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GERMANS HELD TO-DAY. Unable to Debouch From Soissons. THE POSITION AT RHEIMS UNCHANGED. TO-DAY'S FRENCH OFFICIAL. Paris, Thursday. The battle continued without cessation throughout the night. Our troops energetically hold the western approaches to Soissons from which the enemy was unable to debouch despite, his repeated at- tempts. Further to the south combats of extreme violence are taking place in the region of the Soissons-Hartennes road, and the Serches-en-Tar- denois-Vezil front, v. here our troops, supported by our reserves, are op- posing the enemy masses with untiring tenacity. To the right the Franco-British troops on the Droinillet-Chillons front, as well as to the north-west of Rheims, broke up all assaults, and retain their positions. TO-DAY'S BRITISH OFFICIAL. General Headquarters, France, Thursday, 10.42 a.m. During the night the enemy at tacked a strong pomt known as Route-a-Keep, north-west of Festubert, and was completely repulsed. We carried out a successful minor operation in the neighbourhood of Merris, and improved our line slightly. We captured a few prisoners and a machine gun in the&e encoun- ters. A party of our troops raided he enemy's trenches last night near Lacon and brought back a few prisoners. Hostile artillery has been active east of Villers-Brettonneux, and in the Hinges and Robecq sectors. Note.—It k now evident that operations in the Aisne theatre of war, where the French and British troops are operating, are left by Sir Douglas Haig to be reported in the French Official Communique. THE NORTHERN ARMY. — FRANCE, Thursday. The Press Association special correspondent says:— Confparative quiet continues on the northern front. Both our gunners and air- men are taking every advantage of the fine, clear weather, and the Germans arc being heavily harassed and punished. Last night our troops pushed forward and improved their positions near Merris on a email front. A raid which we carried out at Neuville Vitasse was a very successful affair. We penetrated at least 600 yards through the German defences, finding many dead and wounded. During the fighting which followed it is estimated that another 200 of the enemy were killed. J BRITISH OFFICIAL. i France, Wednesday, 7.53 p.m.—A hostile 1 raiding party was driven off during the 1 night in the neighbourhood of Beaumont- I Hamel. A local attack made by the enemy north lof Kemmel was completely repulsed by t Frooch troops. There is nothing further to report on the British front. FRENCH OFFICIAL. I France, Wednesday, 11 p.m.—The battle | ms&mned a character of particular violence oil our left wing in the region of Soiseons. .,Mter a desperate resistance and street £ fighting, which held for several hours the 1 effort of the enemy, our troops evacuated the town, the exits of which, they hold. West aud south-east of ^oissons the battle is continuing on the plateau be- tween Belleu, Septmonts, Ambrief, and Chacrise. In the centre, while we gave ground under the pressure of the enemy in the region of Loupeigne to the north of Fere- en-Tardenois, the Franco-Briticli troops further to the east succeeded in maintain- ing their positions on the line Brouillet- Savigny-Tilloy. On the right the troops which cover Rheims fell back behind the Aisne Canal, to the w. rth-west of the town. 155,000 PRISONERS CLAIMED, GERMAN OFFICIAL. Berlin, Wednesday. Western Theatre.