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BRITAIN AT WARGERMANY REJECTS BRITISH ULTIMATUM - KING’S CALL TO NAVY.GREAT BRITAIN DECLARED WAR AGAINST GERMANY AT ELEVEN O’CLOCK LAST NIGHT

Earlier in the day a British Ulti-matum was addressed to Germany protesting against the German vio-lation of Belgium’s neutrality, and demanding a reply before midnight. The British request was summarily rejected and the British Government have declared to the German Gov-ernment that a state of war exists between the two countries as from 11 p.m. on August 4.

The British Note containing an Ul-timatum to Germany was sent direct to Sir E. Goschen, our Ambassador at Berlin, a copy being at the same time forwarded to the German Em-bassy. Sir Edward Grey asked Prince Lichnowsky, the German Ambassa-

this morning.

It has been arranged that the United States will take over the af-fairs of the German Embassy.

The King, in a message, to Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, sends assurance of

renew the old glories of the Royal Navy, and prove once again the sure shield of Britain and her Empire in the hour of trial.

Two Turkish battleships being built in this country, and two de-stroyer leaders ordered by the gov-ernment of Chile, have been taken over by the British Government.

Admiral Sir J.R. Jellicoe has been appointed to the supreme command of the British Home Fleets, and Rear-Admiral Sir Charles E. Mad-den has been appointed his Chief of the Staff.

The King, in a message to the peo-ple of the Oversea Dominations, ex-presses his appreciation of the mes-sages received from them “at this time of trial.”

GRATEFUL TOMMIES.

About a month ago a letter ap-peared in our columns from Private George Lyle, 2nd Black Watch, who appealed to readers for cigarettes for the patients of A division, No. 4 Sta-tionary Hospital, B.E.F. France. We are in receipt of another letter from Private Lyle, from which it appears that the request made through the “Telegraph” has had very satisfac-tory results.

I take great pleasure, he writes, in thanking you, on behalf of the boys and self, for your great kindness in putting my appeal for cigarettes for wounded Tommies in the “Telegraph,” and I have also to thank the people

Mr Robert Mahan, Ingleston House, has received a letter, dated 5th July, from his son, Private R.E. Mahan, who is with the Argylls. He says:-

and are being shelled at the moment of writing, but we have dug our-selves well in. It is much the same here as in France, but the Turks are not nearly so good shots as the Ger-mans. We are getting plenty of food, although there is a great sameness about it, therefore any little luxuries are greatly prized here. We received an issue of tobacco yesterday, and so saved many lives. I really think when we make an advance we will make a name for ourselves as eve-rybody seems anxious to do his best. We have to laugh at the daring of our airmen. They don’t seem to know what danger is, as they hover over the Turkish lines from morn till night.

LETTER FROM THE

FIRING LINE

The momentous announcement of the British Ultimatum to Ger-many was made by Mr Asquith in the House of Commons yesterday afternoon. Mr Asquith told how the King of Belgium had asked for “dip-lomatic intervention” by this country to prevent the threatened German infringement of Belgian neutrality.

This was however, too late; for the German Ambassador had already intimated that, in view of the threat of a French attack across Belgium, “which was the plan, according to unimpeachable information,” Ger-many had “consequently to disre-gard Belgian neutrality as a matter of life and death.”

Questionsto men who

are not servingtheir Country:

If you are physically fit and between 19 and 40 years of age, are you satisfied with what you are doing to-day?

Do you feel happy as you walk along the streets and see other men wearing the King’s uniform?

What will you reply in future when you are asked “What did you do in the Great War?”

1.

2.

3.

Your Country needs you NOW. Unless you are making munitions, your duty is clear.

Join the Army To-day.

Cigarettes from Our Readers

of Greenock for their generous re-sponse. I have sent a P.C. or letter to everyone who sent me a parcel with their name and address inside. It was such a treat to get good ciga-rettes. We all had a good time. Some of your readers were kind enough to send not only fags but chocolate, biscuits, sweets and dried fruits. A lot of us had a pain in the region of our belts while good things were coming in! The best of the thing was that I forgot all about sending you my appeal till one day I was sleep-ing on a stretcher in the trestles when someone tipped the stretcher

I sat up and saw the postman with a bag on his back wanting to know if I had a birthday and would he get a barrow? That day I got nine big bumper parcels.

