Abergavenny Chronicle

t BATTLE WITII BOLSHEVIXS. I War Ofrieck, Wednesday. Archangel.—The Allied forces on the River D-vina were he-avily attacked on November 11 by the Bolsheviks after a bombardment from guns mounted on river boats. The enemy at- tacked position on front and flank, and at one time penetrated to the villages in rear and up to the gu A wejl-e.vecuted counter-attack by American and Ijritish in- fantry drove them back with very heavy tosses, ivvd the fine work of the Canadian Field Ar- tillery, who kept their guns in action though the enemy«were close dp to the emplacements, materially assisted iu the defeat of the enemy. The attack was resumed on the following day, when the enemy were again defeated with heavy lasses. —

I PRESIDENT WILSON. In the House of CM?mo?s, Mr. Emg a?ked ,?;  was ex f ectp to -.vhetL<:r Trc.?dKi:t W.tsoa \f?.s ex?ct? to att?Mj the IVaoe 'C?fcrftCQ, whether he would vi??t t??'tonntTy, and wither,.in. that, M--?e, he would b? Oqc?fw ? bospitalitv of the nation. M'r. Bonar La-w: As regards the first part of the quep-tion, I would refer the hon. member to the President's own ^tateiaeult on this sub- ject. As regards the letter jaart. I need not say that if President Wilson finds it possible to vi-it this country, as we hope and expect, he will be assured of the ¡JHt cordial, welcome. and every possible'hospitality will-be extended to him.

I RATIONS FOR TOWN H0? £ g& The Beard of Trade announces that in conse- anenCt; of, the scarcity of hay in the coitn.trv it has been found necessary to issue an Ilav and Straw Order, which comes into force tm-December 1, slightly teducingj the ratioh of hay per day to be allowed to horses. In order to make up the necessary bulk re- quifed, more straw, particularly wheat straw, of which there is a faarty abundant supply, will have to be used. In VM\? of the improved ar- rangements now in force for the distribution of hav in towns, horse-owners should have no difficulty in meeting their requirements, and the regularity of supplies should com- j pensate "or the small reduction in tho ration.

,M2;C7 Reggie Schwarz, M.C., the famous I South African bowler, who played in ninier- OTIg mnichos for 'South Africa, nas died in ( France from ^aflueii £ a. Cooked eggs in some London shops are 9d. each. Hammersmith froe library is to Lave Frcnch daily papers.

SCENES OF LOYAL ENTHUSIASM IØ HYD £ PARK. About 20,000 Silver Badge Infll. l'e re- viewed in Hyde Park by the King on Sa.tur- day, and tho function was attended by cn- thusiastic demonstrations of loyalty and affection to his Majesty. Each man was handed a cop^ of a. message from the King, signed in facsimile, in which he wrote-: — "Your wounds, the most honourable dis- tinction a man can .bear, inspire reverence in your fellow-countrymen. The welfare of the disabled in the war is the firat claim on the country's gratitudo, and I trust that the wonderful achievements of medical science, combined with the national and voluntarily supported institutions, may a.ssist, you to return to ervi-V life as usevul a !j respected citizens. I hope that th, splendid spirit of comradeship on the battle- heid will be kr;pt alive in peace. "As your King, I thank you." Tho King was on horseback and accom- panied byth Prince of Wales and the Duke of Counaught. The Queen, Queen Alexandra, anu Princess Victcria were in an open car- riage. After the Royal party had passed along two sides of the square between the Reformers' Tree and Marble Arch the enthu- siasm of the men culminated in a TltSQ. to- wards them. The ranks were, broken, aud hundreds of men shook hands with the King and tho Prince of Wales, and many round the Queen's carriago and slrook hardc-, with her. She frequently exclaimed as sh-o shook hands with one of the men, "Cod biess you, boy." At one tirae it looked as if the Eing and the Prince of Wales were in danger of beinC" dragged from their horses, till a detachment of Life Guards formed a bodyguard for them and nilotcd them to the outskirts of the crowd. After this the march past took place, headed by the woundod and disabled in motors, 'buses, and lorries. Among them were a "party of blinded men led by R-ed Cross nurses.

