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The vaJJue of Royalties a.s international a.&sets has to an enormous degree been mSated m the course of this world's war. A view had become prevalent m recent pK-waj- times that emperors, kings, princes and prince,sses, had ceased to coujit, and were mpr<?ly decorative ppjsonnlin.es. Whereas we nnd tiMm as formi.dn.bje factors confront-ing nf. at every turn. The. latest instance ,i;B fuj'm?hed by .?.tohter?egro. The ;n.?3tanoe,??is li?T ??lohteiiegro. '.1lI.le re,,)6 orte ii?e con- i ?Ji<'hoLas ag.wd to the ??reement of ??.r- render to ?h<- Austrians or at the last momllt re<XHjtcd h'om an ad .at.variance with Montetiegrui t.rndii-.ions JOT nve hundred y<-ars, or was A pm-ty to an arrangement i alleged to hilYf:\ bel1 made months ago whereby Monnt Lovchen was to bo surren- dered or so we&k'iy held as to ma.ke it<! by the enemy easy and inexpensive. In any event. Kmg Nicholas; an inveterate money-maker who amassed great \vea)th by accepting su,b-=idips from evei'y quarter artd ii'ith??sly 'exploited the necessities of hi': subjects, is for ever discredited. Like- wise hi.s sons, who. at the crisis in the fate of Montenegro, have proved themselves poltroon's, if not worse. Prince Da-nilo. the heir to the throne and the husband of a German princess, has been spending his time in the Rn-iera. whilst the fat-e of Monte- ncs'i\) wa" being determined. The uKimat'e \'ictory of the Entente Powers will assuredly irnolv-e the extinction nf fli: dynasty and the absorution of MonteiMp;ro in a resur- rected Serbia. What h<M; probably happened 111 the 'little mmtntain lc;ngdon-i is nn aiTane'e- jnent with the Anstna-ns effected by the j Cmirt party and a. revolt a.gaiÏ.nst it by the "re,it majority of the Montent'crTns/ who a.re taking to the mountains intending to wage a m""rcli;ss g'uerllla war against theii- traditionaJ enemies. The treachery ui b.iiTli qnarters leaves the heroic mountanieers hut eant. cha':nc.e of escape iii or¡;anid bodies from the e-ie!p;eg that hem them on every side. Their only hone is to he able to tricklo into the monn- i tain fastnesses where resistance to the ic- vadtrs can be concerten. The 'Montene- grin spirit is unmistakable; it is a,s un- bending to-day as a,ny time during the Ia,st fiT retmieF. T'!ig Nihohs dnès not re- prespnt it and certainly not one of his Te- freantsunF. Mea.n'wmJp. 't Khr.uld be noted Tor guidance tffat th° of planting German princes and princesses in posi t.icn= of trust and' BT)- thoritv in neutral i bemg amply mstif!"f!. The Au?tro Germ"n v. 'ap f b?. to r:iyf' fj dirc''tio'n tn RuJgari;n IT, t :f¡1J01'ne-rr trrr'y dieu" and 'bribed has proved mŒcienth' t')o''?crfcl to ensUrp th° obedience cf the t-n.nk f. to a conrse ntterly repugnant to :) H trRdition-a! Buis'u'ian Rentiments. And in Greece wF' hnve the Kinc:. as the husband of {he T{;¡;qf'r': sifter, ablp to th'nrt the wiU by uncorptitutiona! dev')c'=" a.c:aiTT=f which 'TIeitTwr the ?'o'!dicrs DOT the civilian? have protested Ev-n 'Rumania, with a Tiolienz:-tllei- M Kinr:—orp, however; who is conscientiously (.r'°'1.qmrinz to set the int.ere:t, ()f "hi" ""i11;- 11"('(" '1 hove alJ other-haJt, bd'een + 'Y'') opinions. a?thoT'?b wide awake to th(* pcrHs of a creat PuJe:nri- and of dominance i" 'tbp Br.lkn'r!?. Thf attitude of r, i,1,11 c e?!iThe ittiticle C)f strates convincingly the vain" of kin? who, a? the T,,un IN!oiiteieg -roleno7?- tion?. obtain a dccisi'r' command ovc'r 'a- t.!ona! armies. The bc?d stp.p taken by t.he ti<)na! armiep. Tile bl'd gt a,,n taken dp-termin?tion ?ot to be baulked in war'- popea b?- a Grf?cc dominated bv the D?a.r T-o" r;f the K riser's 'etters. The -F-,itente Pn,"prs mUfit win ::Ind ki(lgIo"£ method" l.-s? pnemv 1")$ to bR corntered. ha-ve to wage war in the wip'-wirit, and not a? a h.wsuit. wr:mghd over by Jawvers apt to mistake the shadow for the substance.
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Thera is so marked a pa.uee in war opera- tion; as to render plausible the capiaiia- tion onered by .the military cnti<; thai all the belligerent Powers aj-e n.w cnpn.E!;ed in preparing tor action on an un- precedented in t.he spring; and that such fighting: as now takes pl&ca m l<xal aCld limited, ha\TLng nowhfK' any serious purpoœ beYQnd the m.ano&uvring for fidvam.-agcoua positions, from which later forces ma.y be hurled into the real Armageddon. In a measure, however, the stagnation M not the result of strategy, but is a 8tate Inipose'd by the physK.H! condition". In the wegt. and the BnkoTina, heavy &nd ccntinuous rain, or, in the (ase oi the htter; ?no\rstorm.s <md severe ;tro.ts foi- lowc,d by rapid thaws have icjidered miL- taj'y moyemeIlts a.n bnt impossible. Men cannot deliver attaelts nor gnng be trala- ported from point to point, when the .sur- fitce of the ground 's covprcd feet thick with soft holding mud. Hence the recourse To due13 between temporarily imnwva.Me aj'tilipry. ccmpetitton in the burrowmg and blowing up of mines, bomb-throwing, and aniprng. Inia.utry attack in Htrength, which a.lone yield: decisive results, M practicably at a standstill, and the chief interest, for the time is centred in the combats of a.ir-opa.ft, "ich are indifN-,i,ent to the mud and water Qo tJM soil. In <th)e iiortt!. wiMM E.uasia, is at close grIps with the Austro-Gelnians, the coid is tOO intense as virtually to compel a pea-ce bl'G-ken only by the guerilhrlike aootivities 'of ? and t'h<' pea-santry organifsed i-nto milita.i'y units, whose waspish <&<Jlies M'e thM cause of coutinua,! emba.n'a.ss- .mettt to the enemy dra-wing supplies over riihierable I'nes of commmuoatKMis. If the aåly bulle-tin.' g,-lvin.g the Hat of Austro- G<!rma.n.s by woundo and sickness on this front conLd it would be found that the ra.te of wantage wa.a appa.!lmgly high. especially a.monn the city and town- bTod eJdej-ly med and the imma-ture youtJM cB,Iled utider the stl'' <'f n-ecessity to the cclours. These latter elpmente- are of doubt- ful valuf:' to an