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WONDERFUL RECOYERIES.
WONDERFUL RECOYERIES. FROM INJURIES. The complete recovery that many of the wounded in the present war are fortunately experiencing after severe injuries has been brought to our attention by a good many communications. At the first reading of such cases the emotion is naturally one of wonder, yet it is .a fact in the surgery of injuries that it is never possible to gauge from the severity of the accident the true extent of the lesion produced by it. Our knowledge here is gained mainly from experience of the in- juries received in civil occupations, but the lessons thus learned are applicable to mili- tary surgery. An account was published last week of a remarkable accident in which the victim, while tamping an experimental charge of a new explosive, was impaled upon a broomstick which pinned his right hand to his right shoulder, traversing the axilla. The patient walked into the hospital, the broomstick was withdrawn with the precau- tions described in the note, and the patient made an uninterrupted recovery. Many of the wounds received in the trenches are, of course, wounds in the head, and it is amongst these injuries that some of the most striking recoveries have been chronicled in civil medi- cal literature. In a well-known case repor- ted some 60 years ago a man had bored a hole in a rock, had introduced into it a charge of blasting powder, and was engaged in tamping it, when for some reason the charge exploded and the tamping iron was forced through his head. The iron was more than three and a half feet in length, an inch and a quarter in diameter, and weighed nearly 14 pounds. It entered the left side of the face, passing through the zygomatic arch, pierced the an- terior lobe of the cerebrum, tore the superior longitudinal sinus, and emerged at the site of the anterior fontanelle. The man did not lose consciousness, and though some delirium occurred a few days later, yet he recovered almost completely losing only the sight of the left eye. A somewhat similar tale has been told, and has, we believe, considerable author- ity to support it, of a gunner who, in the days of muzzle loaders, was engaged in tamping, when the powder exploded and his skull was pierced by the rod; it entered at the base at one side of the front and emerged at the ver- tex. He recovered with hardly a bad sym- tom. the only marked change being that, though he had been previously a man of quiet habits and speech, he became after the acci- dent possessed of a copious vocabulary of foul language, which he employed freely. In an- other case a man who had determined to put an end to his life placed the point of a dagger on his forehead and hit the handle with a mallet, driving in the blade of the dagger until the haft rested against the skull. To his great surprise he did not fall down dead; in fact. he felt no symptoms whatever. As he could not withdraw the dagger, he went to a hospital to have it removed, but he found it necessary to tilt his hat, as the handle of the dagger was in the way. The dagger was extracted without much difficulty, and he recovered without any unfavourable symp- toms.—" The Lancet."
BRIDGEND POLICE COURT. 1
BRIDGEND POLICE COURT. 1  ?'r. W. J. «a*-m!av", Au^urt 7th.—Hefore: A.r. • Lewis (in the chair), G. L. Bruce, ?J. R?, W. Powdl, T. E. Hopkins, J. Thomas, nnd G. Jeanes. DRUNK. I William Sullivan, labourer, alltyffyllon, was I fined 10s. for having been drunk. DRUN-K A-ND DISORI)t,Kl, _J_1- I For having been drunk and (iisoruvriy Matthew Barton, collier, BlMngarw. was fined 25s., and Elizabeth Potter, wife, Bridgend, had to pay 155. BAD LANGUAGE. _n I Albert Clatworthy, haulier, Kenfig lilli, was I fined 15s. for having used indecent language, and Jenkin Roes, collier, Bryncethin, had to nav .£1. 1-1 NO LIGHTS. I- Thomas Evans, farmer, Tondu, had to pa?, s. for having driven a ?.cle without lighted lanms attached. -.A.- CARD PLAYING. For having gamed with cards, the following were each fined 10s. :-Edward Williams, John Williams, Percy James, John Powell, Calavrm Dodd. colliers, Kenfig Hill. MOTOR CYCLE number. Reginald T. Rea, manager, Maesteg, had to pay 5s. for having allowed the registered mark on his motor cycle to be obscured. SUNDAY TRADERS. The following Sunday traders were fined:- Carlo Nardoni, shopkeeper, Kenfig Hill, 5s.; Louis Sidoli, shopkeeper, Kenfig Hill, 5s.; Nascari Giovanni, shop assistant, Ogmore Vale, 5s;. Polly Hughes, shop assistant, Maesteg, 5s.; Lurgi Papellini, shop assistant, Aberkenfig, 5s.; Tamazo Tealdi, shop assistant, Aberkenfig, 5s.; Angeli Franchi, shopkeeper, Bridgend, 5s.; John Moruzzi, shop assistant, Maesteg, 5s.; Edith Hudson, shop assistant, Caerau, 