The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality

NEXT SATURDAY'S FIXTURES. I LEAGUE.-Div. I. Bverton v. Aeton Villa. West Brom. Albion v. Liverpool. Bradford City v. Middlesbrough. Burnley v. Newcastle United. Blackburn Rovers v. Bolton Wanderers. Notts County v. Manchester United. Sunderland Y. Oldham Athletic. Sheffield Wednesd-ay v. Bradford. Chelsea v. Sheffield Urv.ted. Manchester City v. Tottenham Hotspur. LEAGUF,Div., IT. Woolwich Arsenal v. Hull City. Birmingham v. Wolverhampton Wanderers. Blackpool v. Preston North End. Bristol City v. Leicester Fosse. Bury v. Notts Forest. Clapton Orient v. Leeds City. Derby County v. Stockport County. Grimsby Town Y. Glossop. Huddersfield Town v. Barnsley. Lincoln City v. Fulham. SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Gillingham v. Luton. Brighton and Hove v. Exeter City. Crystal Palace v. Cardiff City. Norwich City v. Portsmouth. West Ham v. Swindon. Plymouth Argyle v. Southend. Watford v. Queen's Park Rangers. Northampton v. Millwall. Southampton v. Bristol Rovers. Reading v. Croydon Common. WEST CHESHIRE LEAGUE. Wirral Railway v. Llandudno.

VALE OF CONWAY RIFLE I CLUB. TALYCAFN v. GLAN CONWAY. I This match t-ook place at Talycafn, on Satur- day, when the visitors proved victorious by the substantial margin of 39 points. The League programme will be completed on Saturday next, when Roewen will be at home to Dolgarrog. Scores -n Talycafn.. Glan Conway. J. E. Jones 91 W. A. Coatee 97 S. Hughes 92 J. E. Johnson 93 E. Thomas 89 U. Jones b8 R. Da." is 88 J. Roberts W. Price 90 Ll. Davies 96 W. Roberta 87 E. P. Beer 96 L. Monk 91 W. H. Coatee 99 W. Currie (oapt.) H. Linley. 93 W. Roberts 91 R. J. Bebb 96 719 758

NORTH WALES FANCIERS' SHOW. The Welsh Northern Counties Fur and Feather Association have jttgt issued their schedule of prizes for tho sevcnth annual show which is to be held in the Hippodrome, Llandudno, on Sat- urday, November 7h. The committee call at- temtion to the increased classification provided and to the valuable challenge cups offered Jn oompctition. An attractive list of other "specials" has been provided. All exhibits will be benched and penned in the best possible manner. Applications for the schedule should be made to the hon. secretary, Mr G. E. Cragg, Rocklands, Rhos, Colwyn Bay.

NORTH WALES MARKET GARDENERS' ASSOCIATION. A successful meeting under the auspices of this association was held at the North-Western Hotel, f C nera l IA&ndudno Junction, when subjects of general 'nterœt to the many persons engaged in the fruit and vegetable growing industry were discussed. The hon. secretary pro. tem. of the association q Mr n. Jenkinpcn, Cefn Nursieriee. Talycafn.

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NORTH WALES TOY INDUSTRY. I A THRIVING VILLAGE INDUSTRY. t With Christmas coming daily nearer, and the German toy market, we hope, already eclipsed, the qveation of British-made toys becomes more and more important. In this connection, says the Dailv News, the efforts of Miss Mary Ilea ton, of Trefnant, to revive the village toy-making industry of the Vale of Clwyd are worthy of attention. In 1909, Miss Heaton, finding some of tho Welsh villages out of work and necessitous, star- ted teaching the men and women the art of mak- ing tho old-fagbion-ed jointed wooden toys. To help her philanthropic design, the county Tooh-, nioal Committee granted heir money to pay a toachenr, and with the help of a local wood-oarver, and. Miss Meta JOIK-F, who designs the toys, the little industry was soon flourishing. I HAND MADE. I The toys turned out by the villagers are both quaint and artistic, and most' of them are auto- matic. There are swinging- parrots oarved in wood, oat and dog menuholderg, squirrels, rabbit8, goats and sheep, all the farmyard animals; and oom plote acts of separate figures admirably illustrat- ing such od fairy jir^iee as "The House that Jack Built," and "Humpty IXimpty." All the fierce are made entirely by hand, and are beautifully coloured. "There is and can be no sweating in this vil- lage Miss He atom explained to an lage indu4ry,"In the first place, ;I? re are m lage industry,"In the nmt pLace, bhere arc no profits to consider. So long aB we make the concern pay its own expenses and provide a liv- ing for the villagers we axe satisfied. Working at an ordinary rate, a man making these toys can earn 188 a week easily, which is at least a/3 good as his wages on the land. One of the workmen, a cripple, made j31 a wcek last winter, and tiie artists who colour the figures can make their 6d an hour." One of Miss Heaton* s most successful ventures is a. model of two pheasants peeking at a mangel WWMI. [ THE CABINET MINISTERS' SMILE. I I ThiB was very popular, and one still stands on the Chancellor's table in Downing Street, where, said Mrs Lloyd George to Miss Heaton, it hsus amused many Cabinet Ministers. During tho winter of 1911-12 the industry had grown to such propolrtions that claeees were held in several Welsh v t Lag as, and over 70 men learnt to make the toys. The prices of the toys vary from 6d to the dainty menu-holders at 2s, amd more for the larger toys, carved fans and groups. Tho Vale of Otwyd toys are now on the re- quisition list of tho Education Committee of the L.C.C., and are used both in kindergarten olae- see and for prizes. The toys certainiv Cost more than the German goods that once filled oar Christmas stockings, < but they are made by people who get at least a living wage for their manufacture, they are bea.u- tiful rn design and oolour, there is nothing ugly about them, and they are British. The Wefdh village toys cam be bought at most of the big London stores or direct from Miss Mary Heaton, Trefnant, Dcnfoigihshire.

