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in Mr. %NRNV& 11 104 PREMIER RESIGNS P R LIN0m Mi E jil% Bonar Law Declines Invitation. I LLOYD GEORGE NEXT ? LONDON, Wednesday. The Press Association learns authorita- tively that Mr. Bonar Law, after careful consideration, has declined the task of attempting the formation of a Govern- ment. This betokens nothing new in the right hon. gentleman's attitude, which has been all along that he was quite pre- pared to serve to the best of his ability under any leader generally acceptable to the House and to the country, but not to take the reins of Government himself. Up to the present no Minister or ex- Minister has called -upon the King at Buckingham Palace, but the expectation is that Mr. Lloyd George will be sent for and asked to undertake the formation of a Ministry. But it is quite on the cards that unless he is assured of ample support in the House of Commons that the Minister for War may feel compelled to adopt a line similar to that pursued by Mr. Bonar Law. It is quite possible, therefore, that events may so shape themselves as to in- volve an: invitation to Mr. Asquith again to take Up the position at the head of the Government. Mr. Asquith has had practicatlly no visitors this morning, and none of his late colleagues of the Cabinet have seen him with the exception of iNTr. Ifarcoulrt, who remained about half an hour. SECOND INTERVIEW WITH KING. The Pres6 Association says:— Mr. Bonar Law visited Buckingham Palace about one o'clock, and was re- ceived in further audience by the King, whom he informed of his decision not to attempt the formation of a Government. THE RESIGNATION. I The Court Circular issued on Tuesday I night contained the following announce- ment :— I The Right Hon. H. H. Asquith, M.P., had an audience of his Majesty this l evening, and tendered his resignation as Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, which the King was graciously pleased to accept. The news was also given in a Press Bureau message. This event took place shortly before seven o'clock, and at ha.lf past nine Mr. Bonar Law arrived at Buckingham Palace in response to a summons from his Maif'.sty. He remained at the Palace- •until five minutes past ten. During the afternoon Mr. Bonar Law met the Unionist members of the Coali- tion Cabinet at the Colonial Office. A LONG PREMIERSHIP. I Mr. Asquith has held the office of Prime Minister, for a longer period continually than any other statesman of modern ,timeq. The late Lord Salisbury was head of the King's Government from June, 1895, until July, 1902-or for a month more than seven years. But Sir. Asquith has sur- passed that record by a yea rand seven months. He succeeded Sir Henry Camp- bell-Bannerman in April. 1908, and has thus been Prime Minister continuously for eight years and eight months. LABOUR'S VOICE. Mr. James O'Krady, at to-day's meeting of the Federation of Trades Unions, saia I the trade union movement bad paid a great price for the Coalition Government. Speaking personally he was not sorry it I had collapsed. He saw no objection to Labour being represented in the next Government, but he thought it should he J on oondition that at least they got some responsible positions for their men. In his opinion they had been in mere office. i at. the same time doing a tremendous j amount of work in keeping organised labour loyal to the Government. A meeting of the Labour Party was held at the House of Commons this afternoon. Mr. Wardle presided over a large atten- dance. Mr. Arthur Hf'nderson, Mr. Wm. Brace, and Mr. George Roberts were among those present. A meeting of the Labour Executive is to be held later. TO SUPPORT MR. LLOYD GEORGE. I At the Liberal War Committee meeting to-morrow, Sir Frederick Caw ley will move a resolution pledging the group to support any Government formed to carry out Mr. Lloyd George's policy. THE SITUATION. Some Notes on the Crisis. j (From Our Own Parliamentary, Correspondent.) LONDON, Wednesday Morning. Some years ago Lord Rosebery visited Swansea, and in the course of the after- noon addressed a large public meeting. He commenced with one of the strangest open- ing sentences ever heard from a states- man "Well, what do you thi-.il,- ,f it all ? His lordship misrht well stahd on any platform to-day and ask the same ques- tion. But what about the answeo? Few of this morning's papers seem agreed about the text. Mr. Lloyd George's resig- nation came with dramatic suddenness to some, whilst others expected it long ago. So there you are. And now that Mr. Asquith also has handed in his portfolio, the country is on the tip-toe of expecta- tion. One hard question stares us in the face—Are we to win the war and make the necessary effort and sacrifice to attain that end? It is all summed up in the question, which will not be evaded even by a ten-mile coil of sophistry. Nor can the responsibility of the Empire att large, -of Parliament, or of the Government be kept upon the level that permits a dis- regard of the stern call for strenvuous effort. We are in for a long pull and a strong pull, and all else must be subject to that. The case cannot be argued from the standpoint of ordinary political situa- tions. There are people—even after all; these months of war—who seem to think that the amenities of the drawin?