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LATEST WAR NEWS. BRiTiSH SUBMARINE ASHORE SMART FRENCH ARTILLERY WORK ————— The following French official commu- nique. vah issued in Pari* Ibis afternoon: Hdween tho Oisne, and tho iSDFI there were some contacts of patrols ill the course oi the night in the region of Ptiasa- lo-ine. In Champagne our artillery dispersed a re-victualling convoy on the road from Volle-Surtourbe h) Xouxiers. An enemy aeroplane 1 hr-m- on the, suburbs of Lun ci- vile three bombs, "which caused no dajnagc. Another c-ne-my machine wM obliged to aiight. The two ofhoere on board wore taken prisoners. d.-

British Substtantie Ashore. The Stir.ret.nry of the Admiralty issued thp following stafeujeni through the PN'W'S Bureau thi* af ternoon One of "His Majesty's submarines has grounded off the Dutch coast. Part of her ofiicej-s and crew were taken off by a British destroyer, and the remainder were rescued bv a Dutch war- ship, aiid have been taken to Holland. There was no loss of life.

Five British Wins. The following telegraphic dispatch has been received from British Headquarters, dated Wednesday:- On January 17 sixteen of our aeroplanes attacked an enemy supply depot at La Sars. north-east of Albert, doing con- siderable da run go. During the day there were nineteen air encounters, in five of whi-ch eneiny machines were driven down. Two of our aeroplanes were lost.. On He afternoon, of the 18th the enemy exploded a mine south of Tricourt, doing little damage. To-day v e successfully bombarded hos- tile trenches at several point*. A party of our troops at dusk raided the enemy trenches north of the Fiver Lys, and brought 'Wtek several prisoners. The enemy exploded a mine near the Tlobenzollern Redoubt and another in front of our trenches south-east of Cuiflchy. No damage was done. Hostile artillery was active north-west of Rrraelles and pa?t of Ypres. A hostile aeroplane was brought down roar Frelittgheim by our fire. "The Best Results." Paris, Wednesday: 11 p.m.-The follow- ing is officially communicated: To the south of the Somrae, in the sector of Lihoiis, an enemy blockhouse v; as destroyed by our lire. Between Soissons and Rheims our trench g-un:5 caused serious damage to enemy works in the region of Ailles, west of Craonne. In the Argonno we cannonad ed troops moving in the region north of Courtree ChaUoses. In Lorraine our ifre directed against a group of houses occupied by the Germans near Aliwourt, west of the Chateau Sal ins. gave the best results. During ttit night of tho 18th, two Ger- man air machines having dropped bombs on Xanry. one of our air squadrons at otw-c, went up and bombarded the railway stations of Mob; and Arnaville. Twenty- two bombs weije thrown on the buildings, which were damaged. A German Claim. Amslerdaju, Wed a.y.-To-d ay's Ger- man official communique says:— W.iitwn Theatre of War.—On the Yt-er front, a bin nil Gorman detachment at-1 toe eneiiy ti t riches and captured a naehi ne-gun. ■■ There W"O'i a vigorous reciprocal mining ictivity along the front from west of Lillo <o south of the Soiume during the night. Enemy airmen dropped bombs on Met3. A n. enemy aeroplane is reported to have come 'down toward# the morning south- west of Thiaticourt, one of the occupants being killed.

Fresh Russian Successes. Petrograd, Wednesday. Both semi- official and private sources are unanimous tg to the colossal looses sustained by the enemy in the recant fighting on the south- western front. During their cauntor-attacks at Czar- torysk the Gorman columns melted so rapidly under the fire of our artillery that the army groups in that theatre have been forced to remain supine ever since. At Olyka the German counter-attacks were so costly that the storming columns eventually fell back to the second line without the slightest pressure by the Ri: sskm s. Sporadic activity contic?w on the nor- thern front, where "rious figb. J?' camHv occurred in tho neighbomtrM of J MObsbuH. The Germans posted heavy gun on the lpft bank of the Dvina. in Jacobrstadt, and Ihl" Teargrad sector, in order to shell the Tailway. A few days ago, during an attempt to turn their flank at one of the lakes in the Drisviaty district, the linssia/ns withdrew from the northern shore unperceived, v.-iih the result that the German flanking columns came into collision and inflicted heavy losses on each other. The Russians then, attacked and expelled ths enemy from the northern s hore. It is reported that thousands of French, English, Belgian a.nd Russian prisoners '«re employed restoring the Grodno forti- fications and building a. n-pw railway to unite Grodr.o aud Brosf-Litovsk.—- "Times" War Teleerram, per Press Association (Copyright). I

Panic-Stricken Enemy r Wednesday. — To-night's Kussjan oflw-ial states tha.t a German a. ?opt ? 4l!)(f ?? ?,p ?. ??? ?? the '? '?to? Mevadan va? !?pT)La<?. The <,prrr:&np mad?. '?-o aitacks, ?pported by £ n oro r artU? a?, ? he ?strict of !i1mnf'T1f:ld. I?f? &tttK? were Mp?Ieed fcjr ?r f-?P- Tit ? riolfmt ?? unex- ? y,, t,? thr-??..??? ?? centre ?? the. Turkish .A??T resulted ? ?-? ,??? be- i ?Ii?wrl and di?M? f?m <.?<yn? po?th?r? m '? M??D <? Lake Fort lmthol. The Turk* wpre dislodged on a fronf ed over 70 miies. and art- retreating in the direction of Errerum • At 6lverral points the retreat, assumed the na.l.ure of par.ifs stricken flight. The -tirlcisli "her hundreds.—Press Association War Special.