—On the battle fronts from the Yser to the Oise the increased lighting activity continued. French local attacks to the eouth of Ypros failed. To the west of Montdidier the enemy during a local advance penetrated into Contigny. Yesterday the armies of Colonel General won Boehm and of General Fritz von Be- low, of the army of the German Crown Prince, victoriously continued their at- tack. French and English reserves which were rushed up were defeated. On the right wing the division* of G<ti. toa Lariscli. after repelling a French j counter-attack, captured the Terny-Sorny ridge and the heights to the north-east of Soissons. After hard fighting the troops of Gen. Wiehura also broke the resistance of the e-nernr on the plateau of Conde. Fort Cond e was taken by storm, and Vregny and Missy were also taken. On the southern bank of the Aishe and -the Vesle the heights to the west of Ciry jwpre occupied. The corps of General von Winkdler, General von Conta and General Sohmet- tow have crossed the Vesle. Braine and Fismes were captured. We are standing on the heights due south of the Vesle. The troops of General Flse have taken the 1-Lillrgto the north-west of Prouilly by storm, have captured Villers Franqueux and Courey, and are now fighting for the fceights of Thierry. The indefatigable advancing infantry, artillery, and mine-throwing detachments are being closely followed by anti-air- crart guns and dispatch riders. The energetic labours of the pioiwfes and railway equipment and construction troops have rendered possible the conquest of the fifld of attack and the bringing up of our fighting means by columns unin- i termntedly nctive. In eeLf-gacrificing activity doctors and stretcher-bearers are Jo^kinpr after wounded on the battlefield. In &pit e of changing weather our aeriaJ forces "attacked the enemy again and ajrain with bombs and machine-guns, whilst infantry and artillery aviators surveyed without interruption the pro- gressing attack and the effect of our ar- tillery fire. 11 Tko jiujnber of yrieonerf, has increased to 25,000, including one French and oiic English general. Wednesday Ni,s?ht. Near and between Soissons and Reims we made fresh progress. KAISER VISITS THE FRONT. Amsterdam, Wednesday (received Thursday).—Herr Karl Rosner. special war correspondent of the Berlin Lokal- anzeiger," telegraphing from the Aisne front, states that the Kaiser visited the scene of the latest offensive on Monday last. and, climbing a hill a few hundred yards north of Mont Hiver (Winterberg), in the immediate neighbourhood of Craonne, watched the progress of the fighting. After returning to army head- quarters, hi6 Majesty was busily engaged until 11 at night with Field-Marshal Von Hindenburg and Genoral Ludeudorff. GAINS HELD. American Troops Beat Off Counter-Attacks. AMERICAN ARMY, France, Wednesday (received Thursday). Three enemy counter-attacks to retake the lost terrain in Pica rdy oomplete ly broke down in the face of American ar- tillery and the heroism of our infantry. We hold all the ground won on Monday. RESCUED AIRMAN. American Help for Wounded British Pilot. From Press Association's Special Cor- respondent, American Army, France, Wednesday (received Thursday).—Fur- ther details from the region of Mont- didier regarding the successful American attack there on Tuesday show that the actual front of attack was two and a quarter kilometres. Some French tanks and a detachment of flame throwers ac- companied the infantry. The attacik penetrated the village of Cantigny and 800 metres beyond. The enemy's losses were heavy, the Americans capturing 175 Germans, including three officers. An enemy counter-attack was repulsed on Wednesday inorning. I I I f Lieut. Campbell to-day protected i I British airman who was wounded while returning from the performance of a mission over the German lines. When two enemy battleplanes attacked the wounded British airman Lieut. Campbell dived between the German machines and their intended victim and succeeded in escorting him safely back to his unit.

