The Cambria Daily Leader

«|IM I-J,'■»!.■ IWIIIBIII ll—WBI rglffi Boon to the Lame* fffl ARTIFICIAL LIMBS §?? WITH !? RUBBER FEET. | If ? Absolutelv NoMe?ees. ? 4 AU Bolts, Spr, Catgvt Abolished, t M Every Limb Guaranteed. 1 I Write /or Catalogue— I J. J. 8TUBM, \? 51, City Read, CARDIFF.

A CRISIS WITH THE U.S. AMERICAN STEAMER SUNK. MINED NEAR BORKUM. M-t- BRYAN ASKS FOR DETAILS. The Americans stated on Saturday that they regarded the developments of the last few days as gravely important." They have very serious news to consider to-day. President Wilson a.nd the Cabinet on • riday discussed at length the dangers to •American ships resulting from Germany's Reiteration that she will not lie respon- sible for ships entering the war zone. Inquiry among members of the Cabinet afterwards showed that the Administra- tion regarded the developments oi the last few dayr. as gravely. important. The Americans have, to-day, news which j toav probably bring the &ituation to a crisis. The following telegram was sent from Washington this morning:— Official news has been received of the sinking of the American steamer Evelyn by a mine near Borkum. Mr. Bryan has requested details from the American Ambassador in London and Berlin. [ik>rkum is one of the East Iri6ian glands, standing at the mouth of the Jims, 25 miles N.W. of Emden. It is a Popular resort with cummer tourists. It is German territory, lying to the north of the Netherlands.J The sinking of an American ship," t'lid an American writer on Saturday, would quickly bring the situation to a i sharp edge. The Evelyn has not been sunk by a submarine of the U Division, it must he borne in mind that the Germans stated explicitly their intention t'1 use mines as well as submarines it-il tile new warfare which all civilised Jpeople regard as murder. The German mena<-e is distinctly Understood in the United Spates. The New York World on Saturday IRtatkcl that It is plain that this war zone edict, is not aimed at Great Britain. for Germany is undertaking no re- prisals on British ships which she has jjot. already done her utmost to inflict, "he war zone proclamation is aimed at the United States alen?." ^Momentous international Problems"' J he Xow York World" of to-day is still more candid, aud the following ex- pression editorial news is of tremend- (Jus importance read in the light of 1}(. ttews that an American steamer has been mined: Those who read the full text of the German decree for the taking over of the foodstuffs by the Government will not be disposed to quibble about its meaning, It is, says the journal, unmistakably a Pleasure of\v;r It is the official con- cession that the German Empire is iu sore Straits economically. Never, extent in time of famine, has Government acted more autocratically. I)ire necessity, which has made tile decree imperative, is pleaded by GJr- Inianv as au excuse to disregard neutral eights. It is important, therefore, that Americans, whose lives and property on the bigh seas arc imperilled by sub- marines and Heating mines, should under- stand precisely what, Germany has done, for on the interpretation of the decree the settlemen t of momentous inter- national problems will depend. The Gravity of the Situation. The journal then gives an analvsis of the various sections of the decree, which It summarises as solely a war measure, 84ding: "Thus are war t nd food cum- bined. The gravity of the situation, so far as it affects us, lies in the fa t thd (iermaiiy's -var zone is plainl," ■•iten-Kci to coerce friends as well as fees. It is a demand for food for non-combatants by a warlike Empire which has seized the food of non-couhatants," A Fact Overlooked. The Tribune." referring to the dis- position on the part of the German Press to dismiss the American threat to hold Germany to a strict accountability for submarine outrages, because the United States has no army, and the fleet would zoot dare to approach nearer than does the British, says: "German newspapers overlook the important fact that 55 German and 11 Austrian merchantmen, aggregating -518,706 tons, are now interned in American ports, and their value is many times more than the value of the American merchantmen likely to be im- Jjenlled. This fact should have a calming Influence on German opinion."—Press Association.