Back to the Fray. I Some remarkable developments 3r, r, I corded in the news from the Balkans. The Montenegrin army is back to the fray; the enemy Legations are removing' I their archives from Athens to Macedonia; the Alhes have landed at Mitylene. Where is the Kina? I Paris, Wednesday.—The JournAl des Debat? sars: It ia officially announced that the King of Montenegro, with his family and mem- 1 bers of the diplomatic body, have left San. Giovanni di Nle-kiiia for Italy.—Reuter. This news («tahlisli^s the rirpture-of the t mew&ntiiaaB witk ▲uetna. THE UBlQUJTGUS KAISER. j I T!ta ]?- a r, a, -Gi to a BcrLm ro-j | port of W<"dB?sda.y, ?.'a? en ''?€'&d<?y in j :11. On Uie sactw day he -K?s #nppoeed! ? h?To VMitcd Berlin. The lat?t newt he -?-:U proNs.bly Ip?re Isksh for I (ViHiiiananopIe with th? <?bj<?:t of OOlD ?Hr? his dupes to attack the AiU?. ?t Salonika. And, according to a recent re- port, all the tizae he is in hospital in. Sou thern Germany Cavatry Bound for Nish. I Th Salonika correspondent- of the n l'ht: Journa! t.flc?raphin? ?ndfr ye.s- 1 terday's da?e, etatcs I hat b? learns frmn an absolutely sure fcource that owing to the. difficulty of obtaining supplies a large part of the German cavalry concentrated at Monartir has left the town and is re- turning to The tvirrespondent ;.1.1,,0 learn* Uiat ether German troops concen- trat.f;d in -the namo rej^ion are preparing to leave j'nr other fronts. No Surrender! Pome, Thursday.—A semi-othcial para- graph published here ssayo the King of Montenegro and his loverrunent have re- fused oi'ertur«> offered by Au<,ti'>-}iungate j and fighting ha>> \wn n*sumed on all ? iront?. The ?inx and bis O;lS aro still in Mont?ops?'?- in ?1?' mid?t. of thMT troops, organÍ:ÜD a l?t. btaud.—Ecu?'r. Leaving Athens. Pan>, Thursday.—-Th? rrpcrt is eon* ,ii-jueit "r,)jii litat Austrian, Ger- j man. Bu]?ana[i, an? T'?kMh Lp?a!i<?T? K<' Athens are removing their archives to I Macedonia. lailiod Landing- at Mitylene-I Parks, Thursday.—The "Matin's" cor-j respondent, telegraphing on Wednesday, says that contingvnis of Allied droops havrj lauded at ^iityienc. The people arej (still on the tip-too of expectation regard-] ing the turn of political events.— PreseI Association War bivvial. Hunger at Monastir. Paris, Thursday.—The Salonika corres- pondent of the Echo de Paris, tele- graphing on the 18th inst-I., Kays that ac- cording to information given I by Serbian refugees who arrived, here to-dav from .Moua-Hr. then' are n?w <mly :?.OM Ger- mans in that town. Thirty tbouMHd Bul- garian5 have ldt Monaftir for Elba^bon. in Albania. German officers who were in Bulgarian r?gunput? hai-e been recalled to the Pu?aa front. The ]nck of food is ?.in? keenly felt among the German and Bul- garian troops. Every lime C?r- man and Bulgarian soldiers are recalled northward (that is to say. far from the French front) they receive the congratulations of their comrades, who envy their chance of getting away from our 75 milUmdre guDK. I In Mon<Mtir mb:erl GIrrnä.!J-Bnlgar1l\n I patrols parade.fhe streets day and night to prevent the Icotinc of bakers' ehop?. KING TINO VERY VEXED. I New York, Thursday.—-Accordiug to a I, telegram from Athene, via Paris, King Constantin gummorm the correspondent of tho Aœooiated Pi?se for th? p?rp<&e of expressing tbr?u?h the Pr?f? of the United States his profound indignation at tho high-handedness of the recent I action of the Allies towards Greece. The. King, it appears', was profoundly moved as he reviewed a long list of what he called en<-roac"b]n^rrs on the Sovereignty of Greece.' culminating in the occupation of Corfu and the blowing up of the bridge at iJemir Hifsar.

Within Sight of Kut. I In the House of Commons on Thurs- day, Mr. Chamberlain said that General Aýlmer reports from Mesopotamia that the weather had moderated, and he had been able to continue his advance. They were yesterday only seven miles from Kut.

I TtghtntMg the Grip. Paris. Jan. 13.—A leading article in the Teiiips" oomments thUIó on. the humani- i tarian appeals addressed to tho United Stales by Ger.uw.s. "whose lack of con- science recoils before no paradox The menaces of impressive punish- ment in tie name of the superior rights of the chosen people, represent, as far as the opinion of neutrals the Allies is concerned, only maaTife«tation,s of inipo- tency. The navies of the Entente Powers see in these an indication of thoar duty, end will not neglect it. In spite of sensitive souls, whom com- plaints of starvation are able to move, and in spit.e of the complaints of traders who find themselves injured, tlie of the blockade will bo drawn closer round Ger- many until it chokes her. The monster of German militarism mu't lie vanquished. Nothing that. will reduce the number of its victims ourrbt to be condemned by the civilised world."—Reutcr.

