The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality

"TrHAT WE ARE FIGHTING FOIl." I Apparently the German newspapers have suc- ceeded in working themselves up to a. high pitch of indignation with the terms on which alone the Alios arc prepared to start any peace taak. As was >onerar.v expected the statesmen of the ton naticru forming the Grand AKianco went out of their way to give quito a full and explicit statement of the position in answer to the courteous enquiric^of the President of the Uni- Ld Staler. It is not quite certain that the States would have Itoeii, equally ready to oblige any Europea:i intruder who ventured to interfere in any affair touching the honour or interests of the American continent. This is no impertinent speculation: the precedents stncng-ly iji i vc'ir of the assumption that any intervener would have been unceremoniously warned oft. But it suited the Ailie3 quite well to pour the whole of th. ir thoroughly just and humane (se into th3 listening ears of all the neutral nations by means of the, sounding board so obiigingly prepared by Dr. VVcodrow Wilson. It is satisfac- tory totind that the approval of the neutral nations is almost as pronounced in favour of the justice of the demands cf the Ailies as is the anger of the enemy at our refusal to have any- thing to do with his proposes for a ifliatti peace. According to the most re table re-pode, the effect of the Allies' icply to the Sta.tes' President has been moat exoeihnit, and there seems a disposi- tion 10 regard all our term* .i.5 fair and just and the prospects oi attaining them quite within our capacity. Here, indeed, it may be worth mentioning that the reception cf the reply from the Allies prac t-ically eynchroiupcd with the pubiic announce- ment, that another British Joan was on the point of engaging the attention of Wall Street. Our own peop'c whose hoi tour and interesta are involved in the Victory War Loan which ciaims the support of tvery loyal Briton will not, need tho stimulus of the Ameriean example. At tha same time they will wurely rejoice and be very proud to find that the keen financiers of tho United States think eo well of B itish credit that they are having ik loan all on their own. The British loan in Amortci wil.. IV. for £ 60.000,000, which, w.j are told, will oaslly be forthcoming, because, pmongst other things, so tI.e report goes, 'puiblic opinion in the United Statos is quite satis- ,? tlcx- ?, i tiuite satil?- fied that GoTmany is already beaten;" We are glad to think bo ourselves just- as we are like to find that the justice of our cause is acknowledged and the sti eiigth of our financiaj" credit endorsed in a substantial manner. But just as we believe that Germany io already beatera," so we will do well to realise that the ends for which the Allies have stated their determination to per- severe cannot be fuUy secured except by such .fighting, bj, Fiich losses anci such sacrifices as will tefi us to the uttermost. Thosa ends are not Too vaguely stated in the reply to the United States while they show that we. and ail our Allies, are still bent on establish- ing tho three principles of Reparation, Restitu- tion and Guarantee-) for tho future for which we have contended all along. If there is anything realBy new in the "note" of the Allies, it is the indication which it contains of the nature of the guarantees which we are determined to enforce. We arc feeing to guarantee the future peace of Europe not by destroying eitlic-i- Germany or the German p,opla, but. by emancipating nO the other nations of Europe from tho overbearing "influenco" which Germany has sought to estab- lifili first upon Austria-Hungary with its complex nationalities, tlien upon the Balkans and upon the near East. We fire moreover going to see that the Turk is not to remain in Europe as the cat's paw of any power or combination of powers. Wo aro determined to sha-ttcr the whole of the Pan-German dream from its fit--at stages of a A'Iittelct;ropa" on through the various stages of the Hamburg to Bagdad progrnmmo to the uni- vercaj dominion plans of the wildest enthustasts. We are going to stop the "swashbuckling" of Prussia through the streets of Europe, we are going to destroy the terror of the "mailed fist" and tho "shining armour" from amongst all the nations of the world. For this purpose we have formed our fine citizen armies: for this we have organised our productive capacity; for this wo shall now contribute alll we can give to a na- tional loan that speWs victory.