army under the most favour- able conditions: when exposed to un- Mcustomed rig(,, ux,,m and privatioua they axe apt to prove positive hindrances. In any case, oveii behind elaborate defences, they caimot he p.it",ed with safety aga-iTLst the hardy, o,,c)ld-iiiii-re,d 1),ea,siiitry of which is composed the. tyulk <M' the Russian Army. In the South, where the fighting has for {t? terrain tJ1'PU's of an Aloine range of DlOuntui.!1s, winte! iiupera.tively cans a. bali. Wtb bides nnnntahied activity until the last. possible moment by using troops in ths main recruited from the mountaineer class. Aus- tria. relied chiefly on the who by n. strange irony are predoinina.ntly Italian. Fhe iron grip of military discipline revea.ls iu the fact that the mountaineers, racially akin, are ma.de ajitao'onists by the arrb.ib:m'y geogmphical divisions fixed by diplomatists. Twenty years her:ce the aji- h<hitants of what is to-day t.he Austrian Tyrol will WMtder why an earl'er generatiou was capable in any circumstances of ng'ltting under the yello.w and black nag ci the Hab&-) burgs against blood-brothers who happened to be on the hither sid;e of a,n imuJgin3ry !li.ne. 'j Tlle iMdiau Army is held. up by the .snow that m wmter closes the parses and lies ? -thick on the sides of the mountains. It I?s achieved w cinders m wresting f?'om Austi'a. a .-ttrat&g'c froi;t strong for attack o,' dr-; ? ?..i-.?h.K:fyiugtb.c d?-i?S(. ?*?i ? ? Vi&mm,. \?ho Tn the days oi' Itai?? weakness ma.rked the frontier line ui su<;h fashion that the Italians would be I¡ya,ily liaacii(,,apped in attacking- Anshia.; whilst, on the other ha.nd., the latter, when- ever so d'sposed. could easily invade It.Kly. Cadorna'6 campaign hM reversed the condi- tions—a considerabl e performance—without, however, gaining, before tile winter inter- ,eaic,-i tbic., commanding position whidli I meant possession of the TrPfJltino and of Tner-te <md the hiuterland ot' Pola,. which would ha.v-8 appealed to the imagination of a. world largely inc.apabiG of realising the difncutties of warfare' iAi a. region of'high mo'u'nta.in.s ajid naLrrow parses. Superficial thinkers, impatient w'th Itniy because shp f<MJed to lend effective aid to the I 'Monten<s,rinp in keeping Mcunt L'?'cben out of Austrian ha.n<Is, and disappointed, with the slow development of Italian action in I Aviona. overlook the fact tha.t Italy is a young country—.is age counts nationally— and this is the hrst great war to which it has been committed. It is affected by the I timidity a.tfd ca,ution of a nation not over- confident in itself. The d&claj'ation of wa.r against Au.tria meant a wrench from a policy established for maJiy years. It im- ported a peril, Hince during thoMe years .no protective measure, in respect of Austria. could be adopted that did not by implication indicate doubt in the good fait!!) of a.n ally. Consequently the Italian frontier where it abutted upon that of the Habsburg Empire had perforce to be left defenceless. Cador- na' K mission Fo far has b&en concarr:ed with the making good of this deucieincy. When 'I the gun in spring melts the Hnow" m the mountain passes wo may conndently count on tile Italian ad va-nce. towards TrieMte, hitherto deferred to the extent of making majiy heM'ts sick. At Salonika the Angl.o-Preii<I-i tre build- ing up all impregnable stronghold, and are I w&xing stronger day by day, as the trans- ports "Tiye hl'lnging reinforcem'ent,s. The occupation of islajids nominally Greek sug- gest n-L't'i<M! in accord with a rea.ione.d plan ha,sed upon an intelligent realisation of the i value of sea power. On the other liand, v.'e have delay ajid iiTe&olution in att.a,cking thp rorlriti{"d Lines of the Allies at Salonika, de?pi't'e the knowledge th'at every' d;)y and ? hoUT adds to thfi)' ?Lreugth. Suspicion :l-La<-dp)!? i-nto cojivicti?.. tha..t th.e ei-'?my li?. no stomach: for the t;?k which, if aba;n- j donpd, permits of tho. Arg.lo-Fre'nch, supple- mented by the reorganised and re-eqtu-pped Serbians, undertaking an offensive in the spring that, as the tirst fruits, would cut the commlljl catic)ilz Soiia Cons-tantmople—hardly mOl'-e tha.n a hu'n'i.red milps distant from Salonika—and stretch a hand to Rumania, only waiting a sporting chance of to join up with 'R.U5siaj. <11,d the Entente Powers. The :¡,pproa,c1Jing spTiug ma,rk" t,np crucial j period. A year ago Austro-Germamy utilised the e.n forced stagnation of winter to mobilise the men and 'munit.io-m; that served in the great drive of the Russians to Warsaw and beyond. In this winte.r the Allies are better prapa.r<'d. On eVOTY hoot tIt" Au&tro-Genna.n artillery is ber.G re- duced to a state of fewer shells r'elativelv. and a'1 incrp.as;ing jTfPo'portion of tJie&e do not explode, beca.iiso rnatHia.1 used in nJP,ir pro- duction. This future ia important, be- cause guns and th<ir munitions a.re proving dL-termining factors in this waj. Hence the -F.uccura,ger'i'e.nt conveyed by the reports that on evet'y front the artillery of the Allies has e,;taJ),Efhed its p,rep,,)-iieraiiee. An elusive, £{tt¡"ve and determined along' the whole front—2.,500 miles long—at the rejected hour in the spring, as predicted by r I-Tunr:a,ria,n writer in close touch with the mmtarv chief of the Centra.} Powers, is prob- a ble. It wi'!l he the supreme test. If the -i -ns fail to withstand it their will be complete. For the internal conditions of both Empires involve ch;t.os, nuancial, oommercial and economical, should j defeat have to be accepted. The sky-high fa.bric of paper money will tumble down. m- '.()h-ing in its ruin the banks that dealt in! i l,p artincia.1 nnancial tokens, Pji well as the depositors w''o reposed faith in it. A world, expectant, must rrvait t'be Spr'n'? for the decisive result. There, is inspiration in the knowledge that 'n th? best informed circles the coifdent; expectation i entertained that the world Nvilr; w if! not continue beycnd the summer and! that the stri-ct blockade in contempla.tion will appf'cc'aMy hasten the end.