SOLDIERS AND NEWSPAPERS. A klcml soldier, now on active service, writ4m home to express thanks to a mem- ber of the Swansea Borough Police Force for supplying his company regularly with copies of the Cambria Daily Leader." We received four copies from him to- day," says the writer, and if he could only see how many handi; one paper passee through he wouid find that we were anxious to hear from the good old town. I only wi&h that others would fol- low his example by sending ue their futpere after they have done with them."

I SMUGGLERS HEAVILY FINED. Copenhagen, Feb. 20.—Three of the persons implica,ted in the case of smuggling copper into Germany have been heavily fined- Three others remain to be triad by the criminal courts.-Rcntcr. Stockholm. Feb. 20.-The Swedish Press most strongly condemns the attempts taade by some Swedes and foreigners to circumvent the decisions of the Govern- ment regarding the smuggling of contra- band, pointing out that such conduct en- Rangers the whole country. Thanks, however to the watchfulness of the authorities, such attempts have in most cases been foiled, and the paper. f.press confidence that the culprits will receive well-deserved and severe punish-j •picnt.—Keutcr. I

ZEPPELIN DISASTERS- | — ■»» i GERMAN FAITH IN DIRIGIBLES GREAILY I SHA?? I I   I AUSTRIA S NEW lEAD. I I Copenhagen, Sunday.—The German air fleet disasters off Denmark have revo- lutionised the German Admiral Staff I plans lor raiding the English coast, and have modified Von Pohl's blockade scheme (writes Mr. V.T. M. Duckworth iu the Londoll. Daily News "). The Admiral Stali has declared that no more risks can be tajien w;{h Zeppeiins in the North 6cal during this stormy time of (jiio reason for the Zeppelin activity oil the Danish coast since the disasters is stated to be the search for the missing four men oi the 1A, who sprang over-, board into the ??ea when the ship was in r hames. I Iw Count Platen, commander of the Li. who underwent magisterial examination, with the iron cross on his breast pro- bably his reward for the Yarmouth raid -stat-ed to-day that he had no hope of the men being saved, although they v>ore lifebelts hastily snatched up. Zeppelins have been seen every night since the disasters lar out at sea flashing searchlights on the water. This may be part ot the search operations for the missing men or search lor merchant ships. A Zeppelin searchlight was seen near j Varndrup last night steering northward in fine clear weather at a high altitude. The vagus outlines of two more were noticed out at sea from ranoe. Berlin Conceals Loss. I Berlin does not admit that any catas- j trophe has overtaken the Zeppelins; the German people are simply told that the motors oi the, L3 and IA broke down, that one was stranded, and the other was seen ? banishing out to sea, and that 11 men ivere saved and four are missing. It says nothing about the gaies or blizzards or the panic which the catastrophes caused at Hamburg, Kiel, and Schleswig by the belated discovery that the Zeppelins are unsafe craft in snowstorms. The" Politihll" says: Nobody knows j what will actually happen in the North Sea in these exciting tipios. Between the gigantic bluff of which the English newspapers speak, and the blockade con- j ditions Germany hopes to produce, there are many shades and transitions. If we are right; in thinking that considerable portions of the secret plan of the Ger- mans are based on the co-operation of the Zeppelins, we cannot conclude that; this alone will materially increase the risk to peaceful neutral shipping. j Austria Turns Pirate. Geneva, February 20.—According to an j Innsbruck dispatch Austria is going to follow Germany's lead in her piratical" sea programme. Though oplv a few sub- marint?, An?h'? now intends to attack neutral shippin? in the Adriatic, aj?d is now, it is stated, ouly awaiting orders from Berlin. This attitude shows that Austria con- siders war with Italy now inevitable. The same dispatch states that the Kaiser and the Austrian Emperor, to- gether with their fun staffs, will hold a I conference, at a very near date in a town close to both frontiers. The two Emperors have not met since the war opened, though their Ministers i hav<? it?qufntly 1wen in con ference. The Emperor Franz Josef, it is stated, j also wants a personal exp]ana.tiou from the Kaiser on the conduct of the military earn paign.

j CERKAN AIRMEN KILLED. Rotterdam, Friday.—The Berliner Tageblatt reports that two aeroplanes, which were being tested at Sclileissheim (Munich) aerodrome crashed to the I ground while the airmen were trying to make gliding flights. Both were killed.

