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SWiss PERIL. GERMANY PREPARING TO INVADE. Troops Massed on Frontier. The German threat to Switzerland is becoming more grave and fully justifies the recent immobilisation of part of the Swiss army. In accordance with their usual custom when contemplating a crime, the Ger- mans are trying to justify it in advance by alleging that the French are planning a violation of Swiss neutrality. Romo reports fliat the Germans are massing large bodies of troops on Lake Constance, presumably for use against Italy. CLEARING THE FRONTIER. Rome, Friday.—The "Giornale d'Italia" learns from Chiasso that the Germans have ordered inhabitants in /Titian towns and villages along the Swigs lyu-nt to evacuate their homes and Withdraw behind the Rhine1, and to carry all avail- able footstuffs. The Germans are concentrating l&.<$ge bodies of troops on the borders of Lake Constance, presumably for use on the Trentino.—Exchange. THE GERMAN METHOD. Allegations of a Coming French Attack. Paris, Friday.—M. Marcel Hutin, re- viewing the military situation generally, writes to-dav in the Echo de Paris They are beginning to bestir them- selves in Germany. Major Moraht, acting n.) doubt on a hint from headquarters, savs in the Berlinefc Tageblatt' that a French'offensive is expected towards Bel- fort, which has never ceased from the very beginning of the war to constitute a point d'appui for the French right wing and a menace to Mulhouse. Naturally this German military expert adds that on the German aide all measures have been taken, and that General Foci will only be butting his head against a brick wall. It is, at all events, the fact that the Germans have especially (strengthened their effectives and war material in. Up- per Alsace and on the Swiss frontier. May I ask, then, for what reason the Germane are constructing the great strategic Baden ra ilwav at Basle, which has cost them some £ 750,000? "—Exchange.

ENEMY PATROL FAILS. Futile Effort South of .Armentieres. ARTILLERY DUELS. TO-DAY'S FRENCH OFFICIAL. There were short and violent artil- lery engagements in the region of Plessisio-de-Roye (south of Las- igny). f In the Argonne we successfully fired a mine in the sector of Balance. fhe night was calm elsewhere. BRITISH OFFICIAL. Friday. 9.22 p.m.—An enemy patrol rhich approached our line last night east tf Fauquissart (seven miles south of Armentieres) was driven off. During the day enemy working parties in the Ancre area were dirpersed by our artillery. The enemy's positions in the neighbour- hood of the La Baseee Canal have been bombarded with satisfactory results. Elsewhere the usual artillery activity has continued. German Report. Western Theatre of War.—Our patrols carried out successful undertakings at several points.Reuter. FRENCH OFFICIAL. Paris, rriday, 1] p.m.—In the course of the day our artillery energetically coun- tered the enemy artillery in the sectors to th. east of Auberive, Hill 304, and Chambrettes Farm. On the rest of the front there is nothing to report.

A SWANSEA WILL. Mr. William Henry Thomas, of 30nydd- bach House, Mynyddbach, near Swansea, who died on December 24th last, left estate valued at £ 592 gross, with net per- sonalty £178 Probate of his will h818 been granted to his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Thomas, of the above address.

