The Cambria Daily Leader

OPENiNG OF PARLIAMENT. 1 Parliament is to be opened by the King in person, accompanied by 'the Queen, at hoon on Tuesday next.

COUNTY COURTS. Important Rearrangement for I Llandilo District. The question of the re-arrangement of the Llandilo county court district, which includes the populous industrial centre's of Ammanford and the Amman Valley Jias (writer a well-informed correspon- dent) been now finally decided upon, and the resulting changes will take effect al- ,most immediately.

NEW WELSH DRAMATIST. I Only on Friday did it transpire that Mr. Benedict Jatmes," the author of the remarkably successful new play, "The Little Brother," staged at the Ambassadors Theatre, London, on Wednesday, is the pseudonym of Mr. Bertram Jacobs, the well-known South. Wales barrister, and legal authority. Mr. Jacobs is a member of a prominent Newport family. After being called to tho Bar, he joined the South WIlec, Circuit, of which be is still a member, and for two or three YOOJTS (and until quite recently) he was lecturer in law at the Cardiff TJniyeav If-ty College. For some time he had cham- l is now looated 'bers in Wi ndso r-place, and is now located in Old-square, Lincoln's Inn. He has not done a great deal of pleading, but he does much work in chambers, and is the author 4af several books on legal practloe. i

A BOY'S SUICIDE. I Clever Lad Who Took I CyaraiCiia of Potassiwm, At an nest on Sahir'ny,' on a Horn- sey schoolboy, aged 14, who died after taking cyanide ol' potass nun, it was stated tha't deceased had shown an extraordin- ary aptitude in the study of chemistry, ? ami i?d t.-tahl?hcd a private laao!"atü1'} ntttd with a ?.rgp q?anttty <? apparatus in ail attic in his father's house, lie lett a kt ter, in which he said :— To whosoever shall raid this: To-day ,,v iI be the last dny of this planet. i cannot stand the prospect of what is com- ing, £0- good-bye chemistry, my life's sole desire and fiappiness. What will happen afterwards I can-it tell, but I hlJc my tpirit will travel another and better planet, and a. God will .forgive me- and let me have another chance. Since the New Year I have not touched anything, and just as I thought the whole un- happy business was over, this happens, and utterly ruins my life. I hope the verdict will not be temporarily insane, be- cause 1 am not. Good-bye, Mama, the only friend 1 had; good-e, chemistry, that I love and adore, ajjd die for. Please, God. save my S1n The deceased's fattier said his son had I b'n healthy and generally cheerful. He j was found dying in his room. There had been some inquiry lately about deceased having taken some scales from the labora- tar)" at the Horiisey County School, where he- was being educated, lie was much up- ;,(-t bv the affair. The Coroner suggested that this fact led him to purchase and take the drug. The coroner colled the attention of the police to the fact that deceased had been allowed to buy the poison from a local chemist. Verdict: Suicide during temporary insanity."

DETECTIVES DISCHARGED. At the Old Bailey on Friday Charles I Edward "each and Alexander Duncan dptediy sergeants of the A Division, Metropolitan Police, charged with conspiring to solicit and accept bribes from persons charged with crimi- nal offences and to pervert the truo course (if justice, were found not guilty on all the charges and discharged.

UNIVERSITY PRINCIPAL. -r Tke Council of tlv> University.College of [ S?P'??tX)? and Monmouthshire, on Fri- j day, un?aimou?y dcoidM! to invite IAn- cipal Griffiths to continue in office for at least another year. The Council thought it better to postpone search for a aacoaasor t'll after the war; also that Prinlp-al iQrif- fitlil; would be bent able to deal withWw conditions arising out of the Royal Com- mission's Report.

TRAINING SOLDIERS. I At a meeting of the Welsh Boot Trades Federation Advisory Committee for the training of wounded soldiers in the boot-repairing trade, held at the Tech- nical College, Cardiff, on Thursday, the chairman (Mr. A. F. Bateman, Newport), said the Welsh Boot Trades Federation proposed starting a boot factory of its own for the manufacture of an ideal boot for the working classes in South Wales, and many of these wounded soldiers, when properly trained, would be drafted into that .factory.