5s.; Francisio Mariani, shopkeeper, Caerau, 5s.; Angelo Grimaldi, shop assistant, Naiityffyllon, 5s.; John Brugnoli, shopkeeper, Nantyffyllon, 5s. HOMING PIGEON KEEPER'S DUTY. For having removed two homing pigeons with- out having had a permit to do so, David Gar- field, collier, Bettws, was ordered to pay the costs, 5s., and Cyril Bradford, collier, Ogrnore Vale, had to pay 5s. costs; Evan Reynolds, col- lier, Ogmore, was ordered to pay 5s. for having aided and abetted. Others dealt with were:- Oscar Thomas, collier, Ogmore Vale, for having removed pigeons, fined 10s., and David Watkins, collier, Nantymoel, for having aided and abetted, was ordered to pay 10s. Ernest Howe, collier, Ogmore Vale, for having removed pigeons wa-. ordered to pay costs, 5s., and Wm. White, collier, Ogmore Vale, for having aided and abetted, 5s. costs, and 10s. for having kept two homing pigeons without a permit. ABSENTEE. William James Walker, a private in the Army Service Corps, was summoned for having been an absentee from his regiment, and was re- manded to await an escort. CRUELTY TO A HORSE. Ernest Pearce, haulier, Bridgend, was sum- moned for having worked a horse in an unfit state, and Arthur Watson, manager, Bridgend, was summoned for having caused it to be worked. Mr. J. T. Howell appeared for the defence. P.S. Morgan said he saw two horses attached to a mineral wagon at Kenfig Hill. He noticed that the near side horse was in pain, and he ex- amined it. On the off-side on the breast he found a sore about the size of a 5s. piece, and there was another sore on the other side, about the same size. Defendant told him that he had placed his handkerchief on the sore to relieve it. The employer told witness that he knew the horse was bad. The man had told him that one horse could never do the journey with the wagon, and that was why he sent the horse complained of to help the other horse. He let the man take the horse, but told him to be careful. Pearce was fined < £ 1, and Watson X2. MAINTENANCE CASES. Herbert Sawtell, collier, Pontycymmer, was summoned in respect of the maintenance of his father, who was chargeable to the common fund of the Union. Defendant was ordered to pay 2s. 6d. per week and the costs, 8s. 6d. William Amos, collier, Alexandra Road, Caerau, was summoned in respect of the main- tenance of his daughter, Annie Townley, who was chargeable to the common fund of the Union.—Defendant was ordered to pay 3s. per week and the costs, 8s. 6d. William John Thomas, collier, Court Terrace, Cwraffoes. Cefn Cribbwr, was summoned in re- spect of the maintenance of his mother, who had become chargeable to the common fund. It was stated that defendant earned 28s. per week, and had a wife and five children to keep. The Guardians asked for an order of 2s. per week. The Bench, having regard to the circum- stances of the case, adjourned it for further con- sideration by the Guardians. WARRANT OFFICER'S WISH I GRATIFIED. William Williams, collier. Park Street, Maesteg, was summoned in respect of the maintenance of his wife. Defendant limped into Court supported by a stick. Warrant Officer Thomas said the family had cost the Guardians t344 since they first be- came chargeable, and the Guardians asked for a contribution of 10s. per week. Defendant said he was 69 years of age, and was an invalid. His wife was 50 years of age. He had been turned out of the house by his wife, and then summoned by the Guar- lians. The Justices' Clerk asked if the Guardians were serious in asking for 10s. per week. The Warrant Officer: Well, if the case is dismissed it will give the Guardians an oppor- tunity to take the wife off the books. I would not mind seeing the ease dismissed my- self. The case was dismissed. LICENSES TRANSFERRED. I On the application of Mr. D. Llewellyn, the license of the Llanharran Hotel, Pontycym- mer, was transferred from T. Williams to Isaac Thomas. The license of the Llanharran Hotel. Og- more Vale, was transferred, on the applica- tion of Mr. D. Llewellyn, to D. J. Davies from his father. The license of the Plough Inn, Cefn Crib- bwr, was transferred to Mrs. John, widow of the late W. John. Applicant said she had been at the house for 50 years.
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Despite a denial by the German Embassy, the Providence Journal," which is waging a campaign against German intrigue on this side of the Atlantic, reiterated its statement that a plot to ge General Huerta back to Mexico in order to embroil the United States with that country was organised by Captain Bov-ed, the German Naval Attache at Washington. County Bernstorff's denial, it assumes, is merely personal. If it is in- tended to embrace Captain Boy-ed it is abso- lutly fal.