GERMANY VERY CROSS. VIRULENT OUTBURSTS FOLLOW MR. BALFOUR'S KITE Amsterdam, Friday—The Koelnieche Volkzeitung," commenting on Mr. Bal- four's Note, says:— The reply to British arrogance, dis- tortions, and must be the sword and the torpedo. Then the British will abandon writing Notes, and the world will be freed of I;he imperious and covetous tyrant, who has already too long been allowed to stretch his octopus arms around the lands of the earth, and who for centuries has not shrunk from wicked and inhuman means if it was a question of satisfying his lust for power and ex- pansion." Tho "Cologne Gazette" writes: "The aim of this new falsification of history by the English Government appears to be a desire to wipe out the bad impression which the rude Note of the Entente 'has made on Mr. Wilson, on wide circles of the American population, and on other neutrals. I RING ROUND GERMANY. ) Naturally Mr. Balfour supprewew the fact that L, glaiid possesses a world Em- pire which certainly was not brought to- gether by peaceful ways. He suppresses tho fact that a ring was drawn around Germany which was meant, as far as pos- i sÎhle. to exclude us from the distribution of the Colonial territory still to be dis- poeed of, and he invents for this purpose again the story of Germany's lust for world predominance without giving the least proof of this lust." The article concludes: We now know ,exactly the aims of the Entente, and our answer will be by deeds. We do not want a peace such as they offer us, not even by neutral mediation. We ourselves shall secure such a peace ae we have hitherto secured and shall continue to secure by victory. Our sword will prove to be j stronger than their lies."—Reuter. I A FRENCH TRIBUTE. II Paris, Saturday.-Couam,rtting in the 11 Hoinme Encha.ine" on Mr. Balfour's dispatch, M. Clemenoeau writes: The Pre- sident must realiae to-day his intervention on the side of right can only eventually bear good fruit. Mr. Balfour attacks the j subject with frank logic, the art of which I consists in telling the truth in the light of day. The writer declares the dispatch is the most remarkable production which has yet appeared in our diplomatic his- tory of the war. i THE ENTENTE'S "MAD DEMANDS." Amsterdam, Friday (received Saturday). —According to a Berlin official telegram, the general committee of the Trades Federation of Germany, the General I Union of Christian Federations, the Union of German Federation^, and other federa- ¡ tions, and the Clerks' and other unions, sent to the Imperial* Chancellor a letter saying, inter alia:- The peace offer made on December 12 in the Reichstag met with the full ap- proval of German employes. The mad de- mands of the Entente can only have been made on the supposition that the military and economic strength of Germany was broken." After saying that these supposi- i-tions have been disproved on the battle if ronts, and that Germany is not yet ex- hausted, the resolution also declares that it is the most sacred duty of everyone to stake everything for the existence of the Fatherland. IMPERIAL CHANCELLOR'S BUNKUM. The Chancellor has replied:—"I know that your letter r-eflects the thoughts of millions of our compatriots. With every new day the enemy discloses more shazne- jleesly his intentions, which aim at the i destruction of Germany and her allies, but no conqueror, though, ne cominandei all the force in the world, will be able to force Germany into the yoke of slavery. United in the fight for our freedom, which never slights other peoples rights, have accepted the new challenge. That in this severe struggle the German labour world is loyally and firmly standing by the Fatherl-and, you have expresse d in your letter. Thi-s to me is a firm guarantee of our final victory, of a future for Germany, in which all her ooii6 will find success." A similar letter is also addressed by the federations to the Chief, of the War Board —General Gwener. — 9

I HELD IN THE EAST. I 'Two Turkish Regiments I Wiped Out at Vaderi. I Geneva, Friday.-The enemy's advance has" been stopped along the whole Sereth line, and Galatz has probably been saved, says the Daily Express" Geneva corres- pondent. During the recapture of Vadema the Allies wiped out two Turkish regiments. It is possible that Tulcea and Issaccea, which are under the Allies' fire, wiU eoon be retain. The "Btrnd," of Berne, says that tie Central Powers' offensive against Ru- mania was only a kind of sortie by a besieged garrison.

I FIRST-BORN TWIN TO GO. A farmer's twin sons, both nineteen this month, came before the Buckinghamshire Appeal Tribunal. The one born first WM refused exemption, but his brother i, not to be called 11P till a substitute is found.

TRENCHES IN A CORNFIELD. A complaint th&t the military authori- ties have destroyed growing wheat in Kent by setting Volunteers to dig trench** in a field under cultivation has been sent to the Board of Agriculture by the local Cultivation of Lands Committee.

PLEDGED ALLOWANCES. Women were eaid to have borrowed money on their separation allowances from a eoldier's wife, who was fined 210 at Glasgow on Friday for acting as a moMy- lender and failing to register. The rate of interest was stated to be 130 per cent. a year. On a loan of 2b. threepence a week was charged.

LOCAL BOXING. I The efforts made by Professor Alf I Harry to promote competition among; local boxers have not been very remuner- ative. Mr. Harry, however, hM the con- eolation of knowing that he has brought out some promising talent. A few gentle- men who recognise the value of his work have arranged to give him a "benefit" at the Olympic Hall, Swansea, on. Monday evening. The programme is one of eX- eep

