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Activity on French Fronts.…
Activity on French Fronts. I Greece's Latest Insolence. Rumanians Make a Stand. BRITISH GENERAL HEAD- QUARTERS, FRANCE, Wednesday, 10.30 p.m. During the night the enemy lines were entered by us fh the neighbourhood of Bommecourt, considerable damage being tone. A number of prisoners were taken in the course of another successful raid car- ried out by us early this morning against the enemy's trenches north of Arras. In a patrol encounter this morning jrarth of Neuve Ohapelle, the leader of ft hostile party was killed and his men taken prisoners. The enemy exploded a camouflet during the night south of Ypres. The enemy's artillery was particularly jictive on the right of our line north of the Somme and in the neighbourhood of Festubert and Ypres. Our artillery vigorously replied. ]Enemy trenches at Gommecourt and in the neighbourhood of Loos and Hulluch were also bombarded by us. (Press Association War Service.) PARIS, Wednesday, 11 p.m. The official communique says:- To the south of the Somme the enemy violently bombarded our lines in the course of the day, notably the sectors of Belloy-en-Santerre, Berry, Presaoire, and Ablaincotirt. Our artillery was energetic- ally employed in counter-battery firing. There were intermittent artillery duels on the rest of the front. CERMAN REPORT. (Admiralty, per Wireless Press.) BERLIN, Wednesday. Western Theatre of War.—On the Somme, pn the Aisne, in Champagne, and on the eastern bank of the Meuse there was strong artillery firing and patrol activity at inter- fals in certain districts.
"LAYING A SNARE."
"LAYING A SNARE." » FRANCE AND HUNS' OFFER." f ALLIES NOT TO BE I ? 4;\fP;.¥;d:.J, 'R'  .>t'T.r A 'P P1i:. h ?l; III i; 1, ,> h.i i: t' (Press Association War Special.) PARIS, Wednesday. In an article to day on the speeches of M. Briand, Mr. Lloyd George, and Signor Sonning. in reply to the German peace pro- posals, the "Petit Parpen" expresses the unanimous opinion of the French Press. It says The three important speeches in reply to the Quadruple Note, which was delivered yesterday and the day before, dlemonstrate the fact that the Entente Powers are of one mind as to the answer to be made to the enemy The main points of this triple manife-st.) stand out simply and clearly. "(1) Germany and her confederates, who axe I making overtures for peace, abstain from formulating I Any kind of definite proposal as to tho terms..Negotiations cannot be opened on the basis of such ambiguo is ti- Ik, which ir. only calculated to provoke distrust, The ei-emy by withholding their co id'.ti'.os iLiOvi they are laying a rrara for us. (2) The enemy are endeavouring once ajjain to throw the responsibility for the Luropean conflict on the shoulders of the Allies. This, however, i* chose jugee, and they can no longer deceive anybody on the point. Their persistence in Trying to exculpate themselves merely shows their bad conscience. The Allies have set forth the aims they have in view. They stipulate for restitution, repara- tion, the guarantees for the future. The Central Powers have offered no indicationii of their views on these points, and without I such indications peace cannot he seriously I considered. It would be A perfloua delusion I lor we irerman overtures are a mere manoeuvre. The could have been regarded 88 sincere only had a cienr and definite pro- gramme been substituted for calculated ambiguities It our enemies imagined we should fall into the trap they are destined to be dis- appointed."
DUTY AT CINEMAS.I
DUTY AT CINEMAS. I II ON I)ON OWNERS HEAVILY PENALISED. At the Thames Police Court on Wednesday Laaarug Greenberg, proprietor of the Empire Cinsum, Connnercial-road, was summoned under the Statutory regulations made under the Entertainments Act for not defacing, Government stamps, and the same defendant and his son, Harrv Greenberg, were also buramoned for admitting people to the Kong's Hall Cinema. without paying the duty. Mr. Leycester, the magistrate, fined the elder defendant Pioo and Harry Greenberg 050, oar in default th. months.
NAVAL
NAVAL I "U" BOAT SUNK. I FRENCH WARSHIPS' WORK. • END OF PIRATE'S DEYASTA- TION. (Press Association War Special.) PARIS, Thursday. f The Journal" reports from Nantes that i the submarine U46, which has sunk several vessels off St., Naz-aire, has in turn been sunk by torpedo-boats. I TWO BRITISH SKIPPERS PRISONERS j (Renter's War Special.) OORUNNA, Wednesday. It is reported from Finisterre that a. Ger- man submarine has arrived there escorting the Danish steamer Gelda, which was flying the German war flag. The Geldn. had on board 19 men belonging to a ship the name of which is unknown, 30 men of the crew of the British steamer Blairhall, and 14 Danes. The captain of the Blairhall is a prisoner. It is reported that the crew of the Norwe- I gian steamer Falk, which was torpedoed by the same. submarine, are making for Finis- terre in boats. BREST, Wednesday. The British steamer Flimston, of Cardiff, has been attacked by a submarine and sunk. The captaiii and the chief engineer were taken prisoners. The rest of the crew were rescued.