HISTORY Or THE YALE.I
HISTORY Or THE YALE. I LLANTR'.THYO PLACE. I MEMORIES OF THE AUBREY FAMILY I AND A QUAINT OLD DAME. ARTICLE X. I (By Mr. T. M. PRICE, Late of Boverton). I Shortly after the death of Sir John Aubrey. I Bart., M.P., the sixth baronet, of Llantrithyd Place, in the year 1826, the grand, stately old Aubrey mansion was finally deserted, and sub- sequently gradually dismantled when his nephew and successor, Sir Thomas Digby Aubrey. Bart., came into possession of the. property. It may be here mentioned that Llantrithyd Place had. however, ceased to be a permanent residence of the Aubrey family I prior to the death of Sir John Aubrey, Bart.. M.P., but Sir John invariably paid brief periodical visits to his mansion at Llantrithyd until his death in 1826, 89 years ago. I I MALKIN, THE HISTORIAN'S, INTEREST- ING REFERENCES. Dr. Benjamin Heath Malkin, M.A., F.S.A., LL.D.. the eminent South Wales historian, who visited the historic old village of Llan- trithyd in 1803 and 1806, makes the follow- ing interestin references to the Aubrey family, of Llantrithyd Place, in his book. vol. 1, p. 17" :—" The Aubreys are one of the most ancient families in this country, and have been possessed of this estate for many ages. They were distinguished by their attachment to the Ryal Cause of King Charles I.. 1625- 49, and this place was one of the last retreats that welcomed the disconcerted Royal fugi- tives from every quarter of the island. Both the gentlemen of the county and the tenantry of the estate have to regret that Sir John Aubrey is only an occasional visitor amongst them. The property is very considerable, but Sir John has another large estate in Bucking- hamshire. in which he principally resides." I COLONEL RICHARD AUBREY. I ASH HALL. Colonel Richard Aubrey, who resided at Ash Hall. Ystradowen, near Cowbridge (now the residence of Mr. Tudor Owen, J.P.) was the third son of Sir Thomas Aubrey, the fifth baronet, of Llantrithyd Place, and a younger brother of Sir John Aubrey, M.P., the sixth baron Colonel Richard Aubrey, born 21st May, 1744, was a Fellow of All Souls' College, Oxon. and Lieutenant-Colonel. Royal Glamor- gan Militia Regiments from 1795 until his death. He died at Taunton on 31st March, 1808, and was buried at St. Ultyd's Church, Llantrithyd, 9th April, 1S08. Colonel Rich- ard Aubrey married Frances, the second daughter of the Hon. Wristherly Digby, LL.D.. of Meriden, in the county of Warwick, and grand-daughter of Lord Digby, on 26th February, 1780. She died 12th December, 1782, and was buried at Llantrithyd Church 20th December, 1782, aged 31 years. Their family issue was: First, Thomas; second, Maria Martha, died October, 1781. aged three months; third. Julia, married Thomas Cart- right. of Aynhoe. Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire, and for many years Father" of the House of Commons. Lieut.- Colonel Richard Aubrey. of Ash Hall, was the last member of the Aubrey family buried at Llantrithyd Parish Church. Frances, his wife, and Maria Martha, their daughter, are laid to rest in the same vault. A beautiful memorial may be seen in the nave of Llantri- thyd Church, bearing the quaint epitaph, "Learn to live as she lived, and then you need not be afraid to die." SIR THOMAS DIGBY AUBREY, THE I LAST BARONET. Sir Thomas Digby Aubrey. the seventh and last baronet, of Llantrithyd Place, etc., was christened privately at Llanblethian Church on 2nd December, 1782. He was received into the congregation at St. Illtyd's Parish Church. Llantrithyd, on 3rd June, 1784. Sir Thomas Digby Aubrey, Bart., was a nephew and heir of Sir John Aubrey, M.P.. the sixth baronet, who died in 1826. Sir Thomas was B.A. of St. John's College, Cambridge. 1802. M.A. 1809, Sheriff of Buck- inghamshire 1815, Lord of the Manor of Bour- stall. Oxon, and Brill, in the County of Buck- inghamshire. He married in December, 1813. Mary, daughter of Mr. Thomas Knight, of London, and niece of Mr. Robert Verney, of Claydon, Buckinghamshire. She died 27th March. 