WORK FOR OPPOSITION SPEAKERS, The announcement that Mr Herbert Samuel is to fddr?sa a great meeting in support of the War Loan suggests an excellent method of utili6- JEig the great amount of talent which lies dor- mant on what may be called th.t. "Opposition" ¡:;Ïdü It !p quite certain that Mr McKenna did no harm to his lefyutation by appearing with the Prime Miniate.- and the Chancellor of the Ex- dheqeur at till) Guild Hall meeting; and the other retired members of tho late Coalition, of not very blessed memory, "might emulate his ex- atnpfa with credit to themselves. Missionary meetings" in all parte of the country will be a promine,rut, feature, during the next few weeks, in the Avcrk of mobiliamg the financial resources of the country, and leading Ministers, notwith- st an ding their great cares and heavy responsi- bilities, find themselves obliged to take part in the work of stirring up public opinion to a pro- per realisation of the importance of the occasion. Wouild it r-oit be possible to save the energies of, say, the members of the War Cabinet and the heads of tho more important departments, for the immedtate task of prosecuting the war," by utilising the scwiccs of Mr Asquith and his re- tired colleagues in the work of popularising the War Loan ? It will be remembered that a great oratorical campaign was one of the last expiring effoifs of the iate Government. A few months ago the "Wait and See" Government was bent on saving its ett-dit by a series of important pub- lie meet-bugs in support of a more vigorous war policy. Pefork) tho programme materialised in fact, iL was discovered, even by t'he Coalition it- sehf, that it was not the country that lacked vigour. There is still a chance for the Coalition orators to exercise their gifts in a far worthier causo than they originally intended.

NOTES OF THE WEEK. I The local authorities of North Wales have evidently realised their responsibilities under Cultivation of Lands Order, and in most oases machinery has been already set in motion that i should help substantially to supplement food pro- duction in this part of the country this and in fu ture years. Nor are the general public less eager to do their part. Some evidence of the keen desire for iand is afforded by the fact that .n a non-industrial centre like Colwyn Bay—where there is a lower proportion of males in the oom, munity than in the majority of towns of a like population there were 120 applications for allotments before the local committee ten days ago. Theee are, of course, in addition to the considerable number of allotments which have been for some years rented from the Coun- cil. About 24 acres of land have been secured for this purpose, and it is quite possible that more will have to be acquired eoon. At Llandudno, Rhyl, fjonway, Llanrwst, Holywell, Mold, Flint, Buckley, Connah's Quay, and other centres there ia a similar eagerness to respond to the natioml call in this matter, and it is aJl very encouraging and Creditable. ■■ A Board of Trade circular hae been issued to North Wales councils and other bodies interested in electric power urging the advisabil- ity of linking up local systems where feasible, all j of drawing power from the smallest number pos- sible of generating stations. The object a to economise in several-directions. Committees have been appointed to go fully into the whole ques- tion and it is not at all impossible that we nail yet see the North Wales Power Company eupply ing current to several North Wales towns who now generate their own electricity. Remarkab'e developments of a simila-i- character have already taken place in Eiigiish and Soottish areas. Plants have been scrapped that costs many thou- sands of pounds because the authorities are 01 vinced that in a very short time. they will abund- antly recoup their losses from the taving to t.e expected under comprehensive schemes of central, ised power production. This question is cf lir.,t rate importance to North Wales, where there IS rate importance to Nortli a l es, w fi cre there s water power running to waste that would pojeib'ry produce sufficient electrical energy for [our,,f not six, counties, at a very low figure- • ft » < Without going too minutely into the evidence or commenting adversely on the actions of officiiis I èon¡(mé-J. it may ba paid (says the .Vo?? ,ir<?f? I'iotHcr) that tIre story related by Mr J. Jones Morris at the North Wales Asylum Committee meeting on Monday concern- ing the removal of an aged woman from Tlan- erchymedd Workhouse to the Atyhini proves kt least one thing. It shows that thoee who have advocated a more general itee of workhouses to ac- commodate harmless lunatics have, as we hare maintained all along, proceed on logical lines. In this case we are tola a fui Etaff is maintained it a workhouse containing about a dozen inmates, and it is alleged t.iat merely because an old lady was sufficiently eccentric in her ways to justify her admission to the Asylum, the was cut there on the: certiicate of a magistrate who nap- pens to be chairman of the Llanerchymedd Board of Guardiane, and a doctor who .does not appear i,O be able to give any better ^ground for her removal than the fact that she "took him for a parson. ut iion ? < ? The Muon aMt?oriti(? broke no Ip?a? point in tho Act in causing the patient to be removed, and that is the weakness of the whole position. The ca^se was clearly one that could have been looked after in the w^frk-> house, and in the interests of that economy which is so generally preached just now—if voir no .other account—it should have been dealt with there. If the departmental inquiry wked,for leads to an a.mendment of the. administrative regulations of both asylums and workhouses in this respect i- óf will reeUli very desirable measure of reform will result. r Ever since the diays of the "Derby Scheme" the recruiting authorities and the Board of Agri- curture (says the Manchester Guardian) have been engaged in a tug-of-war for the agricultural workers or military ags. Immediately after tho reconstruction of the Cabinet Mr Prothero was protesting against the system of granting hand- to-mouth exemptions of a. fortnight or so to I workers on the laid, aoip-d holding out to the farmers some promise of more satisfactory ar- rangements with the War Office. Now the tug- of-war has 'gxjno the other way. Half the agri- I cultnral worker's with temporary exemptions are apparently to be called up at once for military service. We are not aiware how many men will be withdrawn by this new decision, but if it is big enough to be of importance to the army it is bjg enough to be a considerable embarrass- ment to agriculture. » soui d's a curious way of assisting our nationa l food mpplies at a. time when these are of so muc-h concern that the ploughing up of parks and virgin soil is scriouely advocated as necessary. The War Office's way of j-educinig the difficulty is even more curious. It is hoped to put "several thousand" C3 men at the disposal of the farmers almost immediately. The pre c ee official description of a C3 man is one who is only fit for "sedentary work at home" as clerk, storekeeper, orderly, and so forth. By the geaeial practice of Medical Boardis he is a crock" of the most pronounced and hopctess description. Certainly, there is both light and heavy work to bo done on the lasid but "several thousand" C3 men of no particular experience in agriculture is a return which sounds hardly worth making for tiho withdrawal of even all equivalent- number of fit, skilled workers. The need for an adequate supply of women volun- teers for the land becomes more imperative than ever; and' this is a much more promising source of labour than men who have come near to h. ing rejected as unfit for any kind of military service at all.