AMONGST THE CABBAGES.
AMONGST THE CABBAGES. STORY OF MISSING ABERAYON I HAM. j HAM. I At Aberavon on Thursday, Ann Morgan I and Annie Dummer, two young married women, who each had a child in arms, and living in Green Park-street, were jointly J charged with stealing a ham, value 3s. 6d., the property of Ruth Lawis, Vic tori a-road, Sandfields. Mrs. Lewis said that after purchasing the team --he called at the shop of Mrs. Walters | £ th? SandneLd?.-aJMi.p?c?d ?ham, wit? "t:h  'ÍJIbIir' P.S. Harris said the two defendants lived together and he searched the room but failed to find the ham. Up then searched the gar- rJ-en and found the liam tied up in a cloth amongst the cabbages. As he waa search- ing the garden, Mrs. Morgan shouted, Don't go there there's nothing there." When he picked up the ham Morgan said, I put it there." Both women denied stealing the ham. They were fined 20s. each.
AMERICANS REBUILD VILLAGE.
AMERICANS REBUILD VILLAGE. UNDOING THE WORK OF THE' HUN. ——— (Press Association's War Special). NANCY, Thursday. Mr. Sharp, American Ambassador, was pre- sent at Vitrimont (Meurthe-et-Moselle) at the ceremony of laying the first stone to in- dicate the beginning of the reconstruction of this village, which was destroyed by the Germans. The work has been undertaken by Mr. William Crocker, of San Francisco, and Miss Daisy Polk. The Prefect and Mayor of Vitrimont made speeches thanking the Americans, who were originators of the good work, and expressing their admiration for the numerous marks of sympathy shown by Americans.
LLANELLY AND TECHNICAL TRAINING.
LLANELLY AND TECH- NICAL TRAINING. MAYOR OF SWANSEA ATTENDS MEETING. I ATTITUDE OF EDUCATION I COMMITTEE. A meeting of the Llanelly Education Com- mittee was held at the education offices on Wednesday evening, Mr. J. Walter Thomas in the chair. Aid. David Davies (Mayor of Swansea) at- tended the meeting and explained the posi- tion in regard to the proposed Technical College at Swansea, and pointed out the diffi- culty in opening such a college in Llanelly, not so much from the financial point of view, bldt on account of the difficulty in securing a Ilufficient number of students. It would cost £ 14,000 annually to maintain the college, and a sum of £8.5,000 would be invested in order to provide endowments. Mr. W. E. Clement inquired whether any money subscribed in Uanellv cou?" ? ???' marked for Uanelly .tuden? Mr.  replied in ihe ?irmati? DSaTni1*el ? Williams critic' :L?d the apeech of Mr. Beaumont Thomas. If wTwS such a lot of waste in tinplate works ae al- leged, he was surprised t,hat Mr. Thomas. as a works manufacturer, should allow it" The statements in regard to steel manufac- ture were alao incorrect. As a matter of fact, Llanelly turned out the best steel ob- tainable for tinplate making, and were at the present tune making the best steel avail- able to send out of the ooitotry for other ulToo" Mr. Thomas _00 what was to  become of U&lbel n twenty years' time if the Technical College were opened in Swan- sea. They would, he believed, struggle along as they had done in the past The meeting concluded with a vote of M?ks to the Mayor of Swansea and Mr. Rees, director of education, Swarl,;e on t.h? -OtiOn of the Mayor (Ald. D. James iCiSl
—I | S5,PfET8 BODY FOULA POIMTfiI…
— S5,PfET8 BODY FOULA POIMTfi I DUU{' midnight on Wednesday  signalman^^uif port would not wo,k. Upon investigation it WM found tat tW w l by the body of Captain Mikel MikeC. ag^ master of a NorwegM? st.? ?? Newport. H? be  a mystery, but it is supposed that ^jlr. '.w ped out of the t?in bsy upposed th??- ?' WM at the station. ??"e ? thm?ki- ng he
GREECE.