TURKS QUARREL WITH ARABS. Saturday.—Djemal Pasha, who is | now at Damascus, continues to express a wish to resign the command of the Tur- Wish force which is to invade Egypt. Open discord is breaking out between the Arabs and the Turks in his army. The probabilities, however, point to a return of the enemy.

THE IRISH FLAS. A Newry shipping company have I adopted a novel precautionary measure against, damage at the hands of German pirates (says the to Umpire H correspon- dent). Trading chiefly between Liverpool and North Wales ports the directors have arranged to continue the regular sailings of their steamers, and as an audit safeguard have decided to fly the Irish flag, the contention being that if fired upon it will arouse the strongest resent- ment in Irish-American circles.

-"o- I BRITISH AND FRENCH SOCIALISTS. Mr. Keir Hardie, M-P-. who presided over the international Socialist confer- ence held in London on February 14th, i emphatically denied on Saturday the re- port sent from Paris alleging a violent disagreement at the conference between himself and Mr. Ramsay MacDonald on j one side and the French delegates on the ,■ other, with regard to German responsi- bility fohe Belgian atrocicic.s. He said: Thi^Ws pure fiction. It is not even an exaggeration of anything that took place. It has not an atom of founda- tion."

I CHINESE DEADLOCK. Peking, Feb. 21.—On Thursday the! Chinese Government notified the Jap- j ansso Minister that it was ready to re- sume negotiations in regard to 12 of the Japanese demands. The Minister re- plied that be was waiting for instruc- tions from Tokyo. On Saturday the re- ply from Tokyo was conveyed by t'hö Japanese; to the Foreign Minister th:it I Japan insisted on tho whole of the de- rnande being negotiated. j President Yuan Shih-kai maintains his. ) determination not to negotiate any cl(. mands calculated to impmr China's sovereignty and the treaty rights of  ?oth?t towers.. 1j

HOSTILE AIRCRAFT —— ■» ■ ■ 1■ SEVERAL BOMBS DROPPED AEROPLANE PASSES OVER BRAHHREE AND COLCHESTER. ARROW ESCAPES. j, The Press Assviciation's Braintrce's correspondent telegraphed on Sunday night:— About 8.30 to-night an aeroplane was heard passing over Braintree, and a light was seen to fall from it. Subsequently this was found to have been an incendiary bomb, which fall into a field without exploding and causing no damage It is believed to have been full of petrol, and to its end aji iron pipe was fixed. Another missile is stated to have been dropped at a spot about a mile distant. In neither case was any damage done On inquiries in official quarters it is confirmed thnt an aeroplane had passed over the district, and that something had been dropped. [Braintree is in Mid-Essex, rather lesa than forty miles from London. Colchester, which apparently the craft passed over on! its return journey, lies between Brain-j tree and the coast in a direct easterlyl line.] At Colchester. The Press Association Colchester corre- spondent telegraphs:— At 3.40 this evening the noise of engine ?l a l,er of an aircraft was heard at Colchester and a bomb buried itself in the garden of a bouse in Butt-road. The furniture in tho ■ back room of the house was smashed and the windows of six neighbouring i houses were shattered. The occupants ot the first house and his wife were in the) front sitting-room and escaped uninj ured, j as also did a baby asleep upstairs. The police, with special constables, who were called out, formed a cordon round the house. Police Report. The officer in charge of the County Police at Colche.ste: made, the following; statement on Sunday night;- "A tcløphone message reached us at: about 9 p.m. from the police at CheLms-j ford informing us that a bomb had been dropped- from a hostile aircraft in a field at Coggeshali. No persons were in-j jurcd, ami no dam^jje has been reported other than'a hove' the ground 8ft. in diameter and 2ft. deep. Some horses in the field Harmlessly stampeded. The officer further stated that he and thei sergeant distinctly heard the explosion at] 8.40 p.m. 'We were sitting talking in. the office,' he ,¡ud. wHen a load report] suddenly startled US. We rushed out- i side and distinctly heard the engine or propellers of the aircraft. It might have been an aeroplane or an airship, we could not say, but it was certainly there and seemed to go towards Harwich.'