MR. TOM DUNNING DEAD. Mr. Tom Dunning, a well-known writer on boxing, died at Brixton on Friday night. Deceased, was in his 69th year. He joined the Sportsman" staff nearly 30 years ago and wrote graphic accounts of the fights between Smith and Kilrain, Mitchell and Sullivan, Smith and Slavin, etc. As a i,efere(i he handled many big boxing contests and wrestling matches with tact and firmness. He was also a fine Rugby footballer. Mr. Dunning had rdereel many big contests in Swansea and South Wales, and was a general favourite here.

I ANTHRACITE MINERS GOAL CONTROLLER AND TRANSFER OF MEN I (By Our Mining Correspondent). I The monthly meeting of delegates re- presenting the colliery workmen of the Anthracite District of West Wales was held on Saturday at the Dockers' Hall, Swansea, when there was a large attend ance. Mr. D. Daniel Davies, Cawdor, presided, and Mr. J. S. Morgan, Aber- crave, occupied the vice-chair. Among those present also were Mr. David Mor- gan, secretary, and Mr. J. D. Morgan. (treasurer), as well as Mr. J. J. James (agent). At the outset, Mr. James explained the absence of Mr. J. D. Morgan (the chief agent), who wag called to London to meet the Coal Controller in regard to the question of the transfer of workmen from 1 collieries where less than full time is worked, to other collieries at which men are wanted. In his monthly report Mr. James re- ferred to the Cross Hands cropping dis- pute which had been under considera- tion, and that the matter was left in abeyance. He also referred to the notices which had been tendered to a number of work- men at the Raven Colliery, Garnant, and was pleased to announce that the men are to be kept in employment at the level until places can be found for them at the other pit of the' company. He also reported that a new company had taken possession of the Ynysamman Col- liery, Brynamman, and that a few work- men had already commenced under the new company, and so far as could be as- certained the prospects were favourable for the re-employment of the old work- men. The auditors' report for the year 1917 was given by the senior auditor, Mr. W. D. Lewis, and acoapted as correct, and a hearty vote of thanks was accorded to the auditors for their services. The meeting considered the revise d scale ,o& l'ate claimed by the hauliers, and in- structed* the ag,-at to take steps to lay it before the Executive Council of the South Wnlcw -N,fir-ors' Federation. The mooting rejected the scheme pro- pared by the Finance'Committee for the payment of Lodge Delegates for attending the monthly meetings of the District, and it now follows that the same method of payment from the Lodge Funds sdiall con- tinue in Piitiire as in the past. An application to tender1 notices from Pwllbach Colliery workmen, in conse- quence of the refusal of the management* to give appointments to the agents was under consideration, and permission was given to the men, in conjunction with the to give effect to this. WESTERN DISTRICT. I The Western Miners met at the Dockers' Hall, Swansea, on Saturday. Mr. Phillip Owen (Llangennech) presided, supported by Messrs. John Willlallis, it-P., D. R. Grenfell, D. J. Williams, W. J. Jones. Mr. John Williams, M.P., gave a report t P givl- a report od the Nottingham Conference, and out- lined the liflrw composition of the Labour L The following resolution Waft unani- ilioiiF,I.v akloptp(l:- That we. thp members cf the W.D., most emphat'i* callr protect against the Govern merit in disfranchising conscientious objectors, and that we ask the Government to r. scind such unjust and soldid legislation. Further, that we demand the immediate and unconditional release of aU C.Ü:s"

PRISONERS ESCAPE. Amazi «g Seeite In Irish Police I Court. -t d Extraordinary scenes were witnessed at En!1.is on Friday at a special court held to Ui-t'stigate charges under the Criminal Law Procedure Act against 23 young iiwn 0; the farming class from EaGt Clare dis- tricts- The offences for which they have ap- | peared on remand were cattle driving and interference with a &av,mills established at Derrymore to provide timber for Gov- In evidence the police statod that two of the prisoners told the men engaged at th-3 towmilla to clear out, saying that they would not allow Irish timber to be sup- plied to the English Government. This evoked cheering in the court, which was crowded. Th court was ordered to be cleared, rnd following this all the prisoners in- sisted on leaving the court, in which they succeeded after struggling.