ENCLOSING COMMON LANDI PENMAENMAWR COUNCIL S APPLICA- TION FOR COMMTTTAXI. JUDGE'S CAUSTIC COMMENTS. Tho Penmaonmawr Urban District Council applied to his Honour Judige Moss at the Conway County Court on Thursday for the committal of Rowland Roberts, Glyn Uoha, Dwygyfylchi, far dioobeying an order of the court. Mr James Porter (for the Council) ex- plained that the order of tne court was mado on July 3rd last year, and it required defen- dant to remove within 30 dats a feauce which he had erected on a portion of the common at Dwygyfylchi. Defendant had taken no notice of the order and had caused consider- able trouble to the Council in securing da- magen and costs; in fact they had only been able to obtain the quaxter part by garnishee proceedings The officials of the County Council had had the greatest difficulty in serving t-tte defendant, who had been DODGING ABOUT BETWEEN PENMAEN- MAWR AND MENAI BRIDGE. Unfortunately he had been successful in set- ting the Council and commoners at desfiance for same years. Mr R. John Hug-bee, surveyor to the Coun- cit, gave evidence that the fence had uot been removed. The defendant said he WTahed to argue that it was freehold land. Tho Judge: But that has aJl been settled. Defendant: The Council have no right to interfere with the land. His Honour said defendant must obey the older of the court. If defendant had thought the decision wrong he could have appealed against it. Defendant: Can I appeal for a new trial? His Honour It is too late now. Yon hav-e been guilty of very gross contempt of court. a-nd I soo-II make an order for your comiraittal t,) prison, but will suspend it to give yoo a:? opportunity of obeying the order. Unless this fence is removed and the ofdeir obeyed within 14 -days yj-u will be sent to prison until you have purged vcair c-ontempt. if you take my advice you won't be so stupid as to attempt to derfy the authorities in this district.

CENTRAL WELSH BOARD I EXAMINATION. FESTINIOG COUNTY SCHOOL. I Honours: John Rhys Roberts. Higher: William fdwal Morrie. Senior: Elena Da vies, Dorothy Evans, Ellen Jones, Griffith R. Jones. Morfychd Owen, Ellen RobcrtB, and Ieuan Williams. Junior: David Ceidiog Davsiea. May Evans, Alice Gwendolen Griffiths, Wm. John Hugnes, David tivan Jones, Nancy Lloyd Jones, SaJLbe Jones, Vera Catherine Jones, Kate Myfanwy Owen, and Jennie Roberts.

¡ A SNOWDONIA TRIP. I I MOTOR COMPANY'S UNSUCCESSFUL I 'ACTION. At the Conway County Court, on Thursday, the Llandudno Motor Garage Company, pro- prietors of the Red motor chars-a-bane, sued Messrs Roberts and Smith, two London visitors, staying at Penmaenmawr, for the price of ten seats on one of their coaches for a trip around Snowdon. Mr Hallmark, for the plaintiffs, said that on Tuesday, the lltJi August, one of the defendants called at the booking office at Llandudno, and interviewed the tours manager with regard to a trip to Snowdon, on the following day. He asked if the coach could oall at the Grand Hotel, Penmaenmawr, and pick up a party of nine adults and two children. He was informed that this oould not be done unless the party booked a fourteen-seater coach, and paid for the four- teen seats. Tho following morning a telephone message was received from the Grand Hotel, stilting that they would take the eleven eeats for JC5. It was also arranged that the plaintiffs should pay the parties railway fares to Llan- dudno Junction, where they would meet the coach. When they arrived at the Junction they refused to board the coach, some of the party saying there was no room, and others that they had booked all the back seats. After getting into communication with the company at Llandudno, the driver was instructed to proceed without the party. Mr Southworth, tours manager; Mr J. H. Fmal), who received the telephone message: and Lionel Kendall, the driver of the coach, gave evidence bearing out this statement. For the defence, Mr James Porter said it was Mr Roberts who called at the office of the com- pany at Llandudno. He arranged for a four- tceo-seater coach, but subsequently agreed to travel in an eighteen-seater coach. When they arrived at the Junction they discovered that the oar was a twenty-eight-seater, and as some of the ladies were nervous they refused to travel by it. C. M. Roberts, one of the defendants, said he considered the coach which came to the Junc- tion as quite unwieldy. Two of tho ladies of the party absolutely refused to get into it. The other defendant gave corroborative evi- dence as to the ladies refusing to travel by the coach, and remarked that he had not come from London to tell fairy ■ tales. IILs Honour described it as an unfortunate dispute. He oould quite understand some peo- ple refusing to travel by a twenty-eight-soater coach. The onus of proof was on tho plaintiffs, and he was not satisfied that tlwy had discharged that burden, lie gave judgment for the defen- dants with coste.

