Herald of Wales and Monmouthshire Recorder

1 Picture Palace, Pontyberem. WEEK COMMENCING MAY 22nd, 1916- "Csual EXCELLENT SHOW of PICTURES. POPULAR TRICES: Id., 6d., and 9d. Thursday, Doors Open at 6.45, to com- mence at 7. Saturday, Doors Open 6.30, to commence at 6.45 and 8.45. MATINEB Thursdays at 4 o'clock, Id., 2d., and 3d.

HOOION AR BYNGIAU YR WYTHNOS. (Gan "AWSTIN.") I Gan IT mod eisoes wedi galw sylw at fsgrrif Mr. J. D. Williams ar y Parch. Evan Evans yn y Geninen," nid oes an gen myned dros yr un testyn yr wyth- no-1 hon, er fy mod am nodi rhai materion ereill yng "Ngheninen" Ebrill. Gwyr pawb sydd wedi gwneud ynigai6 roddi 11 afar gwlad o llaen darllenwyr mai gorchwvl anawdd ydyw, ac yn en- wedig gyda lletiaith Cwm Rhondda a pyffryn Aberdar. Ac yn awr, wele Mr. W. Bryn Da vies, o'r Barri, yn dal o Aapn ein lly: d .1 y (.d¡0("I¡,F. "bwari^ro1 penedlaethol hwn stori for yn iaith llatar Bro Morgan wg. "Y Stiwdant ydyw'r penawd, a dengys yr ysgrifennydd ei fod ei hun yn fyfy-riwr llwyddiannus yn nthrofa llais y wlad a dull ieitliyddol y fro. Stori ddoniol a atori dda. Ond nid wyf yn cytuno a'r modd y defnyddia y Ilvthyren e" am a wreiddiol ac anghyfiaith Morganwg. Gwn fod Penar, fel un, yn barnu, fel finnan, fed ereill wedi cyfeiHorni ar yr un sain. Y peth jiesaf at dd<*l vveddn'r sain mewn argraff yd wyf wedi weled ydyw U ea," ac nid yw hynny yn rhoddi perffeithrwydd i Gymreag pir Shoni nac i iaith wreiddiol gwyr y fro." Brychau velvw PomfT,-n a phob H meth," a maddeued yr awdur i mi am syliv-i ar y gwall, gan mai iln bychan ydyw, ond ni fuaswn yn son am dano onibai fv mod, gyda'r eithriad yma, wedi mwynhau y stori a phortread natunol lletiaith bro Morganwg, a'r dull o adrodd Ftori yn rhagori ar unrbVw ymgais o'r fath wyf wedi dod ar eu traws" yr's 11a wer blwyddyn. Wn i ddim pa un ai Shin Nicolas ai Shini Colas fyddai y gorpu, ond pan tria. Mr. Bryn Davies y iobin siwrna'n rhacor, falla daw pictwr newvdd o'r "a" ■wreiddiol trw i feddwl a fel llyrhetan. Y mae yr adroddiad o ymwehad y Stiwdant yn ddiddorol dros ben, ac ar ol cael rhan o'r bara chaws a'r daplau oood wedi i doti yn y scilet ar y tan yr w' i am gial pennod all os o's bosib. Beth ddywed Eifionydd ? Geilw Celt Llundain" svlw at si fod y Gadfridog Owain Thomas i gael ei symud o'i swydd a'i ddilyn gan Sais uniaith, a chyhocdda newyddiadnr pybyr Cymry y Brifddinas mai angwrddoldeb ei erariad at ein hiaith, ein gwlad, a'n cenedl svdd yn crfrif am yr ymgais eiddigeddus i ddi- SM-yddog sxrid wedi gwneud gwaith mor arddercbog oddiar pan gycb-A-ynwyd y rhyfel. Os felly, gwvlied gwlad y bryniau dros ai hiawnderau a myned chwareu teg i'w harwyr. Ymhlith N Blodau'r Gynghanedd yn y misolyn Cymru," am fis Mai, y mae englyn gworth ei loffa o btethiad Brynfab, ar Y Gadair Fagn H Sedd y fam drwv'r oesoedd fu-mae ben- Babandod o'i iiriltij; [<lith A hwian gerdd y fam gii Gwyd o'r fyg gada-ir fer gu." Ac yn yr un golofn rhoddir dwy lirnel, c eiddo Dyfed ar y eawell:- « Rhyw enfys gla-er o wynfvd Y n dwr crwn, gysgod-a'r cryd." Disgwylir cael dyfarniad y Barnwr Artiar O'Connor ar bwrn- swllt I-,enfhyg gweithwyr y Gl-o Carreg tua diweddd yr wytinos hon. Ac yn y cyfamspr, y nits y Barnwr yn eistedd yn Bournemouth i Trrando tystiolatMhaii ar fatei, y tal am waith nos Sul a ]li matprion ereill mewn perthynas a hawliau v crefftwyr ydynt yn aelodau o Gynghrair M wnwyr Prydain Fawr. Yn Nhribynlys Dosbarth y GI-o Carreg. dydd Gwener, estynwyd yr amser i rai gweithfeydd gael eyflf pellach i gael dyn- ion i gymeryd lie beichsyn oeddynt. wedi eu hwlio i'r fyddin. Gan fod y gorchwvl c sicrhau pobl i lanw lleoedd gweigion yn mvned yn fwy ëlnawdd yn barhaus, nid oes < ebvgolrwydd y gellir gollwng y becli- gyn hyn oddiwrth eu gorch wylion heb ymyraoth a'r glofeydd. Yn yr un tribynlys, bu cryn dipyn o eiarad am ddyniou ieuainc ydynt wedi rhuthro i'r gloieydd oddiar ddeehreu y rhyfel i achub cu crwyn eu hunain," ac i ennill arian raa-vr, tra mae y bechgyn y niaent hwy wedi cymeryd eu lleoe<ld yn ymladd dros eu gwlad a'u cenedl ar faN' y gad. Y mae ymholiadau ar y pwnc yn co-el eu gwneud—gyda pha lwyddiant y mae yn gvnnar i farnu. Ne-.vvddbelh hollol ydoedd (:wrdd Befydlu dau swyddog nevydd glowvr y Gorllewinbarth yn Gorsoiuon, onite? Etc, da gennvf longvfarch ^NLr. D. R. Grenfell a Mr. D. J. Williams ar eu cyfiwyniad eyhoeddus. Deuparth gwaith yw doch- reu," meddai'r hen ddiareb, a dechreuwyd yn dda. Heblav.'r siaradwyr lleol, yr oedd v Parch. John Williams, A.S., yn llyw- yddu, a Mr. John James yn bmrethwr cynorthwyol, ond dylasai Mr. David Mor- gan (Ap Morgani, Tycroes, fod yno hefyd fel arweinydd canu y Federation, gan fod Mabon," A.S., yn awr ar y "retired list "-hynny yir, nid vw yr hen batriarch adfyniedig wedi ail-gymeryd at arweinydd- iaeth cerddoriaeth gynulleidfaol. Fel bardd y teul u" yr oedd Gwilvm Bedw wrth ei orch wyl. Hvf, fel arfer, ydyw nodion y Cvmro a'r Celt (Llundain) ar y Rhyddfrvdwyr ydynt wedi bod yn ddiweddar yn gosod eu jlinyn mesur ar weithredoedd ac aIithjau Mr. T-loyd George, a geilw ar y Gweinidog i ateb athrod ei gyhuddwyr fel yr arferai drin y Duciaid, ychydig bach o flwyddi'n ol. Ac onibai ei swydd a'i bender- fvniad di-ildio i lj-Tin wrth ei waith fel v gwvliedydd ar y rnlir, (liau v buasem eisoc's wedi cael blafiufi-f lvyd ° ffraethineb lem e vrrai ei elynion ei h nn ar ffo, ond, ceidw y ffrewyll erbyn adeg i ddyfod. Wrth ddarllen, yn yr un oofnodolyn, ddetholion o araith y Parch. T. Phillips, Bloomsbury, yng nghyfarfod y gwanwyn, yn rhinweckl ei swydd fel Llywydd Undeb BedyddwvT Prydain Fawr, adgofir fi am fy adnabyddiaeth bersonol a'r Cymro talentog hwnw. Yr oeddwn wedi clywed llawer am dano cyn cael y fraint o'i gvfarfod mewn cysylltiad a'r Diwygiad, pan ydoedd ar ymweliad a Chaerffili, Senghenydd, ifaes- teg, a Chymoedd y Rhondda, a da gennyf groniclo'r ffaith mai Cymro iymhongar ydYw, wedi gweithio ei ffordd i fyny drwY rym galln meddyhol, swyn areithydd-c^, phersonoliaeth ddengar, i'r rheng flaenaf ymhlith pregethwyr yr opo. Cof gennvf iy mod wedi gorffen araith fer ar waith v merchnd yn y Diwygiad Cymreig, pan estynwyd llaw atjif i'r areithfa ac y cefais ymgom gynlif fryda Mr. Phillips, Blooms- bury—Hi a deuddeng mlynedd yn ol. Yr wvf wedi ei gyfa.rfod wedi hvnv, ac wedi fpwyho ei symudiadau gyda diddordeb, a hyderaf y caf etc ei gvfarfod a'i glywed yn ei ew-ydcl auarbydeddue lei llywydd yr Undeb.

