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Important Announcement of a Special Sale for Two Days Only. BROWNS of CHESTER BEG TO ANNOUNCE A Special Two Days' Sale OF IMPORTANT PURCHASES Commencing this day Friday and To-morrow Saturday (MAY 30th, and 31st.) This Sale will include some Important Purchases of Regular Season's Goods, and will provide an unique opportunity of securing fashionable and reliable goods at most advantageous prices. i — —— INCLUDED IN THE SALE WILL BE Ladies' Costumes, Coats and Wrapt, Gowns, Coat Frocks, Blouses, Sports Coats, Jumpers, Hosiery, Gloves, Millinery, Ladies' Underwear, Underskirts, Children's Costumes and Baby Linen. E Rick Silks and Dress Materials, Trimmings, Lace, Neckwear, Ribbons, etc. B iii B a Catalogues sent by Post to any Address upon application. BROWN & Co., Ltd. 34-4-0 Eastgate Row-CHESTER. m".tm.nt.. -+ 1 NEW CITY ——— PICTURE HOUSE I SUPER-CINEMA, j HIGH STREET; BANGOR, j j I _uu_ Programme for week commencing June 2nd, MONDAY AND TUESDAY:, 2nd & 3rd- I FAMOUS PLAYERS present- I SESSUE HAYAKAWA in i The Honour of his House" WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY t GEORGE WALSH in a thrilling I WILLIAM FOX Production The Kid is Clever." I FRIDAY AND SATURDAY: I "PALLARD THE PUNTER" Grand Racing Drama by Gaumont Featuring JACK LEIGH. I All Programmes strongly supported by High-Class Comedies, Travels, &c.. j Continuous Performances 6 30 to 10 p.m. Matinees Wednesday and "Saturday at 2 30. Grand Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Messrs. Black, Liverpool. HOUSES WANTED. WANTED, to Rent, Houee; good elevation; near sea; in North Wales; ten to twelve Bedrooms, four or five Reception-rooms, good Garage, 30 to 100 Acree of Land, Cow houses and two g-ood Cottages (at lea6t); South or South- W ef; aspect; modern drainage and good water supply.—Apply to Brown and Co., Cheater, Ltd., Estate Agents, Eastgate Row. Chester. J TO USE Waited. unfurnished, contain- "M ing five or ix Bedrooms and coM- veniences, or Rooms, for twelve months; both must be within easy reach of railway, between Gaerwen and Amlwch, or on (',t between Amlwch and Red Wharf.—Ad- dieee, Box 3944," Chronicle" Office, Bangor. 0 W ANTED, email HOUEe or Cottage, open situation, unfurnished, near Straits, Conway", Holyhead, or place suit- able moorings yacht. £1 tor information if raltable. -Capt. Giliigan, TV Gwyn, Bet-hesda. ANTED, Rooms or emaH Ho:!?, i • » suitable for carrying on bu?NMt?, ?wt be central; Bangor or Upper Bangor preferred; -rent mast be moderate.—Ad- dress, Box 4031," Chronicle"- Office, Bangor. WANTED to rent, immediate posses- I wt øion, Beven-roomed| Houee with Garden; rernianent tenancy; North \Valee pre. ei-red.-kdth-es- 4030," Z* Chronicle" Office, Bangor. FOR SALE BY PRIVATE TREATY. ?0 BE SOLD BY PRIVATE TREATY A a Freen?M Ho Me. eontaimnar 5 Bed- roonw, Parlour, Kitchen. and Back Kit- elten; front and back entrance; gas and water throughout. Apply, "3037," "jThronicie" Office, Bangor. m WHIT-MONDAY, 1919. Bangor Amateur Athletic Sports (Registered under A. A. A. and N.C. U.). PROGRAMME OF EVENTS (For Amateurs Only). 1. High Jump (open). 91 1; 10a 6d. 2. 100 Yards Handicap (open). JE5 5s; £ 2s ?, 91 Is. 3. Hurdle Raoo, 220 Yards Handicap (open). je2 26; jei Is. 4. 440 Yards Handicap \open). jM 4s; £2 2; 91 113. 5. One Mile Handicap (open). £ 4 4s; £ 2 2s; £1 1*. 6. 880 Yards Handicap (open). £4 4s; 92 2i jei lB. 7. 220 Yards Handicap (open). E3 3s; £ 1 Is; 108 6d. 8. Place-Kicking the Football (open). 10s 6d 5s. 9. Sack Race, 80 Yartis. Fl la; 10s 6d. 10. Long Jump (open). £1 1, 10a 6d. 11. Ono Miie Bicy cle Handicap (open). t4 4s; £ 2 2s; 1:1 is. 12. Two Miles Bicycle Handicap (open). JE4 4s: £ 2 2B; £.1 It. LOCAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE. 13. 300 Yards Scratch (open to inhabitants of Carnarvonshire, Anglesey, and Denbighshire). ,£3 3.s; A:2 2s; £1 Is. WCAL EVENTS. 14. JQ0 Yazds Scratoh (open to inhabitants of Carnarvonshire and Anglesey). £2 2s; £ 1 la. 15. 100; Yards (local) Handicap Race for Boy8 under 14 (open to. Qvs living in Carnarvonshire and Anjfl«s>ev). :El 10s 5s. Entrance Fee:—Events Noe. 9 and 15, 6d each. All others, 18 6d. Entries Close: B-v Hand, Monday Even- ing, June 2nd, 3919; by Poet fist De- livery), Tuesday Morning, June 3rd, 1919. For forms of Entry apply to D. burim. lion, feet-, lQ. Gartfaroao, Bangor. COUNTY THEATRE, DEAN STREET. BANGOR. Next Week-Ionday to Wednesday. Beautiful Olive Thomas in- AN EVEN BREAK AN EVEN BREAK AN EVEN BREAK also the first of a series of Six Two-part Dramas from the works of the famous Ameri- can Poet-Ella Wheeler Wilcox. No. l. "A MARRIED COQUETTE." THURSDAY to SATURDAY. OLIVE THOMAS in- MADCAP MADGE MADCAP MADGE MADCAP MADGE Also LAST PART OF- "THE HOUSE OF HATE." ([. NIGIITL Y 7-30, except SATURDAYS ONLY at 7 p.m. MATINEES: Every Wednesday and Saturday at 2-30. POPULAR ) 9D. & 5D. PRICES:  —INCLUDING TAX.