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'11 t' 1. tUl'nwith Future historians wiU certainly t"rnvlt interest to the comments wMch Presi.^d nY Wi!son-s famous speech to t.w Unted States Senate has evoked throughout the world. The President's robust confidence in the possibility of realising by a. few swiit POSSl 'I 1 ,y 0 J t strokes an age-long aspiration of the most n. humane minds has surprised all prosaic 'I but even that daring expectation pcop e' has not caused so much astonishment as Mr. Wilson's appa relit belief that he can Use the aid of uneonquered Germany to es- tablish the world's peace on a sure founda- tion. The exigencies of complete neutrality inav imoose upon the President the need of p-ociaiming this exaggerated trust JI1 ldad-or- Hilt the boasting and menacing malefactor- but we ma?- well "v that the safety of the iamb guaranteed by the wolf would be Ni.-ith the peace of this planet as established by ? Prussian war- x-nity. We have seen the reception which the German Press, andem the strict eni-itroll of the Imperial censorship, his accorded to Mr. Wilson's basal peace principles, and especially to the one instance in which he himself pointed out then- practical appli- cation. The proposal that Poland should be liberated and united has been answered by a. scream of rage in1 the leading Geriiian, One interpretation put by these a busive' font calculating commentators on the Presi- dent's manifesto has an especial significance 1 and merits the particular consideration of the people of this country. The "Rhein- isch _Nvestii,lic;(.i)c- Zeitung" is the organ of the proprietors of Krupp's huge armaments factories at Essen, and of the associated in- iehistrial magnates, of West Prussia. The influence of this group with the German Court and the German Government has always been great, and is now greater than over. and this fact. enables us to appreciate the full import of the most striking com- ment which the "Eiheinisch-W'estfalische ■ Zeitung" has attached to President Wil- son's peace manifesto: "When Mr. Wilson speaks of the necessity of great nations to have direct access to the great sea routes, St practically means that Belgium must re- toain in German hands." Pro German agents here and in he United Stat&s have lately re- ,pe,ated with full assurance that t. (-ermany is ready to evacuate Belgium. The answer from Krupp's col-ifilms what. the German Imperial Chancellor has again I Itndagain told the German nation on this j jsubject. A nominal release of Belgium Jt-here"might be; a real release of the Bel- gian coast and ports from the German grip there will never be while Germany has (fetren^th to .prevent it. '].'he German nation I /commits crimes in order to profit by them, Ii, Id though the Kaiser's representatives f sign ten world-peace treaties with )all the unction their hypocrisy could triev ivoula- iiot forego their inten- tions bf robbery wfth vitilol-tee, Attd .would not forget that their gloss on r. Wilson's dictum about acces's to the jfcea liad forthwith fashioned for them a' pre- Hext for undermining and attacking Belgian I independence. p (-ice -,vdtliout victoir, S ays Mr. Wilton, must be the foundation 1 jot the world's futun-e tranquility. Peace j iffrith Germany. unregenerate and unde- Seated means "peace resting on Germany's Vpromise to respect it—peace, that is, on the I Very foundation that the Kaiser shattered |I fin August. 1914. The opinion o! the* British The opiii?1011 o? tha British ? ?)eo'pic' on the vialne of snch a .sheltr for ?the hopes, of mankind has been ,drill",blv ?nd tcrseiy expressed by Mr. Bonar La??v ll" For generations humane men. men of hgood will among air nations, have striven, i\a)y Hague Convention's, by peace confer- ence. by every means, to make war im- ^possible. (A Voice Not Germany.") said humane men. They have striven, if. not to make it impossible, to mitigate its jihorrors and to see how the barriers against jjwarbarism could be maintained. At the ^outbreak of war Germany .swept aside ,)n, of those barriers'and tore up the I scraps of paper which she had solemnly* signed. She spread mines in the open ,.C-)n seâ. and lalld she committed atrocities, incredible atrocities, contrary' o com' en- ?Mn? which &he had herself signed. At this < Moment ?h e is driving the populations oJ ?nemy territory into davery; and worse  tf-?'rr itc)rv irto I ?verx- .an d wors eI .than that, ill some cases she is making the subjects of the AllIes take up arms ag?jns?. f?heir own c(-uritr\?.1]aPpened oDd, no neutral country has been able to jttop it, and, more than that, no neutral '•jcountry has made any protest, it least, no effective protest. It is for us a question of Jite or death. We must have stronger t guarantees for the future peace of the world.u

The Ministers of the War Government, I common consent, have set themselves to I' work upon their various tasks with, all the ijpromptitudc and vigour, which we were en- •titled to expect, oi their individual and coi- Jectrve capabilities and though the unty '(:;inn:Jt and does Hot luuk for everything to j jbc done at once, even by so able and repic- (seiit'cilfve a body of inei i., ihc-re is all-ronnd I evidence of a new activity and drive" in every department of our war organisation, and this is most gratifying to the public mind. We do not pretend that the country icjoices in the prospect of trial and hard- ship, even of privation, which may await it. Jt"pt,.I,1jlrl be idle to make such a pretence. ,\Ve know that- for aJi of its the task of com- pletii)}; our victory over Germany and her viasirils must involve, in one way or .ano- ther; sacrifices considerably greater than we have yet haci to bear; and the progressive re of the War Government s inea- sure already gi ves a fairly plain indication of the nature and extent of those sacrifices. but i-f the home cannot be said t"rej?ce in the antIcipation of its new burdens, it can truly be said to await them v. )t!; composure ?d courage, and even with n nr:a!n pride born of the consciousness tlwt not all the tria!? of the struggle arc. to devdve upon the fighting men aiol? and the ?ole nation does Assuredly rejoice t? ?ec .?d know that no time is being icat and no el-'cnt spared by the War 1inístry to ^nioo.lise yie last ounce of our national strength in men, mateTral, and money for the conclusive defeat of the enemy. The nation, as we have said, does not ex- pect to see everything done at once. It knows well that the new Administration