Llangollen Advertiser Denbighshire Merionethshire and North Wales Journal

OUR BOYS IN FRANCE, I HOW 1 HEY VIEW HOME PROBLEMS. I AN ITERESTING INTERVIEW. I I MR. RALPH DARLINGTON'S I IMPRESSIONS. We are all able to follow with more or less of fulness, the progress of the fighting and the successes achieved by our army in France from the accounts which special correspondents at the front forward to this country. There is, how- ever, a aide of the situation that is of outstand- ing importance, and which in the very nature of things these records do not reveal, viz., the mental struggle that is in progress, the changes that are being effected by the altered outlook and the broader vision, with which millions of British manhood are now viewing life and its complex problems under entirely new conditions. It has become on all hands a familiar expression amonst people who think regarding such matters that things can never be the same ofter the war and this is certainly no less true in its application to mental than to physical condi- tions; perhaps it is even truer. With the purpose of gaining some guidance to a judgment on this matter from one who has I recently enjoyed exceptional opportunities of coming into close touch with large numbers of our troops, our representative the other day waited upon Mr. Ralph Darlington, F.R.G.S., at Llangollen. Mr. Darlington has spent six weeks in France, lecturing on Egypt and Palestine, under the auspices of the Y.M.C.A., that is doing such fine work for the army along the most practical lines, and he stated that during that period he had lectured to approximately 50,000 men, including representatives of all the nation- alities included in our composite army. Two of the chief points that impressed him were the wonderful transport facilities and the perfectly organized hospital arrangements for the care of the sick and the wounded. Apart from these features and the ever noticeable esprit de corps of this vast army, the avidity with which Tommy in his moments of leisure, and the time afforded him for recuperation, is discussing the big ques- tions of the day and the attitude he is going to adopt towards the new world, the founda- tions of which he is assuredly laying on the plains of Flanders, was to him something of a revelation and somewhat of a startling revela- ,tion at that. To begin with, our representative alluded to Archdeacon Wakeford's statement at Llangollen —a statement that has been repeated by many other clerics—that amongst our soldiers at the front there is scarcely enough religion to go round," and that Tommy has little use for the chaplain. ivitr. 'Darlington's view is that the deep-lying fundamentals of religion are as firm- ly established as ever in the hearts of our men; but experience and observation show that cere- monialism and formalism must go. The elabor- ate ritual, the hair-splitting as to orthodoxy and heterodoxy, which have distracted the churches, Tommy sweeps aside; but point him to the eternal verities, give him the simple truth and leave it at that, and he is with you all the time. Tommy is learning in what Ruskin calls "the rough school of war stern lessona of right and wrong, and far simpler presentations of theo- logical truths, with a far more socialistic and equal applications of them to all sorts and con- ditions of men, will alone satisfy his aspirations iri the future. Will Christian unity, the sweep- ing away at one stnoko of the partition walls that separate creed from creed and sect from sect, and the establishment of one great Chris- tian confraternity, it may be upon apostolic lines, be one of the results of Tommy's altered loutlook? Mr. Darlington, if his words mean anything, finds much to favour the idea. Then, after the religious, the social and political Mr. Darlington states that behind the lines in France meetings are regularly held in organized circles, at which problems of interest are discussed by the soldiers, and these cover a very wide field. Tommy is fast coming, if he has not already come to realise as Kipling phrases it, that old forms have passed