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CASTLE CINEMA I (Adjoining Leader Office.) ,1 Mon., Tues. and Wed., 2.30 to 18.30. II COMRADE JOHN, A Four-Part l'atbe Drama, featuring Ruth Roland. I ANi ght of Souls, An Emotional Drama in Three Acts.  

FIVE AGAINST A FLEET British Battle-Cruisers' Daring TO-DAY'S THRILLING STORY OF NORTH SEA FIGHT. Five British battle-cruisers in action with the entire German l-ligh Sea Fleet—that is the story told to-day. The proudest traditions of our Kavy have been upheld, and the might of the enemy has been broken. (From Our Special Correspondent). Edinburgh, Monday. I have listened upt-'Ub'?i.xi ?' a s'?'ry which wiH ma.kf an Empire ring", and of deeds b v onr Navy. and re-echo with pndf in the four hundred millions over which the .king-Emperor rules- a story which will stir our soldiers on the battlefield, strengthen our Allies, and give the neutral and enemy nationalities an idea of what really is implied by the power of the British Fleet. The squ.vdron com p r i sod five capital ships, the Lion, the Tiger, the Princess Royal, the New Zealand, and the Queen Mary. The sea wa.s dead calm, like a sheet of glass, and steering- south-east and with the sun almost at the summer solstice, tho British battleships were in the worst possible, position for visibility. the sun behind silhouetting their hulls on the sky line to the vast, enemy squadron coming north. The British Admiral would have been justified in adopting the traditional strategy of the German navy about ships, and run for port. It was the strategy the Germans adopted before another sun I'-o& but there is a traditional strategy of the British Navy—the strategy we have stood by for a thousand years, and which we had so glorious an illustration off Coronel. It is the order of the British Navy, Engage your enemy and fight to victory or death." There never was a moment of doubt The youngest midshipman .knew the signal that would run up, "Take up your battle stations. THE BATTLE BEGINS. The Germans were sigh-ted at 3.30, but it was 3.50 before the engagement began. We hauled off, manoeuvring for a better position, but the Germans, knowing their enormous superiority in numbers ajxl ad- vantage of light, had no time to waste. We were running at the highest speed. The distances between the first lines closed, and at 10,000 yards the big ships began pounding each other over their screens of destroyers. The British Navy has never sought to underestimate the enemy's naval power, and we have always conceded that they are with an exceptional scientific range-finder, but in our Service we have soineifchins: more-we have men who have devoted their liv-es to study one thing and one thing only, and that, is to judge the! speed ships are going, and they c-an tell the spee d absolutely to a knot. The shells were soon pouring like a hur- ricane, a.nd the roar was deafening. Not more than five minutes had gone—some, indeed, reckoned it at only two minutes from the first Shots—when a misfortune occurred enough to strike dread into the most iron soul a full salvo from a German Dreadnought, ,8triking the Queen Mary. There are several vulner- able points on all battleships, and the salvo was an unlucky one for us, and in a cloud of steam and a roar which rose above the thunders of shell fire, the splen- did craft blew up, and was engulfed by the waves. it was a serious lOM-a fifth of his first line for the Admiral to contemplate, and the second line ship Indefatigable was sunk fit teen minutes after the battle ho- gaii. We were, of course, replying effec- tively, and clouds of steam and flying masses of metal told where we were wip- ing the Germans like chaff from the face of the sea. The odds were seemingly overwhelm- ing, and the German commander sought to press his advantage, and ordered his destroyers to close with our flotilla. He paid dearly for his venture, our flotilla completely outpointing the enemy, wip- ing out several without sustaining loss. At twenty-five knots we raced along, and the sight was really awesome. The percussion shells, striking the water. exploded, and masses of the metal were hurling over 1 ll naval shells striking the 6B8 explode just as if they had nit the solid wall, for the inertia is con- tained in the mass of water. MILLIONS OF FISH KILLED. I One phenomena was that millions of dead fish were spread on the surface of the cAm. The concussion and the g-asfv, dest roy ed tJiem. We could see a destroyer bucklt, tlld disappear. We passed the bodies of inangled men from the, ships ahead and the wreckage, blown out. There can be no waiting for a cruiser in a running fight. The work of rescue is for others. The teeming hours went on. Four British battle cruisers, backed by some third-line ships fighting the whole power ot the German High Seas Fleet, taking its toll ship for ship, and more than its measure in destroyers, and manoeuvring for time till the Grand Fleet- could come up. The Germans tried to envelope us, but we avoided their trap. Four hours after the fighting began, or 8.1.5 meridian time. the Grand. Fleet came over the horizon, and then began the adoption of familiar German tactics. The hard-pressed and giallant cruisers which had contained the great armada drew off, and the Germans- at the sight of Jellicoe began the scamper for home. Whilft daylight lasted the Grand Fleet prirsued the Germans, who, to the night fog, added vast clouds and curtains of smoke, and scattered in dif- ferent directions. They had no stomach left for a fight which promised the slightest equality. Their fifteen-inch gum: now fired, not their broadsides, but