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Family Notices
aiRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS, KELSOS —At Frondeg, Morriston, Christ- mas Day, to Mr. ind Mrs. J. C. Nelson a daughter. IUCH.AB.DS.-Deoem 26th, s4 57, Manowl-, iuii-rcwui, iJle wife c £ h. Hichard* (nee Gtady* Inrndle), a daughter (stillborn). 5*B[PP.—Or. December 24th, at 3, Milton- j road, Bedford, to Dr. and ilrs. E. U. Tripp a daughter MARRIAGES. DA VIES—THOMAS.—At Mynyddbach, on Wednesday, the 29th inst., Kate, youngest daughter of the late lIr, J. Woolridse I ,a- b -,ir- Davies and Mrs. 1*1. E. Davies, Labur- nam," Morriston, to Dd. John Thomas, youngest son of the late Mr. N. Thomas and Mr., Thomas, Oaklands," Morriston. DICKENS—JONES.—On December 27th, at Orchp-rd-pba,ce Baptist Church, Neath. Charles, eeoond tIOn of the late Mr. and Mr?. Charles Dickens, Swansea, to Daisy Iren?. YOUDt daughter of the lat? -9?. Ev&ti Jones, and Mrs. Jones, The Bungalow," Hhyddings, Neath. j GROUNDS—BARKEK.—On Thursday last, December 30. 1915, at Victoria ChlTch: Mumbles by the Rev. R. W. Green, Her- bert George Grounds. late of Camoridg-e, j to Elizabeth (lister) Barker, 24, Brynsifi- t erra (.v. Mount Pleasant,. Swansea, S9th Ü st" at w JCoriah. Llanelly. John G. Richards. Jiaea- j teg. son of Rev. D. Richard-. Baptist, mill- ister Csmduad, to E( .)Luigest daughter of Mr and Mr h Jones, Brynawel, routs:-dt* 1) r..ATUS. GRIFFITHS.—On December 30th, at Ora;g. cefnpar", Annie (aged 35), wife of Sergt. Gwilym Griffiths, 6th Welsh, and the daughfcar of Mr. W. W. Hopkin, Craigccfn- parr. JAMES.—Oc Monday. December ïth. at the residence of his daughter, Norfolk House, Turvey Bedford, Stephen James, late of Mayalo and afterwards of 14, Park Wern- road. JONES —On January 3rd, at Gwyn-y-bedw, Glyd.ach> David Jones, late foreman frtter; at Clydaoh Foundry; age 69. MICHAEL—On tile 3rd inst., at Thisileboon, Mumble'. kbn Michael, aged 76. MORGAN.—On December 28, Evan Morgan tc-ged 25.1, only son of W. E. Morgan, miners' agent, Swansea. RICHARD £ .~On December SO. J. H. I" h arete (Jat.) assistant superintendent Britannic Assurance Company, the be- lovee. hualYtDd of Mary Hannah Kichards, Treboeth. TUCKER.On January 2nd, at Fursehill, Woodville-road. Mumbles, Lettie tbe i beloved eldest daughter of ItLr. 2nd Mrs. P, Tl. Tucker; age 19 years. WILLIAM»S.—December 29th, at Tirdeunaw Farm, Hannah, the beloved daughter of the late Griffith -,nd Ann Williams. WILLIAMS.—On December 01$t, at Mile End. Gendros, Aaron Williams, ;11 bis 68th year.
==! AUCTION SALES SUMMARY.…
== AUCTION SALES SUMMARY. (F,ull particulars will be found on Page 1) Janaaty 12.—Sale of Valuable Leasehold Dwelling-houses, situated in Snow-ter- ra<:e, Wind-road, Ystradgynlais, at the 6w Sw a n flotti. Yotalyfc-ra, at 7 p-ni., New Swan Hotel, Yatalyfc-ra, at 7 p.m., by Mr. David Roberts, F.A.I.
NOTES AND COMMENTS I
NOTES AND COMMENTS I We are now asking Parliament to sane-I tion a change, as it has been proved i thai. in the special circumstances of this utterly unprecedented struggle, the j ?XMUu), system without modiiicatMn is j not equal to man-taming the Ai-i?:. which is nd to secure ndory.-Lord ivitx-her.er. The great decision has now been taken, What developments may come out of the new attitude adopted by the Government t towards rvcriiitiiig-aii attitude which! we brieve will lie welcomed by the country—it is unnecessary to write of to-day; but last night's speeches seem to indicate that the present measure will he 1 found suiheient. The main thing is that the method of enlarging our Armi4a6 and of repairing their wastage is at last upon a business-like footing. The old system had proved itself not only unfair but im- possible. It allowed the patriotic lads of one household to sacrifice much; it enabled the unpatriotic, perhaps in the next housf-and tliere are more than a few such cases in Swansea—to stay at home reaping where they have not sowed, making advantages where they bad not laboured. We have to grasp the essential fact that this is a war of peoples and not of Armies, and that if we are to withstand and overwhelm a people organised for war as are the Germajis, organised even to their womenkind, we cannot continue upon the old lines. Henceforth we shall know, as far as the basis of our fighting force 18 concerned—the single men- exactly where we are. We shall not be at the mercy of sudden spasms of recruit- ing activity. In a word we have applied business ways to what is first and fore- most a business problem. Let us put the position in a homely way which we hope will appeal to that large om-ss of our readers outside Swan- sea—for Swansea i* practically persuaded of Lie necessity for the new step-who l'e almost persuaded, chapel folk mostly with all a Welshman's love of the chapel. They will know that what we may call the of contributions has its severe critics in all causes: that thera is always a minority who fight against it, asserting that it violates the spirit of free-will offerings. What is the answer made to such as the--el It is that the envelope system—bv which contributions are regularised and aseertainable-i,- a necessary part, of the chapel routine: that the elders, having entered on behalf of the church into certain financial commit- meats, have a light to know before hand what contributions they may reasonably expect during the year. The loose col- lection does not give that indication. The parallel is exact. Up to date, we have been running our share of the war upon the loose collection idea. It has served marvellously wen-better than mcat peopie ever expected. But the ata?Q? commitments han' ?rown 100 heavy for the method to serve any longer, i The Government has a right to know more definitely what the contributions are going to be over the next year. The envelope system must be instituted. The members of the nation must be asked to stat e what they are going to clo. Lord Kitchener df clares that