SHPPLYIH2 DRINK TO SOLDIERS. A woman was tried by district couic- martial at Cromarty on Saturday for sup- pI: ing drink to soldiers. Site pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to 21 days' im- prisonment.

ESCAPED OFFICERS RECAPTURED. Amsterdam, Monday.—According to the Vossische Zeitung," three Russian officers, Captain Koch and Lieutenants Grcmmow and I iitschenko, who recently escaped from the internment camp at Daenholm. have been captured at Suseitz.

SOLDIERS BURIED BY CLIFF FALL Two Territorial sentries were buried in a cliff slide at Broadstairs on Satur- day. One. Private Clarke, 8th King's Liverpool Regiment, was soon extricated, but Private Lerson was under the fall rf chalk for two hours before being rescued. He was not seriously injured.

DAMAGES GERMAN GUNS. Amsterdam, Monday .-The ".TournaI's" Maastricht correspondent stages that a train with damaged guns from Zee- bruge pi seed through Liege. Another train with 8CO severely wounded soldiers from Northern France, and a third with about 300 prisoners of war, including four officers, also went through.

BELGIANS ARRESTED BY GERMANS. Amsterdam, Monday.-Two hundred Belgians who arc liable for military ser- vice have arrived at Liege escorted hy German soldiers. They were arrested on the Belgian frontier. On Sunday it was announced in Brus- sels that after March 1st no more pass- ports would be required for travelling in the interior, except for Antwerp, Liege, Namur, and East and West Flanders.

WIFE ENLISTS HUSBAND. A quaint recruiting comedy took place last week in the small Derbyshire village of Newton Aliraton. A householder was astonished to receive a letter from the district recruiting officer saying that, as he had in response to the household census expresed his willingness to enlist. he must at once offer himself for medical examination and be sworn in as a fe- cruit. This is very strange," he told his wife. "I never said I was willing to join. I never received the household census paper at all." Oh," she said, that's all right. I got the paper while you were out and failed it in over your name." But," a-sked the husband, struggling with emotion, did vou say I was will- ing to I did, indeeed, she replied grimly, I Brovher Jack's gone, eo you've got to go too. Besides, I promised to love, honour, and obey, and isn't this an honour for yon?" The husband, joined the Army and is JIQW in training.

IN THE OOLOGY. DM TROOPS STEADILY AÐV ANmNG IN SOUTH-WEST AFRICA. BURCHERS COURT-MARTIALLED Advance Camp Kedshohe (G. S. W. A.), Feb. 19.-The Germans have dynamited the Luderdtzbucht railway between Garub and Aus by placing explosives at over .100 points on the line, si eight miles east of Garub. All is now quiet. A Union patrol riding over the scene of over tiie scene of the encounter at Garub, where in Decem- ber last there was an engagement between the Germans and the U nion Forces, dis- covered many evacuated trenches, > thousand of used cartridges, as well as a irra^'e. After a cool spell, extreme heat, again prevails. The troops have for 8cmetillie I been suffeidng from a plague of moths, but this trouble has much abated. A German aviator this mcming recon- noitred from A us—a.bout 60 miles from the coast—to Rotkuppe-about 20 miles from the c-oast-alvng the Luderitzbucht. railway. He flew wide 01 the Union camps, and owing to his extreme altitude was scarcely discernible with the naked eve'l notwithstanding the clear, cloudless s?y- IIo threw no bombs, and was not shj,? L at.— Reuter Special. Burghers Court-mattialled. Johannesburg, Sunday.At a coljrt- marriial held at Booysen'c. Camp, the sixty- rhree burghers who, without valid reason, tailed to respond to the. recent comman- deering for operations against German South-West Africa, were each sentenced to year's hard labour. It is understood that they will serve their sentences in railway work, &c., in the Upington district.—Renter. Local Men in South Africa. i Among local men sex vine with the Lruou forces in German South Africa is Trooper i R. C. Evans, whose relatives reside nt the ILdod. Before leaving Swansea he wais a printer by trade, and a footballer of some repute. Latterly h,, has interested him- self in the work of the Y.M.C.A. at Cape I Town and in other parts of the colony, i When the war broke out bf) enlisted in the Imperial Light Horse as a trooper, two of his co-workers io the Y.M.C. A. br- longs to the regiment, one bein;* the lieutenant-col one i and the a captain, Trooper Evans's brother, Mr. George Me.rlin Evans, is a petty oiffcer on 11.M.S. Diana. He was, before the war, employ' ed by Messrs. Ward, shipbrcakers.

