The Cambria Daily Leader

PADRE'S LECTURE. I The Frenchman as I Saw I Him. A highly interesting and instructive lee- tnr. was given at the English Conirrege- tional Schoolroom on Tuesday evening on "The Frenchman as I Saw Him," by Rov. James Enn, B.A., formerly Chaplain to H.M. Forces (33th Welsh Division), and now secretary of the British and Foreign Sailors' Society at Swansea. Mr. Myrddin Morris. Baglan Bay. presided over a. crowded audience The meeting concluded with a cordial vote of thanks to the lecturer, on the proposition of Mr. William Howelle, seconded by Yr. krwyn Jonee. and to the chairman on the motion of Rev-James I Evans, seconded by Iter. T. Gwyn Thomas.

FAMILY NAMED 1 PROTHERO. ♦ Romantic Swansea Search. The Mayor of Swansea (Councillor W. 11. Miles) has received a letter from Ger- many on belialf of a young lady who is searching for her relations, who are be- lieved to be living or to have lived in the Swansea district. Writing from Rotherbach, Coin, Deutchland, a gentleman whose signa- ture cannot be deciphered, says:— May I request of you to furnish the undersigned lady with the whereabouts of har people iJ1 the borough oi i*wai.;<v You see her father was & German and' married a lady (English) in England. On the deatn of her mother she was brought over here by her father, and has had to remain, here. Now her father is dead, and has been several years. She is long- ing to find the whereabouts of her mother's people, with the hopes of join- ing them. The maiden name of her mother was ProtVwo, and It is people of this name I ask of you to secure for her. The young lady's name is Gwladys Schultze." The letter has been handed to the de- tective department of the Swansea Borough Police, who would be glad to hear from any possible relatives.

BIG FIGHT. Dempsey Matched With Beckett. Jack Dempsey will fight Joe Beckett at New Orleans on March 12th next, pro- vided the latter defeats Carpentier in, December. Dempsey will receive lilb,000 dollars.

1 BULGARIA. Allies and Her War of Conquest. I The Peace Terms. I SPECIAL TELEGRAMS TO-DAY. The Press Association telegraphs us to-day a long narrative of the recent negotiations of the Allied and Associated Powers with the President of the Bul- garian Delegation, and M. Clemenceau, writing in the name of the Allied Powers, makes the following references: The Allied Governments notice with satisfaction the reception given by the Bulgarian Government to the conditions of peace. They observe, however, that if it were true that the Bulgarian public opinion was not unanimously favourable to the idea of an alliance with the Cen- tral Powers, the support of the country was nevertheless given to a Government which satisfied its territorial appetites, by undertaking a policy of conquest. The Allied and Associated Powers can- not forget that the Bulgarian troops, sustained by popular sentiment, did not hesitate to attack from behind and with- out provocation the Serbian Army, and in this way paralysed the heroic resist- ance which that Army was opposing on another front to invaders who menaced the independence of Serbia. "A WAR OF CONQUEST.00 i I When the Bulgarian troops werrf led I against Rumania, not only did they seize the territories claimed on the right I bank of the Danube claimed by Bulgaria., but they also crossed the river acting as the vanguard of the German Armies. Everywhere they showed by their atti- tude that they wished to satisfy their I hatred of the occupied country. Bul- garia made a war of conquest and pil- lage, and public opinion applauded the success of her armies The letter goes on to ask that if the Bulgarian people did not wish to oppose the Entente militarily, how it was that I when Bulgar troops came into contact I with the troops of the Entente, their country had no wish to withdraw and renounce a combat against the Powers who had contributed most towards Bulgarian independence ".P It was not until the Bulgarian Army was conquered in the field and loreed to lay down its I arms that Bulgaria asked for peace. She I waited until that moment to disavow the Government which had dragged her into 11 a fatal adventure. A JUST PEACE. I Bulgaria, it is pointed out, broke the principal line of communication between Russia and her Allies, opened to Ger- j many the road to the East, and thus rendered inevitable the prolongation of the war. She is therefore responsible for the terrible evils which resulted. Nevertheless, it is no inspiration of vengeance which has animated the Allied Powers in preparing conditions of peace handed to the Bulgarian Delegation. They merely wish to establish a peace which shall be just and consequently durable and fertile. They are guaran- teeing to Bulgaria an economic outlet in the Aegian Sea. If the Allied and Asso- ciated Powers do not reply to all the questions raised by the Bulgarian Dele- gation, it is because after having studied them they have not thought themselves justified in giving the solution requested. The text as it is can only be accepted or rejected, and the Delegation is given ten days to declare whether it is willing to sign the Treaty in its present form." THE LEAGUE.. Regarding Bulgaria's position in re- gard to the League of Nations, the Allied Powers in another document state that the future attitude of Bulgaria, after conforming to the intentions ex- pressed by its Delegation, "will no doubt be of a nature to facilitate and hasten her admission to the League." The Allied Powers refused to make any concession in regard to conscription, I as the modification proposed by the Delegation would bring Bulgaria's effec- tive forces from 20,000 to 45,000, and the concession would thus be contrary to the Allies' decisions on reduction of armaments. Certain modifications of clauses relating to frontier forces, etc., are however conceded. The Naval clauses allow Bulgaria to preserve a small number of boats lightlv armed for policing and tlit control of fishing. I The Allies are unable to make ahV alteration in the clauses concerning naval and military nviation." I "EVEN INDULGENT." It is further pointed out, in conlB :n of the letters and documents conce. ning the Allies' reply to the Delegation, that the Allied and Associated Powers have made conditions which are ust, i nd even indulgent." They have limited obligations under the heading of rq ara- tions to a sum assuredly below rhe »os..es which resulted through the entraioe of Bulgaria into the conflict. I-t lie i-eft r- ences are conclusive on the point, and except for minor modifications, the Allies insist upon the terms of payment I originally laid down by them. "The rate, of conversion of gold into paper money is to be fixed periodically by the lleparation Commission." A significant comment is: "The greater part of the observations upon the economic clauses presented by the Dele- gation consisted of little more than a repetition. The kilics have Ill) intention of main- j iaining any occupation after tbc Treaty uis come into force.