I FOOD IN ILLNESS. I Benger's Food is one of Britain's great con- tributions to food science. It was evolved in the scientific endeavour to produce a palatable food that could be assimilated under most conditions of illness and digestive disorder. Benger's is a specially prepared farinaceous food in which two natural digestive principles are scientifically combined. During the process of cooking with fresh new milk, digestive action begins, and is advanced I at will to m-liatever stage desired. Tho protein (flesh-forming) contents of the milk and Food. as well as carbohydrates (heat and energy givers) of the Food, undergo conver- sion into soluble food substances, and unite in producing il dainty and delicious cream of deli- cate biscuit flavour. Benger's is always a safe, natural food, free from dried milk, malt, chemical, or artificial substance whatsoever. Invalids, convalescents, and the aged find it soothing and agreeable, and infants thrive on it. Tho conetant prescription of medical men has spread the use of Benger's Food throughout the world. It is extensively used in hospitals, nursing j homes, sanatoria, etc., and sold in tins by chem- iett, etc., Oki wiwo.

RESULTS OF SATURDAY'S MATCHES. LEAGUE.-Div. I. Botton Wanderers 2, Manchester City 3. Bradford 2, Sunderland 1. Liverpool 2, Sheffield Wednesday 1. Manchester United 2, Blackburn Rovers 0. Middlesbrough 3, Chelsea 0. Newcastle United 1, Bradford City 0. Oldham Athletic 2, Notts County 0. Aston Villa 2, West BTom. Albion J.. Tottenham Hotspur 1, Burnley 3. Sheffield United 1, Everton 0. LEAGUE.-Div. II. Barusiey 0, Grimsby Town 0. Fulham 2, Derby County 0. Glossop 3, Birmingham 3. IÆCds City 2, Blackpool 0. Preston North End 2, Bury 0. Stock port County 1, The Arsenal T. Wolverhampton 3, Linooln City 1. Hull City 0, Clapton Orient 1. Leicester Foese 1, Huddersfield Town 2. Nottingham Forest 0, Bristol City 1. SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Exeter City 2, Gillingham 0. Brighton and Hove 1, Cardiff CTrty 0. Luton I, Norwich City 1. Portsmouth 3, West Ham United 1. Swindon Town 3, Plymouth Argyle 2. Southend United 0, Watford 0. Southampton 2, Millwall Athletic 1. Bristol Rovers 3, Reading 3. Croydon Common 1, Cfystal Palace 1. Queen's Park Rangers 0, Northampton 0.

The Exchequer returns from April 1st to September 19th show receipts £ 72,750,684. ex- penditure 2118,691,299. For the corresponding period last year the figures were: Receipts £ 75,542,453, and expenditure £ 80,468,031. The Indians of the Sam la Reserve, Ontario, have requested the Canadian Government to allow them to make a grant of JS200 of their funds this year to Great Britain towards th* ooet of the war.

NEW COMMAND FOR COLONEL JONES ROBERTS. The headquarters, at Carnarvon, of the Car- narvonshire Territorial Ajssociation, of wbidh Captain Ransome is secretary, has been busily epgage4 for several days enlisting and equip- pmg men for the Territorial Fo-roee. Increased activity in this resspect has .set in since the be- ginnintt of last week. During the period in question am average of thirty men a day have enlisted, more particular- ly for the reserve battalion which is being raised in oonnection with the 6th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers. The 6th lias for several weeks been 'in training. It is 1040 strong, and it is in- tended that the reserve battalion now in course of formation should bo of the same strength. Later on the reserve battalion, for which, Ðo. far, 130 men have enlisted, will go into train- ing. An order has ailso been received for the further enlistment of 150 National Reservists for the period of the war, together with three officers, who will receive their commissions in the 6th and will relieve the men now on duty at various points. By a fresh order. Colonel Jones-Roberts, com- manding the 6th Battalion, to whom had been given the command of the reserve battalion, has now been assigned the important duty of con- trolling the administrative details in -oonn-ct;on with aU TerritoriaJ depots and the reserve battalions now being raised in the Welsh division. Thae means that all questions affecting depots ordinar-ily going to commanding ofifcers will now be referred to Colonel Jones-Roberts, who on Wednesday left for Shrewsbury, where lie will take up his headquarters. In consequence of this change, the command of the reserve battalion at Carnarvon will devolve upon Captain Sir WilHam Hughes Hunter, Bart.