I SEABLANES AND U-BOATS. I Accounts -now published show that sea- planes.. made much havoc among -boats In one case a large seaplane Righted twt steamships and the oonning tower of a U. boat, which was obviously getting into posi- tion W attack a hcJspitfcl ship. The soa.. plane altered its course, warned the hospital ship, and dropped three 1001b. bombs on the U-boat. about two minutes after it had sub- merged. In about five minutes more an up- heaval Iiice, an enormous bubble was ob- served, and there was no further sign of the U-boat. In another cass five seaplanes Ixnubsd a U-boat which had submerged. Bubbles, oil. and wreckage arose. Later, '& small cir-aiilvz red buoy with a white knob appeared at the r-dgo of the oil patch. A big U-boat on the surface, hearing a seaplane's engines, hastened to dive.. Com- ing down to 800ft.. tho seaplane released a couple of 2301b. bombs, which fell close to tho conning-tower, one being a direct hit. The U-boat turned upside down, and a large bubble, wreckage, and oil arose. Two aeroplanes bombed a new U-boat and scored a hit right alongside the con- ning-tower. The U-boat rose slowly and lay on the surface, bottom up, for five minutes. Seven more bombs were dropped, and the aeroplanes circled round the enemy, firing 500 rounds. into the upturned hull. The wrecked U-boat then went down.

I ANGRY COLQ-NEL FINED. I -I I A fccne at Streatham-hill Station in which an Army officer figured was described at th6 South-Western Poli»e-court. The officer was Colonel Horace C. Evans, of Normanburst-road, Streatham, who holds an appointment at the Afiihiraltv. He was suiymoned for assaulting a. ticket-collector anJ impeding him in the execution of lila duty. The collector said that' Colonel Evans re- fused to how his season tiaet-inlwii asked, but. produced it later, and at the same time struck him A blow on the 'left cheek. A Ynlncsa, Captain Parker, of U:e Glard, said Colonel ÈV3,ns's con duet Interfered with about. > a hundred passengers Colonel Evans denied that he struck the collector, who was rude in his ^manner 12.. A fine of 40s. was Mets. 10s. to go to the collector.

I AIR-RAID DAMAGE. I A memorial signed by leaders of ail the churches has been sent to the Prime Minis. ter upouthe question of damage caused by raids. It wa.,3 estimated that in thirty-six municipal districts, by raids and bombard- ments, 565 persons -have been killed, 1,147 injured, and damage, done to the amount o! £ 83",550. The clergy say:— "We feel that your acceptance, on behalf of the Government of the principle of Government re^pou-iibUity to make this war damage good out of national funds, in like manner as local authorities make damage caused by riots good out of municipal funds, satisfied the moral sense of the community. We regret that the Government have only, as vet, given partial effect to that principle, but' trust that they will give full effect to it before Parliament ia dissolved-"

I MILK NEEDE, FOR CHILDREN. I There is urgent noed of economy in milk during the next four months. The wnter supply of milk is always considerably lower thaii. the sumuaer supply, and the she.rl.age of feeding stuffs win st-zi furthefr redusa it. Young children and invalids have the first claim. The demands of the latter have been iucrea.sed by the needs o £ wounded men,. and by the recent epidemic of influenza. Steps are being taken to secure a better trioutifjn of the available supplies; but there ire\alr('.dy signs of-shortage in inany districts. If the essential claims ate to uc sc-tisfiod, it is imperative that other persons should give up using milk. alogether. of re- duce • their consumption.

MOlE THAN A MILLION HOUSES. I Sir Auckland Geddea, President of ths Looal Government Board, addressing a eject in* at Ba-singstoke on Saturday nigai, which a. resolution was passed accepting him as a fit representative in Parliament, said one of the first objects of the Coalition said onle Df the first o Governinent m-tiat be to put the health ot the nation right. We must undertake a vaat, a colossal housing scheme. of -one million Jjouees had been uientioru* but he feared more than that would be re- quired, and. the cost wqu-lo be so grea-t toa'c a considerable prpportion of it must be borne by State funds. Linked with t-ii ii must r.te a development of the health service of the country.

Viscountess Ithondda is to receive Mer- I .thyr's freedom, a casket aDd the Masonic jewel intertd-od for tie late viscount. Moi-e than i6.(XK) British skips were r?-. pairCi1 and w-turnod to service by the Ship itepairs Departmoiit between June, 191.7, and the' entl of last tbouth.