SWANSEA HOUSES., I Actions to Obtain Possession. Judge and Furniture Storage. At Swansea County Court on Wednes day, before His Honour Judge Rowland Rowlands, Joseph Edgar Pratt, nov. living at 4, Marlborough-road, sued Mis Lindsay, daughter of Inspector Lindsay, R.S.P.C.A., for possession of 29, Sketty- avenue. P.C. Davies was also sued by j Miss Lindsay for possession of No. 3t1. the house next door, which plaintiff n? purChaf?ed. Mr. Francis represented Just-ph Edgar I Pratt; Mr. Dd. Clarke represented Misb Lindsay, and Mr. Noyes represented P.C. i Davies. ) In giving his evidence, Mr. Pratt said he had bought the house without seeing it. The place was shut up. An extraordinary method of selling houses." said the judge. I call it some- what dishonest myself." Mr. Clarke explained that Inspector ) Lindsay was away on a montl's holiday, and the house was closed. Continuing, witness said an agreement had been proposed with Inspector Lind-! say for the exchange of houses, if ho could get whole or partial possession. Ultimately, Lnspector Lindsay offered j to give Mr. Pratt rooms at No. 29, until he (Inspector Lindsay) could get the house next door, and the matter was held I over. Arising out of a large number of appli- cations for possession of houses or for the I use of rooms were heard at the Swansea County Court on Wednesday, ) NEED OF FURNITURE REPOSITORY.! His Honour observed that. there was I great necessity in Swansea for the organisation of a place for storage of i furniture. It was, he said, astonishing that people didn't help to store furniture, j There must be lots of public halls where this could be done. It would be much I better if they organised a place for stor- < age of furniture than to press for the building of houses which people couldn't i afford to pay for. The only thing at I present was to live together as far as 'I possible, and find a place to put tho fur- iiit-ure. .:=-=: I