LATEST WAR NEWS. WOOD CHANGES HANDS. The French official communique issued in Paris on Thursday afternoon says:— Between the Oise and Aisne a strong enemy reconnaissance which attempted to reach our lines in the neighbourhood of Quenueviwes was counter-attacked by us and dispersed, leaving some dead on the field. On the left bank of the Meuse, after a lively artiUery preparation, the Germans attacked repeatedly in the course of the flight, and captured the redoubt of the Bois de Avoucourt. Harassed by our fire, he sustained serious losses. On our side, tov in the morning, we car- ried out a surprise attack to the north of Hill 287 on a German trench. The occu- pants were all killed or taken prisoners. At theisame time our troops, after a des- perate charge, took possession of a small enemy fort, solidly organised, on the slopes of Hill 302. On the right bank and in the Woevre there was a reciprocated bombardment. During the night an enemy aeroplane dropped bombs in the region of Luneville. Epinal, and Belfort, causing material damage of no importance. Aviation.—During Wednesday night our aeroplanes carried out numerous bom- bardments on the front to the north of Verdun, notably 15 shells of large calibre dropped on an important munition depot between Roucourt and Arracourt, ten milometres to the south of Sedan, five shells on the Sedan railway station, where fire broke out, and 15 on a munition depot near Argannes. During the same night our machines threw 80 shells on the rail- way station of Metz.