— —J LEE'S PICTURES. Week commencing MONDAY, May 29th. MONDAY, TUESDAY, and WEDNES- DAY. DOROTHY DALTON in "THE ROAD TO HONOUR" (5 Acts). MATINEE-WEDNESDAY, at 2.30. THURSDAY, FRIDAY, and SATUR- DAY, CHARLES KAY, the Favourite American Actor, in "HIS MOTHER'S BOY." Famous Players Production. WHIT-WEEK CHARLIE CHAPLIN in "SHOULDER ARMS." Doors Open 7. Commence 7.30. Admission (including tax): 4d, 5.i ad. $ £ 031 ttotices RONALD ALLPORT NEEDHAM, DECEASED. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that all Creditors and other perrons having anv Claims aganst the Estate of Ronald Ailport Need ham late of Maesy- groes Talybont Bangor and the Shipyard Gartli Bangor in the County of Carnarvon who died on the Twent-ie-tin day of May One thousand nine hundred and nineteen are hereby required to send fail partial- lare, in writing, of their Claims to us the unde reigned on behalf of clie Executors (named in deceased's Will; on or before the Twenty-finrt day of June One thou- sand nine hundred and nineteen. Dated this Twenty-feventh day of May Oive thou.^anvj nine ihundred and nine- teen. CARTER, VINCENT and CO., Solicitors for the Executors of the above-named deceased, W el I field Offices, Bangor, North Wal. RICHARD HUGH WILLIAMS, of FROGWY BACH, LLANGWYLLOG, ANGLESEY, FARMER. DEED OF ARRANGEMENT for the Benefit -of Creditors. J A LL Creditore of the above %ire re- ix qued tosend before t?p 14th day of June 1919 particulars of tfiiea- Claims to Mr William John Roberto, the Trus- tee of a Deed of Arrangement made by -t.ite al)me for the Benefit of his CredKtors on the 20th dayof May, 1919. and register, ed in the Celitra.1 Office and Lafid Regi«rtry on the 26th day of May, 1919. Dated this 27tli day of May, 1919. MORRIS OWEN 4 TREVOR ROBERTS, Carnarvon, CoHciUwfc for the Itruoko. SALES BY AUCTION. MESSRS. JOHN PRITCHARD & CO. WELLFIELDT BANGOR. SALE OF AN ASSEMBLAGE OF USE- FUL HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. MESSRS JOHN PRITcHARD & CO. } will SELL bv PUBLIC AUCTION, on the Premises as above, on WEDNESDAY NEXT, JUNE 4th, 1919, at 11 a.m., an assemblage of useful Household FurnituTe, including Oak Hat and Umbrella Stand. Ebonised Drawing-room Suite, Ebonisea Cabinet, Walnut Sideboard. Lo >, Fancy, and Occasional Tables: Chettei-field Set- tee, 6 Hepplew'iiite Chairs, Bedfeteads and Bedding, Blankets, Sheets, CouTiteipaner>, Ax minuter Carpet, Kitchen Furniture, and other Effects. MR A. E. BICKNELL. BANGOR. IMPORTANT TO PARTIES FURNISH- ING AND OTHERS. MR A. E. BICKNELL will SELL BY AUCTION, at his SALE ROOMS, 255 and 257, HIGH-STREET, BANGOR, on TRFRSDA Y, JUNE 5th, 1919, com- mencing at One o'clock prompt, sn Assort- ipent of HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, fcHOP FIXTURES. and OTHER EFFECTS, more particularly described in Postetra. 255 a:id ,57, High-street, Bangor. Preliminary Announxnient. LLANFAIRFECHAN. SALE OF DESIRABLE FREEHOLD DWELLING-HOUSES. Mit A. E. BICKNELL will OFFER FOR SALE BY AUCTION, at the LLANFAIRFECHAN HarEL, LLAN- FAIRFECHAN, on TUESDAY, JUNE 17ti.i. 1919, at 2.30 o'clock in the afternoon, subject to conditions of Sale to be there and then prodiuced and read, the TWO SEMI DETACHED FREEHOLD DWELLING-HOUSES, situate and known as DINAS COTTAGE and EIRION COT- TAGE. NantyfeLj:i. LJanfairfedJaD. Further particulars will appear in future Ad-, ertisementfl, and may be obtained I from W. Thornton Jones, Esq., Solicitor, Bangor, or of the Auctioneer. 255 ald 257, High-street, Bangor. M ISCIILLANBoua. Trade advertisements undtr itis heading are ckargid at trade rate. TO THE PUBLIC.- G1'ET your Typewriting and Dupiicatmg GWork done at tho Typewriung and Copying Omce, 137, High-street, Ban?or. CANARIES, every variety for Breeding and Singing. List Free. For catch- ing Sparrows and other destructive Bird&, Rate, Rabbits, Mice, etc., humanely, also best Onicken Coops and Runs, Collap- sible Chicken and Rabbit Runs, cheapest, best in Gt. Britain, see List B," stamp. —W. Rudd, Bird Specialist, Norwich. ASTROLOGY, Life Horoscope, Planet- ary influences on Character, Events, Chan.ge3, Bui-incjis Succcss, Fortunate Days, Marriage, et >; tend Birth date. Is P.O., stamped envelope. Mr Alien, 19, iPulixord-street, London, S. W.I. FOCR ACRES for S-ale, freehold; or J' would Let on Lease; suitable for Building Poultry Farm or Laundry; abun- dance 01 soft water; hall-mile from rising seaside resort.