ON HIS DEFENCE. I German Ex-Chance]Ior iI Examined BERLIN, Tuesday (received to-day. Examined to-day by the sub-committee which is investigating the possibilities of earlier peace negotiations, Herr Von Bethmann-Hollweg said that from the political standpoint, he had not approved of the deportations of Belgian workmen; but they were defended as a military ne-  cessity, and the military interests were opposed to the political. President Wil- eons peace action was not, howet4?r, diq- I turbed bv them. I GERMANY CUT OFF. I Whereas an unlimited import of am- 'I munition wa eenjoyed by the Entente, he continued, Germany were completely cut off from the importation of raw mater- ials, and were dependent on the initia- tion of all their home resources. In those circumstances," he said, one can Ii understand the standpoint of the mili- tary authorities, that the utmost must be done to obtain the necessary labour for the manufacture of ammunition. As Im- perial Chancellor I myself had to ack- S nowledge that." j 1916 CONDITIONS. I The reporter, Herr Smzlieimer, then read the list of conditions of peace drawn up on December 12tli, 191f. Herr Von Bethmtuin flollweg on this point remarked: T:5e peace conditions were a compromise between the military I and the political authorities. As regard,3 our strategic demands, I was of the opin- ion that- after this war a comparatively long period of peace would be granted us. I am still, to-day, unable to believe in a lasting peace, particularly after we have had exhibited to us the mentality on which the Entente has founded what it calls a real peace at Versailles." A PERTINENT QUESTION. I Herr Sinzheimer: Why was nor the Belgian question, from the start, placed outside the German war aims? j Herr Von Betmann-Hollweg: It is very easy after the event to say that all was wrong. We were at that time confronted | I with the Entente's collective Note, which I was one of complete rejection, and de- j manded the dismemberment and destruc- tion of Germany. Were we to pay We are good children; we will give Belgium hack and pay indemnities, inro the bar- gamr The enquiry adjourned until to-morrow ) when Admiral Koch will he heard.

WINDOW SMASHING AT LANDORE. If this meets the eye of the boy or boys who go about on Sundays smashing fac- tory and other windows (writes Mr. Dd. Gething) I would strongly appeal to them to join, the Boy Scouts. Their record up to now is 68 panes of glass, plus a 10s. lizine in the office window, done last Sun- day. T have the stone in my possession. which I am qttite willing to give buck.

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DUTCH CLAIM OVER-RULED. I Paris, Wecl-ik-s(lity.-Tlie Supreme Conn til of the Peace Conference has agreed upon the reply which is to be made to Holland regarding the seizure of the German Fleet in Holland. The Dutch have sent a Note to the Conference stating that tliy purchased the ships from Germany, and that, therefore, these cannot be tuken by the Allies. The re- ply of the Supreme Gmncil overrules the protests, and demands that the German i llect in Dutch waters be surrendered. k

TERRIBLE DISASTER. I 60 People Killed in Train Smash. PARIS, Wednesday. According to the "Petite Parisien, 60 persons were killed and 100 injured in the railway disaster which occurred yesterday at Pont-sur-Yonne.-Ex- change.

FRIENDLY SOCETY. Fforestfach Lodge and Secretary Fined. Unlawfully failing to send to the Regi- strar the Annual Return as required by Section 27 of the Friendly Societies Act and made out to the 31st Deoember, 1917, and 31st December, 1918 and unlawfully failing to send to the Registrar as re- quired by section 28 a report oil the con- dition of the Society by a valuer after a given quinquennial valuation of its assets and liabilities as to the 31st Dec., 1915. or a return for the period of 5 years to the 31st Dec., 1915, of the benefits as- sured and contributions receivable from from all the .nembers of the society, and all its funds and effects, debts and credits, were the summonses preferred at Swansea Police Court on Wednesday against the Rhosyn Mai Lodge No. 384, Merthyr Unity, Philanthropic Institution of the Star Inn, Fforestfach, and David Da vies (60), secretary to tho society. REGISTRARS EVIDENCE. Mr. Harold Parkinson Harper. Chief Registrar, prosecuting, said the Rhosyn Mai Lodge was supposed to send in an annual return to the registrare. The reports were to be made up on the 31st December of each year, and sent in to the registrars by the following June. The returns for 1917 were sent in late by the defendant David Da vies, and were nn- signed. Consequently they wore returned to defendant to be signed, and the regis- trar did not receive the report again until a few days ago. The registrars had not received tho reports for 1918, nor had they received the report for the five years end- ing 1915. The defendant had been re- quested to send in the returns several times. It took defendant 14 months to sign tho returns. Defendant pleaded guilty. FINES IMPOSED. The Bench were unanimous in their decision, and David Davies wae fined £2 for the first two offences and S2 for the latter offence. The society was fined .£2 10s. for the first two offences and S2 10s. on the latter oifonce. In all 2,% was im- posed on the society and ft on Davies. Three gu ifleas costs were allowed r the prosecution.