When I had opened them and dis-covered as many fags as would sup-ply a regiment, I tell you we were happy. We formed up and then

of the men from other tents made a charge in front. After we got over the barb-wire (made with stretch-ers) and into the enemy’s trench (another stretcher), we gave the enemy socks. In ten minutes the

the tent was thick with smoke, not from shells- from cigarettes. When all was quiet I told the boys what I had done, and they shouted, “Good old Greenock!” As we were expect-ing another attack from Greenock the next day we had a council of war that night and got reinforcements to be in readiness for the postman coming. You should have seen the boys faces wreathed in smiles.

We thank you very much indeed- in fact I don’t suppose you can real-ise how much we do thank you and your generous readers. It was such a treat. Well, the most of the boys have gone back to the trenches to have an-other go at Fritz, and I will be back up there myself in a few days, as I am about right now. There are at present two Greenock men here.

Their names are O’Donnell, Greenock R.F.A., and Woods, from Nile Street, Greenock R.F.A. I am taking a few boxes of fags up to the boys in the trenches. You get none when you are there.

Shelled Since Start of Month.

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Writing to Rev. John Calder-wood, minister of Sir Michael Street Church, Lance-Corporal J.F. Mc-Nab, referring to the charge at Achi Baba, says they rushed forward to the shouts of “Good old Argylls” and “Come away Greenock.” Little mercy was shown to those who tried to stop

-ond, pushed on again and captured

of sand bags to screen us from the bullets and shells. We were very much exhausted, but it had to be done for our own safety. Then we were all night on the look out in-case of a counter-attack. Every-thing went all right until daylight when our trench was attacked from the right (censored). But they soon

COME AWAY GREENOCK

GOUROCK CAPTAIN’S PLUCKY FEAT

When the public mind is occupied with the atrocities of German sub-marines, it will be a source of grati-

-rate craft recently met its deserved fate through the plucky action of a Gourock skipper.

Captain Colin Mitchell, of the steamer Cottingham, which trades between this country and France, recently reported on arriving that during a voyage he had rammed and sunk an enemy submarine.

The Mercantile Marine Service Association, of which Captain Mitch-ell is a member, promptly drew the attention of the Admiralty to the gal-lant feat. The vessel was dry-docked and examined, when damage was found consistent to the claim made by Captain Mitchell.

The secretary of the association is now in receipt of a letter from the captain of the Cottingham, stating the Admiralty are agreed that the submarine was sunk, and have for-

The coveted distinction- the D.C.M.- is believed to have been won by a Port-Glasgow soldier, a member of the gallant 5th Argylls. He is Ser-geant McLachlan, who prior to the war was a blacksmith, residing at 3 Kilmory Terrace.

In his letters to his wife after the heavy engagement on 12th July, in which the Argylls played such a glo-rious part, Sergeant McLachlan had not hinted in any manner that such an award was likely to come his way: but in subsequent notes he makes no secret about it, but very modestly declared that “he only did his duty.” On the memorable date he displayed great courage and fortitude in the

PORT GLASGOW SOLDIER’S BRAVERY

found out we were made of the right stuff and had it retaken again in an hour’s time.

-ers and platoon commanders. They were as brave a lot as ever stepped

We are now down at the base en-joying a well-earned rest, and have

time in twelve days. We are begin-ning to feel a bit fresher now, hav-ing had a good wash-up and getting a night’s rest, which we were very much in need of. No battalion envies us our rest here; we have done and won what was asked of us, and up-held the good name of the “5th” (al-though dearly bought), also the town of Greenock, not forgetting the “Wee Port” and “Granny Kempock.”

warded a cheque to be distributed

Captain Mitchell will also be able to claim other substantial awards offered by patriotic gentlemen for only the second military submarine to be sunk by an unarmed merchant steamer.

Captain Mitchell is the second member of the association who has been successful in sinking a subma-rine, Lieut. Bell R.N.R., D.S.O., late master of the steamer Thordis, also being a member of the association.