victory demands a change. It has taken many precious months for the Government to determine upon this step, which ha-s been pressed upon it for a very long tip-le The campaign of 1915 suffered because our munitions were not organised. I Let us hope that the campaign of 19U; will not suffer because of our tardiness in iMUaaK-nng oar r-eft-p-rvels. It will take time to train the recruits who will come under the Derby *K:heme; the new men will not bo available for war service IUJtil late i Ilo th vear-a nd as far as the future of the war can be predicted, the great. decisive clash is coining bo fore the year ftTML:. That, we think, is the factor which will reconcile all moderate laeon to an ex- pedient which in normal times they j wouirl op|x>se m ihi and main. Mr. RA-t T Womam hit.6 off tJbe situation admirablv i in a cartoon in London Opinion," "I forced compulsion, y¡¡:; Loro Northeliffe. j Ko^" says Mr. Lloyd Geoig^s I forced^ it. No," adds the slacker, I forced it." *cWroing/' comments the Ka>«er. I forced it." And at this juncture we may be permitted to epeak of the men who real wed the i>ece66ity and spoke out, because they were bound to, in early days. In Walee it wtv a delicate step to take. Welsh Nationalists and Non-' conformists had very strong prej udices aguinert anything resembling compulsion.; and it required not only foresight but courage, at a time when even friendly sug- gestions to the Government were b(?in? re&ent?d. to voice the opinion, as a a't i ve 1011 Wel&h representative that, whatever con- viction remained a? to the principle of National Service, and whatever prejudices existed against it. our ab&olui.} necessity imperatively de- manded its adoption as the oniy real way to assure victory. That was the li taken by Sir Alfred Mond, and our readers will know what criticism he Itadi to undergo for taking it. Sir Alfred, in speech after speech, urged that expedi- ency demanded the adoption of some such system as the only fair and systematic way of raising the neceasary numbers to fight the military and naval war. Time and circumstances brought this view of things into the| forefront as the only way of meeting our engagements; and wo think it may be said with j notice that the attitude taken hv Sir Alfred Mond, by Mr. El!is Jones Griffith, and a few others, made it easier for Mr. Asquith to invite his followers to tread a strange and unfamiliar path. The new Bill is framed upon such lines thai it is impossible to think that it will arouse much genuine opposition in the country. There may be, and probably will he, ? good lleal of "houting on the part of those who sincerely believe that the voluntary principle in all its full puritv. is indispeneable to the continu- ance of the Empire; but we refuse to be- lieve that the shouted will have a strong backing. One of the most siguihcant changes of thought in our experience has been taking place of late months. Men who were ultra-vohuitaryists a short time ago have been forced to see that another policy is absolutely essential. They have been embittered by the sight of youug men walking our streets, unashamed of their position, and openly, declaring that they have no intention of joining the Army. Fathers and mothers with boys who have been in the trenches for a year or more and have emerged from the ordeals of Ypres and Loos, can hardly be expected to have much patience with that cHLss of man! The Morning Po?t ?aid with truth yesterday that the kernel of the whole question was that "parent, and relations cannot understand why their sons. husbands or brothers should join when other young men hold back and secure lucrative employment at home.? Upon that point the Premier is edd.ently agn'eJ, As keen a 6UP-¡ porter of the voluntary system as any member of the IIoti?e," ho declared the Bill to be necessary, because first the pledge to the married men had to be re- deemed, and also, we take it, because he saw that the present method was an in- tolerable injustice to the patriotic single men who have enlisted. No one will be able to say that the Bill is harsh. It deals with the unattested single men in the gentlest way. It makes tho process of attesting easy for them. They will be subjected to no shameful distinction; they will be lost in the general mass ot men who await the call- ing up of their groups. If they fail, after this eleventh-hour chance, to join, who will have any compassion for them Mr. Asquith says that such slackers will be treated as though they had attested or I enlisted. Who will deny the wisdom of this course? Who will be foolish enough to stand on the hou^-tops and ery militarism" because such a sensible and just procedure has been adopted? In one respect tho Bill will afford relief I to a large and unfortunate class of men —those who had submitted themselves fur examination and had received certifi- cates of rejection as physically Unfit,¡ The men who have been rejected s= August last will be exempted from further calls. This is but bare justice. It had been suggested that the Bill was to com- pel all unattested single men to present themselves for attestation, whether they had done so previously or not; and it was not unnaturally objected that the mere fact of having to appear at a public office in company with tho«> whose con- duct is directly responsible for the failure of the Derby scheme would be open to obvious misconstruction, and would be an ordeal in itself to the patriotic citizen who had already done what in him lies to make the scheme a success. Mr. Asquith's BiH meets the case of these un- fortunates—for unfortunates they re.1 and-to be commiserated with .deeply, since the majority of them—all who went to the recruiting office before the rush—have not the consolation of possession of a II Derby armlet, and are subject to the sus- picion that they are among the ignoble six hundred thousand (or let us say the ignoble three hundred thousand to which the residuum may be reduced).
