The Barmouth and County Advertiser and District Weekly News

From the Papers. I Many birds are nesting for the second time this year at Horsham (Surrey), and a horse-chestnut tree is in full bloom at Claygafc6 (Surrey). | 0000 Advices were received at Liverpool, on Monday, that two Pacific liners, the Potosi, from the east, and the Bogota, from the west, bad passed through the Panama Canal. oooo Only five instead of twenty new free- man were admitted at the quarterly freemen's guild at N ewcastle-on-Tyne, on Monday, the explanation being that the remainder were with the colours. 0 0 0 0 I At Sheffield, on Monday, John White- house, licensee of the Barrel Inn, Pond Street, was fined £5 for unlawfully and knowingly baying from a soldier a regi- mental overcoat contrary to the Army Act 1881. 0 0 0 0 The little town of Buckley, in Fflint- shire, is well represented in his Majes- ty's forces, about 200 men being now on service with either the Regulars or Territorials. Mrs Connah, Spon Green, has five sons on service. oooo A serious tramway accident occurred in Paris on Monday afternoon, three women being killed outright and several persons being injured. The car ran off the rails at the corner of a street near, the Louvre, and after knocking down a lamp-post dashed into a house. 0 0 0 0 The West Riding of Yorkshire War Fund Committee, of which the Eaifl of I Harewood is president, has presented a motor-ambulance to work between the base hospitals and the front in response to the appeal for a fleet of 400 motor- ambulances. oooo x A large number of Belgian refugees visited the Bank of England on Monday for the purpose of changing their Bel- gian bank-notes into English money. A queue numbering several hundreds was soon formed and extended down Thread- needle Street. oooo Members of the Rotherdam Golf Club have arranged a scheme by which fifteen Belgian refugees will be accommoded at Thrybergh Hall, which is the golf club house. A residence of a former mayor, Eastwood House, is being adapted for a similar purpose, but in this case the ex- penses will be borne by the townspeople. The refugees are expected to arrive on Thursday. 0 0 0 0 At Aberavon, on Monday, the inquest on Private Philip Berrell, 6th Welsh Regiment, who died on Sunday from the effects of a gunshot wound alleged to have been inflicted by a comrade on Saturday night, was adjourned after evidence of identification had been given. Later in the day Private H. E. Crout, of the same regiment, was charged with murdering Private Berrell by shooting him, and remanded. oooo At a meeting of Oswestry Rural Dis- trict Council plans were approved for the laying out of grounds for a garden suburb at Weston RhYD, a colliery vil- lage near Oswestry. The site is large enough for the erection of seventy to eighty cottages, but it is only proposed to build twenty at present. Provision is made for a bathroom in each boue, which is quite a new departure for country cottages. Dr. Beresford, medi- calofficer of health, said that the c te was in every way an idfcal one. It is reported that from the Flint and Denbigh Hunt nearly fifty horses have been sent to the war, while the leaders of the Hunt are also up on service. 0000 Owing to the increase in the price of flour the Vienna Bakers' Association an- nounces that it will only make big] >aves of so-called war bread, and also on'y sell for cash. The consumption of I )use. flesh in Vienna is increasing rapid W. oooo A relative of Mr Louis Noel, the famous aviator, whose death while [ flying in France has been reported, j received a telegram from him on Tues- day stating that he was quite' well. It appears that there are several aviators of the same name doing scouting work in France. oooo To relieve the famine in timber suitable for use in coal mines 50,OOOJ trees in the extensive pine woods at Woody Bay, Lynton, one of the famous beauty spots in North Devon are to be cut down. The timber will, it is said, be sent to South Wales for use as pit praps. oooo The International Selection Com- mittee of the Football Association met at Russell-square, London, on Monnay afternoon, and decided to cancel all the amateur international matches ar- ranged for this season subject to Wales agreeing to the cancellation of the match in Wales. 0000 Amongst the latest arrivals in Rhyl of the Belgian refugees are several men who have scarcely any flesh left on their, wrists. They were dragged by ropes behind carts and horses by the Germans until they dropped from ex-, baustion, the ropes cutting into the flesh of their wrists. In another in- stance a father saw his three children killed before his eyes. An old lady made the journey to Rbyl wearing bedroom slippers. oooo While showing another servant how to clean windows at the London residence of Mr Bruce Ismay, Ellen Mackenzie, housemaid, fell through the skylight and was killed. At the inquest the jury entered a rider to the effect that a man ought to have been doing the work, and that better precautions should be taken in future. A solicitor on behalf of Mr Ismay promised that the matter should receive attention. oooo The Comptroller of Patents on Tues- day beard another application by an English manufacturer with business premises in London for a Board of Trade licence to manufacture the German-owned patent drug known as salversan, or 606." The application was opposed by counsel representing an English company formed in connection with the German owners of the patent who have a manufactory at Ellesmere Port. The case will be reported in due course to the Board of Trade. oooo Day and night the agony of Antwerp is present with," said the Bishop of London, preaching at St. Nicholas Cole Aboey, E.C., on Sunday but if there be a God in Heaven, the wrongs of Belgium-obsolutely innocent in this war-will one day be avenged. For myself when I have boys whom I love as my own sons killed every day, and my rooms filled daily with their sisters and their young widows, 1 feel that I should go mad but f.or my religion. It is hardly to be expected that Great Britain .can feel charitably towards Germany, which has perpetrated diabolical acts of cruelty; but never- theless, we must fight this war with j Christian faith."