GREECE. IMPUDENCE! r LATEST FROM GREECE. DEMAND TO EVACUATE ? ISLES. i ATHENS, Wednesday. The Covernment has sent a Note to the Entente Ministers protesting against the occupation of tha Islands and demanding the recall of the detach- ments landed. The Greek Government, in the Note which it presented at Athens on Wednes- day to the Ministers of the Entente Powers, says Reuter, stated that it learned with surprise that revolution- ai-ies had landed at various islands under the protection of the Allies. Greece was all the more astonished at this because of the friendly answer re- cently given by the Greek Government to the Allied demands. The Note protests against the toleration 0' sedition, and asks for the rest-oration of the occupied islands. The receipt of this Note has occasioned surprise in British quarters. The Greek Government, it is stated, is so far Carrying out its promises of a few days ago in the most satisfactory fashion,, and the movements of troops are proceeding exactly as promised by Greece in reply to the Allied ultimatum. So long as these movements continue the main purpose of that preliminary Note is being achieved. With regard to the new Greek com- plaint, the Allies cannot, of course, ad- mit the contention of the Greek Note that the Venizelist movement is in any way a seditious one, the fact. being that the mar jority of the population of the Greek islands have themselves voluntarily thrown in their lot with the Greek Pro- visional Government. READY FOR EVENTUALITIES. COPENHAGEN, Wednesday. The Tagliohe Rundschau" learns that the French, British, and Italian Ambassadors, who left Athens, are now on board Allied warships outside the Pirsous. Owing to the illness of the Rus- sian Ambassador, he has been compelled, to remain in Ath ens. ARTILLERY FIRE ON ALLIES' FRONT. (Frese Association War Specia!.) PARIS, Thursday. Army of the East.—There has been inter- mittent artiUery fire on the Struma and Maiava fronts, the most violent being in the region of Hill 1050. Snow and rain oontinuee in Macedonia. A PRO-ALLY GREEK. M. Geiiiiadius was received by the Jvmg at Buckingham Palace on Thursday on re- linquishing his post of Greek Minister Ñ1 London., i
YQUNG SWANSEAj ' 1, ?-1"?.…
YQUNG SWANSEA j 1, ?-1"?. "7" 1 PIL P7 :11, 'its- I THREE 'PLANES TO HIS CREDIT r- AFTER TWELYE MONTHS IN THE ARMY. Sergeant J. A. OunuifFe, Royal Flying Corps, is the proud possessor of his Army Pilotage Certificate, which records that he has flown for 3i hours by himself and 61 hours in company with another R.F.C. man, and has also passed an examination in sig- nalling and other requirements. All told, he has flown in various types of machines nearly 22 hours. Sergeant Cunniffe has only been in the Army twelve months, but b,4. ??nang the above successes he has seen aclive ser- vice in France iin the air, and brought down three aeroplanes, for which he has received official commendation. lie is only twenty years of ag e, aitd is thus one of the youngest aerial pilots in the Army. lie is now in Swansea awaiting further orders.
" FREE OF ALL COST."
FREE OF ALL COST." ALLOTMENTS ON SKETTY ESTATE. ANOTHER CHANCE FOR CULTIVATORS. I We understand from the Swansea borough estate agent that Mr. H. C. Portsmoutn, architect, and Mr. D. Roberts, auctioneer, on Thursday morning saw the estate agent and offered to him land on the Coedsaeson Estate, free of all cost, to the Corporation For the period of the war, for allotments. The estate agent has ac- cepted the offer. The estate agent favours a suggestion of the advisability of societies being formed in the town for the purpose of cultivating vacant land. j The Town Council have given the Allot- I ments Committee plenary powers, and the oommittee have authority under the Order from the Board of Agriculture to delegate their powers to the societies which it is sug- gested should be formed. • 16 TONS FROM TWO ACRES. What Potato Cultivation Can Do.: The farmers in the large wheat-growing area of South Lincolnshire welcome the an- nouncement of the Governement intention to fix the price of wheat at 60s. a quarter. It has long been advocated there. Mr. E. W. Farrow, a progressive Spald- ing farmer, said that such a step as was proposed waa very advisable if they wanted farmers to grow wheat. He added The suggestion of 60s. was very fair. Faimers can grow it with confidence, and the country will certainly get more at 60s. The price of the loaf should not be more than 7d., and with the increased earnings the people can afford that. By increasing our intensity we can grow a tremendous lot more wheat in this district, and a great deal of grassland should be ploughed. It takes two acres to feed a 60st. bullock, but two acres under pota-i toes will produce 16 tons of good food."