over their stern, i Through the night the destroyers kept up their chase, and did great execution. Mines were scattered in profusion from the fleeing foe, which Avent towards Heli- goland and also the Baltic. The Lion, the Tiger, the New Zealand, and the Princess Royal were all engugt-d in the second day's search, and they were fit and eager for a continuation of the fights I WEAK GERMAN GUNLAYERS. It CK'I!y RPMAIPS t <> R^C VRF r IT; the Germans scored so sensational a suc- cess over their firat, salvo, instantly we re- plied their marksmanship deteriorated, and as the engagement proceeded their gun-laying was excessively inferior to the B-iitish. Tht-' closer fighting range demon- strated the concrete fact that our lack Tars were implacable and unaffected by the two early disasters, or the hurricane of '-shell poured at them. The British Navy requires twelve yç-ars to train a man: the German three years. Thp fight taught us the immeasurably superiority of our ratings. THE GERMAN LOSSES. The British Admiralty report, issued on Sunday night, contained the following:— There seems to be the strongest ground for supposing thai included in the German losses are — Two battleships. Two Dreadnought battle-cruisers of the most powerful type, Two of the latest light cruisers (Weis- baden and El b ing), A light cruiger of the Rostock type. The light cruiser Frauenlob, At least nine destroyers, and A submarine. HOPES VINDICATED. Mr. Winston Churchill, in a statement issued by the Press Bureau, said: Although it was not possible to com- pel the German main fleet to accept bar-tie, the conclusions reached are of extreme im- portance. All classes of vessels on both sides have now met, and we know that there are no surprises of unforeseen fea- tures. An accurate measure can be taken of the strength of the enemy, and his definite inferiority is freed from any ele- ment of uncertainty. The fast division of the Queen Elizabeths st-eni jo have vin- dicated all the hopes reposed in them." I AN INSPIRING EXAMPLE. An East Coast Port, Sunday. -Two ves- sels which had been concerned in the naval tight have returned to an East Coast base and landed some 70 wounded. A few of the men were conveyed to local hospitals, but the majority were removed inland in an excellently equipped naval hospital train. The men were in high spirits, and were carried ashore amidst the cheers of their shipmates. One of the vessels had steamed practi- cally right through the German "fleet, and had been under the concerted fire of two' lines of enemy vessels, each comprising seven ships. So magnificently was she handled by her commander that, though hit, she' returned to port under her own steam. The commanding officer was wounded during the vessel's daring exploit, hut he stuck to his post, Did even when the ship was docked safely he declined to leave her and to allow himself to he removed to hospital until he had made a tour of the vessel t," inspect tho damage. His injur- ing exa iple won the admiration of the crew, who cheered him repeatedly iieii he was finally taken ashore. A HARD-EARNED VICTORY. Lord Beresford in an interview said:— I declare it to be a victory for us, hard- earned, but a victory. The grand tradi- tions of the British Fleet have been nobly maintained, and our margin of safety re- mains. We have lost some ships, which we can afford, and we grieve at the loss of thousands of our best men, which we cannot afford. We should express our heartfelt pride and thankfulness to the officers and men of the fleet, and it is to be hoped that those who searched about to find a mistake I will cease their mutterings. "There is another point to be remem- bered, The serious da niage done by our fleet to the German High Sea I-lot will probably affect their whale plan of cam- paign in the Baltic. We ttiust have losses and run riisk,, in war. Both the risks and the IOSK were justified in the late action, and the British Fleer still remains the basis of success for ourselves and our gallant Allies." KAISER AT WJLHELMSHAVEN. Amsterdam, Monday.—According to a telegram from Berlin the Kaiser went to W ilheimshaven yesterday evening. DECISIVE DEFEAT. Ymuiden, Saturday.—" Unless all the principles of naval warfare are to be r(,- versed to help Germany, it is impossible to doubt that the iiaval battle off Jut- land has been a decisive defeat for the :i High Sea Fleet. Apart from the losses which the Germans are afraid to own in a straightforward manner, it is obvious from what I saw from my boat that thü i British were actually pursuing the Get-- mans into their harbours, where they 1 hurriedly sheltered to escape annihila- j tion. Who, then, is the victor, th-s put- suing party or the runaway party? This statement was made to a Daily Express" correspondent hy a Dutch sailor belonging to the- ciew of a Ymuiden ti-awl-ei- that returned to harbour to-day bringing home 50 German naval officers and bluejackets and one British officer, Dr. Burtlev, of the destroyer Tipperary. A& a matter of fact, the wliole off the Dutch crew and the (rerman prisoners as well were unanimous in stating that the great battle, in which the whole of tive German fleet encountered a small portion of the British, ended with heavy losses in- flicted mutually, but that the strategic advantage was overwhelmingly on the British side. When the men were shown yesterday's mad victory reports from Berlin they smiled and said, UnfQl"tu- I natelv, we know better." ENEMY UTTERLY CONFUSED. Copenhagen, Monday.—The Aarhus newspaper, Jyllandsposten states that three German sailors, survivors from the #7k>n±inn»d in next ooimnnj