—Apply, L-ak-eoide, Rhos- neigr. Anglesey. o RUBBER-TYRED Four-w<heeIed Dog RCart for Sale, in new condition only used a few times; suit Cob; low price for quick Sale. (jibeon, Auctioneer, Aberyetwvth. c F)R SALE, a lfl.rge Pktforpi Weighing Machine, • by Pooley and Sons, Liverpool; size ot tabe, 6tt. x 4ft. all complete.—. Apply,, Sftpretary, Beauxi>ari» M«tor Co. R SALE, gooti Piano, in perfect con. X/ dition; almost new; price £ 37.— Address, "Box 3968, "Chronicle" Office, Banger. o F, >R SALE, Ccntr?)oo.d B?t, 14 feet Sails. Oa<re, BraM Rowto?B, Boavhook. Anchor, ek. A¿d'6, "Box 40M." Ohroniole;' Office, Bangor. ARTIFICIAL TELTH bougiht; high- -LM- eK pi'ice^ given. M. Green, from Edinburgh, will be at the following ad- drefe toll 7th June: Call, 6-8 p.m., 13, (ecdlcppe., Bangor. 1'3, rrANTED to hire an empty Room for ?" storing Fuirnit?Te for a short time. -Apply, George Hotel, Bangor. WALLPAlj,-Anà quantity, large or small, euppHed at Wholesale Pric. Largeet Stork in Great Bntam. -Writ.e for patterns, etating class re- quired. Dept. 280, Barnett VYaiipaper Co., Ltd., Manchester. SITUATIONS VACANT. A GOOD SEWING-MAID; must be a A- ?ir Drt?'maker: good E&la'y: not under 20.—Apply, "Bryn Lupus," Uan- rhoti, Llandudno. BANUUK. Nirg Williams. Registry -t3 Office for Servants, 216, High-street (Stamp for reDly). BASIC SLAG.—Agents Wanted with JD good farming connecti ons. Ad- dreFF, stating particulars, Bant-, Bsipchall's Advertising poo l. COOK GENERAL, alone, £ 40; no I washing lad,v- boy hoi. every night out: t't!M: age, length ref. Mrs Gokitssnitin, Rho^neigr, Anglesey. DRAPER.Y.—Wanted, a Young I^dy (junior) for t'he Sale.?.—Apply, C. Bowen, High-utreet, Bangor Ho L"SE-p AR J..or R)lAl D or Cook- J'l experieiw-ed; wages, 930 to £ 40 and faire; requriml 12th June for conveni- entily arranged houee, Edgbaston, Bir- mi,;iphani, b\- retired officer and wife, re- turning after abeence through war; send particulars, photog'raipfb. references.— Mrs Omter Dolgajn, Cap41 Curig. N. Wales. HOCSE CHAMBERMAID. House- maid, Kitchen General, Vegetable Cook; also temporary Waitresses for Whit- suntide.—Reply, Box 3971, "Chronide" Office, Bangor. c A DIES requiring Maids and Maids I J wanting fituattons houk! consult Bangor District Servants' Registry (Mrs Hughes), Paris House. References essen- tiaL Replies stamped envelope. SCULLERY-MAN required, at once; good wages.—Address, "Box 4023," Chronicle" Office, Bangor. TAILORS. -7 First r'asi? ° Goat-makers; t permaiKmry, and highest wageo pa"—Appfy, Ge?. Sheppard, 3, Ta;ie<on Street. Livetpool. USEFUL-HEIJ1; family twee: ttna?! lioufie — Apply, touting wagea re- q.)ire<! Mrs Llewelyn Jone?, "Dorma, R?U'e?down-road. Parley, Surrey. YOI'NK COOK WantN) for W&tea in JL Summer, and Flat in Ixindon in Winter; :u;siJn-è iH'n; two i;i fami'y: tKree macd".—I?ady ??nond) Williams 11, Baeil Mans'OM', Knightisbridge, Mansiojip, K)ijg ht?5br?Age, '??TANTED. at once, an e?perrenced W W'aitre*«s; live out.—Apply, Roberts' Cafe, Bangor. gor. s m EDUCATIONAL.. "JIF TViEiNCH Cientieman would receive a Boy or Gitl to improve their Frencfa language, in exchange of his eon beting taken into an English family foa* the same purpose, from August 1st to September -15tii. Further particulars, apply Mrø Ijovatt, High-fetreet, Bangor. MOTOR CARS. CYCLE" ac. .'D' OUGLAS' 1911 M()t Cy?. 2-b- P ?? for &a?; in good runmng order.— App!y, Owen, Masonic OhambeA. Ban. Apply,' Owen, II&MOn,w Cbam-bem.. Ban. "btt. Qotict*. JOINT COMMITTEE OF THE PORT- MADOC URBAN DISTRICT COUN- CIL AND TREFLYS PARISH COUNCIL FOR THE PURPOSE OF BURIAL. XJ-OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that J. 1. J<i)wY1\ HugheR, Eq., the District AudLtor for t.h? North Wales Au?'it Die- triet-, has appointed the Audit of the Aicooiinta of tihe above Committee for the year ended 31^t March. 1919, to com- mence at the Town Hail, Portniadoc, on Thursday, the 26th day of June, 1919, at 9.30 o'clock in the forenoon, and that a Copy of the Accounts to be Audited will be open to the inspection of all persons interested at the Office of the said Com- mittee. Town Hall, Portmado?, for seven clear days before the Audit. Dated thie 26th day of May, 1919. JNO. JONES, Clerk to the Ynyscynhaiarn and Treflvs Joint Burial Committee. HOLYHEAD (URBAN) FOOD CON- TROL DISTRICT. THE MILK (SUMMER PRICES) ORDER, 1919. 