-I INQUIRY INTO A REMARKABLE…
INQUIRY INTO A REMARKABLE ACCIDENT The suggestion that magnetic attrac- tion by pulling the car out of its course was the cause of the collision of a motor- car with an electric pillar-box at East- bourne on Sunday, December 26, was in- jected at the inquest on Wednesday. Two men, Bbenczer Sliadwell and Private Marshall, K.A.M.C., were electrocuted wlven they touched the car, which had smashed the box and' exposed the cables carrying a current of 2,500 volts. An eye-witness, Mr. Mark William Baulcomb, said he saw the motor-car ap- proach within 10ft. of tite /pillar-box. Huddenly it seemed to give a lurch and go straight into the box. Later four men went to push the car, but as soon as they touched it they were swung round and fell to the ground. J, Kenipe Brydgeis, borough elec- trical engineer, stated that when he got to the spot the soldier was in a crouch- ing attitude with his right arm curved round the side lamp bracket. His posi- tion was so natural that he appeared to be looking inside the car. The pillar-box was of strong cast-iron. Three high-pressure cables had been torn away fruin three switches. The boxes were kept above ground because it was dangerous for employees to handle "live" (charged with electricity) cables under- gr und. o If it were suggested that the car -was. drawn to the pillar by magnetic attrac- tion he emphatically declared that that was impossible. Horace Simms, the driver, who wore a khaki armlet, said his speed was about twel ve mil?s an hour. The car seemed to swerve and the steering-wheel ap-I peared to come against him. In returning a verdict of death from misadventure the jury expressed the opinion that such electricity pillars should be farther from the side of the road. Mr. Trotter, electrical adviser to the Board of Trade, said the accident which was the first of its kind, would probably result in the revision of the arrange- ments for outdoor electrical appliances.
IAMMANFORD COUNCIL VACANCIES-I
I AMMANFORD COUNCIL VACANCIES I The Ammantord .District Council on Wednesday declared vacant two seats, the members not having attended recently or replied to the clerk's communications.
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IMPERIAL ARUAMENTI
IMPERIAL ARUAMENTI HOUSE OF COMMONS, Thursday. The &p?.aker took the chair at 2.A5. A new WTit was (?r?iered to b?e issued for th? election of a member for St. G??rgefi, H?an?v?!' Square, in fi?R room of Sir  Alexander HRud?i'son, who has b?n raised to the peerage. Allies and Greece. I Sir Edwin Cornwall asked the Foreign Secretary if the diplomatic situation of the Allies in Greece had in any way altered since the Jaf't Greek elections, and if it was now regarded as (satisfactory so far as tho understanding with the Gieek Government was concerned. Sir E. Grey: I do not think the Allies can regard the situation as other than satisfactory. No Conscription Fellowship. I Major Glazebrook asked whether ill- quiries would be made into the organisa- tion called No Conscription Fellowship, "bidl existed for the purpose of resist- ilig any form or compulsory service, and into the records of those who eign. itK manifestoes, and whether any action wonU be taken a?nioet this associaAion in view of ii-.s ('r (I,?- iymg tb? Ia?' in the event of the intro- duction nt compulsory military service. Mr. Brace said an inquiry had aiveadv been made ou thr points mentioned i n the first part of the question. 1 ntil the contingency referred to arose he could not say what action would be taken. Melting Sovereigns for Jewellery. Mr. Hume Williams asked whether the attention of the Government had been called to the practice indulged in by cer- tain manufacturing jewellers of melting sovereigns in order to U6C the gold for jewellery, and whether legislatiou would be introduced to put a stop to the p cac- ti* eti which must tend to deplete the gold reserves of th'e country r Mr. McKeana said his attention had been called to this matter. The practice was most undesirable, and in the present crisis should be discouraged. He feared lie oould not contemplate legislation on the subject. t Lord Milner. Mr. Lundon asked whether Lord Milner I had ever complied with a section of the Act of 1770, under which he claimed to be a British citiEen although born in Ger- many. and the son of a German subject? Mr. Brace: The sectiou was repeated in 1871. Mr. Outhwaite asked if under German law Lord Milner was a German citizen .D The Speaker: The hon. member cannot cxpect the hon. gentleman to have a know- ledge of German law. (Laughter.) Suvla Bay Landing. Mr. Tennant informed Mr. Lundon that while the circumstances connected with the incidents of the lauding at Suvla Bay had been carefully considered by the War Office, no formal inquiry had been made.. Military Law Tor jacK nsnore. Dr. Ma<namara presented a Bill to pro- I vide for placing certain oitic?i? and men of His Majesty's Naval Forces under military law whilst serving on shore, and it was read the first time. Prisoners in Holland. I Mr. Asquith stated that the Admiralty had given instructi-ou to officers and men who had been iiiterned i-u Holland that they were not to attempt to eecape. Mr. Tennant stated that Sir Ian Hamil- ton's report on the Suvla Bay landing "ould he in the hands of the public on Friday morning. Sir Edward Grey stated that the Serbian forccs now at Scutari had undergone great privations, but considerable improvement had taken place, and supplies were now reaching them. The Prime Minister announced that the second reading 01 the Military Service Bill would 1>e taken on Trt^jiay iiext. The resumption of the debate on the Military Service Bill was opened by Mr. Duke.