I RUSSIA TAKES PART GREAT OFFENSIVE AGAmST AOS i Bl AH HiOHi The Austrians report the opening of a great Russian offensive on the whofe of the Austrian section of the Russian front -i.e., in Volhynia, Galicia, and the Buko- vina. The Austrians state that a Russian infantry attack is imminent, and that the Archduke Joseph Ferdinand's lines have been subjected to a severe bombardment. The Tyrol battle continues furiously. There are signs that the Italians have got the A ustrian offensive well in hand. The Italians have repulsed numerous alt ticks, but the enemy claims a gain south-west 01 A siagao

CAPT. H. C. MANDER. • Swansea Chaptain Heme an Leave. !• Captain H. C. Mander, pastor of I Mount Pleasant. Chapel, .Swansea, who is one of the Nonconformist chaplains aL- tadlod to th-a British Forces in Prance, arrived home early on Monday morning for seven days' leave. Needless to say, Captain Mander has met with a hearty reception from his numerous friends in Swansea. lie looks the picture of health. All -the men he has met are in | splendid health, and display indomitable courage. They have only one öpirit. and | that k; to win t he war. and they mean to do it. Ho has come in contact with many of !ii.- old members from the church at Hammersmith. It is hoped that Captain j Mander will occupy the pulpit it Mount Pleasant. Chapel on Sunday night before | hj returns to the front.

PATERNITY CASE FAILS. Annie Tovey, a domestic servant, sought au afliliiitio-n order at Swansea Poiice Court on Monday in respect of her child, th'3 father of which, she alleged, was Thomas Elliot, a collier. Mr. Henry Thompson, who represented complainant, said that towards the end cf July the girl, in company with a friend, met the defendant and another young man at the Mumbles Pier. Whilst there they had sandwiches and port wine. Evidence having been given for the prosecution, Mr. D. Clarke, defending, submitted there had been a mistake in the said he had never seen complainant until she came to his house in September. He had been to the Mumbles twice only—on Wliitsun and August Bank Holidays.—Hie case was eventually dismissed

I MARTS AL LAW, I SarraH's Prociarnatiors in SVia&edanian Area. Salonika, June 3 (received SuiKkvy.)— General Samil to-day proclaimed martial law throughout the area in Macedonia occupied by the Allied armies. To-day Salonika is decorated in hononr of the name day of the King of Greece, and the people were assembling for service at the Church of Saint Sophia and to wi* ness the procession, in the streets when became aware of the serious events ) which were taking place. In th-e course of the morning General Moschopoulos. i commanding the Third Army Corps sta- tioned at Salonika, a.nd M. Atliinagenis. Prefect, of the city, were informed by the French Commander-in-Chief of flio pro- clamation of martial Jaw. A little later forces of Britit-h and French gendarmerie, together with de- t:icl,iiif,-r.is and ,"q:y>" SerbiaT; i i-oops, occupied successively and without resistance or serious incident tho post and felegraoh otlec's, flic, head- quarters of the < 5reek police and gendar- merie, the Port and Customs offices, flie railway stations and various administra- tive omcps. together with the wireless In- stallation on the outskirts of the city. The buildings of the companies furnishing water, gas a.nd eh> frjeify were also occu- pied by the military. Patrols of British, French and Serbian troops hold the princinal points in the icily.

