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PESSIMISM IN GERMANY.I
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PESSIMISM IN GERMANY. I People Disappointed with the Army's Progress. Copenhagen, Wednesday.—There is growing pessimism in Germany, and it is evident that the people are disap- pointed with the progress made by their Army and the deeds of destruction per- petrated by them. A member of the Reichstag, writing to the "Berliner Tageblatt," says:—"Ber- lin is asking the opinion of the provinces, and in the provinces the people are asking what Berlin is thinking. Everywhere people in public aro endeavouring to keep cool and are stimulating optimism, I but in private the 8am: people invari-I ably express surprise t?at a favourable d('nlopment has not come sooner. Everyone is now seeking for a scape-! goat to take the blame. Sympathisers, "with the military party criticise the (liplo- I mats for not having secured Germany more allies before the war. Outside the Reichstag, there is a strong under-cur- rajit running against the Imperial Chan- cellor, Dr. BetJimann-Hollweg, who is being accused of having made every con- ceivuble mistake, and is even being! blamed for the apparent failure of mili- tary strategy." Scandinavian papers caress surprise that this article should have been allowed t., be published, and the fact is highly significant.—Exchange. —
300,000 CASUALTIES.I
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300,000 CASUALTIES. I Immence A'ustro-German Losses on Hussian Fronts. i lea rn that during the three weeks of .operations between (he upper and lower reaches of the and along the lines the Bmira, Rawka t,nd Nida. tlie oom. mned[lasses of the A astro-German armies in kill hi and wounded and T) not le,s than 30If it is remembered that the total numbers engaged on the r-nemy's side within this region were ap-! proximately 1,250,000, the number of1 casualties appears to be quite large enough to expjam tae suspension of the furious German attacks on Rzura aad Jvawka, and the retreat of the Austrians on the Nida. These figures include the operations in < >ahcia. where the casualties have been proportionately even greater, including a-, alrm-d3- recorded, n&t less than 50 000 Austrian prisoners taken within a fert-: night. From the Grand Duke's message of yesterday it may be gathered that the I enemy's armies were everywhere pressed at the points of their junction at Inow- lodz on the Pilisea, where the Germa.n Army joined the Aurtnans at Korczyn and Opatowrec, along the upper reaches of the Vistula, wlitre the Chestochowa and Tymbark groups merged, and further •^uth-ea-st to the point where the Carpa-I thian group is retreating in Hungary. Heaps of Turkish Dead. ) IVrograd, Dec. 30. The Russko Invalid estimates that, the Turkish Regu- lars operating agains t the Caucarfon front ;i re three and a half corps, namely, the Pth, 10th. and lith, and the 37th Division ot the Mesopotamia. Corps. The inain strength is grouped in the direction of Sarykamyseh. One division of the 13th < '-orps. detached to the valley of the Euphrates to secure the right flank, has been broken np. Apparently only second line units and Kurd formations are assigned to protect the left flank and tbo N an region. I'he Tit;is correspondent of the Bourse Gaz-este" reports that the Russians are successfully engaging the Turks in the ¡ region of Oity. whither the enemy dis- natcheu all the forc frln Frziumi, con- ot several corjks. A force of in- fantry and Cossacks fell on a Turkish de- tachment of greatly superior strength like an In-a lanche, and almost ann-ih iluied it. 'i'he heaps of Turkish (itid testify to the fwoeity of the fighting.