"WE DON'T THINK MUCH OF HIM."I
"WE DON'T THINK MUCH OF HIM." I Thomas Glasbrouk Evans, co llier, Pen- llergaer, was charged at Swansea on Wednesday with burglariously breaking iIlnd entering the house of Mrs. John at reD llergacr. Mr. Henry Thompson defended. Mrs. John said that at 1 p.m. on Jan. 2nd, she was in bed when sho was awakened by a noise at the kitchen win- dow, which was boarded up with inch planks, the window having been blown :n rby the storm a few days before. She also heard the kite lien chairs moving, and oounds of footsteps. She knocked at the partition which separated the house from that of Mr. Griffiths, her next door neighbour. She then heard the bolt thrown back and the door kicked in. She called out. Mr. Girffiths, there's some- one in the kitchen!" She came down etairs with a lighted candle, and saw de- fendant. He had a dog with him—a brown bull terrier. She shouted, All ,right Tom Glasbrook Evans, I know you:" When she opened the front door, defendant went away. Mr. Griffiths and a man named Rogers came to her assist- ance. Cros#-examined by Mr. Thompson, she said she had known defendant for 12 months. He used to work with her hus- band (who is now in France with the Colours), and was a friend of her hus- band. He lived about 300 yards away, and was a married man. Nothing was mIssing from the kitchen, and no damage was done. Lillie John, the last witness's little girl, corroborated. Wm, Griffiths, engine driver, and Dd. John Rogers, also gave evidence. The first corroborated Mrs. John in regard to hi", being called, and stated that when he saw defendant on the road, and the latter said he saw a man running down the road a like the devil!" Evans after- wards came to Mrs. Johns' house, and she charged him with being the man who had entered the premises. By Mr. Thompson When they met him on the road they had no reason to sup- pose it was Evaos who had broken into the house, and Evans returned to the house of his own accord. Defendant had been drinking. Tie was a tidy, industrious man. and well respected. P.O. Frank Roberts found that boards against the back window of Mrs. Johns' •house had been broken away. Jn conse- quence of )1rs, Johns' complaint, he ar- rested defendant, who said, All right, ,I'll come; I have done nothing." After- wards he said, There's nothing to break ,in there for." Charged at the station, defendant replied, I was never inside the place to-niglit." After a long discussion with the Clerk and magistrates, the Chairman saitt: H We are satisfied defendant was on the premises, but I suppose the evidence doesn't bear out that he was there with felonious intent. Defendant will be dis- missed. I may tell you, Mr. Thompson, on behalf of the Benfch, that we don't think much of him. (To defendant): You ought to be heartily ashamed of your- .y a6lianie d of youi,- self; I can tell you that!"
FROGS CHOKE AN ELEPHANT -I
FROGS CHOKE AN ELEPHANT I The Cairo correspondent of the Alla- habad Pioneer publishes tiie following story, quoted from a Government dift- The inspector of Rumbek, in the Bahr- el-Ghazel Province of the Soudan, reports the tragic fate of a large elephant carry- ing tusks weighing nearly 200 lbs. This elephant, according to the natives, inadvertently drank at a. pool infested with frogs, which, being sucked up in great numbers into hi- trunk, choked iL And thp elephant died on the spot of
MILITARY SERVICE Bllll
MILITARY SERVICE Bllll THE PREMIER'S SPEECH. I Mr. Ajsquith introduced, in the House of Commons on Wednesday, a Bill that i provides for the compulsory service of Ihuehelors and widowers (in the latter OC-dse without children dependent on them) .between toe ages of 18 and 41. The prin- cipal features of the measure may thus bo sot forth. It is confined to men affected by Lord Derby's scheme, and is limited to Great Britain (Ireland being excluded). All such men will be deemed to have enlisted from the appointed day "—the 21st day after the day on which the Act comes into force. The Act will come into force on a day fixed by proclamation not more than It days after it has received the Royal \-v* n t. Exceptions. There is a list of excepted men-men to whom the Bill does not apply:— Men not ordinarily resident in Great Brihain; Men already serving in the Forces, liable for foreign service, or recom- mended for exemption by the Admiralty; Hegular ministers of any denomination. Men who hold exemption certificates; and .1"n rrjeeted siuce August 1.5, 1915. Exemptions. Exemptions can be obtained for certain classes of men. or any individual man, by applying to the local tribunal, and no men who have so applied can be called up be- fore their applications are disposed of. Grounds of exemption will include: < 1. Work that is necessary in the national interests; 2. Tiie sole dependence of relatives on single men, or the fact that in a family only one unmarried man is left, alter three or four other sons have been killed or disabled on active service. 3. The ill-health or infirmity of a man otherwise eligible. 4. Conscientious objection to the under- taking of combatant service. In this connection Mr. Asquith pointed out that there are many military duties which men who object to the taking of life can quite well perform. There will be a tribunal for each regis- tration district, who will continue to do the work which is being done under Lord Derby's (scheme by local committees; there will also he Appeal Tribunals, nominated by the Government, for larger areas; and, lastly, a final appeal (with the. consent of the intermediate tribunal) to the Central Body in London already set up under Lord Lansdowne's Committee. That no case has been made out for general compulsion" was empha6ised 'by Mr. Asquith in introducing the measure, and he referred to the group recruiting figures as wonderful and encouraging results." The specific purpose of the Bill was the redemption of his promise to married men, and his primary obliga- tion was to keep faith with the men who had attested. In conclusion, Mr. Asquith announced that the group system would be re- opened, and he appealed to all eligible men to join now of their own free will." He h imeelf would have been very glad to have done without the Bill, He had been disappointed, and he considered it to be necessary. In the course of the subsequent discus- sion strong objection to the principles embodied in the measure was expressed by several speakers. Prominent among those critics were Sir John Simon, Mr. J. H. Thomas, and Mr. Redmond. Sir John Simon's speech made a profound impression. Following are his chief points: LORD KITCHENER. Lord Kitchener spoke in the House of Lords oil Wednesday on tho Government scheme for limited compulsion. He said: Seventeen months ago I stated to your lordships the broad principles of the mili- tarj- steps which I considered necessary to meet the emergency of the war. The scheme for augmenting our forces then set on foot was based on a definite plan to secure, by successive increases to our mili- tary strength, an army commensurate j oui- power and responsibilities, with, the