SWANSEA ORPHANS' CHRISTMAS…
SWANSEA ORPHANS' CHRISTMAS I TREE. Through the kind generosity and I thougtfulDes6 of his Worship the Mayor! and Mayoress of Swansea (Ald. and Mrs D. Davies), the magnificent Christmas tree, laden with presents and lighted by! electricity, has been presented to the: matron of the Swansea Orphan Home for Girls, and this very much appreciated gift I will be the means of gladdening the hearts: i of the 60 little inmates, and will be a source of unexpected pleasure to them. The Committee of the Orphan Home are more than grateful for this kind action. (
RUMANIA!
RUMANIA FRESH STAND. ENEMY CHECK IN I DOBRUDJA. I NEW BATTLE IN t PREPARATION. I (Admiralty, per Wireless Press.) BERLIN, Wednesday. Lata German Official.-In the north- ernmost sector of the Dobrudja the enemy army, which had retreated there, has prepared itself for battle again. In the Cerna salient enemy at-tacks de- livered after strong artillery preparations broke down before our positions. News from Berlin received by wireless yesterday said: "The military critic of the Transocean service writes: 'In the Dobrudja the Russians have been driven in a northerly direction beyond Babadagh by the Bulgarian forces. The front of the Germanic Powem. (in Rumania) has now been reduced by a j distance of 560 miles, which is the limit to which it is considered possible to reduoe it. — AUSTRIAN REPORT. Against our positions on the Ticanesti sec- tor the Russians repeated yesterday their violent attacks, which were repulsed with very heavy losses to them. On all the other! fronts there is nothing important to report. I THE RUMANIAN CABINET. (Renter's War Special.) JASSY, Dec. 15 (delayed). The Ministerial crisis has been settled by the Cabinet's withdrawing its resignation. M. Bratiano, the Prime Minister, has ju-st left again for Army Headquarters after spending 24 hours here.
I -I ! AERIAL. i II
I I AERIAL. i I I HAVOC FROM THE AIR. FRENCH AVIAT'O,RS' FINE WORK. ENEMY AEROPLANES I BROUGHT DOWN. (Press Association War Special.) PARrS, Thursday. The official commuraquie says:— On the Somme front four German aero- planes were brought down, and one of our pilot* pursuing an enern came into collision with hie adversary, with the result that both machines crashed to the> ground. r During th<9 20th forty-eight shells were dropped on Aizz Railway Station, and during the evening of the 30th four of our aero- j planes threw 480 kilogrammes of projectiles on other enemy railway stations. On the same evening another of our aero- I planes threw 47 shells on the railway sta- tions of Lutment and Nesnos and on bivouacs and convoys on the march.
DIED SAME DAY.
DIED SAME DAY. VETERAN PASTOR AND DEACON BURIED TOGETHER. The funeral of the late Rov. J. Bevan, for- merly minister of Sardis Cihapel (Indepen- dents took place on Tuesday. The rev. gentleman, who had reached the ripe age of 86, was the first minister of Sardis, and had retired from activity eight yeais ago, having laboured for 48 years. There was a large attendance, and the service at the house and chapel waa conducted by the Rev. D. M. Davies, pastor. The following ministers also participated :-Pervs. B. D. Williams, Goww- ton; Siuroif Walters, W. Jame.3, Swansea; J. H. Parry, IAlwisamlet Seiriol IlTilliaMS, Ponitardawe; Dr. Lloyd Morgan, Pontardu- laia; J. C. Lloyd, Orwy; and D. 0. Rees, Sfcetty. There was a large assembly of ministers from various denominations. The lake minister leaves his widow and a large number of relatives to mourn their low. Just when the burial terminated the mortal remains of Mr. John Griffiths, aged 59, den and singing conductor of Sardis, were brought in. Both had expired on the same clay, a-M had seen many years' service together, Mr. Griffiths having boen a deacon for 28 years. The Rev. D. M. Davies (pastor) conducted the service, being assisted by the Revs. W. Morgan, Brynteg; T. Michael, St. Barnabas Church, Wawnarlwydd; J. Jones, Seiou, Waunarlwydd; and J. C. Lloyd,
———————I CLAIM OF THE CANOPUSI
——————— CLAIM OF THE CANOPUSI DISMISSED BY SIR SAMUEL EYANS. SEQUEL TO FALKLANDS BATTLE. In the Price Court on Thursday, Sir Samuel Evans gave judgment against the ap- plication of Rear-Admiral H. (Jr. Grant and officers a.nd crew of H.M.S. Canopus for a declsration that they were entitled to A share in the prize bounty which his lordship had awarded on August 22nd last to the officers and crews of the British squadron in respect of the destruction of four German warshiipe in the Falkland Islands battle. The total bounty amounted to £12,160. be- ing B5 per head of the persons on board enemy The President said that the Canopus did I not and COULD NOT JOIN IN THE CHASE. Her speed wae much less than the lowest.' of the British squadron. The naval action j was at it-o height over a hundred miles away and the first German armoured cruiser was being destroyed about that time while the I Canopus remained at her poet of doty at I Port Stanley.