I WELSH NATIONAL FLAG DAY. f SPECIAL EFFORT ON MARCH 1st. The Countess of Plymouth, president-, and Mrs Lloyd George, chairman of committee, have ad- dreoset) an appeal to the Mayors of the. boroughs and the chairmen of the district, councils through- out Wales on behalf of the National Fund for Welsh troops to provide additional comforts for Welsh regiments at home and abroad. Refer- ence is made to the substantial amount realised by the holding of ílag days on March 1st, in 1915 and 1916, and it is intimated that a special effort is to bo ma next St. David's Day, when a Welsh National Flag Day will be held. MRS LLOYD GEORGE AND THE MOVE- 1 MENT. The Loci Mayor received at thet Mansion House, London, on Tuesday, tho Mayor and Mayoresses of the Metropolis to meet Mrs Lloyd George. The Premier's wife, explaining her scheme for a special celebration of St Ihnd's Day, on March 1st, by n-(-ans of Welsh Fhaig Day, raid she hoped to laise a large sum of money with which to buy comforts for Welsh troops at the front, and for wounded Welsh soldiers at home. There were ;'11 London, she sa.id, thousands of Welsh people with thirty or more places of wor- ship of their cwn She hoiped, by the help of the mayors and mayoresses, to reach all these people. She had already received encouraging assurances from Manchester, and she expected good things from Liverpool, which was sometimes humorously called the metropolis of Wales. Sho hoped tho war would be over this year. If there was any surplus, then it would be devoted to wounded and sick soldiers. The Lord Mayor caid Mrs Lloyd George had promised to sell flags outside the Mansion House on March 1st, from 10.30 till 1 o'ciiook.