THREE GOTHAS WRECKED. I Paris, Fri.day.- The" Tempt;" reports that three of tho Gothas which took part in the recent raid upon Paris came to grief on returning to their aerodromes in craters caused by bombs dropped by I French airmen. I

CADORNA'S SUCCESSOR. r The place of General Cadorna as Italian member of the Military Commit- -n' at been tuien by Gen. Giardin.tj,*i>«I>)ity Chief of Staff to Gen. Diaz, th<$, I^HJifi^i -Commander-in-Chief. Genm-al CadiSma remams at the dis- posal of the Ministry of War, without any diminution of rank or authority.

SWALLOWED HER TEETH. Fatal Mishap Whilst Singing a I Hymn. Ellen Hill, aged 74, on whom an inquest wae held at Birmingham on Friday, met her death in remarkablo circumstances. She was singing the first hymn at chapel on Sunday when she was seized with a fit and fell. She was token home, and on her arrival it was noticed that three front teeth were nrssdng, and she oomplained of pains in the threat. She was taken to hospital and examined by X-rays, when it was found that the teeth were wedged tightly. It was impos- sible to withdraw them, and the only course open to the doctors was to force them down into tlid stomach. She died on Wednesday. A verdict of Accidental death was returned.

| SCHEMES WORK I WELL. I LONDON'S RATIONS MEAI BASIS FIXED ON PRICE NOT WEIGHT There is little new to record in connec- tion with Swansea's food supply to-day. Supplies of meat, as already stated, are good, and the distribution is being made on the basis of J, lb. per head. Everybody j;; also getting a fair and equitable share of the butter and mar- garine—1 oz. of the former and 3 ozs. of the latter. The temporary bacon scheme, which the Food Control Committee put into operation, on the motion of Mr. David Matthews, on Thursday night, is working well, if we .may judge by the absence of the queues whicli have been such a dis- quieting feature of late: LONDON'S SCHEME. The meat rationing scheme for London and the Home Counties was published on Friday. The official announcement says that the general result is to make the weekly adult ration Is. 3d. worth of butcher's meat, aether with other meat equivalent to 5 (). of butcher's meat. Each coupon of a child's meat card will represent half the value of an adult's coupon." RIGHT OF CHOICE. Complaints have been received that some members the public are somewhat dissatisfied with the iesue of the applica- tion forms throiigh the sugar retailers, from the Swansea Rural Food Office. The nature of the complaints is that the public under Lord Rb<»ndda's scheme, have a right of selecting their own tradesmen, and that some retailors through whom such fornix have been issued have put their own names on the back of the forms, thus taking away, it is stated, the liberty of choice of the public. We have made inquiries at the Swan- sea Rural District Food Office, and are informed that this is not the case. That right of choice has not been in any way infringed. The public caai nominate their ov- n tradesmen for different com- modities—there are four spaces for names on the back of the forms. A large num- ber of forms wera coming in without any nominations at all. The tradesmen have been asked to help illiterate people in the filling up of the papers, bat the name of no single tradesman has been written on any of the thousands of fiMBs feoaived. CARMARTHEN'S FIRST QUEUES. Food queues have made their appear- aneo for the first iatme at Carmarthen tilt. week. GOWER FOOD OFFICER. Butchers Complain of Rhonddaites Taking Supplies. The Cowcr Control f^mmittee^Mft j at Swansea on Saturday morning, Lodyl Lyons presiding. There were lour applicants for the posi- tion of Food inspection Officer. Mr. Lyshon Durk, of Norton, was appointed at a ealary of .A.t30 pr annum. The posi- ticn is terminable by a months' notice on either side. Mr. Arnold, n Grwer butcher, inter- viewed the Committee, and stated that he and three other butchers had receive4 insufficient supplier of beef. They had n. meat for sals next week. He stated that butchers from the Rhondde. district were coming down and buying up the Gower supplies. It w::s eventually decided that the com- mittee would do what they oo-uld in the matter.

1-  M. PAINLEVE AND BOLO CASE Paris, Friday.- In the Chaber Lobby to-day, M. Painfcve, ex-Premier, explained his procedure after receivijrg the Bolo documents last February, and denied im- peding the course of justice.

WAR TIME DOG SHOWS. I The Defence of the Reals Regulation which prohibited tha holding of dog shows has been modified. It is now pro- vided that such shows may be held when the dogs exhibited are brought from places within ten miles of the exhibition. The places from which the dogs are sent must be the at which they are usually kept "whioÀ means at least a three lllonthst domicile on the part of the dog.