The Lille Explosion. I Amsterdam, Thursday. — Herr Karl Hosner, war oorre^p^iu!eut of the Lokal- a-uzeiger," gives a graphic description of the terrihle results of the explkwion a.t the Cerman ammunition sbcrc") near Lille, wluch was mentioned in the uennaai com- munique of Janiuuy li-'th. Herr lloener, was ecaying at an hotel at Lille, which w<M partly occup1fi by the Germsui army suefi. He writes: It was shortJy after ele?on o'clock when the French garcon put out the liglti?. Ord(u ci the comBria??Pr T?bM).' A beautiful rooui, with a big ineial bed- stead, electric light, and constant water supply. At 4.30 in the morning a hurricane disturbed my rest. My bed was lilted up, and caine doiyn a little further away. The whole house shook, so that .my watch fell from the marble-topped tablfl to the ground. Suddenly all three windows were flung wide open, tho eiirtains fluttered, and at the sa-me time there was a tcrrific roar, and then a cranh of glaS-ri and masonry as if a giant in his mad rago were smash- ing thousands of windows. Back to Bed. H My first t hn n g-h t. w i N ow or o oi' tlvos-e big shells have landed in the house.' I sprang to the oJcdnç switch, but. there waf only a, short B?.sh. ?jtd cv?rythin? v?s da.rk aai!1. Everywhere in t'hf ?W?h- ly)iirhc?od one r6i%o of crashing .?a?! The l? hole hou r.os ^idc awake, door.s werA opened and slammed aain. Snm friRbtRned wc)men ('riM. I r?S?ct?fl that thif; -wa-i no aerial ix>mh. I know rhain from esperionce. and against jhelis of heavy calibrf^ a ce.llar woulrl be of no use. The best would be to wait and w-. and I went to bed atrain. Of that, terrifi* roar, the cause, of which I did not know", there was no repetition, only the low thundering of far-away gune ham mpring through the, n'ghh" A 8rone of nestructron. I Some horiTs later Berr P^ner saw the dofftruetion, tens of thousands of broken windows, and exrited groups of inhabi- tant* in the streets, all shouting. One cried. An English airman has hit th^ ammunition depot." Jrlother "Tt was an Englishman who did it." Later, Herr Rower learned that the a«s»demt happened 4Yd the Lsnizil-iexn ram- Twtn of Lille, in a capenia.te where the ammunition of <v»e of the pioneer detach- ments was stored- The gruard of German Landsturm men were killed. Houses on both sides of the Rne de Dauai were razed to the ground. W here once were work- T1"A dwellitigH. there was now nothing el-pe bnt wrecksgie.

Things Are Bad With Us. I Amsterdam. Wednesday. Thero wpw a I lively debate in tho Peir.betag yesterday, I l on the pabject of 4&e> w. Aiicardiitg to the report of the proceedings in the Cologne Gazette. the Soci.tli-st Hp; Pittmann said that the authorities in Berlin had telegraphed forbidding an account of the Socialist a 1 tacks in the Keic hftUtg against the imperial Corn Authorities b''in? published in a Socialist newspa??' at Jlalle, and had then threauijiii tJio new^paiier with supprc?- sion because the blank epacrc had beon t<>.> c.on&picuous. Not. ouly has U',o entire right of assembly been suppressed," tr e.d the f-peafcer, but individual Socialists also I are forbidden to take any public action. 1.)1Y are victims 01 base denunciation- Other suspect^ ai e t-imply shoved info he ¡\ml. although they h?d previously i b\xn dc<'t?.rfd 'ini'< for eer\ ice. Othvcrs regard the annexation ?t conquered ? iri' tory as a matbr of cour?. That if "rice, origin 01 the, prohibition oi an dacla.m- tions concerning war aims. ()I.1I.1 voices which claim conqi>est6 J:re to he regarded as an exjirf-afion of the will of tiia-people. We muse destiny tak per- nicious me.e.'u. 'The poc.ple is against will '■vies of < >iiquost. ] voi<-e must obtain a hearing abroad. Everywhere peact, I F, desired, but evftrywhere the execution of tllp. people's will is prevented." Tlie deputy Herr Fischbeck (Progres- t'iiw People' Party) condemned the ■ tinuouj Mate of siege and demanded modi- j ficat.ions. He said the censor wants to compel papers to publish certain articles. criticism of ba-ik statements has bn '■ Thi'igs Arc Bad With Us,M Iferr SCrescmann (^National Uber.il) i said, referring to t.he euppreosion of tl>» Deutsche Togeazeitung," tho "Taeglioho Rundschau. and the Vossische Zei, tun?"t'rivyC?Hin''i)i'"rKi.rdcif wi?'d to publish in th' Pan-German Press an articJe entitled Bismarck's Birthday- j Th''hUcrpmainpd. Then, hcTrf7pr.<3-rn? a' white space, aud at ilie bottom the j -nat.-are Eji)il Kirdorf.' (Laughter.) Wtien Hindenburg spoke, in an interview, t. fine dictum, .Not hold out, but conquer, j and said many another word with well known vigour, even this was supprcsced after one pa p"T had 'j')ie Nvori(i only to he won wii ) public opinion. In this art Eii,laiiii bc-en a past master, even if she has p:vniv acted against in a hypocritical and criminai manner which we f^hall not imitate. She lights against, us with «:H1?r, telegraph bureaus, films, and kineniato- j graphs. A weigiity fact, too. is that ;U home we ha^'e been ott(rf) misled 1)(.(.tl.1]6 from nevrspaiw-r cuttings which were pn- pared f'?r us we WPie aHo'?pd t? hear <m{y favourable opinions such ae v?rc friendly to Germany. s? 9,s 1,?-pre frienft? out. of a dream wtien we suddenly 6aw r" ing us almost- nothing but hatred, and hostility, even in neutral countries. Under-rating Home Opinion. "W0 underrate the value of ham,, public oprnion for the issue of th- war. We can 1 bear the fre-h breath of criticism. That- J in m, matters things are bad with u< ? rhai 'n h?ve great difficulties, that Eng- rL,aL wi,? fliat Ei&- 1 respects—if known abroad from our (iov- ernjuent'^ arrangements fiO exactly that, there is no need to hide, anything. The Government should cali hundreds j of people to Berlin to send them out as peripatetic- e^jeakers to tell people, not in highly-coloured words that everything is going well, but that much is going ill, and that therefore it is a duty to assume every burden created by the situation.— Renter.