1, THE UNDERSIGNED, b?ng a per- .JL eon authorieed in that Wia)f by the Food Controller, do hereby fix tbo maxi- mum price applicable on the occasion of a Re.t-ail Sale of Milk within this area to be as follows:— June. July. August. September. 2s. 2s. 2°. 2s. 4d. Per Gallon. Tho above. prices shall arplv to Milk dolivened twine daily; for undk.diveired Milk f,1e price shall be. 4d per gallon Any infringements of this Order fhould be reported immediately to the Executive Oifkcv, at the Local Food Office. JOHN R. HUGHES, Dl\isio.-ial Corri tier. 26th May, 1919. HOLYHEAD URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. ANTED a District Rate Collector » (pit-6 time man) for ulie Urban District of Holyhead. S.alary £85 per aijiuim. Prejferen.ee will be given to all ajipiicant who has served in the war either in the Navy, Aimy or Mercantile Mainne. Applications, together copies of three re- cent testimonial, and stating age and j qualifications to be sent to the under- aigncd not later f,iiii Twelve noon on the 19th JULY, 1919, endorsed "Rate Collectcr." Dated thi« 27th day of May, 1919. T. R. EVANS, Clerk to the Council. "V ictoria Ci),amb,-rR, Holyhead. HOUSES TO LET. rr?O LET, Ten Roomed House, Garage, JL Outbuildings, Garden, with or with. out six Acres Land; near Church; Post Office. Station; Seashore; N.E. Coaet An- glesey. Apply, Rev. Jones Roberts, Waenfawr, Carnarvon. HOUSE tOo Let, Furnished, in An- -nL gtefiey Parl our, Kitchen and Scul- le.ry, four Bedrooms, and Box room; aoeomrnodatioii for motor car.—Apply, S. Thomas, Capel Mawr, Bodcfgan. SITUATIONS WANTED. GROOM COACHMAN; life experience Hunters and Harness Horses; age 38 years; single. Address, "3979," Chronicle" Office, Bangor. ROOMS WANTED.   W- ANTED.-l:;y-:Gd'ie8:-here VY North Waie? Coa?t, Unfurni?ed Four or Fivc-roomed Cottage or Bun- galow.-Shore, 134, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury. o FOR SALE. SALE. Freehold House, 4, Albert JT Street, Upper Bangor. Apply, Pritchard, 55, Holyliieed -road, Upper Bangor. APARTMENTS WANTED. T LANFAIRFECHAN. Apartmenta U Wanted; Sitting-room and two Bedrooms; first fortnight August. 61, Grosyenor-road, Dublin. HOUSES Foil 8m. PPER GARTH ROAD, BANGOR — For Sale, Freehold Dwelling-hou&O, containing three Bedrooms, two Sitting- rooms, and Kitchen.—Apply, W. Owen, House Agent, Masonic Chambers, Ban-

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UNDER WHICH FLAG? I The Union Jack or the Red Flag? Con- ut.itutioiial Goveniment—government of the people, by the people, for the people —or the unchecked despotism of inter- national fanatics maintained and inflicted by brute force? Teuce and, eventually, prosperity for all, or internal discord and strife and the subjection of the many for the benefit of the few? Those are the alternatives 'w.iich the in t e r n a itori a" iet agitators are endeayoiring to force upon the nation. Regard their attitude They have sought membership of Parliament. A common-sense nation has sensibly de- clined to entrust to em with political authority. Therefore thev now revolt against popularly created authority and endeavour to weaken the nation at the moment w.ien it most needs strength and unity. Take the publicly dedued opin- ions and desires of one of their number, Mr Tom Mann, who, unless we are mas- taken, has made several ineffectual at- tempts to enjber Parliament and now" ad- vocates rebellion openly" and "is con- fident revolution is coming." To what end and against whom? In the interests of Russian Bolebeviets, our Geuman enemies, and tlie "conchies," and against the people's elected Governors and the safety and welfare of the people them- selves. Remember Lenin's dictum—quoted by The Time*, on May 28th-that the Revolution demands the unquestioning subordination of the masses under the single will of the director of the process." Mr Mann and his colleagues, unable to about their way into membership of Par- liament, now hold Parliament and the Government in contempt." Ilo itrgtw hie dupes to "get ready for common action." Those who would not fiei.it in the defence of the nation can surely reasonably be asked to joill in a conspiracy to ruki it, And "the job muistbe done, there muist be no half larks -about it." The destruction must. be complete, the sniff wing widespread, the ruin utter, and -f,ye sewvlco to the cause of our enemies the maximum possible—otherwise Mann and b'ø sAo-v-,iatee will be dicmtirfied Tuey want larks." Nero, we believe, indulged in something of the kind while his capital burned. Russia lately has been full of "larks" of the kind beloved by that bethgcrcnt pacifist, Mr Mann, and his fiiemls, not forgetting t'he persons be- I ^i.