1817, aged 39 years, and was buried at Claydon Parish Church. Sir Thomas Digby Aubrey. Bart, died in the year 1850 without any family issue, and the baronetcy became extinct at his death. The Aubrey Estate afterwards passed to Elizabeth Sophia, first cousin of Sir Thomas Digby Aubrey, and daughter of Major Thos. Aubrey. and final heiress of the manor and devisee of Dorton Manor House, of Ayles- bury, Buckinghamshire, and the unentailed estates of the sixth baronet (Sir. John Aubrey who died in 1826) with remainder of her heirs male. Elizabeth Sophia Aubrey married Captain Ricketts. R.N., and their family issue was: First, Charles Aubrey Ricketts; second, Thos. Gamble Ricketts; third, Aubrey Ricketts; fourth, Julia Anne Ricketts. Elizabeth Sophia Ricketts died in 1874, and was suc- ceeded by her son Charles Aubrey Ricketts, who assumed the surname of Aubrey. INTERESTING REMINISCENCES OR I IOAN TRITHYD." THE BARD. Mr. John Morgan ("loan Trithyd"), the I venerable bard and veteran agriculturist of the Vale of Glamorgan, who is now in the 85th year of his age. possesses a wonderfully vivid memory of interesting and important events in by-gone days. and his reminiscences <ar? most interesting and instructive. He remembers well over 80 years ago, and he re- collects the grand old Aubrey mansion in a fairly good state of preservation, about ten years or less after the Aubrey family had de- serted the venerable old fabric. KATE OR PLAS." A QUAINT OLD I I DAME." About 80 years ago. a very old woman, named Kate Tombs lived in a quaint old cot- tage close to the old Aubrey mansion. She was generally known as Kate or Plas." and the aged woman acted as custodian or care- taker of L'antrithyd Place, and was entrusted with the keys of the various entrance doors of the mansion. loan Trithyd, together with his elder brothers, paid frequent visits to this quaint old dame in their boyhood days, about 80 years ago. and old Kate or Plas often per- mitted them to play in the stately old rooms of the mansion, but she would not allow any other little boys to enter the mansion unless "Christopher Morgan's boys were with them." The old lady had a particular and striking affection for loan Trithyd's famil v. loan Trithyd and his brothers often spent many happy hours playing in the old man- sion. Sometimes they raced up and down the great oak staircase and stamped their feet on the oak flooring boards of the various depart- ments. just to annoy and tantalise the old dame. Kate would warn and threaten them, and finally chase them with a long stick and turn them speedily outside to play in the pic- turesque grounds adjacent to the mansion. !v.\t!' or P'as was well over 100 years old when she died, in her ancient and quaint old cottage close by the old mansion and the ven- erable Parish Churchyard of Llantrithyd. where she was laid to rest many years ago. Two or three more parties occupied the same old cottage after Kate or Plas ended her days. SHANI TYR EGLWYS. There were two very old cottages occupied as dwelling-houses near the church and man- sion. under the old School Loft. They were J both known by the name of Tyr Eglwys, and in one of them there lived another very old dame. The villagers called her "Shani Tyr Eglwys." She also lived to a great age, and was buried in the Churchyard at Llantrithyd. The village of LIantrithyd appears to be a very healthy, salubrious spot. according to the great age people attain here. loan Trithyd is probably one of the few links of the past remaining, who remembers Sir Thomas Digby Aubrey, Bart., the last Aubrey Baronet, who died in the year 18.50- 65 years ago. loan Trithyd was 20 years of age when Sir Thomas Digby Aubrey passed away. He remembers Sir Thomas Digby Aubrey visiting Llantrithyd every year in the month of September, as the guest of the worthy and venerable Rector of Llantrithyd, the late Rev. Roper Trevor Tyler, M.A., the father of Major-General Trevor Bruce Tyler, J.P.. D.L., Llantrithyd Hcuse. Sir Thomas Digby Aubrey, Bart., invariably came in the month of September, the time and season of the year in which they used to course and hunt the buck, which was a great day's sport at the ancient deer park at Llantrithyd. Nearly all the parishioners and tenants from the surrounding villages of Bonvilston, Pen- ] doylan, Llancarvan, St. Hilary, Welsh St. I Donats, Llantrithyd, etc., would be there when Sir Thomas Digby Aubrey arrived in his grand carriage with fine, spirited horses. A J great crowd of the villagers and people from i the surrounding district always met Sir Thomas on the road near the ancient village church, to give him a right royal welcome. Sir Thomas used to stop the carriage in order to shake hands with all the people who had come forth to welcome him-rich and poor alike, and the old village church bells rang a merry peal at the same time in honour of