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PALPABLE SUCCESSES. I- French Eye-Witness Outlines the Allies' Victorious Advancc. Paris, Wednesday. The French Eye-Witness writes as 10Hows to tLQ 24th The period from the 16th to th? 34th f defined &Bd accentuated the results &c- j quired daring the preceding month. Our aggressive attitude was mani- fested with more energy; the enemy was everywhere reduced to a defensive atti- tuck. The violence of his counter- i.'acks showed that he only accepted this attitude against his will. The breakdown, of all his attempts to re-gain ground lost hy him has confirmed our advance. It must finally he observed that at numerous parts of the front, especially near Arras, on thu western etige of the Argotuis. and near Vexduu, we have made ourselves master of im- portant points d'appui. The operations to the north of the, Lvs have become very hard with the bad weather. The cold, liquid mud in which the men have to move about gets into the, breeches of their guns, so that they can- not fire. They then fight with the butt- ends of their rifles and with their fists "Our soldiers, according to the phraso of one of their chiefs, are blocks of mud.' A system of baths and changes of linen has boon organised for them when they leave the trenches, and they much appreciate the boon. Their imperturb- able good humour enables them to en- dure the hardships inflicted on them in this damp winter as well as possible. Between Waters. To sum up the operations of the last period on this part of the front, three regions may be considered—the region in front of Nieuport. the region to the north of Ypres, and the region to the south of Ypres. Til front of Nienport there. are floods on one side and the sea on the other. Be- tween the floods and the sea there arc dunes. That is the district where we have mads progress. On the evening of the 15th we had debouched from Nieu- port up to the edge of tho wood east d Lombartzyde. On the 16th we pushed or. as far as the sea, and occupied the light- house, taking more than a hundred prisoners. On the 17th we reached the crossing of Lombartzyde and the dunes road. We likewise made progress further to the south in advance of St. George's. On the 19th we made more progress—200 metres were gained along the whole front. On the 20th a trench wa.s carried, and on the :21st we made a jump forward of 150 metres in the direction of Westende-. The enemy made a counter-attack on the 22nd. but it was repulsed, and all that we gained remained in our hands. "The division of German marines and canst artillerr did not succeed in re- gaining anything of what it had lost. 1. I- Sweeping the Country. l o t ne north 01 l pres the struggle is concentrated near St-eenstraets and Bix- sohoote, around the Korteker Inn, a poor building to the south of \hich there is a mill rather less modest. On December 17th in one blow we gained 500 metres, several trenches, and four machine-guns, and took 150 prisoners. On the 18th we took houses near our lines one by one. Since the 17th the inn has been in our hands. We are sweeping the surrounding country of the enemy, and captured a wood, some houses, and a redoubt. On the 22nd we gained another 100 metres. The enemy made a counter-attack, but in vain. The operations of the 17th and ISfch represent a total gain of more than 700 metres. To the south of Ypres, near Wildoek and Zwartelen, we gained 400 metres on the 16th of Decem- ber. On the 17th and follow- ing days we went on, taking two machine guns, some caissons, and several groups of houses Clst. 22nd, and 23rd of Decem- lw.r). Here, too, difficulty of ground vas extreme. We had to fight in water Yet there were nothing but gains and no wavering'. "The Lens and Arras district was the scene of some brilliant actions, which, on the whole, presented the same character as those which occurred north of the Lye. A Jump Forward. To the north of Lens. in the Var- melles district, on the 16th, we gained some points 200 or 300 metres in advance near Notre Dame de Consolation. On the 17th. with a fresh jump forward, we gained 100 metres at one point and 500 at another. The total advance on the 18th was 800 metres. Oil the 23rd we advanced another 150 metres, which took us to the crossing of the road from Loos to Ver- menea, with great success for our artil- lery In spite of his efforb, the enemy bad to abandon ground gained to the south of Lens. righting took place in Carency and Notro Daiue de Lorette. "The ground, even on the heights, is clayey and full of springs, and the trenches are flooded as soon as they are dug. As in Belgium, rifles become crusted with mud, and one uses the butt end to hit the enemy with. On the 17th the first German trenches at Notre Dame de Lorette fell into our hands. On the 20th the whole first line wac occupied by us. On the following days we were stopped by fog, our artillery j fire being disarranged. The Germane tried to debouch from the Carency Basin, which they still hold. They were re- pulsed. and suffered great losses. Carency remains in their hands. The Gates OT Arras. At the gates of Arras, at St. Laurent | Blaugy, we also attacked and won some ground. As early as the 17th we were carrying the first houses of St. Laurent Blangy and stopped