¡FOR BLINDED HEROES. Grsat Sgiccsss of Swansea Empjre Effort, 1.. Thf> mitine-e ^f Swansea Phnpiro on Saturday in aid of the Blinded 'Soldiers' and Sailor*' f-Josfel proved a complete suc- cess. The building was packed full long he fore the slarv, and standing room only was the order for the laic coiners. An e\- cellent programme was presented. The ehicf item was a clever jumpin/ turn by Lanec-Car?oral Geor?? Woods, Swansea Gcrn.?ou Police, who provided ome thril- ling' moments. tr. J. H. Harvey, the Swansea auctioneer, presented the cora- jmitice v-ith a brougham, which the jumper ciaired in fine style. Mr. Harvey i nfte-rwarda put the broughani up for sale, j the proceeds to go to the fund, and it was eventually knocked down after real ising. in different bids, £ •}.'? JOs. The Florence and Lilian Trio i, '-ei-i, in excellent form in | a charming musical act, whilst Bert and Beryl, the two clever Swansea juvenile dancers, were equally well received. The revue. Irish and -Proud of It," also went well, raid Was thoroughly enjoyed. Others who contributed were Will Collinfon, Bert Errol, Eu.lyn Thomas (tenor), and Miss M. J. Frrnscis (elocutionist).

ï" of"'>J- MR. HULTO^S CASE. A Ps^r.iw Question and a Can ,Ed Answer. When the sccond week of the hearing of itlie Hulton suit was opened in the King's Bench on Monday, the cross-examination iof Mr Edward Hulton, the defendant, was res ti mod. Witness denied to at his father intended at one time that he should go into the Roman Cafiiolic priesthood. He went to business v. Ion he was li;. The first time plaintiff cf a common home "as after his father's death. Sir John Simon: That means that you swore to what was false in your ansvrer to interropatoriesP wit neF,.g: don't think:* the matter is very important. You have an opinion on the importance of an oath in the matter of legal proeeed- jings?—No, have not. Counsel -.ext referred to the occasion in 1913 when defendant was a guest at the Gimcrack dinner, and asked, Did you say there, talking about the action of Wootton v. Sievier, in which you gave evidence, If a witness is determined to lie an oath is not going to stop him. He will lie just as cheerfully after as before the oath? J Witness: I still think so. Witness denied that in any letter he pointed ovt that ,£500 was half of his ;1.noo salaj v. He admitted that down to February, i905, he c<viabited with plain- tiff-the wonUHl who, counse l reminded h im, according to defendant's own case, had c lieatec him.

SELF-CONFESSED SPY. Tritiitcich Lincoiln Due in England To-day. Liverpool, Sunday Night.—Tribitsch Lincoln, tin self-confessed German spy, I who was formerly Liberal M.P. for Dar- lington, is expected to land here to-morrow morning from the liner Cameroria. He is in the custody of Chief Inspector Ward and Sergeant Brewer, of New Scot- land Yard, Who are bringing lrim back from New York on the extradition war- ] rant charging him with forgery. The Camcronia was due in the Mersey to-day, but (he was late leaving New York, and will not reach Liverpool until ih" early hours of the morning. Arrange- j ments have b'?n made for the ve??sct to berth aJ(1nid(' the rrincc? landing stage at 7.30 a.m., 1mt. of conrse, it may be con- Kidfrably tat?r before Linco? is brought [a?hor?. He will be conveyed to London and charged at Bow-street. Ignatius Timothy Tribitscb Lincoln was | arrested at Brooklyin on Augn-sf J last on charges of forgiag a note for a bin of exchange for £ 200, and a cheque for <£1.50, while employed as private secretary to Mr. Benjamin Seelx>hm 7? own tree. Lin- coin is charged witli forging Mr. Rown- tree's signature on the note for ,750, by means of which Mr. John Goldstein, a London moneylender, alleges he was de- frauded The British Government's request for Lincoln's extradition wfts granted oti Sep. tember 10. and was remanded T-Kiidiiit; transportation. He escaped from custody at Brooklyn on January 75, but was re- captnred in New York on February 19.

HOME ON LEAVE. Private Will Brooks, another Mount Pleasant lad, has just arrived home < n leave. He lias been in many of the big engagements, particularly Loos, of which lie relates a thrilling story. His home is at Harding's, Swansea. Corpl. Samuel Richards, of 25, Morris- street, Morriston, has arrived home on short leave. He went to France with his regiment, a lid came through the great battle of loos without a scratch. He is in Jj ■jjooi health, and returns shortly.