the auspicious event. After luncheon and refreshments—all the people adjourned to the deer park for some sports, including horse racing, etc., when Sir Thomas Digby Aubrey would present prizes among his tenants who were the lucky win- ners. Four or five bucks or deer were gener- ally killed each year at the annual chase, and the venison was sent to the home of Sir Thomas Digby Aubrey in Buckinghamshire, and other places on his estates in Oxfordshire and Glamorganshire. MR. CHARLES AUBREY AUBREY, I DORTOX HOUSE, AYLESBURY. After the death of Captain Ricketts' wife (nee Elizabeth Sophia Aubrey), in 1874, the Aubrey Estate at Llantrithyd passed to Mr. Charles Aubrey Ricketts, the eldest son of Captain Ricketts, R.N., and Elizabeth Sophia, his wife. He assumed the surname of Aubrey by Royal license in 1874, when he came into possession of the extensive estates at Llantrithyd and other places in the coun- ties of Glamorgan, Oxfordshire, and Bucking- hamshire. It was this gentleman who was known as Mr. Charles Aubrey Aubrey, of Dorton House, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, who died December 9th, 1902, after having held the Aubrey Estate for 28 years. Dur- ing the long period that he possessed the Aubrey Estate at Llantrithyd, etc., it is a very remarkable fact that he never once visited it, but it may be said in very truth that Mr. Charles Aubrey Aubrey was always most considerate, kind-hearted and generous to all his tenants—rich and poor alike, with- out distinction of class, creed or party; and in this particular respect he truly upheld the noble traditions of the Aubrey family and his worthy ancestors, and he fulfilled to the high- est degree the duties of a landlord. Mr. Charles Aubrey Aubrey died without any family issue, and, as neither the fourth, fifth, sixth, or seventh and last baronets of Llan- trithyd Place had any descendants living, the Aubrey Estates passed to the lineal descen- dants of Elizabeth Aubrey, the daughter of the third Aubrey Baronet, of Llantrithyd Place, who had married Henry Lintot in the year 1712, and whose daughter Catherine had married Sir Henry Fletcher. of Clea Hall. The direct lineal descendant of this family was the late Sir Henry Fletcher, Bart.. M.P., who succeeded to the Aubrey Estates in 1902, on the death of Mr. Charles Aubrey Aubrey, of Dorton House, Aylesbury. It is interesting to note in passing that it was the late Mr. Charles Aubrey Aubrey who presented the beautiful stained-glass eastern window placed in the chancel of St. Illtyd's Parish Church at Llantrithyd, in the year 1875, as a. memorial to members of the Aubrey family who were laid to rest within that ancient village church ages ago. THE ESTATE PASSES TO THE I FLETCHER FAMILY. The late Sir Henry Aubrey Fletcher came into possession of the Estates in 1902, after the death of Mr. Charles Aubrey Aubrey, and by Royal license, dated the 1st January. 1903, his Majesty the late King Edward VII., granted permission to the Right Hon. Sir Henry Fletcher, Bart., C.B., M.P., to assume the name and arms of Aubrey, as an addition to his own family name and arms. Sir Henry Aubrey Fletcher has succeeded, under the will of Sir John Aubrey, M.P., who died in 1826, to the Aubrey Estates in the countries of Bucks, Oxon. and Glamorgan, and has taken the name and arms of Aubrey in accordance with the request contained in the will. BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF SIR I HENRY AUBREY FLETCHER, BART. The late Sir Henry Aubrey Fletcher, Bart., M.P., to whom, upon the death of the late Mr. Charles Aubrey Aubrey, the Aubrey Estates at Llantrithyd. etc., passed, in 1902, was a J.P., D.L.. Privy Councillor, and was created C.B. in 1900. He represented the Lewes Bivision of Sussex as a Conservative in the House of Commons from the General Elec- tion of 1886 until his death in May. 1910. Sir Henry was born in the year 1835, and was educated at Eton College, and succeeded his father in 1851. He became an Ensign in the 69th Regiment—now the Welsh—in 1853, and in 1855 became a Lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards Regiment. Four years later, in 1859, Sir Henry married Miss Agnes Wilson, daugh- ter of Sir J. M. Wilson, C.B. Sir Henry re- presented the Horsham Division of Sussex in Parliament from 1880 to 1885. and occupied j the post of Groom-in- Waiting from 1885 to 1886. It was during this time that Sir Henry had the honour of presenting