"DEPOSE THE KAISER. PEOPLE CONVINCED THAT DEFEAT IS "MATHEMATICAllY GERTArN." CERMANY S DIRE PLIGHT I i I The Only Way Out is the title of a Bavarian pamphlet whicli reached Rome t<Mlay, via Zurich (says the Special Corre- spondent of the Daily Chronicle in a j dispatch, dated Friday). It is publiehed I at Munich under the auspices of the As- sociation of Male Citizens of Southern Germany." The thesis, developed by its pseudonymous author, Henrich Sieger," is no other than that Germany's only prac- tical course to avert final ruin lies in the dethronement of the, House of Hohen- zollern. I Reviewing the actual military situation, the author likens the series-of German victories to those of King Pvrrhus. They are, he says, purely ephemeral, and no- body can be more keenly alive to this fact than Hindenburg, whose colossal forward movement on the Eastern front has merely succeeded in shifting the scene of trench warfare a few hundred miles, and! whose war-worn forces, for a long time inert and impotent in front of Riga and Dunaburg, have still before them vast, I untrodden stretche-s of the Russian Em- pire. WILLIAM II. AND NAPOLEON. I .gh,t till the Germany cries, We will fight till tie last man, and when no more men are left we will enrol the women and old men,' j but the people itself is convinced thAt ;?. manœuvre of this sort can avert ultimate. defeat, which, despite all efforts and all sacrifices that we have made and will make, and despite mountainous ruins still i.aemsing day by day, is at this moment, mathematically certain." I The Pamphleteer "g.a,rd8 Ger- many? present situation as identdcal with that of the French Empire a century ago. When the cruciaJ moment comes, will William II., he asks, stand prepared to sacrifice himself for the German peoples as Napoleon 1. sacrificed himself for the I French natione When Germany becomes convinced: that a sufficient outlay of men and money I has been already made, and that national honour has been saved, then will come the time for abrogating the Treaty of Ver-! sailles, and for changing the Constitution which granted to the Prussian Crown the privilege of heredity and the German eoeptre. THE WAY OUT. Even as France avoided the terrible peace conditions by deposing Napoleon, so Germany, faced by the vision of final catastrophe, will one day be driven to decide the deposing of the King of Prussia in favour of a Bavarian ruler. The House of Wittelsbach h" fulfilled all its duties I to the Empire, its escutcheon is u.nstaaned, and in this war it has won its laurels again and again. "Not only would the German Empire under the Wittelsbach dynasty offer the necessary security for a. European peace, bill, also the possibility of realising a still greater Germany. The writer then draws distinction be- tween the Pan-Germa.nist ahd Grand Ger- manist party, stating that the latter is re- presented by the Socialism preached by Marx and Engels, and, counts numerous adherenta throughout Bavaria, even among the Conservative politicians; Also in Meck- lenburg,' Hanover, Silesia and Saxony, and aims at reuniting with Germany those Germans whom Austria annexed in 1666. AUSTRIA'S DEATH AGONY. I Sieger views Austria as approaching its death-agony, and argues that the main- tenance of the Austro-Hungarian Empire by force of arms and police tyranny is no longer worth while now that the Empire has ceased to serve as a bulwark against the encroachments of Turkey. He foresees that England, France, and Russia will never consent to negotiate peace with the present Kaiser or the Ger- j man Crown Prince, whereas with t disappearance of the Hohenzolleme it will become possible for Germany to promote; and cement cordial relatione with Eng- land, as has happened in Great Britain's relations with France." The Zurich Volksrecht says that the document here summarised voices a state of opinion very widely diffused in Bavaria, and, indeed, almost everywhere in South- ern Germany, as well as in influential middle class circles and among the lower orders.

WESTERN COMMAND. I Me Truth in Rumours of I Coming Change. The Press Bureau is authorised to state that there is absolutely no truth in the suggestions that any change is oontem. plated in the present arrangements as to the relations between the French and British commands on the Western front, The subject has not even been discussed. I

VIEN.NA TRAIN CHASH. I Copenhagen, Friday.-Wegrams from Vienna report that yesterday a serious accident ocourred on the railway line be- tween Trieste and Vienna. A mail train was almost oexupletelv buried under a great fall of earth. Seven of tke lcftled and fourteen of tie injured hare been extricated, but the number of killed must be much greater, because other wagons were hurled into the Save River.—Exchange Telegram.

CHEAP PEACHES. Thirteen thousand boxes of excellent South African peaches have arrived at Caveat Garden. They are being sold wholesale at prices which enable the fruiterer to retail them at from 3s. to 58 a box of 24 to 28 peaches. The NJeeon for these extraordinary low prices is that the fruit arrived slightly frosted; this, however, only affects the delicate and tender skin, the edible quali- ties of the fruit still being excellent.