tílok over from the hesitating hands of its predecessor a legacy of arrears, even, in some respects, of humiliation. It remem- bers, with sympathy and good will towards the courageous nit,, who have now taken the vast task in hand, that there was much mismanagement to correct, and that it will take a long time yet to organise the machinery whereby Britain's full powers may be brought to bear upon the enomy. But every day brings U5 fres-h evidence of the patriotic activities of Ministers and of the systematic development of order out of confusion. It is no ill- sign that in some points of the reconstruction we find Ministers and Departments, if not at loggerheads, iu a mood of energetic expansion. The demands of the war are so manifold and varied and there are so many different pressing prob- lems clamouring for solution, that we can. only expect to find a considerable clash of interests as between one branch of the war [organisation and another. It is a necessity j of the case; and what we delight to note is that, instead of the old deadlocks and in- decisive postponements, we iiave nowadays a keen but friendly passage of arras be- tween the rival authorities, followed by a prompt decision of the matter upon the best! lines of compromise that may be practicable, coupled with a welcome avoidance of de- partmental formalities and red tape." This new spirit is very welcome at the head and centre of affairs, and there is nothing in the War Ministry and its methods that has more attracted the confi- i dence of the nation than the frank and open publicity and promptitude with which it settles its department.? difficulties. We may hkc the proceedings at the meeting of the National Farmers' Gnion in London as an illustration of this new business" policy. At that meeting Mr. Prothero, the Minister of Agriculture, in discussing with his hearers the national policy of tood pro- duction. dealt with the problems which have confronted him in the most caildiii fashion. On the question of fixing prices, he de- clared. that all business men would wish to allow farmers the full piay < t market prices, an incentive to do their utmost. Naturally, so scon-a* the office of Fcod Controller was created, farmers .worked under new conditions. J he object ut the Food Controller is trt regula.te prices, and mainly in the interest of the consumer, not of the producer. It is quite clear thht, if Mr. Prothero, as Minister of Agriculture, had done what the farmers generally desired and fixed a, minimum price of 50s. for wheat, the Food Controller would ha\*e the option of taking the crop at that price when it was grown. FarnWrs naturally wish to be guaranteed against the play of the market to rpJ.tkc profit heyoHLl i the minimum. But that is precisely what the Food Controller has to regulate, if not prevent, in the consumer s interest. "The one point," sfJd the Minister of Agriculture, "on wich he (Mr. Prothero) the. farmers and the Tood Controller was when he said to the Con- troller, 'It is not fair or honest to the far- mer that you should stand by and allow him to put intending to take the crop when it rises above a certain price.' Therefore, he said the only fair way was, before the crop was put in, to say to the farmer, 'This is the price at which you contract to grow.' If the farmer decided not to grow spring wheat at 6Cs.-atid it was always uncertaiii-he could put in oats j or barley, when he was almo t sure to get 1 better- yield. "That was the true meaning r the contract, price. He stood between the farmer and the official created for the purpose of .putting a limit to price. The I honest business plan to adopt was to say that 60s. was a good price to secure reason- able profit for skill find industry if the land realised four quat-ters an acre ;{ .only three .quarters, it was a, protection ag-iiiis } laaa. That was the justilfcatieftt contrfttt price."

—————  ,,———— Mr. C." Reginald Grundy, the editor of Connoisseur," thi-ows out some valuable suggestions for the formation of local war I museums. People. at Swansea, may notice posted in various places placards Warning- them of the danger of being shot by the military under certain circumstances. To a future generation of Swansea people those i posters will be of the greatest interest, j There is a mass of other things, whose in- terest is ignored to-day, which would be treasured possessions of a local war museum le.ss than a huftdred years' hence. Mr. j Grundy specifies amongst things thus worth preserving for posterity examples of the flags sold on flag days, street lamps painted to ex- elude their light from the view o-t. Zeppelin raiders war workers badges and volumes j recording on vellum the immes, addresses, j and war service of all the local soldiers and ),tinetn who have served their country in any form during the war. W ithout such a re- cord their memory will perish. Records of the war services, of the local! regiments should also be mcluded; records that can only be compiled officially, for: there has 'been nothing told locally in ade- quate or intelligible, form of the work of i the Swansea Battalioli, "tile 6th Welsh. or i other local corpsthen there could be as- sembled examples of thiS local posters such as those put up at the docks, as well as 1 photographic records of local naval and military and munitiop.makillg activity., A, view of a batch of men at work upon their allotments will have real interest and value I for posterity and specimens of local Volun- teer uniforms, armlets, etc., besIdes histor- ies of the part played by local industries i and the municipality in the war. A pliot-o of the War Loan barometer is; an instance of many tilings which pass with! little attention nowadays, which our descen-1 dants will nevertheless be keenly interested in. Much historic material has alreadv! gone by unheeded but much is still ava.il- able or can be created. The idea might: be extended to public events, of which photographic records would be cheap and permanent. The appearance of wanseal streets is being transformed little by little, and in such a museum as we have indicated there might be galleries of views of such places as Castle-street before the improve-' ment, the King's Dock in its making, the last Royal visit, and kindred functions. We are rather neglectful of posterity, but it should be possible to collect cheaply and easily an assemblage of souvenirs and por- traitures and views on which a coming generation will never be tired of gazing.