TUE GATEWAY TO n U 1'1 j d"\  VERDUN. tl I != I HOW GERMANY !S HELD CANADIANS LOSE GROUNO Bur GAllANTLY tit-TAKE IT i Vei-i l ,,iD, now eD While the Battle cf V erdun, now enter- ing on its sixtppnth week, continues with unabatiiig fury," the tierce enemy attacks are meeting with no real success com- mensurate with the enormous nature of their sacrifices in men and expenditure in material. A new mining movement is being adequately dealt. »vitii. Paris, Sunday 'received Monday.>—The Kittle of Verdun, which to-day concludes its fifteenth week, says the usual semi- oiiicial review, was rci-im; r: .lb renewed j energy on t-he evening of bne 3rd after j there had been a lull all day. The Ger- mans seem to have still for their principal objective nn the right bank of the Mease to penetrate by way of Floury Ravine, but the natural way of access is guarded hy two heights--on the left, a spur at the g-.sie of Ca.ilette Wood, which they occupy; on the right, a peak dominated by Fort Vaux, which we hold solidly and which forbids them all progress in th;:i direction. Hence their continued and stubborn effort, to capture the work. On tho evening of the 3rd the enemy, then-fore, after very strong ariílkry pre- para?ion in the <'ov ?d region, attempted I sen'nd UmRs to ou' flank tho ?rt en its right from the south-east. At, S o'clock a more powerful attack penetrated the ravine between tlw ínrt ;11ldIk,lloIlP, but immediately our troops eoun-rer-at- t'lcked ?nd brought back the enemy to the trenches which he had !pft. This morn- ]n? the enemy r?new?d tp ?ankin? move- ment at the same point, but. the fire of our batteries completely stopped him, and the bombardment was then renewed with I vioJpJlce. At 1 o'clock this afternoon, UH' rkrnnrs debouching from Funtiu Wood, attempted 1,1,ziin to turn the fod, this time on its left from the north-west. This new ut- tack had the same fate as the previous one, failing under the fire of our machine- guns. Later on the enemy units which our airmen discovered concentrating in Cail- lette Wood were taken under the fire of our batteries, which rendered abortive a return to the offensive which they pro- jected. It was the same with the enemy's disposition to assault Hill 304 on the left, bank. Of course the Germanfi do not breathe a word of the double lateral move- ment which has been begun around Fort Vaux, according to the c lassic method of German tactics. Never have their com- muniques been more reserved than to-day. No point of attack is definitely mentioned- in them. They speak of stubborn fighting between Cailefto Wood and the village of Damloup, and say the operations are tak- ing a turn favourable to the German rvrrrrifrs, but that the' struggla continues. That is singularly prudent, giving noth- ing less than the impression of a great effort attempted. t CANADIANS RUSHED. I But Make a Great Recovery. Severe fighting has developed in the Ypres salient, where the Germans at- tacked on Friday over a front of 3,000 yards. They penetrated to a depth of 7uO yards, but have been gradually pushed back by the Canadians. A great port of the ground has already been regained and retained. The Canadians are reported to have behaved with the utmost gal- lantry." Their losses, however, included two Genorals, who were in the front trenchl's during the bombardment. TWO GENERALS MISSING. Generals Mercer and "iUiamtt, of the 3rd Canadian Division, who were inspect- ing the front trenches during the bom- bardment, are missing.

I CONVOY SHELLED. I Greek Soldier and Some Bullocks Killed. Salonika, Sunday.—A Greek convoy which passed through the village of Pataros. in the Doiran region, was shelled by the enemy. One Greek soldier and: several bullocks were killed. Another soldier was taken prisoner. Thp German officer refused to believe him. maintaining that he was a Serbian. Although the convoy hoisted the white flag as well as the (-re,-k flag, the shelling continued.

KIPLING'S FROPHECY. Mr. Rudyard Kipling is known in all tho Dominions quite as well as he is in England, and the Australian papers pub- lish prominently an interesting letter which he has written to the municipal librarian of Wellington, New Zealand. You are quite right in what you say about the new relations between the Dominions" (rays Mr. Kipling). All that was small and petty in their rival- ries has I)eeq wiushed out iu blood. All that was best is better even than before. There is a sort of grave courtesy and affection now at the back of all the chaffing and joking that is very tine and touching to see. If I were a German 1 would really be grieved at the blindness of all the rest of the world, and judging from their papers they are grieving in multitudes. But I fancy it is a long way yet for them and for us. They have got to go on winning victories for about anoth-er year, if their men and their money run to it. They will probably finish up with a splendid victory, and then thŒE' fool Allies will reform their line,' and pick up the pieces, and get ready to be beaten a likely not far from where the lines are now. Then the show win shut up with Germany victorious to the last, and the Allies methodically carving her up into nice harm less pieces. Maybe I am wrong, but that, is the way 1 see it. Germany winning all the victories and Allies winning the war. One thing we must get into onr thick hf'ark; he says, is that wherever the German—man or woman—gets a suitable culture to thrive in. he or she means death and loss to civilised people, pre- cisely as germs of any dic;, suffered to multiply, mean death or Lw.s to mankind. There is no question of hate or anger or excitement in the matter, any more than there is in flushing out sinks or puting oil on water to prevent mosquitos batching eggs. As far as we arc concerned the German is typhoid or plague—Pestis [Teutonicus^ if you like."