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In the 'year's campaigning that 1, about to open. the public expect a aucce&sion ofi Anglo-Frencl1 as&aults upon the German lines in banders and France a renewed Russian offensive gainst the Germans and Amtrians, preceded possibly by. a renewed enemy oSen- si\e in Russia designed to upset the Rus- Hian p1.ans, and :m Anted offensive in the t!alkanp, with, as the characteristic feature) of this year's operations, a syncbi,oiii.,a,tion of the oSensive in France, Russia, on the Isonzo and in the Balka,uf'. When father sa.ya turn. we all turn." When Jonrc in the decisive theatre of war-the French— ?VM the order ?or attack, we should all at- ? ta.ck—Belgians, British. French, Italians and R?tssians—a gtron? push, a long push, and ptipli all togethej. If the Italians appear to pursu-o aji autonomy of action we can at Ica-st expect of them a simultaneous attack. The da.ys arc past when the Allies could rest (in their oars in the \V.st awaiting the pres- sure of Russia in the East. This N' v4ar, it, u; expected that the French and the British will lack neither mer). nor ammunition, nor heavy artiUery, nor ex— peMCince. The new troop.s m Pra,n<M are hein? "blooded" in the trencher, and thtere should not l?e a repe't'itjon of uvla Ra.Y where raw divisio'ns were thro'wm und ar a broiling mm into the furnace of a most. hotly oontasted battLe a)g-ama!t vet<era)n troops amd able lea.ders. The men wdll be seasoned to the clima.te and accustomed to 6ve. They w-ijil hA've a dash aj)d rrenegg that, ali,onl.d ato'n.e foa' defects i¡l traming, br.Wt the debatable point, remadns the em- cientcy of the Lower comma.nd'ers. tlic brig'a- diers and divisiona-l generals. These have it In their power to make or ma;r the best h'.id plans. Despite tlie failu.res of 1915, the .s.ra encom'u.giug; for t.h(Me failure wem j iieaaly ,sn.ccessp.s on the niajoT f-cme—a. through, in phce of a. miserable "nibbh. pH.id foa' at a (04 in Jit'o. If the exacted the toll J'rom thp Germans in 1915 that tho &e.).TT!ins exacted from us in tha.t year 'in proportion tto the grocrnd acquired, the German A.rny would have been The ideaJ offensive is an att.n.?k so prit- !hmged, bea-vy. :t.Hd energet-ic that the ;€ap.my's whole resprves, locad and gGue.R], :tre drawn into the tight; a.nd then the hurl- lug in <tj the AlliEs la-st reserves against, a, sl).a.ken a.nd yielding ]iup to buttpeas which there are no more rbijoiorcements. Whoii. the brM.ch is effected, a pursuit so 5 and, ful'lon. Hhould foDow that pursuers will tre.d upon tha hpfja ,f the enemy ajs they the otix-r Hnes in the resr, \vhieh they will not be permitted to occupy ¡ t.h'ï" leIsnre. Th'cF' is an 'iuRal picture, .:a,Htv 'Y¡¡V Tall Fhorb of- cx-j be d;sbea.-r-t-e-ned and contounded if tfiii yM.r does not, bring' about a. ms:.t<eria] alt-eration 41 the prc"&M:.t positicjis of t.ha AMied in the \\e-do j'.ot expectn. rep?titmn in that xone of tho dramatic cJuM?es wrough't in G.T.Uci:<. !.ind Pcja.;)d ]-u.s! year; f(?\ a.? poij)ted out a.bov?. the Germ<i.u Army is very difFerpn.t from the Russiaji in point of equipment it.nd the of gciBnt!tlc skill, in- dustry and foresight. But we have n. risht to expect a. va.-t improvement upon the per- formances of 1915. We 'h&ve re-ached the stage :)t no weapon m the requisite ;'i"noury is lacKing, and no excuse c.H.n be fiR-'de for failures on the score of w:mt of men or ma.chiine.ry, or ignorance of the ccn- ditionR that donunate tb.e wha.t weapons n.re not employed ? The in- fant-ryajan has hi.p brains dashed o.uh with clubf. J-t'e is, r-ta,bb.e<i with bayonets and d&,ggers. slaved with swcrds. pierc&d by arrows dropped from the skies; riddled with bul]et-s from r'i.ne. machi.n.e guji. piistol. shia-pnel; lacerated by spIintei'H of high ex- plosive or hand grenades. He is blown up by mines benea.th his feet a.nd by aerial t&r- pedoes in the He is electrocuted on barbed wire, or falls into pits nUed wit-h spikes. There is poison giis to c.hoke his InngS a.nd lachrymatory vapours to ma.ke his eyes stream with tear,, He is nooded out in inundated trenches or fprayed with liquid nie. Stoneg, fists, teeth, a,re a,]] lirea,,ed into service on occasion. He is shct, bat- tered, burned, buried zl.ve, pMiSoned., drowned, cudgelie-d. ¡,;]asl:t>t':¡, pulverised. No weapou of the Stofne Age or the nine- teenth cp!)t)jry is left unused. Human io.- gertuity is racked to its utmo&t limit in. the inventton of new man si&ying' and ten-orisin.g in-;e.riti<)ii of new Man siay?- D g ),ii d
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Before the war there wene few people in thip country who did not. ntt.ribute to the Germans <t.s a nation the intention at least bo m[);intin a hLgh .st.and>a:r.d of mora.}lity .n.nd what one may describe aa solid political f-°If- respect. A belief that a good understands between the British and G&rman Govern- ments aaid peoples c&uld be reached ot) the b.a.si. that both dosu'ed pee anq meant to deal honestlvwith 'es.cb other was widely pre'<;t1ent ftmong the less observant, sections o"' ttc public m islands. and itS< great astonishment when the intentions and, t.h-e animus of Germany appeared in th,-Il. true ooloms. The in British minds HrOli'e f,om Igrmrance of the va.st in the historical inft uenccs t that have mouhi-ed thm outlook of the two nations. Christianity liad been introduced into BritaMi in the second century <ii' our era and Itad obtained converts t-ven n! remote p]a<fs eHr'ly in .tho third centu.ry.. British hihGps woi'o present at the Council of Aries In 314. a.nd at the beginning of the fifth century the people of Bnta.m g{'neraIly ha.d adopted the Christian