The British communiques during the week-end show that the utmost use is being made of the clear, hard weather. Numerous destructive raids upon the enemy's lines, the capture of over 400 prisoners, the in-, fliction of further enemy losse,4 in killed j and wounded, and severe casualties to. the, enemy's aeroplanes—all this is a record of j strenuous and valuable activity, 110 more than a preparation for much greater things, it is true, but a. most energetic preliminary for them. The French have .also beon busy, particularly in the air, where their brilliant pilot. Guynenier. is almost level j with the record of Boelke. The accounts of the fighting on Hill 304 are conflicting, but the efiemy does not appear to have achieved more than a transient success upon a narrow front. • In Mesopotamia prolonged fighting has been taking place on the ban k s of the Tigris near the confluence of that river and the Hai, neir which the town of Kut stands. A series of Turkish attacks- partially dislodged us from the footholds whlch We had gained in the enemy's second line, but there was a great disparity in the losses, over a thousand Turkish dead being accounted for in ipa-rt only of the. fighting. Since we have a con- siderable force assembled in Mesopotamia, it is well at any rate that it should he actively engaged, however obscure its strategical aims. In Fiast Africa- the enemy's reduced forces, squeezed into the south- eastern cornier of the late C'oJcny* are being invested.. b.r the closing British columns. ) Though it has aroused bat little notice in this country, it should be recognised tilat-the troops, exposed to the severe trials of a tropic/sl climate and ravaged with malaria. have had to exhibit the most praiseworthy endurance and fortitude. General Smuts, the talented Dutch commander, is coming to London to attend the War Council. It would he highly popular throughout the country if he received a command in Europe, —————

I Sir Edward Holden's masterly review of the British and the German war finance contained cert.%l ii points of particular cogency at the moment. He indicated that we have much to clo to equal the standard set by the enemy in his war loans. Much has been written in disparagement of the latter, but the fact remains that an enor-; mous number of Germans have signified either their faith in their. country's victory or their resolution to sacrifice for its sake—, nearly six miHions in the last war loan I a.lOl: And there, is the utmost gignincH.nc? to be attached to the&e donations of small sums, their little all--they are a far finer test of the spirit of a. country than the con- tributions by the large public and private 1 corporations. We have far to go to ap- proach that standard in this country. We see in the figures given by Sir Edward HQlden no justification at all for nine-tenths of. the deprecatory criticism which en. deavours to..make out every enieny loan a failure. When nearly 17 million individual subscriptions are made, there is clear evi- dence of a. spiiit of high determination and sacrifice^ II' A point, of in.iCI.th.at':>de",pjte, the mlteh MnaJler scale with which we commenced and waged the war. lanrl the cheaper cost of er, rates of I pay and a etc. -the war has cost lis. with all our prodigal rate of expendi- ture, about the some as the German Empire in" money borrowed from nne source and another. 'It. might have been exported that allct!ller.I'?, iliigiit -NI)t-,cted t,iat be? conMder?jly in excels, for the lesser number of men we put in tlw field at the eorofrteneement was, as n factor in keeping discounted by our ex- tru.'?g.tnt methods, the immense <?pem-e !"f ttnprovisH.tion. Ia\?h pay and allow- ances (sone Colonia- privates draw d.iily a,s much all (?iei?malis) and ad- vances to cxp?neiive a.Hiea. On the other band, there'? little comparison between the II aibihty of the two countries to bear the huge debts whioh have been piled up.

A deputation of the Navy League which was received by the First Lord of the .i\.d. miralty and Sir John Jellkoc, last wee A, came away satisfied that everything con- ceivable is being done to protect -Allied nt- tacks. That should contribute to the Viii, dication of the Navy from reproaches ing a culpable ignoring of a new, a most serious and a most dangerous phase of the war. But is "everytMing conceivable" succeeding in quelling Vie ? abun-iriiie cam- paign? At the moment wo should fiky no. cvea. threaten, 4 campaign, uport'i -nd w.is fccale. People may asTc what could be more ruthless than the present methods, which are ih many cases these of atrocious mur- der but it is pointed out that attacks upon liners h"Ve not ;>sen comitton. aim toat ,t' a general rule ships liave not been put down on sight. The German shipbuilding yards continuo to put submarines- into the water with un- exampled rapidity, through tdandardised manufacture, and whilst these vessels are accumulating it is probable that a large 1: r f number of men for manning them are also available. Twenty to thirty submarines of the mo? recent types are said to be ell'l gaged, at Kiel in training crews alone and our bdief that the Genlan5 could not pr<? %ide in a short space of ?ime a personnel of th necassary skill appears to have been as much belied by events as the similar German idea that we could not im- provise certain,branches' of an army—viz he artillery and statf, in which exceptional cachnica.1 Requirement s are in demand. Well-informed civilians of sober judgment like Messrs. Pollen and Hurd consider that the Germans, can greatly increase their submarine activity, aiid +Ii'feiwify its ruthletoiiess. Mr. Hurd