I MENACE TO ENEMY. i I Russian Dreadnoughts-in the Black Sea. Amsterdam, Wednesday.—It appears from a Sebastopol telegram in to-day's Cologne Volkszeitung that the two Russian battleships which got away be- fore the arrival of the Germans were the Dreadnoughts Vola and Swobodniya Rossya, of 23,000 tons each, which were completed in 1915 (before the Revolution) and were respectively called Alexander III. and Catherine the Great. These vessels are reported to have gone to Novo Rossisk (on the Circassian coast) and apparently still constitute for the Germans a very unpleasant obstacle to the resumption of regular shipping in the Black Sea.-Reuter

EX-SOLDIER'S OFFENCE. A discharged soldier named Geo. ITy. Morris Tenby, was prosecuted at the Llanelly Police Court on Wednesday for having cigarette..s in his possession at a factory.—The Presiding Magistrate) Mr. R. H. Sampson) said the Bench in fining the defendant only 10s., had taken into accept his services to the country. I ..fl g S j 1 VI

PROBLEM OF THE RESERVES. I Foch's Generalship THE POSSIBILITIES OF THE SITUATION, "All that ) can and will tell you is that the dash and moral of our soldiers are admirable. Our men are even more magnificent than we could have hoped. They are equal to the most critical situ- ations, and go into the fight singing. Their chiefs are, like them, worthy of all praise."—M. Clemcnceau on his return to-day from the front. To-diiy'o telegrams from Paris are ccuched in a more sombre tone, but a note of hopefulness is still there, al- though 'not quite as strongly marked as it was on Wociiie,-Prlay.- At the hour of writing the position*^ as follows:— Soifieons evacuated, but the French occupying the exits from the town. This afternoon's communique shows that the Germans arc unable to debouch from it on the western side. The enemy holding practically a semi-circle around Rheims, but the Allies are evidently making a very stiff light, as this afternoon's report shows that all the enemy as-saults have been broken up. The latest intelligence from our own correspondents in the held is dated early Wednesday evening Reutcr's representa- tive with the news of the evacuation of Soieeons and the danger of Rheims, is yet able to say that, although we are entering upon cntical days, we can await the issue with entire calm. Our reserves are hastening to the field, and we know what they accom- plished in the March offensive. The moral of our men is superb. The Ger- mans had the choice of the point of attack, and were able to concentrate I their masses against a sector thinly held by us. The choice of the real iiue of resistance will he ours. The new battle is flooding over the ground of the battle of the Maine, where the-triumphant rush of the en- I enemy was broken in Septemljer, 1914. The omen** are good. FRENCH OPINION TO-DAY. One' of the most important of the French messages through this morning is from the Havas correspondent on the French front, lie state-s that the position is vastly different from that of March I t. when the Germans bpgall their offensive. Then, in the midst of battle, we had to achieve the indispensable unity of action, and the' overcrowding of the roads considerably delayed the arrival of our rejnf{!reel>llellt.. The Troops of Manceuvre, which are already going if to action, are arriving by ways of access which are completely clear of observation. The mostvcoinplete understanding has not ceased to'reigu between the French and Uritich troops, which have mutually helped each other in the most brotherly fashion." I THE COMMENTATOR'S VIEW. The Expert Commentator's message fwm Paris to-day says that the German flood has not yet been completely {Jammed. Possession of .Soissons was ob- stinately contested for several hours, and finally, our. troops, haYing accom- plished their mission, which was to delay the enemy's march in tins sector as long as possible, evacuated the town in order to retire to the hills which command the outlet from it immediately to the Themareh of the Germans has con- siderably slowed down, in consequence of the arrivals of our reserves. In propor- tion as the latter intervene, the equili- brium will be restored, and soon the Ger- man flood will be stagnant. I POSSIBILITIES OF THE HOUR. Mr. Philip Gibbs explains to-day that the battle in Champagne is outside the province of their ■ correspondence with the British armies in the north, and will be recorded by their confreres accredited to the French. armies. It is to their ac- counts, therefore, that we must txtrii for informations as to the position. Their narratives, however, do not take us up to the position revealed in the French communique of Wednesday night. The possibilities of the hour are that the-Ger- man advance, met now by a great flew of reserves will slow down and presently stop. The Allied resistance on the pla- teaux south of the Vesle is hourly in- creasing in weight, thanks to the steady arrival of the French reserves. The next forty-eight hours should de- termine the full depth of the German, penetration at its apex in the direction of Epernay and Chateau Thierry, towns £ amqus fpr the battles fought in their • Ti«>>in»ty ?Jtt'? ?e rft?rp?t I from ?luns and the f rt (hattle 01 the i Marne I PROBLEM OF RESERVES. None the less, as a military writer points out tu-day, the problem of the re- serves is far from simple. On the Allied side troops have to be moved round the outer face of a vast salient, which from Arras to Rheims bows out almost in a semi-circle. The enemy commander, sit- ting at the centre of the semi-circle and seeing through the eyes of his aviators most ot what uoes on behind the Allies' lines, can play his m- ',os perhaps three times as quickly as hi .pponents. More than that, the initiate "sts with him. General Foch's strategy iust consist of postponing as long as IH. ble any whole- sale call on his reserves. He must avoid at all costs their diversion to o e sector at the expense of others where tl > enemy is still in sufficient stren; lb to strike a decisive hiow. I- I- TERRITORY OR R E VES? loch .s use of reserves be so-erely economical, and a certain "int oi ter- ritory may be abandoned ,'h a Çreer use of reserves would save. it .s pos- sible at present to give gr on the Aisne front with less seriou. sequences than on the froat towards iens, we should not be surprised or di iy dis- oountenanced (says the "I)aih onicle") if that alternative has been f. 1. But, of course, there are limits to rocess, which, indeed, we must lxv il not have to go much further.