THE MARGARINE MAYOR. At an Islington Guardians, metting on Friday the Mayor, Alderman Elliott, dis- cussing tenders for the supply of butter for the use of Pcor Law Officers, said that both the Mayoress and himeelf found mar- garine was quite good enough, and, in-I deed, he preferred margarine.—One guar- dian, describing margarine as U abomi. nable-stuff," said that Alderman Elliott would be known as the margarine mayor." Margarine iron the day by 12 votes to .11 J f

j NEW LOAN BOOMING I MANY MORE MILLIONS ROLL IN. I BIG SUBSCRIPTIONS I Friday wa? another day of big money I for t?e War Loan, the Kcctesiastic?I Com- missioners lading the way with a Z3,500,000 holding, of which Zl,200,000 is new money. Friday's subscriptions included:— £ Boclesiastioal C. ( £ 1,200,000 new) 3,500,000 N.E. Raily. Co. ( £ 1,800,000 new) 2,000,000 Co-op. Wholesale (9650,000 new) 2,000,000 Yorks. Insce. Co., Ltd 1,250,000 Courtauld's, Ltd. (new) 1.000,000 Nat. Deposit Friendly. 750,000 Sir Marcul Samuel (£420,000 new) 500,000 I Scott. Temp. Life Ass. (?250,000 new ) 500,000 Eng. and Scott. Life As. (£300,000 new) 500,000 Bristol Corp. ( £ 300,000 new) 450,000 African Banking' Corp. 350,000 Leicester Corp. ( £ 100,000 riew).: 150,000 Harrods, Ltd 150,000 Ross T. Smyth and Co., Liver- pool (new) 100,000 i Morgan and Wiikley, Cardiff 100,000 Kerr, Stuart and Co., Ltd. (new) 50,000 Charing Cross and City Electric I Supply Co. 50,000 South African Breweries 50,000 Medical Sickness Annuity Ass. 45,000 Kern River Oil, California (new) 40,000 ioperative Cotton Spinners Amal. 25,000 Newcastk-u.-Lyme Corporation. 20,000 Bristol Guardian (new) 10,000 Farnham U.D. Council 3,000 The War Savings Committee are urging banks in all parts of the country to fol- low the lead of those in Greenwich and Luton and remain open for War Loair business on two or three evenings in each week. 1, WHEN THE LISTS ARE CLOSED. The National War Savings Committee are authorised to state that, after the War Loan lief6 are closed, the actual number of subscribers will be announced, as well as the total amount subscribed. The number of subscribers to the fourth Ger- I man Loan was 5,279,fi45, and to the fifth (the last) 3,809,976, a decrease of 27 per | cent. I THE BRITISH LOAN IN AMERICA. New York, Friday.-It is announced j that the new British Loan of 250 million dollars ( £ 50,000,000) at 52 1 per cent. will be offered to the public here on practically a 16 per cent, bacis.-Reuter. SWANSEA'S CONTRIBUTION. The Mayor of Swansea desires it to be known that with regard to the indicator to be placed at the Labour Exchange, only the total amount known to be sub- scribed, in the town, will be shown. The amounts received from the banks will only be in the aggregate, and the amounts subscribed through any parti- cular bank, or by any individual sub- scriber, will not be shown. The amounts, therefore, subscribed by individual per- sons and firms will not he published in any case, unless expressed permission to do so is given by the investor; but it is hoped that many will permit this to be done, so as to inspire others to follow their good example. It is suggested that if any firm or per- son in Swansea and district subscribes to the loan through London, they should I notify the Borough Treasurer, so that the amount may be included in the Swansea total, but the amount invested in such cases will not be published unless permis- sion is given to do roo

I A LOST PURSE. I Failure of Swansea Official's Wife's Claim, Mr. Justice Bray, in the King's Bench Divi-aion on Saturday, entered judgment for defendants in the action by Mrs. Hilda Burrows, wife of Major Norman Burrows, until recently Governor of ( Swansea Prison, against the Regent Palace Hotel, London, claiming £81, the value of a purse oontaining two diamond brings and cash, which plaintiff said was stolen from her at the hotel in June, 1915. ) The Judge held that all, findings of the I jury were for defendants.