Captain Mitchell resides at Sheelah Cottage, Broomberry Drive, Gourock, and is well known in the burgh. He was born on Loch Fyneside, and came to Gourock when the Caledonian Railway was opened some twenty-six years ago. He was

Caledonia. Captain Mitchell is also

and for a time served on Sir Thomas Lipton’s yacht Erin.

Rammed a Submarine

Acknowledge from Admiralty

Letter from a Lance Corporal

face of Achi Baba, and his bravery came

kind to come to Port-Glasgow since the outbreak of the war. The inti-mation has been hailed with great pleasure in the burgh, where Ser-geant McLachlan is very popular.

Sergeant McLachlan joined the old Volunteers when he was 14 years of age, being one of the buglers on the local battalion, and in later years he was a member of the pipe band. On the institution of the territorial movement he transferred himself to the ranks, where he was promoted sergeant.

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The need for speeding up the output of war material is emphasised in a letter from Colin Campbell, a Greenock scoutmaster now with the forces in France.

“I am glad to see Greenock getting busy at munitions,” he says. “Could I but describe ad-equately what it means so far as shells and guns go in a big bombardment I would be do-ing a service, but I fear I cannot. When you

average of 5 per minute you may understand that shells are abundantly required. If it is found that this fusilade has not been enough there is only one thing for it, and that is to give them more. And it is here that the man at the bench is depended on. How pleasing it would be to have shells made in Greenock handled by Greenock Howitzer men sent whizzing over the Allemand with the town’s coat of arms slightly altered. ‘God speed and direct those shells,’ and so end this war and let us come home in time to let us end Ne’erday.”

Campbell also says that since last writ-ing we have had a move on, as they say out here. Like all other moves of any importance, it was carried out at night. A night march on the battle-front is something you don’t easily forget. At a given hour you must be ready to move off (it is always dark then) so the guns are stealthily withdrawn from the positions, and are joined by the waggons and transports. With the Headquarters staff in the lead and transport waggons bringing up the rear, the whole proceed along the road at the walk.

On looking back at some turn in the road it is like a huge reptile wending its way. No lights are allowed, this includes smoking, and silence is maintained as far as possible. All orders are passed down in whispers, and so on we go, at times in the open country, or hemmed in by woods, then passing some large house which has suffered, showing its skeleton outline in the darkness as a proof of modern artillery ef-fectiveness. Still on we go, ever and anon the star-shells lighting up the sky with their blue-ish hue. In the distance the boom of a gun is heard, and the crick! crick! crick! of a machine gun, and then we come to a village or rather small town. As the brigade passes through the rumble of wheels and clatter of hoofs have a music of their own as they echo in the stillness of the night. And we are at our new position outside the town of L .

Private John Willens, of the 8th Royal Scots, sends an interesting let-ter from the front to one of his rela-tives in town. Since leaving hospital, where he was under treatment for frost bite in both feet, the effect of being in the trenches during winter, he has twice received a “warm” re-ception from the Germans, and come through unscathed.

The Division, he writes, is back for a rest at present, but I expect we will be moving up shortly for the German offensive, which the papers are speaking so much about. We are all pleased to think that we will be able to get a bit of our own back, and will give the Germans all they ask for- and more! We are fully prepared for all the pressure the Germans can bring to bear upon us. I expect this will be their last great effort; and what they failed to do in winter they will fail to do now. Of course the Ger-mans will use the gas; but I think we

all right.

We had a visit from Lord Kitchen-er, and he inspected the “Immortal Seventh”- as the newspapers have called us- and, in a Divisional order, gave us great praise for our conduct

-pearance and steadiness on parade.

This is a great life out here just now- a life I would give for no other at this time! I will give you a day’s work when resting, as we are at pre-sent. It is not only a rest, but to train up and make one hit again after a

trenches, which, no doubt, run men down and strains their nervous sys-tem. Reveille is at 6 a.m. One hour’s physical exercises, breakfast, a route

-rything except one’s pack), then din-

ner, after which we get an hour’s company training, musketry, etc. That together with good grub, and plenty of it, strengthens men bodily, mentally, and morally, and makes

trench, and I have no doubt contrib-utes greatly to the British infantry-man’s superiority over the German- man to man the German’s would have no chance.