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M.P. AMS DANGER. L!BEL ACTION AGAINST MR. PEMBERTON BILLING I SENSATIONAL ALLEGATIONS The trial of Mr. Noel Pemberton Billing, M.P., on u charge of publishing a false and defamatory libel concerning Miss Maud Allan and Mr. J. T. Grein, was resumed at the Old Bailey on Thurs- day Mr. Billing opened his defence and sub- mitted that there was np case for thp criminal libel law. Giving his decision Mr. Justice Darling said there was evidence to go.to the jury, and he must rule that the alleged libel was one which justified a criminal prose- cution. Mr. Billing said he was most anxious for Mr. Grein to proceed with his case. Asked by Mr. Justice Darling whether he proposed to give evidence himself- Mr. Billing replied that he did not. He would call evidence. Mr. Billing then read his plea of justification, in which he said the Germau authorities, to fur- ther their hostile designs upon this coun- try, had for some years past, by means of spies and secrct agents, compiled a list of men and women of affairs politically, socially and financially, and of other position and occupation,, with particulars having regard to their alleged moral weaknesses, which would render Euci persons easy victims to pressure, and en- able them, under fear of threats of ex- posure, to be forced into conduct agree- able 10 the wishes of German agents in this country and their- supporters in Germany. LIST OF 47.000 PERSONS. That list comprised the names of 47,000 persons, or thereabouts, and the presen- tation of the tragedy oi' Salome, con- ceived and written !;v Oscar Wilde, would particularly attract many ot the persons whose names appewed in the list. All that had been said of Miss Allan was that sh» had appeared in a performance which was calculated to appeal to this class of person. He said it would he ne- cessary for him to prove that Allan had, of her own free will, undertaken to jicrtray- on the hinglisli stage a part which was not only revolting, but calcu- lated to do an immense amount 01 harm to the public life (If i his country. This type of play, concluded Mr. Billing, must be stopped. I ALLEGED GERMAN AGENTS. lie then called Mrs. Eleanor Viller-e Stuart. who said she had* been cldsely allied with militar* life for some time. Witness was by Mr. Billing whether s he had sfen the book referred to in the article as having been compiled by German agents. Siie said she ha,1. and the statements lie (Mr. Billing) had read to .her in the aiticle were true in substance and in tad. In reply to his lordship. Mr..Billing taid he shown to this lady by two gentlemen, who were aow dead. It had beeq impos- sible to trace it so far, but he was pro- ducing evidence that not onh had it been inspected, and notes taken of it. in this c:*uitry, but aleo at the palace of Prince VVilliam of Wied of Albania. Asked by IVIr. Billing who showed the book to her, witness &aid: Mr. Neil Primrose, in the presence of Major livelyn Rothschild Both we..e n(Jw I dead. Mr. Billin g proceeded to put questions to witness when the Judge said he must conduct his case according to the ordi- nary rules of evii-telice, Mr. Billing then asked the witness whether Mr. Justice Darling's name was J is the hook, and she replied in the affirmative. SURPRISING QUESTIONS. I Mr. lustice Darling was about to speak, when witness said: We are out to win this war while you, Mr. Justice Darliftg, are sitting in that seat." She did not; continue, and Mr. Justice Darling ordered her to leave the "witness box. Mrs. Stuart did not comply, and Mr. Pilling inquired of Mrs. Stuart. Was Mrs. Asquitli's name in that book? Was lialdane's name in that book? Mrs. Stuart answered yes" in both instances. 'Mr. Billing then resumed his seat and his lordsh ip quietly aked him: "Have you finished ? Billing: I ]live not. His lordship: I have not the least ob- jection to you having put the question about myself, but 1 am determined to protect other people, who are absolutely defenceless. (Proceeding.)