MILITARY APPOINTMENTS. I Saturday. January 13th. REGULAR FORCES. R. W Fueiliers.—Temp. Lt. G. J. F. Percivau to be temp. Capt. (Sept. 25, 1916); Temp. See. Lt. 1. D. 0. Arnold, from R. W. Fus. (attd.) to be temp. Lt. (Sept. 25, 1916); Cdt. A. L. B. Ashton to be temp. Sec. Lt. (Jan. 6). To be temp. Sec. Lts. on probn.:—Pte. A. 0. Williams, from a Se-rv. Bn. (since killed in action) (Aug. 15), Pte. II. D. Evans,, from a Scrv. Bn. (Aug 35). S. Wales Bol-ci.-Ten-ip. Maj. D. W. Bruce (11th B.. R. W. Fue.) to bo actg. Lt.-Col. whilst comdg. a Bn. iOct. 27, 1916). TERRITORIAL FORCE. VOLUNTEER FORCE. Merioneth Vol. R.-Io be temp. Li.-Col. and County Comdt..—Maj. E. B. Jones (Jan. 13). Aforday,, January 15th. REGULAR FORCES. Welsh Guards.—Sec. -Lt. F. A. V. Copland Griffiths to be Lt. (Oct. 14, 1916). Tuesday, Jan. 16th. REGULAR FORCES. R.W. Fusiliers. Temp. See. Lt. D. C. Evans. M.C. relinquishes his con;mil. on account of ill-health caused by wounds (Jan. 16). TERRITORIAL FORCE. R.W, Fusiliers.—Sec. Lt. R. E. C. Thomas re. nnquishes his commn. on account of ill-health and IS granted the hon. rank of Sec. Lt. (Jan 16). ea-Pt. C. 0. Davies resigns his comm in order to resume his med. studies (Jan. 16) Lt. T..G. D. Burdett to be temp. Ca.pt.; Sec. Lt. V. G. James to be temp. Lt. (Oct 23, 1916) VOLUNTEER FORCE. Carnarvon Vol. R.-2nd Bn.-To be temp. Capts. :-R P Turner Hate Ca?.. 1? Chc?. and Cam Art. ols.)(Jari. 16). To bo temp. Lta. W. ^1' R. Brown D. J O G. E. rR^oV berli ts. Io be temp. 2nd Lt8.:LA. J. WiHdn? M. Jones. T. BurneJ] (Jan. 16). Wednesday. January 17th REGULAR FORCES. R. W. Fusiiirrs Temp. Sec.-Lts. to -be Lieuts, L. Jones (Oct. 1, .1915; Dec. 17, 1915); R. H. Morins, H. L. Croekett (Meh. 3, 1916)'- D. B. Morgan, R. O. Barrett. Temp. Lt. E. 13, Davies to be temp. Capt. (Nov. 3, 1916). Ternp. Sec.LL, C. HUIIIPIIIV3.8-j Giles to be ^mp. Lt.. (Nov ■ 3, 1916). TERRITORIAL FORCE. Yeoma.nry. —Capt. W. B. L. Bonn is seconded for duty with the Welsh Guards (Aug. 30, 1916). ll.W. Fusiliers—Sf-c.-Lt. E. W. Tregart.he-n is confirmed in his rank. Sec.-Lt. (temp. Lt.) W. Beckton to be temp. Capt (Jan. 17). Sec.-Lt (temp. Lt.) G. Jones to be temp. Capt. (Jan 17). Sec.-Lt. E. T. E. Gwalchmai to be temp. Lt. (Jan. 17). See.-Lt. II. C. Kellv to be temp. Lt. (,Tan. 17). Tliursday, January 18th. REGULAR FORCES. WeUh Guarda.—Capt. H. Dene, D.S.O., relin- quishes the rank of (en:p. Maj. (Dec. 1st, 1916). P.W Fusiliers.—line unidierment-iowed cadets to be temp. Sec. Lts. (attd.) (19rh Dec -): Sid-nev George Davies, William Edward. Evans. John Lurn'.iey Cross Hughes, William Burrows, CleriKiit- Hunkin, Joseph Aubrey James, Wit- riim Hughes Jones, Rolje-rt Allen Jones, Lewjf, Lewis, Benjamin Morgan, Harry Frederick Poulson, Henry Atkinson Robinson, uos-iah Pen-ry .T liomas, William Peiify Thomas, Edwin Gordon Williams. The following Sec. Lts, (attd,) are transferred to Serv. Biis., etc., with seniority shown against. their names: — I. Davie3, 25th Oct., 1.916; A. MeV. Forbes; 25th Oct., 1916; V. Ha-xxkwood, 25th Oct., 1916; D. I. Thomas, 25th Oct., 1916; J. M. Wardjaw,. 25th Oct. 1916; E. ,Witlia-ms, 25th Oct, 1916; J. W. Broxup. 25th Oct., 1916; W. W. Jones, 25th Oct., 1916; R ■feton-Shbre, 25th Oet., 1916: L. Hodkinoon, .25thÛ<'t., 1916: F. Hatch, 25th Oct., 1916; J. 25th 0<?., 25th Oct., 1916. I: T. Hea)y, 2f>h q(,t., 1916.