|)dt And ia 2'he Daily Herald, the Socialist Bokhey ist organ of discontent. The job" that must be done" and "no half larks about it," is cill- t-lis- Government for the people by the people is to be forcibly abolished, and the armed tyranny of a minority cf cheap bul.iets substituted for it. In the intervening stages the nation is to be subjected to starvation, murder, and other Bolshevist I delightis. And then. when Mr Mann, Mr LansbuTy, and other notable admirers of Trotsky and Lenin are in office in the ruins of Westminster, the first section of malcontents who can muster sufficient strength to do 60, will play their own game back on them. The "British" Korensky will rise and fall. Trotsky ajid Lenin will come. Then their successors. And all the time the people will be abre to revel in starvation and strife. A not- able prospect.

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= I THAT SHELL SPEECH! 1 If public interest has been reawakened in Mr Asquith's ill-informed assurances on the subject of munitions, given to the nation at Newcastle in 1915, Mr Asquith is himself to blame. After an extended silence ho revisited Newcastle the other day and made a remarkably ineffectual at- tempt to explain away what he had said in the dorjc days some four years ago when gunners were heartbroken over the shortage of supplies that prevented them from giving adequate support to th infantry in the trendies. In an at- tempt to "come back" politically, Mr A squills haa re-opened the subject. His own "explanation" is in remarkable con- trast to many known facts, and especially to the considered statement made by the Field-Marshal then commanding the troops in the field who were actually suffering so severely from the lack of munitions at the time when Mr Asquith saw fit to cry "All's well." In his book, "1914," published serially in The Daily Telrgraph, Lord French writes at length on the disadvant- ages and losses consequent on the inade- quacy of the jdpplv of heavy guns and H.E." He describes his own efforts to secure sufficient supplies and states, Just about this time, the then Prime Minister, Mr Aequath, made hM famous Newcaetlo fpeeoh, in wlicli he stated that the Army had all the ammunition it required. When I read this fjpeech, after all niy public and private appeals, I lost any hope that I had entertained of receiving help from the Government as then constituted. I therefore determined on taking the most dra.stic measures to destroy the apathy of a Government which had brought the Empire to the brink of dis- aster. That is Lord French's con- sidered view of t ie speech that Mr Asquitli apparently regards as being sufficiently explained by the generalities which he vouchsafed to his audience of faithful, but office-less Radioals at Newcastle on the occasion of his belated eecond ap- pearance there Having drastically criticised the first- and ever eiiilo notorious—ppeech of Mr Asquith at Neiveastle,-the sipeech of 1915 upon which the explanation of 1919 does not seem to have had much effect-Lord French goes on to describe the steps ho took after Mr Asquith's remarks had caused him to "lose all hope:" "I immediately gave iiutructions that evidence should be furnished to Colonel Repiiigton, military correspondent of .the Times. who happened to be then at Headquarters, tihat the vital need of high explosive shells had been a fatal bar to our Army succese on that day. I directed that copies of all the cor- respondence which had taken place be- tween myself and tJw Government on the question of the suppffy of ammuni- tion be made at once, and I eent my eeoretajry, Brirfleley FitzG«rald, with Captain Frederick Guest, one of my A.D.C.'s to England with instructions ,that these proofs should be laid before Mr Lloyd George, who had already shown me, by his special interest in this subject, that he grasped tho dead- ly nature of our necessities. I instruc- ted also that they should be laid before Mr Arthur J. Balfour and Mr Bonar Law, whose sympathetic understand ing of my difficulties, when they viitd iiia in France, had led mo to expect that they would take the action that this grave exigency demanded." T,>e successful action that wae taken with the eventual result that the needs of tho troops were supplied, is known to every on a.