there, notwithstand- ing violent counter-attacks by day and night. On the 24th we gained 100 metres. On clear days our artillery did not lose time. It blew up an ammunition store at Thelus. to the north of Arras, and several caissons to the east of Blangy. The Principal actions have taken place between Albert and Combles, at Oviners la Boisselle. Mametz, Carency, Maiicourt, and to the north of Roye at Jalions. On the 17th. 18th, and 19th we took the oemotery of La Boisselle, a block- house near Ovillers. and the firet line treiichee of Malicourt. and we reached the edge of the forest to the south of Mametz. On the 22nd we pushed our trenches 300 metres forward to I.a Boisselle- On the 24th we held all the ground south of La Boisselle. On the 24th we took 80 prisoners and a machin- gun The Germans then thought fit to make a counter-attack. We repulsed them on the 21sfc nl". Carency, and con- solidated our positions. A German trench taken by us on the 16th and evacuated on the 17th was re-taken on the following day. Palpable Successes. u' "During tlu.6 time our artillery de- stroyed German trenches to the north of Carency and demolished two machine- guns on December 19, On the, following day it demolished two German guns near Hem, in the Lihons district. On the 17th we took trouche6 which we had to defend vigorously. On th 18th, 19th, 20th, 21,at, and 22nd the Gor- man counter-attacks were furious, That of the 13th, in columns of W,V5 mown down bv our gnnl;, and the whole attacking iiartlv was laft on the field. On the 2th we took another trench, notwithstanding desperate resistance from the enemy. "Our artillery ghined sonx- palpablo successes, de.stro.ving a machine gun and an observation station, near Tracy le on the 16th, a barricade in the »Tajlly (Hptrict on th? t9th, a bowit&cr on the ?'t?, it machine ?nu on the 2L-t. hrilJing I down a captive baHooR on the 22a?. and d<?<T'oyin? the enemy's trenchc? oo the Noiii ron Plateau on the 24th. Onr infantry made considerable pro- gress in Nanpoel and Puisaleine. On the 21st it carried some of the enemy's first line trenches over a front of 500 metres, and captured a machine gun. A portion of the ground gained was lost on the 22nd and re-gained on the 23rd. On the 23rd all the enemy's counter-attacks were brilliantly repulsed by the bayonet. On the 21th we were masters of the whole line carried on the 21st. minus a few metres at the eastern extremity of this line, where the enemy still held his positions. rtfh-
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I DUNKIRK SHELLED. Dunkirk, Wednesday.—In answer to our waterpiane raid on Cuxhaven, German aeroplanes to-day raided Dunkirk, and loi more than half an hour were dropping bombs all over the town (says the "Daiiv. Mail"). The visiting fleet comprised four aero- planes, both Taubes and Aviatiks, whici. flew several times across the city, droppint bombs on each journey. Soldiers in tin streets replied with vigorous riiie tire, but Lhe aeroplanes sailed calmly oil. One seemed to have been hit, for he turned on his head and descended several hundred feet before lighting himself. Ad got safely away. For the half-hour the city was in a state of much excitement, and the flight oi each aeroplane was watched with the keenest anxiety. l'eople immediately underneath scattered, running breathlessly into houses and shops. The bombs fell first on one side and then on another. No sooner did one areo- piane seem to be departing than another arrived. The whole city crackled with.! rifle shots and bombs, which threw up II dense clouds of black smoke. Bail dings and windows were smashed in all directions, and the tramway lines at one place were cut cleaai through. The II' killed and wounded number nearly 50. On the Fortifications, v II The first bomb fell on the fort I fications and two more near the railway station, another in the Rue Caumartin, and another in the kitchen of the military hospital; another near the town hall, others in the Ruck Pierre and Nieuport, and the last near the arsenal. Two fell in the &uburb of Rosendael, on a jute factory. The districts of Coudo- kerque and of Furnes also suffered, aim many were wounded there. One child had an arm blown off, whih another, with an old woman, was kiUee. outright, being dreadfully disfigured. The bombs were filled with shrapnel which pitted tho walls and buildings. A horse in the Rue Nieuport, close to the spot where a bomb fell, was mutilated. British ambulances carried the suf- ferers to hospital. Some were dead on arrival. The Casualties. The official return of casualties up te, four o'clock was: 15 killed, 32 wounded. A fifth GenD?i aeroplane remained 3S sentry outside the town and taking nc' part in the raid, but holding itself in readincss to attack any of the Allies' aeroplanes seeking to repel the invadin" fleet. -00