I BARRY COLLISION. I Action Against Swansea Steamship Owners. I On Thursday, in the Admiralty Court, Mr. Justice Hill. Kiting with the Trinity Mastc.s, *„d y him an action brought by the c ntrs of the Sunderland steamship Durham jgainst the Swansea- owned steamship Jleanor, to recover damages arising out 4f a collision between those vessels in Barn7 lioads on the even- ing of August 2ith last. Defendants, denying liability, ctunter-claimed in re- spect of the damage to their vessel. Plaintiffs' case wis* that, in dark and rainy weather, the Durham, bound for Barry, had been oveltaken by the Eleanor :md a little later ws -Ti on the port of the Durham a few ship's lengths away, apparently prooeedie in the same direc- tion. Afterwards tit Eleanor opened her masthead and gree! light on the port how of the Durham causing the danger of a collision. The )urham hard-aported and went full sidill, ahead, but the Eleanor came on at^P^cd, and with her stern struck the Duiiam on the port side at last. The Durham tried to throw her quarter clear by hajl-astarboarding. Defendants' case, on the other hand, was that the EleaiPr was at anchor, showing signalisatioi anchor lights, she having dropped Tie: anchor about 20 anchor about 20 minutes before the collision. In these circumstances, it ws pleaded that the Durham was negli/nt in not keeping clear of the Eleanor.

I HUNGARY VWNTS PEACE. Zurich, Wednesday (received Thurs- da.v).-Count Karolr. n a speech delivered against the tightening of the Alliance, says: We want pejee, and. an Alliance of the people, not leepen.ng of the Al- liance with Germi-yy. To defend any tightening of the exiting Alliance would be fatal to the indpendence of the democracy of. lfqpg :L: (';t 'oJ.

1 TONON THION- VlllE. DOSE OF BOMBS FOR THE ENEMY BKITISH AERIAL OFFICIAL. France, Wednesday, 7.53 p.m.—Un 28th inst. (Tuesday) fine weather enabled our aeroplanes and balloons to accomplish a full day's work. Besides co-operation with artillery and photographic reconaissance our aero- planes dropped 25 tons of bombs during the day on hostile billets, dumps, rail- ways, and aerodromes behind the enemy's lines on all parts of the British front. Thirteen German machines were des- troyed in air fighting and four otherfi were driven down out of control. Five of our aeroplanes are missing. Bombing was continued on the night of the 28th-29tli. and five tons of Ixmibs were dropped by us on various targets, in- cluding billets at Armentieres and Val- enciennes railway t-tation. One of our night bombing machines failed to re- turn. On the 29th inst. (Wednesday) a num- ber of our long .distance bombing machinos attacked Thionville and diopped a ton of bombs with good'effect on the station and siding. At the eame time other machines bombed the railway and barracks at Metz-Sablon. in 6pite of hostile attacks from the air and ground all our machines returned safely. I ENEMY RAIDERS FAIL TO REACH PARIS. Pans, ihursduy.—Air raid alarm was given here at 11.30 last night, but was not of long duration, the all clear being sounded at 12.40 this morning. Paris, Thursday.—The following official communique is i&sued this morning:— Yesterday evening the ene-m displayed great aerial activity, and dropped bombs in various places behind the front. Some aeroplanes were reported to be making for Paris. The warning was given at 11.21, and our means of defence were put into action No enemy machine passed the violent artillery barrage or flew over Paris. Some bombs were dropped in the out- skirts. An enemy aeroplane was hit by our anti-aircraft batteries and fell in ames. The "all clear" was given at 12.34. 1 »

"SKUNKS & COWARDS." I Outburst by President of Neath Tribunal. At Neath Borough Tribunal on Thurs- day, the president (Aid. H. P. Charles, J.P.I referred to the recent proclamation undpr the new Military Service Act, and said it was a scandalous shame that oon- jscientious objectors, whom be character- ised as skunks and cowards," should be protected by a clause giving them the right of aPPffil: deni(YJ to other men who might have legitimate grounds for appeal.

