The Cambria Daily Leader

The Lonuon Oce c? e! "Cambria Daily Leader" is at 151, Fleet Str?t 1 (first floor), where adver- ? tisements can be received I up to 7 o'clock each evening for insertion in the next day's issue. Tel. 2276 Central.

SUBMARINE RAID. t UNDEFENDED ENGLISH TOWN BOMBARDED. WOMAN DIES FROM WOUNDS. A joint message issued at 12.46 p.m. through the Press Bureau states that the Field-Marshal Com- manding the Home Forces makes the following announcement:— At 10.30 last night a German submarine attacked the small un- defended port of Seaham harbour. She approached within a few hun- dred yards of the tow;1 and opened fire. Some 30 rounds of shrapnel Were fired from a 3-in. gun. Twenty rounds fell in the direction of Balcon-de-Dale, and a dozen rounds fell in the yard of Seaham Colliery. A woman who was walking in the colliery yard was seriously in- jured, and died this morning. One house was struck by a shell, but no other casualties or damage are at present reported. SUNDERLAND'S PORT TALBOT. Seaham Harbour is in'Durham, 6 miles south of Sunderland. The port was found in 1828 by the then Marquis of London- derry. It is connected by rail with neigh- bouring collieries, and its docks and quays are specially constructed for the shipment of coal. It bears, indeed, the same rela- tionship to Sunderland as Port Talbot does to Swansea. It has an iron foundry, blast furnaces, bottle works and chemical works. The population is rather more than 10,000.

BRITAIN'S CALM. French Writer on Our Strength and Methods. Paris, Wednesday.—The Journal this morning publishes an article by Mr. .Edd Herriot, Mayor of Lyons, on Great Britain's calm and methodical effort. The writer gives his impression of his recent visit to Great Britain. He says how wrong it would be not to appreciate, the fervour of the British effort, because it, is not expressed in the same terms as ours is amongst us, and because our language, temperament and habits set certain barriers between the two peoples which it is the business of reason and :heart to break down. By the special kindness of the British Government I was able to see the sailors of Britain at one of their centres of action. What fine specimens of humanity, a .splendid raco- TteSIthy, brave, hearty. With them I saw glorious ships back from the battle of Jutland. The Tiger, which the Germans claim to have sunk twice, is there newly painted, and in review trim. The War- spite is only waiting for orders to put to sea again. My guides talked quite simply. One felt that war and peace for them were Ju-st one continuous effort. They give bravery it's due, but they cannot under- stand how sailors can send women and children, to the bottom. To obtain a true idea of what British effort amounts to, one must visit not only the Fleet, but also the formidable dockyards, where the fighting force is fed and replenished. The memory of that wonderful sight still haunts me. Let us congratulate ourselves that war has drawn together, more than peace could have done. two nak;ons with a similar passion for liberty. For the struggles of to-day, and tJur.^ of to-mor- row too, let us strengthen ties of this Entente Cordiale which unites in the cause of liberty two powers different in character, it is true, but alike redoubt- able for the declared enemy of the human race.

FROM THE BALKANS. ——— —- German Officers and Austrian Troops Withdrawn. Berne, Tuesday.—Nearly 100 military trains conveying some 60,000 troops passed through Temesvar in Hungary, during the la-st last few days transporting to Tran- sylvania the Landsturm troops which occupied Serbia and Montenegro. These are to oppose the Russian advance. It is also reported that the German officers commanding the Bulgarian troops have been recalled.—Renter. [Some confirmation of this is afforded by the news published yesterday that the Montenegrin ex-War Minister, General Vechovitch, is leading a rising in Monte- negro and that the Austrians have evacu- ated the village north of Cettinje, the capital. The enemv yesterday announced a reward of £ 2,000 ftr the head of General Vechovitch.] COMMANDER IN THE AIR. Salonika, Monday.—-General Sarrail to- day went on a reconnaissance in an teroplane for three hours.

,£1qO FOR LOCAL CHARITIES. Messrs. R- E. Jones, Ltd., have sent a cheque for £ 100 to the Mayor of Swansea for use for charitable objects.