puts the number of new sub- marines completed by the enemy every week at three, by building on the lines of which the Ford motor ear is the best known ex- ample. They are vessels, moderate in fome respects, but featuring a. great radius of action, that enables them to make prolonged cruises well out in the Atlantic, which several have crossed. Storeships, sub- mersible like the Deutschland, ca.n renew their stock of oil and projectiles, of which a great quantity can be carried on vessels whose displacement exceeds 1,000 tons. If the first German submarines were small and of limited radius, so, too, were the vast num- her of craft which put an end to their depredations, and measures successful in the harrow seas ha.ve to be transformed for application'to -blue water, The enemy claims that in December 162 British ship.ith a tonnage of 419,000, were sunk. and that "since the commence- ment of the war 1,245 British ships have been put down, with a ton,nagc of a little under 3,000,000. Every month the German pers published lists which fill cciumrns of the vessels thus, sunk. These are perfectly pre- cise documents, which give the names and nationality of the sunk vessels, their toll- nage, speed, character, cargo, destination, when sunk, and where sunk. In one month the Germans claim to have sunk a fifth of the amount of mercantile shipping that our yards put into the water when working under norma] conditions in 1913. The fac-j tors to-day tend to diminish well as to increase the spaed of construction. A test of the sanity of a lunatic who is | Ruppoesd to have recovered 1 is said to be to lock him in a bath-room, turn on all the taps, and give him a mop and tell him to mop up the water. If he simply uses the mop lie is put back into the asylum. If he first turns off the taps and then uses the mop he is held fo be a creature of sweet reasonableness and health of mind again. On this principle, it is little use launching mercantile shipping if the rate of destruc- tion exceeds the rate of construction. But a mercantile shipbuilding prwgramma1 upon a great scale is called for in any event, to nmkeuip the losses already sustained, however speedy the success of the Navy in destroying the submarines—and the num- bers of the latter are being continually re- pienished at increasing rate. Ali condi- tions at the moment particularly favour the submarine campaign—jtbe locking up of shipping in military supply, the shortage of food, the reluctance of neutrais to engage in dangerous or insufficiently remunerated, trades, the withdrawal of German and Austrian shipping, etc. The best method I for the individual citizen to adopt ii- to get busy upon ail allotment, to eat sparingly and to be preipared for a limited and scanty daily dole of the simplest forms of food. The old conception of sea-power has been revolutionised by a peculiar combination

A horse «t Singleton has fore?et shaped like tHo"e c? j, cow.. A-oiia^ce lor tHe pen?v  11.kf, tiiu6e co\N,. ior tiie ljeiii;v ga?il illaii. The saying, "A coof- thousand, had a new sigin^^udice whei, ^nc saw [Üe red War Loan Liie ,ci-Lt,ii, wind. Engine-driver:- had a- trying time during "windy —their upper part,, exposeu to the cutting hkist, ijrtcnr legs comfortably j by the Jre, Tlii-rty acorns were foulid in the crop of a w'j?d p;g?-u? ku;ed ne<ti.' a??i?ea.. iiome- thiug; like a "vood" < pigeon ilL kil the. a?'rrc; had growu up. The, ir,t £ nsc> cold has the ponds in the. Carmarthen district, and skaters aie having fine spoil. • the most favoured places are L^'ahain Pout and Bishop's Pond in Abergwiii. There .is to be no" '.»*hcial ce-nsorship oi cinema films but jocfa anthoriTies are to be invited to use tie Lie Cinema- tograph Act of 190$, to. remedy any abuse; that may, exist. <3> Having visited the battle area in order to colleet. suitable material., Mr. Christo- pher Williams is 1 engaged in commit- ting to canvas fn of the mem- ora.ble British Mametz Wood, in which Wc'&h trqGpstok such a prominent t.-eqcps ?qok suc h a proniiiieiit, li The blaze ommol1, which, by prompt measures, was prevented from spreading to ricks etc., was, like the one at Melyn, the 'work of mischievous lads. Can't these boys lkiih spare time on their hands be put to some sort of war work? The Welsh- team are very keen upon the match against- the New Ztalanders at Swan- 80.1 on Saturday, and all the men make no secret.of their detcuminutic.n to win. A very strong fifteen will-be fielded by the home- sters and th, game should prove even a ifner struggle •for supremacy than the last game on Boxing Day; <1'>-<"><> Sir Eiwird H'olden, Bart., whose mas- terly specch at the ;liondon Citvmd Mid- land Bank shareholders' meeting has gained so much publicity, is the son of the late Sir Isaac Holds*}, a Yorkshire memi- | facttsring TOagn^t^* ..wvefttbr. million- of the lucifer matrh. He made during his lifetime a little -irese.it to his four chil- dren of ?250,000 <'ac? dreii o?l?.f,250,000 In a lighting fa.se at Swansea Police Court on Monday, in which a lady was ( summoned, for .insufficiently obscuring the lights in her fhop, Special Sergeant Sandry said that when he called her attention to them ^ie replied,. My-'Gosh I the Germans :1ren.t.nming here, are th>è.y?" rrhe ser- geant told her that was a very debatable 1 point. The magistrates did not debate very lorg in fixing the fine anyhow.  00<Xx:>0 ) Dapper and brisk Mr. E. P. Joneg would ? pass very well for forty-five in the dusk with the light behind bini, but he is more than that (writes "Old Swansea Boy.") For the newly elected president of the Swansea Chamber of Commerce was on the com- mittee of the Swansea Cricket and Football Club when thewritet was wont to go down to-the 'nets' at St. Helen's for practice, and that was—well, never mind how many years ago. ,4 .