I WELSH LEADERS. j I A WAR MANIFESTO. I I NONCONFORMIST POSITION. I I LIBERTY, CIVILISATION, AND I RELIGION. I MENACE OF PRUSSIAN MILl. I TARISM. I The following manifesto has been issued by a number of Welsh Noncon- formist leaders. The signatories, while disclaiming to speak in a representative capacity for the bodies with which they are associated, and speaking only on their own individual responsibility as Christian citizens, include most of the recognised leaders of Wales, and there- fore their manifesto may be taken as representing the general attitude of Nonconformity at this juncture. THE GREAT WAR. I AN APPEAL TO THE MANHOOD OF I WALES. This supreme crises in the history of our country demands, we believe, the utmost sacrifice from us all. To us, as bumble followers of the Prince of Peace, war, and all its attendant evils, are particularly hateful. But after a careful consideration of the facts of the case, derived from official papers, whose accuracy is incontest- able, we have been forced to the unavoidable conclusion that, not only is this war not of Britain's choice and seeking, but was thrust upon us, in spite of all efforts for peace, by a flagrant violation of the foundation principle of good faith and justice among nations, and we Are convinced that, for those who desire to maintain the paramount obligation of fidelity to plighted word, and the duty of defending weaker nations against violence and wrong, no course was open but that which our Government took. Further, the development of the war, and the revelation of the care- fully prepared plans, the huge pre- parations for war, and the brutal and inhuman methods of warfare adopted by the Germans, have assured us that not only is the stability of this and other countries at stake in this struggle, but that Prussian militarism is a menace to all liberty, civilisation, and religion. These are the most precious possessions of any man or nation, and as our forefathers deemed no price to high to pay for their possession so we consider no sacrifice too great for their maintenance, even to the shedding of the life blood of the flower of the nation. We therefore appeal with boldness to the manhood of Wales to grasp the vital principles at stake in this con- flict, and to those who can influence persons suitable for recruits in the Army, not only to consent to their enlistment, but, where the circum- stances permit, even to urge them to offer their services for their King and country at this critical hour in our history. We rejoice that a Welsh Army Corps is being formed so that the sons of Wales can fight shoulder to shoulder if called upon and also main- tain their Welsh ideals and charac- teristics while in camp. (Signed). Rev. John Williams, Brynsiencyn. Rev. H M. Hughes, Cardiff. Rev. Charles Davies, Cardiff. Rev. J. Morgan Jones, Cardiff. Rev. Thomas Jones, Ferndale. Alderman J. E. Powell, Wrexham. Councillor Richard Jones, Caersws. Prof. Thomas Arthur Levi. Mr P. Wilson Jones, Newtown. Mr John Williams, Waunwen. Mr Beriah G. Evans. Rev. J. Hywel Parry, Llansamlet. Rev. D. M. Phillips, Tylorstown. Rev. Gwvnoro Davies, Barmoutb. T-t-ev. P. D. Morse, Wolfecastie. Rev. E. W. Davies,, Too Ystrad. Rev. B. Ceitho Davies, Pontllanfraith. Rev. W. D. Rowlands, Carmarthen. Rev. James Evans, Cardiff,