proper complement of roserves and reinforcements necessary to keep up its effective strength in the field during the war. Further, we had to produce for the army thus created the guns-, ammunition, and military material requisite to main- tain its fighting value. Whilst there are in the class affected some such shirkers, there are, no doubt, many whose reasons for not joining will be found valid, and I am very far from wishing it to be thought that all those to whom the new proposals will apply can be described by the term T have used for some of them. Many of these men pro- bab!y .have conflicting eIDlls upon them, and will be only too happy that the Gov- ernment should resolve the doubts which they have been unable to decide for them- sel ves. SIR JOHN SIMON. This Bill should be resisted. I regard the Vol untary principle as a vital prin- ciple. No man who would examine Lord Derby's gross" total of 651,060 un- attested men could possibly be fk) bold as to r-ssert that there would be left more than a negligible number. When they were dealing with the miser- able remnant would the percentage of unfit be the same as before? He had no sympathy with shirkers, but he had the gravest doubt that shirkers in any substantial number existed in the country. If we are going to sell our birthright, we should at least make sure that the mess of pottage we are likely to get will provide us with a square meal. He hoped the Bill would never reach the Statute Book.. Do not pay Prussian militarism the compliment of imitating the most hateful of its institutions. MR. J. H. THOMAS. The next cry will be Conscription in the workshops. Any form of military service could be killed in an hour by the trade unions of the country. Delegates representing three hundred thousand rail way men unanimously de- cided to use all their power and influence and to go to any length to see that Con- scription ig not placed on the Statute Book. MR. BONAR LAW. This Bill provides the best method if we are to have any chance of bringing the war to a successful conclusion. Without the Prime Minister's pledge I to married men the Derby scheme would have been an absolute failure, and we should have been faced with some system of general compulsion. MR. LLtWELLYN WILLIAMS Viewed the situation with dismay, as it was perfectly evident now that national unify was either in danger or had alto- gether vanished. He hoped that when the division was taken all the friends of progress would stand side by side in the most critical | hour the country had faced for geD{<ra-! how;, He did not know how this Government, of s ttrods and patches wall going to cling together. He did not be- j lieve it could be long. | —~—.
SIR E. GREY'S REPLY
SIR E. GREY'S REPLY CEm?Y'S Aims CLAIM TO GREAT BRITAIN Very promptly Sir Edward Grey has replied to the memorandum of the Ger- man Government in regard to incidents alleged to have attended the destruction of a German submarine and its crew by his Majesty's auxiliary cruiser Baralong on August 19, 191.5. The claim of the Berlin Government is that the crew of the submarine were H murdered," and the evidence of seven witnesses (named helow) are adduced. All of these witnesses are United States subjects, aged from 18 to 32 years. Six of them were engaged as muleteers and superintendents on the British steamer Nicosian, crossing from New Orleans to Avon mouth last August, with (says the German memorandum) 350 mules for war purposes, thus being laden with con- traband. To the testimony of these six is added j that of Larrimore Holland, a United States citizen, aged 18, *ho deposes that ia May 1915 he arrived in Liverpool on a mule ship, and was induced to enlist in the British Navy, and that he was, at the time the German submarine was sunk, a stoker on H.M.S. Baralong. The Ger- man memorandum ("overs his story as well as that of the. six cattlemen. About 80 miles south of Queenstown the Nicosian was fired on by a German sub- marine after the whole crew, including tho six witnesses, had left the ship in lifeboats," says the German statement. While the submarine was ftring- at tho Nicosian an unknown steamer appeared "flying the American flag at the stern and carrying large shields on her sides with the American flag painted on them." The gravamen of the German case, as seen below, is that this ship was H.M. auxiliary cruiser Baralong, that she did not lower the American flag till (as one witness says) after she had fired small arms at the submarine, and that then she sank the submarine and murdered the crew even when they were helpless. The memorandum, which encloses the sworn depositions of the witnessss, is dated November 28th; it was handed to the U.S.A. Ambassador in Berlin. The U.S.A. Ambassador in London passed it to the British Foreign Office on December 6th; Sir Edward Grey replied—without accepting any of the German statements— on December 14th. The German memo- randum demands that officers of the Baralong shall be tried" for murder and punished.
INNOCENT MAN'S FINDER PRINTS.
INNOCENT MAN'S FINDER PRINTS. The Court of Session, Edinburgh, on Tuesday gave judgment in an appeal by James Adamson, 31, High-street, Perth, against Matthew J. Martin, Chief Con-, stable of Perthshire, for the delivery of Adamson's photographs and finger-prints and for t200 damages. Adamson was charged at Perth last yeal with theft. He w43 liberated without having to find baH and his rhotograifih and finger-prints were taken at thtf County Police odce, The finger-printsi were taken on a paper oa which was, printed: 1 11,0 Registrar of Habi?? pl'idted: "'to Criminals. Lx,don:' ftenvu ras Adamson ?'s" tried and acquitted. fe contended that the police had no rie' to ??s the photographs and had nng<y?? and claimed that thea? the 0 should ? delivered to him to ba should -j His claim for damages was 04 the ge-lund of slander. TV "Ourt granted an order that th? ph/???P?s and finger-prints should g?trovQ? but did not ?j?? damages. BJ ?Tnajority of the court Adamson 4 o?nd entitled to three-ouarters of wt,, :osts.
SIX-YEAR-OLD HEROINE.
SIX-YEAR-OLD HEROINE. A eix-year-old heroine who rescued heU baby sister from being burned to deatl* and did her best to rescue another sister, was warmly praised by the Westminster coroner on Tuesday. The little heroine, Gladys Grant, gave evidence at the inquest on her sister, Beatrice, aged four, who was burned t4 death in a fire caueed by a candle at theH home at Peabody-buildings, Bedfordbury. Gladys, it was stated, did her utmost to rescue her sisters, carrying t 4e tWQ-and-a.. half-years-old baby out ot til" room and returning for the other, n-foom she lifted from the bed, and the coroner rledare4 that she was quite a little, heroine. I tried to blow it out," said Gladvg, describing the fire to the coroner. and then I tried to put it out with my hands, but I could not do so. Nellie W1I"3 frying, and I lifted her and Beatrice out of bed. I carried Nellie out, but Beatie's clothes caught fire, and I ran for some of the neighbours." You are a very intelligent and plucks little girl," said the coroner.