WAR PENSION AFFAIRS. I A meeting of the Swansea War Pensions Committe was held on Friday, at the Central Police Buildings, Alex- andra-road, Swansea. The following re- presentatives of the War Pensious Com- mittee were appointed to form th* joint sub-committee qf the Local Advisory and Local War Pensions Committee :kld W. H. Miles, Mr. T. W. Hughes, Dr. W. M. Varlcy, and Mr. Illtid Thomas. A meeting of the Joint Committee will be hdù, at an "fo'Î:" date for the purpose of conferring -faon the subject of the training of discharged disabled men, and the resettlement of labour demobilisa- iion.

STATE PURCHASE MEETING-1 A series of sucoesrful meetings in favour o' State Purchase with Local (Yptieyl, "He held during the week at the follow- ing places:—Pen tj bet em (Carmarthen- shire), Gwernllwy.i, Penmorfa and Llany- byther (Cardiganshire). In the laet place an unanimous vote in favour of State. Purchase was passed. The following speakers addr-assed the metings:-Prof. Joseph Jones. M.A.. B.D. (Brecon). Reis. Griffiths. M.A., B.D. (Llanelly). and D. M. Davies (Waunar- l-wydd). It was evident by the large con- gregations that the movement is getting a hold on the public of South Wales.

ACRES UNDER FRUIT. Why a Pembrokeshire Young A Man Got Exemption. Pembrokeshire Appeal Tribunal on Fri- day granted conditional exemption to a lorryman aged 21, class A, and single, employed by Mr. S. B. Sketch, who i6 chairman of the Tribunal and County Council. For the military it was pointed out that the delivery of mineral waters was not work of national importance. Mr. Sketch said he had only six men now, as against 14 before the war. They had acres of land under fruit trees and vegetables. It was impossible to get men over military age. A son had died and all his other sons were in the Army.

BRINGING UP RESERVES. GERMAN MOVEMENTS. i I Anglo-French Superior.' BIG RAIDS BY FRENCH. Paris, Saturday.—Al. Alarcel Hutirij (writing in the "Echo de Paris") says the German forces on the; Western Front may now be esti- mated at 175 divisions. I do not expect that the Germans will make a sudden offensive," he says, "but on the contrary they will precede their offensive by works of a gigantic nature which will take time. They will j not attempt to break through, simply with a rush of their men. It would result in a defeat even more sanguinary than that before Verdun. "-Exchangc,. [Estimates published in the "Cambria Daily Leader" on Friday put the German army in man-power at 3,000,000 at the most.] BRINGING UP RESERVES. LONDON, Saturday. The Press Association states on autho- rity that the Germans are still b..= up divisions for the attack which is ex- pected on the Western front. These troops, however, are not arriving faster than the British Military CoihmaJid anticipated. The situation roughly at the presett nioment is that in rifles and gun s tb? Franco-British forces Mone. without taking into account the Belgians, Portu- guese, and the Americans, are &li?htly superior in numbers to the Germans. MUST ENI) IN 1918. Amsterdam, Saturday.—In Thursday's Taeglinhe Rundsabttu," General von Liebect, after praising the achievements of Germoa aams and the accomplishments ot, GermaA generals, points out that the German battle-line in the west ie now' occupied by the latest classes, and con- cludes: "Every German soldier is now certain that the end must be made in 1918. Godioo, Rumajii? Osonzo, &1* the objects-^ of imitation whd(A it in oc? & matter o# our 8urpaæing. The greatest undertaking a prooniaew the greatest success Ger-1 man mHitarism—namely, the strength of the nation, organised and fighting for the future at the world-is a nation filled with the noblest idealism, which must and will be victorious. TO-ftAY'S FRENCH OFFICIAL. I .< :l' BU HEAU, Saturday. ""01tt:p-' iBf{ ,to"-the aort> of Ohemin-tiœ-Dam and iu Fox*ine, brought in some prisoner& In Lorr:uM one of our detachments ?p?p-netrated into the &erm&n positions wrth-west of Brienoourt, and destroyed numerous dugouts. Out troops returned to tbair lines, bringing back about 30 prisoners and one machine gum. Therfc wae intermittent cannonading on the rest of the front. TO-DAY'S BRITISH OFFICIAL. General Franoe, Satur- day, 9.36 a.m.-EAemf patrols were some- wheut more active than, usufki during the night in the sec-bor north fit TAM96 I TheN is nothing further tt report. FRIDAY"S OFFICIAL NEWS. I Friday's ecoial report 6how that the British troops hve repelled GeTman at- tempted raida east of Arras. At various points, in the Ypree regiaai and from Lens to Bulleoourt, the German artillery was active. During ]PridW the French, "easily re- pelled attempted attacks by the enemy on small posts Berth of the Chemin dee Dames and in the Woerrs, inflicting lossea on the THE BELGIAN REPOftT. La Havre, Friday (received S&twdaT)-- The Belgian weekiy oomzbu*que. iafted to-day, is as During the past week there have "been the usual-artulery actions a3ghug the whole front, OUT batteries taking- nnctaf their fire many enemy massed batteries, as weU as the enemy's defens" organisations near Dixmude. Grenade encounters took Pkft. An enemy aaroplawe was brought down in our lines by a British macihane. Our aeroplanes have been active in qfltte of unfavourable atmospherim condition*