BETHESDA. I YOUNG MEN RESPONDING TO THE I CALL. A well-attended meeting was held at the Public Hall, Bethesda, on Saturday evening, when ad- dresses encouraging recruiting were delivered by Mr E. W. Johnson, Llandudno, and Dr. Spinther James. The chair was taken by Canon R. T. Jones, who also delivered a stirring address. The speakers strongly emphasised the county's need for more men for LOId Kitchener's Army, andstrongly urged aLl able young men to con- sider the position they were placed in in the present crisis. On tho motion of the Rev. J. W. Roberts, who regretted that no Nonconformist ministers were on the platform, seconded by Mr W. R. Lloyd, N.P. Baink, a hearty vote of thanks was accorded the speakers and the ch-airman. The meeting termi; ted with the singing of "God save the K,;ng," A correspondent writes:—" A very unfavour- OUR "PUNCH" CARTOON. First Golfer (to irtend who has just come (rom a distance to play with him): "BUT, MY DEAR CHAP, WHEBE Altg YOUB CLUBS?" Second Golfer: "HUSH! NOT A WORD! I'VE GOT 'EM DISGUISED IN HEBE." Reproduced by permission of Punch. I able opinion has been spread about that young men in the quarrying districts are not as loyal as they should be, judging from the number who have joined. However, it should be clear- ly understood, that a very good number of our young men are einlstuig at Bangor, and Beth- esda is therefore deprived of the credit. Only last week there were nearly twenty recruits leaving for Wrexham from Betliesda and Tre- garth districts. The formation of a new Welsh Army Corps, sanctioned by Lord Kitchener, will no doubt produce more recruits."

( LLANYSTUMDWY. I MR WILLIAM GEORGES "OPEN CON- FESSION." A recnhitimig meeting was held at the Village Institute, Llanystumdwy, on Monday night., when addresses were delivered by Mr William George, the Rev. John Ovvvo, M.A., Criccieth, and ot-bem Sir Hugh J. Ellis-Nanney, Bart., presided, and in addition to the speakers al- ready named there were present: Colonel and Mm O. Llojd Evans, Broom Hail; Mw Low is, Llanystumdwy Rectory; Dr. E. Lloyd Owen, Crioacth the Rev. Glyn Williams, Messrs W. E. Williams, Ysguborhcm Thoe. Griffith, Christmas Jones, William Roberta, Gwyndy, and others. Sir Hugh Ellis-Nanney read a letter from the Rector of the parish, the Rey. Canon J. P. Lewis, M.A., apologising for unavoidable absence. The C-bairman said he was glad to be on the same platform with Mr William George and the Rev. John Owen in the present national crisis. There were times, he said, when it was their bounden duty to seriously consider the safety of our country, and no time more so than the present (hear, hear). No empire was perfect, but, in his opinion, ours was more perfect than otheirs that could be mentioned. Beyond any question of doubt the barbarous cruelties per- petrated by our enemies in the present war against the brave Belgians were a proof that they were not perfect, by any means (hear, hear). Mr W.illiam Goorge said that was his first ap- pearance as an advocate of war. He was a man of peace, and always had been. In a public debate in the Town Hall, at Criccieth, not long ago, he spoke against conscription, and condemned the asse-rtioas oonistantly made charging Germany with harbouring designs against Great Britain. He was still opposed to compulsor military service, and the splendid way .in Wny ich tho nation spontaneously sprang to arms III the hour of need had knocked con- scription out of the field of practical politic*, for another generation at least (applause). But as regards Germany he muet confess that he was wrong, and open confession was good for the soul. It was now perfectly evident that the Kaiop-r bad for manv years been preparing for the fight while all the time affecting to be a man of peace, and fimndly. The KaiMr had not respected the advice of Great Britain as regards Belgium. anj it was now obvious that- 1 it was part of hai deliberate plan to cruah France first, and then to conquer Great Britain. The important question for them was, what is WaJee going to do? Is it going to do its sham? Our people deserved sympathy at the present junc- ture. It should he remembered that following, as they had done for centuries past, quiet agri- cultural pursuits, they