CARMARTHEN HELPS SERBIA I
CARMARTHEN HELPS SERBIA I A Christmas Day envel&pe collection organised by the Mayor of Carmarthen War Relief Committee in aid 0f the Serbian Relief F ind realised the sum of £ 160. Carmarthen has raised n^i-lv £ 3.WO for war relief pu.rpu6e6 during the past
..I SIR EDWARD GREY. I
SIR EDWARD GREY. Sir Edward Grey's reply, addressed to Mr. P age. United States Ambassador in. London, is as follows:— Foreign Office, December if. Your Excellency,—I have had the hon- our of receiving your communication of the 6th instant, covering a memorandum of the German Government in regard to incidents alleged to have attended the destruction of o German submarine and iti; crew by R.M. auxiliary cruiser Bara- long on the 19th August last. The Ger- man Government base on these alleged in- cidents a demand that the commanding officer and other responsible parties on board H.M.S. Baralong shall be brought te trial for murder and duly punished. His Majesty's Government note with great satisfaction, though with some surprise, the anxiety now expressed by the German Government that the principles of civil- ised warfare should be vindicated, and that due punishment should be meted out to those who deliberately disregard them. It is true that the incident which has suddenly reminded the German Govern- ment that such principles exist is one in which the alleged criminals were British and not German. But his Majesty's Gov- ernment do not for a moment suppose that it is the intention to restrict; unduly he scope of any judicial investigation which it is thought proper to institute. Now, it is evident that to single out the case of the Baralong for particular ex- amination would bo the height of ab- surdity. Even were the allegations on which the German Government rely ac- cepted as they stand (and his Majesty's Government do not so accept them), the charge against the commander and crew of the Baralong is negligible compared with the crimes which seem to have been deliberately committed by German offi- cers, both on land and sea, against, com- batants and non-combatants. Doubtless the German Government will urge that the very multitude of these allegations would so overload any tribunal engaged in their examination as utterly to defeat the ends of justice. If, for example, a whole army be charged with murder, arson, jobbery, and outrage, it is plainly impossible to devote a separate inquiry to all the individuals who have taken a share in these crimes. These practical considerations cannot be ignored, and hia Majesty's Government admit their force- They would, therefore, be prepared, for the present, to confine any judicial in- vestigation to chargco made against Ger- man and British officere at sea, and if even this restriction were thought insuffi- cient they would be content to call atten- tion to three naval incidents which oc- curred during the same 48 hours, in the course of which the Baralong sank the submarine and rescued the Nicosian. The first incident relates to the Ger- man submarine which fired a torpedo into the Arabic and sank her. No warn- ing was given to the merchant vessel. No efforts were made to save its unresisting wow. Forty-seven non-combatants were ruthlessly sent to thoir death. It is understood this act of barbarism, though in perfect harmony with the earlier policy of the German Government, was contrary to orders recently issued. This, however, if true only increases the re- sponsibility of the submarine commander, and his Majesty's Government have re- c-oived no information indicating that the authorities have pursued in this case the course they recommend in the case of the crew of the Baralong by trying him for murder Too second incident occurred on the same day. A German destroyer found a British submarine stranded on thf) Danish coast. The submarine had nPt been pursued there by tho destroyer. She was in neutral waters. She was incap- able either of offence or defence. The destroyer opened fire upon her, and when her crew attempted to swim ashore the destroyer fired upon them also, with no apparent object but to destroy a helpless enemy. There was here no excuse of hot blood. The crew of the British sub- marine had dono nothing to rouse the fury of their opponents. They had not just murdered 47 inno- cent non-combatants. They were not taking possession of a German ship or committing any act injurious to per- man interests. So far as his Majesty's Government know the facts, the oiffcers and men of this "destroyer committed a crime against humanity and the laws of wrtr which is at least worthy of judlClal inquiry as any other which has oc. enrred during the course of r!1tt juival operations. j The third incident occurred so?, i ?ou?8 later The ??am?r Rul W!1.&f¡t. tack?! by a German aubmarn?. /'?'9? chip, whi?t had ??? »o r?'?n?'?'! ?an to a-ak. The crew tk M '?'r! boat?:, and whH? e»dfi*v<>wing ¡\'{' Ut<;ms?!?<? v.-tre fired upon, ?'1 ? t),, f-hr?pM] and j.,ap fire. Ot)? ? waa kH!<;d. Eight others, inS{( "? tho ma?. wore ?'ercly ?'??. [ Sworn t<%sttni?y- Ohi, tlll-,So st??n.?? are b1..sJ,d, no reason j ?h??- v?.? c" ),f ?-'i? y tb?? cold-! I "?, ;-ao'<> blooded and rowhrdfj^j. ^s Government || H. seem* to h?. (J(Jvf\rlmwnt ?'hat. th(? thrc<' t?,? almo&t fimid- -AW, ) taneous in point of timcj and not diyer- I ing greatly in point of character, might with the case of the Baralong he brought before some impartial court of investiga- tion, pAy, -for example, a tribunal com- posed of officers of the United States Navy. If this were agreed to his Majesty's Government would do all in their power to further tiie inquiry, and to do their part in taking such further steps as justice and the findings of the Court might seem to require. His Majesty's Government do not think it necessary to make any reply to the suggestion that the British Navy has been guilty of inhumanity. Ac- cording to the la,test figures available, the number of German sailors loscued from drowning, often in circumstances of great difficulty and perils, amounts to 1,150. The German Navy can show no such recArd—that, perhaps, through want of opportunity.—I have, etc., t. trey.