I CLUB WINDOW. I Lord Dynoany^ whose Caltic imagination has found charming expression in 1::> novels, poems, and plav-s, has also wou coriBiderablo distinction as a soldier and a sportsman. He is a captain in the Inniskillin^ Fusiliers. During the Boer War he went through the bitterest experiences cf that campaign. One of the most popular politicians in Canada is the Hon. Robert- Rogers, Minis- ter of Public. Works, whose inspiring speeches on the, war earned for him the nickname of "Optimistic Bob." Mr. Rogcm begau life as a working man, and was for some time a shop assistant in a general store in Southern Manitoba. He then took up politics, and later was offered a seat on the Provincial Cabinet under Sir Redmond iioblfn. Within a few months 3f his elec- tion he was made Minister of Public Works, and retained that post during the Lanrier Administration. When Sir Robert Borden t>?rame Prime Minister, he invited Mr. Rogers to join his Cabinet with the port- folio of Minister of the Interior. t Dr. H. A. C, Fisher, President of the Board of Education, was appointed Vice- Chancellor cf the University of Sheffield in 1912, and by his work there demon- strated that the new universities of. the have a great future before them in the adaptation of science to national sor. vice. Dr. Fisher was educated at Win- chester and New College, Oxford, where be took a Double First. Afterwards he eou- tinued his studies at Paris and Gittingen. A brilliant- historian, he has written nume- rous biographies. Ile h-i-i lectured exten- sively in the United States, where he is very popular. » If Lord Leverhulme carries out his sug- gested programme, the Island of Lewis, .vh-ich 1::0 owns, will undergo an extraordi- nary transformation. Where peat now is, farms will arise. Six hundred more or lelis deserted, lochs will be dotted wiih tourists ■ nd anglers. Barren wastes will become forests, and the population of 3,000 may grow to 200,009 or more. Five million young trees are to be planted every year. 'I'llat"in itself is a pretty big enterprise, but it is as a food-producing island that Lewis Vrill mainly flourish. Peat-fuel, despite its IJtllity, Ylill .succumb to potato crops, tho ashing will be developed, and our markets •vill bo busy with "Lewis raspberries, straw- berries, and currants. A boy once went to a phrenologist to find !u what he was fitted for. The man of iciencs asked him numerous questions, ex- amined his head, and then wrote; "You ."ill make an average man—not brilliant. You will never a leader because you are lacking in initiative. You lack trust in vour own powers. You should never try .anything big; anything that requires leadership. Keep well in the ranks and you "all be safe." The bey was Charles M. ochwab, the American Steel King. # •* General Sir Herbert Plurner will chat to N.C.O.'s and men, who adore him, with as raivph urbanity as he shows towards a I'rigadier or a Divisional Commander. He nas had a military career of almost un- paralleled brilliance. From his service in the Soudan in the early 'eighties, through the South African War, to the time when, as commander of an Army Corps in Rrauce, he won on3 of our biggest victories. General Plumer has never made a mistake. One of the ,mo,t versatile and best tra- velled men of to-day is Lord Weardale. Originaly intended for a naval career, he •venfc through the usual course of training on the Britannia, and served as a midship- nan on the frigate Sutlej, then flagship of uhe SOl\h Pacific Station. While on this •.esse! Lord Weardale visited all the South American States, Mexico, California, Wes- tern Canada, and the islands of the Pacific, and also saw active service against the rebellious Chilicoaten tribes in North-Wcdt Canada. After three years' service he re- '?ued from the Navy on account cf ill- health, and studied hard with the intention of going up to Camb?'i?gc. Changing his [ mind, however, he turned bis attention to engineering. Here again his duties took him a boafd, and he v.isitcd Egypt, the I Soudan, Russia, and the Caucasus. Viscount Astor, an American-born peer, is tho owner of a mansion with a romantic history. Hover Castle, in which he 1 purchased some years ago, was an ancient mansion when it CaJIle into the hands of the family of Boleyn. Here Anne Boleyn passed her childhood and was courted by Henry ViII. When her father died Hever was. taken' over by Henry, who gave the Castle to Anne of C'eeves, but it is the believed Anne whose, ghost was ftai-d to haunt the scenes of her girlhood every Chri-stniastide. < < General Leonard Wood, one of America's foremost fighting-men, never graduated at a military college, but has worke d his way liD from obscurity to eminence with amazing rapidity. He entered the army as a doctor. Haiing taken his medical degree at Har- vard, he entered the United States Medical Corps as a' non-commissioned surgeon. It was not long before his senior ofricexs qcg.n to take notice of him. He was transferred to the infantry, and during the South- Westeru American Border Campaign, with his gallant bpnd of sixty picked cavalrymen, Lieutenant. Wood for over two years swept the rough ana wild country of Arizona in the hopes of running to earth Geronimo. the notorious and cruel Indian chief, a f,¡; he eventually accomplished. Mr. Henry Fielding Dickens, K.C., Com- mon Sergeant of the City of London, is the sixth con of the famous novelist. Many relics of his illustrious father are to be seen in his chambers. He possesses the, desk upon which the famous novelist wrote many of Jii3 t stories at Gad's Hill, several quill peyls -which Dickens -yas in the hitit of U$Íflg', as holl- as paper-weights, inkpots, and the novelist's favourite chair. A fine elocutionist, Mr. Dickens has frequently given readings from his father's works, and soon after the be- ginning of the war he collected for the Red Cross by. fhis means £ 350 in one week. < <- In the early days of the war Lord Beaver- brook acted as Canadian "Eye-Witness" at the Front, and was responsible• for the only official storv of' the hefoic 'fighting at fpres that really furbishes an adequate impression of the battle. Since then he has achieved success with "Canada in Flanders," written partly from actual observation and partly tiom the military diaries 'and official docu- ments "of the Canadian Reaojrd Department in London. He was created. a knight in 1911 and a baronet five years after.