IN THE AIR. I he outstanding news contained in the British and French communiques on Wed- nesday night' related to a series of air raids which were conducted by the Allies on a great scale. British aeroplanes on- gaged in twenty-seven combats, three enemy craft being brought down and one British. The French squadrons showed unusual activity, thirty-three combats taking place in the Verdun region alone, three German aeroplanes being destroyed there. All the French craft returned undamaged. Elsewhere two more enemy maohines were brought down. Unofficial news from Amsterdam reoords a successful air raid on Roulers. The official news is as follows:— BRITISH. The following British official news was issued on Wednesday night:— To-day there have been considerable artillery and trench mortar actions about Auchonvillers (north of Albert), Cabaret, Rouge (by Couvhoz)^ Calonne Cuinchy, the Ilohenzollern Redoubt, and Ypres. There has been intermittent shelling at other points [llnn; the front. ( Last Sught two raiding parties of Sea- fQrth Highlanders entered German trenches north of Roclinoourt (north-easl of Arras). Five Germans were killed in their trench and three dug-otrts full of Germans were bombed, one being blown up. Our casualties were slight, and the whole of the raiding parties got back to ourl trenchf's. Fighting continues among the craters of the mines we blew up on Monday on the Vimy Ridge (we,1 of the Arra-s-Lens road). Yesterday the fine weather favoured aerial activity, and 27 combats in the air took place- An Albatross was attacked, driven down, and wrecked near Lille. Another was driven down north of Vitry in a dajnaged condition. A third, attacked by one of our scouts, was seen to turn up- side down near the ground. One of our reconnaissance machines failed to return. It was swn to land under control m hostile territory. A great, deal of successful artillery and photographic work was accomplished

TRENTINO BATTLE. The fighting in the Tren/ino, which has evidently been severe, has been confined to a comixaratively small front comprised between the left bank of the Adige below Rovereto and the V.-tl d'Astico. near the Italo-Austrian border—some 12 to 15 mile-s. The Italians have been driven back from their first line of defence and now occupy positions which are stated to be strong enough to resist further attack. They are still on the Austrian side of the border.

ENGLAND'S MIRACLE. Paris, Thursday.—Senor Diaz, a Spanish iournalist who has been visiting the British front, gives his impiessionts in the H Petit Journal." lie remai-ks that he has seen a miracle, an army created in twenty months, and after enumerating all that he saw, the masses of troops, guns, and munitions, he adds: When you have seen the colossal machine working, when you have heard the song of thousands of guns and the calm words of confidence from oiffcers and men, you believe Englajnd invincible and well worthy of such an ally as France. But what is most astonishing is that all that one sees now did not exist fifteen months ago, that all these smart, polite and chivalrous officers are fighting out- side their own country to defend the soil of their Allies, and in this they acted spontaneously and under no compulsion. It is difficult to explain this trans- formation, but the miracle i6 above all due to moral factors. The social body and national machine have been transformed because the heart and spirit of England had undergone a prior change. The lack of scruple by the Scrap of Paper men showed that the English possessed not only a feeling heart which brought them to the robbed and assassinated Belgians, but the implacable will to impose the final decision upon the vandals of Europe. And when the women intervened, when the delightful blondes of Great Britain joined in the campaign, Kitchener's con- temptible little army became a terrible army, necessitating the accumulation of forty German division; and that is only the beginning. The British Government has lifted the curtain on this army of spontaneous creation aÆi if to say to its Allies: Here are men; here are guns; await their deeds.—Press Association I Wr Special.

William Evans (58), collier, of Troed- fyeryn House, Seven Sisters, died on Wed- nesday morning from injuries received at Seven Sisters Colliery on Monday last. He was on a horse-driven tram up the incline whee the tram became detached and ran dowl the incline at gathering speed. Ev was found with a fractured skull.