"ADOPTED" PRISONERSI n___
"ADOPTED" PRISONERS I n_ _n- SUCCESS Of WEt.1 WALES SCHEME. The result of the appeal for the Welsii Regiment Prisoners of Wi-ir Association, of which the president is tho Countess of Plymouth, which was published in the r Herald of Wales," has been splendid, and the committee express hcir thaiKS to those w.ho have adopted a prisoner, ur formed groups for adopting one. The following are the names of the pri- soners already adopted with the names of t-lic,ir, grotil)s:- Tregyb Group, Mrs. Gwynne Hughes, Tregyb, Llandilo.—Private R. Allen, Got- tingen, Hanover. Llandilo No. 1 Group, Mrs. Williams, I The Vicarage, Llandilo.—Private P. Locke, Munster II., Westphalia. Llandilo Group iNe. 2, Mrs. Richard Jones, Goleufrvn.—Lance-corporal Jenks, Munster II., Westphalia. Llandilo Group No. 3.-Mr. Dewse, County Press.—Private B. T. Lawless, Munster II., Westphalia. Llandilo Group No. 4, Mr. G. Gwyn Jones, The County School.-Corporal J. Moss, Munster, Westphalia. Ammanford Group No. 1. Mrs. W. N. Jones, Dyfrrvri.—Private E. J. Evans, Block I., Lager II., Rennbalm, Munster. -N o. I. -Prii,ate 11. Nantgaredig Group No. 1.—Private II. Jones, Barracke No. 16 B, Hanover. Nantgaredig Group No. 2, Mrs. W. Gwynne Flughes, Glancothi.—Pte. W. Gadd, Munster, Westphalia. Dynevor Group, Lady Dynevor. Llan- dilo.-Private Howolis, 78kj, Schneide, Posen. 'I Mi?s Jenkiu?. Penymorfa, Carmarthen. -Private Smith, Munster I., Westphalia. The Misse s Baunder8, Court Henry,. Golden Grove.—Private F. Faulkner, Munster, Westphalia. Court Henry Group No. 2. St. Mary's Church.—Private H. M. James, Celie- lager, Hanover. Newcastle Emlyn Group No. 1, Mrs. Thomas Davies, Cilrhedyn.—Private R. Phillips, Munster II., Westphalia. I' Newcastle Emlyn Group No. 2, Mr. Thomas Davies, Cilrhedyn.—Pte. R. Lewis, Dalmen i Westphalia. Maosteilo Group, the Misses Maus.el.- Pte. M. Towers, Munster II., Westphalia. Capel Isaac Group No. 1, the Misses ,Mansel.-Pto R. Briggs, Gefangeneulager, Gust row. Golden Grove Group No 1, the Dowager Countess of Cawdor.—Pte. M. Isherwood, Renburg, Baden. Ammanford Group No. 2, Mrs. Herbert, Gwynfryn Chapel.—Pte. Roderick, Mun- 6t II., Westphalia. Ammanford Group No. 3, Miss Painter, Ammanford Council School.—Sergt. God- frey, Chrefeld, W, Germany. Ammanford Group No. 4, Rev..T. Griffiths, Ebenezer Baptist Chapel.— Pte. Charles Davies, No. 1 Group; No. 1 Lager, Munster, Westphalia. Penygroes Group, No. 1, Mrs. Williams, Arfryn, Penygroes.—Pte. Evan Roderick, No. 2 Hospital, Wesel. lanctir) Group No. 5, Miss F. A. Thomas, Ffairfach Council Be hoo1.- Pt. Joe Sutton, Osterterp, Scheswig. Llandovery Group No. 1, Mrs. Pryse Rice, Lfwynybrain, Llandovery.—Pte. E. Cotterell. Carmarthen Group No. 1, Mrs. Morg-an Griffiths, Lime Grove.—Pte. E. Jones, Munster II., Westphalia. Carmarthen Group No. 2, Rev. Fuller Mills.—Pte. Davies, Munster II., West- phalia. Bryn-amman Group No. 1, Councillor Williams. Ammanfryn.-Ptf,. W. Davies, Munster II-, Westphalia. Mrs. Burge, 36, Eaton-place, London, S. W .L,aiiep-Co-pl If. E. Shone, Munater II., Westphalia. St. Clears No. 1, Mr. Phillips, Cloth Hall, Lanoe-Corpl. H. Griffiths, Schnei- rlenruhl, Posen. Sc. Clears No. 2.—Pte. J. C. Thomas, Schneideuruhl, Posen. Miss Spurrell, Carmarthen. The fo'lowing are groups already formed and awaiting the names of prisonej-s:— Ammanford group No. 5. Mrs. Richards, Tirydail House; Ammanford group No. fi, Parcyrhua Council School; Ammanford group No. 7, Ammanford Council Mixed School; MNi. Drummond, Hafodneddyn; Capel Isaac group No. 2, Mrs. Gibb, Danygraig, Baglan, Britonferry (four prisoners); Newcastle Emlyn, Mr. Thomas Davies, Cilrhedyn (8 more prisoners); Carmarthen group No. 4, the Carmarthen County Girls' School, giss Holmes; Bryn- amman group- Councillor Willianis, Ammanfryn (5 more prisoners); Carmar- then, Miss Jenkins, Penymorfa; Brechfa, Miss Jones, The Vicarage; Llang&dock group No. 1, Mrs. Lloyd Harries, Llwyn- dcwi; Llandebie group No. 1, Mrs. Gul- ston, Derwydd Ammanford group No. j' 8, Christian Temple Church. Mr? Jonct;?? Llandilo group No. 6 Mr?. W illiarn/1 The Vicarage, Llandilo; IJandeb? gro? No 2, Mrs. Rees, BlaeHau Hoe;  S. I marthen group No. 5, M?- Thorn" S. David's Vicarage. J b
THE CHILDREN THTlI.