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STEINBACH ENTERED. French Gains in Alsace. PARIS, Thursday. The following official communique was issued in Paris this afternoon:— From the sea to the Aisne it was a little calmer yesterday. There was an artillery duel at some points of the front. In Champagne, to the west of the farm cf Aigere (north of the Sillery sectio. of Rheims) the enemy blew up in the ¡ night-time two of our trenches and de- livered an attack against them, which was repulsed. To the north of Mesnit-les-Hurles we: have taken some trenches on the second line of the enemy's defence. In th same region, to the north of the farm of Beausejour, we have also taken some trenches. The enemy delivered a countcr-attack, which was repulsed, and we, resuming the offensive in our turn, gained some further ground. In the same district, and more to the eastward, some German forces which were advancing in order to deliver a counter-attack, were caught by the fire of our artillery and dispersed. In Argonne we have made some slight progress towards Fontaine Madam by exploding a mine and occupying the excavations made by the explosion. Between the Meuse and the Moselle, in' the region of the wood of Montmare, about 150 metres of German trenches have fallen into our hands. In Upper Alsace our forces have entered Steinbach and carried half the village house by house. ————— IQr —————
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GERMAN BARBARITY. The British Press Bureau has issued the following:— The Commission of Inquiry on the Violation of the Rules of international Law and Customs of War has issued its 7th report to the Belgian Minister of Justice. Section 1 deals with the use of explo- sive or expanding bullets, and says in its ilud report the Commission of Inquiry re,- ported that expanding bullets had been left behind by the German troops on the battlefield at Werchter, and that medical reports established the fact that Belgian j soldiers had been wounded by balls of this kind. The German army operating in Belgium has continued to use these prohibited bails. The Commission of Inquiry repro- duces documents proving this iact. Section 2, on the maltreatment of prisoners and wounded, tays the Com- mission in earlier reports has already cited the cases of two Belgian soldiers j who were cast into a burning houso: between Impde and Wolverthem, and of 26 Belgian wounded and prisoners who were shot at Aerschot on August 18th. Hanged in a Hedge. Incidents of this kind, it is added. have been frequent. Quartermaster Bandoin van de Keichove, 3rd Lancers, deposed that after he had been wounded by two German bullets, the Germans maltreated him. One took his carbine irom his hand, whirled it round his head, and inflicted a violent blow on his ribs with it. A second German, seeing he was still alive, fired on him from a distance of six feet. Luckily for him, the bullet only inflicted a grazing wound on his abdoman. A cyclist rifleman who fell into the hands of the Germans. in the same eombat with the quartermaster previously mentioned, was found hanged in a hedge. A priest of the village buried the corpse of the rifleman. On August 16th, French soldiers wounded on the previous night at the Battle of Dinant were found with their skulls battered in by blows with clubbed rifles. At Namnr on August 23rd, German sol- diers moved their own wounded from tho private hospital of Dr. Bribosia, which was used as a dressing station, but killed two Belgians and two French wounded who had been tended there. They set the hospital on fire. i Bayonet Thrusts in Face. On August 25th at Hofotaede, near Malmei-, a Belgian rifleman left slightly wounded, was finished off with blows from the butts o.f rifles which smashed io his ?niU. Twcntv-two soldiers of I th? a?N? oot? w?re found dead m a little wood lying to the right of the road from Malines to Terneuze, near Baal- beck. Eighteen of them had been killed by bayonet thrusts in the face. They had bullet wounds, but these were not dangerous, only sufficient to prevent I them escaping. But the four remaining Belgians who had fatal bullet wounds bore no traces of the bayonet. On August 25, at the eombat in the I neighbourhood of Sempst a soldier of the I 24th Regiment of the Line, who was I charged to aid the ambulance staff in the carrying of wounded, found two Belgian corpses bound to a tree. These soldiers were still wearing their full equipment. Their coats were torn open, and it was clear they had been bayo- neted in the stomach. The colonel commanding the 2nd Chas- seurs at Cheval states in his report of Sep- tember 17th that Trooper Richard Baeclie- I landt is entered as having been killed by Germans during reconnaissance. Evidence showed he had been found with his hands lashed together with a leather strap. He had evidently been first wounded, then captured and finished off with a bayonet thrust in the stomach. Hands Plunged Into Boiling Water. On September llth, Joseph Louis Burin, I a private in the 24th of the Line, stated h,? was captured by Germam near Aers- chot and that the captors, to compel him to answer questions, plunged his hands into a saucepan of foiling water. The regimental surgeon bears witness that Burin's hands showed traces of having been scalded. The soldier states two others of his com- rades were also tortured. One of them who had offered resistance was seized and held by the arms and legs, while his head was twisted round till death followed. The second had one of his Angers chopped off. Abbe Van Crombruggen makes on October 27th the following deposition:— On October 20th, after the German at- tack on the bridge of Dixmude, at about three o'clock, I, the undersigned, along