$. In a preface he has written to a new book called War Songs General Sir Ian Ham- ilton makes the following, interesting refer- ence to the soldiers of Wales Welsh soldiers are extremely musxul. There is a. tendency in the Welsh military music to fall, metaphcricaily .-peaking, into the minor key. and to dwell rather on the pathos of war than en its glorias. The Scotch are in sympathy with Welsh pathos, but. they seem more susceptible to the glamtfur of war. .$.t. A gentleman- strange to the town, and bound for the Mumbles, rounded Ra!land-street corner hud saw that the train was staii ling with engine attached. Anticipating an early start, he climbed aloft, drew out a. paper, and commenced L to rea d. After a good fifteen minutes' reading he became anxious, as no move was being made (nor likely to be). He then discover- ed that the engine had disappeared alto- gether into the shed for fresh ( ammunition. The would-he loft v look of unconcern with which he climbed down aga,in was very amusing.—("Ma^k Once.") Amongst the lads in khaki on leave at Fforestfach is Cadet "lfob" Andrews, the youngest son 01 Mr. and Mrs. Tom Andrews, school attendance officer. "Bob" has made ocd since joining the R.W.F., and bids! fair to follow in the footsteps of his bro- ther. Capt. Gb-ndwr Andrews, R.W.F., who is again on duty after Ms recent gas pOispn-1 ing. Another brother, John, has been in France for upwards of two years with the Army Transport Corps, and yet another bro- j ther, David Charles Andrews, has also made rapid progress since joining the Colours. A fine family regord. "Pc?t. Bn.g Reader" ?-rit??:—" I noMee th?t the acorn is generaIlyphnted in the P?t. B?; he;1 the oak follows. T?ke the: to]low-:Kg/ inst-'iites :—The inhabitants (.f Jersey Maritu:' ?'F years gi'jmbied and groused for ?t school iol. the scores of youngsters that run about wild there, but- nothing .was dene. Then a 'Post Bag' ap- peared then a general meetingnext a school. man'a water ser- vice went wrong at the Uplands: 'Post Bag; new waiter service. Then the serious food problem was called attention to, -Ind people began tp cultivate so-called scrap- hea.p back gardens with good results^ Now We have allotments galore, and good results are aiiticipatel." So that's all right. "What a beastly nuisance these fellows .are mavching across oui- links and spoiling our golf wis, the remark made by a. ge.ntV man (') engaged in the sport. as the Mumbles j V.T.C. recently crossed the LangJand Bav Golf Links on company drill. He was; promptly, ajid sharply tak-e-n to task by "the j fwagsant-major who told him that if he was I doing his duty be would be-in France. It. ) is scarcely credible (writes a correspon- dent),that. Nucti a, remark could be made in these days, and the members of th? V.T.C., amongst whom are several very iproaiiintnt j local golfers, were highly inewised. If thl .player in question had 4ivited the .men to •.partake of^a -farming cup of something' it, ^vould have h?\Hi ifiifimtely more to his-credit. Le^s beer, more sugar.: have a peppermint: drop? "> f A I.u? number of ?tArMngs were s,in | the C plands (Swansea) district this (Mon- 1! day) morning. Where ai'c th? best pictures? was of httle Gonscy uebce on Saturday afternoon. Which ¡, the warmest cinema wa? all thai, "Do thL" 'ole tram go to Briton Ferry?" mattered. &o u,) Br i t(-;l,. Feri- was the startling query put to the con- ductress of a Brympil car about to start from Wind-street. Poo On° War Loan lo(aUv is th? gold that :s finding its way ? inW the_ The proverbial stocking I legs 8J:E:¡ bieing emptied. le-gs. a4,o b#trg -<<i>'< It WjSvS the Swanse- JUan who spoke most j strongfy in favour of Free Trade after the who siidd-lilv sat on the floor. His ,trian "bent wood chair hed collapsed, <i> < £ >-=?> <jxS>^S-- True to their traditional character, said Mr. A. K. Drummond in his Free Library j lecture, the Scotch objection to potatoes when first introduced into the country was that they were not mentioned in the Bible, Mr. John HodZ" as a politician has | already won .golden opinions from the busi- ness community, and particularly from i.he iroii and steel trades," with which he has been so aiid (--oul Trades Review "} In the United Suites the expert demand for tmplates is enormously heavy. One in- quiry j3 said to be for upward of 2,000,000 boices. for delivery ever the remaindornf this year, but nearly all the leading mills reused to quote on it, as they are sold so far ahead. <> <>«<.><i ,far Ninatetn, single, and passed for general service!" exclaimed the tribunal chaira.n. looking at the applicant's paper. Why are you not in the Army?" "What! with" this —— war on! retorted the young man re- proachfully. Every-phafie.pf Swansea life is out to assist the local funds and on Thursday and Satur- day next. there will be a'fishing competition on the Swansea, West Pier for the benefit of the Daily Pt n War Prisoners' Fund, so "chip" "hi for a shilling ticket. The east vwind has certainly vested it- self up to its evil reputation, for there was never such a feeling among Swansea docks- men and dockers to clear up and get away out of it as prevailed midday on Saturday la-st. j Ia.st.. i. Passengers-on the Morriston section of the. J Swaaisea tramway service will miys two | familiar figures, for death has removed Mr. Henry Taylor and Mr. Louis Trew from their journeys to and -from Messrs. Vivian and Son's-Hacfd officer i' "?