WAR SUMMARY ¡ SATURDAY. I French successes in the Verdun region are recorded in the semi-official review. The German report says little as to this scene of action, but reports the use of flame throwers by the French on La Fille Morte. A. German attack carried 500 yards of British front trenches north-west of Yermelles. Most of the lost ground has been recovered. James' Conolly and John McDermott, having been executed in Ireland, all seven signatories of the proclamation of an Irish republic have paid the penalty. A terrible indictment of Turkish altroci- litis at Trebizond comes from l'etrograd. Arm* l'i",iùf>nt.s seem to have been massacred wholesale. Mr. Asquitli has viewed the damage done in Dublin, and is understood to have discussed with Government officials, the question of compensating business men whose premises were destroyed. An attempted Turkish offensive in the region of Kasr-i-Sherin has been re- pulsed. The Russians have taken a cannon of Austrian type, and other booty. England and Russia have accepted the t-iiited States proposals for feeding the civil population of that part .of Poland | now under German occupation. A German offensive in the East is meeting with little or no success. Martial law has been relaxed in Dublin. So serious were the riots at Mannheim, Germany, that machine-guns were used against the people. There were 200 casualties. MONDAY. The battle for Verdun is still going on, but the French defences are unbroken. It is reported that a Zeppelin hit by the guns of a warship has been destroyed off the Norwegian coast. Sir Edward Grey, in an interview, stated that the Allies had no intention of de- straying" united and free Germany." They wished to make Germany really free. President Poincare said peace will only be made on the terms imposed by the Allies. The trial of Sir Roger Casement and an It-ic-h soldier named Bailey, on charges of high treason, began to-day in Lonnon. In the region of the Somme the French by a supreme attack, drove the enemy out of a first line German trench. TUESDAY. In Portuguese East Africa a German force i which twice attacked a Portuguese posi- tion was repulsed with heavy losses. The Russian advance in Mesopotamia is progressing rapidly, and the Turkish High Command has to reckon with attacks from many points. The Germans are turning their attention to the British front and parts of the French front other than Verdun. Severe fighting in these localities is expected. Verdun is as secure as ever. An American Hnnncier predicts the ei.rlv eixi, f tie war, because Germany has been beaten. The British Government, however, according to Mr. Forfrter in the HoiKse of Commons. a rp preparing ior a prolonged period of struggle. WEDNESDAY. The Lancashire Fusiliers by a splendid dash yesterday seized and occupied the enemy's forward lines on a front of 250 yards. A naval action off the coast of Belgium ended in the withdrawal of the enemy warships. The Compulsion Bill has passed its third reading. Important decisions relating to the medically unfit were announced. It was stated at the Swansea Tribunal to- day that all men under the age of 25 had been unstarred. The Tewkesbury bye-election resulted in the election of Mr. W. F. Hicks-Beach (Coalition) by a substantial majority. The Russian advance in Mesopotamia is threatening the Turkish communica- tions. THURSDAY. The new Military Service Act will prob- ably become law about 23rd Jiive. The Government proposes to establish an Air Board of a representative character. A series of highly successful Allied air raids is a feature of current official reports. The loss of a small monitor operating against the Turkish coast, is admitted by the Admiralty. A Geneva telegram says the Grand Duke Nicholas may take command of the Russian southern army, and that & strong Russian offensive may begin. The Royal Commission into the causes of the Irish Rebellion held its first sitting to-day. Sir Matthew Nathan declared that much financial aid came from America.

——————————— MIS-READ CIRCULAR. I Representatives of the coal exporters of Great Britain met the President of the Board of Trade on Wednesday at his offices. They had previously discussed Mr. Runciman's proposals for limiting prices of coal for export to France on the basis of 20 per cent, less than those ruling on March Sth last. Lord Rhondda was among those present. After the conference the following statement was furnished Mr. Runciman stated that the ex- porters were in error in reading into his circular of May 11th any intention to eliminate the coal exporter On the contrary, he desired their hearty co- operation. After a full discussion Mr. Runci- man suggested the appointment of a committee from their number to formu- late proposals, and to assist him in carrying out the scheme which he had outlined to them. He further suggested that exporters should arrange to co- operate with the coalownerjg." The following sub-committee has been appointed as suggested by Mr. Runci- man: Scotland: Sir D. M. Stevenson (chair- man). Mr. W. F. Russell. Cardiff: Mr. T. G. Callaghan (vice- chairman), Mr. T. E. Watson. Mr. Percy Mikos. Swansea: Mr. T. P. Cook, Mr. A. W. E. Wynne Newcastle: Mr. Walter Raina, Mr. J. T. Steel. Hull: Mr. James Turner, junr., Mr. T. McLood. And Mr. R. M. Stewart. 14, St. Vincent- street, Glasgow, secretary. The sub-committee will have a further meeting with Mr. Runciman regarding his proposals, and particularly concern- ing their financial position under the suggested arrangements, which have not yet been decided upoia.

THE APPEALS. I Interesting Claims to I Exemptions. The West-Glamorgan Appeal Tribunal met at Port Talbot on Wednesday, Alder- man Hopkin Morgan. J.P. (Neath) pre- siding. A mother appealed for her son, a tin- worker. She had three sons fighting in France; her husband, aged over CO years, worked occasionally as a coal trimmer.— The appeal was adjourned for a month. A mineral water vanmun who faid he supported tliree sisters, was given a month's exemption. A grocery manager of a Co-operative Stores said he was the sol e support of two invalid sisters, and had been so for the last eight years He had not attested. —He was exempted during the continu- ance of the conditions. A Port TaBpt ironmonger, a single man. appealed for two months' extension 1" dispose of his stock-in-trade, amounting to £.500 or ,£600. -and he was anxious to pay all his creditors.—His appeal was adjourned for a month, t ,ciiairman i-e- marking that his application would not be considered after that time. A conscientious objector from Cwmavon produced a Medical Board certificate showing that he had l)'n rejected on I medical grounds. His ft ppeaJ on con-; r-cientious grounds was not sustained, but! the chairman said lie would be exempted j because he was physically unfit. LLANDOVERY. The Llandon'n' B<u'ou?h Tribunal held a sitting on Wednesday. The Mayor (Mr. Prvse Rice, Llv.-ynybrain) presided. There were twenty cases, the majority being married men. whose appeals were all adjourned, as well as those of single men who had dependents, pending the receipt of a circular dealing with the subject from the Local Government Board. A farmer's son applied for absolute exemption on the ground that his father held four farms of a total area of 690 acres. Two of the farms fiN-P miles fiom the one occupied by his father. In reply to Major Stewart, applicant ad- mitted that his brother had had absolute exemption, and a shepherd employed by his father had b?n granted three months' exemption. None of the land wasl, ploughed.—Granted three months. An electriciah. who was represented by Mr. Rhys W. Price, was granted one month's exemption.