away. He sees in the broad-sweeping noiselessness of the movement in which he is taking part, right facing wrong, .standing not to argue but ad- vancing to overwhelm something that is titanic; but, nevertheless, something which in its degree is capable of an infinity of application in far other directions than that in which it is now being applied. It will be very difficult to in- duce the man from the trenches, who ha.s faced death and who bears, it may be, the sears of his daring, that "the vice of the court is charming whilst the vice of the alley is vile." He sees the sledge-hiammer'a "right" emblemised in the overwhelming force in which he is a unit, and he is not likely to appreciate how privileged wrong can be tolerated in any form whatsoever. Again, the communal existence of the trenches is biting deep down into the natures of those who are living i t. Call it by what name you will, our army in France to-day is very largely an army of socialists—" old forms have passed away "-and party politics as we knew them a few years ago, are being, if they have not been, wiped completely off the slate so far as the best of British manhood is concerned. And the drawing together from all parts of the empire of representatives of the scattered segments of our imperial race has stimulated and assisted the discussion of a multitude of .social and other problems from quite other points of view than that from which the soldiers drawn from these islands have been accustomed to regard them. The Australian, with his experience of the effi- cacy of labour representation and the fact that he is paid five shillings a day to "Tommy's" one to fight in France; the. Canadian and the New Zealander and the Indian all have their contri- butions to offer, and the outcome is likely to be an after-war surprise; at any rate, what Mr. Darlington nas observed lends increased force and cogency to the statement that, after the war, things can never be the same for our men will bring back with them a vastly changed mental equipment. f

Llangollen War Work Guild and County Comforts Association. j The collection of the above was held by Mirs. W. Best on May 23rd, when the following articles wwq brougilit in:—10 pairs of sooks, three nets 32 anti-vermin shirts, 104 semi-shields, three pairs of bed socks, four pairs of slippers, 79 bags, and two var,Ous. distribution has since been made to pto W. H. Jones, M. Police, of two vests and throe pairs socks; to Pte. Edward Jones, Yeo- maairy, one thin shirt a mosquito net, and a handkerchief; and to the County Comforts Asso- ciation, 100 sun shields, 100 casualty "TherDe irector* shirts, and five pairs bed socks. There. is no change in the requisitions from the Director- General of Voluntary Organizations. Mosquito nets, sun sfeie'ds, and anti-vermin shirts are there- fore wanted continuously; also, all hosoital things. The next collection will be on June 6, at 2-30 p.m.

Mr. Charles Saunders, the well-known tenor singer, who has appeared at several of the concerts of the Oswestry Choral Society, is Iyin| seriously ill at his house at ChiSwick Par&.

THE ROLL OF HONOUR. 1 [The Editor of the "Advertiser" would he srkd if re'.ativap of ofiioers and men who fall or are wounded in the service < t the country would forward amy biographical detail* in their pOIt- session.] [THIS Wfc&R'S IMT-3 OFFICERS. I ¡ KILLED. Axmitage, Capt. John Basil, CiKsMre Pv-egiment. Oapt. Armitage, -who was kflsied by a stray shell on May 17, was the eldest, son 01 Mr. Wm. Armltage, Beech Hurst, AItrine-ham, arwi a nephew oS M-rs. Veraoa, Frauktion. He was located el the Park Hall Camp for a cooisiderahle time iast year. Lawford, Capt. Hembert Martin. Benson, lioyad Fusiliers. Caps. Lawfoni, the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Lawford, Treweru, Oswestry, was reported misslttg on October 7, 1916, and is now officially reported to have been killed on that <diay. Aged 29, be was educated at Winchester and Oriel Oxford, and afterwards took to the Jaw. He obtained a commission in the Royal Fusiliers on the outbreak of war and was promoted captain in June, 1915. Alter nine moraths' active service he was wounded In March, 1916, and returned to the front at the beginning of September. DIED OF WOUNDS. I Nicholson, Sec.