Oiir Main Object. Colonel Repington, writing in Ttrrrs- j day's iiiiw," makes eorne pertinent allusions to the question of "breakir.g through the, enemy's lines." He says: j We and tho .French have diverted to dip tan t theatres since the war not: less than ("iOO.OhO men, with their corres- 'I ponding guns and munitions, and it. is open to us Westerners to hold that had ib'Mf! divcrt?ti j?un?rR IM'?Q ai our dis- po?a! fcr <h? May and September otfen-I sives in the West we might bsve (lealt,l th'? Gorman? a fatal blow.? Uu.L mMr. purpow. he contends, is t? go on killing and wounding 200,000 Ger- man troop-? u month until it. Incomes ob- vious to 1 he den&ast mind in the Father- land that German aims cannot be attained. Let us be quit of our wandfer-year, and get back, with no more relapses, to the main busdneas in hand. Main Object-to Kill Germans. I The main point is that it does not mat- ) ter so very much where we fight Germans, tiO long as wo tight Germans, and not their aliias and dupes to whose, fate Germany is in different, and it is easier for us to kill Germans in their put positions in the Wt than it is anywhere elisc. Even if these present jxteiitiom were approxi- mutely maintained by th enemy v.v could make him gutter such lo&ses in them that W-P could maintain Ui« rate 01 'Aiis tagc, which must, in the end, bring bun down. In this respect, we have done better in each successive fight in the West, and as the number of our heavy glln and howit- zers contiiiu<« to grw. and the supply of shells Lr,,)\; nt, up, we can make (Cae It fresh attack upon him with greater profit, and impose more sacrifices upon him. when he atijkcks us. Many Lines to Break. How can wc expect tü break the German linos in one '?tUc? There are iin? upon !in<?, a?d v hm we hava taken Uw ?ub<?rs Ridge and the Virny Heights thcro will be I Lille, the It-endro, the Scheldt, the Mouse, the Rhine, and Ulan)" more lines, as there will bo for us if the Germans attack ue, j so tbat tbÚ; basic idea of breaking the line, good fcr Trafalgar, is really quite out of plv" It ifc even harnd nL for when we win a serious victory like that of September last, when we dispose oi 150,000 Germ"i and capture 150 Gemum n??s, we arc not content becau&o we Lave nei attamwl the unattainable and our cavalry have apt tdreaiued through the famous j Gup General Offensive Wanted. I A genenu otfeasivo by all the Allies at once, and a general offensive on each front, are the tactics which will hurt Ger- many the uiost, and they are therefore to bo comjrnenned. Thy i-re being rmidered more every day by the 1;1 pid in- crsase of ur i pavy howitzers and muni- tions general! enabling us to devote all incr'-si^dnsly if-rge number of heavy gllDB to all our ^.rt.^i«s, and t-9 raainta-ir a good r-ate of tire' for a longer time. It is not the case t]¡;lt WfI li«ve yet delivered. seri- ¡ onfi attack 'r.houl- any concern for our supply of ohNeither we nor the French have bticn wholly 80 fortunate a.? tlmt.

The Shipping Contra?. WLSTMT\STER. Wednesday NigJrt.. Mr. Purciman to-day dealt at length with t-he «-or ions question of shipping freight. T'eo matter has a personal -4*c4 beœ. as ?fr. Runciman toid the HD%S% it va? stated in t.he Timœ tl?t <t? firm of Runciman (London), Ltd., hae chartered tonnage on Govern- ment account. Nfr. RTj-ncdina-n feeA-d this Press attack with projnpt eoarage. Ten yeans ago, when 11 p joined the Campbell Banniaroan Govern meat, he reeigiisd from the firm. My eoie oonnectaon with it," he c--dd-od, anaid cheers, c" is that the hon. me2TAer for flp,.Harlft,.poo]A is the bead of j1" and that I am his 6øn--a redation- 6tbip of vhich I have ewery reason tp be proud. Sir Walter Runciman was sitting on the bench just opposite. "-It, is not for me," oontiuued Mr. Runcimaji, to explain th-.i motives of newspapers in making insinuations cAm- cerning -or attacks on individual Minietene." At Uu< ?JMT<?:. was a ??at utbl1rt <? cheering, ia which Mr. RMceim&a?s Con- mrvative "tvcw jwed. Tho facts are simple. Thsre is an I-nter- national Wheat Commission, of wblich Mr. R.u.Qo.iman is 7iot a member. The Commission employs a firm of grain mer- chants, Messrs. Boss T. Smyth and Co This firm requested Messrs. I'.unciman t<? secure tonnage, but on the n?ual com- mis.-doD. which wcuM nm to a hgh fig<¡rrl owing to the price ?f .t?ei?hts A ?imed sum is paid for the ?trviepi rendered, and this economim] p!an ?as s?gge?t?d I at the outset by Mr. R unci man himself. Board of T^ads Control. I There remains 1 he general question whether the Board cf Trad\' has ade- quately controlled the. inpr-:iiiitile ;tia,riiip The Government has decided against a policy of universal commandering. Bu. in November the employment of siujw br- tween. foreign ports wa., restricted and ships were requisitioned for food. Co- ordination of ships by the Army and Navy is now proceeding. "Articles." said M". Rnnciman. which are not strictly necos-sary to country may have to be shut out." Mr. Houston—not for the first drew attention ho the great waste of ton- nage by the Admiralty-, and -'d r i, drew from Mr. Kunciman the statement that dockers maT have to bi released from niiiitary m(,f\ in order to clear the now congested wharves at our porl.:3. "Bal- las-f" voyages must: be. avoided. The Labour grievance is that until special legislation was passed in the. autumu the Board of Trade allowed ves- sels to be sold to neu!rals. "Is it not a fact," asked Mr. Ander- son, that 200 to vessels have been sold to foreigners since the beginning of t11() The Speaker was intervening, and Mr. R, l' 1 time to answer: Y M. d;.Jl!.l"¡n 11¡:H1 on tJ'U(', an:1' 1. f'Ii, ?r.