1 1. I j LATEST WILLS. I' Mr George Herbert .Doegi <^ Tan Altran, Holv- "b,cad, left £ 2,961. j: The IWy, Richard Tievpr. Owen, of Bodei- wvddan Vicarage, RhuddIan, left pet personalty I £ 932^and £1;14 grote.. < -L_ ->-

I SOCIAL NOTES. The Hon. Mrs Buikcley-Owen is staying at Torquay for the winter. Major Stuart Lloyd, son of Mr Frank Lloyd. Eyton House, Wrexham, who is on leave, is now acting colonel of his battalion iaFrance; Colonel Sandbach left North Wales this week for Rugby, where he is engaged Oil military duties. I Lord .md Lady Kcnyon. Miss Wynn of Cefn, Mr Watkin and Miss Williams Wynn of Wynnstay are hunting with Sir W. W. Wynn'. hounds. Saturday's meet was at Bangor-is-.y- coed. Liout.-Colonel Sir A. S. T. Griflith-Boseawen, Royal West Kent Regiment, recently mentioned in despatches has vacated his command under dato January 13th, on appointment as Parlia- meaitar" Secretary to tho Minister of Munitions. Lady Juliet Duff and Sir Richard Wil- iiams-Bulkeley were among those. who attend- ed the funeral service for Admiral Sir Georgt Wal1render, on Friday, at the Church of thi Annunciation, Bryanston-square, Londoii. Lady Williams, wife of Sir Ralph Williams, late governor of Newfoundland, whose death occurred in London on Saturday, was a daughter of Mr Samuel Dean. Sir Ralph is the son of the Rev. T. N. Williams, of Treffos, Anglesey. The five eons of Lady Bates, of Gym Castle, Llanasa, in the Army are widely separated on the battle fronte. Major Cecil Bates is in France, where his brother, Captain Auatin G. Bates (now on leave), has also been on servioe since the outbreak of war, Fred. C. Bates in Egypt, Dennis G. Bates in Salonika, am Maurioe Bates in training. The Countess of Dundonald attended a gather- ing at HaJkyn House, Be-grtvo Square, on Fri- day. when Mr H. W. Finoham gave a lecture on the history of tho Order of St, John and its present-day work. Lord Beauehamp has placed Halkyn House at the disposal of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, and tho premises have been opened M a bupply depot [ MARRIAGE OF MR U. 1I. SUMMERS. The marriage took place quietly at the Savoy Chapel, London, on Saturday, the Rev. Hugh B. Chapman officiating, of Mr Henry H. Summers, of Cornist Hall. Flint, and Marjory Agnes Standish, youngest daughter of Capt. Anthony Thomson, C.B.. Elder Brother oi rrinitv House. I MR E. A. NEELE INDISPOSED. Mr E. A. Neele, of Bryn Cregin, Deganwy, High-Sheriff of Carnarvonshire, regrets that he was unable to attend the Assizes at Carnarvon on Wednesday, owing to indisposition. Mr Neele has had a slight attack of conges ) tion, and is now suffering from bronchitis. W, j trust he will soon be out again. I WEDDING OF COMMANDER REIN OLID The marriage took place quietly last Thursday week, at Aber, of Commander Harold Ower. 1 Reinold, R.N., youngest 6on of Mr A. W Reinold, C.B., F.R.S., and Mrs Reinold, ol j Soutlisea, and Mrs Frances Olwen Fisher-Rowe>, widow of Commander Seymour Fisher-Rowe, R.N. The? ceremony was performed by the Rev. Cyril Reinold, M.A., brother of the bridegroom, assisted by Canon Edwards. The bride was given away by her uncle, Mr E. H. Birley, and Staff-Surgeon Pierce L. C-rosbie, H.N., was best man..