could not rush as some people did. The peaceful avocations of the put He of Welshmen, and the fact that they had been brought up to liate war must not be forgotten. Nevertheless the question now still remained, What is Wales going to do? Hø believed that Wales was going to come out honourable in the matter, and they would realise that die was going to take a leading part now as she had done in the past (applause). They had always defended the rights and liberties of small nations. To this end they had striven century after century. Llowelyn, Owain Gwyn- edd, Glyndwr, and others, laid down their lives for them, and Wales at last took its place among the nations of the world. Having won that honourable position, were Welshmen above all going to stand aside now 7 He emphatioally said they would not (applauoe). At the recent great meeting in the Queen's Hall, London, the Earl of Plymouth, who had lost a son in this terrible war, read a telegram to the effect that 20,000 men from Glamorgan were going to take their part,, and he (tho speaker) had not the least doubt that many North Wales men were a.mong them. The agriculturists of many parts of rural Lleyn had en I imod and waa it to be thought for "a moment that the brave men of Eryn, Eifionydd, aye, and of Llanystumdwy —(cheers)—would be behind? There was another question. Their religion was in danger. If Wales was anything it was religious, and if their Empire was not victorious in this war, the very foundations of religion itself were in peril. A new gospel—the gospel of con- quest, was being preached throughout the length and breadth of Germany—materialism and infi- delity were in the ascendancy. This was the gos- pel that had been preached in Germany for the last 40 years. The Germans had put the. law of foreo above any other law, human and divine, but the Kaiser was being made to realise that there were greater forces in heaven and eartli than were dreamt of in his materialistic philo- eophy. Mr George reminded his hearers of the hon- ourable position local Welshmen held centuries ago .in wars in France, notably at Oreoy and Poiotiers, adding that Welshmen now would up- hoM the bravery of their ancestors, and would stand side by side with the bravest in Europe (loud applause). The Revs. John Owem urged young men to take their part in the present national crisis for the defence and honour of their country. They were not asked to do anything unworthy or anything that would be a disgrace to them. They would take part in a great and important work in which great and important kingdoms were engaged. Their duty was to help to save sinall. nationali- ties as well as France, in this war, and to act up to the Scriptural injunction to "love thy neigh- bour as thyself." Why, he asked, has Germany been sending spies to this country all these years, even into Lleyn, if it was not for the pur- pose of attacking us. lIe confessed to his own Lnnooency in the past, and acknowledged now that when not so long ago at a Oriocicth meet- ing Capt. Drage warned them of the intentions of Germany, the warning was needed. He urged them by all means to take courage, they had no- thing to fear. Moitke and Bismarck were two of the most far-seeing men Germany ever had, and it is recorded of one ?f them that on one oocasion he said, "I can shew Y'O'U ten ways to Britain, but I cannot show you one way back." He (Mr Owen) impressed upon his hearers the necessity of ending this jvar once and for all; to protect our ooun-try, our homes, and our fam- ilies. They would never have this opportunity again. They appealed to what was highest in them, their reason, their hearts, their consciences (applause). Col. 0. LJoyd Evans and Dr. E. Lloyd Owen also spoke, and a vote of thanks to the Chairman and other speakers, proposed by Mr T. Burnell, seconded by Mr W. E. Williams, Ysguborhen, was passed unanimously. Two young men from the body of the hall, Messrs J. Llewelyn Jones and Evan Evans, came forward to give in their names as recruits, and the audience stood up to applaud them. Other young men in the district have since intimated their intention to join. The proceedings closed with the singing of "Hen wlad fy nhadau," and "God Save the King," led by Mr Christmas Jones.