> A. correspondent seilds Us the foilowthg1 j to try and warni t- up — "A column of soldiers was marching Ht three irnles an I hour, and an ofifcer, wan Ttj^rching to ánil fro at the rate of six miles an hour. What tune was the band playing?" I & ?>"?- x ><.  When you rgad American peace comments i and even Notes' from- high places, r> member that the great American peopiels, have no national flower nOr national song, Unless you except: — I did not raise my son to be a soldier, To kill some other mother' s darling boy. (This from a oprr«.«-pondent.) •SxJ»<Sx £ -< & -« S "I have a very pleasant surprise for you, boys," remarked Commodore Hodgens to the Swansea Naval Brigade 011 Saturday afternoon. Next Wednesday a very kind j Swansea lady is going to present, the I hrigade,vith a beautiful silk Union Jack." (Cheers.) New" Boy (whispering to hi., I | pal): What's a Jack Union?" Don't know," answered his chum "but it isn't I a- Workhouse flag, anyway V' Correct. > "We went over. but we didn't do much good for we found all the German trenches empiy. On the way back they sprang a mine on \1;)\, but I was on the other sido and got off with two broken fingers and a shoulder put out, that's all." These are the mild words of a brave Australian, who is going back, to France as soon as he has seen some of' his relations at Burry Port. seelt some of? Ws at Burry Port. ■ When the wind is from the north-east," said a. Port Temiant ifsherman to a- "Post" map, the sea is not so rough over the side of this harbour, so I get a long line with several hooks on it and take it down to low water these spring tides and cast it out, and secure it well, and then take it up again at next low ebb. I generally get a conger eel or two. I used to do it for pleasure, but, now food is 80 dear it's a necessity. And, ? conger's rather tasty -?-?X?X?-?x?- When the Llygad Llwchwr Water Works •j was in course of construction and the na vvie- were busy laying down tho mains, one of them was reproached by the foreman. He looked up and toid him to go to a certain sultry abode. The foreman instructed the pay-clerk that lie. was not to .pay this par- ticular navvy until he made an apology. The navvy, failing to get his pay, walked over to the foreman and very coolly asked Were voit the gintlcman I sent to was t-lie proii-ipt, re I -? Y es," was Lhe prompt reply. Navvy: "Well, you needn't go, tll1! The need of comforts for Swanse-a boys serving in various parts of the world in divers capacities is very pressing just now. and it is with the object of being able to! gratify some of these needs that the hig I Rugby International match between Wales and New Zealand has been arranged to take place at 'Swansea rext Saturd.,?. It is on behalf of these boys that the' "Daily Post" appeals for liberal support from the public in their, latest enterprise. The price of admission is very low for such a big game. and we Want to ,see another such a crowd as turned Üp on Boxing Day at St.,l Helen's 011 February 3rd. I Helen's on February 3rd. j Britain's Bluejackets. 1 Hail to the Tars who brave the mighty1! I deep, 1 When raging tempests loudly roar, And thunders crash, a,d vivid lightnings 1 leap, And icy rain in drenching torrents pour. When ponderous waves lashed into seething foam Against the battle cruiser's sides dash bigh; Then the "blue jacket thinks of hearth and; home. 'And his expansive breast heaves with a sigh. Ever alert,, he scans the-hissing sea To see if will come again To fight it out" nd n()ttJrJll tr.il and fte Completely routed, steaming might and' rmain. • "A victory." tlwiy s&yp but""why so craven To .run -away.and thi s brea»k off the fight, i And lamely scramble into WiVhchnshaven. Well Tiftttered by old Englanrr:, mÜrht, All honour lo our Tars in riavy blue, All glor<- to th^m.1' fighters' to tho core; Fearing. !1-u. toe, to 'duty, ever'true. Tbev resolutely' guard old Brituiii's-^h^re.. DaUvant. C. S.J. There are now over 400 allotments at Swansea—one for cVdry 300 people. Not good enough. f The German attack 0:1 the trench at Chilly proved a frost. W.s the water-tap at your residence frozen this morning ? If not, youre one of the lucky ones! Heard in a, West Wales Council School.— Teacher:" What Is a rhombus? "—Boy A square knocked out of shape." Season i.bie Tho satisfactory freezing cut" of Snowden and too pacifists at the Manchester Labour Conierence. Barclay's new branch bank at Swansea will be located at the old Prudential buildings at the corner of St. Mary-street. A Swansea deotor mainly attributes his failure to the shortage of sugar. A similar <¡¡use is the failure of many a good cup of tea. Bravo, girls! The manner in which you have ttucii to your work these awful days and nights is the admiration of the Swan- ai-i d t 'ti, sea tram-tiavelii^g public. A New York Chinaman 111 Swansea told a correspondent that the weather is colder in Swansea this week than he ever experienced in the States. ?.<s?4?<?-?-o "The £ 2,000,WO mark has been passed." so says a London 'daily, with reference to Swansea' sWar Loan barometer. Aftsr this we have no other option but to do the need- ful. < t x A budding Brynmill gardener got up before break of day the other morning to dig over his garden. The ground was like iron, the fork broke, ana he is buying his own potatoes still. "TIle garden would be more popular if there was no hard work attached to it," said Mr A. K. Drummond in his Free Library lecture. Certainly it, is a back-aching job, but there is plenty of pleasure and profit in it. a $: Isn't it fortunate we were measured for our overcoats last October? said the cheer- ful Swansea special to his comrade as they breasted the blighting midnight blast on Terrace-road. (The reply is censored.) The Right Hon. William Brace. M.P. (H.M. Under-Secretary for Home Affairs), who addresses a Victory War Loan at Neath this (Saturday) evening, is counted among the best dressed men in the House of Com- mons. Mr. Arthur Andrews, the now junior vice-president of the Swansea. Chamber of Commeicfi, was .described by Mr. A. Moffalt as the first Labour member, for had he not used the shovel—and sncces&tady. 