TO-DAY'S WAR RESUME: !?-M? 0 ??? ???U!ME. "Leader" Office 4.50 p.m. I Further details cf the great battle in the North Sea (given inPage?One and' Four) ?how that the British F, ?cu-cd a notable victory, inSicvtag j I heavy losses oil the Germans, and foro- J ing them to return to port. The Russians bave commenced a great r offensive against the Austrians m Yaihynia, Galicia, and the Bukovina. j The Tyrol battle continues, but the Italians haw the situation well in I hand. The beginning of the 16th week of the battle of Verdun finds the tTerman," at- tempting a new turning movement. Tho French are. however, adecpiately dealing wit11 th drort. I has takeil i'l the YUTS <-aJient, whete the Canadians have regained the greater part of the ground lo«i. Two of their gdlWls are missing. W

i'TFJ,-DAP"?"S NEWS IN BRIEF u Un 5,Q- st? D?SLc Romp. Sunday.—Summer time came | into operation throughout Italy at mid- j i night. fjie Marquis of Londonderry has re- turned on >peoi.-il leave i'rom toe front to at"'c"(l a meeting of the Ulster Council 1]1 Belfast. John Ross, of Neath, was admitted to Sw ansea hospital on Sal urdav with a dis- located ankle, lie had fallen down some steps m Alexandra-road, Swansea. .Mr. Henry Hodges, the president, ad- dressed the Pell-street Brotherhood on I Sunday. Air. W Brothevton was chair- man, and Mr. J R. Da vies presided at the organ. Lieut. Mond, son of Sir Alfred ond Lady Mond, who wa" wounded at the front, i? progressing satisfactorily, hut it will be severa l weeks before he is able to leave hospital A telegram from Constantinople stares that General Townsliend arrived there, but did not enter the city, being token immediately to the island of Haiki, ad- joining Prinkipo. The Press Assoc i ation says t ha t Ign a ti us Trebitsch Lincoln arrived at Liverpool to-day and proceeded by train to London. The condition of Lieut. Tennant, in- jured in a flying accident, was i k te (I to-day to be satisfactory, A marriage has been arranged, and will shortly take place, between Captain Hugh Allen, Welsh Guards, son of ,? u a cf Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. Francis Seymour Allen and nephew of Mr. II. Seymour Allen, of Cresseily, South Wales. and Mrs. Mac-arthur-Onslov, widow of Captain Maearthur-Onslow, pjfh Lancers, and daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. Beec-h, of Brandon Hall, Coventry.

I A ZEALOUS OFriCER. I Danish Subject Discharged 'I at Swansea. At the Swansea Police Court on Mon- day a Danish subject named Rudolph Fredericks denied a charge of unlawfully attempting to elicit information with io-1 spect to the movements, number, and disposition of his Majesty's ships of war, contrary to Article 18, Defence of the Realm regulations. Mr. Harold King prosecuted, and Mr. 11. A. Jones de- fended. it was on the previous Friday night, said George Montague Prestlev, a naval petty oiicer, that the defendant entered his compartment in a train. Defendant what ship he was on, the namoO of his depot, and how many ships were in the depot. Witness gave informa- tion to the stationmaster at Neath, and when the train arrived at Swansea de- fendant was arrested by Detective Con- stable Clifford. During cross-examination, Mr. Jones suggested that wdtnebs was so terribly offended that he didn't really know what happened. Witness: No; I am doing my duty for my King and country, thank God. vYhn charged by Detective-Inspector Hayes, accused answered, No, I did not say anything 01 the sort." Defendant < added that the sailor" started upon him," and accused him oi being a German. Mr. Jones contended that this was a ca.se in which a person was very keen on doing his duty, and it was far better that mistakes should lx; made in arresting persons who were not guilty thaI: in :?Howing people to go Scot free who per-j haps were guilty. He considered the story wii-e giiilt.N ?Hc the st ,.)r- of tlic- as Norwegian shipping master, gave a complete denial to the story of the petty officer.—The case as dismissed.