I CARNARVON. I At a meeting held on Saturday of representa- tives of the local recruiting committees formed by the justices of the Carnarvon Division, it was recommended that as soon as official intimation was received as to the inerea" separation allowanco for dependents of those on active eer- vice pamphlets in English and Welsh should be circulated, containing also information showing the great advantages obtained by the working classes unde-r British rule. The meeting also considered that the best method of securing recruits was to hold public meetings, at which an endeavour should be made to secure the presence of men who had either beeai or were prepared to go to the front and, moreover, to conduct a personal canvass of the various districts. A communication to this effect was directed to be sent to the conveners of each of the dis- trict committees. Three or four ministers resident in the quarry districts were among those who took part in the discussion. ■

WHOSE GOD ? WHSE GOD? The Rev. Dr. Hugh Jones, Bangor, Llan- rwat on Saturday «rwming:—"The Kaiser 3e- olares God is with him. If so then he is not my God, thw God of IwmI, tbe God of aay Bihlo."

MR. LLOYD GEORGE AND THE WAR. GERMAN BARBARISM AND BAD FAITH. OUTCOME OF THE GREAT STRUGGLE. A NEW PATRIOTISM. I Queen's Hall, Lamgbam Place, was crowded ii every part on Saturday afternoon, when Mr Lloyd George delivered a vigorous ad- dress on Wales and the War to an enthus- iastic gathesrdmg of London Welshmen. The Earl of Plymouth wae in the chair. He had on his right hand the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lord Murray, and on his left the Lord Chief Justice and Sicr George Reid (High Commissioner for Australia). Othcms on the platform were Lord Glanta/we, M.r Ellis Griffith, M. P., Mr Herbert Lewis, M P., Mr Hrnde, M.P., Sir Arthur Priestley, MP., Mr Haihar Greenwood, M.P., Sir Charles Hemry, M.P., Sir Alfred Mond, M.P., Mr Llewelyn Williams, M.P., Mr J. H. Ed- wards, M.P., Mr Timothy Daviee, M.P., Mr Clement Edwards, M.P.,Mr W. Jones, M.P., Mr Webb, M.P., Mr Aneurin Williams, M.P., Mr Nield, M.P., Mr G. Wills, M.P.. Mr Glynr Jor.es, M.P., Mr Outhwaite, M.P., Mr C. F. Masterman, Sir George Riddell, Sir Flmilk Nfewnes, Major-General Sir Henry Bumbury, Lieutonant-Colomel Sir Matthew Nathaoi, Sir Robert Morant, the Rev. J. Clifford. the Rev. J. H. Jowett, Sir Evan James, Sir W. Robert- son Nicoll Sir J. W. Coutes, Sir Vincent Efvans (Chairman), and Sir J. Ptnchard. ,T--s (Treasurer of the London We.U Com- mittee, by whom the gathering had be?N organised). Before tOO meeting opened the Lond<m Welsh Choir sang the National Anthem, the Marseillaieo, the National Hymns of Russia, Belgium, and Japan, "Rule Britannia," God Bless the Prince of WaJee," "Land of Hope and Glory," and the "March of the Mem of Harlech." "The "scmajp of paper" was the text of the speech. Mr George's style of oratory is specially adapted to the treatment of a theme of this kind, and Saturday's meeting with its stirring accompaniment of patriotic Welsh m-uedc iwspired hini with a fervour and a frankness free from overy trace of reserva- tion. In popular phraseology the speaker "let himself go," and when he dftcs that there is no risk of his meaaiirog being misun- derstood. There were momemte, too, Off fire and passion in his speech; there was the note of pathos as when casting hi6 eves towards the Chaarman, Loird Plymouth, he spoke of people who have given the lives of those near and dear to them in the cause Off their coun- try there was the ring of defiance and de- c4 defi,.ince and de- termination in the words: "It will be a ter- rible war; but in the end we s", 11 march through terror to triumrnh." Loud and long were the cheers which greeted this declara- tion. The Nonconform ists of Wales are men of peace. They have been criticised in the past for having perhaps loved peace too much Their altitude to-day admits of no misunder- standing. They stand in line with all the sons of the Empire in their stern reoolve to put an end to the Prussian Junker—the road. hog of Europe, M Mr Llovd George called him—tho bully who must be toon from his seat. THE MARTIAL SPIRIT OF WALES. I Whale the governing idea, of the meeting was to stimulate recruiting", the manhood of Wales already has responded nobly to tho rail. Lord Plymouth was able to tell the that since mobilisation was decreed the County of Glamorgan alone has contri- buted 20,000 approved recruits, all of whom ia process of titmo will be fit to take thedr places in the fighting line. Welshmen in Londcai are raising a battalion to serve in Lord Kitchener's Army for the duration of the war, and a London Welsh Territorial Battalion is to be formed as soon as autho- rity can be obtained. Under the stimulus of the Chancellor's appeal many young men came forward and enrolled themselves on the spot. We need a million of men to liberate Europe from tho thraldom of the military despot, and Mr Lloyd George shares the view of his colleagues that we shall get them. The old martial spirit of Wales is aroused, and those even who possess no claim to Celtic ancestry had their blood stirred by tho patriotic music of the London Welsh Choir, conduicted by Mr Merlin Morgan, which rang <mt tho call to airms in the in- spiring notes of the ancient Cymric tomgue. The natiomal hymns and antherma of our Allies were eung in turn to -FAiglioll words, and while airs like the March of the Men of Harlech" and "Land of My Fathers" were rendered in WeMi as only trained Welsh vocalists can sing them, there was resonant vigour in the Marseillaise, a fine sonority about Ute Russian National Amth?m, with its invocation "God Save our Glorious Czar," and a suggestion of Oriental mysticism in the, hyimn ct Japan, the Empress of the Eastern sea. SANCTITY OF PAPER. Some of the mcst telling jKUSBa^es in the Chancellor's address were couched in familiar colloquial English. While developing his scrap of paper thtmie he suddenly paused, leant forward, and, imitating the style of tho drawing-room conjuror, inquired: "Have any of you any £ 5 notes about you?" He stopped for answer. The rowdy was a ripple of laughter and, a doleful shaking of beads, "I am not calling for them. Have you any of those neat little Treasury £ 1 notes?" More laughter and more shaking of heads. "If you the Chancellor burst forth, raising his-voi«o and clenching his fist, "burn them—burn them They are only scrape of paper. What are they made of? Rags. What are they Worth? The whole credit of the British Empire." The simile struck home. There was a mighty cheer, and before it had died away the Charaeellor went on to develop the theme, showing how wretched little scraps of paper