AMERICA'S SECTOR. I U.S.A. Troops Occupy I French Tranches. Pftria, Friclay.-Writing in the "Matin," Colonel Civrieux gives the following de. tails about the sector occupied by the Amerioan troops:— This sector is situated & th?? north- west of Toul (south-east of VPrdun, near the LorraLne frontier). From its southern front the deep salient of the German lines can be recognised, and what is popularly termed St. Michael's Rupture This Hector is, therefore, particularly favour- able for war-training work.. No serious attack could be made against it for the moment, though the Alliee evidently expect such an attack o;omewnere. Thus the men can be trained here in their duties and the small attacks as lessons in the bigger ones to follow. Successive contingents will be passed through this hard school, and thus the work of common collaboration will be pre- pared under rho moot favourable condi lions. Exchange.

SKETTY RATEPAYERS. The annual report of the Sketty Rate- payers' Association has just been pub- i liedic-d and will be presented to the mem- bers at the annual meeting next Wednes- day. During the year the Association has interested itself actively in all matters ap- pertaining to the welfare of the district, and many complaints received from rate- payers were remedied by the authorities concerned through the direct intervention of the Association. The success cf the Sketty Allotment Society was due to a large measure to the co-optration of the Association. Espe- ciallv successful was the body in its efforts to obtain better tramway facilities for the district, whilst the comparatively good state of the roads may also be attributed to the sarue source of activity. | <

26D BRICKLAYERS. Summonses at Swansea Adjou-rcscti for a Month. Some 250 workmen alldai tVa ifimitioiis Tribunal at for alle-'d' "bvivh if contract Mr. D. rag for t&e pxr-ser.nti.-Ta, aisd 1i!. j. j Rowland- defended, illy, Mr- Yitu:;ha.n E-h-a<rdt c.11;¡ ho priacipfxls and advccates to 3. raltaticsn, and tie ?immc-a5»K w&t& a- ;«urned for a montii with a. -vie-W settlement. Subsequently a m; of :he men ra* held óÏ1t:;¿. and s speaker, amid cheer?, ad-rised tic to resume work to-morrow morn.r.r, y* true British senllemec, & "Ii waT3 known they SCHOOLBOY socctr IHA, Swansea—9 g15- Tre d I 1 j 1

I AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES. I The casualty returns of the Australian I Expeditionary Force show 43,000 dead, 115.000 wounded. 67,000 sick and 4,000 pri; soners and missing, says a Renter .1' sage from Melbourne. I

M.C.'s FOR QOTHA STRAFERS. The Military Cross has been awarded to Captain G. 111. Hackwill and. Lieut. C. C. Banks, bo* of the R.F .C., "for conspicuous gallantry displayed when they engaged and ehot down a Gotha raid- ing London.

OCTOBER THE WETTEST MONTH. I Speaking at the Imperial College of I Science and Technology on Friday, Dr. Napier Shaw. Director of the Meteorolo- gical Office, said that observations of rain- fall in London taken during the hundred years, 1813-1912, shojred October to be the wettest month. July came very near. The actual minimum rainfall was in Márch. The driest month during the hundred years was an Aprit in one of the wettest years.