SWANSEA CHEMIST'S WILL. Mr. John Myrddyn of 21, Beech- W<)<)d-roa,d, wa,soa, pharmacist, who died on May 21th, aged 63 years, left estate valued at ,£1,011 68, M. gross, with net personalty J63S 6s. 7d. p robate of his will has been granted to his widow. Mrs. Emily Davies, of the above address, the sole executrix.

ONE OF THE PIONEERS. The death hø-s occurred at Weycroft Manor, Axminster, in his sixtieth year Manor, WiUiam Wallac, one of the of Sir pioneers of the West Coast of Africa. After being a law clerk and an tIngIDPL-rl apprentice at Arbroath. he joined the Niger Company, and during thirty-two years in Africa he commanded or served with over thirty military expeditions. His work led to the acquisition of Nigeria for the British Empire, and no was the first white man to enter Sokoto. In 1900 he became Senior Resident in Nigeria, and was Deputy High C.ommis.. eioner and Acting Governor of Northeron Nigeria until 19-10. 1

I U-BOATS TO AMERICA. DEUTSCHLAND'S CARGO SHRINKS FROM 1,000 TO 375 TONS ANOTHER "LINER" FOR RIO? It is reported from Copenhagen that the Bremen, the sister ship of the German submarine Deutschland. left Kiel for America a month ago, and that nothing has since been heard of her. Germans, both in the United States and in their own country, are very enthu- tiiastic about the feat of the submarine Deut-seliland in crossing from Germany to Baltimore. After the Teutonic manner they are basing all kinds of wild hopes on the outcome of the exploit, including German independence on the Sea." A representative of the Press Associa- tion was informed by a high official of the Admiralty yesterday that, according to a message received, tbv- f'd.l'!{Ú wl,idl the Deutechland succeeded in carrying to the United States was 375 tons, and not 1,000 tons as originally reuorted. No statement has yet been issued by the United States naval authorities con- cerning the status of the Deutschland. I GREAT EXPECTATIONS. One realb+es the strain under which the Germans have been suffering during recent days when one sees the hysterical joy with which the Deutschland I?as been welcomed, says the Daily Chronicle ? New York correspondent. It is like the arrival of relief to a hpl?agu?rcd city. BaltimM'a Germans ar? proceeding to the nearest point permissible and gazing earnestly in the direction where a hoard- ing, surmounted by barbed wire, coiicea s even the faintest glimpse of fhe sub- n-tarine. Women also stare ecstatically in the same direction, throwing kisses towards the dock, and phophesying fantastically the destruction of the Allies' Fleet", and the provisioning of the German army by i means nf 1 000-ton submarines! 1-, BUILDING MORE DEUTSCHLANDS. Copenhagen, Tuesday.—The "V ossisehe Zeitung states that at nresent several submarines of the same size and type ()f the Deutechland are being built at Ger- man shipyards. Over a month ago the Deutschland's sister ship, the Bremen, left Kiel for America, but nothing has since been heard of this submarine, which is of 2,000 tons. The submarine was huilt at the Germania Wharf, Kiel.-Ex- c 'hanee. RIO DE JANEIRO NEXT? Rio De Janeiro, Tuesday.-The Rio de Janeiro newspaper Eua says that the State Chancellor has been intormed that the sistel yl of the Deutschland will arrive at Rio de Janeiro (about 5.500 miles from Bremen) within ten days. Exchange.

TEMPLE-STREET AGAIN. Swansea Committee and Recent Award. A meeting of the Estates Committee of the Swansea Corporation was held on .Tuesday afternoon—in private, as usual— when, we understand, the new phase of '■the Temple-street improvement project, arising out of last week's action in the Sheriff's Court over the Photo Supplies, Ltd., premises, was the subject of discus- sion. among other matters.

DOUBLE TRAGEDY IN ESSEX. A woman residing at Holly Cottage, Hawkwell, Essex, was on Tuesday found lyilig dead on a lx-d in,ith lifi, head bat- tered in, and it is presumed that she had been d« ad some days. Later a man was found dead in an adjoining shed, the body being quire warm.