WOMEN AND THE LAND.! In a speech full of practical eloquence, Mrs. Coombe Tennant, Cadoxton. ex- plained to a representative gathering at Neath on Wednesday the Government Pelie-me l'or the mobilisation of women labour on the land. 'The meeting was under the auspices of the Glamorgan War Agricultural Committee, and was the first of a series to be held in the county. first of a ser i e.3 to bk, "The scheme, Mrs. Coombe Tennant pointed out. was as. >eriou* .as it was im- portant. Before the war, woman was bottom dog, now they had astonished the world by taking their place in the ranks of labour and were an organised body helping to win the war. The new Mili- tary Service Bill would still further re- duce labour, and in order to keep up the food supplies they called for the assist- ance of all able-bodied wnlPn to work on the land. The question of wages had been carefully considered. On enlistment an untrained woman would earn the Gov- ernment armlet, after 30 days* work;.after that she would be considered trained. and would be paid 3d. per hour—or 2s. per day with food. Mr. W. B. Trick. J.P., president of the Neath and District Farmers' Co-opera- tive Society, moved a resolution calling upon all able-bodied women to enlist for the duration of the war in the army of women worker.? on the land under flik. Government scheme, and emphit-sised the need for all the farmers <o employ female labour to the utmost extent possible. Mr. Richard Davies (Seven Sisters) seconded the resolution, and supporting, Mr. Jenkin Reos (Resolven) remarked that it was a strange coincidence that the meet- ing should be held that day because in the distant past it was regarded as the Spring Hiring Fair Day for farm servants at Neath. Mr. R. Redler, Wall-ace (Cardiff) also addressed the meeting, and the resolution was carried unanimously. For the purpose of carrying out the scheme, the Neath area has been divided into four distiucts. Volunteers can enlist at the Labour Exchange.

CANAL MYSTERY. I An inquest on the body of an unknown man was conducted by Mr. L. M. Thomas at Neath on Thursday. The evidence of George Brooks, a collier boy, who dis- covered the body in the middle of the old canal near the Swansea Bay station, threw no light on the mystery.—P.C. William Hopkins gave the following description of the man: Age about 50, height 5ft. Gin., brown hair, turning grey at temples, grey moustache, brown eves, no so fiat and broken at bridge, and no teeth.—Dr. D. Ll. Davies saiet there were bruises about the body but no marks of any importance. Death was due to drown-in-The. jury re- turned a verdict accordingly.

LEPER LODGER CASE. In the action for alleged breach of war- ranty, fraudulent misrepresentation, and conspiracy brought by Mr. Edward Poul- eon Humphreys, who rented a lodging- honre in Bayswater, against Miss Ivy Kathleen Miller, daughter, and Mr. Alan Wood Rendell, executor of the late Mi- I Henry Cleveland Miller, and Dr. E. A. Harbord, a jury in the King's Bench Division on Wednesday awarded the plaintiff £ 250. They found that the de- fendants knew that Mr. Miller was a leper, that the disease was communicable, and that there was a conspiracy to con- ceal it.

I COL. GASKELL DAD. j News has been received at Cardiff that Colonel Gaskeil (in civilian life Mr. Frank jHill Gaskeil. barrister-at-law), NJmmand- iing officer of the Cardiff City Battalion,] has died of wounds. The earlier news that he had been wounded was re-a.ssuring, beinf- z as follows:— | On Monday night he was laid low by a istray shot. It was at first feared that he [had boon dangerously wounded, but an (officer who arrived in Ixuidon on Wednes-( day, whilst confirming the news of the mishap, was able to report that thp colonel i had had a good night. This is thp third time that Colonel Gaskeil has been ren- i dered hors-de-combat on active -ervice. Whilst serving with the 2nd Welsh as an attached officer from the 3rd Welsh in the earl, stage-s of the war he was wounded in the jaw by a -hot from a German sniywr. During his period of sick leave he was given the command of thp Cardiff City Bottaliop, which he himself raised. He had no sooner takpn his battalion abroad than he was th rown off his horse and sustained a fractured ankle. Colonel Gaskeil was the son-in-law of Aid. H. P. < harles, Neath. He had twice fought East Glamorgan in the Unionist j interest, and was the prospective Unionist • candidate for South Glamorgan.