Such is the life of a British soldier at the front, and in my opinion it is the life alone which makes him as he

none. However, so much for praising up the army; but the fact remains indisputable. I have no doubt dear old Greenock will be busy just now helping to provide material for the services. We lost our Colonel in the last big scrap we were in. He was one of the best of men, and the battalion would have followed him anywhere. We lost three colonels of our brigade that same day- killed! It was sad in-deed. Such is war.

“We fear no foe in shining armour!”

VIMCLEANSER& POLISHER

OUTSHINES THE ENEMYReared in clean homes, our gallant Soldiers and Sailors have the happy knack of adding a homely touch to their surroundings wherever they may be.

and paintwork as quickly as it cleans and shines metals. It is particularly adapted for cleaning pots and pans by reason of its non-greasy composition.

VIM IS PACKED IN SPRINKLER TOP TINS OF THREE SIZES.

Made by LEVER BROTHERS LIMITED, PORT SUNLIGHT.

LIFE AT THE FRONT

Getting a Bit of Their Own Back

Interesting Letter

NEED FOR SHELLS

Letter from Greenock Soldier

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Few people will deny that Scotsmen are good

were appreciated at their real worth before the present war broke out (says a “Weekly Scots-man” correspondent). Eighteen months spent amongst them gives an Englishman a fair op-portunity of studying them and of comparing them, favourably or unfavourably, with their English comrades.

It is happened that on joining Kitchener’s Army I was posted to a battery in one of the Scottish divisions. Most of our artillery were English, but the infantry who were to share our fortunes in France at a later date were “all Scotch.” We had battalions representing all the famous Scottish regiments- Camerons, Seaforths, Gordons, Argyll and Sutherlands, Black Watch and others. Yet we were not sat-

our haughty English noses: if we heard the bagpipes wailing, we wished the Division had been supplied with proper soldiers, English soldiers. But Scotsmen! How should we show up in respectable society in years to come when we confessed that we went to the front with a Scottish division? To be English among Scot-tish was surely a bitter fate.

But, believe me, as the months sped by and the time for embarkation drew nearer, we be-gan to think that, after all, we shouldn’t do so badly with Jock as a travelling companion. We began to boast in our letters home that we were on the eve of departure for France- in a Scottish division.

A CHARGE AT LOOS

-ship grew apace. If I live to be a hundred, I

-men’s charge at Loos. That day a strong link was forged in the chain of the love that Tommy has for Jock. We saw the Scotsmen leave their trenches with an alacrity that Englishmen can hardly equal. Intoxicated with the frenzy of battle, they swept on in a rush so irresistible that the German troops fell back two miles in less than sixty minutes. We of the artillery, followed in their wake, traversed a stretch of open country littered with kilted bodies; at

the battery. I saw the remains of a battalion of Royal Scots Fusiliers falling in for roll-call. It was the same old story of decimation. The “battalion” numbered considerably less than a hundred. These are the things that thrill you and heighten your love for your comrades. It is not until the war-clamour has died away that you can sum them up.

THE SCOTTISH TEMPERAMENT

The Scotsman in battle has a great advan-tage over the Englishman in that he is less emotional. In this respect, in fact, there is as much difference between the two nationali-ties as there is between English and French. In peace time the Scotsman’s imperturbability is less noticeable. But automatically with the assumption of kilt and Glengarry somehow he seems to don a still more placid bearing.

Compare Englishmen to Scotsmen at the moment when both are wait-ing to mount the parapet and take part in the charge. Of all moments in a soldier’s career, that surely is the one where he sheds completely any

his soul. I have seen them both at that moment. The Englishman is no longer his typical self: he carries no characteristic swagger, no self-

loses all his outward nationality, and becomes, but for his khaki, a nonde-script human being, believing in his luck and anxious, desperately anx-ious, to put it to the test.

But the Scotsmen’s behaviour is altogether different. There he stands

him, you cannot help noticing that at this supreme moment his national-ity, outwardly expressed is upper-most among his feelings. A Scotsman through and through, more so now than ever he was before. If he turns to right or left in his impatience, he will swing that kilt of his as he used to do in the streets, though he may be painfully aware of the change in his surroundings. The chances are that his last coherent thought before the charge is one of pride in his na-tive land and one of responsibility for its fair name and reputation.