fa,ii:h. It is true that the early church, founded during the Roina.u occupation, was tjwept into -lies by the onward march of the Anglo'Suxon s. aut t.htere can be little doubt that the Ch¡'stia.nity of the Bri.tons pMpa.red the wa.y for the chajige of faith among the heathen conquerors. And the history of An gLo-Saxon Christianity begins c'annitely with the Jandmg of St. Angu,-it,:ne itn Kent in April, 59.. Both Ireland andi Scotjand vvKre the Kene of jointly <wd im- perish&hle ChriiBtian m!s.sK)nary work in the ea-rly ages. St. ra.tri'ck carried the f.a.itlt j from Wales to Ireland in the fifth century. St. Ninlan wa,s pi'ea.ch'.ng to the Scots In 412. i St. N' n i a-,i -.N;as pre-ac l i- The most glorious pages in the history of both country in the dajk ages concern the first teachers of Christianity. The history of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Walea ha.s ,been profoundly &nd continuously Innuencetl by the \vork of tliose a.nci&nt con- \€.rters of the heathen. The Matory of Prussia, which lixz, become j 'both the he.a.r.t a.nd the ba-nin of G'emiany, pres&jit.s a vm-y great contra-st. The Austro-¡' German racRs genera.lly accepted Chnstlan- ity in the nuith centua-y, but the Borusso- j Wendiah ra-ces, which ha.ve iinpressed their chaj-a-ctea- upon PrusR'w, were nf<t Christlaj]- isod till the thirteenth and fourteenith cen- End then <Mdy accepted the cha.nge of faith under compulsion from the Tenbomic Knighta. The contract in the political .,Lry of Bntain a,nd Prussia, is equally striking. The routs of parsona,! liberty ajid ? the soli'-re&pact which acoompainies it go down into the de'pt-hs of our histcxry. 'o>e must pass over the reoords of centuries be- fore we come to thte a.nnals of serfdom in oiu- la,nd. But In Prussia the strictest' feudalism was mainta.ined till 1805. Till that da.t< inarch a.nts could not own la,nd in Pi'ussia, la-ndlords could not sell their la,nds to the merchant classes, no merohtmt could hold an oSioe of State, no one but. a noblo could be a,n onicer in the ajTny. Moreo'ver,j tiU 1806 serfdom smlvi-ved in In tthcso facts lies much of the expia.na.- tion of the singular servility of the Prussian- [ ised Germa.ns In face of any kind of ontcia.1 authority however grotesquely it may be abused/ and of the combma,tlO11 of "this servility wifth a f,a.va!gery whoUy inoompati- { ble witit the spirit of Ohnstiaji civHiM.ta.ofn. ) ilroissaa stated t-h,"t-, in his day it was im- possible to teach thie German KnAghta the principles of true knightliness. The Duke of WcllingtoT), 3,fter wit'ne&aing the opera,- ¡ tione of a German legi<H) in 1807, descnibed the German soldiery of day in a, letter to his mother, from which we quot-e the fotH<yw<i.r!!G pasE-a I can atssuro tha't from tmo ge-neral of the Crermams down to the allest drum-boy in their legion the earth clever groaned such a set of murderoua. infa.mo'us ,,1a.lns. Thtey mwrdered, rob'bed, Mrd J ll-tl"ealt.¡¡jfll the! peasantry wherever they went." Mamy otthcr --a;Niiigg of the Iron Dn,be in the sa.ma S'ffiJJe might be in the present wa.r iH the renewal of the old iDea'then bcstia.Ht.y which Prus9)iaj!fMim has kfpt a-li-ve and foSt-ared throtu.ghbut the Kaaaer's reaAm.
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Tha douMe attack on Sunday by German! aircraft on the Kentish ccaat w&s of slight! nnUta.ry importance. It was probably per- petra.ted by OM or inore of the new Fokker t\pe of a€Top)a,no a.nd Vv"3, ffia.in.ly experi- rnentat in chai-acter. It 1<1 sa.ddening_ of course, to navè eivili-all men. women .'nd children kine-d or womided and private pM- perty de,,tioyed by mœndl'-U'y bombs. But this. a.s the result of war with a. ruthless ,enemy, is innniL.Mima.'ly small compared with the ravages in Belgium and Northern France. 'herf the modern Hun' purs'nuia' systematicauy their palicy of ha.ve everywhere 1-ii a btrn'k trail of* rapine I and de!"ola.t.ion. se.1,4clll for 6ei-ria-lt Thf .most for airship activities this side of ,he -orth Sea, is nights, wiUi a. steady barometer. rert < the ideal conditiou' for this phase <: t fare. A fleet of Zeppelins, c&nght in tran- sit across the Nor.:Jt S-aa by a gaJr. would probably be decimated to the Ja.% unit. The, colossal, ga -;HSatpd hags, as long' as ,I liner.i,reseiit such a. broad ex- --o the wind t!'a-t they ."{'e: I hplpless in tt :.to!'n't. It was the opinion— which experience ? ? proved to have been exi?me and in measure urrAM-ranted thit', the Jimit8-tiú!u of Zeppehns were such as to render U'-er'. useless for v.'ar-purpOMS ?s responsiMe for the fiLcti 'hat we ha.va not, au'eraft capable of meet- inar thepe <)n equal terma. Nor the French, -rho pinned their faith to The de'-elopcd power of aircraft, whetaer l'epræented by Zeppelins or -l.5;e1' aerop lanef, calls eL. Ibe pa-rt of the e, So far as raid& <t, I eClncêrned. we notijon,? v\'hich ha" HI) legit-ima.te place in thi?< world's wa?', conducted by the enemy in the most barbaNc fa?hic?. Thp rrenoh t-rea,t German pri?-Aa'er!! 01 war exactly as arc treated. Ii:' the food u l(7?'«?)c<? oi the latter is reduced, a,ut&ma,tic<}i? it <?8i:at?;s in the enemy in- ternjrfnt c ? 'ps of FrMtcc. Cofnspquently the treatment of th (' French prisoners in I G-omia.ny :R circmn.-peft. But the British prisoners c'btah' nn a'dequat.e protection for the renxon that the Cermans )n the intern- mento<(mpjfiJ'ewe]l.rpga-rdleasof thpiU treatment of the Britifh m G'eirnmny. 'n).e French i-y?tem of 1'f"3¡:XY:'1-ding with like to like is equally effective iu the matter oi a eri.3 1 raids. GermHil knowledge that re- prisal is oertai'n pnd lif'ompt aNord protec- tion for French