GEfiKAfl CW X!LLEB. Amsterdam. Monday.—The "Telegraaf" learns that Lieutenant Count Bass:*witz; Levetzow, son of the minister of Meejen- burg, and brother-in-law of Prince Oskar of Prussia has been killed in the eastern theatre of war.

CAINED THE IRON CHOSS. A.mstordam,. Monday.—The '"Mpgrnaf" learns from 'Berlin that Lieutenant I Ccnerat von Wrochem, commander of ?i,? German army division, who was recently decorated with the Iron Cross, has died there.

I THEY STILL WANT YPRES. Amsterdam, Monday.—The Sluis corre-I spondent of the Teiegraal' states that last week there was stubborn fighting on the front at Ypres, and gun firing was audible even during the night. The struggle ,was specially severe, firstly in the wood of Becelare Zillebeke, near the rai-lway from Ypres to Roulers, and secondly along the northern part of the Dixmude Canal, in the region of Dixe- choote. The aim of Germans is etill the occupation of Ypres, which seems im- pregnable owing to the natural conditions of the region. Numerous wounded have arrived at Roulers and Courvrai. Others Ave re sent to Deinze and Ghent, and some to Ger- many. In view of the activity at the front last week, there were 5,000 Germans at Roulers.

 -I; I -"L??ON. This morning (writes a correspondent) I was walking down Walter-road, to- wards busillf.:i8; a group of lively Inbr- mediate boys before me, when there passed me a blue-jacket, walking with that loose, eac-v stride they have in the Navy. I looked up to his cap-band; and a thrill passed through me, from the very toes to the lat tip of my hair. For printed in letters of Fold. on that cap were words that are a "baage of honour" to-day E.M.S. Lion. It is a far cry frcjn Walter-road to the North Sea where that Sunday morning the Fleet punished the Baby-Aiders, bur the sight of this clean-limbed sailor brought home to one the reality of the fight. One of the lads saluted, in an awkward I sort of fashion. I didn't know Avhciher the sailor even sliv it. I know ha did what I felt ought to be dooe—only on-? humble civilian here confesses that he did not have tlie pluck to pay this little tribute to the fleet whfth is keeping our island inviolate.

I BELGIAN PARENTS PUNISHED. I I Amsterdam, Monday.—The Tele- graaf'e cor respondent at Neerpelt says that at Mol and Balen the Germans have I punished parents of young Belgians who have fled to join the Belgian forces. Several peasant families have had to pay heavy fines, and failing payment, the Germane seize their cattle and other pro- pcrty. As in the province of Antwerp, a large number of young men have gone to join the Belgian iorces, and some hun- drede of thousands of francs have been paid. In the province of Iimburg several parents have arrested and several communes have been lined. [ The Maashode learns that all Ger- mans capable of bearing aims living in Belgium have been ordered to enlist for ■service with the colours should this ap- pear necessary. Sixty Belgians have been arrested at Fouron St. Martin, near Yi c. as they were on the point of crossing the Dutch l ftolltir"