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LORDS AGREE TO AN I INQUIRY. In both Houses of Parliament yester- day the case of the Hon. Violet Douglas Pennant was again discussed. In the House of Commons Sir Robt. J. Thomas emphasised once more the necessity for a .public inquiry, and on behalf of Mr Winston Churchill, General Seely, Under- Secretary of State for War, said he had decided to lay on the table of the House the conespondonee which had pad in the matter. Although Sir Robt. Thomas asked that the right honourable gentle- man should appoint a committee of th4- House t.) decide whether a prima facie for holding an inquiry had been made out, General Seely said he could do nothing without communicating with Mr Churchill. There the matter rests for the present. In the House of Lords, how- ever, a very interesting discussion took place upon a motion by Earl Stanhope, that a judicial inquiry should be held forthwith to examine the circumstances leading up to Miss Douglas dismissal. Lord Beresford and Lord Clwyd urged the House to insist upon an in- quiry, which they said the Government KeemctJ desirous to avoid. Lord Bu,-k- must-cr asked why Lord Weii: was not present to answer for himself, an observa- tion received with cheers. The Bishop of Bangor supported the remand for in- quiry. • There was a surprising outbreak on the part of the Lord Chancellor, who criticised a statement by the -Bishop.of St. Asaph at a Bangor meeting in April last, and quoted the Bishop's remarks from the X Qrtlt Walftl Chronicle to' the effect that the Government feared an inquiry because of certain charges of immorality made against some of the oiffcers. The Lord Chancellor went oil to say that it was. eaty H) understand the indignation in Wales if allegations of that charactes were made by persona -of the highest responsibility, though (ho said) as a matter of fact Atisp., Douglas Pennant had never made that particular charge. Miss Douglas Pennant may not have made sit,,h llJl usertionJ but we understan d several newspapers have more than once repeated the allegtions, and the reluctance of the Government to in- stitute an inquiry naturally arouses sus- picion that there is something unpleasant to hide. More than ever now the public arc eagC1" for an inquiry in view of the principles involved in the case apart from the personality of Miss Douglas Pennant. We are ^lad that the House of Lords have realised the importance of this, in enite of the Lord Chancellor's speech, which one noblo lord described as that of all advocate.

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AGAINST A CAPITAL LEVY. I The complete unfairness of the capital levy proposed by disgruntled Wee Free" Radicals and a £ i;ociatcd Socialists has been well exposed by a gentleman who appends the initials H.G. "—we almost looked for "H.C.to a letter sent to and published by t-he "Wee Free" Westininsti.r Gazette. He emphasis-the fact that "The point thai vitiates the whole proposal of the capital levy it. its inherent unfairness, and this is not sufficiently emphasised. In- numerable instances must be known to your readers. Take A and B, w.io both have incomes of, Eiy £ 50CC per annum. A spends all of his and has a real good time. B is prudent, and saves, say £ 2000 per annum. At the end of ten years A has no capital; B has £ 20,000. and possibly accumulated interest. A capital levy comes aJong. A pays nothing, while B is mulcted in per cent. of his hard- earned saving. There is no comparison bet-ween the two from the point of view of citizenship. A probably leaves hie family, w'hen he dies, to struggle along; B's family is to some extent provided for. How can you expect the 'B'e' to con- tinue saving when they are told they will bo penalised for to doing:" The only fair tax in the opinion of this critic "is an Income Tax under which A and B a-ro equally treated, and A cannot avoid paiUng hiis proper share. The death duties are bad enough, but at least they only hit B once. Economically, how- ever, the death duties ought toO be treated, o,,zg h t t-?i be treated, not a.9 income, bat as a capital levy, and they ought in reality to be used to reduce the National Debt."