I TRULY KOLOSSAL." ) German Plans, for World Conquest. PARIS, Thursday. The Temps says that the newspaper The Politiken," which it describes as a Danish paper having pro-German ten- dencies, iias recently obtained from Berlin information of a truly kolossal" pro- gramma, in which the crushing of the Allied armies only figures in the first stage. As soon as the struggle in France has ended, The Politiken" was in- formed, Germany would devote all her forces to submarine war, and to expedi- tions in the East. At the same time she would increase her food resources, and would put herself in a position to keep up a maritime war, which might be drawn out for years. Theise are the prospects which German propaganda flaunted before the eyes of the public five days before the Crown Prince's offensive. Monstrous visiolisg Unrealisable i pi a ri6 r Yes, by all means, but neverthe- less it would not be right to ignore them."

I LANGLAND TRAGEDY. We understand that when Elsie ^mith is brought up before the Swansea Bench next Wednesday in connection with the Langland Bay tragedy of April last, Mr. Henry Thompson will appear on behalf of the Director of Public ) Mr. C. W. Slater is for the d**fenee.

LUSITANIA CRIME. j On Thursday morning 100 officers and men belonging to the United Staler forces went in processional order to the Queens- town Cemetery and decorated the graves of the Lusitania victims with garlands and flowers. The ceremony was an ex- ceedingly impressive one. Among those present were the American Consul and Vice-Consul, the chairman and town clerk of the Urban Council, the agent at Queenstown of the Cunard Company, and other prominent people in Queenstown.

TO-DAY'S ALLOTMENT HINT. Celery should be planted out now, if large sticks are required. The trenches should be lOin. or 1ft. deep, and if it is intended to grow to rows in one trench the trench should be 18in. wide. A good layer of well-rotted manure should be placed at the bottom of the trenoh and covered with about two inches of soil. The plants should then be carefully moved from the boxes or frames, and planted with as little de-lay as possible. Nine incJies between the plant* vml one foot oetween the TOWS is a suiinUe distance to plant. Dwarf, sturdy plants are al- ways to be preferred to long drawn-up ones, as the latter are so long in recover- ing from the check when trans-planted that they seldom grow into really good sticks. During the growing season celery requires copious supplies of water, and 7-hould never be allowed to suffer from drought, or pithy stems will be the re- sult. After planting the foliage should be lightly dusted with soot wken damp with dew; if this is regularly carried out very little damage will be done by the celery fly. Regular light dressings of salt will be found to give good results; manure water should also be given occasionally. Grower," "■ ■ J:.

NOVELIST AND M.P. Sir Gilbert Parker, Unionist M.P. for Gravesend since 1890, has resigned his seat on the grounds, of ill-health. Born in Canada 56 years ago, he has travelled extensively and is widely known as a novelist. It is rumoured that Sir William Weir, President of the Air Foard. will be the candidate for the vacancy.

CARMARTH EN MART. There were 130 fat sheep and 14 fat cattle at the weekly mart at Carmarthen on Wednesday, and all were graded. Of the 39 cows and calves on offer, the best realised up to £17, the average pric-4, being- £25. There were 60 ewes and lambs, for which there was a good demand. Calves, which numbered 65. also sold  well.

CALLED UP AT 8Y. Mr. -John Jones, Rode House, T,bw dudno, 87 years of age, has received oalling-up notice. All his som &re ovt; military age, and he has several gran > sons servicer.

SWANSEA DOCK CHARGES. According to a London correspondent, a decision has been come to to allow Swansea Dock to increase its charges by 50 per cent. There is, therefore, eN-erv ground for presuming that a like increase will be granted in the case of the other Bristol Channel ports ateo.

I THE FIFTH WEEK. There is still no prospect of a settlement o.f the strike of assistant teachers in the eastern portion of Carmarthenshire,, w4ich is now in its kfifth week. All the! schools have reopened after the Whitsun- tid holidays, but a big decrease in the attendance is reported.