WELSH SUNDAY OPENING. j Though the Central Board of Control I (Liquor Traffic) have no authority to inter- pret their orders, their view is that a licensed victualler in Mountain Ash can ooen his house for lhr sale of non-ihtoxi- cants from 5.30 to 10 p.m. on Sundays to any person, say a person in the same street or town, irrespective of his being a bona fide traveller.

AIR BASE SHELLED. Rome, Tuesday.—A semi-official state- tnent savs: "This morning at daybreak some of our units effectively bombarded the enemy seaplane base at. Parenzo (south of Trieste*, in spite of the intense fire of the new defence batteries. Four enemy units which arrived from the south avoided contact and withdrew in the direction from which they had come. Our unit, aU returned safely to their base.-Reuter.

¡THE AIR RAID ON ENGLAND. Amsterda.m. Wednesday.—The German aeroplanes which raided the English East Coast on Sunday must have started from Zeebrugge. On Sunday evening at 11 o'clock aeroplanes, accompanied by tor- pedoes, were seen coming from the direc- tion of Zeebru<?ge. Some time afterwards the former disappeared, but the latter continued to cruise in the neighbourhood of the port.

RELICS FROM THE TRENCHES I A feature of the France's Day dinner to be held at the Ritz on Friday is to be the sale of various useful articles made in the trenches by French soldiers to eke out their pay of 2d. a day. The raw material consist of nieces of shell, cart- ridges, bits of wood and all the ordinarv wastage of the battlefield. Each of these articles is authenticated with the maker's name and the date of the actions in which he ha.s taken part. Rings, pencil cases, boxes and models of aeroplanes, &c., are among the objects that will be on sale.

I SILLY, THOUGHTLESS ACT. I The wife of a soldier in France Alic,, Green, of Touchen End, Maidenhead, was a.gain before the Berkshire magistrates on Tuesday charged under the Defence -of the Realm Act with communicating with Ger- man officer prisoners at the camp at Holy- port. • AccnAed threw a card into the camp bearing her name and address. One of the prisoners picked it up and sent a letter to her. This was found by the police at her house with a group of photographs of German prisoners, which included the writer of the letter. In defence the young woman said she meant no harm, and that it was a silly, thoughtless act on her part. 1''» magistrate8 took this view, and afte* pointing out the foolishness of her **ctio £ J discharged acxmaed.

I BRITISH RAIDS. DARING DEEDS BY SCOTS AND IRISH. ENEMY TRENCHES ENTERED AND PRISONERS BROUGHT BACK. CALM ON FRENCH FRONT. TO-DAY'S BRITISH OFFICIAL. The following British Headquar- ters' report was received through the Press Bureau this afternoon:— Yesterday and last night some hos- tile attacks were made against sevjial points of our new posi- tions. Except in the Nametz Wood and Trones Wood, in both of \vhi:h localities the Germans regained some ground, all these attacks were beaten back with losses to the enemy. Between the main battlefield and the sea our troops have been ac- tively engaged in bombarding the enemy's positions and raiding his front line. South-east of Loos a party of the Royal Irish Fusiliers have pene- trated the enemy's trenches at a point where they were strongly held, and remained there for 20 minutes, during which time heavy fighting took place in the trenc h, and many Germans were killed. Our casualties were slight. Opposite the Hohenzollern Redoubt two companies of the Seaforth Highlanders forced their way into another position of the enemy's trenches after a severe fight. A hostile machine gun was de- stroyed. Several dug-outs, crowd- ed with the enemy, were success- fully bombarded and some pris- oners were taken. Several combats took place in the air on the 10th, as a result of which we destroyed one German machine, while one of our own machines was brought down by the enemy's gun fire. TO-DAY'S FRENCH OFFICIAL. The folletnving French oHicial com- munique was issued through the. Press Bureau this afternoon: On both sides of the Somme the night was calm. Between Soisson and Rheims we captured some prisoners in the course of a small operation near Gernay. In Champagne we carried out on the ad verse trenches several success- ful surprise attacks between the Mai son de Champagne and Cal- vaire to the north of Ville-Sur- Tourbe. On the left bank of the Nlettse two German attacks directed against one of our trenches at the Dead Man completely failed under our fire. On the right bank a night counter- attack launched by us to the east of Fumin Wood enabled us to re- capture a portion of the ground occupied yesterday by the enemy. We took in the course of this oper- ation 80 prisoners, including one officer. In Lorraine, in the sector of Eeillon, we drove the Germans out of some trench elements in which they obtained a footing yesterday. (Earlier British and French reports appear on Page Three.) BRITISH AT CONTALMAISON. French Press on Significance of Our Success. Paris, Wednesday.—The Paris news- papers arc full of the British success at Contalmaison, which, they declare, is an excellent augury for future operations, and is the more significant inasmuch as each yard of ground was disputed with the fiercest energy by the Germans, who had concentrated on this front more than 30 divisions, and seem to be disconcerted by our taking the offensive and to be fearful, not without reason, of our sudden counter- blows. The new power of the British Army has made them reflect. They feel hanging over them a menace as yet ob- scure and indefinable. As for the power- ful attacks of the enemy on the right bank of the Meuse, they are not of a character to modify the intentions of our high com- mand. The capture of Damloup Battery, even if the Germans kept it, would have no effect on the defence of Verdun,