I VISIBLE SEASONS. I To facilitate the showing of season tickets the L. and S.W. Railway Co. will shortly issue new tickets of the size of half-a-crown. "Each will be enclosed in a mica covering, and also a metal case, which will leave the lettering on the ticket visible. This outer caee is for attachment to a watch-chain or handbag, or it may be worn as a w ristlet or badge.

-1 SEAT FOR SALE. Duke of Sutherland, on active ser- 1-ice, has decided to sell his Shropshire ]6eat, LiUeahall, which will be offered next July. In a letter to his tenants the Duke saye he bitterly regret^ having to part with the estate, but the burden of taxation, particularly death duties, com- pels him. Soldiers' cottages are to be excluded from the aale, and several pen- sioners' holdings will be sold to the occu- pants having a life lease. <

NEW WAR ANTISEPTIC. A wonderful new antiseptic for wounds is described by the British Medical Journal." I" Kneh labour has been spent on the j elimination of the bad effects of anti- eepties," it ia stated, and eager search lias been directed towards the ideal bac- terlcide. In a communication Browning and his co-workers at the Bland-Sutton Institute report favourably on a new anti- septic which they call flavine/ which is twenty times more powerful than oorro, &ive sublimate, and 800 times more so than carbolic acid or chloramine under the requisite conditions."

EL ARISH V I CTOR. HONOURED The King has been pleased to approve of the Grand Cross of St. Michael and St. George being conferred on Lieut.-General (Temporary General) Sir Archibald J. Murray, K.CJB., K.C.M.G., C.V.O., D.S.O., Colonel, Royal Inniskililng Fusi- liers, General Officer Commanding-in- Chief Egyptian Expeditionary Force, in recognition of his distinguished services in the field. The victories at El Arish and Magd- haba culminated last week, it will be re- called, in a further sweeping success by our forces in Egypt, as the result of which the province of Sinai was cleared of Tm?s.fOtT.t?e ?Ft t4ne &M' o?r two years.

MUNITION WORKS I EXPLOSION I FEARED BIG DEATH ROlli TERRIBLE AFFAIR IN LONDON I DiSlttlCT I The following official -statement was issued by the Ministry of Munitions late on Friday night:— The Ministry of Munitions regret to announce that an explosion occurred this I evenIng at a munitions factory in thp neighbourhood of Loudon. It is feared that the explosion wi., attended by considerable loss of life and damage to property.

THE CENTRAL EMPIRES. I Conference on War and Economic I Questions. Amsterdam, Saturday.—According to a Berlin telegram, the Austrian Pregiier, Count Clammartini, and the Hungarian Premier, Count Tissza, returned to Vienna last evening, after a discussion of various war and economic questions with leading German statesmen and representa- fives of both Army commands. Full agree- ment, it is added, vias reached.

PRICE OF FLOUR. I I At Newcastle on Saturday G.R. flour I was is. dearer on the week.

I CANADIAN LOYALTY. I Ottawa, Saturday.—The Duke of Devon- shire formally opened Parliament to-day in a speecAfrom the throne. lie observed that near* .400,000 men had enlisted in Canada. Notwithstanding the -,var, the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Dominion would be commemorated this I year-

I MAN-POWER. I An important and largely-attended con- ference on the question, it is understood, of man-power was held on Friday morn- ing at No. 10, Downing-street. The Prime Minister (Mr. Lloyd George) pre- sided, and among those present were the Earl of Derby, Mr. R. E. Prothero, Mr. J. Hodge, Mr. Walter Long, and Mr. Bonar Law. I

I BLACK ATTIRE DANGER. j Sidney James Lacey, the driver of the motor-omnibus which ran down and killed Emma Morris, a tailore&s, in Old Kent-) road on Monday evening, said at the in-! quest on Friday that the woman was dressed in black. It was a very dark, niglit and it was quite impossible for him j to see her. I The jury returned a verdict of Acci- dental Death.

NO TRAMS. I I Practically the whole of the employes I of the Stockport Corporation tramways I struck work on Saturday morning, and no trams were running during the day in the town. The strike was decided upon at midnight, and thousands of workpeople had to walk to the mills on Saturday morning. The men, it is stated, who re- ceive a waT bonus of 6s. 6d., are dissatis- fied- with certain deductions which the' curtailed tramway service entails.