BATTLESHIP IN I ; ICOLLISION.…
BATTLESHIP IN I COLLISION. ■ I FIFTEEN "LEAVE" MEN II DROWNED. (Precs Association War Special.) I FAkUb, XMirsday. A Marseilles telegr&m reports a collision at night between the French battleship, Ernest Renan and an Italian vegeel ooavey- ing men of the Allied forces who were going on leave. The Italian vessel was out in two and 15 men were drowned. lOne hundred and fifteen other paeeemgers ivere picked up and landed at, an Italian port. (
" READY FOR CONFERENCE." .———
READY FOR CON- FERENCE." .——— GERMANS' NEW STATEMENT. I WILL BRING THEIR I PROPOSALS. I 4 INDEMNITY' REPORT. I (Admiralty, pw Wirelosis Press.) 'I JriiJSiSo Jo'UKE-AL, W ednesday. The Grraan Wireless sands out the follow- mg: — lm$?e foreign Pre% ha? repeatedly iter- pret-ed the peace offer of the Central Powers as an attempt to obtain a truce in the lighting. This is absolutely a mistaken idea, aB the present situation is exactly in accor- dance with the declairations made by the | Central Powem Central Powers are ready to enter into | a conference with the b?n?erent Powers for negotiation of the conditions which, accord- ing to the belief of the Central Powers, make possible the couolueion of a lasting peace. The question nt issue is whether the Entente Powers are Ready to listen to such communications are to be made by the Central Powers at the conference. question as to a truce of arms (armis- tire) is totally different from this. Accord- ing to the opinion of the Central Powers, the question of an armistice for military reasons would only be possible if previously in such negotiations a firm basics were established. The objections which, according to Dutch newspapers, were made by the London Times are erron-eous. The wireless report of the Chancellor's speech did not by T'ny means assert that the peace conditions of the Central Powers cont.a.ined in the Note for- warded by neutrals to the Entente Govern- ments had already been "presented," but expressly stated that, it is tihe intention of the Central Powers to "bring" them to the conference. I" TRIAL BALLOON." I YIEWS OF THE AMERICAN I PRESS. I j (Reuter's War Service.) NEW YORK, Wednesday. Editorial articles in this morning's papers all agree Mr. Lloyd George has adroitly drawn the Teutonic Allies into a position where they must put their cards on the table or else convinoe the world their peace pro- posal is cn attempt at political trickery. The "Herald" says :—Britain's answer to the peace trial balloon which Berlin sent up is clear and explicit; there can be no mis- taking its meaning. Neither Britain nor any of her Allies contemplates a peace that will not be permanent." The Tribune observes —" The reply of Lloyd George was simple and straightfor- wa.rd. It was the only reply a responsible Minister could make. It did not make war upon the idea of peioe, but ,it did make it clear that only one peace was possible, and that war, a peace which would restore to full vigour the whole body of international law and national right which Germany invaded two and a half years ago." The Times say. The Allies have all civilisation at their back when thev de- roand the ending of Prussian militarism as the primary and. essential oemdition of peace." l" INDEMNITY CHEAPER." 1 MYSTERIOUS REPORTS FROM j WASHINGTON. NEW YORK, Wednesday. Mr. Lloyd George's speech is interpreted in German official circks at Washington with the-same persistent optimism concern- ing the possibility of peace as has marked all Count John Bernstorff's formal and informal statements since Germany first made her pro- "High German cirtks" and "reliable' German quarters" are quoted in Washing- ton despatches this morning as suggesting that Germany is willing to make big con- cessions to o?tain peace. Guarantees for the future and reparation for the past may be offered, acoording to these anonymous German spokesmen, but Germany wants the offers to be made and discussed at a secret conference. The Tribune's" Washing- ton correspondent quotes a German official as saying: Nothing is barred. We are ready to discuss any proposal the Allies may make. It does not seem feasible to talk about money indemnities in a war like this, when each side has destroyed and confiscated in every country it has invaded, but if England wants to ask for indemnities we will discuss that also. Per it would be cheaper to pay an indemnity thin go on with the war. The cost of six months more of war would pay a lot of indemnities."—("Daily Express" correspondent. ) I
THE .DAILY TOLL. I