• THE WEDDING FATALITY. A verdict of "Accidental death" was' returned at an inquest at Blaenporth, Car- dig-anshire, on Monday, on Julia LOllia Harris, who was shot dead on Saturday morning whilst on her way to act a's bridesmaid at her brother's wedding.—! Evan John Jones (16), servant at Cwm-1 porthman, said he had a gun from hi.= father to shoot in celebration of the wed-' j ding. He laid the gun on the wall, hi,, i finger being on the trigger. The trigger was free and went off. The f?qnel to the Beulah weddin" tragedy on Saturday last was provided ai th" Lower Troedv raur Petty Sessions on Wednesday, when Evan John Jones (lti) a farm servant, was charged with kill- ing and slaying Julia Louisa Harries (27), of Blaenporth, by shooting her! with a shot gun. Accused was alleged to i have told a constable that lie fired after! the car has passed him, but thought the ca" had gone further. In the witness, i box he said the gun went off while h.? j rested it on top of a wall. He was com- mirtc:! to t'he Assizes, bail being allowed, and the Chairman (Sir Lawrence Jen kins) expressed 6trong disapproval of the! practice of shooting at weddings-

FINANCIAL AID. In House of Commons, Wednesday, Mr.! Hayes-Fisher stated that arrangements had been made to grant up to i:104 per ann um to married and unmarried men called to the Colours, in eafc»es where hard- ship was caused. He said that the assist- i anee would include rent, instalments pay- j able in respect of loans, taxes; rates, in- surance premiums and school fees. Mr. > Fisher added that applications for assist- anee would be made on prescribed forms to be obtained at the Post Office, and each application would be investigated in secret by their Commissioners, who would re- COMT-IIend to the local authorities the amount of the grant which should be made in each case. Forms of application will be ready by the end of the week. The grant will be irrespective of separation allowances and pay.

THE REBELLION. I -r- FINANCIAL Aíù THAI GAiVi fRJM Aiv.E. IC Tli? K--y;:I Lo the RebcUio:: in livlaud held its first on Thursday at t':e Royal Commis:iiou.-c, miii.-jter. The 01ltstandi!Jg fcatum, (1t i lie r'.aie- mentof Sir M. Nathan were ti:a: c:cits.'»«er- abie sums or maney tv.ine nuin _J¡.i.CH. and were -spent in tlie provision ol' arms and the printing of a which German base plans were described, and also that the conduct of the insurrec- tion showed greater organising power and marc- military knowledge than had been attributed to the Irish Volunteers. Lcni Harding* Mr. Justic-3 Shearman, and Sir M.ivkenxie Chalmers were the C ii.. Lou<ipy oated inquire into the cause of the rebellion. The room in w}¡;< h t' pr. < i\dings are being conducted is Ihaiti-u in space, a no although the in- quiry is Ueiiiiieaiiy oi>en to the public the after dance was almost exclusively con- fined to representatives of the Press. The Clerk to the Cumiuission first read the terms of reference. Lord Hardinge, as chairman, then stated the conditions upon which the Commission proposed to conduct the inquiry. Titey proposed to inquire into what system there was in forcp to enable the officials to obtain in- formation as to the movement which led to the outbreak, what information each responsible official obtained, and to w hom he communicated it, and What steps were taken on the information received. He also mentioned that this inquiry would deal wita the question of the res]x>usibility of pers.ons and the associations for this particular outbreak. The first witness was Sir Matthew Nathan, who was informed by the chair- man that anything he wished to say in private could he said lat?r. Sir Matthew Nathan read his statement, which was of great length. He dealt with the prelim- inary movement which led up to the in- surrection and its outbieak on April The woik, he. said., oi the irish Volun- teers, the Citizen Army, and the Irish Kep.biic. The Irish Volunteers came into existence at the end oi 1913 for the purpose of resisting Home Rule in Ire- land, and upon Mr. Redmond's pro- nouncement on the war in September, 1914, a manifesto was issued by the Pro- visional Committee attacking him and declaring thai Ireland could' not with honour or safety take part in foreign politics. In October, HtH. a convention of the Irish Volunteers was held under the pre- sidency of John McNeil in Dublin with the object of maintaining the rights of 'the Irish nation and to provide for a defence by means of a permanently armed and trained vol unteer fore?." The second object in view was to unite the people of Ireland, to maintain the inte- grity of the nation, and resist any mea- sures to bring about the disunion or par- tition ol the country and to Is- any at- tempt to force men of Irf?nd into hÚi-- tary service. These were included in a declaration issued on October li, when d(,(- Iarii'cio2i issuqd c.i amounted to iGo,000, and those fcllov.-iii,? From that tima the shrinkage of National Volunteers steadily increased, and on April Hill, 11¡¡ (the date of the outbreak) there were 105.000. Continuing. Sir Nathan said the num- ber of Sin Fienner Volunteers, as esti- mated by the police authorities, was 15,200. The Irish Volunteers had outside funds at their disposal. Con- siderable sums came from America, and passed into various banks in Dublin, in the name of John McNeil and another." On Sept. iltli, 1215, the sum of tl6,000 had beer, paid in, and, in the following April, the balances were withdrawn. Sums of money were being paid for arms and .in the maintaining of seditious newspapers, the circulation of which Mas undoubtedly increasing. In Feb., 1916, leaflets of an anti-British character were lavishly handed out in all parts of the country. Organising inspecto-rs held meetings to enrol men, and women were recruited to learn first aid. Witness proceeded to give details as to the importation of rifles and other fire- arms into Dublin. Some or these rifles (about one hundred in number) were now known to have been stored in the London and North Western Railway depot as fat back as August, 1915. No doubt rifles were also purchased in some instances from soldiers oil leave, but there was no evidence of heavy importations from Eng- land before December, 1915. At this stage the chairman called at- x tention to the presence of a photographer taking snap-shots of himself and his fel- low Commissioners, and by the request of the clerk the photographer withdrew. A memo. which was stated to be in pos- session of one of the leaders of Pro-Ger- man sentiment stated that the Germane contemplated a combined offensive by land, sea, and air, in order to secure vic- tory before May; and requested the Irish Volunteers to be ready to render their promised assistance. Sir M. Nathan concluded his statement by saying that the conduct of the insur- rection showed greater organising power and more military knowledge than had I-en attributed to the Volunteers, and also greater courage. These things and the high character of some of the idealists who took part in the insurrection, no doubt accounted for the sympathy which they excited amongst many people.