I ANZAC OFFICER KNIGHTED. I I I The London Gazette" announced on Friday night that a Knight Commander- ship of the Order of St. Michael and St. George has been conferred on Colone-I (tempomry Ma jor-General) Henry George Chauvel, C.B., C.M.G., AustraJ?B Mili- tary Forcps, in recognition of his distin- giiished services in the field. Sir Henry has seen much military ser- vice in Australia, and was Adjutant- General from 1911 to 1914. He served in the South African War with the Queens- land M-olinted Infantry, and was men- tioned in despatches. He is fifty-one.

FAMILY'S PROUD RECORD. I A splendid war record is held by the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Nasmitli, of Wey- bridge. Decorations won by three of their eons are as follows:— V.C.captain Martin Nasmith, R..N,, of Ell fame. D.S.O.CzpWn Arthur P. Nasmith, Border Regiment, for "great courage and initiative in organising and leading a suc- cessful attack." Military Cross.—Major Reginald Na- smith, Highland Light Infantry. A fourth son. Lieutenant Sydney Nasnrith, is in India, and has not had an opportunity of gaining a war distinction.

BOXERS IN KHAKI. Writing from France, a member of a Welsh regiment tells of the successes gained there by local boxers. Young Danny Arthur, late of Glyn-Neath. has," he says, "taken the welter-weight cham-' pionship of Rouen, which pleased us all very muoh. Kid Jones is making big strides. He has had numerous fights, and has proved victorious in all but one (and on that occasion he wasn't fit to enter the ring.) He fought Pte. Palmer, "of the .A.S.C., and came off an easy winner on points. He also fought Pte. Kirk, A.S.C., and amid loud applause knocked Kirk; out in the second round. He is now in t training tofigM a French lad, and hopes j to prove himself the victor. Drummer Williams and Pte. Griffiths are his trainers."

DUKE OF ATHOLL DEAD. I The Press Association's Perth correspon- dent telegraphs that tpe Duke of Atholl died at Blair Castle, Atholl, Perthshire, early on Saturday morning. The deceased, who was born in August, 1840, had for many years been a prominent figure in bhe public affairs of Perthshire. He was president of the Perthshire Territorial Force Association, and Lord-Lieutenant of Perthshire. The Duke of Atholl took a close and practical interest in every move- ment connected with the prosecution of the war. He was an authority on Scot- tish history, particularly that relating to Jacobite tinnes. He is succeeded by his son, the Marquis of Tullibardine, Unionist member for the Western Division of Perthshire, where a Parliamentary vacancy will thus be created.

TO-DAYS MR RESUME. Leader Office, 4.50 p.1 The German threat to invade Swiss terri-j tory is becoming more grave. It is being; justified by the enemy on the ground I that the French are alleged to be; planning a violation of Swiss neutrality. The Germans are concentrating large j I bodies of troops on the borders of Lake I; Constance. In an interview with Lord Robert Cecil. ] published in the French newspupe s, evidence is given of the effects of the] British blockade. Figures and' fae i are produced to show that Germauy 1&, leeling the pin. i Late on Friday night the Ministry oi I Munitions, ^tmouiiced thatan ex p losi,aIi had occurred at a munition factory tIll the neighbourhood of London. It ia feared that the explosion has been at-1 tended by considerable loss of life. I