New Grounds for Exemption. Sir Alfred Mond having asked th« Primo Min?-tcr whether it ?as proposed to iatrodure any Ipgi&Lation t? ?nabio men who have join?i or aboot 1o join his Majesty's forces t" be relieved from th?ir contractual obii?ath'tuy. f<?ch s? HIni. in-I surance premiums, moit?a?M !n<?r&st. ctr.. Mr. Long replied in Parli?in?n?ry ?p?ra. H'at th" Covern- mcnt are TK?t at prescm prop?in? 1'e?'t? lation on the subject- If any legi?tjoa lat,?--n ?in the subj,ct.. If UH' form of an amendment of the Courts (Emergency fowprt.) Act, 1914. tin the oiber hand. the Government ha.s made what may work out 10 be ill im- portant concession applicable to such ca&M. By adding t? th? ?round? for o-x emotion under the Ct'Mpui?ion Bill t.1H:1 profipcct. of serious havdr-hip, fipaucial or domestic," the Govcrninf?t. appears to agree that there nr? limita to the ..ani-I fice which may justly be c?p?ct?l from' UM othfrwi.-? ehgiblp rn?B. A<? it 6<?nd<'j the (?HCM?on i& made only to cin?Ie! m?n. but h io obvious thaJ m?rri? men 1 cannot be barred from &<) import??t a: c?nf'c.'?Mn. ar.d Mr. T?nu?t ho?-. in fact, s.t<?.i. in reply to a qu<vtM]i by Sir John Bandies, that, any disability of the at- tMrbcd m?.r'. vh<-th<'r 'uampd ?r '??I.\ arising from such a diecrevancy will bo 1 removed. apparently the dft)niti<?? of 6«».riouft| hards!np" ? ? be If?. to th? tribunals. H. is proK^hle that a '-?n<d."rnHp Tiumt?r of attefifed married men—particularly of j the middle classes—who -signed on under the impression that something would be done to relieve from their difficul-j ties, will on the plea thai their wives and faniilieis would be left to nothing but debt and iueuperabe diflfirul- boo if expected to live on eat I/ird I Dorby in lns report, stated to l>e •• q 11 ito inaaqllate" c-eparatiMU allowances.

Military Scrvice Bill. í In the Fouse of Commons on Thnrs- dav, Mr. Asqr.ith f-aid he proposed to take Report. Stage and Third Beading of the Military Service .Fill on Monday. The motion Oil the blockade of Germany would be taken on Wednesday. He hoped I that Parliament might, be prorogued at the end of next, week-

More Frightfwiness. German Frightfulness takes many forms and has varied expression. The following recalls the historic order: I^eave them ody their eyes to weep with." It is another chariteteristie, Ger. man order. to troop* It has come to my notice that requi- fitions have been carried out too mildly. I therefore order that, everything what- sowk-r that may ba found in the course of requisitions, such' as foodstuffs, blaa- kets, warm coate, cattle, hores, be(,P, goate, etc., l>e confiscated and delivered without delay at the commissariat point of the regiment concerned. No pray era of the Russian population that even part of 6uch things should be left to them are on any account to fee regarded. We are in enemy country, and no eort of humani- tarian considerations have longer value. There is more gaiety in taking than in giving. (Signed") "General Sommer." I

Night at the Front. I Wo are jiight workers in trenches and rest billed. The trench and road, so quiet by day, hum with activity through the hours of darkness, repairing of breast- j works and entanglements, digging of now works and communication treDches, relief of troops and arrival of food (supply, the thousand and one things that must bo done under cover of night. Wiring and digging are perhaps the two most excit- ing of these occupations, mending and put- ting up new entanglements in front of the first-line trenches, and digging the endless number of communication trenches and new works al ways under course of construction, which is usually done by the troope in reserve billets close behind the line, who provide Large parties for such work every night. WORK AMONG THE WIRE. Wiring is one of the cliiel concerns of the men actually occupying the lire- trenches. for the entanglements are con- stantly being damaged by shells, bombs, and other means, the wooden support, (stakes smashed or uprooted, and lengths of wiro cut or torn away. BcarJ.v a nigbt passes but there couM?. a caH for &1 party to go out for work among ?he wire. 1eep there is at ui?ht for no one. A &uJSd<uit nwnbw of sentries are posted to ensure safety, and the rekt are simi, up inio parties feverishly working to accom- plish the maximum possible before dawn, wfeesn all are again called to their posts, the hours between darkness and light, wlian it is not, aaie for a man to look over the parapet, and yet too dark for him to see in a peri scope, being the cribtal hours so far as gijardiug against the possibility ftf an attack is con owned- THE FIRST NIGHT OUT. The first lyight. on the wire is an ex- perience Dot easily forgotten. As crawl over your punpot into thp black- ness of a moonless nigh1. armed with great ooils. of barbed wire, sharpened stakes and wooden mallets, the gentle thud of a due-briitt in the earth ??t by your elbow reminds yo? thnt ym are now 0011 entirely open groa?d perhaps one hun- dred yards from the German trend*. Another thud in the same phice, a splash I of mud in the face, and you realise there is a fixed rifle putting a shot into the place you have just crawled over. Thoee fised rifles are awkward things. The, axe worked on a stand, and trained by day upon sosne spot in the enemy's lines that seems likely to give good reenfts. and all (Omtajruad at foot of next Colonm).