with other witnesses, whose names are appended to this paper, made the fol- lowing discovery:- The body of Sub-Lieutenant Camil do Poncin, of the 2nd Company, 3rd i Battalion, 12th of the line, was found in a position indicating by every evid- ence that he had been executed by shooting. He had been put in bonds by means of a coil of iron wire wound ten times round his legs from the level of the ankles. This operation com- pleted, the victim had been shot. whether in a standing or a kneeling position. His body, with the head thrown far backward, was lying on its back. The knees were soiled with mud, and the heels were underneath the body. The unhappy officer must have sunk on his knees when falling backward, unless he was made to kneel before the volley was fired. In his breast were the marks of many bullfits, very evident. (Signed) F. Van Crombruggen (Chaplain of the 12th of the Line). The names of the witnesses, four sol- diers, follow. Cruelty to Wounded Prisoners. Wounded and prisoners on their way to Germany have been frequently deprived of food and the most elementary assist- ance during the journey. English prisoners have been subjected to specially bad treatment. The Red Cross Branch at Verviers has organisod a system for supplying fooo. to wounded and prisoners passing through the town. On September 18th a train with several carriages full of English prisoners passed through the Eastern Railway Station, The Germans prevented the ambulance men from giving them food. Another train contained both French and English prisoners. The sentries per- mitted the ambulance attendant to help the French, but prevented hilll from assisting the E&zli&h. Witnesses report that this kind of inci- dent occurred repeatedly. Section 3 is devoted to the maltreat- ment of hospitals staffs and the mis-use of the Red Cross. It states there are numerous disposi- tions concerning attacks by Germans on ambulance trains, as also on the arr"?:t o.?f medical staff who have often been sent to Germany. Ambulance Men Fired On. At Aerschot on August 19th, ambu- lance men in clerical dress, wearing the Red Cross armlet, were fired upon while they were gathering up the wounded, al- though they pointed to the emblem they were wearing. At Louvenjone on August 19th, the Germans tore away the armlets of three ambulance men and knocked them down. They were arrested, beaten and abused. At last they were released, and while carrying off a wounded man had to drop him seven times because the German^ turned the fire of machine guns upon them. A Belgian ambulance Column was attacked on August 23rd while leaving Bioul. It was fired on with violence. The ambulance men were scattered, and of a oolumn of about 500 persons, hardly 100 succeeded in escap- ing. When entering Namur on August 19th, the Germans riddled the hospital with bullets. WitnasseB attest that the Ger- man assaulting columns in the combat of Schiplaeken, were preceded by the white fleg. and on other occasions hoisted the Red Cross flag on houses occupied by their troops and on barracks where they had put their artillery. Section four deals with tho maltreat- ment of the civil population. It states that depositions made both by civilians and military men proving that the Ger- mans have compelled them to serve as guides, or have forced them to carry out military works, are numerous They also forced both Belgian soldiers and part of non-military population to march in front of their troops. Details of seventeen instances are given by the report, among them ieiug the fol lowing: Three soldiers depose that their company having been made prisoners, they were taken on by Germans with their hands bound behind their backs. At Laive they came into contact with a com pany of Belgian troops. Germans placed them in front, and at a certain moment ordered them t.o cry, Belgians, do not fire: you are shooting at Belgians." Two of the prisoners fell, shot down by their comrades. At the Bridge of Jives, the Germans placed women and children at the head of their attacking column. Both the women and children were brought down by the Belgian fire. At Herent. the Germaup forced 500 women and children, preceded by the priests of Wygmael and Wesemael. to march in front of their forces. About a thousand inhabitants of Wygmael, men, women and children, were compelled to follow German troops for ten days while figliting was in progress. Section five deals with the bombard- ment of open spaces under circumstances which constitute a violation of the laws of war. At Deynze three bombs struck the convent of Sisters of St. Niac-ent de Paul occupied by sick orphans and refugees numbering about 200. Panic pro- voked was indescribable.
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At. the Boyal, Exchange Hotel, Aberavon, on Wednesday, Mr. Jack Finlayson (solici- tor's clerk with Messrs. M. Tennant and Ron, town clerk) was presented with a port- manteau and a toa-ndsotna set of military brushes on the occasion of his departure for St. Helen's (Lancashire), where he takeis up a, similar post. The chair was occupied by Mr. Syd Davies, and a musical pro- gramme was rendered. Mr. Finlayeon was also the recipient of a silver cigarette case, suitably inscribed, from his official col- leagues at Aberavon.