CLINGS TO THE PICTURESQUE

Again, it is of no concern to the Englishman that the old-time bugle call no longer sounds the charge. He does not regret the change from the picturesque to the colourless; rather he makes the worst of it by using the words of command a plain “Go over” or “Get over.” Not so the Scotsman. If he cannot have a bugle call, he will at least cling to the old resounding “Charge” as the best available sub-stitute. And in that thought you may read a better comparison of the two nationalities at war than were pos-sible by any other means.

This partiality for the picturesque, distinguishing him from as it does from his English brother, is the chief cause of his popularity with men of English regiments. Jock is extraor-dinarily proud of his distinctive uni-form. It is no uncommon thing in the trenches to see a Scotsman, though caked in mud from head to foot, and wearing such self-effacing articles of clothing as fur coat, woolen cap and

two to let you know his regiment. Everyone is dirty in the trenches, but it takes a Scotsman to defy the fashion of “nondescriptiveness,” and, for love of regiment and nationality, to hoist his colours in a land of mud.

THE “JOCKS” AT WARAn English Soldier’s

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ENGINEERINGand Kindred TradesNot on WAR WORK

are urgently wanted

will be the same they are receiving or higher.

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OUR SOLDIERS’ PLUCK

Rev. Colonel W.W Beveridge. Home of furlough from France, occu-pied his pulpit yesterday at Princess Street U.F. Church, Port Glasgow. In the course of an interesting ad-dress he said – During my service

Senior Chaplain of two separate Di-visions I have had the opportunity of ministering the many troops. One regiment I have had the happiness of ministering to all the time. It is the 9th Royal Scots, a battalion of which the city of Edinburgh has much cause to be proud. Their soldierly bearing, splendid behaviour, high spirit and unfailing courage have compelled my admiration and affection. I shall al-ways regard it as a privilege to have

men of such a Territorial battalion. Although they have borne brilliant part in several sanguinary actions they have been brought through with casualty lists so comparatively light that they are known by the happy ti-tle, “God’s Own Highlanders.”

Those who go shoulder to shoul-der through the stern campaign like this, and look into the eyes of death, grapple with each other to their souls as with hoops of steel. And I have not spent these eight months with the good and gallant lads who

to love and honour and admire them. I love and honour our soldiers at the front for many things. I admire them most of all because of three quali-ties – their pluck, their chivalry, and their faith. First. I admire them for their pluck. I do not mean merely their courage in the trenches and on

the highest degree. I tell you as one who has looked upon it, that this war to the lads from our Scottish homes have performed deeds as valorous, have shown heroism as great as any that are recorded in the proudest pages of the world’s history.

The word pluck, as applied to our soldiers at the front, is synonymous

work, and facing their danger and

battles, and accepting their reserves, and standing by their comrades without grudging and without com-plaining. They possess the pluck of men who don’t know when they are defeated, who are certain they are going to win in the end. When they are hit they smile, when things are at the worst they are most cheerful. If they see a chance of merriment they take it, and if they can lift a comrade’s burden they carry it. Their pluck takes no account of circum-stances, or hardships, or enemies. It is generous in victory, honourable in

The war, which has so severely tested us as a nation, and revealed many faults and failings, has also proved that there has been no decay of British spirit, no lack of manly pluck. That is the spirit of which is going to win the war. Mighty nations have fallen, but nations with this high spirit and honourable soul can-not be conquered.

In further remarks, Colonel Bev-eridge, speaking of the burial of an Inniskilling Fusilier, said the inter-ment took place amid the shell and

was a considerable burial party, and the O.C. thought it best not to expose them to view while the aero-plane was there. So the burial was postponed for half an hour. We stood waiting in a courtyard, looking at a school which had been set ablaze,

of smoke from the bursting “woolly bears” – big shells from a mortar that the German gunners were pitching into the little town. An or-derly standing just a few yards off, holding the horse of the Colonel, who was talking with me, gave a start, and then put his hand to his breast. He had been struck by a small piece of shell. Fortunately it only managed to hit one of his brass buttons, mak-ing a deep dent in it, but leaving him unwounded. When the fragment of shell was placed in my hand it was so hot that I could barely hold it. At length we proceeded with the burial of the Irish soldier, though the shells still came shrieking from the Ger-man lines and exploding in the vicin-ity.