AUSTRALIA'S FLEET. Melbourne, Wednesday.—Mr. Pearce, Federal Minister of Defence, states that the Commonwealth Government has de- cided to hand over the control of the Commonwealth merchant fleet to the Navy Department until a scheme for the per- manent management of the fleet has been devi.sed.-Reiiter.

SHACKLETON'S EXPEDITION. Wellington. New Zealand, Tuesday (re- ceived Wednesday). Repairs to the Aurora are proceeding rapidly. Mr. Sten- house expects to receive orders to pro- ceed to Elephant Island to rescue the party marooned there. The Aurora must re-turn by December to rescue Mr. Mackin- tosh and party at Cape Ro.wls.-Reut.er.

Cairo, Tuday.-Thp Sultan of Egypt has prescribed £ 500 to the Egyptian For Kitchener memorial. Amsterdam. Tupsday.According to a Vienna telegram, in the destruction caused by the tornado at Wienerneustadt, 31 persons were jyUled and over 100 wounded.

ITALY'S BLOWS. Austrians Forced to Send Troops Back. Tuesday's Italian communique says: In order to withstand the pressure we con- tinue to exercise in the Trentino and our counter-offensive activity in the Upper Boite and But Valleys and on the Lower Isonzo, the enemy has been obliged to re- call to this front troops that had been withdrawn towards the eastern front. This has been ascertained in the case of the 3rd Corps, 6th, 22nd, and 28th Divi- sions, which were on the point of de- parture, and of the 9th Division and the 187th Landsturnui Brigade, which were already on the way. During yesterday there was an intense artillery duel in the Adige Valley. On the Pasubio we captured the positions north of Monte Como, but the enemy succeeded hr a violent counter-attack in obtaining partial re-possession of them We took H4 prisoners. On the Asiago Plateau Alpine detach- ments successfully renewed the attack on the enemy positions in the Monte Chiesa region. North of the Monte San Gio- vanni we occupied the Monte Degli Uceelli, at the head of the Cia Valley (Vanci). In the Tofana region the enemy at- tempted a surprise on the positions which we had taken on the !/th, but was re- prised with heavy losses and left in our hands 30 prisoners and one machine-gun.

I NOT BORN TO BE DROWNED. (zliv(,ii ilit- of ?)il ??hoi-(, ?,?iffer hi., experiences. Fir^t-Class St?k?r W. E. J eakins, of Bristol? has I pll'cted t<> go to sea again. Re was in the I';kitiphioii aii?cl Tii,,ie? fatigable (191when th?y sank.

INVALID SOLDIERS. Ypvey, Tuesdav.-— Abort 1,000 more in- valid British soldiers be transferred from Germany to Switzerland on Monday. Tuesday, and Wednesday next. They will be quartered at Murren and Grindelswad, and some probably at Chateau d'G'lx.

TRAINING FOR LANDOWNERS. Landowners must have somp scientific training if British agriculture is to enjoy the success which e-likiting knowledge makes attainable, says Mr. Charles Bath- urst, M.P. chairman oi the Agricultural Committee of the British Seienep Guild. The foundation of such knowledge would best be laid at the great public schools.