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I Ft ia a ye<M' :rnt' there WHiS sennas fight- ing on the R'l-8:'ln:1'.urklSh fron Jtl01' in the I Caucasus. Early hi 1915, when the 8now ilia:v tJJÍ>ok on the T!I<,LUItal?IS, Enver Paaha S with four army corp? marched upon the Russia,n railway ttc".ain'us of S&ry Ka-myah. just outride the iroin.tier, and was soundl y j 'b&a.ten. his army -ecMvin? ao rough a h.mdidn.g ?a,t for twelve m<mth? la.tfr the Turks wei-e quiesopnt in this rMit/j). a.l- though there WM n'??es.sing gkinnishing and a great deal c4 irregular nght.ing which uyer- nowed into XoTt??Tt .Persia,. The R.uss?aJ?s n.t that Mme did pot M1ow up their suc? cesses, ?s t-hey ha-? 't-o nieK t<t spxre. :md Asia ?l.moT is a, Y?st territ?? ir! which ) armies are soon ?wAn?wed up to httic pnr- !poae. are .,oon up 1(> little I)llr-I pdst?. No-,v, T).u'!?.?h troops. ha.s &t.tack?d a,ud defend thf-n "? T?'su? t.h? rfm?ms ?"ith.m sight.. of t).'N fort?ed ?' E.-z?r.?'n, in e. ?"<. Ar?tenia. Thf-p ? !?'- '? tio'n a& to '?'.h?h<a' the foJce o'v?T- t.lu'cwn conaiated ot ton thousand ?r 1UO,0(X) men. hut it m-a, prviJxvhJiy a.nd our AUy ha,s 110W a; mot..ive for a.n ;Ldva]-uoe withan bound". Gra.du.a.Ih' trhe tangled ak.einb of the wa, )')' Western Asia. ai'u being gathered. In Persia, the British and the RuB&iajis have suppressed a plot d,signed to bring the. young glia-h over to thf side ot GermajL ajid Turkish intpigferf who propnsed to stir up an in.surroot.ion \lOE<e rcwrneraidou nught be felt among tha wild muu'ltain tribes of the Causasus and the mountain of Afghani- stan. HDvÍng hi:>,nd" 01 tribesmen m Turkmh and German pay aM being cha.?ed and beaten, <md the Turkish Eastern frontier, is men<K'ed in the north- east by the advance on Erzeru'm, and the Britiah stand and advance on Kut, tt, !str&t€gica! poh't ,JtÚtabl" as n bage for a. Turkish inroad iuto Persia, or advanoa down th? Tig,rig tn the Persian Gulf were it recovered by the Turhs. The Briti.ah and Biisa-iaji n;o""c'ment,s offer ea.ch other mutual Fnpport.. <nd react upon the pro- jected invasion Of Egyi -t, f).s 'we]} a& upon the possible utitiBation of Turkish forces in Europe. The Tut'k is <M good a. nghter as the lx:t, as we know, under certain cir- cumstances, but in manopuvre battles whore it M not a. question of repelling a frontal assault on entrerichineuts that cannot be turned ho is init'nor, as his defeats at Sa.ry Kam),h, Shaiba, Kut. Nasiriyeh, Ctesiphon, and Sheik Saad prove. It is true that this region of Eastern .Asia) Mnio.r, the and WestRni Persia. M not n. zone w her"? any importafnt results can be cu'e few vulnerable points in Asia Minor, aat4 the hnmense spaces of the country, tha 1'K'k of good roads and ra.il- ways, f.h.( spe:rsp..neS8 of the population and of supplies make ift. a country where small forces are apt to he overwhehne.d, caught far from their base, and large armies find it dimcult to sU8ta.cll existence. But. judi- ciously !h:uT.dIed, the Russian asid British troops can mminnse the results the Germans gecuj'e .by s.etting ibp Turks a-ga-inst them; for they the Turks under condi- tions in which the la-tter have to poasesR a la.rg'c numerica.1 F'pei-iority to g-ood reaults rf!ativ")y &maL!I Allied forces. A wnll-planued and prudent strategy should nnd it feasible tú draw off the h'ulk of the milllwt Turks who û()u]d bp or have been placed under at tile minimum of cost to the AJIies in men and materi?. But, above aU, gTaJidioee schemes must be a.void- ed; for a BalklU' campaign a.nd an Asia Minor adventure upon a grand scale would play havoc with cur strength in the decisive Western Europe. Let u.s never forget that, when we have finished with Turks and Bulgarians—a,nd we aM hardly yet at serious grips with the fonher, a.nd not m action at a.H agair.i't the latter—we will still h8"C to cotne bwck to the G-ermans.
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Severe members of the Swansea Ccurity C,c-,n,tabularv are wearing armlets on their uluforma. The amt pajd :< visit, to Swansea. on Satur- day last, but did not, however ptay over the weekend. To better rediae the resenttneut tha.t. we ¡I British fee] at those of recently acquired ghhiy assum- ins both by the t=TK)ken and the writtea word the prOO10ll:'1 herit&ge of our ra.oe, one. would ask wha.t part or parcel have atMh in the aentiment exprcased thualy by a latter- day historian iu regard to Britain's sear newer: "We a.re policemen of the seve- 1'1'1 meztns and all the na.rix)w se&s. anjtl no- bcdv who h&s business in the deep or shaJ- }r¡w waters ha.s a.ny v.ish to see German OUT pla.ce. If the l'\ea can be I ?j? to be owT:? the owners are the tramp steamers, 80 p<'r cent. of which f!y the Brit- lfa?,. Tho Hghtin? of these seas is Brit- 161, in devi,pAnlo,; so is the chartering of t?Rin. a-?d. down the ages, so is the clearing nt t'!icTn h'o?'' p'imtc' and the. tJadit]?!' th::n sive? them th?r I<)w?. "—{" Pro Patria. ") j give,. thenl