'too—for 15 hours' at a stretch? ° Thfcte were fto prisoners for trial at Swan- sea Borough Police Cottit,.oii Saturday mom- inp, BIH' on the county list there two cases ofdrunkenno,. The' whole bTK-i- ¡ ness was- concluded in .five minutes, much to thy relief of the blue-noses. <5XsXt>- During the cutlass exhibition by the Swansea Naval Brigade boys at the Church Hall, Clydach, one .of the lads in the general practise cxercis"" made a iiuige and the point. of his sword went through the .-c'nery. Ck>sh I wish there had been a German on the other sid? he exclaimed, after the drill wa,s ctver. -+- t>-+- One of the oldest members of the Ancient' Order of Shepherds is Councillor John1 Morris, eath: He has been through the ?lorns, of his k.dge a couple of times during his membership of (50 years, and re- cently was honoured by being elected Deputy Chief Shepherd of the Swansea United District of the A.O.S. Mr. John Phillips, Aberavon. the weil- known conductor, is of opinion that a National Eisteddfod without a "male voice ;<wnpetition is not worth holding. Ho will have his wijsh in 1918. Moreover, he believes that a two-days' "National" only gives a eirinee to the bar,rl,s, who. he think;, occupy too much time. Neath are obliging I him with an additional day. < < *'< < <>-<t-?-<? Mr. Arthur Andrews, the new junior vice-president of the Swansea. Chamber of Commerce, has done much to bring about fhe btter laeling now existing between employers and employed at the docks. It I will be recalled that on one occasion lie I accepted, the trimmers c hallenge and worked in the hold of a boat for fifteen hours. He entertains the pleasantest recol- lections of this intimate association with the men in their daily work. <t # ^1 "Ex-Weekly Boat Sailor" (Swansea) writes: — "I see by the "Post' that we are advised to eat more sprats. Very good ad- vice, too These' dainty little fish" can b^ hought at 2d. to 4d. per lb.- It wiU pav the householder to buy a stone of them, and then put a layer of salt in the bottom of a wooden pail or bucket, then a laver of sprats, then and so on. They will the" keep for weeks. Soak 111 fresh water before using, an d you will have a nice, daintv dish fur tJrea kfast." Who says it Í2n:t. colder? A Sketty cor- reapondent sends the, folfowing interesting thermometer rea.din.zs ialtitude ;.?1)H ) (h, Monday the readings w-ere Max. 30, mill 28 04. iniii. 28 W ednesday Max. W, min 22 Tliui-sda, -\lax. 28. min. 26 Friday. Max. 29, min. 25 with LhÜ:, A.E. by E. wind blowing one fancies it is even colder than it reads. The writer adds: I had to thaw- the ink to write this I >$< Their comn:ndmg officer has kindly granted Sappers Piunimer and Birt permis- sion to play at Swansea 011 February 3id against the Xeiv Zealanders, and both msn arc very keen upon making amends for their unavoidable absence in the list game. Tom Evans, the Cardiff centre, who ari-i .ved too late en Boxing Day through his car having three punctures 011 the way to Swansea, Is coming by train this time, and Lance-Cor- j! poral Tom Williams will agoiin give the home team his-va,lualile assistant* c" Peace. There oa-nnot be day without sunlight There cannot be life without breath' There cannot be nisht without da^knees' There cannot be war without death There cannot, he joy without sadness There cannot- be ills without pain, There cannot be sin without, euff'rins?' And grim death takes toll of the slain. There cannot be peace whilst the Germans Still gloat oer their victims with mirth: And, until we have smashed these monsters, There cannot be peace on the earth. No matter what neutrals may tell tis, Whatever our troubles in Greece, .Our duty lies plainly before us. We can't think of a patehed-up peace. There cannot be peace whilst there's fighting, There is HtiH a lot to Ite done: So. let neutrals do ?11 the talking, SoW._ere Sgi'in? til! thM war is won. F:t,¡u 'til victory shal! crown n?, \),Ø,th the Messi?gs of blissful peace. And to the world there comes the dawning Of the day when all wars shall cease. Kilvey, 23-1-57. D. J. fsTBPHENS. I'J-fe. 1 — i* A War Loan meeting is to he held in the Mumbles. Now for Sw ansea's Utiilion '<?< Ihe peculiar noises emanating from Swan- f-ea Day suggestive of COWs bellowing were teste of foghorns. > Police Officer (to prisoner in the dock at S, wansea Police Court one day this week): "Aro you an American?" Prisoner: No a opnsoieuuous Now, President Wilson; A Swansea officer, home on leave for a few days, teLs. a story of his search for a barber. tnouirv he was told that his servant couid cut his hair, and the latter, on being as tced whet her he was formerly scud he v,*as a hay cutter. The inexhaustible strength' of Germany that they talk abtint is Isays a correspon- I dent) like the inexhaustible odour of a bad egg. It certainly lasts a long time, but ultimately finds its grave in the dusjt-bin, milah to the relief of all concerned. I Swansea still holds the: record price for a bottle of BassE KIng 8 aJe,£15 2s. 6d. for the benefit of the Daily Post" Prisoners of War Fund. £ 12 12s. has been realised at Barrow-in-Furness, by Ald. Hardy, and £ 5 18s. in London bv the sale of similar bQttles. This gem is from a Bavarian paper One of these days we shall punish Birm- ingham as Birmingham deserves, even though our Zeppeiins have to coVer the whole of Wales to fird tb I-, sordid spot, with its rich coal mines, its blast furnaces, and it* 'skating rinks. Swansea Chamber of Commerce, the an- i nual. meeting of which is being held to-day, started its successful career many years ago, first in an unpretentious room in, Somerset- pi." and afterwards -m Adelaide-street, ?