Almost alongside the new-made grave into which we laid the Irish lad was that of a young German sol-dier. He had crept over in the dark-ness to our listening post, and was on the point of casting a bomb into it when he came against our entan-glements, betraying his presence, and forthwith was shot. On his body were found letters to friends, in which he told how night after night he had gone over alone to the Brit-ish trenches, discovered our listen-ing post, heard out men talking, learned their number, and was going that night to bomb the post single-handed. Our men recognised that he was indeed a gallant soul. So they reverently buried him with military honours, and created over his grave a handmade wooden cross, bearing his rank, name, regiment, and date of death. At the top of the inscription they put the words “In memory of the brave German soldier.” I am happy to say that our French Allies mani-fest towards their dead foes the same chivalrous spirit.

Port-Glasgow Chaplain’s Tribute

Experiences at Front

SINKING OF H.M.S. NATAL

Weir, a young man from Greenock, was a member of the crew of H.M.S. Natal, which was recently sunk in the harbour. By a lucky chance he had arranged for leave on the af-ternoon of the disaster and was

ashore at the time visiting a friend. Weir, who resides at 5 East Wil-

lads. He has been eight years in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, and on the outbreak of the war he was drafted to the Natal.

Greenock Man’s Lucky Escape

5th ARGYLL WOUNDED

Mr P. Reagen, 128 Drumfrochar Road, has received intimation from

Private P. Reagen, 1-5th Argylls, was wounded while on duty on the

Dardanelles.

Mrs James McNeill, 10 Drumfro-char Road, has received information that her son, Gunner Robert Mc-Neill, 3rd Highland Horwitzer Bri-gade, has been admitted to No. 10 General Hospital, France, suffering from bronchitis.

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QUEEN’S NURSES

Many homes in Greenock are cheered and blessed by the visits from the Queen’s nurses, and the community generally warmly ap-

carried on under the agency of the local association. The annual meet-ing, held yesterday afternoon in the Council Chambers, was largely at-tended. Lady Alice Shaw Stewart, president, was in the chair, sup-ported by Sheriff Welsh, Dr. Morton, Rev. W.J. Nichol Service, Rev. John F. Macpherson, Rev. R. Cleghorn

.R.A rM ,llessuR eiliaB ,nospmohTPrentice, Mr Ryrie Orr, Mr John Drummond, Mr Wm. Auld, and Mr Peter Maconie.

In the 16th annual report, read by Mr Duncan Kerr, interim hou seey., it was stated that during the year the nurses paid 20,090 visits to 1,695 patients of all ages, a decrease com-pared with last year. The operations attended numbered 173, which is an increase over last year. The work of the association has been extended to the care and preservation of child life in our midst under the scheme pre-

on the instructions of the Local Gov-ernment Board.

PRESERVATION OF CHILD LIFE

Negotiations took place between the Council and the Corporation, who desired to avail themselves of the organization for maternity work. As a result of these negotiations, and owing to the fact that a nurse may not attend midwifery cases and do general nursing at the same time, it became necessary to engage an additional maternity nurse to give the skilled attendance to mothers at

which will take some time to devel-op, was started in May last. Since then authority for the expenditure necessary to convert Togo House into a maternity hospital, which is expected to provide accommodation for the staff and probationers, will be conducted by the association un-der the control and management of

A further extension of the associa-tion’s usefulness took place during the year under the same scheme. By an arrangement made with the Corporation the Association’s nurses

attend the clinic recently opened for children between the ages of 1 and 5 and therefore, if need be visit the children and give attendance and treatment in their own homes. The work was commenced in August last and 108 children have been visited. The numbers attending the clinic are gradually increasing, and there is every reason to think that the skilled advice and services put at their disposal will be greatly taken advantage of by parents once they

be derived, while the preservation of child life thus brought about will go some way at least towards the heavy depletion of the nation’s manhood caused by the war.