f The Canadian Govcrriinenthas decidcd to suspend the operations of th.e Military Ser- vice: t, and to 'V -L ^nd forthwith the civil J "Section of lb > M: Police. The Salvage;; J.r:v held a thanksgiving, service at ti c Albert Hall, when a message from! the Kwig, Teply to the Salvation Array's congra4 ■ tione* otl the signing of the armisticc,

OUR CHILDREN'S CORER. OUR CHILDREN'S COSHER, I I OUZ ADVENTURE. j I I She is a funny little person, is my mistress, I but on the whole I Iik^ her very xuueb. But I do have to ldok after her a good deal. We had quite an adventure the other day. Wo went out for a walk all by ourselves— • without Nurse, or Emiiy, or anyone; and before I knew whore we were, we had got to the railway station. Presently shte said to meo, "Oh, look, Sandy! there's one of thoije chocolate things! Let's go and get some. I've seen Mother get them out of places like that." So off we went and got to the machine, and there was a nice little ptace to sit on; so there we w«ro—my mistress standing up, and I was sitting by her, waiting for choco- late. A lady saw = waiting ther, and pre- sently she came up and ask-e-d U3 what we wanted, and when my little mistr-ess told her she laughed, and said, '"Eut this is a weighing machine, And, besides, you have to put in,a T)-Iny My mistress looked very sad, but the lady took us to the proper machine, and put in a penny, too, so we get our chocolate after alii i I GRANDPAPA. j It's. Grandpapa's birthday— WeVo all come to tea Thore'-s Polly, nd Aimi-a, John, Albert, and uie, ,1 Thoen Phyllis and Freddy; 1 And, last of the lot, Is" Baby who crawls On tie floor like a tot. -We hug him and kiss him, j We love hi:n so weli. Our darling old Grandpa, Far more than words tell. He must be quite twenty, Or sixteen, who knows? But the older he gets—why, Tho nicer he grows' I THE STRANGE OOUSIN. I "She'll JUSt fc-poii my holiday," said Albert Edward. "I dou't expect she'll be atle to- do anything, proper. I saw her up at the station, all dressed up like anything." "I believe she's f-ond of the water," said Aunt Emma, quietly. "Water I" said Albert Edwar^I, scorn- fully. "Why, she wouldn't dare to go within mile of it in that hat, I should think." ."Well, we'll see," said Lurt Emma. And they did. Albert Edward was never so much surprised in all his life; for the strange cousin 'he had been talking about Eroved to bo exactly what he did not expect. he played at every kind of game you could think of, and, what was more, played most of them a good ileai better than Albert Ed- ward did. S-he went on the river every day, and taught Albert Edward how to canoe and punt, and she never eared a hit if her dress or her hat got wet. Site knew lots of things that Albert Edward did nQtabout birds, and animals, and insects, and trees and flowers—but she did not seem to be at all stuck-up about it. They wero very good friends all the time, and when she had to go home again, at the end of the holidays, Albert Edward was very sorry indeed, and made her vrtoiiu^ that she would como and see them again quite soon. When Aunt Emma heard that, she smiled. I WHAT THE Ijoq DID. I "Where did you from?" said Archie. Tho do wagged his tail. "You ÙOlÚ be Ie II go her?, do you?" said hie.. The dog whined. "You look a respectable