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SOLDIER'S DEATH. SWANSEA INQUEST OPENED. An unfortunate occurrence took place on Friday night in Wind-street, S^ £ .nsea. While a sergeant of the local battalion was marching a party towards the Drill Hall, his rifle went off. One man was killed on the spot, and another wounded and removed to the hospital, where, we understand, he is progressing favourably. The sergeant immediately surrendered himself to the police, and was detained pending full inquiry by the military authorities. At the Police Court. At the Swansea Police Court Saturday morning Sergeant William Hopper (24), of the 6th Welsh Reserve Battalion, and raiding at 132, Pentregethm-road, Cwin- bwrla, was formally remanded for a week, charged with causing the death of Private E. D. Dudley, oi the same regi- ment. who resided at 14, Wellington- terrace, Gorseinon, and wounding Private W. Gates, of the same regiment, and re-I siding at 11, Talbot-terrace, Maesteg, on December 25th. The Inquest. At Alexandra-road Schoolroom, Swan- sea on Monday afternoon, Mr. J. C. Morris borough coroner) opened an inquest into the circumstances attending the death of Pte. Enoch Daniel Dudley, of 14, Wellington-terrace, Gorseinon, and -Ilr. W. P. Smith watched the proceedings for the police, Mr. Edward Harris for the widow of the deceased, and Mr. W. H. Jones, Oxford-street, was foreman of the jury. Sergeant William Hopper, who is on remand charged with causing the death, was present. The Coroner: This is an inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of Enock Daniel Dudley, a private of the 6th Welsh, who met his death in the un- fortunate shooting matter in Wind-street on Christmas night. The inquiries have j not yet been fully completed, and it is my intention to take only evidence of identification, and to adjourn the inquiry until two o'clock on Thursday afternoon, when I hope to be able to j complete it. David John W, illiamt,, 13, Upper Lime- jj ftreet, Gorseinon, collier, a brother-in-law of the deceased, said Dudley was a privato in the 6th Welsh, at present stationed at Swansea, and he was 35 years of He knew nothing of the circumstances of the death. He gave e-odence of identiheation- By Mr. Harris: He joined the Ter- ritorials only at the commencement of the war. Mr. Harris said under certain contin- gencies he might wish to call this wit- ne?. and he asked that he 6hould 8.ttenll again on Thursday.—The Coroner agreed. The Coroner (to Sergt. Hopper): Does I anyone represent you?—My lieutenant, sir. The Coroner (to Lieut. D. Harold Wil- liams. solicitor, Gorseinon): You do not wish to ask any questions at this stage- Lieut. Williams: No. The enquiry was then adjourned to Thursday at 2 o'clock. Adjourned Inquest. The inquiry was resumed by Mr. J. C. j Morris (Borough Coroner) at the Guild- hall, Swansea, on Thursday, into the death of Enoch Danl. Dudley, a private in i the 6th Welsh Regt., who resided at 14, Wellington-terrace, Gorseinon, the victim of the shooting affair in Wind-street, Swansea, on Christmas Night. Mr. W. P. Smith watched the case for I the police, Mr. Edward Harris for the widow of deceased, and Mr. W. H. Jones (Oxford-street) was foreman of the jury. Lieut. D. Harold Williams and Second- Lieut. Strick, of the 6th Welsh Regt., were present, and a large number of wit- nesses, most of them Territorialb, attended. Evidence of ident ification had previously been given by a brother-in-law, David John Williams, 13, Upper Lime-street, ¡ who said deceased was 35 years of age and joined the Territorials at the outbreak of war. Second-Lieutenant Strick: I appear on behalf of the military authorities, and I am instructed to make application for an adjournment of this inquest for a fort- j night. The reason of my application isi that before Sergeant Hopper, who is in custody in connection with this matter, can be legally represented, the leave of the War Office has to he obtained. The leave has been applied for, but has not yet been obtained, and it may be some days before it arrives. You will realise we are working under pressure, and as Sergeant Hopper might possibly be prejudiced by any evidence that is given, to-day it seems only fair that he should be legally represented. The Coroner: That is the application. Usually, I object to adjournments unless they are absolutely necessary because that puts a number of jurymen who have business to attend to to great inconvenience, but we must put up with that inconvenience if it is a matter d giving a person who stand in a very 11 serious position, an opportunity of taking every possible advantage for defending himself against any charge that might be brought. Personally, I think the ap- plication is a reasonable one, and should be granted. Mr. Smith, on behalf of the police. offered no objection, neither did Mr. Harris (for deceased 's wife). The Coroner reiterated that in his opinion it was reasonable; Hopper stood in a very serious position, and it was only fair he should have an opportunity of being represented. Hê understood that, being on active service he had no right to engage a solicitor or counsel, neither could any one else do ro for him. Leave must be given by the War Office, whi,h named the representative to appear for him. He felt sure the jury would have no objection to the adjournment, al- though personally he had hoped to have been able to proceed with the inquiry on the following Monday. Eventually the inquiry was adjonrned until Thursday. January 14th, and the tune wae fixed for 1.30.