WAR SUMMARY > I SATURDAY. ? Following oil the news of the fall of I Cetinje come report Of the German menace in Albania. The German forces are, it is claimed, concentrating around Monastir. British gunners have been heavily bom- barding the trenches about Gk-elichy. The artillery fir", directed agains^fenemy works in Belgium has brought some serious explosions. Russia has repeated her reaolve not to countenance anything in the shape of a pat-jhed-up peace. In the Dardanelles the Turks are still foraging the rubbish heap in search of Ii booty. They claim to have made some big finds. In vi-w of the serious condition of the Kaiser there is a likelihood that it will now be necessary to appoint a Regent. Tho newly-appointed Viceroy of India is t h.0 Right, Hon. Lord Chelmsford, G.C.M.G. All allied movement .it Salonika is re- ported by the enemy. If successful it l may hold up Bulgar-Greek communica- tions. MONDAY. It. is reported from Berlin that the Kaiser has returned to the front. In Mesopotamia, the advance of General Avlmer's forces to the relief of Kut con- tinues. and tll" Turks are falling back. A belief prevails at Salonika that an enemy attack is imminent, as great pre- parations are noticeable among the Audro-Gertoan and Bulgarian forces. The Austro-Hungarian consul at Corfu has been arrested by the Allies. Montenegro is reported to have arranged an armistice with Austria. The Austrc-Cerora n« on the, right liank- of the Strypa t-uffe.red severely as a result of the sudden Russian offensive. One division was almost wiped out. TUESDAY. Of principal importance in to-day's budget of war news in the intelligence that Montenegro has given iu. Thi* is tantamout to saying that negotiations for peace have been opened. From a Russian source r-nines the claim that .-eYeral milec- of Austro-Gcrniaji trenches have been captured- It. would appear that the German defeat I in East Africa has been both complete and severe. Additional information on I the point has now come to )iP.,nl. from I ?hich it would appear that th 9 Crr- mans ?mrpred heavily. When\ j? The K3;e? Tr?-cl?r;. ?ho have arrived in Rotterdam from Berlin I ,av b,i?,; not Ipf? for t"?- fM.1t. but has gone south for an operation. Serious have takfn place in the I Vienna cafes owing to tho announce- ment 01* the increased price of beer. WEDNESDAY. Sensational surprise? regarding fh- render of Montenegro have culminated in tho announcement that the capitula- tion report is premature and that the. Montenegrins find the Austrian pro-1 y-osaIs u nacceptable. Sensational rumours, to be regarded wi'.h great caution state that tnc Allies may march 071 Athens. The reports add that a Gr-ek Bepublfc may 1, procl.iimed. Serbian troops ba nit. ,n landed at Salonika. Russia i<- hard pressing the TVirks in the Caucasus. Austria's to a big vic- tory ir Bessarabia is hotly contested by our Allies. Beyond seme gunnery achievement?, re- sulting in damage to enemy lines and barteries, there is no overnight news from France. The Italians by a fine display of gal- lantry, have cfvnpletely regained posi- tions temporarily lost in. tha Gorizia region. THURSDAY. The Montenegrin Army is semi-officially reported to be again in action. I Five British wins aro recorded in nine- Enemy Legations are 6aÙ1 to be remov- teen a'r n?h!?. tn ing their arcbivec to Macedonia. The Allies ha.ve landed L-ocpa at :Vity- 11 lene. A Times Petrograd telegram declares that the enemy have sustained oolossal ¡ losses on the, south-wastej-n front. An I adroit Russian move led to the German wings fir;ng on one another. C—IIWI ■ III ■■ ■■ I ■ I III I ■■■«!■ IW—PI

THE FIRST DERBY CALL] » THE NEW APPEi* I I The first batch of TVerhy recruits in Groups 2, ;j. 4 and a. presented themselves I at Mond Buildings on 'Thursday. Notices had .been issued to a good pro portion of taor-mfn 'hat they need not present themselves until Monday. Pre- feyimahly, these were men who were not in j reserved or starred occupations. Some the recruits who presented themselves, m person on Thursday could have saved themselves trouble if they had care- fully read their notices, which stated that. w report by letter would lie sufficient- Men Who Made Difficulties. I Amongst the men who presented them- ) selves were some in referred or e-tax red occupations whose ease*, where they have not received perraissinn to lejive j their employment, will be considered by 1 ,tbo Tribunal next Wednesday. j Major Anderson told our representa- tive that he had experienced considerable difficulty by many men cng<?ed in tbf! <dnp?at? and other reserved industries de- scribing themselves merely as labourers j instead of giving a full and specific de- scription. I The tirst contingent, of the Derby re- cruits will leave for Cardiff on Monday, where they will undergo a medical ex- amination and then be allocated to various unÜ." Other batch es will lie called up for l'uesdkv and Weday. The Advisory Committee. A meeting cf the. Swansea Advisory Committee was held at the Guildhall on Wednesday, when a number of claims l that had been deterred from the previous j meeting wore considered. TELEGRAM TO SWANSEA'S MAYOR. J T'be Mayor erf Sv/ansea has received a telegram in which Lord Derby arks his Worship "to do all in his power to in-i duoe men, especially single men, to join the Arm under the Group system. It is still open for voluntary onFstnienv., and 1 am anxious that as many a.« pos- si hie should take srlvantage of this be- fore the. Military Service Bill Incomes operative."

-7- J LLANSAMLET SCEHt I At the monthly meeting of the Llan- samlet Parish Council on Wednesday evening, Councillor Wm. John. Ben Jen- kins. and Thomas W. Wat kins were ?Ifcted ? J'e;}rTlt jh ParihCoundl on the Swansea Group of School Man- a?frc. Councillor I>. Gregory (BirehgrotV). I m??'<? tha.t? a pa'-?eh n?tjng be <(?n?oD?d to (h(' a. j?prM?nrAti.v? (.c 1.?? ?wan- s?a Rural Dí<rid Council h succeed Mr. T. J. Richards, ?o ba" h?n ejected on the County Council.—Councillor Weaver seconded. The Chairman ('Councillor J. Morris"! úbj'u;J, and Al'i this ?a? a move Councillor Gregory"s part to endeavour Gr.-??ory6 par" to b£ing elected a district councillor. Councillor Mor"is had been nominated by the j Labour Party. Councillor Wai.kins- supported the mover of the resolution. and ¡ 11{" Chair- man remarked that C-umcillor Watkins was a poor sport and a bad los<>r aftet- his agreeing to abide by t-he decision oi last Saturday night's Labour millf" Several personalities ""re indulged ip. and the meeting broke up in disorder. A petition is being got up to request the Parish Council "1\11 a meeting of ratepayers on the jubjec-t.

,= INSANE MOTHER'S CRIMi- i At the Old Bailey on Thursday, Ada .krn of Twickenham, was in- i dieted tor the murder of her IS months 1 oki son Counsel Raid there would be evidence that prisoner had also taken the live,, of t.hrese other oi her children, aged nine, j six. and three. She was a good wife, and had reen depressed by the struggle to live. Mrs. Elms wis snnunoned for sending A child to get half a pin! of beer, and there was no doubt that this tended fur- ther to depreV) her. Counsel wen: 011 to desrribe the find- ing of the bodies of the fonr children in e,n, bed. A "Toddy Bear" was tuckod in between two. n'td a dell between th other two. PriM???r told a neighbour that Rh? had drowned them in the copper. adding. God has taken them to His j breast." f M, THirts was found girilH-. but insane. Shp. was ordered to be detained during his Majesty's pleasure.