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Most or the f.r the pros.ecu- 1 tion a.nd th.e. defence in the Scovpston court- m/M'tiaJ ¡1a.st week "ere T/tanelly men. ..Judg:ng by t,bfl mlmr.er of .(rrulets. worn j in LIaneNy. thf number of men waiting to be fetched will dwindle down to a few hundreds. "You pee thai little s.iort. man getting into the Docks c.n'?" remarked a dock latbourer to his pal. "Well, he the :'<H.:k yester- da Yt for?" 'Oh, he 'ot too big fur his job." More jfu sorrow tl'ar. in ancer. a down .line <ontemporn.ry protests thusly When will the Council alter Mannheim-street ;nto Romcthing respectable?" We like the pespectn.ble. Æ¡ ø. The Swansea Harbour Tt'u.st steam. launch Ferret, .m ex-raval heat. h.'s been ousted out of the wa.t<-r and placed on the quay at the South D&ck Ba.sin. Seaweed and mussels have grown on her bottom. Kid Da,\ie, the (',¡()ured boxer, is: a mmi of many talents. He bag been a. ciMuifeur in Pa.ris and has often h'é'en to sea. He is now making ammunition "Somewhere in West Wale°." and camp good money. Ho married a Swansea girl. 'I\2ryOUS Country Geutlema.r (a<; t'<I-i ju.st misses tho kerb): Do drive carefully please. I'm Mot accustomed to iDrivcr: ''Tha-t's funny! I ajn't u-?ed to 'cm. neither. Af a matter of fact., I've only em. neit,ier. A.- a? P-i;,tt,ei-.of f?tf--t, I've on l?, ta?lien this on for Railway Gftird (.1.? ira.i? -?-?-?-< ? < t- < ? stops at the -tat-ion) Excuse !ne. ?r. hut. did you happt'n to hcM cne;? for help as wo camt'\ aJonp:?" Thn Y OtU1g Off\cer (de- Ug'hted): "Oh. by Jove! Could you hear me? I wn. just practising the comma.ud -Ra.'t' :ø.$.tt, A inspectinc: ."entries g'u:u'd- ing the h:ie in Flajiders c.e')]:c across, a ray, iookLng yeoman. "What are you here tor?'' ho a.sked. "To report !U.ythin.g unusual, sir. "What wculd you caU f'LU.-<u;J?' "1 dunjM exactly,-i-ir." -vould you do if you saw fi,e the ple.dgD, sir." The )ia,n€Hy Ouardi.an, In announcing that The wiJ'. be staged at the loca.1 t!waÜe th" week, to lie nM'a.n. that .Mr. Mowelyu ,\Ü1 bt' r,peaking there—it'r. u. play. From 1908 to 1915, tb-p \et.te?t. yea.' \a," 191.2, v.-ith 57.51 inches of mip. 1915 was a. fair average, veal', 'its v:.etbest day was Novcmbor llth, when 1.82 inches of rum fell. Yet November, with 20 rainier days. wa.s pr.e of the dryest months of the ycar: Tli.e, Tnost sunshinv day was the 25th of' May, with 13; hours of CMd Sol—quite enough, too. It. $f. ,in-?an, ?vbosei A WGl!-know:i Swan&ea. dock?man, w?hose wife is 8,way on A h<jli.day. left bis young daughter at home to !k pud look after things. On Sunday morning the dauglittrt knocked at dad' bedroom door and sa,id, "Your breakfast is en the table"; a-nother kn<:K''k, Your breakfast is getting cold. Ten minutes later, You needn't get. up now,! dad, Nero has eaten your breakfast. ?h-0.?<<-<?.?t. The deep signinoance of tli<' term dritll hall of the which con- tinua-Hy meets the eye in connection with moA'ements. Imperis. and patriotic. i,, it e. P,ti-iot might not nppea.1 go nmch to us at home a.s ct dot- to tr)je Swansea boys at the fro rit, who are cheered -,v;th tbe knowledge that tibe oM 'uns at home are manifesting their loyailty in no un.ceTtaIn fashion.. "Churchgoer'' (Swansea) ,rites ;1 un- derstood both the Swansea, papers undertcok n)0t to publish oat Sundays unless something of real importajice v'a& mftde known, and, hu'ther. timt no more cimrch h01:¡-8, On Sunday (";enqTIK the worshippers at St.. Ma.ry's were disturbed by the yel!s of newsboys yendinlY a< Ca.rd;iff eien.Ln, paper ,lJ1d 1 underhand there was absolutely n(/thing to jilitt,ify it. Whera are the authorities?" Mr. PhHip Gibbs declares in the Daily' Chi'onic!e":—"In oup line of trenches thei German soldiers listen to pai't-Furigss-Ling In such trained harmony that they sound as if. a. batta.lion of opera-singers had come into the firing-line. The Welshmen speak their owTt Innguage. For a time no ofncer received Ins command unless he gpoke,, it as fiuently, as running water by Abo-ystwyth. and even' order? were given ill.thlS tongue until n few) in the ranks, failed to form fours and know their left, hand from their right in Welsh." Wp should like to .?ee that b,.ttalion! The following a-musing Welsl) versps werej i-oa.d at a smoking concert, given in honour, of Joe Rees. the Amman United full-o(-k M&e son yn y papyrau Yn dweud fod "iarynx'' MS [ Y "Kaiser Bill" o Berlin Yn pa.Hu sweithio'n deg, Fod ''doctors" yn bwriadu Ei dori gyd i' Swrdd I Ma.e'n biti na seftio I dori pen yr hwr<d, A'i wneuthur ef yn ''tootbaJI." gimo yn y A cha-sg)n "boya" v "Umted" fe!I oen* Lynt. A TnyTt'd ir pare 'n:v'n Sa<dwrn, MewTi "jeraeys wh- ar.d Tt'<i," ) A'r "crowd" i gyt yn wa.eddn. "Wha-t pri{e thf F.ai¡.¡er'g head?' The ma.te of a lalR" trajlqport ,t Tne"r" SomowheTe m France." who slipped home to Swansea for the wook-and, tp'Ig the fol- lowing story:—" I was in New York* on New Year's Day, and met an old a German, now second mate of a Ge'rma.n. Lloyd liner iuten'M'd in New York witth scores of other steaimefs. He said: We arc all down right s':ck of the war. \Vhat is the v-qe of Germany sacrificing milHons of hetr manhood on land whem England holds the s:ea-po'wer. Wa wetie agaui.-tt the hlockad¡e at nn't. b.ut now we welcome it although e must not '.av so. It is th.e onlv wa,y to win. Stop the enormous 'm- po.'t.h of food into u-eutrt'. lcountn&'< who ca-n t-upply us..Tlicy wiLL ot course, kic-k, but vou ajr' top-dog. And then when w, find s:upp.1y door shut the war 'aajj end a.t j 'L)<!t of th? if'ca.! bch'nders are being pui behi.rd—ten group-. What the. Rus.sia.ns said when they !'aw L.zerUJ11.- Era's room! j Some a.e rep'orted t') be m<Lking 50s. a shift. -< ) > ? -< t >- ? The Derbies h< theu' ti'ahi '.n Sw .n- sea.. As Mr. Lloyd v,-on:d ,1Y mournfully. "Too late! too jaV' Swansea Ba'-t.iLon ??i-c- ? far arc:— t 1-<Jn"eäBa::¡;c'n 'eO"2'- ') tar arc: C')i.e<'thccr acci d -.?" .i y Ki?ed.)"'wounded: three men \oun<-tc<i. wear th<? Jdld.1.i am'€t when off fhit'.y. Why not (asks a. oorrespon- dent) do eu 'hf;; ,1: as m other Jte late Admira l I,it eAdi-ii,ra' with th Vid(1r;a (J by Qu<?n Victoria.. Private of the 6L.h WeL-i-i. is home an Jewish confreres at SwanEpa celf'bra.ted his arrive by displays! of bullting in HeathfieJd-strcet, Two thirty-six casks <f wh'skv have been washed ashore at Burry Port.