REGIMENT DISARMED. Reuter's correspondent says a dis- affected Soviet regiment has been dis- armed at Morschauk. The cloven hoop of the German demands in Ukraine is beginning to appear -through the verbosi- ties of the Kieff conference, and seems to justify the terse description of the New Brest-Litovgk." l'i

I IfcYSTIC MALADY. I I Co!,eHhagE'n, Wednesday.—In Stock- holm, several new casps of the mystic malady have b<?n dptMtpd, and it is 'prMdm?. particularly ?n th? large cities, where food conditions are very bad. The malady is characterised by decreas- ing musmular strength, slow pulsation-, and low temperature. Men, women, and children are suffering from the disease.— Exchange.

A wood-pigeon shot by Mr. Edward ] Trafford, of Catford, had 103 whglo peas I in its crop. —' I

fN PARLIAMENT, In Parliament' to-day Major Bird said the uæ of aeroplanes for dropping •leaflets had boan prohibit. Mr. Shortt said 69 persona had lw,n arrested in Ireland and de. ported to Grea £ Britain. Ho could inul-i no further fctatemont. Lord Cletil informed Mr. Andofson ttat it is Hot propoted toi recognise tlie do facto -40r,*TZ=Mt of Bft&da. 7" < j (;'O!l.'N MAIL.KET. Bristol. 'fliiTrsday.—English wheat fcarce at regulated price*. 71F. 9d to- 76s 9d. gr. Stock'- ot }orei-n wheat, barley, and maize cleared, recent allotments having been readily absorootl. Improved supply ot foreign tiour and other articles for admix- ture purposes. Jlillcrp report normal de- rannd for flour; prices unchanged METAL MARKET. London, Thursday.—Copper 130 to 110i cash and three months. Tin. 353 cash 3nd three months. Foreign lead 29-28. Spel- ter. 54-50. MEAT MARKET. Central Market. Thursday —Beef supplies "ontmiie on a fairly lanre scale; English and Hootch long and short. 8s. 2d.; Irish, including Birkenhead kilied. 8s. 2d.; Argen- tine chilled hindquarters. 9s. Jd fore- (luarters 7s. id. M utton-Enclish. Scotch, and imported tew. wethers, and ewes, 8s 3d. Lamb—Imported in liberal supply, but home-killed Rh )rt,: English, Scotch, Irish and imported, 8s. 8d Veil scarce; English, 88- 2d. Ilork-Enklish aiul imported, lOg 8d

OUTNUMBERED. The Duke of Connaught was elected president of the Royal Colonial Institute on Wednesday night. Sir Hamar Green- wood, M.P., said there would be days of depression, there must be in a war of this magnitude, but it was to his mind inex- plicable that in this fourth year of the war their heroic soldiers were again and again called upon to face overwhelming superiority in numbers, when their great i courage and, he thought, their fine leader- ship did not avail them. At anv rate, they had this, the best tonic, that the war had brought about the splendid solidity of the Empire, and an inspiring reunion of the English-speaking world, of which great and glorious Britain would always he the mother country and the home. I ■■ j J'¡.