animal," went on Archie; "not like a stray dog." The dog .barked. -> "What am I to do with you?" said Archie. The dog wagged its tail again. "I suppose. I had better take you to the police^ataiidn," said Archie. The dog whined again. "Well, anyhow, go down to the boat and see," said "Come along an4 see, i d Ar,?? i i-,z? The dog barked again many times, and jumped up and' tried to lick Archie's fingers. As soon as they get to the water's -edge, the dog- ran off at full speed and disap- peared. that.'s .funny" sDid Arc!¡il' to him- ¡fR;l.,TM. that's funny!" said Archie to him- self. "It is an ungrnt?ul little thiug. Hn?lo! h?re it is again, though." The dog was comina: back, Kit not alone; a little girl came with it, and she ran up to Archie and said, "Thank you for bring- ing Tomkins back. He is so tiresome; he's always getting lost." And that was how Archie got to know Margaret Porter. f Tomkius wasn't a bit ashamed of himself; he stood in between them aud wagged his tail. I I I BENJAMIN BO?ES. j Benjamin Bones, the sailor bold, j Has wonderful talcs to t?ell j Of pjra?s and wrecks, and of Hyinp: Nh, And of sea-serpente huge as well. He says he has seen a mermaid twice (But I don't believe that tale), And he says he has often been wrecked on ice,- And taken in tow by a whale. j Benjamin Bones is a sailor bold, And his tales are certainly tail, j BiTt if you would know what I really think, I believe he invents them ali 2 I TOT, TIB, TOBY, AND SNIPKINS. j "This way, if you please: said buijiKin#, with. a wave of his tail, and oft he trotted. "W.c'd better go after him," said Tot. "I suppose we had," aaid Tib. "He'll be cross 'if we don't," said Toby, So they went alter Snipkuis—Tot took a lantern in case it should be dark, Tib took Anna Maria the wooden doll, and 'roby had his engine, in cage they should come back by train. I Snirkips was a very queer cat; he had a. very curly, fluffy tail, and large gTeen eyes, and he always wore a pink bow round his neck. He was always leading Tot and Tib', and, Toby into mischief—at least, they were always getting into mischief, and they thought it must have been Snipkins who took them there, although he managed to keep out of it himself. This time he trotted along in front of them in the most, business-like way, and be- fore you could say Jack Robinson there they all three were in mischief again! They were very sad about it. "We must do something," said Tot. "lt"was Snipkins," said Tib. "Of course it was," said Toby. Snipkins was sitting in front, of the fire. and they could hea-r him purring. "I know," said Tot. "What "said Tib. j "Tell us!" said Toby. Snipkins opened one eye, but they didn't aee; that. "Let's fasten a bell on to his pink bow 1" said Tot. "And then, you see, we shall know where he's going to by the sound, and we needn't go after him I" "Good. said Tib. said Toby. "Come on They crept up very softly to Snipkins. They felt very much afraid. Snipkins had both-his-eyes shut. They came nearer, and nea!r, and-nearer. Just as Tot wag going to pop -the bell on the pink bow, Snipkins turpod wound, opened both his eyes wide, and said in a loud voice "Mi-a-ow!" Tot and Tib and Toby turned and ran aa fast as ever, they could. Sfaipkins .sat by the fire and purred mora tou^ly than ever.