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NOTES OF THE WEEK. I Welsh Home Rule. I Some Q% ii fate seems to dog the steps of those seeking to promote the Welsh Home Rule movement. The traditional Celtic genius for disunion marks every step in the movement. There is a conference to be held, or intended to be held, at Llan- drindod during Whit week to consider the whole question in all its bearings. Llan- dudno has refused to have anything to do with it. Bangor has appointed a repre- sentative with definite instructions to see that Cardiff shall not dominate the rest of the Principality. The conveners of the conference, while deciarittg- and riglitly- that Home Rule for Wales is no longer a matter of party politics, and claiming that the movement has the support 01 Conservati ves, Liberals, and Labour, ig- nore the bodies authoritatively represent- ing these interests and invite them to take no part in the conference They appeal to Welsh national sentiment by in- viting an Englishman with a foreign name to bo the central figure. The view the promoters of the Llandrindod confer. encc take of its work is that, although the conference will t!it for three dayf, only one out of the seven sessions will "aim at obtaining agreement as to the exact form of autonomy which Wales desires," and this, by their own admission, will not be "the most important conference of the week!" When people who hold such views of what a national conference on Welsh Home Rule should be, control all the wires, and pull all the strings, it is no matter for surprise that sensible people and confirmed nationalists look askance at the whole thing, and are preparing not to be surprised to find a repetition now of It year's fiasco under the same con- trol. .a M Welsh Housing: Commissioner. I The plums of Government appoint- ments in the Principality continue to fali into the open mouths of South Wales anti- cipants. The latest instance is the ap- pointment of Mr Edgar Chappell, of Car- diff, as Housing Commissioner for Wales under tho Local Government Board. Mr Chappell, notwithstanding his English name, is a thorough going Wtlsnman, conversant with the life and the language of the Principality. Commencing nis public, career as a schoolmaster, he de- voted himself to the study of social con- ditions, became a recognised authority on housing, and was appointed secretary to the Welsh Housing and Development As sociation. In this Ia-"t capacity lie did very excel- lent work and came into direct connec- tion with the housing movement in North Wa !es. He was for a time a working journalist-, acting as editor to the Welsh Outlook at Cardiff, which, under his in- spiration and control, rendered valuable service to the cause of sane social reform. This position he relinquished on his ap- pointment as secretary to the Govern- ment inquiry into the cause of industrial unrest in Wales. It will thus be seen that the new Housing Commissioner pos- sesses many essential qualifications for his new post. Teachers' Salaries. I The question of teachft' salaries is one of ever growing importance and urgency. At Wrexham matters have reached a dead lock between the teachers and the Lot:al Education Authority. In Carnarvonshire things arc rapidly drifting 111 the same direction. In Denbighshire, I am told, we shall have the whole question re-ol),ik ed very shortly. Denbighshire, which lias attained notoriety for its niggardly treat- ment of its teachers in the past may per- haps be on the point of entering on an ena of reform and of generous treatment for the profession. At its last meeting it made a handsome addition to the sal- ary of its Director of Education, whose maximum is now fixed'at £ 1;000 a year Mr Aston's amendment limiting it to X800 found no seconder. A committee which pav-3 its director £1,000 can hardly grudge its head teach- ers a maximym of £ 500, and that will probably be soon demanded. Teachers cannot liyo on dignity or prospective pen- sions. In order that his work should be well done there must be-what is really a living wage which will support-the teach er and his dependents, security-of tenure, freedom to move from one branch of .the profession to another, opportunity to' study and to keep in touch with the realities of life. Education authorities which fail to make all these things possible are iaA gard authorities, and with, thSe of Fducation ?haa? p!edgeJ' jt.lf to deal faithtully and stfmty. Th?e are not the words of a stump oiator or of a n«. brand agitator, but of the Timth "Eda cational Supplement," and present con- siderations of the utmost moment, t. which Welsh Education Authorities Pre too apt to ignore. < Preachers and Sunday Papers. A note in this column some weeks ago on the Pharisaism of the Sabbatarians who condemn the Sunday produced Welsh weekly paper while welcoming the Sun- day produced English daily paper haa just had a remarkable sequel in a. Liver- pool chapel. The Rev. A. T. U utlrry. President or ex-President, I believe, of the National Free Church Council, was inter- rupted in the pulpit by a feilow Noncon- formist preacher, a Baptist minister in the audience. The interrupter, rising in his place in the congregation, is reported to have said: "I protest against your betray- al of the Lord's Day by your writing for a Sunday paper. You have often pro- tested against Sunday newspapers, and now you allow yourself to be hired by, them. Mr Hughes, who made this public pro- test, was at least consistent. Believing, presumably, in the sanctity of the Sab- bath, and believing, presumably, also that the sale on Sunday of a paper printed on Saturday was a violation of the sanctity of the Sabbath, he could not consistently condone the support given to any Sunday paper by one who condemned Sunday papers wholesale. Mr Guttcry has sinco explained that he contributes articles to a syndicate, and docs not know where or when they