,I GERMANY'S RESERVES.I
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GERMANY'S RESERVES. Amsterdam. Dec. W.-The journal "Het Volk" has an estimate of the German, reaarveis. 'I At the hesrinning of Deoembe-r, of the Lajidstnrm, there weye in readiness the following men under Q,rme;- Berlin Metz 80,000 Hamburg 60,000 j Heidelberg 15,000 Bremen 30,000 j Karlsruhe 60,000 Hanover 40,000 jStraefcburg 80,000 Dnesseldorf 30.000 Freiburg 25.000 Cologne 60,000 j Stuttgart 60.000 Coblenz 30,000 TJlm 70.000 Wiesbaden 16,000 I Munich 60,000 Mayence 25,000 j temauer bodies were assembled at other provincial towns, making, in all, about a million men. There is in addition the class of freeh recruits, who number another million.- Eeuter.
ANOTHER GERMAN COLONY GONE.…
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ANOTHER GERMAN COLONY GONE. A RetiTer s Melbourne message says an Australian force, on December 9th, occu- pied Baugainville, the largest of the Solomon Islands, and hoisted the British fi3.
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FOSTER MOTHER SENT TO PRISON. f Catherine Gasper, alias Emma Gasper. alias Kathleen Dudgeon (47), a married woman, was brought up on remand at Swansea on Wednesday charged with that she, being a person who had undertake! for reward the nursing of an infant nndot the age of seven years, to wit. Herbert Reginald Seymour, did change her n\F1 dence from the district of Hitchins Uui(M to a house in Oxford-street, Swansea, aa did fail to notify the local authority. She was sent to prison for two month without hard labour.
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ENORMOUS GERMAN LOSSES. Teutonic Hordes Beaten Back. 1 CHRISTMAS VICTORIES. Russians Succeed in Every Field of Operations. Petrograd, Wednesday.—In every field oJ operations the Russians were strikingly victorious on Christmas lhv. Details are being leccivect of the light- ing in the Sarikaiuysh district, in Atiia ?uncr. 'l'he Turks ni great force attackea the Hus?ians, who repu16M them, ?niitct- ing heavy looses oil the enemy and cap- turing mnnv guns a.nd quickhrers. Aitei thp Kusiians nad silenced the Turkish ar- iiliery the Turks were reinforced, but so were the Russians. Fighting continued by day and night with changing fortune, i{us?ian held guns demolished the new Turkish mountain guns. All arms were engaged. The Turks retired in dis- order, pursued by the Russian cavalry. Thr- Turks nn-aged the Greek and Ar- menian villages. The first Russian bath halIl went to F.nst Prussia, and thence to Poland. it has accommodation for 1,200 baths daily, and many soldiers tra.mped 10 rersts to each it.-rr^s A()ci?ti()n. Defeat Admitted. I The following message was sent out yesterday by the .Kaiser's wireless bureau ind tapped by the Marconi Comlialiy:- The Russian army which about a week ago began the offensive against those 1\ )f our forces which had crossed the Car- pathians bad been reinforced witil sup- plementary tioops and fresh divisions in such a manner that it proved to be necesv-^ary fur us to withdraw ocr troops along the entire eastern front and in tho plain of Gorlce. The situation in the north has not been influenced thereby." In the Balkan theatre of the war the Montengrins showed a great but unsuc- cessful activity. A weak attack on our juter field entrenchments at Trebinje was repulsed without difficulty, and the enemy's artillery has been silenced. The cannon of the Montenegrins did not have the slightest effect on the strong frontier fortress of Krievosije. -00
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THE TRUTH UNPLEASANT. THE TRUTH UNPLEASANT. According to the Berlin Vorwaerts," three Socialist newspapers in Bohemia and one in the Yoralberg (Tyrol) have been suppressed by the Austrian ooiifce.— Exchange-
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POLICE WOMEN. 18 0 A A SWANSEA WATCH COMMITTEE REJECT A PROPOSITION. At a meeting of the Swansea Watch Committee on Wednesday afternoon, the Mayor presiding.. Messrs. J. and F. Weaver, contractors for the Central Police and Fire Station, wrote that the retention money on the contract. £ 4,000, wa$unusually high, and asking that the buildings being now nearly completed, a portion iiibould be paid to them. In reply to Mr. J. Lewis, the Chairmaa said he understood that there was not a single complaint in regard to the work. A clock bad been promised, and the build' ing would be open and the clock ready by the end of March.