— Don't worry they have been t:en chai-ge. of by the Cnstonn oSicers. "He had I)eeii no term as Tnerrv in the Army."—(Evmpnce -at! Scovestou court-martial.)—Another gonp—our are suppo&ed to be al- way,, mprry." <t'< S >-< ? -<!> The nia-,i who goes to his work Rt ;< wiU make sure n.ext time be ogles a young pill In the pLr?t that her mid-er hubby ?n't coming .zureet that litr Ef)l?l;er ii-?il)bv -'?ii *t (,oi-nl])- lip Tommy "The nurses here are a very p, "Oh. ('om<=;: I say! That' s noL very p,-?1ite' tc u?." Tommy :N ';ver mind. imrM-. pi.' it dovr-L It'!] From tho "Lond-.u W. LIev.-eI!yn \Vi!JiamE: M.P.. bpcamf vp. penitent alter hearing the ,i,ys of his elec- torte upon the measure. Re h<t- pronuse not to vote against the Bill in subsequent. This must appear to him <J'i com pul'i'.m of the "orst typ?" Heard at meeting. Chairman, to his 1"'0 n Bagu" fwm t;ircl)g ")Ve Acta'u i'uneddig, T\v]j'—M lea.gue,; "Dishgwl yma. Jim' 'Sdim ishe ti i ddwejd wrt.ho i am fod yn ioneddig. Dv/a i ato ti byth. Ji" i ddypgu 'yth, pipase )copy. -e?-t?!?-? Tin X?-.<jt :Rri?a.d<- br.ys -?ho atLfnd? the nuncrE' 7-e?<)c .tation ?vere simply speU- botutd at a wonderful automatic oxygen r<;vi\-iug .pp:n-atus qdled th? pulmotor. boys were a3l..)'.ved, th.rcujgh the kmdnesf o'' ihe supenm.endcnt, t,o test the 3/icbnM?. By he -.hnpie tm'Ji ci' a lever j '!h< ? in. plOtim-, ;,nd will a)td dfnatc Lh<; lui'g-. P.J. McDonaid, of the Swansea forcf', who rejoined the Navy a8 a reservist v.-hen the war broke out. and whose home ?s at 25. iv,i- bi,r k e out -tn d w h ow h oive ?. zit 25, Wau'lwpp.-t.errace; i? back on leave. He has been on foreign :u'\i0e i.t the West Til- I ".nd th-e Dard&DeUe?, and looks a verit.-) abII' Hercules, He 'I-S one <u the iu'st. on j -s. the plat.form" at Kigh-street Station oa the fatfu] night pnrcdTng the out break of ""11'. We have received the toUnwing:—"Dcar 'Post' mH,—Can you inform 'A njdous In- q\nrer' if ths six electric i-t.anda.rd lights that are lit i" the. early morning from Diu- v.-vu-streut along to U'ni.cn-treet. iieii ta-ie rest of the town is ahncft !r) darkness, is a glorious renoction of the County Cound]. ?or wheH?r it i'< for the Mind to se? thpir; Capital?"' also if it is evenp, or 4 to 2 on inst.itution ;t is yr 4 U) 2 o-,i j The now to moior lights, compdhng drivers t.o carry no front la.mp'" ha-i caused cont-iderable incoB- velli",nce :n Swansea and district. Inline- ? d.La.telY the oo'der c-ame into force, there was a. rlh of motori.st-a for the regulation lamps, with the result that they were all bousht up. Ko firm app&a.r? to have antici- patBd the rush, hence doxens were unable to compiy' and ran :)isk& of pr&g€cution. This stOry comes 1'rom XealJi. "Oh, doctor. I do fee k:o ba<i. f waF dreaming docto.r. I do fee! so ba-d. I was dream'n.g mother, all the ti me, "De<u' me. re-. jouMd the doctoi-. and what d?d you have fo" ?u?p'?' "OnlY two pen-north of nsh? ? a? ch::?" ?. ?y ??? woman," cou- ? :olud? the me'li? ?-rp'y. .t yo? ?! horn- ajJ h!)vc thr? pennortb ot hsh a.nd -chi-ps a nJ it'll be. your grandmother next time. 44. The following" \Virele!3s Mes&ages" were; received duriug the evening at, the I)re.-or,- tation smoking concert a. the Salisbury nub, SwaiMea.. "Ün Thursday:—De et. '-Sorry, too drv aft&r 9 (/ dock. "-LDrd Derbv: "Am' busv ?estinpR?m&p.yMac-! drma,ld,l'cKenna: Counting up cf.tn-I' science moneY from congcienticu? objectcrs. 'Be(\Jzpbnb: Busy preparing a plaoe. for 'Wmwlm 'fI. "—JeUicof: "SU ¡one U boat at the North Pole must have it before ]'.m-! in'r You. "—Con-=tantine: "The are; making me sit np. so dare not move." Jack writes:—" I have in my P(b!"PSSHil1 a ve.ry powerfu;! 1'omb. It was thrown iT'to one of the British trenchea and failed to explode. Two of these bombs were s,er,t home; one exploded last week,. 'T«,f:>d a cowshed and killed nine cows aud four p;cr- I inten d to take the rema.in- ing 1100mb to the next peace crank meet.I.ng, to show what our boy& have to put up with. I will pass it around the auem'e to be examined, a.nd take the opportunity of warning them not. to drop it on any con- oideraLion. after which I shall lend it to the D?ih Post tor exhibition in the window, j alou. with the other harmless articles now on Thanks awfully: nothing doing! One of the most terrible disasters that h&= e?'eT ha.ppened on the Gower coa.st took P1:Vf i;t Broughton Bay on the mght of Ja'i)iiai\- 22nd. 1868. when no fewer than s-xtoe" ve&sels, varyinc: from 80 to 400 tons. a'ld most of the crews peri.-bed. the "\e$Ocls w€Te outward bouwl t)0./] LJand'ly. and it was intended thatj thev should clear the Burry Holmes and with the heolr of the ebb tide mak e fl, good Onlv one or two were fortunate enough I,(, do this. and bt-fore the remainder conid clfRT the high land up to this point the no<'d tide 'M-t i" a¡raiu.t them ajjd the awav ('(Implf'v"]y, The result was t!œ.t thev dritted helplessly some da<'hin' g:ain:fl the l'()('ks aJl [;om ag<îiïlst one :nctlw'l', whi'Se n few "ank in the middle ? of the rive' 113Y;JC- Uwir L'!Jt.()m, kuucked out bv t.hu;r:oin.t! ? the .ands. The dig- aster took -it, lli;,ht, and i. was only, next MoTltilig that. k.new d the. t,e.rriMe occu-T?nce that had happened so c,o,%c at, hand. ,s.wM.-ca banks get their ;!Dl -=i:'5 by the 't 1 S.t&?I itars have bcsn d one'' m Swa-naot this '\v':rk au t.ht record p1 i .ce o!' £12 a torn. j Tliere. is acf half pennies a{ Swa.n- -e'a. There sf-ems nothing for u but the chiid's monpy-box. A correspondent counted 42 t'rks form- iji!; a t.rain at I.