I FAMOUS FLAGS. I The Rev. Henry Fanshawe Tozer, tutor of Exeter College, Oxford, for nearly forty years, who died Inst month at the age of eighty-seven, bequeathed the lla'; of King William Ill., DorTle at the of his ?r'din? at Torb?\- i? Ti's'. t.o '-he Bi'h?ti ?Lfwun, and a. Hag captured from the French o?' ('ap<?.Fmi-tpi? in 105 to tne Ashmolean Museum, Oxtord,

AFTER 28 DAYS. After 2S days' hearing the action of Messrs. Spencer. Santo, and Co., Ltd., con- tractors, against H.M. Office of Works was settled on Tuesday. The plaintiffs claimed 4M>7,000 balance alleged to be clue by the defendants in con- nection with the cost of the building of the new Local Government Board offices in Whitehall. The defendants agreed to pay each of e., parties to pay their own costs.

CHESTER'S BRAVE BOY. Sir John Bethell, who is interesting him- self in thp case of the H.M.S. Chester boy John Cornwell, has suggested to the mayor of East Ham that a tablet should be placed in the elementary school at Manor Park, E., where he was educated. Sir John is also in communication with the Admiralty regarding some public recognition of the boy's heroic action.

1 ALONE IN THE DOCK. The people of Plymouth were greatly interested on Tuesday in the graceful spec- tacle of a British airship manoeuvring over the town. It flew ac a low altitude. and was clearly visible from parts of the district. The one humorous incident in connection with the visit occurred at a police court sitting in a. village in the vicinity. The court was at once adjourned to enable all to witness the sppctacle, leav- ing a prisoner alone in the dock.

I RECONSTRUCTIVE METHODS. Paris, July n.-A delegation of the Dub- lin Municipality, which has come to Paris to study the methods of reconstruction employed in invaded towns, was received to-day by the Committee oi the Exposition de la Cite-Beconstituee, which is now be- ing held at the Tui.leres. The party includes the. Rev. M. Cal- lagher, the Lord Mayor oi Dublin, Alder- I man Morane, and the director of the Great Western Railway.—Reuter.

I HIS DEBT TO HfS WIFE. At West London on Tuesday, Gilbert John Wright, 65, upholsterer, of Meeting House-lane, Peckham, was charged with failing to pay arrears of maintenance amounting to .£780. Mr. Mead: How long has it been going on?—The Wife: The order was made as far back as 1878. Do you want the case ad mimed so that he can have an opportun y to pay?—It is no good adjourning the ase. He won't pay. He never has paid all< I do not think he ever intended to pay. Mr. Mead: Very well; six weeks' im-1 prisonment.

TRUTH WILL OUT. New York, Tuesday.—Karl von Wieg-and wires another surprisingly frank message to the New York World" to-day from Berlin. Indeed von Wiegsmd the last three days has become most pess^nistic, and if his messages reflect the opinions of the High Command in Germa-ny these officials must be exceedingly gloomy. Von Wiegand cables: "The Allied pres- sure is increasing on all fronts, keeping the Germanic army busy. The Russian waves are beating ceaselessly against the thin, anaemic line held by Hindenburg, Prince Leopold, Linsingen, and Bothmer. They attack with a constancy discourag- ing to the stoutest hearts."