are published, and that pos- sibly a Sunday paper may be among thoeei thu served. That defence opens up question of ethics too wide and Iiivolv l to be entered upon in a fugitive note* But Mr Hughes' protest may well be taken to heart by Pharisaic Sabbatarians who condemn one form of Sunday tra. iug while fostering and promoting an- other. < A Brilliant Welsh Vocalist. North Wales and especially Carnarvon" shire will be interested in the brilliant musical career of Mile. Ieila Aiegane, whose proper namo is Miss Megan Jonee. She is a daughter of the late Police 3it. perintendent Thomas Jones, of PwiiheU* and gained her initial big success at the National Eisteddfod. Mile. Mcgane iadol her debut at Covent Garden, London, last week and took the principal part in Mas. senet's "Therese," which was given for the first time in Eiigiind. Ci-iti-s speak high- ly of the Welsh singer, who is a mezzo- soprano with a voice of remarkable strength and purity. Among her audience at Covent Garden were Lady Glanusk, ao. companied by Mrs Lloyd George and other notable Welsh people. It is no secret that Mr Lloyd George has been taking the greatest interest in Mile. Megane's career, and that ho showed her great kindness quite recently in Paris, when, at his in- vitation, she sang to the peace plenipo- tentiaries at the Ilot-el Majestic. The Fate of the "Clio. I It will to many be a matter of regret that the industrial training ship "Clio," for many years moored in the Menal Straits off Bangor, is about to be clcnse<| down. As indicated in the report pub- lihcd in another column, financial and other difficulties, together with changing circumstances stand in the way of contin- uing an institution which has served a useful purpose in its time. The disap- pearance of the "Clio" will mean a loss to Bangor and the district from a busi- ness point of view, while at the same, time the many services which tiie boys and their band were able to ender in connection with various local functions will be misled- The "Clio" has an inter- esting history as a naval vessel, and it is interesting to note that when tho ship was on active service Lord Charles Beres- ford served part of his time as a midship- man on board. Hand versus Brain. Dr. Arnold, of Bangor, cads attention to a matter of pressing urgency arij supremo importance. We have in thie c'ountry at the present time over one hundred thousand educated men "out of work" as a result of the war, and with no immediate prospect ef finding suitable employment. They volunteered for ser- vice in the war. received their commis- sions, and justified their appointment. Now the war is over they are amonc the unemployed. Many of them joined the Army when in the middle of their educational training. A break of three, four, or five yeans in any educational course plays havoc with any man's academic career—and these men now find themselves competing with those whose educational training continued uninter- rupted. What shall we do with them? We ew<* them a debt which must be paid, and paid ungrudgingly. Many of them are now totally unfitted for pursuing the courses upon which they had entered be- fore the war, or for qualifying for the profession which then was their aim in life. Dr. Arnold suggests that the Cheps- tow Government Ship Building Worke should be utilised as a practical training school for theso men in various branches of skilled work in connection witin ship- building. The artisan of to-day is fre- quently better paid than the college pro- fessor-and many a man may be glad ef the opportunity to supplement a trained brain with a trained hand in industrial work. Denominationalism in Public Appointments. The retirement of Mr Glyn Williams from the headmasterehip of the historio Friars School throws the blue ribbon oi tlae teaching profession in Carnarvonshire open to competition. At. the same time the first appointment of a headmaster te the new Central School in Bangor pe- comes a matter of the keenest competi- tion. Both appointments rest in the handi3 of the Local Education Authority. A writer in a Liverpool contcm.rirary utters a word of necessary warn- ing. He kays:- "Denominational influence of g eat weight is beitig exei-eiked n "II."JlIr of adherents of a certain denomination in botli cases." To is is, unfortunately, a matter of common occurrence. Denominationalism frequently weighs heavier t:>an profes- sional qualifications in public appointments in Cariiaxvoti.-iiii-e. Thus forewarned the public will watch with quite unusual iii- terest how the voting goes when these appointments are being made, wno votes for which if the voting be open, and who presses for a secret ballot if that course bo decided upon. Pulpit and Pull-pit. The Christian ministry is supposed to be a sacred calling. A preacher enteta the pulpit more in response to a divine than to t intindiati-e C"d.JJ,. The Noncon- f or mist ministry to-day finds itself in a peculiarly unenviable position. The cost of living has gotio up practically a hundred per cent all round. The wages of che labouring population have advanced in equal, if not gicater, degree. Ministerial stipends remain very much what they v. ere before tho war. T -e result is that many pa?tora to-day. educated men with a "position" to keep up, receive actually lem money than do the agricultural labourers who may be me«r.bc-rs of thanr I-,tbaiireris may be mkrb c?is of their Wna.t then? Where liee, the duty it the men who have consecrated their lives to the Christian- niiiiistry? Is it to con- tinue .to serve churches which will not pay the-m a living- wage? One solution is suggested by the action of some well- known Nonconformist ministers in South Wales. Holding that the labourer is wort-ay- of his hire and failing to get i*, in the ministry, of the church they serve, they have resigned the pastorate—a»d reo turned to the coal-pit, which they iefl for puljpit. >