A U-BOAT DIARY. The most remarkable, the most fas- cinating document to come out of the war" has been obtained for publication in the February number v the Strand Maga- zine." It is the narrative of Lieut.-Com- ini Jider Hans von Tuebinper, in charge of U-13 and afterwards of the larger U-34, and is a-n extraordinary combination of love, romance, drama, and tragedy. By accident von Tuebinper kiHed his sweet-, heart when destroying a neutral-ship, and this so affected him that some little time later—cursing the Kaiser, von Ti-pitz. and the wir-ii(- jumped from his craft sea ani was lost. A

TO-DAYS WAR RESUME Leader Office, 4.50 P-m- A Berlin official report states that a separate peace has been concluded be- tween the Central Powers and the Uk- rainian Rada. The Russian delegates to the Brest-Liiovsk Conference are <said to have broken off peace negotiatkms with the Ausr.io- Germans. The French Press publishes documentary evidence that Lenin and Trotsky were financed by Germany. M. Marcel Hutin estimates the Ger mar* forces o-q the Western front at 175 divi- sions. The German General von Liebert pro- fesses to believe that the war must end in JJ1S, and in Germany's favour. A North of Ireland correspondent rib- iterates the belief that the U-boat thtt sunk the Tuseania was accounted f(w-bir a destroyer.

TO-DAY'S NEWS IN BRIEF Lieut.-Col. R. R. Smith-Barry (R.FjC^ is gazetted brigadier-general. 1 Leeds is to have an automatic teiephomS exchange—the largest in Great Britain. A New York bulletin of Satuuday says Mr. Roosevelt is progressing favourafcly Women in some depots of the Womettflfc Land Army ara training as mole oatdhereu West Hartlepool tank bank has passect the X2,000,000 mark which it set itself tat reaa. il Fifty-ono acres in a week, a reeoffd Government tractors, have been ptoogbedf by a tractor of the Radhill unit, guTe7. Capetown recruiting conference has tA solved that German South-West and Eaøt Africa should in no carcumstanjces be gireaf back. M For bÆwing shot two boimine pg" WiUiMn Charle% who had paid th owtceij £ 7 compensation, was &ned £ 10 and oo*? at Barrow on FTi&y. ? ;4 Drmsed in 16?td N?e, Itisfi b«iv Pte. C. A. Brooba, aged Mildieeet Rment, who had lost a leg, was foond ist a Hampstead Heath pond. r| It is f?y expected thzowhode Ba?Me? shire that Sir Frwwis Edwwd,, M.P., ?t?' succeed the late E?x Powlett MUbaiik W Lord-Lieotenant of Badzuxrtbire. i General William Crosier, a dieti!#' guished American artillerist and Chief or, Ordnance, has arrived in Loudon and WM, soon go to the American front in France^ Brigadjer-Gene>ral the Duke of AthoEt will move, and Major-General Lord T owen will second, the Addreas in reply tcfr the King's Speech in the House of Lords: The American Welsh newspapers an* nounce that at the Utioa Eisteddfod af gold medal and a money prize was awarded to the Rev. Penar Griffitbe. Swansea, for a pryddest on Peace." The Huns have torpedoed in the North Sea a Swedish relief vessel, the Fridland, carrying a cargo of grain. Six men wersi drowned and remainder of the -rev landed an the Dutch island of T Tschelliaug. Ten railwaymen, whose houses had beeq raided by the police under the Food: Hoarding Order, were remanded at New? port, Monmouthshire, on Friday. charge^ with theft. ThGre was nearly a ton 4, goods. |jj Canada Las now a War Trade BoaixLi presided over by Sir George Foster, MinisS ter of Trade, to supervise commerce, keefflf stock of raw materials, and co-opera iw with Canada's War Trade MiwAnn &1| Wacttngtoo. "A By coneeart Mr. Justice Coterbfee w Friday declared valid a dratt of the wija of the late Miss Saxah Carry, of LeoAxrds, disposing of ^76,060. iGsb Onn| burnt the original with a rougfe draft of new will and died before aaotiicr amid hj* substituted. R At Thames Oouft an Satxirda&j Beonett Hootmrmaa and Lewis ook trading as Messrs. Hoobertoaa and provision meroiuaitB, of Whitoohepel pleaded guilty on eleven samaou^t 6qi soling butter abowe the maxima- prioeM Mr. Rooth, the magistrate, i»^)0^ed |>eaM ^w tieaof A" and .£50 costs. <