- this a record? If the Swansea, Harbour Tru.st 'hanged the number of their bca:'d-rucm their luck miphf turn. It is Nc. 13. o-<t. <. ??. ? their Ea"m?, Derbys who have not. yet had their arm- let ara thinkhi? <f re-attesting, when the p;roup system is re-opened, in the hopes o? getting oiM. Wh<; the German gun? It has vanished from Presmna-bly j+ is the sun which has just iea,c-had Merthyr, at Mr. Sta.n.tcn's request.  baxonioter in The Swau?.e. Harbour Trust ba?cmetrcr ?a optimisfi): like the chairman. No matter. what the weather is like outside—stormy or rain—the aneroid is slwavs drv. or very <uy. But. ——?  Efforts t-' coii)ply with tlie lighting ord?!* -It S ?,, a l v.. at a.4 happy. In one railway lamp, the blind side is turned to- wards the land, and nightly a bright ray of light beams s£:v,YaJ'd-almost dimming the cim!gpi)ce of Port Talbot. Xo. epnt'e 2-ca.der. the pucanny socrtdz Common th'e othop evejiing' did not proceed from anyone in distress, but were the weird voMd eSorts (¡f it mu,er1 pajty who had been Jw}ida.ÿin¡ at a little haveu on the Gower Co&st. .e. It -is in the hujublei are;, t,hat the vtar- spirit it- best ma.nife&ted. Both Cai.herirbe' street &nd \ic¡,doc-street are hdla,gged by way of welcome to the. 6th, Welsh men at iMme <m from the tront. And these are only sampief. of others. The heartiest welcome fcr the heroes l'et,umill; from the front is prodded in the least pretentious of stretfc. The SW:tH:>6. Nava.I Brigade when '¡ken tlnol1¡,rh the miners' galiery at th)e t.h'?ir instructor, dis- <x.v.ered the dummv of a man which is used for ambu.'ia.nce work. At lir-st thfy thought the grml-kliOking object was a dead miinpr. But wlti. it was the shrieks of laughter could rot be .-uppreaaed Mr several minuter. th,:lt he was an .englishman. "My father buru ia &er- many. he said, bui. 'e bee mp a natUialised Bnti-h ubjed, ¡me; i wa- born In England." Jok here," Clied a voice ni the buck of the hAl!. "onr cat kittened in a. kipper hake1. Ia.t n's'ht. Arf the babif's kit- i !RUs ur L,Jid0J1 Mail. d s L'.a.a.mi.— T'- hera dkl the chairman of ths P:,¡ 5,;1. Coancn go t on Wednesday night when tl motion ior editing a parish meetuig was in be put? The fre who gjves the begt an.' wer v.il! be mad. e a District CounciIiOr. Parish Coun' C:Iloi-s disqualified from sending pnswers." (Dear' Dear' V''hat's the matter with Lhm- =a.mlpt") Swanfa. fprnalc gùssil; had a ''r<;).ug)ti jonrney" the other day. Rhe 3,Cf,XJSted a marriBd mau engage'd Vt, the cir,,ck, ard with i many protestatious of well-meaning and re- gret &aid she had seen ct. scldier'p cap in'the passage of his house whilst, he was a.t work. i "Ah. said hubby, "I see vo-u don't know. I belong to the V.T.C. I shall see that my wife tells you personally. And the band played—ultimately. nia.n oii xr h om (?od If y?u a?'e a young ma.n on whom God h<t? b?sitow?d faculties and strong and found limbs, which do vou <nvy—the conscien- tl.,Dus objector or the spirit of the young fellow who. irom the welter of wa-rfare, writes yon bu<;h a gt-ijring message as this: Bemiy. I n.nd the i'e.5t would not have mi&&ett the u'i)' fcr worlds ''? Which type of manhood, think you, is going to puM ouj oJd country tiTjough?—(" Pro Patria.") .4 Extract frcm letter from an T-neoiiscien- tir,u, Slacker:— 'Dea.r Lord Kitchener,—I am not a good walker, which prevents my joining the infantry. Ajs I have no experi- ence of hordes, the cavalry is also out of tihe que.gtion. The ajtillery I don't care for on account of tlie noise, aaid flying makes me ,giddy. The A.S.C. does not appeal to me, and the R.A.M.C. would entai) Mine very 'unpleasant duties. So you had betta!' not worry about me. Perhaps when the nne weather Gomes I may think ajbout the navy. I a.m rather keen on boating." One of the stories in R. G. new book —A girl once sang a wng \yhere she askl,d, m the nrst line of th.e chorus—"I wonder if he'll miss me?" and she sang i& wit<h more force than expression or :weet- in fact. she was slightly off the key. As she sang the nrst verse there waf. a rest. le&s shumuig of fe<(,i. the chorus brought out a btMx of voices. The second verse djti not add to the iuterest. but inâaHid the noise. She reached the chorus in safety, and once more noisily inquired "I wonder j if he'll miss me?" A man iu the gallery FAid: "If he does, he to be trusted w<h gun a.gain." The Uicu.sions of art into the halls aj"e mvaj'iably viewed with interest. That of the most recent, (namely, the inciu<-ion of Sir Fredk. Cowens ballet. "Spring." with Ade- line G'enee as prinCtpal danseuse. aiid con- ducted by the composer, ir. the London Alhambr: programme, is espt'cially so to SWé1, for is not Lady Coweu sister to a Swansea lady whose husband, Mr. Bert Siedte, has a somewhat facile pea; for. in addkiou to being the author of several curtain-raiser, he also wrote the libretto for "The Marauders," a romantic opera., with music bv Mr. Donald Lott, and produced by the Swansea Amateur Opd-tic Soc;<.ty w;th consideraMe S1cce"" some few years ago.— ("Musicu?.) -l>. In viaw of the ciosiug of Br?.oo.n Ca<? fthe ?v\' prisoners g'on-ig to ?wa-nseaj ? is Inle.r>e.stin" to record in a ht-t!f. book of :i'iun hia'toTv. tju.bli?h?d by the la.te ?. kd\\in PooIe'4C vears aao. that: In 17/4 Howai-ti. i:)aid his 'nrst vi.=:it to Drecoa C.ount\ 'daoi. At tha.t time, the jailer, out of a s'Ja.ry of JB31 10s. a year, had to supply the febns with necessary food, so we are not much surprised whpn Mr. Howard fur- ther tolls us t'ha.t at hi. nrst visit, the pn-' ,one1' were aimost starw'i by the ia.iJt\1. Shoi-tly afte:' the nr-!t v-I, ni 'fr. Howsrd a new Bridewell w<ts H! ? .'dn.\g \"h<c-n hiC paid his second vi';it'tn c i:i l<,o. 1\t" How;u'd. in respect :o l, ¡!a.oL coOt :r:d 'that the watf-r b: b'Ct: thre" :r: th cciJs by Ecods. Ir: 1868 rtov, w e.' I) t,e¡¡ 1,0., r<?tnedy th<t.f.