CAUGHT IN A CRANE. A fatal accident occurred at the Liar- ellv Steel Works on Thursday afternoon. John Hughes, Stepney-road, Pwll, who was employed as a pitman, had finished his work and was about to leave for home, when he was caught in a crane and crushed to death. Deceased was about 40 years of age and leaves a wife and six children.

KILLED ON ROADSIDE. I A motor-cycle accident occurred on the Swansea road, about four miles from Car- marthen, late on Wednesday night, result- ing in the death of Mr. W. T. Morgan, draper, Bradford House, Penygroes, and serious injury to Mr. Thomas Hughes, colliery engineer, Brynawel, Penygroes, and Mr. B. T. Stephens, agricultural im- plements dealer, The Avenue, Carmar- then. Mr. Morgan and Mr. Hughes were motoring home from Carmarthen, and Mr. Stephens was cycling in the opposite direction, when they collided.

BATCH OF ABSENTEES. AberaVon Men Who Ignored the Summons. The last cases bgainst absentees under the Military Service, Act were heard at the Aberavon Borougrh Police Court on Thursday. The defendants were: Vaughan Jones, Thomas John Mills, David Olden, John Selway Jones, and William Rees. P.S. Jones deposed to arresting Wm. Rees, whose case was taken first. In reply to the charge prisoner replied, I am not amenable 'to the Military Service Act. Supt. Ben Evans: Is he a conscientious objector?—Yes, sir. Capt. Martin, local recruiting officer, said that three notices had been served upon the prisoner calling him up. He had been exempted from the combatant service. Defendant went info the witness-box, and said that he had been working in a controlled works, but which was not now controlled. He had applied for exemp- tion to the local and appeal tribunal, but his application was dismissed and he was I placed on. non-combatant service. Mr. Davies, for the defendant, sub- mitted that under the regulations where a certified occupation was removed from the list, a period of two months was allowed to elapse before a. man became liable for service. The Bench ordered that the defendant be handed over to an escort and fined him 40s. John Selwyn Jones, tinworker. of Castle- street, Aberavon, when charged by P.S. Jones with being an absentee, suid, I am pot an absentee; I don't recognise them." David Olden told the court that he had been ill for three months. Mr. Bailey: lie can be medically ex- amined, Vaughan Jones, seaman, Aberavon, said, I admit it, bu.t I was away at sea when the notices were served." Defendant told the court that he was going to sea on the next day. Supt. Evans: I don't think so. Thomas John Mills, now a c-ollier, was similarly charged. The Bench ordered all the men to be handed over to an escort and fined them forty shillings.

A MAD WORLD. Washington, Wednesday.—In a speech delivered last night to American news- paper correspondents President Wilson said :— When the fortunes of your own coun- try are, so to say, subject to the incal- culable winds of passion that are blow- ing through other parts of the world, < hen the strain is of a singular and unpre- cedented kind, because you do no4 know by what turn of the wheel of fortune the control of things is going to be taken out of your hand. There is a singular variety among our citizenship, a greater variety even than I had anticipated. There are two reasons why the ciiief wish of America is for peace. One is that we love peace, and have nothing to do with the present quarrel, and the other is that we believe the present quarrel lias' carried those engaged in it so far that they cannot he held to ordinary standards of responsi- bility, and that therefore, since the rest of the world is mad, why should we not simply refuse to have anything to do with the rest of the world ? In the ordinary channels of action if I cannot retain my moral influence over a man except by occasionally knock- ing him down, if that is the only basis on which he will respect me, then for the sake of his soul I have got occasionally to knock him down." It is learned that President Wilson sent a reply to the Pope's peace letter on Monday night through the papal dele- gate. Mr. Wilson joins in the hope that the United States will not be plunged into war, but will maintain neutrality for the purpose of aiding a peace move- ment at &n opportune time.—Exchange.