The income amounted to £786, and there is a small surplus on the year’s working. Thanks were given to the Town Council for their grant. Parish Council, patients and workmen for their donations and contributions; and generally all who by their work, time or money, enable the important and increasing work of the Associa-tion to be carried on.

Lady Alice Shaw Stewart spoke -

expressed the gratitude of the Asso-ciation to the Lady collectors.

TEACHING THE MOTHERS

Dr Morton acknowledged the help and encouragement she had received from the nurses since taking up her duties in Greenock. The nurses were not only helping to cure, but were also teaching mothers how to look after their children’s welfare.

Sheriff Welsh said that while we were engaged in a great struggle on behalf of humanity we should not for-get our duty towards humanity at our own doors and the public of Greenock in supporting the Nursing Associa-tion, would be would be discharging their duty towards poorer humanity in a most satisfactory manner.

Other speakers were Bailie Rus-sell, Mr Prentice, and Mr Drum-mond. The new vice-presidents are Dr Cook, Mr William Auld, and Bailie Russell, and Mrs Riddell, Mrs W.F. Henderson, and Mr Graham were added to the ladies’ committee.

Work in Greenock

Association’s New Enterprises

TO REPLACE LOSSES

The Minister of Munitions has recently sent the following letter to the Press regarding the issue of weapons and ammunitions production for the war effort:-

A special effort must be made to replace promptly the serious losses in guns, machine guns, and ammunition, which are resulting from the great battle now in progress. It should be our part in the struggle to maintain the ar-

at the highest level.

accomplish this, up to the present, in every class of munitions. But it is necessary to speed up the completion and dispatch of important parts of the work in hand. There are certain

-cally useful now, which can be released in ad-ditional numbers in the next few weeks. This is also true of tanks and machine guns and repair work of many kinds.

I rely upon everyone concerned in the manu-facture of munitions to put forward their best efforts. There should therefore be no cessation of this work during the Easter holiday. I ac-knowledged with gratitude the spontaneous assurances already received from the men working in many districts that there will be no loss of output. Now is the time to show the

achieve.

Yesterday afternoon Mr Churchill, in an in-terview, addressed a party of representatives of the Colonial. American, and British journal-ists, who had completed a tour of a few facto-ries in the Birmingham area, paid a tribute to the workers.

Backing up the Soldiers

Mrs Flora Drummond, addressing a meeting of the Women’s Party in Glasgow yesterday, said they had already organized more meet-ings of the workers on the Clyde to defeat the threatened strike of engineers, and at all the meetings held a resolution had been adopted pledging the women munitions workers to car-ry on production of war material to back up the

of the men on the Clyde that the majority of them were both loyal and patriotic, and they also would remain at work in the event that a strike occur.

More Guns and Ammunition

Wanted

Mr Churchill’s Request

SUNLIGHTSOAP

HEERFULNESSCOPPOSED TO FRIGHTFULNESS!

THE NATION TAKES ITS CUE FROM THE NAVY

Cheerfulness is uplifting. Frightfulness is a Millstone round the neck. Cheerfulness will overcome frightfulness. Cheerfulness at Sea- Cheerfulness on Land- Cheerfulness- Cheerfulness in Factory- Cheerfulness at War- Cheerfulness at WORK.

SUNLIGHT USERS ARE ALWAYS CHEERFUL.

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ALLIES’ TRIUMPH

Paris, Sunday (Received Monday). – The newspapers devoted their col-umns almost entirely to the signing of the Peace Treaty, reports of the popular rejoicing, and comments on the great event. Several of them are copiously illustrated.

Comment principally takes the form of expression of great joy at the return of Alsace-Lorraine and reca-pitulation of landmarks of the war from the blackest period to the days of victory.

Appeals are made to the heroic dead to share in the triumph of the living, and emphasising is laid on the necessity of commemorating this new found peace and of not relaxing

any effort until this new Treaty has been successfully carried out.

The “Journal” is especially delight-ed with the signing of the French-An-glo-American Alliance coincidentally with the signing of the Peace Treaty

unity and resolve on the part of the Associated States to see the Treaty carried out.