A VAILEY YOUNG CHAPLIN I Master Harry Warnej*. the little son of Mr. Larry Warner, ot the Globe. Clydacb- I cn-Tawe, who is earning renown as an im- personator of ChaTiM Chaplin, hae re- ceived thp following communication from Mr. Chaplin himself*, in reply to a photo- graph sent him of little faster Warner: Charles Chaplin, JyQB Anglos, California. Blanchard HalL Dear Master Wa-nt-r.-I am in re- j ceipt of your photo, and think it is very good indeed: a life-like impersonation which is vert" clever. Thanks for your kindness and your best wishes. j

HEW HORSE DISEASE. I no Monmouth branch of the X ation.al Farmers? Union r??or?s an epit.le among horses. I' The disease proves fatal in a few houre. I

STEAMER AKD TWfl SMACK& I STEAMER AN TWO SMACK4 I The British steamship Marere (6,443 tons) has been sunk. The crew were picked np. The 6macla Foam Crest and Sunshine, of Lowestoft, have boen sunk. The crows are safe.

n A HINT TO LLANDOVEIRY, I One of the Jooys writes im from Alex- andria as follows:— Permit me. through the mediation of your valued journal, tooxprel-w, my feel- ÍDgr; of regret at the off-handed manner in which Llandovery people have recognised the return, of their wounded and sick sol- dier lahs- Surely there ww someone capahle of organising a meeting to commemorate such events? At Llangadock and every I othsr town and village tea fights and pre- sentations have been given, and in many instances an official welcome to their heroes.' U Probably it was lack of thought; if 80. that will nevar compensate the feelings of our lads, many of whom acre returning to the firing line. to continue the shielding of the shirkers.

For neglecting her six children, whose 1 asres ranged from 2 to 11 years, Mary Fos- 1 ter, the wife of a soldier, receiving 29s. weekly as separation allowance, was at ¡ Scarborough on Wednesday mntsDcad to I six mou bad Labour.

TEN CHILDREN KILLED AT COLOOKE, Amsterdam..Tan. 15 (received Th-«rrifc day ) .—Ten children have been killed oy an aeroplane bomb explosion at Cologne, The youngsters unearthed the. bomb from a rubbish heap near the flying grounds.

HOLLAND'S PLICHT DANCER CftOWlKG Arm DYKES ST, Lit BiEAKLqG. Amsterdam, Thursday.—The danger in ihe, :dOÜ(H-(1 <ust:a<J.s of Nor: 11 Holland is still growing..North of Durgerdaua. for a length of eighty illetn). the dyke has through the collapse on the .1 older. Jus&isUiiiee is a^ksd for. Thi) situation at Purixicrend i> getting worse. A W'Hapse of the railway lint-, near Wydeworxne is threateaod.—Press Associa- tion. Rotterdam, Wednesday.—There is a fear that more dykes will break in Holland to* night owing to rie «torm. The, Hague, Wednesday.—King Georgs sent a telegram to Queen Wilhelmina on Monday last expret^ang the deepest sym- pathy in the calamity caused by the fioodi in Holland. The Dutch Governmen t begs Sfm. pathiprs to refrain from opening colleo tions iii- foreign oountriys, for the relief oi the sufferers.—Renter. In various disLricLs of Holland the watei in the flooded dist ricts rose on WecLaeedaj from one inch to one inch and a half.

KILLED BY CONSENT? At inquest on Wednesday on Elipm Marie Curtis, who is alleged to have been mur- der-?d by beT sistoi in a house in St. John's Wood. two doctors suggested that she might have been killed with her ow3k consent. The wound oould easily have been csnscd by another perao-D. if the victim was willing." said Dr. Spilsbury. A person could have inflicted the wound while standing hllînd her." Ilr. Greenwood said the position of iN body suggested that the victim was a con- sent, ing party. The jury returned a verdict at Wilful Murder."

Fiitwd ROKAAGLi It was somewhere in Prance" ow Saturday that Private Albert Green, a former Harry footballer, had a delightful experience. Private Albert Green., a onetime Barry tootballer. was arderad. into the trenches, and was overjqjned t4 find h-ims-ch" n' the side of his wo, wii-a was equally delighted at saeiaf his father. Private Green, jun.. has been at the front for several months, and the meet- itig of parent and eon under such cir- cumstances was of a most affecting charac lor.

A LONDON-80UL03NE MYSTERY. A well-dressed young woman, abost If years of age, has been admitted to th. Wiliesden Workhouse suffering from lose of memory. On Saturday night, in the streets of WilWden. she qaastioned the police as to the whereabouts of a street with a foreign namo. On being aeked if she knew where she was she replied, Yes; Boulogne. When she was asked what her name was she was unable to remember. Since 6à8 has been in the Workhouse she has tt- pressed surprise to find herself in Eng- land. ah she last remembered being is Bou lcguc. When she was found she had money ia her purse, but nothing that revealed her identity.