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PEACE PACT. Enemy & Ukraine. j SIGNATURE TO-DAY. I The Russian Dabacle. ,Copenhag211. Saturday. ..1\. Reuter's semi-official telegram! from Berlin, (lated this morning, p 4- 2 o' says that at 2 o'clock peace was signed between the Quadruple Al- liance (i.e., Germany, Austria- Hungary, Turkey, and Bulgaria) and the Ukrainian Had a. GERMANY AND BOLSHEVISTS. Pare, Saturday.—" Le Matin notes a threatening reaction against the Bol- sheviks in Germany, as evidenced in the press, which complacently reports the difficulties encountered by the People's Commissioners. The Germans are stated to wish to sup- port the Ukraine, in return for economic benefits, extending to military assistance. Le Matin says the pressure on the Rumanian Army is part of the pro- gramme, also putting an end to anarchist propaganda in Northern Russia. This change of German policy towards the Maximalists is attributable to anxiety re- garding this propti.-anda.-Peuter. LENIN'S DUPLICITY. Documentary proof is published in the French Press that Lenin and Tr-uisky re- ceived German money to help them in organizing their revolutionary campaign in Russia. s The documents are printed by the Petit Parisien." They are contributed by an eminent Russian patriot, whose name is not divulged out of regard for his personal safety." These proofs of Bolshevist treachery invol ve, besides Lenin and Trotsky, Maxim Gorky and other Bolshevist I leaders. I LARGE SUMS OF MONEY. 'Hie documents show that the Bolshevik movement in Russia was financed by Ger- many. A letter sent from Berlin on Aug- Tat 25th laet by Scheidenmnn. the Kaiser's Socialist, announces the despatch of £i.50\) fcir Maxim Gorky, whose journal at that time supported the Bolsheviks. Another German agent sends £ 16.000 to Cronstad t ior Lenin in .Tune. while £ 10,000 is for- warded to the Russian dictator on Sep- tember 12th. KILLED BY RED GUARD. COPENHAGEN, Saturday. I' It is reported from Haparanda that eleven Russians, including the Russian Commissary Fmirow, have been idled by the Red Guard at Tcrnea. Twenty French citizen re-tugces from lVtrograd have arrived aL Pianea. ly alter, the Dutch Courier acting for the Finnish Revolutionary Government who arrived yesterday with important docu- ments, was arrested by the Swedish police. Exchange Special. NEGOTIATIONS END. Russian Delegates Leave Brest, Paris, Friday.—The newspapers pub- lisli a report from Petrcgrad to the effect: that the Russian delegates telegraphed from Brest-Li to vsk to the Smolv.ey insti- tute, the Bolshevik headquarters, soying that the Austro-Geimans had demanded the immediate concl usion of a separate peace, but that the Russian delegates had emphatically refused. However, in spite of this refusal, the Germans did not hreak off negotiations. The report adds that the Radian <!pl€- gates have left Brest-Litnviik.—Router. TROTSKY'S UNPLEASANT TASK. It will be remembered'that iac>t month Trolskr' had the unenviable task of an- rmuncing to the Pan-Russian Centre- ■; j a.io-mbled in the Taaritla Palace that the price negotiations had practioflly riiUM!. Trotsky had been informed by General Hoffmann that G?rmany proposed to make her eastern irontier rnn from HIP Cu;f of Riga through Valk and Dvinsk to Brest Lii/ovsk When M. Kameneff (real name l:-jfij>nfeldt) asked what would happen if Russia refused to acquiesce, the sabre was rattled in the scabbard. Then Hev.ill be occupied within a week." was General Hoffmann's curt reply. The theory has been advanced that the Kaiser is determined to restore the. Ro- manoffs to the throne, and has made this one of the conditions of peace. DIPLOMATS EXPELLED. Washington, Friday.—The State De- partment has received through the Ameri- can Minister 3t Stockholm an unconfirmed Teport that the Bolsheviks have exyellea all tho diplomatic missions of the Allies from Petrograd and that the staft's of the missions are now on their way to the Swedish border.—Renter.