I GAINS 00 BRUSSILOFF TAKES 271,620 MEN ENEMY'S STAND AT STOKHOD Petrograd, Tuesday, 1.12 p.m.—To-day?s j official communique says:- Western Front.—Fighting continues in the ?rokhod district, the enemy having brought up reinforcements and advanced powerful artillery is offering a stubborn resistance. On the Briaza-Funderl-Moldavia front, north-west of Kimpolung, alter hot tight- I ing, we repulsed large enemy forces. At many places we put the enemy to night X", itli the bayonet. Enemy aeroplanes flew over the railway station at Zamiril. on the Minsk-Barano- vitchi line, and dropped li6 bombs. In the Black Sea, near Zitral in the Caucasus, an enemy submarine sank one of our empty transports. Caucasian Front.—In the direction of Baiburt, on the night of July Sth, our scouts penetrated a height held by the Turks and captured some machine-guns, having bayonetted the gunners. Further south our tr(}or again took by assault strongly organised Turkish positions, which we consolidated. We made pris- oners 3U!) (?) officers and about 350 men. In the directum of Diarbeker, in the region of Boymukova Valley, our advanced guards easily repulsed an enemy offensive and took 40 prisoners. An approximate enumeration of pris- oners and booty made by General Brus- silolf during operations against the Austro- German army up to July 10th gives the following figures:- (oncers. 5,620 1?,Nferi )66,00() Guns 312 Machine guns 866 TWO ARMIES AGAINST KOVEL. Petrograd, Tuesday (received Wednes- day).—General Kaleden's forces are ap- proaching on Kovel from the south-east, and are slightly nearer the town than those of General Lesha, which are ad- vancing from the east, namely 20 miles as compared with 25. The triangle Bojistche-Svidiko-Gruziatin, between the Styr and the Stokhod, has now been cleared of the enemy. Fighting across the Stokhod is proceeding in the region of Svidniky. on both sides of the railway.— Press Association War Special. I GERMAN CLAIMS. The German report on Tuesday says:- On the front from the coast to Pinsk no important events have occurred Near Pinsk quiet prevails. The Russian report o: the evacuation of the town .8 a pure invention. On tho Stokhod line the enevi; unsuc- cessfully attacked at several lvhql*; w-tn strong forces near Czerowiszcze, Hu o- wicze, Ivorsyni, and Ganowka and ast 1 .,1.2, tfie railways from Kovel to Rivno r.e v I ilulewicre. By a strong counter-attack the enemy was thrown across his positions, and he lost over 700 prisoners and > machine guns. Our air squadrons abundantly bombed troop transports near Horodzieja on the line Baranovitschi-Minsk and repeated their attack on the Russian dug-outs east or the Stokhod. In the course of an air fight an enemy aeroplane was shot down near Vorontsclia, west of Zirin, and an- other west of Okonsk. General Von Bothmer's Army.—A scout- ing party successfully engaged the enemy 60uth of Burkanow Wood and returned with some dozens of prisoners.

I THE PERISCOPE. During the hearing of an action by Mr. Joseph Darch against the Trenchescope Company on Tuesday, Mr. Marshall Hall, K.C., who appeared for the plaintiff, re- marked that the periscope was by no means an up-to-date invention. He had an old one, he said, which was used in the days of one of the Georges as a quizzing glass, so that the gallants might watch the ladies while pretending to be looking in the opposite direction.

MUCH SUMMONED TAILOR. On a charge of paying his female workers less than the minimum trade of wages fixed by the Trades Board, Joseph. Fair- man, master tailor, Sussex-street, Poplar, appeared at Thomas Police Court on Tues- day, on 119 summonses, and was fined o £ 3 each on 12 and a nominal penalty of a shilling on each of the remaining, in addi- tion to arrears amounting to

I TRAWLER'S FIND." Ymuiden, Tuesday. — An incoming trawler reports having encountered on Tuesday morning a German seaplane, XQ. 549, afloat with a broken screw. The two occupants asked to be towed to a point six miles from the coast, and while the sea- plane was thus vbeing towed they came on board the trawler. After a couple of hours two other Ger- man seaplanes approached. One flew off to get assistance, and the other took up one occupant of the wrecked seaplane. After some time the seaplane which had lfown away returned with another, which then took up the second man of the dis- abled seaplane, which eventually sank.— Reuter.

HIS DEATH NOTICE. Death Notice of W. T. Thurston were the words which a Bermondsey clerk named William Thurston wrote on the envelope containing the Army notice call- ing upon him to report for military ser- vice. He was due to report on Monday, but was found that morning dead in bed with a tube from the gas bracket still in his month. His sister said he had been much depressed at the prospect of joining the Army. Suicide during temporary insanity was the verdict.