HEROIC IRISH SOLDIER. Cairo. May 25th—In the lines of con:- munication orders issued in Cairo on May 24th the Inspector General of Com- munieations lias much pleasure in record-! ing his appreciation of the courage of Private L*. Smythc. 1st Battalion, Royals Irish Regiment, in the following cuiustances :—" At Alexandria, on April j 30th. 191ti, Private P. mythe. 1st Batta-: lion, Royal Irish Regiment, swam out in a heavy sea to a man in difficulties, and: held him up until further assistance ar- rived."

VISIT TO THE ANZACS. Paris. Monday.—The ".Tournal" states j that Mr. Hughes. Prime Minister of j Australia, has arrived in Paris, after f visiting the British front, especially that portion held by the Australian and Zealand troops—the Da<C8 of Dar- danelles fame. Yesterday morning Mr. Hughes drove in a motor car to the French General j Headquarters, wltere he lunched with General J off re. He returned to Parts in the after noon. Mr. Hughes declared that he had been dee-ply impressed by all he had seen and heard.

AN APPEAL ALLOWED. The application of Albert Bright, who, at leed6 Assizes, was sentenced under the! Defence of the Realm Act to penal servi- tude for life, for leave to appeal against his sentence and call further evidence, was granted to-day by the Court of Criminal Appeal. Prisoner had been found guilty. it was alleged, of endeavouring to procure in- formation which wo?fid be of use t7 the enemy from Messrs. Vïkers' Sheffield j wor k ?. The Lord C"ief Justice, granting the application, f?ud it was undesirable to 6&y  anything at the present time.

I TO-DAY'S FRENCH OFFICIAL. French official communique, issued bv the Press Bureau on Monday afternoon, was as follows.:— To the ea-Ft of the Meuse the Germans continued during tho evening and th? night- their attacks on our jiosltion? ill v- t of Vaux Fort, on the elope* of !'r::iu Wood, the itpeated attempts of the enemy wcie completely cheeked by onr Sre. All the assaults directed between the, fortress and village of Pouloup were likewise frustrated. During the night a desperate struggle took place between the. gunners of Vaux fort and the e element who endeavoured to n ■* .v.-a 1 herein. Despite the jetf «>i firo, of which th,3 enemy made a'e.-ii our troops prevented the adversary from making any further progress. In the Thiamont-Douaumont region the artillery duel .continued with extreme violence. On the left of tho Mouse there was an intermittent bombari- inoiit. In the Vosgcs an attack directed by the enemy to the we<t of Carsta-li put him ill possession of three elements of trenches. Our counter-attacks, de- livered shortly afterwards, drove the C-iermaiic, out of the elements they 11jd occupied. L N ATTESTED MARRIED MINERS, In the course of the afternoon sitting of the Western Miners' Tribunal, at Swansea, Ir. Dyer Lewis, the ciafr- man, tnd the court had, at the present time, nothing whatever to do with unattested married men,, TARRENI COLLIER'S OEATH. The County Coroner has been notified of the «udden. death of Evan Evans (33,. a single mon, of Ynismeudw, Pontar- dawc. Deceased went to bed about 3 o'clock on Saturday afternoon and rose about 11 p.m. No sooner had he sat m the chair downstairs, .however, "than ho < xpircd. Ho was engaged as a collier at Tj rreiri, and had been in ill-healih for A SEYDLITZ REPORTED SUNK, Copenhagen, Monday.—According to the Ribe Stisttidende," people living in Schleswig have received information that their sailor sons on board the Seydlitz were killed. It is believed that the Seydlitz has E-unk. She was last seen outside Faroe in a Yerdy damaged and sinking condition. <.hungo Special.