—It was decided to pay £2,000 of the money retained. Police Women for Swansea. The League of Honour for Women wrote enclosing a resolution asking that the Mayor of Swansea convene a public meeting at the earliest possible date. to consider the question of women patrols. They felt sure they would have the nrp- port of the Corporation in this matter. Mr. J. Powlesland: I suggest writing and asking them io send their measure- ments, and we will send a few uniforms for them right off the reel. The Chief Constable said he did not think at the present moment there wait any necessity for such a course being adopted. The letter was allowed to lie on the table. JuvenHe Traders. The Juvenile Employment Committee recommended that it be made a sine qua non that before issuing licen-ses for juvenile applicants to engage in street trading, p*oof must, be given that they had been interviewed by the Juvenile Employment Officer, and had the consent of their parents. The Ciairnian said in London many ol the children did not take out licenses, and the authority allowed its attendance oflir-ers to see into the chatter. The matter was referred back to the Juvenile Employment Committee. Constable's Compensation. On the recommendation of the Chief Constable, the committee decided to pay P.C. (135) Fitzgerald iEl compensation for damage to private clothing at the ure at Messrs. Moxham's yard. Caretaker's Wag-es. The application by the police station caretaker for an increase of 2s. 6d. in her wages to 12s. 6d., after 29 yeaxs* ser* vice was acceded to. Smart Work Acknowledged, On the recommendation of the Chief Constable, the committee placed on re- cord its appreciation of the ability of Detective-Sergeant J. T. Hayse and De- tective-Constables A. Eynoii and O'Brien in a recent housebreaking case. In connection with the rescue of John Shannon from drowning in the cahal tt Hafod. Herbert Pridmore was granted a certificate of hravery, and Mr. E. T.. Hopkins was written a letter of thanks. In regard to the rescue of Peter Massie from the Prince of Wales Dock. the Chief Constable said he had reported Pte (2494) Gomer Evans, of the 6th Welsh, to the Royal Humane Society for a fine piece of work, and if nothing was done in that quarter he would mention, the matter to the committee later. Civilians' Services. Mr. Powlesland asked if there had been no request for payment as compensation to civilians who assisted in the Oyster- moutli-road fire. The Chief Constable replied in the negative. Mr. Powlesland said two men who cera undoubtedly of much use, had garments damaged, and he suggested the Chief Constable report on the matter.—Agr?-j.l.
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SWANSEA HOSPITAL. The monthly meeting of the Swansea Hospital Board of Management was held to-day, Colonel W. Ll. Morgan (vice- chairman) presiding. Dr. H. Grantham Dodd. M.B., B.S., of Hove, who appeared before the Board, was appointed to a vacancy on the resi- dent medical staff. He was the only applicant for the post. Twenty-six yeara of age, he took his decrees at Durham. and has held the posts of hqilbe physician and casualty officer at the Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Hospital, and house surgeon at the North Lonsdala Hospital, Barrow. The Secretary reported that the hos- pital had participated in the distribu- tion of foodstuffs qent to England by the Sydney (New South W ales1; Chamber of Commerce, and two bags oi flour and two nags of bacon had been received for th& Belgian soldiers. They had sinoe had an offer of a dozen cases of tinned fruits and flour from Queensland. In view of the temporary withdrawal of beds for the military, the House Com- mittee regretted that they were unable tCt avail themselves of the kind offer of the Bowling Club, and suggested that the offer of the use of the pavilion as a con- valescent home or Red Cross Howpital be made direct to the commanding officer at Chester. Mr. E. Tuckfield said there was a feel- ing among the members of the Bowling Club that the House Committee had usurped the right to offer the pavilion tr* the War Office or Red Cross Society. TTep was led to disabuse their minds of that impression. The minute was rather L- definitely worded, but it was. meant that the committee simply recommended the Bowling Club to make the offer them- selves. Belgian Student's Services. The House Committee decided, or the recommendation of the medical officer, to accept Mons. R. Vincent, a Belgian medical student and refugee now in Lon- don, as a student at the Hospital. Sit" Alfred Mond, Bart.. M.P., had previously- written on behalf of Mons. Vincent, say- ing he would be glaq to come if he could be of any use at the Hospital. It was decided that, subjeeJL to the Home Offic* allowing- Mons. Vincent to oome to Swan- sea, which is a prohibited area, he be accepted and lodged at Ffy-none.
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I BRITONFERRY FIRE. On Wednesday evening, just after nine oJock, a fire was discovered in a bed- room at the G.W.R. Roetauraunt, Charles- street, Britonferry, belonging to Mr. O. Williams. The fire alarm was sounde4 and. pending the arrival of the brigad^ some willing helpers carried buckets 0? water, and by these the t-onflagration was got under. The origin of the fire seems a mystery, but it evidently started near a lar.- .,c, chest of drawers, as these were soou in flames and the contents, consisting of wearing apparel and jewellery, were after- wards found destroyed. Be?idep tlii: much damage was caused by the ww. The proportj was insuKfidU