classes 1892 to 191 4, both inclusive, whether they have served or not. (4) All officers of reserve to whatever classes they may belong. Are exempt, aU those formerly ex- empted from the above classes who have served as volunteers and those of the same classes who have acquired Greek I nationality after reaching the age of 21 years. They must leave within six days. I W. Graves Mason, Vice Consul, Swansea, 29th September, 1915. THE STOCK EXCHANGE. NOTICE. MEMBERS of the STOCK EXCHANGE are NOT ALLOWED to ADVERTISE for busine* grp"W or to M<eu? Cimulaxs or Bueic?M .U."tions to p?raomi other tl" thoir own Principals. Persons who advertise as Brokers or Share Dealers are Not Members of the Stock Ex- cimms. or in any w^y und^r the control ot ir, ow wz?y uuder the control ot Members issuing Contract Notes are re. r quired to me &ueh a. form u will provkl, th?t the words Member of the &took ex- change, London. shall immediately follow the signature. A List of Members of the Stock Exchange who are Stock and Share Brokers may be seen at the Bartholomew-Jane entrance to th-a Bank of England, or obtained OÐ appli- oaiion to— EDWARD 8ATTERTHWAITS. Secretory to the Committee of the Stock Exchange. Committee Room, The Stock Exchange, London. Sun Rises 5.59, Sun Sets 5.41. Lighting-op Time, 6.41. High Water To-day, 18.3 p.m. To-morrow, 10.23 a.m., 11.1 p.m.