-Liaut, Arthur fl., .Manchester Regt. Lieut. Nicholson, the youngest son of the late Msr. Malcotoa Nicholson., Birkenhead; nephew of the late Mr. Alexander Nicholson, Llyrclys, aind cousin of MLsa L. A. Nicholson, Council School, Oswestry, and of Mr. Donald Nicholson, Whit-e- haveax, has died from wounds received in action on Aprli 9. I MISSING. i Bridgsman, Lieut. JEL R. 0., Household Battalion. Li'eut. Buidigenmn is the third son of Col. the Hou. F. C. Bri^gje-jnan, Neachley, iSUtoal, aawl cous-iu of the Bail of Bradford. Houlston, the lWv. Edgar C., Arany Chaplain. The ftev. E. C. Houlston's mother has received an Intimation from the War OiBce, informing her that her 6<m is teixmted m&Mcg believed drowned. May 4. Mr. Houlston was educated ait the National iSohoola audi Grove Park School Wrexham, and jsenvted as a IJWPil -teacher at ths Nattioual Schooils, afterwards going to St. Edmund's Haii. Oxford, where be took his B.A. degree with lioii- ours in theology. He was ordained by The Bishop of London, and licensed to a London -uracy, where he worked until he joined aa a ."h&ptatn. WOUNDED AND SICK. I Inglis, Sec-Lieut. Cecil G., King's Liverpool RegkU I See.-Lie,ut. Inglis, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Ù. Inglis, Knockfrink, Osweatry, bias been admitted to a base hospital suffering from neweethenio- N.C.O.'S AND MEN. I KILLED. I Davies, Lamce-ConpJ. Albert, King's Shropshire L.1, Carpi. Davies, who was the son of ALT. and Mrs. Frank Davies, 20, Ash Road, Oswestry, was k,1 ed in action on May 13. His wldtow, and two child- ren reside at 26, Lome Street, Oswestry. Pre- vious to enlistment, no was employed at the Oswestry Gas Works. Ellis, Ptê. Carey, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Pte. Ellis was the brother of Sergi. T. Ellis, R.E., of Rose Piaee. Llangollen. i Ii'uroer, Pte. W. H., King"s Shropshire Light Infty. I;Iurber, Pte. W. H., R' g's t Pte. Further was the son of Mr. and Jlrs. W. Fuirber, Burleydam Road, Ightfleid, near Whit- church. He was 19 years olage and previous to enlisting in .Time, 1915 was engaged in farm work. He wont on act-lye service in February, 1816. and for a year was a storietGhe<r-'beairer. His brother- in-law, Pte. J. Bradsbaw, was killed in action on April 8. Hughes, Pte. Griffith E., Cam-adfl&n Moutated Rifles. Aged 28, and killed in action on April 9, Pte. Hughes was a cousin of Mrs. D. Charles, the Cottage, Cefnoaacl, Rbydycroeeau. He emigrated to Gama-da five years, ago, joined the forces there, amd served for tbe la.st twelve month in France. He was very popular in bis company and was known to them all by the name, of "Barn" Huglieis, Neiison,, pte. Jack, Cauedian Contingent. Pte. son of Mr. andt Mrs. Nellson, PIaa. ynltan, Llangurig, c-ullsited on the outbreak of war, and was wounded three times.. He won the Military Medal when tbe Canadians took Vimy | Ridige. Owen, Pte. Benjamin J., Manchester Rerriment. j Pte.. Owen, son of the Rev. O. J. Owen, Legacy, j was killed in action in France on, May 4. He wM 30 years old; joime? the C?asMrea, and came to | Wm&xham for tMlmmg, but was t.Mns?.tTed to ttoe t Manchester Regiment and went on active servics j last August. Two other brothelfs are serving, One of whom ia 1fr. 0. J. Owen, Heniblas Street,, Wrex- ham. 3 ACCIDENTALLY KILLED. I Walker, Lance-Corpl. C. H., Atony Ordinance Corps. I Aged 20, Lance-Corpl. Walker was the eldest SOD t of Mr. F. Walker, &tewajt Read, Oswestry. He i was educated at Oswestry Caltbudic &hool, and ] previous to joining the Army he was engaged in I the office of Messrs. Bull and. Sons, solicitors, Oswestry. He enlisted in 1915, and has been in France two years. On May 21. he was walking down the line from the offices to his t-e-a in c( pany with a friend when a train suddenl y ap- J peoafleJd round the corner of a brddge. They both I jumped to get out of the way tmt Corpl. Walker j was caught by a truck and killed