HOUSING SCHEME, PROBLEMS FOR THE COUNCIL. COUNCILLOR MDl YNEUX OBJECTS TO i PRIVATE MEETING.  1 ^CREASED ESTIMATES. I r I (Special to the II Leader.") Swansea Town Council meets on; Thursday afternoon ( III committee, the! memoranda states; and, according to i some, in privacy) to consider one of the most important and perplexing tions with which it has had to deal for ] some time. The position in regard :0. housing in the borough, and in regard to the Town Hill scheme in particular,! merits this description, even remember- ing that there are still unsettled the ex- tension and sewage scliemos. The situation, except as to its recent; developments, is preUy well known. The' committee; proposes to erect 560 houses, and is committed to tha completion of a I considerable proportion of :hat number adat.e now near at hand The war, witb I its advanced prices, came very inoppor-j t.unely, with the result that the commit- cee is faced with tenders the best úf i which is said to be 1G or 17 per cenLi higher than the e^timat/wd cost of j -Y Increased Estimates. There is no suggestion rhat there has] been anything in the nature of a ring among the contractors tendering, all parts j of the country being represented, and it, i is, of course, a matter for experts as to ) whether material have advanced suffici- 1 ently to warrant these increases. j i The view is held in some responsible quarters that the Council oould itself provide tho houses at a much smaller in- j crease over estimated cost, but in other quarters the idea of dim-.t administration finds no favour. The responsibility thrown on the Corporation officials would j be immense. Another suggestion is that the wark I should be delayed for the time being, but whether this is largely, or seriously, entr-r-, tained cannot be said. Apsirt altogether from the Council's; commitment in regard to the matter, and! what must be done with the expensive; site if the work is uot proceeded with in the stipulated time. there would seem to be sufficient reasons for brooking no delay, aud it can be iaid at once that if the: Council doer, postpone, there are those: who will approach the Local Government Board, and ask tor an inspection oi tjte distTict. It can hardly he imagined that that Department will acquiesce in such a course were it in possession onty of what was said at the recent inquiry as to Swan- sea housing. Some gentlemen intimately quainted with the conditions would: have the houses provided at th": new prices irrespective of whether: they came on tc the rates. There is.: they say. no other way in which bad cottage p-oper'ios that ought to be- con- demned (son:o of them on the Council s. estate) can be demolished, inasmuch as, to raze them without other accommoda- tion being available would be to add to: th", already very serious cvei-ci-owd.ing. But they contend there should be no in- crease in rates, believing that the ground: vent charge payable to the Estates! Department in respect of each houFe. irmxl d cover the 10s5. The Local Government Board would ■ have to be approached before the work' could be proceeded with at the higher; ?Hrc, and this sboiud provide another; i opportunity of driving home the cc?e for ?opp,)r',iii-ii'y of di-I*v-ig b4)iup t-iiie (,are ior Must Be Faced. ) In a conversation tins morning, Corm- s cillor P. Molyneux, vice-chairman of the, corl, iii I was emphatic in stating that. the question was bound to be tackled. Next: Thursday's Council meeting, he said, was: one of the most importaut. for some con-j siderable time,, and, in fairness to the] public, it was essential that the. discus-j sum should be open to the Press. If it has been decided to hold the • meeting in commitrfee, he said, "it 118.< been done without my know ledge, and I, shall certainly protest very strongly] against a discussion behind closed doors. '1 The question is one of public importance.1 and the public ought to know." Mr. Molyneux added that the Council i would be a.sked to decide v.hat the com- jmitt.ee should do with regard to th0 h? .?h??p under consideration. One propo?.l ? j was that the c<)n4s;, (ir rat- 00 erected by wag that the bo erect,,?rl -tr was that The work Rhould be phčf>d -with II contractors, while another course was to do nothing for the present.

I POSED AS A COLONEL A remarkable of a ruan who posed as a lit utenaut-colonel in the Army, and com- a-.ended the Lewisham Defence Corps, was tel. i at Greenwich Police Court on Satur- day, when Betrram Wilson Leonard Charks PiBOtt, ar-«d 24, cf BrownhUl-road, Catford. was charged with stealing two sums of £ 10 each, tiis money cf the London Health lu- surance Society, of Lewi sham, and with wearing a military uniform without autho- rity. Detective Wrangles gave evidence of the arrest of Pigott, "lIe admitted," said the dctective, "that he had worn the uniform of a lieutenant-colonel, and he should eay no more. At Pigott's house Detective Wrangrlea ] found a Distinguished Service Order, an Order of Companion of the Bath, fcur war medals, visiting cards in the name of -ar B. W. Pigott, 3rd Battalion, -N-ortl- ampton Ecgiment, three complete uni- forms. two swords, a revolver, and two re- volver cases, an imitation Iron Cross, and a large number of papers referred w miii- t&rj* subjects. Pifirot.t admitted the military charge, but said his object had been to do good. "I commanded the Lewi sham Defence Lec.r-'tie," be raid, "and I thought I would do more good if I appeared in military uniform. I believeu it was no oHence tv be in posses- sion of 'iccoutrements, a.nd to a certain ex- tent I deal In such articles. My object was not to deceive, but more to do g-ood." Ale;erman Brew said that about, three months a so Pi?ott- went to a committee meeting in War Office ftiff uniform, and was accepted by the Defence Leapuc. for 'hmTt be had done e^ceedinijiy good work. The magK>trate remanded I'igott, who di.) not ask for bail.