ITJ-OAY'S NEWS IN BRIEF j For selling watered beer, Elizabeth Leahy, a Liverpool public-house licenser, was fined £ 10. Tawe Lodge Visiting Committee lia, deferred the question of the inmates' out- ing tor a week. Thousands of cases of Irish eggs are being shipped from Dublin to Bri, iJI ports every week. Short-distance pigeon-flying, for mili- tary reasons, cannot, says Mr. Macphc: son be reconsidered. Hanover-buildings, Tooley-street, which accommodate 5.1100 people, are to be re- christened Devon-buildings. A lull-pay holiday will be given to the men employed in the national dockyard on the King's Birthday, June 3. l'ire broke out at Thanet tramway depot on Wednesday; the cars were saved but the offices;) nel stores were dt-tro-ved. For the part they have taken in fli (- war. Mr. F. T. T.ahern. of Coventry, left a i-pceial legacy of L100 each to three of his suns. Of the nine toldier sons of ír. and Mr. Seweii. of War:esley (Beds) four have been killed, two wounded, and one captured. A Wi liam and Mary tankard, dated !i;!n. and weighing- over 24oz., has been given to the ) Red Cross Gold and Silver' Co llection. Mr. Wilson Crawdson, a prominent Hastings resident and magistrate, ba- died suddenly. He collapsed whilst rid- his bicycle at Bexhill. An Italian grocer who asked for exemp- tion said he had been in Kentish Town seven years, and had seven children, the eldest of whom was seven. Mr. W. Millwood, a barrister, o: Garden-court, Temple, aged 74. fell off the pavement at Aldwych and sustained con- cussion, from which lie died. Several thousand bags of coffee, part of a C93,000 consignment from Guatemala, which was seized on neutral ships, were condemned by the Prize Court, 0 Melbourne, Thursday.—Owing to (h orderly scenes in the House of Representa- tives the Loan Bill had to he forced through with the aid of the closure. Emphatically protesting against, tJJ projx.r-tcd introduction of women to worlc passenger trains is the resolution passe by the S.E. and Chatham railwaymen. r. John IFoch. the maker of the ck-e- presented to the Church of Molenc. Fini. tere, after the Drummond Castle disaster ;n 1896. has just did at Streatham, aged 82. Cages which formerly housed wild ani- malt; at the Southend Kursaal are now "filled with rabbits, and it is expected that they will provide 1 (i,000lb. of food in 12 months. The Press Association say-- that David Greenwood sentenced to death for the murder of Nellie Trew, at Eltham "Com- mon, and whose execution was fix4d for Friday, has been reprieved. Madrid. Wednesday.—The screws of the 1756. the German submarine interned ai Santander. have been removed. She has. been placer] under the guard of tbo < in- hoat -No. S. and of the Neuva Montana.— Exchange. Owing to the travelling restrictions, the Baptist. Union of Wales will this year not hold the usual gathering of ministers and delegates. There will be only a Council meeting at Llanwrtyd in the early days of September. In attempting to land after rowing on the River Mersey, the little daughter of A!!x'rt Knight, of Northenden. a soldier, [..11 into the water. Knight jumped in. ¡;nd was drowned, but other soldiers res- Ned the girl. Mr. L. C. Docker, the old cricketer Cwlio wa? on Wednesday re-elected ca] tairl of the Warwickshire County Club. predicted shorter matches after the war. The county programme .would also have to be curtailed. Another demonstration against two con- I seientious objectors took place at Luttei- worth on Wednesday afternoon, when a timber building stocked with osiers be- I longing to the father or the two youths was discovered to be in flames and was gutted. So far the poln-e have been uu- abl to discover the perpetrators.

I FIGHT AGAINST ODDS. 13,000 Poles Fall Into Enemy Hands. Zurich, Wednesday (received 'inu; day ).—Cracow newspapers report a form t days' battle near Kaniew between | man troops and the Second Poliiii Arm;: Corps. wliif-ii ai-e censored. lJ¿atc that the commander of the '28th German infantry brigade called upon the Polish General Osinski to disarm his troops, but withdrew his ultimatum be- fore it had expired and unexpectedly at- tacked the Poles in overwhelming lorfce. A pitched battle followed, in which all kinds of arms were employed, including heavy artillery. The Poles fought des- perately, but finally their ammunition -te(1. and they were forced t > ■surrender,. 3,000 Poles falling into, tli- hands of the Germans. The Polish Executive Committee in Ukraine has protested against the Ger- man troops attacking neutral Polish sol- diers. Thp trugic fate of the Polish force has caused the deepest mourning through- out the whole of Poland, and most iTI tense indignation is displayed at the p: ccedings of the German troopf;.

I RIVETTING RECORDS. Another world's riveting record was created at Meases. Workman, Clark and Co"' shipyard, Belfast, on Wednesday, when John Moir drove 1,115 tin. rivets in the floor of a standard ship in one hour. The previous best figures for the hOllr were 923, made at Messrs. Harland and WoUf's hipyard, &lfaet, on Tues- day, by J?hn Lo?ry, w?o drove 7,841 iin. l'int6 in nme hours, this still being the world's record for a full dajr'c wock.