CAR IN A DYKE. A verdict of accidental death was re- turned at an inquest at Folkestone on Tuesday on Mr. Harry Sankev Tolputt, a member of the town council, who died from inflammation of the lungs and card-I iae failure caused by immersion through I a motor-car accident. The car was driven by Mr. William James Mason, and in turning a corner near Rye the wheels skidded, the vehicle, capsized, and fell into a marsh dyke. The driver. Mr. To]- plItt. and Mr. Tin win were pinned beneath in several feet of water. Corporal Horace I Taylor, a Canadian, jumped clear and helped to extricate the others. Mr. Tol- ?pu.tt wa? a ll-kn()wn concert agen-t?

WAR RESUME I Leader" Office 4.50 p.. t Reviewing the 10 days' fighting on the Sojiinie,, Sir Douglas Haig reports the capture by the British of all the enemy's fiist system of defences on a front of 3-1,000 yards, the depth of the advance being from 2,000 to 4.000 yards. Five villages and many redoubts, 29 cannon, and 7,500 prisoners have been taken. The French have slightly improved their position on the Somme and taken more prisoners. Before Verdun, ficrce attacks gave the enemy a footing in Damloup battery and in trench elements in Fumin Wood. A German submarine last night attacked the undefended port of s near | Sunderland. Aw Ollwn was killed atfd a house was struck by a shell. A strong indictment of the Irish situation was made in the House of Lords las! night. In the Caucasian front 'the Russians have registered fresh gains. Against the A iistro-German armies General Brussiloff is still making great efforts. His captures include 271,620 men, 312 guns, and S66 machine-guns. On account of Italy's pressure, the Aus- trians have been obliged to recall to tiie I south-western theatre troops that had been withdrawn for the eastern front. Positions north of Monte Como were won by the Italians, but partly re-taken by the enemy. There were successes in attack and defence elsewhere.

¡TO-DAY'S MEWS IN BRIEF Glasgow bread and pastry bakers have had their wages increased to 44s. a week. Sir Frederick Borden, Prime Minister of Canada, has been elected a vice-presi- dent of the British Empire Leagtie. General Demaria (a Rome message | states) was killed in the Trentino while I personally leading a desperate attack.— Exchange. Disabled sailors and soldiers are to be trained free as switchboard and sub- station attendant", by the Institute of Electrical Engineers. 5,000 munition and other factory hands at Brunswick went on strike on July 3 as a protest against Liebkmclit's condemna- tion to penal servitude.—Wireless Press. Prince Adalbert, the Kaisers Tliird eon. has been awarded the Iron Cross. He was on one of the German battleships in tho Jutland battle, but was only under tire for five minutes.

THE INSURANCE ACT. First Sitting of Treasury Committee. Sir Alfred Mond, M.P., presided on I Tuesday over the first meeting of the Treasury Committee to deal with unem- ployment insurance repayments. A meet- ing was also held to-day of the Commis- sion of Investigation in the regard to the Insurance Act set up by the Faculty of Insurance, to which, by the way, Sir John Spear has been added. The Coxamis- j sion intends ca IE ng cyidence as to the work oi the English, Irish, Welsh, and I Scotch Commissions, and Mr. Handel Booth has been authorised to put a ques- tiOll in the House of Commons to ask whether the Treasury Committee which has been for so long sitting has taken any evidence as to these separate Commissions and their relation to the joint committee •composed of the chairmen of the four Commissions, and whether the Govern- ment deliberately excepted this subject from the inquiry of the Treasury Com- mittee.

I RUMANIA'S ATTITUDE. Watching Events in Galisia and I Bukovina. Tageblatt," telegraphing from Sinaia. says: Rumania is closely following the course of events, especially in Galicia and the Bukovina, but he believes that lvefore the Russians have crossed the Carpathians the Entente's prospects of victory will hardly appear sufficiently assured to war- rant Rumania joining the Entente. He advises calm confidence, and prophesies that future military events will falsify the expectations of Rumania's leading | statesmen.—Reuter.