The paper seize the opportunity to appeal to people of France immedi-ately to resume the work of the re-establishment or maintenance of the economic situation and to prepare for improvement in order that the country many enjoy the fruits of vic-tory and peace.

Need For Renewed Effort

The New Alliance

PEACE AND VICTORY LOAN

Provost McMillan sent the fol-lowing telegram to His Majesty the King:-

“Representative citizens of Greenock at meeting to-day for fur-therance of Victory Loan congratu-late your Majesty on the signing of Peace, and pledge themselves to take immediate action to secure success of Victory Loan”

The following reply was received:-

“The King sincerely thanks you and the citizens of Greenock for

the good wishes and the loyal and dutiful congratulations upon the signing of Peace, to which your tele-gram gives expression. His Majesty received this message with much pleasure.”

A similar telegram was sent to the Right Hon. A. Bonar Law, and the following reply was received: -

“I am very grateful for kind mes-sage of congratulation of the meet-ing and for the assurance that all possible help will be given to Victory Loan.”

King’s Message to Greenock

GREENOCK EX-SOLDIERS

With the worthy object of assisting the dependants of the fallen, a fancy dress parade, organised by the local branch of the Scottish Federation of Discharged and demobilised Sailors and Soldiers, aroused keen interest in Greenock on Saturday afternoon.

Crowds lined the streets, and when in procession left the Esplanade after three o’clock the collectors found it easy work gathering the money.

Foremost among impressive fea-tures of the parade was the minia-ture cenotaph, resting on a decorated lorry, the Cross bearing the words, “In Memory of our Fallen Comrades.” Standing at attention on each side was a soldier and a sailor. Following this came decorated vehicles, upon which were seated children of the men who laid down their lives. A Red Cross ambulance with patient under treatment also recalled to mind the grim side of war, as also did the huge product of Torpedo Factory – with its memories of U-Boat warfare – Ruled

The humorous side was empha-sised by a couple wheeling a pram with child (no longer a baby!) and the pathetic notice “Wanted, a House;” a novel aeroplane with pilot and ob-server; and numerous characters in

also attracted much attention, as did the quaint Scottish characters on horseback. “Port- Glasgow civic-dignitaries” on the water trip outing

made humorous appeal, the bailies driving in open carriage drawn by a

There were no fewer than six bands – that belonging to the dis-charged and demobbed men, two from the Torpedo Factory, Industrial School Band, Boys Brigade and Boy Scouts. In the procession were con-tingents from the latter organisa-tions and from the Girl Guides.

The route followed was from Es-planade via the town eastwards to Cartsburn Street, Sprinkell Street, St Andrew’s Square, Regent Street, Nelson Street, Kilblain Street, Ven-nel, and Cathcart Square. The ar-rangements were in the hands of a committee, Mr Hugh McGregor per-forming the duties of secretary and all deserve praise for the very credit-able turnout.

In the evening the Town Hall pre-sented a gay scene, when the day’s proceedings continued with a dance. Those taking part in the procession appeared in their fancy costumes and many and varied were the char-acters. Mr D McIntosh was M.C. The Public were admitted, and a large number of spectators occupied seats in the gallery boxes. At the close prizes for the best-dressed charac-ters and best organised vehicles and horses were presented to the success-ful competitors by Mr Neal Haughey. The street collection amounted to £150, the dance brought £20, and £43 was received by donation, mak-ing a total of £213.

Fancy Dress Parade

Some Novel Features

THE CLYDE OBSERVER - LOCAL WAR BULLETIN - A COLLECTION OF LETTERS AND STORIES FROM INVERCLYDE COMMEMORATING WORLD WAR 1

THE CLYDE OBSERVER - LOCAL WAR BULLETIN - A COLLECTION OF LETTERS AND STORIES FROM INVERCLYDE COMMEMORATING WORLD WAR 1

Inverclyde Community Development Trust – Working The War

Inverclyde Community Development Trust have secured £28,500 from Heritage Lottery Fund Young Roots programme to work with local young people to explore personal histories and archives relating to the First World War.

war, but also, crucially, the families of those left behind who served the war effort in other ways – such as working in the Torpedo Factory.

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