Mabon. M.P.. the veteran miners' Parliamentary represen- tative, to the late Queen Victoria. Sir I Henry's military training as a young man stood him in excellent stead as a Volunteer officer, and he held the important and distin- guished appointment as Colonel-Commandant of the Sussex Field Infantry Brigade. His beautiful and charming country seat i was at Ham Manor, Augmering, in the j county of Sussex. Sir Henry was a promin- ent member of the Carlton and the Constitu- tional Clubs, London, W. The fact that Sir Henry Aubrey Fletcher, M.P., was formerly in the 69th Regiment—now the Welsh Regi- ment—may possibly give rise to some miscon- ception or misunderstanding, so that it may be as well perhaps to explain that in the fifties when Sir Henry was a subaltern in the 69th I Regiment, that regiment was the South Lin- colnshire Regiment, and it was not until the year 1873, eight years prior to the introduc- tion of the Territorial system, that the 69th Regiment was linked with the 41st Regiment and became known thereafter as the 41st Re- giment. The late Sir Henry Aubrey Fletcher, Bart., C.B., P.C., B.L., J.P., M.P.. who passed away on May 19th. 1910, was a very popular and generous gentleman. He was one of Nature's noblemen, and an ideal landlord. He was one of the most popular Members of the House of Commons during his long Par- liamentary career, which covered a period of 32 years, and rendered most useful service to his constituents and the community at large irrespective of class or creed or party. His passing away, in the year 1910, was an irre- parable loss to the people. The poor and needy found in him a true friend, and he dis- charged and fulfilled his duties as a landlord in the highest possible degree, and his familiar figure was much missed in the House of Com- mons by his numerous friends and oolleagues. (TO BE CONTINUES.)
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THE SOUTHERNDOWN TRAGEDY,…
THE SOUTHERNDOWN TRAGEDY, i VICTIM BURIED. I The exceptionally sad circumstances sur- rounding the death of Archibald William Ashton, a member of the 13th Cardiff Com- pany of the Boys' Brigade, who was lulled through falling over a cliff near Southern- down, not far from the camp he was attend- ing. elicited striking demonstrations of sym- pathy at his funeral at Cardiff on Sunday. A particularly bright lad, giving promise of a most successful career in more than one respect, he was much respected by all who knew him, and a general favourite amongst his comrades of the Boys' Brigade. His father, Sergeant-Major Ashton, is the recruit- ing sergeant at the heaaquarters recruiting station in Cardiff, a member of a well-known Cardiff family. The funeral was attended by Lieutenant James German and mem bers of the recruiting staff, and Captains Elliston and Davies. Lieutenants Sanders and Jarman, and four sergeants of the deceased's company, who .had come from the camp at Southerndown to rep- resent deceased's colleagues, the sergeants acting as bearers, together with a number of soldiers in khaki. Prior to the interment a service was held in Cathedral Rood. Presby- I terian Church. Cardiff, of which deceased's parents and himself were members, and was attended by a. number of the congregation, members of the choir, and the organist, the service being partly musical. The pastor, the Rev. S. Jones, B.A., officiated at the church and also at the interment, which took place at Llandaff Cathedral graveyard. A large number of wreaths included hand- some tributes from the officers and staff of the Cardiff Recruiting Station and officers rnd members of the company to which the deceased belonged.
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The Faversham Town Council recently de- clined, until after the war, to ask the Town Clerk to spend his time searching for informa- tion required by the Royal Commission on Public Records.
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The 1st Battalion of the 7th (the "Shiny Seventh*) City of London Territorials have sent to their depot at 24 Sun-street, Finsbury, some interesting trophies of the fighting in Flanders. One is a German flag which was hoisted by the Germans over their breast- works in the Hue de Cailloux. It was shot down by Company-Sergeant-Major R. Hill. of B Company, and was subsequently captured by A Company during at attack upon the breastworks on May 16th. The breastworks were carried with the bayonet.