j MTES ON NEWS. 1- f I One of the most remarkable of war pro* I pliecies was that of the late Admiral A REMABK- ABLB PROPHECY. Mahan, the famous American naval his- torian. At tho beginning of .the war he said that Germany's "future upon the sea would end in a sail to English ports to surrender. Probably few people at that time expected the prediction to be fulfilled. Germany's defeat in a naval battle, a defeat which would have [ amounted to annihilation, seemed probable ,enough, but that such an event as took "place last week would be the end of Ger- man naval ambitions seemed beyond the bounds of possibility almost. Yet the prophecy has been. fulfilled to the letter. Admiral Mahan understood sea-power its working better t?nn any man of his time, probably of any time. He was of those wilo are able to sso the end from the beginning. He knew that when thef war broke out Germany had no chance against Britain in a sea fight. She could not chal- lenge seriously the might of our Navy without being frmashed. She' must there- fore keep her ships in port, and the in- evitable end would bo surrender, ai) WIP. have seen. Germany, though sbo built her ships with the deliberate intention of de- feating Britain at sea some day, never understood sea-power. Least of all Ger- mans did the. Kaiser, who uttered the arrogant boast quoted by Admiral Mahan, lii d ll<) to understand it. She had no Mahan to teach her, and even if she had she would certainly have put more- faith in her Bern- hardt, who thought, that migfcty armies Were all and in 1)11. Well, soa-pewer has beaten her, and the Kaiser, reading in his Dutch retreat the great story of the Ger- nun surrender to Admiral Beatty, may add this to,the long list of his boastings which have somehow gene awry. I In this country, as well as in ITrance, ( there are people who say that we havo not ALL 1't{AT IWCSIAIN. demanded enough ships from Germany. We ought, they say, to have taken tho whole ef the German Navy, But they may be easy in' their minds. Wo have taken all tlw ships that matter. Wo have taken all the best, the most modern and. the most serviceable. Nothing that floats on the sea becomes so soon obsolete as fighting ships. Nothing over 10 or 12 years old nowaday s possesses any fighting power worth troubling about. Germany does not now own a ship which could put up a fight against any modem vessel. Those she has, would be blown out of the water before they, could get within range with their own gUt: Not that Germsny would be anxious for a triah even if we had left her any ships of fighting value. If she would not fight when her, Navy was at full strength, she would not want to run against our battleships and battle-cruisers after her. fighting strength hat! been, deplltted even to a comparatively slight extent. But it is just as well that she should be deprived of even the smallest power for mischief. The ships that remain to her will have a melancholy interest for Germans as curiosities, tiw. only relics that remain of tho once power- ful German Navy. It seems very likely that the ex-Kaiser may prove an embarrassing guest in Hol- AN EMBAR- BA3MNG GU±;ST. land. For one tlnng, Holland is too near Ger- many to give shelter and refuge to one who hftH made Germany too hot to hold him. For another,, his continued residence there may imperil the good. re6 ,Iations between Holland and the Allies. j Yet the question of what is to be done with him is not an easy one to decide, To talk of the Allies demanding his <;xtradi- tion to be handed over to them for punisji- Jlient for the crimes committed by his order and ig" his name is easy-enough, and there can be tie doubt about his deserving punishment if any could be conceived bad enough for him. But whether his case woulcl come within tha extradition treaties is more .than doubtful. If he had person- ally commjtted a murder in this country we could presumably demand his extradi- tion. In that case a Dutch court would first, sit to consider whether there was a caic, against hiin, and, having concluded that there was, hand him over to our police. It sounds very attraCtive" but thero is the little objection that the cri minal in question has net been in this country during the war. ThNle are ways of bringing wessurø to bear upon Holland to got rid of him, no doubt. It is for the Allies to determine whether they think such a course advisable. We might de- lnand that Germany should get him. back and hand him over to us at Vhe Peace, or bring him to t-ial herself, Perhaps tho latter would be the best solution of the difficulty. I, One of the objections urged against the v holding of a General Election now is that SOLDIERS AND THE ELECTION. o very great proportion of men on service will be unable to record their votes. The number of I those who may be able to do so has been variously estimated at from t 30 to 50 per cent., so it seems likely that at least half the men who have done the fighting will have no share in electing the" Parliament that is to make the peace and undertake the work of reconstruction. Whether that is not largely the conse- queace of their own negligence or disixibli- nation to concern themselves in such a matter is a point worth considering. Sir Auckland Geddes tells us that nothing but a breakdown of transport need prevent the vast majority of men in irence who can vote by post from doing their part. The grojfy voters, however, further afield and furt li'e-r afield an d with the Fleet, are another matter. Appa- rently the men have no liking for the idea, and it is perhaps not surprising that they should not be keen to hand over their votes to other persons. At. any rate, few of the proxies have been returned, and a great number of the fornis have been used for lighting fires—thus supplying a need more immediately felt, no doubt.

I « Mr J. Hr.vclock Wilson, M.P., at Yar. nixuith said that until seamen arc satisfied Germany had- repented q,iia made good the it i boycott would continue. No matter what Governments might settle, no Germans f would put foot in British ships for sevent years. Applications for licence to .export steam and gas coal from Northumberland and Durham and of anthracite from. South Wales to Holland may now be made to the Coal Exports Committee- < A copy of Admiral Sir David Betty's signal inakipg preliminary arrangements with the German Fleet for its surrender has rt printed to the Savage Club by.uSi* Eric Geddea, First Lord of the Admiralty.