ITO-DAY'S_EWS iN BRIEFI The Presidents of the Parliaments of the Germanic Allies arrived in Berlin on Friday. Sir Henry Bargrave Deane, the retiring II Divoroe Court judge, has been granted an annuity of = £ 3,500. Through a runaway horse dashing into a tramwav-car in Dublin on Friday two women were injured. For smoking in a war-work factory two men at Liverpool on Friday were each nned JS5 and costs, or a month. An old man named Bradbury hanged -himself with a boot-lace tied on a tree in a I wood at Rockwell End, Bucks. "I don't mind telling you that people- will not be seen talking to me," said a bailiff in Bow County Court on Friday. The conference of the National Union of Teachers, which was to have been held at Blackpool this year, has been abandoned. Mr. Joseph A. Peac,4. one of the new Peers, will take the title of Baron Gain- ford of Headlam, in the county of Dur- ham. A motor car overturned between G-or- port and Exeter on Friday night. The soldier driver was killed and an officer much bruised. Lloyd's Agency reports that the schooner Ellen Roberts, of Carnarvon, sprang a leek and sank five milias south of Baltimore Harbour, County Cork. You can go home, gentlemen, and pro- duce as much food as you can," said Mr. Justice Atkin, dismissing jurymen, includ- ing farmers, at the Carnarvonshire Assizes. Charged with murdering his wife Frances, who was found with her throat cut in Bullsmore-lane, Waltham Cross, on I Thursday, William James Pedder, waa remanded. The order to the public to give details of high-power lenses, broadly speaking, does not apply to hand cameras taking pictures not larger than postcard or 5in. by tin. size. Amsterdam, Saturday.—According to an official Berlin telegram to the Cologne Gazette," the British steamer Yarrowdale has been brought into Swinemuende. Owing to arrears of work in the Prize Court, it is probablp that Sir Maurice Hill, the new judge of the Probate. Divorce, and Admiralty Division, will sit as a second court. In the Liverpool opium raid case four Chinese were fined £ 50 and a guinea costs. one was fined 4;50 and costs, and X2 for assaulting the police, four .£25, and twenty-four t2 and costs. It was stated at Marylebone Court that Alison Collier, aged twenty-three, who was bound over for having left her baby on a doorstep, had received six offers of marriage while on remand. For selling a loaf 3oz. short of 21b. Messrs. R. and J. Pritchard, of Golder's Green were at Hendon fined t2, the chair- man of the Bench regretting that the fine could not be made heavier. Charged with the murder of Florence M. Sturley, who died as the result Qt an al- leged illegal operation, Mary. E. DanieJs, a nurse, was fOil nd guilty of manslaughter at the Old Bailey and was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment.

I FAMINE IN LEBANON. 110,000 People Die of Hunger I Paris, Friday.-It is reported from ) Rome, say6 the Wireless Press, that owing to the exorbitant price of provisions the poor of Syria and Palestine are dying of hunger. As a measure of oppression a condition of famine was Virtually decreed at a coun- cil presided over by Djemal Pasha, at which a German general, the Consul- General of Germany, and the Coasul- General of Austria were present. The I measure was adopted almost throughout Syria, but more specially in Lebanon, where up to the present over 110,000 per- sons have died of hunger. At Beyrout about 20 dead were picked up daily and the same number at Jeru- salem. In addition to this, persons con- tinue to be hanged. Several Bishops and numerous Christian, notables have been deported. ,Thanks to the generosity of the Pope, the Apostolic Delegate at Constantinople has endeavoured to succour the population of Syria, but the situation is such that his labour is far from being able to effect any considerable change. I

SUNK BY SUBMARINE. -1 Captain E. W. Brown and seven of the crew of the Nova Sootian three-masted schooner Lilian H, were landed on Friday, their sBtp having been sunk by a German submarine.

TOO NERVOUS TO MARRY. -1 An engineer's labourer, aged 38, and passed Cl, who asked the Appeal Tri- bunal at Spring Gardens for exemption on Friday, said that he had been paralysed and rejected once on account of the bad state of his nerves. He was so nervous that he could not get married. Mr. Brinslev Harper (cbeeringly): Mili- tairy life will be a. Godsend to you. It I will pick you up and you will be singing I Vive la guerre," and you will come homie and get married. < The appeal was dismisse d j

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GEN. SMUTS FOR COUNCIL. Capetown, Thursday (received Satur- day).—In a speech at Hanover Gen. Smuts announced that General* Smuts would attend the War Council in London.-— Reuter.

NEAR DUCK ISLAND. The War Trade Renoe Department will on Monday next move into a building srected over the bed of the lake in St. i James's Ilark-, el- to Duck Island. All communications should be sent to No. 1, Lake-buildings, St. James's Park, near Storey's Gate, Westminster, S.W.

PROFESSOR FRED GRIFFITH.| Professor Griffith, the celebrated flautist, who ha(I been confined to his bed since November 1st, and is recuperating at South St. Pancras Infirmary, is main- taining his strength since the trachestomy operation, and it i. hoped tha.t the opera- tion on the larynx will be soon performed.

HARSH POST OFFICE CLAIM. An elderly man asked for advice at Bow- street on Friday regarding a claim for £9 lis., made iy the Post Office, who had been giving his son, a postman who en- listed, his full pay less his Army pay of 7e. a week. The son had allowed his mother 3s. 6d. a week in addition to her Army allowance of 5s. 8d. He was killed in November, and the Poet Office, contending that the 5s. 8d. a week should have been stopped irat of his civil pay, were now demanding iiw> return of the sum stated. The magistrate said it seemed to him ji that the father was not liable for the inow-