GRAIN & FLOUR TRADES WEEKLY REVIEW. Si use posting my last review to the date of drafting this Lbe weather has been somewhat changeable and mixed alter- nately wet and dry. with a varying tem- perature—or. the vh-ole, seasonable and favourable lor agriculture- Tie autumn- sown wheat is looking and doing welL Grass is lairly pientilul for the season, and like stock, speaking generally, are healthy. 1 rade in iat stock is steady and prices are maintained. Beef, 8d. to Ifcd-j mutton, 71d. to Is.; pork, 8d. to 9114L per lb. Business in wool 'has continued good and prices have ruled firm. Washed, 1a. 7d. to lè. 8d.; itawabhed. Is- 3id. to Is. Aid. per lb. Hepork. of the winter wheat crop in North Amenta are on the whole distinctly favourable, and exports of cereals from the United States and Canada are on very large cuale. In spite or the war, agricultural pros- pects in Europe are in the main favour- able—about normal for the seaaon. The autumn sown wheat is looking vail. The harvest in the Southern Hemis- phere is practically completed under generally favourable, conditions, abuiKiant crops of excellent wheat having been se- cured in both Argentina and Australia. Reports from India are iD the main good, the acreage laid down to wheat being, it is considered quite up to the average. 1 Weekly shipments of foreign wiieat ara fairly laige—quite equal to requirements —and deliveries by farmers are liberal; warehouse stocks unchanged. The Floating Grain Cargo Trade. Wheat firm and rather dearer. Russiau. nil; Australian, 64e. to 65a.0 Plate (new crop), to Ms.; Indian, 64& to tios. (id., C,'alifc)raian, 64s. to 65s. 6d.; American Spring, 62s. to 606. 6d.; Winter, 61s. to 64s. 6d. Mails again higher, but quieter. American, nominal; Bussian, nil; Plate, 51s. 6d. to 52p. 6d. Barley firm and harder. American, 4.3s- 6d. to 14s. !)d.: Indian, 45s. 6d. to 47s. 6d.; PeMan, 41s. to 43s. Oats firm- Russian, nil; American, 3M. to 35; 6d.; Plate, 31s. 6d. to 32s. 6d. Snot Prices at Mark Lane. Wheat firm and rather dearer. Austral- ian and Russian, nil; Plate, nominal; Indian, 65e. to 66s-; California^, tts. tit 66s.; American Spring, 64s. to Wi Winter, 63s. to 6te. 6d.; English Whito6 fits, to 62s. ôd.; Red.. 6d. to Ok Ma17 again dearer but quieter. RnA.iari, nil. A-Ican, nominal; Plata, :i2s. to Re. gd. r Barley firm a,nd harder. Amarican, C-A. 6d. to 45s. 6d.; Indian, 46s. to 4e. Ol.; Per- sian, 12s. toO 43&- 6d.; Malting, 5as. to Sis. 0n-i.5 firru. English, 35s. to 36a. &1. Foreirn, 32s. to 3&s. Feeding Cakes strong, demand fair Flour. For the time of year the consuniytio* of bread is very fairly good. aDd with.can- tinned firm prices for wheat there bm been a steady demand far flour at quota- tions in sellers' favour. Town Whites, 53s.: Households. 51f.; Country Patents, 46s. 60. Whites. 44s. 6d. American Spring Patents, 4Ss. to 60s.; Manitoba Patamt%. 47s. 6d. to Pis. 6d.; Kansas Patents, 47fu, to 4Ss., Spring Bakers, 44s. 6d. to 18* Hungarian Patents, nominal. Feeding Stuff Forecast There is little alteration to rt-otp. in the consumption of dry food, it being fairly good for the time of yea.r. but prices of feeding stuffs are again higher owing to strong freight mark. Values are now at a high-I may say- dangerous—level; regrdata parehseea requirements is t¥ oaam As JoBaw. r-M.

night they pump bullets into the same place at regular fixed intervals. Muoh use is also made of maciine-guno in the same way. cither firing single shots or sweeping the whole length of the parapet I at the height of a man's lieud, as xaxay a sentry has learnt to his cost. A CEASELESS PING." But to continue the wiring. All night long you crawl about with length* Of wire, concealing it in the long grass, dropping loose balls of it here and t;&ere. which are anchored to a stako by a -Ifrd or more of wire, balls into which a man may put his foot, but may not withdraw it. (angling it into veritable death-traps, ueang the last I resources of your ingenuity to tear and rip I the liun should he attempt to storm our lines, and all the time, there je a ceaseless "ping," "ping," "thud." "thud." all round. Brer Hun feeling for tbe working party that he knows is out, and every time the mallet fall", a periect. hail of shot, ending perhaps with a suppressed groan, for Tommy knows better than to give away the whole party to the merciee of the ever-ready machine-gun by a 6hriek, and there is one morp burden lifted gently back into the trench to receive medical attention. THE SENTRY'S SHOCK. Wire is at all timee a very tricky thing- I I once went on an expedition to eXALui-ine I the enemy's wire, and suddenly found my- pelf standing right under the parapet of the trench itself. I bad struck a gap in the wiring, and come clean through with- out teeing it at all. The dickens of a time it took me to find my T-ay out again, too, and not at nil pleasant either, with the knowledge that if Brer Hun didn't see me lIe ought to be shot for negligence. This must have been somewhat the experience of the Or man officer who one very dark night walked clean over our parapet and fell into the trench The gentry had such ft shock on seeing the apparition that he put his bayonet through him before lie could get up, and th U6 was lost to ta a 1 valuable prisoner. NIGHT DIGGING. Nightrdigging is mm* aerve-fcryiag than it sound* to the reader in his oomfortabis ohair by the fire, and all the time the straya sing and wail as though they were lost, eoule that cannot find repose till they come to rest in a human heart. Oth««& come in more joyous mood, more direct from the go-a, skipping and smash- ing and tearing their way from tree to tree, slashing their patb through the grass and ending with a vicious thud in the piled-,ap walls of the trench, wilere it forme aa elbow round the poplars. So it poets on, hour after hour, till the sky over the t:\ul!mT& tre<nc.has grow a leaden grey. and men can see the liaos of sleeplessness that wriukle the faces, and the sweat a6 it trickles down the brow. Took are ooiiectfd, and as they came eo they leave, rolling back home to the old farm just as those left behind begin to crawl from their sheeted huts to greet the full break of the sunrise. Such are the be- ginnings of a oommumcatioQ trench, that will one day be a paved avenue broad eaaoegh to allow the passage of three men abreast, its cidtis panelled with beazns, every fifty yards a great water-pump, apd boasting a street-name and sagahfrMtds of its own- '1