THE TUSCAIIIAS ASSAILANT. SUNK BY WAISHIP ? o U! ¡H) i. DEATH ROLL REDUCED iN LATEST ESilMAlEB A North Ireland correspondent of the Pivss Association telegraphs on Saturday: It is finally established that the Tus- cania sank while an attempt was being mada to tow her for beaching on the Irish coaGt. coact. fact that no submarine attack was made either on her or the torpedo-boats is regarded as confirming the belief that the submarine was sunk by one of the destroyers. An interview with one of the crew of the rescuing vessels strengthens the conviction that after the submarine attempted to torpedo the first rescuing destroyer, she was sunk shortly afterwards by another destroyer, which located her position and dashed up and i settled her with heavy bombs. LATEST OFFICIAL LIST. Press Bureau, Friday.—The Secretary lof the Admiralty communicates the fol- lowing revised figures of saved from the Tuseania:— Oiheers. Alen. G.B. troops 113 1,917 Crew 16 181 Passengers G Naval ratings 2 Tot<l saved 2,236 Total mi6siiig 166 On" hundred and forty-eight 6urvivors were landed at a point in Scotland, of which 134 were U.S. military rank, in- cluding seven officers, 10 crew,, and three passengers. One hundred and twenty-six bodies have been recovered and are being buried. These numbers may be revised again. TORPEDOED DUMMY CRUISER. ltcuter's Agency is informed with re- ference to the an" otilicei-nent that has been made in America of the use of dummy ships that there is one authen- ticated case of a valuable convoy pro- j eeeding to the Dardanelles followed by a cruiser." A German submarine that was in the neighbourhood allowed the convoy to PUó'3 and reserved her energies for the cruiser." This vessel only was hit, and the surprise of the Germans I must have been great when they saw the big guns from the warship floating away from the wreck.

MR HENDERSON'S NEW SEAT! An invitation has been sent to Mr. l Arthur Henderson by the East Ham Trade and Labour Council to become the candi- date for thul newly-created South Division of East Ham at the next Parliamentary election. Mr. Henderson having inti- mated that he would not seek re-election for the Barnard Castle Division. It is understood that Mr. Henderson is not averse to the proposal.

KARL'S CABINtir. -00 1 I j Emperor Refuses to Accent Resignation* 11:) :A:mrd' Friday-ved l -A Vienna telegmm says an Mto?Mtp& letter from the Emperor KMi M IP. dedining ?& aeœpt the reat?na-tMn of hj« Cabinet, which had beem tendered. .]1. adds that he &ttathes imparta? to re^Bdn^t ing a. Mi-niiO -y -LIch Poo-on uimm confidence.—Renter.

CHEMICAL WORKS BONUS. The award has now been received isi Swansea of the arbitration of the case chemical workers (including those xit, national explosive works). Day and plaint time workers over 21 years of age are to i receive 121 per cent. bonWl, aM pftecevl workers get a banur, 4( 7J per cent.

A SWANSEA D.C.M. Mayor Presents Medal to Local Seraeant. > At the Swansea Garrison on Saturday,. the Mayor (Aid. Ben Jones) at a full jua-rada; of troops, presented Sergeant White, 14th. Welsh (Swansea Battalion) with the D.C.M., which he gained for gallantry in' tlio field, taking oominand of the company at a critical time when the officers had beoome casualties. The Mayor, in a happy speech, congratulated Sergeant White upon his gallant conduct. The Deputy Mayor (Councillor P. Molyneux), i! ;tjor Dyson Williams and Captain B. Williams a l so spoke in similar terms. Major B. Perkins, garrison commandant, -g-as pre- sent.

MOTOR CAR MISHAP. Peculiar Accident on Carmarthen Road. A peculiar accident occurred at Car- marthen on Friday Whilst proceeding in his motor car along the Johnstcwn. Toad, Mr. W. Dunn Davies, colliery agents, drove into a steel rope, which. attached to a locomotive, was stretched across the road to a tree which was about to Ve loaded into a trolley. The steel rope -came in contact with Mr. Davies's Head causing a nasty wound, and the car. with Mr. Davies still in the driving t!7,at, did not come to a stop until it col- i ldcd with a wall a considerable distance nway. Dr. Brisk er was summoned and "lir. Daviee. who remained unconscious l for gome time, was conveyed hom, ia1 another motor car. 1'1