LONDON TRAM OVERTURNS. Fifty People Inj ured. A serious tram accident occurred on Tuesday evening at Warwick-avenue, on the Harrow-road, Paddington, wherebv 4!) or 50 people were more or less -t-riouslv injured. A Metropolitan electric tramcar nearly full was travelling between Warwick and Ranelagh bridges and over the rise, when it jumped the metals, plunged across the road. and, mounting the pavement, col- lided with the wall of the Great Western Railway. The tram was overturned, and almost- all of the 50 or 60 passengers were injured. The injured were removed to St. Mary's Hospital, and a number were dealt with in the British Red Cross Drill Hall. Of the nine passengere detained at St. I Mary's Hospital three had serious in- juries. The nyve serious injuries are a dislocated hip. a double fracture of the II jaw, and a case of spinal injury CONDITION OF THE INJURED. The injured persons detained in the St. Mary's Hospital were stated on Wednes- day to he progressing a.s satisfactorilv as could be expected.

WELSH MINERS DECORATED. On Tuesdav, at Buckingham Palace, H.M. the King decorated with the King Edward medal right miners for heroism in the course of their employment. Thev were Frederick Georse Stephens. Arthur Woodhouse, Joseph Peat, C. B. Franklin. Harold Gregory, C. W. Hudson, Edward Morse, and T. Smith. All these received medals of the second class. The first- named is a fireman at the Aberaman Colliery. Most of the rest come from Derbyshire. His Majesty also decorated with medals of the first class Scz-gt. J. Burt -and Mr. A. Frankland. and of the second class Private D. McPollard. The recipients were introduced by the Home Secretary, and as the King handed the medals to them he warmly congratulated them on their bravery. Several of the men, wearing the medals, afterwards j! l visited the House of Commong.

I WOUNDED AT WIPERS," Amsterdam, Wednesday.— The Tdc- graaf learn? from the )rentier that during the b:1 few day- numerous wounded have been arriving at Gllen, mostly from near Ypre?, where a heavy bombardment eon limit THE SEAHAM ATTACK. The 1're-s Af-soviation's Seaham Har- bour eorre-pc-ndc-nt. in a mes&ago re- sne'ding the bombardment bj a German sulvi-oarine la-t night, M»y*: A!v>ut. 10.20 I the inhabitants w-re -tartel by de- I tona'iois, 1\111 t'.a-bes were distincib' seen at appeared to bo abfju* a quarteT-^f-a-mile off the harbour, or perhaps rn^re. but none of the missiles ) tell in the town. All ol them went, high overhead ,.ni expended thorn*—h «s about a mib and a half inTund. Several shells exploded in a colliery villag-c. It is reported that one pasted elosc to a pit and that another struck a waggon of t:mher and a house in a row of miners' dwellings. Another fell in a field, ploughing up the grass, and making a large hole. NO BYE-ELECTION. Mr. Lloyd George's Position. Mr. Asquifh introduced a Bill to render unnecessary re-election of mem- 1."r en av-cptanep "Prtaln officef. miv>J." f being the. ne-v War Secret;iry and the. M-ni*te>T of Munitions. 1 «

— BIG SHIPS SEIZED. Russians' Fine Hauls in the Baltic. Copenhagen, Tuesday.—Two large Ger- man steamers—the Li, a))<)n (5,000 tons) and the Worms (9,000 tons)—were cap- tured by Russian torpedo boats in the Baltic outside Bjuroe at twelve o'clock last night. The captain and crew, with a Swedish pilot, were taken from the Worms on board a Russian warship. The remainder of the German crew ar. rived to-day at Skelleftea. in Sweden. Exchange.

VACANT LORD LIEUTENANCY. The "London Gazette" on Tuesdav night contained the announcement that letters patent bearing date the 11th inst. have passed the Great Seal of the United Kingdom appointing Lord Castletown, Sir David Harrel, the Right Hon. Richard Robert Cherry, Lord Chief Justice of Ire- land. and the Right. Hon. James Owen Wylie and Jonathan Frim, Judges of the Supreme Court of Judicature in Ireland, to he Lord Justices for the Government of Ireland during the vacancy in the office of Lord-Lieutenant.

The Prime Minister presided over a full attendance at a meeting of the Cabinet held at Downing-str#et to-day. The Earl of Crawford. the new President of thp. Board of Agriculture, and Mr. Tennant, the new Secretary for Scotland, were pre- sent.