instantaneously. Of a very gecita disposition, the news of hts; deatth has been received in Oswestry with much regret, ■ DIED OF WOUNDS. I- Fieldisend, Gnmneir R. C.. Royal Artillery. Gunner Fleldsecd, S, Edward Street, Wrexftam, has died iroim wounds received in action. He joined up last July, and before enlistment was employed as a warehouse foreman at Cobden Mills. His wife died two years ago and mticn sympathy is fielt with his little daughter. MISSING I BhitHpa, Pte. Peter, Royal Welsh rusiliers. I Pte. Ph?.Ulps, the only eon of Mrs. Ann TMUipB, Hill Street, CoTwen, is reported missing since the i first battle otf Gaza on MairCh 26. -T,oh-es, Sergt.. J. H., .Machine Gun Cou^ps (heavy). Sergt. Jones, who has been reported missing on April 11, formerly resided at Elleamere Road, Shrewsbury. His wife, Mrs. Jones, Belgrave, Mountftelds, Shrewsibury, la anxious to hear from comrades or others any particulars as to his fate. Thomas, Sergt. J. Sergt. Thomas-, grandsoa of the late iNEr. Od. Vaughan, and nephew of OoiunclMor Vaughan. Machynlleah, Is reported miissiog since April 12. He had been, awarded th& D.C.M. TORPEDOED. I Humphreys, Pte. Davla Thomas. Pte. Humphreys, whose home it at Maerdy Mill, Corwien, was on the transport Catmeripcala which wa,3 torpedoed and suDJk: while conveying troops to Egypt on April 15. Jones, Pte. John. Pte. Jones, whose home is at MiLl Street, Cor- wen, was torpedoed whilst on the transport) Cimexonia which wemt <5»wn on April 16, WOTJNDBD, AND SICK. Ch«<pnm7V Pte. Wiliaaa. Pte, Chajpman, late of Drnid, Oexrwen, and brother of Mr. R. J. Chapman, CoTwexu has been severely wounded isa the hip and is now In Cambuslang Hospital, near Giasgow. Feim, Lance-Corpl. W., Yeom-sury. attached Cheshire Regiment- Lance-Corpl. Fenn was vroutftd ia three places on May 13 and is now in hospital at Manchester, He is the son of Mr. T. Feaun, Gobowen, JBe is progressing lavourably. Humphreys, Pte. Gwilvjr. Pte. Humphreys, whose home in at the Terrace, Corwen, has been wounded in the tbigh and is in the General South African Hospital behind the firing line. This is the "cond tetne he has been wounded. Before enllistinfr Pte. Humphreys was employed as a grocer by Messrs. John Parry and. Co., Corw-en. Jones, Pte. W. Bradwen, Royal Wels-h FnaStora. Pte. Jones is in hospital at AtfiiXiuwirja snEF-qrlug from eii aceldee. to bts jaw. He recently took Ijart- in a concent at once of the theatres in AleX. andria when he was repeatedly encored for his pianoforte selections. Pte. Jonea's tone Is at ConveTii. Jam-, Lance-Corpl. R. H., King's Shropshire L.I. Lanoe-Corpl. Jaines, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. James, 2, Grove Villa, New Road, Meole Brace, Shrewsbury, has been reported wounded and miss- ing since April 9. His parents would be grateJul for any information from his comBades concerning him. Lloyd, Pte. George H. Pte. Lloyd son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd 85, Lady, well Street, Newtown, has been seriously woMiwied and is now in hospital at El Arish. He went through the, DaTdAmelles campaign and fought at the battle of Gaza. His brother Fred is also servtag in Egypt. Morris, Pte. Evan, yeomanry, attached London. Welsh, Pte. Morris, who is the youngest son of Mr. and MTS. Abrabam Morris, Weston Lane, Oswestry Is in the ManChesfoer Royal Infirmary suffering five shrapnel wounds in the Jegs and one gunshot wound in his right hand. He is piogiresfiing sat- isfactorily. Bbe. Morris joined up at the outbreak of war at the age of 17, and, after training at Welshpool, DorChestar, and, ou the. East Coast, left England for France, last year. Morris, Pte. William Stanley, King's Shropshire L.I. Pta. Morris was wounded by shrapnel on April 19, and is now in Noldey Hospital, where be is progressing satisfactorily. Previous to enlisting he was employed by Messrs. GaAus Smith and Co., Bishop's Castle. Bandies. F., Bombing Insitrucstor, RoryW. Welsh Fusiliers. Bombing Instructor Randies, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bandies, King's Mills Road, Wrexham, is in hospital in France suffering from pneumonia. Watkin, Sergt. A. LI., Canadian Contingent. Sergt. Watkin, eldest son of tbel-ate Mr. Themes Watkia, Pontypantre. MoiHtgCfm eryshire, was wounded in the head, though not seriously. He was a member of the Montgomeryshire Yeomanry for many years and emigrated to Canada about elghit years azo, and joined the Canadian Con- tingent on the outbreak of war. He has been in France for several months and was oveT on Leæve ,to attend his father's funeral in February. — —4k>