FACTS - liND THE KAISER'SI…
FACTS liND THE KAISER'S I CONSCIENCE. WHAT OCCURRED BEFORE WAR WAS I DECLARED. Before God my conscience is clear; I did not will this war," declared the Kaiser to his people a day or two ago. But in the case of the North German Lloyd steamer, the Kron- prinzessin Cecilie, which has been before the New York courts, evidence has been given which clearly shows that war against England had been determined on by the Kaiser and his advisers over a year before it actually broke out. The whole story is told in the "Spectator" by an American correspondent, and an illumi- nating stOI-Y it is. Two years ago, it ap- pears, the captains of the whole of the vessels in the German mercantile marine were given a secret packet containing a code by which they were to interpret any message which might reach them signed "Siegfried." A few minutes before midnight on July 31st, 1914, the North German Lloyd managers sent out a wireless message to all their boats containing the positive statement, interpreted by the two-years-old code, that war had broken out between Germany, England, France, and ordering the vessels to rush for the nearest port. The significance of this will be apparent," adds the "Spectator's" American correspon- dent, "when it is remembered that at mid- night (Berlin time) of July 31 the Kaiser sent his ultimatum to Russia to demobilise in 12 hours. It thus appears that shortly after the ultimatum was sent information as to this portentous change in the situation had been transmitted to Breman, where the managing directors of the North German Lloyd or their representatives were in session after mid- night, and they appreciated so fully the in- evitable effect of the Kaiser's ultimatum that, instead of using the coete word for a state of threatening war' with Russia alone, which would have accurately described the situation as it then presented itself, the man- aging directors sent a message shortly after I midnight (by German time) and about 11.45 (Greenwich time) to the captain, advising him I that war had actually broken out with Eng- land, France and Russia. "As the Kaiser is reputed to be a large ) stockholder in the North German Lloyd Com- pany, the possibility suggests itself that even in that great political crisis he had not ceased to be a very practical man of business. It is still more significant that the message was untrue. War had not then broken out even with Russia, and was not then even threatening with England. Germany was then nominally at peace with the world, and through diplomatic agencies was vigorously asserting the sincerity of her alleged mediatory efforts to preserve peace. No offensive step had been taken by Great Britain, and her only participation in the controversy was the persistent efforts of Sir Edward Grey to bring about a peaceful ad- justment. No issue then existed as to Belgium, for Germany had given as yet no evidence of her purpose to invade that buffer State. As late as August 2nd she had disclaimed any such purpose. When, then, did the North German Lloyd Company's managing directors,, acting obviously at the suggestion of the Berlin authorities, send a message on July 31st which broadly hinted that an actual state of war existed between Germany on the one hand, and England, France, and Russia on the other ? The psychology of this message to the German captain, therefore, which in view of the relation of the North German Lloyd Com- pany to the German Government must be taken as semi-official, is that the Kaiser and his Government on the night of July 31st knew that they were about to take a certain course of action which would inevitably bring that country into conflict, not only with Russia and France, but with England." These particulars, it may be added, confirm and expand the revelations made by Mr. Godfrey Isaacs at the recent Marconi meet- ing.
IAFTER A YEAR OF WARI
I AFTER A YEAR OF WAR I I WHAT THE FLEET HAS ACCOMPLISHED I .Lieutenant- J. F. H. Pollen, writing in the "unclay Times," says:— "A year of war has passed; the German fleet still lies in its mine- protected harbours; the Grand Fleet stiLl waits to fall upon it should it venture forth the Navy holds the oceans of the world whence the German flag has finally vanished. Day ana night, month after month, have our blue- jackets toiled, four hours on duty and then four hours off, going a bout their daily task with cheerfulness, patience and determin- ation. Plenty of hard work and plenty of exercise have kept them healthy and able to withstand the discomforts of bad weather, the confinement of a ship, and the strain of "night defence" stations every night of their lives. When the guns' crews must sleep at their guns, two men always awake at each gun. fighting tops manned, and tlhe ship in utter darkness, all on the qui vive to repel attack by submarine or destroyer. One day's work is very like another on board a Dreadnought, but the monotony is varied a little by gunnery and torpedo prac- tices. by coaling ship, by general drills, by pulling races, boxing competitions, and very occasionally by a run ashore. Here then we have a glimpse of the life our bluejackets have led during those weary months, a life of hard work. great discomfort and little leisure. Yet their spirit is better than ever, and this is almost entirely due to that wonderful dis- cipline which is the pride of the British Navy. The discipline in the Navy is best described as co-operation; a loyal co-operation between officer and man, in which each officer by know- ing hjs men, knows he can rely upon them implicitly; the men, on their part, realising that their ofifcers are friends and not task- masters, learn to trust their lives to them when the crisis comes. Slowly but surely the unseen pressure of Sea Power is wearing the enemy down, sapping his strength as it is increasing ours, until in the end he will bend to this pressure, and then break never- to rise again."
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GERMANY'S NUMBERS.