THE CHILDREN THTlI. A meeting of the Swan? ?c_? of Meals and Medical ?P?ct? b mittee was held on W?Mc?' AW- W. H.MHe6 presiding, of It was reported t?t? number of brea?ta?ts and dmller&pphed for the )"r ?lfth wa6 25i;. ) fourwe? ended Dec? 3-?h wa? ?. ?even Iildr,,n had ?? ?d each w?K. 1 The ??al cost for ?/ ?o?b was ? 4s. ?Medical 0 11 f Health. (Dr. T. ?v? r?P<Tted ?' Mr. H. H. Boyle. ? school dental *UrSRon, had ac?pted a tite. ( ietita) 4,lltt l 6urg?eon in the Mmmi66?n <ts "?1 surgeon in the ?.?.r. His ? at the schools would be tone by ?r ^tian and Mr. Trevor ARMY- by Nfr* Part-time dental surgeons. Gri?th?, t?/P'??-?'me dental surgeons. Mr. F. i?er, referring to the school clinicK, 81 the people who were taking mod čtd$hltug-P of these institutions were those "? &ould best afford to pav ? "catr.?i: for their children, and ti)? ?P? who needed the treatment f()I' their children failed to take ad- u.1a?'e of the clinics.  ?. EvaM faid this was true as re- ??'?d the children'8 teeth. It was the j?€r class parents who took advantage ? the treatment aSorded. He poÜÜed ont that their object was rather to pre- vent teeth aching than to deal with them when they were aching. Mr. Parker said he thought it wag the children of the most necessitous jiarents who suffered. w a,3 the school that seemed to take most advant- age of the dental treatment. Mr. Parker said he was satisfied so long as. the children of necessitous parents received treatment.
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7 Lord Carlisle, who i-s, a sub-lieu fen an t in the X<ivy. and foncbf in H..VT.S. Nrw Zea- land a* a midshipman, ha.d just att-aincd his majority, f
WORKHOUSE COMEDY.
WORKHOUSE COMEDY. BEST BUTTER SUPPLY REFUSED UNDER A ItfllSIAKEN IMPRESSION Interesting disclosures were made at the meeting of the Swansea Workhous<. Visiting Committee on Wednesday after" noon in regard to the Board's experi- mental trial of margarine in the ir6 mutes* dietary. The Master reported that as the mar. gariuo had not arrived on tho morning of January 2nd lie was unable to carry out the .iiijard'o instructions. On the follow* ing morning eight women returned thei< butter at breakfast, being under the un" pression that it was margarine. The Chairman: Bow did they knew if was butter or margarine on the Monday? The Master: I uon't know. The Chairman: It was butter they had, I understand. The Master: Yes. First gradft colonial butter We have never had better butter m the House. Mr. Abe 1'reedman The only concluision is they must have .been told. The Chairman: it was not in the local papers whether we were going to start SuLiday or Monday. Heplying to Mrs. Perkins, the Maete* said the women had no more butter given them, for breakfast. Mrs. Perkins: Did they taste it? The Master: i don't think they did. The Master, proceeding, said, he saij the eight and explained to them it wam not margarine, but butter. There was no tiouble in getting them to eat it in tha evening. The Rev. E. O. Evans: They brought ifc back untasted r The Master: Yes. The Chairman (Mr. Hy. Wiliiams): L think we ought to see these women. The Rev. E. O. Evans: They were show- ing their resentment because they wewj given to understand that morning they would be served with margarine. Father Harrington said when he wefit, around the House the other day 6ome of the inmates asked him to intercede for them. It was decided to see the eight woman,, and two were interviewed at a time. The first spokeswoman for the in. mates said it went round the House thai they were going to have margarine thafi morning. She was not very fond of butter at the best of times, and she waa not going to eat margarine. The Chairman: Who told you it was margarine: The women all about the place—tho kitchen women f n was the reply. Another woman said she refused to ea1¡. the butter because she thought it was margarine. The Rev. E. O. Evans: You have a con- scientious objection to margarine.-—Yes» sir. The Chairman: Were you ,told by iny- body not to eat it because it was mar- garine? -No, only what we heard from tiuf kitchen women," the woman replied. Before the next two in-inatp-s ivore callett into the room the Chairman informed tho committee that the inmates were givea margarine for the first time that (Wed- nesday) morning. Up to then there was no margarine in the House. Father Harrington: Did anybody refuse it? The Master: No. Several of the other women who wer* interviewed alleged that Mr. Ball, a Guar- dian, had told them that if they all spQke. against margarine they would not ha". It. One young woman said she did not know the taste of margarine, but there was a nasty taste in the butter they had that (Wednesday) morning. Mrs. Perkins: No wonder Mr. Ball ia not here. Mrs. Kelly: He would be here if be could, but lie is working. He has to got his bread and butter. Mr. F. Parker: It was a disgraceful thing for a. Guardian to do. One of the inmates said she now felt ill after eating the margarine. Mr. Abe Freedman: Were you ill last evening? No, sir," the woman replied: w« did not know then." (Laughter.) The Chairman suggested that j nth. absence of Mr. Ball they should not die, cuss the matter further, but wait until he was present. The meeting agreed. -A
BODY IN THE TEIFY
BODY IN THE TEIFY The West Carmarthen Coroner (M1". Thos. Walters) has been notified that an unknown woman has been found drowned in the River Deify near AUgafan Mills, Siie is described as about 21 years of age, 5ft. 2ins. in height, Avear.. a pale green mackintosh, whit*) blonse and violet skirt. On the body were found a white handkerchief witli the letters T[. R. marked with pink; thread, and a small leather purse coat taining 2-1 d.
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Members of the Ford peace party who have been given permission to cross net" many to the Hague will not. lie allowed to learft special train nor to ea.rry written papers, printed matter, or pbole* Erathic carper.is while in Gcrniauuy