BIRTHDAY GREETINGS TO THE I PRIME MINISTER. On the occasion of his birthday, on Wednesday, the Prime Minister, who was born in Manchester, 54 years ago, received a large number of messago* of congratulation and good wishes. The Lord Mayor of London telegraphedj "Many happy returns of the day.—Lord Mayoi 1 and Citizens of London." The Rut si a n Society telegraphed "Sincere greetings from the Russian Society on occasion of your first birthday as Prime Minister—the stateg man on whom the world's expectatiollll1 are fizea to-day.—Malcolm, Hon. Secretary Russian Soci ety, 47, Victor ia-s treet,

PRIME MINISTER S EXPECTED VISIT TO CARNARVON The Times fitates:It is expected that the Prime Minister will address a great meeting in his constituency on the eve of the mee-tillg oj Parliament, which opens Oil Wednesday, Feb- ruary 7th. The id-ea is that the meeting shall not be confined to Mr Lloyd George's constitu- ents in Carnarvon Boroughs, but that it shall b< thrown open to Welshmen at large. It should be a picturesque and moving event, this home- j coming of the first Welsh-speaking I rimi Minister.

MARQUIS OF ANGLESEY AND. j. FOXHUNTING IN WAR TIME. A tnr?o me..tin¡! f'J}bers of tho South j 14utit and f?rmcra of the district A diseLi,?s:?d at LIchfi€)d on Fnda.y evening th< j question ot foxhunting in vyar time. Lord A?i#lesey, joint MastcL- cf Hounds wit.h Sir V'iiliers Foster, wrote tha.t oil their actioni must be subordinate to winning tho war. It wai for the Government to deeide -,t%hot-lier or nol hunting shou-d continue. But. for fox-huntiivji tho class of horse Seíltt to France and ruindcri (,arly in tho war would not havo been available. It was onily at the request of the War Office that many packs had carricd on. Sir Vitliei-s Former (cnairman) teid that the Mivstors of Ilounds Association would shortly meet the President of the lioa-rd ot Agricu.«-uie j and tha I cod vlontrolier to discuss the future o, ..1 hunting, and tho meeting was adjourned pend ing the dccisioi of this coiifcrcnc-c-. |

I GWRYCTH CASTLE i A I COTTAGE PROPERTY FOR SALE. I 1 Early in March about, one hundred freehold and lea.sehold cottages and land in Abergele will be offered for sale by public auction at the Ihe- Hotel. Abergele. The property will be sold by Mr George Perkins, auctioneer, who is acting upon the instructions of the Countess of Dun- donald.

I PREMIER'S BROTHER ILL. I Mr Win. Geortro, of Gartheelyn. Criccicth, brother of the Prime Minister, lias been laid up since Suidav suffering from tho effects of a •evoro chill, which he contracted on his way home. from London at the end of last Ho war reported to bo slightly bettor yesterday. ■hi i ■»

'9 Mr Neville C?ambcriaih had a conference 'with J the Prime Minister and Mr Henderson at 10, -M Downmg-?tr«t, on Wednesday. It is xndef- jst&od th?t consideration was given <o the scheme. I for urnve.l .natioal service which Mr Nevi)!e J Ctiamberlain submiMed to- the Pnme Muustej J » few days ago. •'