GERMANY'S NUMBERS. THE DIMINUTION IN HER FIGHTING STRENGTH. Colonel F. N. Maude, C.B., deals in the "Sunday Times" with the results of this war of attrition on Germany's effective forces, and gives 5,000,000 as their diminution in fighting strength. Colonel Maude writes:- "As regards the remaining resources of troops in Germany, there is no misapprehen- s ion at all. The estimate of their casualties are carefully collated and exchanged, and the mean of the several observations must form a very close approximation to the truth. Hitherto the British Government has kept silence on this matter and we have only had the French figures to go upon-—but a few days ago an affidavit on the subject, pre- pared by order of the "War Office, was read in court, which very closely confirms all foreign estimates. In this the total number of males whose subsistence the German Government was responsible a few weeks ago was given as ten millions, including railwaymen, am- munition workers, and so forth, and cite casualties constantly in hospital were given as 2,000.000. Now neither the killed nor the prisoners have to be fed by the Germans, and there are not far under one million of the latter in French, British and Russian custody. But if the numbers constantly in hospital are 2,000,000, and the average duration of treatment is four months (which would be above the probabilities), it means that 6,000,000 men have been under medical charge since the war began, and since it is known that 40 per cent. of the Germans are either killed outright on the field, or died before reaching hospital, this would give 2,400,000 killed. Clearly this is an over- statement of the case, so it is probable that the sick are also included in this figure, and this is the first time I have seen any reference to this category at all. We shall not, therefore, be far 'out if we take 2.000,000 as the number actually killed, died of disease, or permanently disabled, and these, added to 2,000,000 constantly sick, and 1,000,000 prisoners (the last possibly an over- statement, thouugh my authority was a credible witness) give a total diminution of fighting strength of 5,000,000. This leaves only some. 3.500,000 available of the original 8,500,000 with which Germany entered the war. Out of the balance of untrained men. men taken from railways, etc., she may raise another half million, but that is the end of her tether, and these numbers are already only just equal to the task of guarding her too extended frontier. I MR. BELLOC'S ESTIMATE. Mr. Belloc writes in the "SunclIY I Herald":—" The enemy has lost perman- ently and temporarily about half of what he was prepared to put into the field in the first year. Or, to put it again in maxima and minima he has lost permanently and tem- porarily not less than five-twelfths nor more than six-twelfths. The fact that there is in I this an element of only temporary losses does J not affect the calculation, because as against j every two men that come out of hospital, especially during the heavy fighting of the last few months, at least three go in."
i WHO SAVED ENGLAND?
WHO SAVED ENGLAND? HOW THE FLEET WAS KEPT I MOBILISED. i When this war broke out it was "Der Tag. "Der Tag" depended for success mainly. if not entirely, on the British Navy being caught unprepared at the "selected moment" of the Germans. Few people have yet realised how care- fully Der Tag" was selected. The Bri- tish Fleet had just been engaged in a test mobilisation, which had been advertised to- I happen months beforehand. After it the I inevitable result was to be expected-the, j Main Fleet sent to its home ports to give- i leave, the moblised ships paid off, and the- crews distributed hither and thither. That was routine. Suddenly all this routine- I vanished into thin air. The Fleet was kept I mobdised. It was I sent away to certain. places; but the entire British Navy was kept ready against emergencies. When the. war came the entire British Navy was ready and waiting. Had we been caught unpre- pared -100,000 picked German troops would have invaded our shores. The fate of Bel- I gium would have been our fate. r, I There is no doubt (writes Mr. Fred T. Janes in the Standard") about thi& I matter the beginning of the war synchro- nised with the embarkation of those 100,000 German picked troops. They came out. They were ready to inflict on the East Coast of our island those unspeakable outrages that have marked their occupation of Bel- gium. Our pro-Germans may call it a lie- but it was so. They came out. They saw a British light cruiser, which made off. They came a little further, and saw another little British war- ship, which likewise may off. Having seen which, they all turned back again, and retired to their own country. From every point of view the business was undramatic. But well. the German is no fool. He realised from the indications that the- British Navy was somewhere in the way, and he abandoned the idea of sudden invasion. It is generally put down to Mr. Winston Churchill that these things happened with the British Fleet. We have all read it in the Press we have all believed it. But the | real facts are as follows. None of us did understand. If we work back on our j memories we know that. No one expected war. Mr. Churchill was, I believe, week- ending with his wife at Cromer on the East Coast-Ct-omc-i-, which years ago gave birth to "The Garden of Sleep." It was all the "Garden of Sleep." No one worried—except one man. And that man was the First Sea Lord of those days. Admiral Prince Louis of Bat- tenberg. He it was who kept the Fleet together, he it was who saved us from the horrors of Belgium. Prince Louis is half Russian, and for the other half, just exactly as much French as he is German. But whatever he may be, he is a British Naval officer. And whatever may be said about the British naval officer, there is one sure thing, and that is that he would go to hell for the flag under which he serves.