MEDICALLY UNFIT. The Compulsion Bill passed its third reading in the House of Commons on Tuesday night by 250 votes to 35. An important declaration on the sub- ject of the re-examination of medically rejected men was made by Mr. Tennant. He said: Instructions will be given to recruiting officers to the effect that men who have been rejected at the primary medical examination by the recruiting authori- ties and su bsequently by the medical boards set up in the recruiting areas, and whose rejection by either of theso authorities is recorded in the mili- tary register, will not be called up for re-exumination. The men who are regarded as thus permanently rejected will be acquainted of that fact, if possible. Mr. Walter Long also announced a change in the clause enacting that men who have been medièally rejc-cted since August 14th, 1915, shall be regarded as coming within the scope of the Act after August 1st if they receive a notice from the. Army Council calling upon them to present themselves for re-examination. I.The date August 1st is extended to i September 1st; also 2.-Al-iliouL,h the groups are closed, the Adjutant-General will take into the groups men who were medically rejected since August 14th if they offer themselves .for attestation during the period befor,, September lfit- Mr. Long added that the War Office authorities were preparing machinery which will ease the country and will give medically rejected men all the in- formation they require in the shortest possible time. Mr. Tennant promised later that he would eee ii a date could be fixed after which all men should know definitely whether they are to be called upon to submit to re-examination or not.

:=:=- DIFFICULT TO ANSWER. j The Rev. R. J. Campbell has sent to the Rev. Dr. Jones, of Bournemouth, a letter in response to a request for a statement of his reasons for joining the Church of England. He says: Your question, or implied question, as to my belief or other- wise in the validity of the Nonconformist ministry sounds a simple one, but it is not bv any means simple, and cannot be answered in a few words. My reluctance can he easily understood by those familiar with the issue involved in the Kikuyu dis- cusfdon. If you will give me time I will ondeavour to write a plain account of my spiritual dinelopmaut and present posi. iton." J

SWANSEA ARREST. Serious Charge Against Field MarshaFs Son. Captain James Robert White, D.S.O., 38, described as an ex-Army officer and son of Field-Marshal Sir George White., was charged at Aberdare Police Court on Wednesday with having on May 8 at Tre- cynun, Aberdare. spread reports and made statements likely to cause disaffection to the King and to prejudice recruiting; also with having documents containing Ftate- ments the publication of which would be likely to cause disaffection to the King. The prisoner complained bitterly of the manner in which he had been arrested at Swansea and escorted in handeufls through the streets to the police station. He said that unless he were remanded on hail it would be impossible for hini to prepare his defence. Mr. Parry, prosecuting, opposed bail. The prisoner was a dangerous character 1 and likely to do considerable harm if al-! lowed to be at large. It was imperative that he should be kept in custody. j The Stipendiary: On what do you base j your statement that he is a dangerous .character? Mr. Parry: I have evidence to prove that the prisoner came to Aberdare in support of a concerted scheme to get the \X,elh miners out on strike if Connolly, the Dub- lin rebel, were hot. Documents have been found on him which clearly prove that he was in concert with the King's enemies, One of these documents contains the fol- I lowing passages:—"Awake, brothers, be- fore liberty is dead." Arm "yourselves against your real enemies. Say to the tyrants and their agents: The first man who lays hands on you against your will I dies." The Stipendiary (to the prisoner): You can have a remand but not on bail The Prisoner: Now, sir. let me tell you that I wrote that in the morning and I never intended to publish it. The first time I was under fire was at Magerefon- i tein. and I know the wrongs which my country has suffered. I am a bearer of the D.SO. The Stipendiary: You are remanded for 6even days without bail. The Prisoner (interrupting): I have i articles in my possession conclusively di6 proving what the prosecution is c-ay ng. The Stipendiary: Take him away. The prisoner persisted in speaking é..S he was taken out of court.

SOLDIERS UNDER THE ACT. The West Glamorgan Mining Tribunal met at Swansea on Thursday. It tran- spired that men had been taken oiv at a couple of pits when they had not been fX- empted. They were therefore soldiers under the Act. The Chairman pointed out that the offence was a serious one, and that the colliery proprietors were liable to be fined kloo for each man, as it was har- bourin £ a deserter. One of the representatives explained that he always made inquiries, and asked what was he to do if a man, seeking em- ployment underground, told him that he was exempt ? i [ A«k for his certificate of exemption," was the prompt reply of Colonel Pearson.

THAT MEDICAL BOARD. At the sitting of the West Glamorgan Appeal Tribunal at Port Talbot on Tues- day (Ald. Hopkin Morgan, J.P., presid- ing), the Chairman observed: "We think that the convenience of candidates de- sirous of serving with the colours would be better studied if a Medical Board sat also at Swansea as well as at Cardiff. We consider that in a matter of this kind the Medical Board should consider the men desirous of being examined. Some of these candidates have been to Cardiff more than once and have not been exam- ined. and they have been obliged to gc a third time, at their own expense. A Board at Swansea would meet the con- venience of the people from the westiern part of the county."