PEACE CRANKS. Men Who Flew to Women for Protection. Peacites who wanted to air theii views at Peckham n Ye on Sunday wert so hustled by an infuriated crowd that they cried to their wives for aid. Ltirgt, cilldvi (is had been drawn to Rye Fields when it was learnt that the peace piopas;andists were going to speak there. Temperance and anti-German speakers were already busy. and it was when everybody-*>"as beginning to doubt w hether the peaches would venture on the common that a pale-looking youjjg man mounted a platform and announced '&at lie was a member of the National Coun- cil of Anti-Con«-eriptioni«t*. He pro- ceeded to inform the gathering rowd that he was a free speaker on the ua tiOIÙ, right* H At first he was not taken seriously, but u-hen he insulted a member of the K.F.C. (lie crowd ruslied forward and hurled him off the platform. The police could not stop the charge, but succeeded in petting the bailees speaker away to take rc-tugc in a passing tramway-tar. Gas :h* German sausasesi" shouted one little fellow, and another man knocked down a conscientious objector during the scuffle. After this ooup d'etat numerous peace cranks attempted to speak, osly tko be immediately silenced by annoyed patriots. One obj-ector" refused to lea VEl the common, and cried loudly for his wife TTilda to come to his aid. but special constables speedily removed him, while another had to take refuge in a neigh- bouring garden behind his wife.

THE PEMBREY TRAGEDY. The irequest on tie body of the skeleton found at Cwmifor Woods, Pembrey, threw no further light on the mystery.—P.S. Mit.chelmore said the body was in an ad- vanced state of decomposition, and he had to use a stick to knock away the finger bone from the handle of the revolver, which was a Browning automatic pistol. There was nothing on the body by which it could be identified. Hardly any flesh was left.—Dr. Ivor Waliianas said it ap- peared that death took place some six or seven nioint-hr, ago. The injuries in the temple and at the back of the head wi-re consistent with the theory that the wound was 9e>lf-inflieted.—A verdict of suicide was returned

V 81, which arrived at Aarhus by the Swedish steamer Peru, say that the V 84 was engaged in tho battle only for about halt au hour, when she was hit 1)i a British shell, which cut the vessel in lialf. Tint German Fleet, they relate, ccnsioting of forty-five large warships and a number of smaller vessels, in addi- tion to another forty which were reported to have left Kiel, via the Kattegat, ran out from Cuxhaven and Wilhelmwhavon on Wednesday morning in two separate squadrons. In the beginning the German:, taught battle in regular lilies, but later their formations became utterly con- fused. ON H.M.S. DEFENCE. Arthur Roiujhtcn, electrical artificer, with rating of C.P.C., brother of Mr. C. Koughton, 42, Westbury-street, Swansea, was on H.M.S. Defence. No news has been received, and it is believed he is amongst the lost. He joined the Navy four years ago, and has served three years on the Defence. C.P.O. Rough ton was 26 years of age, and was Üzhlle on leave in London a fortnight ago. VIEWS FRGevi AFAR. The Fasiyre of the German Mavy. The following opinions of the North Sea battle are (,f iiiterest:- NEW ZEALAND. At a great Empi-re Day gathering on Saturday Mr. Massey, the \ew Zealand Premier, announced the losses in the North Sea naval battle. There was tre- mendous reception when Sir John Jelli- coe's report was received. Mr. Maesey's declaration that tho British would never yield the supremacy of the sea was fol- lowed by a terrific outburst of enthu- siasm. At a great meeting on Sunday tributes were paid to the heroic sailor^ lost iu the Jutland battle. AUSTRALIA. Melbourne, Monday.—Mr. Pearce, Minister of Defence, speaking of the North Sea battle, said the fight is en- couraging because it sliow-s the British sailor has still the spirit of Nelson, '.d,P newspapers pay a tribute to tho splendid heroism of the British sailors, and vin- pb asises the importance of flinging icto the scale the resources of the whole Em- pire in order to vanquish the might tr a crafty and implacable foe. FRANCE. Paris, Monday.—M. De Lanessan, ex- Minister of Marine, writing n the Petit Parisien," says:—Two lessons irav tiva l -batt l e. t l be learned from the naval battle. The first is that battfe-cruisers cannot stand up against modern battleships. Their armament, is formidable, their speed is very great, but their protection is too weak. The st^cond is the absolute power- lessness of the German Fleet in the face of the British Fleet. Admiral Tirpib; came to a correct coiic]usion when he con- fined the role of the German Navy to the cunning and hypocritical submarine piracy, sufficiently cowardly to sink un- armed merchantment. M. Herbe-tte, writing in the "Echo de Paris" s:tys tJp till May 31 it may be said Great Britain had effected a blockade of Germany merely by virtue of her prestige, but that the High Sea Fleet was waiting for its hour. The British Navy has heroically paid the price of the blockade which it is maintaining for the common cause. The German Navy has given an indication of tli.(- izert which it had secretly prepared to break the blockade, and has not succeeded. The bravery of the British, and the German flight have strengthened the blockade by sacrifice and victory. j [On our back page appear further stories of the great naval battle, together with the names and photographs of smne of the local men. woo tookpa&t1