THE DAILY TOLL. The following local names appear in Wednesday's officii 1 casualty list:— Wounded. Royal (;arriaon Artillery. -Dagnall (43229). Gunner J., Swansea. South Lancashire RRot.-Bartlett (34199), Lance-Corpl. J. R., Port Talbot; Pitman (34114), W., Swansea. King's Royal Rifle C-orpis.-T.-ewis (10421), A., Swansea. Reported Missing, Believed Killed. Welsh Guards.—Jones (1067), J., Llanelly. I NAVAL CASUALTIES. I wounded. (2512) John R. Bevan, 112, Briton Ferry- road, Neath. Wounded: Shell Shook. I (1778) A. Demerv, 58, Courtney-street. I Manselton, Swansea. Missing. J (2503) J-kin Morgan, Sybil House, Ynis- meud-w. I FFORESTFACH CANADIAN. I Private David Kees, a Fforestfach lad with the Canadian Highlanders, who has seen 18 months' service in France, and who has been home for a week, has just returned. He has been the victim of shell-shock. A "pal" of his, Lanoe-CSorpl. Phil Edwards, another Fforestfach Canadian, haa made the supreme sacrifice. Both were extremely popular at j Ffotfach. I Wounded in the Leg. I Private Fred Hughes, son of Mr. T. Hughes, G. W.R. engineman, Llanelly, is in a London hospital with a shrapnel wound I in the leg. He was at the landing at Suvla I Bay and later went to Port Suez, after which he was transferred from the Welsh to theI Bedfords, and served in France, where he II received his injury.
I.-=I ' CHRISTMAS BEANFEAST…
-= I CHRISTMAS BEANFEAST FOR SWANSEA POOR. About 1,700 tickets for groceries, etc., have been distributed to the deserving poor of Swansea in connection with the Mayor's Xmas Fund to the Aged Poor. This is 100 more than last year. The tickets enable the bolder to purchase the goods from any tradesman, and the Borough Treasurer will hoooor the ticket as it is submitted to him.
"H LIM AN iTY" MONGERS. ————
"H LIM AN iTY" MONGERS. —— —— THE TRAIL OF THE HUN. MORE OUTRAGES IN BELGIUM. I (Reuter's War Special.) AMSTERDAM, Wednesday. The journal "Les Nouvelles," of Maas- tricht. states that the German court-martial .t. B2,8Nt.. has just delivered judgment in the second espionage trial, in which 120 Bel- gians were concerned. Twenty were sen- tenced to death and forty-four to various terms of pena) servitude. Eleven Belgians were shot at Hfusseli on Saturday last. Sixty-four others were deported to Germany. A third trial haB been begun, im which 192 prisoners i are concerned. t 'Leg Nouvelies'' also states that in the Belgian province of Luxembourg yculig pc"']- pie of the villages in the south of the pro- vince h<:yE' beer, deported in I-rge numbers. As many as 500 were deported from ten "il- Ja.ge£ in the canton of Virton, where children of 12 to 15 yeais of age were carried away. Workmen in the Grand Duchy of Luxem- bourg were aloo dcpOt't?d in l&r?p numbers on Friday and Saturday ) Twelve Years for Child! It. is reported that there arc- now m prison at Aix l.Chapeiie between 800 and 900 Bel- gians. who have been sentenced for various offence*. Among them a child of eight yoars of age, with -his father, a native of France. The boy was found in possession of a. letter, and condemcK-d for thi", offence to twelve years, while his father incurred fifteen years' penal servitude. Put Before French Cuns. AMSTERDAM. Wednesday. The "Telegraa/'s" correspondent r.t the frontier roports that many of he citizen of Ghent who wore deoorted to the Somme front were killed cr very seriously wounded by the French machine-guns during t-he fighting. It is added that thousands of Ghent citizens have been made to work on the Sornate front, and a further 4,050 are about to be deported from Ghor.t. I J BLAMING THE BELGIANS! CALLOUS ATTITUDE OF THE MILITARY. I' ROTTERDAM, Wednesday. | I In order to compel Belgium to pay the new war-tax of 300,000,000 francs ( £ 12,000,000), the Germans are about to take measures of force. Aocording to the Brussels correspondent of the Kolnische 17olkszeitung "As eight of the nine Belgians pro- vinces through their mnstitutional bodies have refu&ea every ('operation in the financial regulation of the new tax the German military governors, with the civil presidents, have been empowered to take and enforce the necessary measures. The attitude of the Belgians causes full responsibility for the consequences to the country to fall upon themselves. The financial regulation, however. will not feel the influence of this to any degr..e." j
I 600,000.  ! 800,000 To…