QUARRELSOME SEAMEN. For assaulting a ship's cook--Edmun4 Laweon—on November 3rd. an American seaman named Eugene Pelty was sum- moned at the Swansea Police Court op Wednesday and fined 40s.—Two other sailors -J. T. Od.ll and J. M. Sbeehama-were fined .406. each for assaulting George L. Piatt, a steward. Another defendant named A. E. Carlson was discharged. Complainants alleged that they wers j stru,ck without provocation. VdeJl admitted striking Lawson, who pulled from his pocket an empty bottle whiob he fOdpIl) thought to be a weapon cf eome kind.

I OUR PRINCE. Statesmanlike Speech in Canada. Future of British Empire. TORONTO, Nov. 4th (received to-day). In the course of a. meeting of the Can ad;an and Empire Club6 at Toronto to- day, the Prince of Wales, after giving some account of his recent tour sa.id: The welfare of the whole Empire is after all the quesbion for all of us, and 1-t has taken a new shape oinee the war: Because 01 their whole-heurted partici- pation in the great struggle, the Domin- ions have enteral the partnership of nations as signatories to the ileace Treaties, and members of the assembly in the League ot Nations. The old idea. of empire handed down from the tradi- tions of Greece and Rome was that ot a Mother Country wirrounded by daughtei states, which owed allegiance to the other country, but tho British Government has long left that absolete idea behind, and appears before 1.1>3 in a very different and a FAR GRANDER FORM I as a single stare composed of many 1 nations of different origins, and differ- ent languages, which give their allegi- ance not to the other oountry, but to the great common system of life and government. The Dominions are, there- fore no longer colonies, they are SISTER NATIONS. I of the British nation. They played in the war parte fully propoitiona,te to their size, and their international im- portance will fiteadily increase, yet they all desire to remain within the Empire whose unniy is sli- wn by common allegi- ance to the King. That is the reason why I do not regard myuelf as belonging primarily to Great Britain and only in a leseer way to Can>ada and the other Dominions On the contrary I regard myself as belonging to Great Britain and Canada in exactly the same way. This also means that when I go to the United States next week, 1 shall regard myself as going there not only as M) Englishman and Britisher, but also a Canadian and a representative of the whole Emplre. I NEW RESPONSIBILITY. ] But of course "hie change of eystem within the Empire has put a new and very difficult kind of responsibility upon all of tui. The w tr has shown that on!' free British nations can combine w'thont the los, of freedom, ae a eingle unit'in vigorous defence of the common inters ests and ideals TIk nnity ot the Empire in the war was a feature leaot expected by our enemies, and most effective is saving the V.be^t'os of the world. But now the war is over, we have still to keep that standard of pa,triotiem and I unity of which we showed ourselves cap- able during tfrfe long struggle. Unity and cooperation nre jUSlt as necessary in peace time as during the war. We must not lose touch with each other, or we shall lose, all v-o have won during the last five years by common action and effort against th? enemy. I NOr CONCEITED. I Referring t6 the wonderful accorded him in Canada, his Royal High- ness said: I am not conceited enough to I accept these welcomes as personal to my- self; and I realise they have been given to me as the King- dom's representative coming to Canada, as heir to the Throne. My first visit to the great Dominion has made me realise more fully than ever what a great privilege and great responsibility that confers upon me. I value these wel- comes all the more highly because they come from the Canadian nation as a whole, from all. sections of the com- munity, whatever their race. party or education. I ask myself: What does that mean??' It means that the Throne stands for the heritage of common aims I and ideals, shared equally by all sections, all parties, and all nations within the British Commonwealth. No Government I represents or standr, for all parties, or all nations within the Empire: but in spite of I this there is a common sentiment which is shared, not only by all nations within the Empire, but also by all political, I parties within each nation. I COMMON BRITISH SENTIMENT. We all know this, because it is this common British sentiment which has made Britishers stand to- gether in the great war, and I realise that this same senti- ment has been expressed in the wonder- ful welcomes given me in Canada. As heir to the Throne. I qm afraid, gentle- men, I have departed from my reserve, and talked about myself a good deal, but I want to tell you, as the largest audi- ence I have been privileged to address in Canada, what I feel about my position and the responsibility which it entails. I can only assure you that I shall always endeavour to live up to that great res- ponsibility. and be worthy of your trust This great reception was a fitting cul- mination of the Prince of Wales's tour. All Ontario's leading men, from the ex- premier, Sir William Hearst, and the in- coming Premier, Mr. Drury, downwards, were present.

I Melbourne, Monday (received to-day).— The Federal Parliament bas been' dis- oh-ed, anrl writs issued for election on December 13th.