move thousands of ships laden with precious cargo from one end of tho world to the other. What was the motive power behind them? The honour of commer- cial men. Treaties were the currency of in- ternational statesmanship. "Let us be fair," the right bon. gentleman proceeded. "Ger- man merchants and German traders have the reputation of being as upright and straight- forward as any traders in the world. But I say tha.t if the currency of German ooni- iraeroe is to bo debased to the level of her statesmanship no trader from Shanghai to Valparaiso will ever look a.t a German signa- ttire again." The German doctrine of the retap of paper the Chancellor proclaimed to be a doctriiiiio of barbarism cutting under the root of all public law. "It is just as if you removed the magnetic pole whenever it was in the way of a German cruiser." The whole navigation of the eeas would become dall- gerous, difficult, iimpossible, and so the whole machinery of civilisation wiH break down if this doctrine wins in ths" war. THE CRIME OF BELGIUM. I Dealing with the debt we owe to little nations—and iivcideiitally he mentioned little men.—Mir Lloyd George inquired What crime Belgium has committed that her land should be laid waste, her towns destroyed and pil- laged, amd her people barbarously slaughtered Her etrime is that she trusted to the word of a Prussian King. All the tales about con- spiracy had been vamped up since the war an by a coumtry which had behaved like a fraudulent bankrupt. There is another little nation which the bigger nations have a duty to defend—Snrvia. Germany insisted that tho Rua-iian Slav should stand by with foJdtod arms and see Austria strangle his little brother to death. The Russian Slav gave Austria the only ausiwor that becomes a ma.11. "You lay hands on that little fellow and I'll tear your ramshackle Empire lianb from limb. And the Russian Slav is doing it!" In mordant phrases Mr Uoyd George demolished Germany's pretended justification of the butchery of innocent noai-oomi^atantfi, including women and children, in Belgium. German soldiers, it was assorted, had been, fired on by men not in TMMform. To begin with, what business had German soldiers in Belgium at all? And it a burglar were to break into the Emperor's Palace at Pofedaai destroying his feouae Mid ruining his art tJy tthose he bad made him- I self-would he wait unitil he had got into uniform before sthooting the marauder ? The perfidy of Germany has failed aJre.Wy. The <jM9na.na entered Belgium to save time. "Ilie time has gone," cried the Chancellor in rlgil1g tones, and the au4ioneo rc?porndfd Vtgh i great outburst of a?pp?u?e. "Th?y have not gained time, but they ha-vo lost their good name." i THE ROAD-IIOG AND HIS MASTER. Ore of the most resounding cheers of the -aft-ernoo,n was arouse! when, after likening the Prussian Junker to the motorist road- hog, Mr Lloyd George exclaimed: "Britain ordeied out of his way! All I can say is this: If the old British spirit is alive in British hearts, tltat bully will be torn from his seat." Of too German Emperor's s]«eoche.s, and especially his prayers and in- vocations to the Divine Power, the right hon gentleman declared ihat there had been ijothing like them since the days of Mohained. He advised everybody to hurry up and read them, as they would soon be out of print. The sanno swagger and boastfulness ran through them ail. Yet the knuckles of the mailed first wore getting bruited and the shino was being rubbed off the armour. I "Lunacy," said the Chancellor, "always dis- ties.ses, but sometimes it is dangerous, and when you get it manifested in the head of a State and it has become the policy of a great Empire it is about time that it should be ruthlessly vput away." The Chancellor, in conclusion, said: There aro some who have given more than their lives, they have given the lives of those who were dear to them. I honour their courage, and may Goo be their comfort and their strength (cheers). But their reward is at hand. Those who have fallen have conse- crated death. They have taken their part ia tho making of a new Europe, a new world I can see signs of its coming through the glare of the battlefield. Tho people will gain more by this struggle in all lands than they comprehend at the present time. They will bo rid of the greatest menace to their freedom. A NEW PATRIOTISM. That is not all. There is something in- finitely greater, and more enduring wbieli is emerging already out of this great struggle -a new patriotism, richer, nobler, more entalted than the old. I see a new reeogni- aanort,7 3411 elates, 5nigh amd low, shedding themselves of selfishness, a new re- "ignittion thatt the honour of a country does root depend merely on the maintenance of its glory in the stricken field, but in protecting its homes from distress as well. It is a new rfia-triotism. It is bringing in a new outlook for all classes. A great flood of luxury and of sloth which has submerged the land is receding, and a new Britain is appearing. We can see, for the first time, the funda. mental things that matter in life, and that have been obscured from our vision by the tropical growth of prosperity. May I tell you, in a simple parable, what I think this war is doing for us? I know a valley in North Wales "between tho mountains and the sea, a beautiful valley, snug, comfortable, sheltered by the mountains from aJj bitter blasts. It was verv eiuarvsUiner. amd I re- member how the boys were in the habit of climbimg the hill above the village folr a glimpse of the great mountains in the dis- tance, and to be stimulated and freshened by the breezes that came from the bill tops and by the spectacle of that great valley. We have been living in a sheltered valley for generations. We have been too comfortable too indulgent, many, perhaps, too selfish. and the stem htund of Fite has scourged us to an elevation wlteto we can see the great ever- lasting tilings that matter for a nation, the great peaks of honour we had forgotten, duty, patriotism, clad in glittering white, the great pinnacle of saoriliee pointing like a rugged finger to heaven. We shall dcecend into tbo valleys again, but as long as the men and women of this generation last t-hey will carry in their hearts the image of these great mountain peaks, who&e foundations are not shaken, though Europe rock and sway in the convulsion of a. great war (loud a,nd pro- longed oheors, durmg which Mr Lloyd George saA dewtn, Ijav in^.ken for an hour and a quarter). There were no other speeches, aaid no re- solution was put to the meeting, which con- oluded with the einging in Welsh cf "Land of My Fathers" and the National Anthem ag-ain, with resounding cheers for the King.