I  600,000.  800,000 To (M # 1- ?- ALLIED AND ENEMY SHELL OUTPUTS. j M. Albert Thomas, the French Minister of Munitions, declared in the presence of some journalists that the development iai the pro- duction of war materials in Franoe is making considerable progress. To-day it has reached 600 tons of explosives per day. whilst at the beginning of the year it only amounted to 130 to-is. Germany is making 600.000 shells iB twenty-four hours, but the Allies together supply 800,000 a day. These magnificent results are obtained with 21 per coot. of female labour. Admit- ting that Germany is .sU-, eeding, by means of her submarines, in rendering communica- tion with America, irregular, our stocks of material will allow us to maintain this rate of I production for several weeks. j
""I " PEACE " PETITION'SI…
PEACE PETITION'S I FATE. LIVELY INCIDENT AT SWAN- SEA EASTSIDE. The residents of a portion of Port emlan,  Swansea, were enlivened one evning this j week by the discomfiture of a couple of "peace" emissaries, who, unfortunat-ely for, themselves, called at the house of a-i active member of the 3rd Cla-morgan Volunteer Regiment, who, with his neighbours, adopted summary methods, resulting in the surren- der of the petition with an interesting list of names on it which had so far been secured. Six of the 28 names are distinctly foreign, and two of them are said to be cf persons ooce interned and since released. Two also of the signatures are those of wives who signed their husb ands' names in their ab- senoe and without their knowledge or sane- tion. The "vendors" of the petition are two well-known railwaymen (we have the names), one described as a young man of fine phy- sique who would be better employed in the Army. The heading of the petition reads I. "The undersigned urge his Majesty'? COy. ern.mnt to seek the earliest opportunity of promoting negotiations with the object of ?curing a just and lasting peace. 
TRYING TIMES FOR OLDI MEN.I
TRYING TIMES FOR OLD I MEN. I TWO AMMANFORD DEATHS I IN THE OPEN. While walking along the road in Amman- ford on Thursday morning, David LewU, Station-road, a lampman at the Park Col- liery, was seen to fall. He was immediately attended to by Dr. Inman and foimd to be dead. He was an elderly man and leaves a grown-up family. An old inhabitant of Bettws, near Amman- ford, named Thomas Thomas, of Tynewydd, 80 years of age, came to a tragic end on Wednesday evening. He had probably wan-, dered across the field near Maesybettwa Farm. His body was found on Thursday i morning in a little brook near by. Parties had been searching the district all night. I STAMPING THE EVIL I OUT. THREE MORE SWANSEA GIRLSj SENT DOWN. t At Swansea on Thursday, Minnie Jones, Bessie Davies, and Emily Newcombe, of a cer- tain class, were charged for being found in the area of the North Dock at midnight on Wednesday, without a pass from the military authority. Evidence was given by P.O. McQueen (Har- bour Police). and defendants were sent to prison for three months each. Chairman said the magistrates were deter, mined to put a stop to this abominable prac- tice. He warned them and others of their I jelMB that they were liable to be shot. <
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I - VICTORY ON POTATO LAND..........
I VICTORY ON POTATO LAND. I¡ LEAD TO THE I COUNTRY. I AGRICULTURE I MINISTERS PLANS. I Ivh P'••there. Hie new President of the Board 0; Agriculture, pave a. rough out- lino of the C'.i-ernnicnt's policy Oil lioms food production en Wednesday. Belier use is t,) be made cf Sand new itiie ~r inadequately cultivated. Every county is to bs mapsed cut fa fl.'s.'Sc* committees wilt con- duel sir-vvs rod report en the land -.? f :!}". .T'cr.t cverj count;/ ? 2 n -¡- ;;v.:r.!ttee with a list of produces mo&t essential, and fly. c; went 3d. ornpuispry powers will be given for the acquisition af 3and. Contract prices are to be fixed for crsps. The rfice for wheat will be 60s. Othor prisss win be announced shortly. Sood ¡:1'tat3 arc l) bp, reserved for seeding purposes. The Treasury is financing a scheme of distributirn among growers. Mr. Prothero outlined the Government's policy at a meeting of the Federation of Agricultural ar Committees at the Middlesex Guildhall. We are a beleagured city (hf" said), and we must act under the full consciousness cf that iact. The War Agricultural Com- mittees have already done admirable work, but we mean to ask them zo do a great deal more. We are going to supply every county war agricultural committee with a list of the products that we believe, from our knowledge of the whole position, to -be siost essential to the -itfety and welfare of the nation, that u We are a beleagured city. >» e are g&aig to tell you the amount of pioduco an^j the kind of produce we specially want you to grow. We cannot h-ive p/eoious land growing things whicii nro not eisenuia]. V, c cannot have too much land growing mustard and chrysanthemums. Bread and meat are more important than cither. You wiji be able to plan out the county in districts and appoint in each district a small committee Lo work out the local details as to the land available, and make a survey. If you set to work at once you ought to do it within a fortnight. 