- cat u re6 c f ? e j beatures of .the present home" are photos of past presidents arranged round the umer meeting room._ nieet-iijg rooiii.  0 < & x  1 Many of the school cliildren are (?ritea ?a"erhnuh3.s ) too benumbed even to hop and skip this severe weather, a ud the Swansea Education Committee might do a worse thing than to ajlow the children, e.spe?a.Ily the little one?; to remain hi school during the ordinary playtime—not necessarily for a continuation of the studies, but to avoi4 the treacherous east -?vind. At one of the Gower FooJ Production H. LI. Priehard, of Penrict —always cool and calculated when called upon to give expertevidêlle,was', taketa somewhat unawares when asked to take the j c hairman's seat. It wag a pulpit, and he declined the honour, saying he had not yet aspired to such a lofty and dictatorial posi* tion. ) -< i Swan"'6a: war loan barometer. leaks a I, tnfle—not that the subscriptions are being with drawn or the prieet ot the loan. wfeifcE returns 51 per cent, interest, is t io fiy belcrtr^'arlty., W2 .^nteajrvt.-ihe price is likely to apjMreciaie.. No: th* j trouble is that the cold y.'oither pfevftntWl the proper drying of the smbstance used to make the tube watertight.' No workman likes to work on Smiday (writis 1, One of Them "J, L" but, imfortu- nately, Sunday is the only day we have to do anything for ourselves, ,snch as cleaning out the fowl-house and digging aod attend- i ing the garde I mys lf navjng spent many years at sea have got to look on Sunday as" a, kind of a working holiday. 1 haven't taken an allotment yet, but if I do I shall cer- tainly work when I .think fit." t A It-'tm written by tlre 'PrinGe of Wal??9 to Lord E?lint?n has been published in the Scotch papers, in which H.R. H. refers te himself as pr'l e of -Scotland.- It* is n? generally known that a.n Act of the Sc()?ttE?h Parliament was passed during the reign of James III., in 1469. which gave to the heir of the Crown the titles of Prince of Scot- land, Duke of Rothesay, Earl oL Canick, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the isles, and Great Steward of'Scotland'.   t-?-<txi). Dr. H. R. ?im, in ail ;.authoritativa m:eoiol?git'J i review of 1916 iithe Times, savs" it was generally a wet Y':lr," but "tliat Wales, which rela- t'lvdy" ehy dong most of ita brdns. had almost a normal 'fall of rain, the excess I being only 5 per oent." Swansea is juct on the edge of two zones, one wetter (Swansea, and east of_ it) and the other dryer (Cai- marthen). Pembroke i? <'n6 of the dryest 'I zonl's in the country. and a ftrip cf the north-west Devon wast alo ha,d a dry tirre. I For ploughing the land, it was explained hv our old friend, Mr. William James, who is an old—or young—farmer, that the trac- tors were an innovation and full of possibil-i- ties for helping the farmer on the land. tio told Oowcr farmers-that about 126 had been r ordered, chiefly fWXll America, and tnen would be sent with the machines to look after them and explain the mechanism. Oae would be allocated to eh agricultural com- mittee. Mr. James said he had plenary | powers to buy the tractors, and the cost per aCl: ior loan would more than compensate | the farmer. During the past year many appeals have- il been made to the members of the Swansea. C'hamber of Comitierce on behalf of desserv- ing objects, and the response has beon magnificent and almost unbounded. The following funds may be nimed amongst at-her.,I for for Swansea Soldiers (Mayor's War Fund), £ 901 6s. 6d. Local Red Cross Hospital to June 30th, £ 822; j British Sportsmen's Ambulance Fund £ 915 France's Day Collection, £ 1,976 17s. Bd. Cigarette FLitid, --0211 (584,000 cigarettes have been sent to tbe front- during 1916, and 1,600,000 since the commencement of the war. costijvj £ 540) Lady Markba-in Lanip, £ 110. To this have to be added the results, of the appeals for the Y-M.C.A. hut week, the Salvation Army War Puijfl., the Sailors' Flag iJfe and the la-tost appeal the Y.W.C.A. Miyiy members too have given generously quite apart from these direct appeals. "080. ML* -;or Pickings from Punch." "Anybody in the Carmarthen district, says the local medical officer, "can keep a pig in the parleur \if- they keep it dean." The necessity of keeping tho parlour clean for the sake of its guest will be easily un- derstood by those who appreciate the fasti- dious taste of the pig. A Hungarian paper complains that the Government treats the war as if it we.Y'e merely a family affair. This contrasts un- favourably with the more broadly hospitable i. attitude of the Allies, who have made it abundantly clear that so far as they are concerned anyone is welcome to join in and help their side. Lord Devonport has established his own Press Bureau, and it is rumoured that the Press Bureau is about to appoint its own Food Controller. ale of great fury raged at Shen!eld 6ar!y on Tuesday morning. Much damage < \a, done in the city aiid out!ying district-? ? a. Jlumbl'ni hC'n-:gs bem? UlGod, (Yorkshire Paper.) Several others ha.T*? beeu uotic?d ?o have a tile loose.J ;i .?