 THE GUNS OF THE FLEET. i I THE GUNS OF THE FLEE.  THEIR TREMENDOUS POWER W# PRECISION. "The adm of the Navy," said ?..? known British AdmiraJ not long ao0'. hit, and to hit hard. There oan be doubt that Britain owes her victorjeo* from the time of Elizabeth onw:?,d, t,6 tb& Mcognition of the fact that ??"?.j? gunnery is of the RT4 impor£e. I)Urjg the last few years the tra-imng ° olIf sailors im this depart-m?n? of their iror. l?n partica9arly thorough? and the a. ? uncanny efficiency of our nalal g?a? au,erf, Was uncanny cfRciency of our na? S? ? '?f, demonstrated in ?he ea?y days of the W-Aro when the first shot fired from H-? ? ? mingh.im carried away the p-eriscol?e of subma!linn astona?nog feat. IB t 110 Battle of the BigM off IMigoIaDd, i°°' British gunnery was of the very befit. I THREE TYPES OP ARMAMENT. From the days of ElMabe?h ? .s: have aJways carried a apeciahsed ee^!g 0f armaments, each designed fo!par1c diB' work: the long guns for eng?g?ng at ajja- tance ? shorter, handier weapons fo* ?' }os< range work, and quickfirers for beating boat attacks and for firing upon the deekg of an enemy's ship dœe at hand. "? St?l have these three types of armament aJl our battleships, except those of the ?'? nought and improved Dreadnought "??g, There is, first, the main armament, ?'? posed of "long" guns of immense P° ^£ capable of propelling a huge projed1^ distance of twenty miles. Next Comes tj? secondary armament of smaHer, lighter for use against small craft, in attaegK^ which it wouM be uneconomical to T?c ?i? larger weapons; they will carry from  sixteen miles and are "quicMrerB." tertiary armament consists of small, rap'id-&ring weapons for use against *j pedo craft. 1 R THE BIG GUNS. The gun which is generally consid??? be most effective in navaJ gumner ,t ple sent is the 13.5—th?t is to say, ?aving barrel the internal diameter of which thirteen .md a half incLo. These gu6 are mounted in the cruisers of the Royal" class and in later battleships gg weight &f one of the huge weapons )S tons, and it fires a projectile weighing pounds. The big rUM of the Majestic 0 later classes up to and including ??? noughts are twelve-inch. These gun  barrels from forty-five to fifty times as log as the intemaJ diameter, or, as they Eay ijo the navy, they are from forty-five to ttly calibre. The truly terrific power of su<? ? weapon may be judged from the fact one of them mounted on the North Do*1 near Redhill, could knock to pieces t General Poet Office, twenty mile6 awq with three or fou'f. Ma.ny of ø ip H aJl-big-un" b?ttleshipa and batH?' cruisers are armed with these gre"t gu?' ¡ ONE HIT A MINUTB. < The accuracy of these great guns ? o fine, and the training of the men who W." them so good, that the average for whole British Fleet is about one hit In two minutes. The average of tfie best dozeo ships gives about "one hit per gun P. # minute. We hear a great deal about ?j short life of these big guns, but a great de'i has been done, by improved NnstructJ and increasing knowledge of the p??'? used, to increase very much the number ON rounds that can be fired. As most folk BRITISH BULLDOGS. the interior of the bore is rifted-that 1S say, it has spiral grooves eut in it thro???? out its entire length. Copper "drivi'39 rings are fitted to the shells, and the P'Wel of the explosion forces these to bite into the, rifling grooves, preventing the escape of propeilmg gases and ?ivmg the projec? the twist that keeps it steady during 1 flight. WBAR AND TEAR. The terriSe energy generated by the  plosion of the cordite charge in the big %l  may be gauged by the fact that the e(y, tile leaves the muzzle of the Mark weapon at the rate of 2,900 feet per se"13"' and it has been calculated that could b, energy so used be translated into liftlJ! power it would suffice to hoist a battJesbl of the improved "Dreadnought" class tvrf and a Mah fet into the air. Now, such 0 great generation of force within a co?nhN? space is bound to have a Wearing efft« and, as a matter of fact, the "wash o?t M rapidly moving white hot gas ten<Ls ? smooth out the rifling. Well-ntting ??_? checks" and driving bands on the she"$ tend to minimise this wear by "waeh. Ilbe accuracy of the gun suffers in the end. ?'? the ody thing for it is to reline the borol FIRED BY ELECTRICITY. -A The sighting arrangements of all big S?"- is telscopic- that is to say, one or ?? large telescopes are suitably fixed in c?P. venient positt?ns with respect to the and its mounting, and when lkiJJg throwf^ these tele&copes crops Wfres will be seen, t )I idea of this being that when the gun 'manœuvrd into such a position that tbe:: cMsa wires appear immediately over J* object aimed at, then the gu? is in correct position for firing. This SightLi? gear is generlIy in the caarge of a tt$ officer or first-class gunner, the range ot  object aimed at being communicated fr° the fire-control station to the sight seUc' whose duty is to set the sight. The firlØ. of most modern guns is by electricity, ipistol or firing key being placed on the gtf*^ i mounting, so that as soon as the gun (who sights the object through the tdc. scope) has his sight on the object, he complete the electric circuit by means the "firing key," As he does so the elect1"1. ,current passes through the former and fire. the main cordite charge. The time occu pied by this electrical method of firing is SO slight as to be, practically speaking, insUØ; taneous. Of course, the cost of these gul1 is great. About ten thousand pounds wo\\iJ be the cost of one twelve-inch weapon, and British "Dreadnought" carries ten of tlclll- The cost of firing comes out at about 01340 hundred pounds for each shell and charge- These are only approximate, but they are near enough to show how terribly costly thing, in money only, is a naval w-Ir these days. A MILl: IN Two SECONDS, I Something mtitrt be isaid of t.he enormo force of recoil of the guns of the inair armament. When the projectile leaves tbfv gun it travels about a mile in the first two secondB of ltsjgnt. and it is obv ious tM: to get up so terrific a speed it must txet powerful reaomon as it rushes alonr tyj- rifled bore and leavœtbe muzzle. To ?'?' eund t-ais and the burst of the es,apitio gases as the shell leaves the gun, the muz;¿. is thickened and the kick or recoil itz-elf J* taken up and neutralised by an ingeniolllv arrangement of hydraulic buffens. The mos* modern gun mountings are fitted with "counter-recoil," whereby the weapon is T-jo out again into the firing, position dirtJ1 the recoil is absorbed. The penetratio of the projectile fired by the guns of the main armament is enormous. At 5.0tl" yards the twelve-inch gun will pierce nine teen inches of Krupp consented armour vritb an armour-piercing shell. The thicket armour placed on any battleship is f,welilf inches. At the same distance the tell-irob gun will penetrate eleven and a-half iJKoØ" and the 9.2 weapon can get thrOUgk iiteke*. ¡..