1 hopo No man who can afford to work I 11' voluntarily in this matter wni refuse to do it. We propose to give you wide power to enter on, occupy, cultivate aDd put in the seeds that we want grown on the land which you yourselves admit to be insuffi- ciently cultivated, or not cultivated at all. We mean you to have compulsory power. Wlierev,ex 3-ou can get in a bargain with a man, do it, but behind that you have the driving force of compulsory power. In this compulsory power should be in- cluded a clause that 110 farmer shall be liable to a fine for breach of covenant if he ploughs up grass land.- We are going to fix contract prices. It will be a price that will give you a reasonable profit, and one at which food will be kept- at a steady level. Wheat Price: 60s. The contract price we propose to fix for w heat is 60s. It is not a matter of a maxi- mum or minimum price. That is THE price. If it goes above that price you will be the losers; if it goes below the Government is the loser. As to oats and potatoes, thi" is rathei more puzzling, as we don't know at present the price of seed, but the e for those two products will be fixod and will be announced publicly within the next fortnight. With regard to barley, I have not yet made up my mind. But you must not expect, if we don't fix a contract price, that the present ex- ceptional barley prices will be ccntinned. Barley will fall, as usual, between wheat and oats. As to growi ng barley for the brewer, Mr. Prothero saId. he was not going into the question of drink, but he thought the public aid not quite understand that the Brewer. not only brewer beer, Duit produced miik. If Wt had not the brewer's grain we could not send the milk in the quantities we now did to our big towns. x On recruiting, Mr. Prothero sa.id they had not secured very much, but they had won the concession that 113 men were to be called up on January 1st until the census returns had been carefully scrutinised. As regards oats and potatoes. Mr. Prothero sajd the Board would do their best to See that seeds wer& obtainable at u reasonable price, and an org-Anisation would be set up in London, of which he would h- chairman, and agricultural men wr: 110 sit on it. I "We shall give you the be^t assictince," he concluded. "We nall be able to buy 1 vouir potatoes on much better torms than in- dividual agricultural war committees buying against each other all over the country, it in my sincere conviction that victory 11 this great war may be won on the cornfields and potato lands of Great Britain." (Cheers.) CRITICAL MAY AND JUNE. Mr. George .Lambert, representativ? 01 a Isrge agricultural constituency in Devon- shire, F.Ilild we should produce only three- fifths of the normal because of the lack of labour. If we don't mind there will be famine stalking through the land in the mouths of May and June. I see it very clearly coming, with the submarine menace, which is gro wing daily more menacing, with the lessened food production here, and with the partial failure of the harvests abroid."
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ESTEEMED AT SWANSEA DOCKS.I
ESTEEMED AT SWANSEA DOCKS. I The ftlrpe.ral of the late Mr. Sidney Curnow took plme on Thursday ?ftarno?  Damy- Siaig Cemetery, ? cortege ieftviag? ?. i" terrace, Swansea, for ?runa- ??°? Chmch, whwe & short ser- vice yu held, -oducted by Revs. W. H. ^6yd ?d W. A. Wardle, who a £ > ofScmted ? ?? graveside The mOUrnen wem:V* WU »ud ?gg? Cun»w Mr. j ?t Onrnow (cousin), Mr. h:oM), Thatd? (cousm), Mr W. MicbeM Ie), Mr. 8. E. Whyatt, Mr. GnS Jones, [d d 1M1r. J R (i?T nan. Othm present ?re:—Messrs. J$> C?onan, Tom Pascoe, art?m Pasooe, W. Mor?n, Tom Powelk E. i. Jones, W. Nichols jj Drysdale, and rwil- Dwvies. The following members of he staff of Messrs. T. T. Paecoe acted as earersMessrs. A. L. Morgan, S. B. Grif- fiths, L. Williams, and H. E. Morgan. A very large number of beautiful wreaths 4IIere sent, including the following. Wife ♦•ere Sons" "Friend s of Brunswick," St. frid Sons, Crabriel's Church Club," Members of staff ? T. T. Paecoe." Mlr. i Comain, Ammanford CoUiery Co. at the Swansea Cricket and Fbal1 C%?" and niam other&