Welsh Temperance Council. Th3 second meeting of this Council was held m Shrewsbury, uadier the preswleincy of feir Hembeyt Roiberts, M.P. Among those present were tte Bishop ol Liamdaff, Mr. Edward JoneA. Maeamawr, the ReY, B. K. Jones, Cefnmawr, Miss. Prlehard, Oswestry, the Rev. E. WortMngitoiii Powell, Ohirk, and the Ecv. J. Glyrn Da/vies, secretary. The President erported that the recommeBKiati on? of the previous meeting wlitih regard to the Cent-rot Board Order had been submitted to tbe Board, and that as a result inquiries were being rruade lDIto working of the Order in Wales. A discussion en sued as to the present situation in Wales, and th. special position and claim of Wales in relation 11 temperance legislation. The following resolutions were adopted:— 1. That this Council is of opinion that If th Government were 'to declare the need of the. pro- hibition of the liquor trade as a war emergency measure such a measure would be loyally accepted by the country. 2. That this Council affirms the demands of Wales for the continuance on a permanezilt, basis of tba restrictions of the Central Control Board Older, and the right of the electors in their .aress to vote either for a redtM-tioa or for the prohibition of the licenced in those areas. S. That this Council expresses its fu31 agreement -with the nine proposals of the Temperance Council of the Christian Churches of England and Wales.

The five British Guards' banda, under th command of Lieut.-General Sir Francis Lloyd, have arrived in Paris. •

EVERYDAY FACTS. Llangollen produces many. Here's another from Butler Hill. What makes up a fact? Isn't it an event of statement that can be proved? What proof doeS Llangollen demand? Llangollen wants the naino and address of the Llangollen man who made the following statement. Let each reader judge independently. On July 27th, 1912, Mr. D. Pug-h, of 1, Butlet Hill, near the National Sch. LlangoDeOf said :—" I have had touches of kidney complain for the last three years or so, and pains acroSS my back, so sharply at times that I could hard# my back, 'n from the ground. The water vrs* lift anyth?Ij contained a sediment. I had aev? headaches, too, and fits of dizziness. _11c "But after taking Doan's backache kidney piW I felt very much better in health. I take tw or three now and again, and they keep my back free from pain; I should not like to be wither them. I have recommended Doan's pills to my friends. (Signed) D. Pugh." OVER TWO YEARS LATER, Mr. Pugh glaid:- "I am in first-rate health, and I consider DoØ pills excellent, for they cured me. Uric acid poison left in the system by w kidneys causes lumbago, rheumatism, gzave4 urinary disorders; makes you feel dull, heaof tired and miserable, and leads to fatal disefl$; if neglected. Doan's backache kidney pills aco directly upon the kidneys and bladder, quick relief, and ensuring the poisonous uric acid and waste water being removed before tjxef have time to set up disease or irritation. Of all dealers, or 2s. 9d. a box, McClellan Co., 8, Wells Street, Oxford St, London.W. Don't ask for backache or kidney p: —ask DISTINCTLY for DOAN'S backache Jo* ney pills, the same as Mr. Pugh had. j Printed md pobIMted by Wn?UM THOMAS, of Villo. ham, and CHARLES PBNRHTN GASQOOINB, of C#w«8TR7 under she &trle Of WooDAM., MtNSHAH. THOM*?? :i Co., at the Caxton Pre.. C?we&try, and <?'SL  every FrMmy morm!B? at the "Ådvert1aer ???, Costie StMet. LLangollev4 aM of &U newM't??. All advertisements and communleations AO 2* qUdted to be addift?ed to the "AdverUser" ?DO* Llaaigollea, or tn the Caxton .t'rl' ()øfINIIIIJft. FRIDAY, JUNE 1, M • a