ITALIAN FLAS INSULTED1 —-— AUSTRIAN WARSHIPS FIRE UPON III., c P. a 2 il It ILI P, S. CABINET DISCUSSES POSLTIGK | Paris, Monday.—The Rome corrs- spondent of the "Journal" states a special meeting of the Cabinet will be held to inquire into the serious flag in-j cident reported by the captain of the schooner Gesu Frucifis?o. oi -Molfe-tta. who has just returned from Autevari. The captain states that on February I gth, while his ship and a s&hooner, the Saturuo, also of Molfetta, were at Antovari, three Austrian torpedo boats entered the harbour dearer! for action. The two captain., seeing their ships were in danger, hoisted tho ita.han t colours and warped the schooners behind the large crane oi the port. Tho torpedo boats, however, opened fire, although by doing so they were shelling the Italian flag, while aeroplanes dropped bembs on tho two schooners. The crane behind s which he two schooners were lying was demolished- The Journal states the news has created a depp impression in j ItalY. Italy Ready. Rom. Friday <by indirect route) -—Tlie| opinion prevails in political and military j circles that Italy has never tince the bo-, ginning of the war been so near active j intervention in the, European conflict as i s h e is now. She Ü:, it is declared, per-! leetly ready, and is only waiting for opportunity to join in in such a way rs make her action decisive. This consideration is Achat makes tlx* in power still hesitate, as • if Itaiy moves oefore the opportune moment has ar- -:Iv(-d and if her campaign were t.c fail! -lie results would be disastrous not onir; .or her. but also foi the countries trhich ,he intends TO help.—K-euter. gome, Sunday.—i meetiug of the ex«cu-| :.ive committee of the Radical Party has. id op ted a motion reaffirming the urgent i importance of Italy no longer remaining; m impassive spectator of 1.1, e gravei European conflict and of her taking part) n it in the ieterests of right a.nd Italian national aspirations.—Koutar.

SOLDIER FOUND DEAD AT RHYL. 1 Early to-day the body of a pri?? b?-' longing to one of the South aics Bat- • talious of tLc W?sh Army Corps irar_ j ng at Hhyl, ?'?s fo'u'd o? th" r?tds''?'' B?r Bodevyddan MRi-?iie Church, A?r- Jele, thj{? mi els from headquarters. It is b?l?y? that he became nick on his way back to Rhyl dun? the mght, that he fell asleep on the road, and died from exposure.

IMPUDENT NEWSYENDORS. I Two adult street newp-vendors were at Westminster to-day cixarged with intuiting # lKjhaviour in Lya.ll-street and Ea'on-equare f late on Saturday night. Defendants, shouting British Fleet in action," demndej two-ence and threepence fo ra copy of a balfpeimy newepap-er- Tb.e men were said to ba.ve t-h. the new", panel's at the faccs cf peueairivns ajid .*> j have uswi a,bueive and offensive language to those resisting- their tic-mande. Defendants were each toned 2fc. or 14 days imprisonment. j

f JIM LARKIN WANTED. ] S A rumcar has been in circulation for some I t?me in Duokn to th? dect thai Jim Lark in, who took a pr'.iminent part in the s-trike cf lasi year, has reitu-ne\i from America. I 'fh. authoritieri in Ireland have been j er,gc-geo in an avti\<e giearch for him, but tv1 j fa:- without success. To vie-.y of thc ramours ¡ an o?i?T ba? bp@a i?-'aed to the ?o?'oe in Imblia and tiirouehou. the fx>untry that, if found in Ireland Larkui if. to be summoriiy apprehended and teien before the xoilitary authorities/

MONTENEGRIN WOMEN KILLED. I MONTENEGRIN WOMEN KillED. 1 Cettignc, Feb. Fleet, has once more issued from the Bay of, Cuttaro and has bombarded the Monte-j negrin positions below Budua without. however, acbieviijg any result. An Austrian aeroplane appeared over: Antivari and threw six bc^bs withoat effect.—Reuter. Sir J. Boper Partington. Consul-] General for Monte-cagro, has received the j following tekgraiu trom Cettigne:-— On Friday, an Austrian aeroplane passed over Cettigue, tLro-kvin-, lout bombs in the town, and one in the suburbs. TVo women were killed, and three children and one woman injured.

BROKEN-HEARTED BEFOGEE. An inquest was held on Saturday at Ehyl on the body of M. France oe Poorer, a Belgian refugee, aged 64, who was found dead in bed in the B.hyl Beygian Eefugc-e Home. It AVUS sto.ted that the deceased was in Rhyl with his four daughters and a son, aud had passed through a very tryieg period at G",ld.! rcdc-, near Aerschot, where he Avas in business as a wood bootmaker. He was locked up for some days by the Germans, but escaped, and when lie reached Rhyl with other refugees lie was broken-hearted, and becamf weaker and weaker. While, he did not complain he became vprr feeble, and died from mente: worry and exhaustion, following shock. He died in his sleep in a very natural I position- A verdict of Death from natural! C, a til- was returned-

5.3D I j Edition. I Edition. klliEC)' EEFRESALSt nx cue Li j use! 01 oommoiis j said i -TiixxttLt Uto v t: r fi.ii.i en ls ,,0.ç co^LOiuermg wJtiat ac- uoxi siiotii-a oe taKen by way of repribais agarnst the Ger- man poncy oi destroying iinusn and neutral mer- chant vessels without at- tempting to save life. Pend- ing a decision, he could make no statement as to the the measures foken. German Claims. The Berlin Exchange official wirelew neu-s says:—The total booty in the wir;!er battle in the Maiurian district has increased up to datag by SOT-or generals, O".r 100,§¥M> men, over 150 cannon, and quantities of ether material of all descriptions. The 15 Kussian Army, under en-eral Caron Seivtrs, may, therefore, be considered as com pie*, ly destroyed. Hull Trawler Sunk. News was received at Hull to-day of th-j loss of the t-awler Kestral and se\eu hande, after collision wi.n Grimsby trawler Hydro. The Kestral carried s- crew of nine hands, only ttco of whom are caved. Farrscus Actrsii's Dperstion. Router's mets-?ge says Undame Sarah B-nhardt 112(1 her right ;"6 anptj- tatcd at the thigh this mornircr. She shooed great courage. Tho p-jtieut i« as v,-ell as can be espfcixd. SPORTING A) ran- Chof d'Oeurre, BTOprove, Tus- L?'n? Copernicus. B? ins: 10 ?o 1 f?.?.?'"€ sad Victo- de -'n ?< <? Wet, 6 to 1 1?'?'u.?. Al? ran: 1?'??ry 17-a' t? D-re?n, >:« Nos. Jsgenai, Ludy Farimsn, Shout fn Joy Bc::m§: 6 to 1 &cod Fsample.. 7 t'J -on- ■ i ui, 5 to Sio.ey « i i ) i |

RACE MEETiNCS. ) No Cheap Fares or Tein j No Cheap Fares or Teis- graphic Facilities. In the House of Commons, to-day. iLr. i Ruticinuin said the railway companies had decided to discontinue c-h" P far& meetings. v. ? < [![¡>U5t Office woilld. he %?ns le t &n,ve j special telegraphic facilities for race meet- ir¡;;5 ow ins to nurslip.r oi men eerriug- y,itl1 the CYlours.