-J?o&m i mid the boudoir should over-rule roz*?, acitoos of men who see th&«moke and bear the boom of guns. Some of the articles that have appeared in print during the last few days have been sickening—mere vapid calculations of the qualities and demerits of this man or that couched in I terms similar to that used by a second- rate tipster in writing up the entrants for a race a.t Newmarket. DEEDS WANTED, NOT WORDS. It is time to realise the force of Kip- j ling's line, When you've finished kiili liruger with your mouth! The man in the street has been asking for some time when the Government is going to get on I with the war, and although the aforesaid man in the street does not know all tOO; obstacles he knows what he wants, and there are others who know that there has been an unnecessary waste of time in dealing with the obstacles. Let us look for a moment at Mr. Lloyd George's position. He has been at the Board of Trade so recently that he can- not have forgotten the lessons learnt there. He has been at the Treasury, and knows the stupendous issues and diflieul- ties involved in national taxation in normal times as well as in the days of war. He has been Minister of Munitions. | and knows the gigantic call upon the ele- menttt of production—human and mechanical—that that Ministry is mak- 1 ing. And now he has had a turn at the i head of the department that has to deal with the task of raising troops, training them for the field, and handling them when they are out there. He knows the awful drain upon human lives that this war is making. No one with such an ex- perience can avoid the impulses of an intense desire to end, it all as speedily as possible. Mr. Lloyd George has seen the whole ghastly panorama! Added to that, he has a clear vision of what is to follow—the continued drain of blood and treasure, the fierceness of the conflict, the need for the strongest possible action, and the only way to win. Ask yourself if anyone but he gives the answer to the question that hums through your head night and day.! I "WAKE UP, ENGLAND!" II Wake up, England 1" said our present King one. day before he ascended the throne. The words are still echoing through the hilla and vales from John O'Groats to Land's End. This is no time for standing upon ceremony, nor for long- winded declarations of what we are going to do some day. It is time that all ranks of our people awoke to the fact that the hem re .of dilatoriness, of philosophic ex- changee of platitudes, and so on, are past. Look at the pictures coming daily from Athens, where diplomacy seems to have been conducted as if the actors were pos- ing for a series of cinema filmr, and were being paid on a space basis. King Tino ought to have been told stern truths long ago, even it w-ere necessary to utter them through a thousand iron throats. What has Mr. Lloyd George asked for? Let the timid ask jfcbat question, and øee if the true answer will frighten them. He wants action, swift, decisive, and sure. He wants the war ended in the only way possible, i.e., by a stern realisation of the necessities, and a determined effort to meet those necessities. He wants to abolish long-winded discussions in I)own- ing^street, and to substitute for them the joniy methods by which a ruthless enemy can be met effectually. THE VOICE OF WALES. Thf're is, unfortunately, a small per- j centag^ of people known by the too mild, «lwac cranks." Do they realise what the results of a premature and ineffectual end of the war would mean? Carnot they <(\ the Kaiser stepping back for & fresh leap, ail Europe an armed camp for the next 20 years, a standing army of at least three millions slung across the shoulders of the British Empire, taxation for the rest of our lives as high as it is at present, and all the work of true civilisation at a standstill. It anyone can contemplate the cost of 6uch a prospect, will he not ask to be delivered from it. Or, to get nearer home, can the immediate prospect I be called pleasant? Mr. Lloyd George, in I effect, has asked the Government and the nation to say whether it wants the war ended as soon and as effectively as it can, or whether it will be content to repeat: the j experiences of the past 24 months for an- other five years or more! Whatever may be said of his action else- where, there can be no doubt about the support, he will get from his own people I In vVales. It is true that we have had one melancholy example, which strayed into Whitefield": Tabernacle last Sunday after- noon and there sang the dirges of a thinlv- veiled despair. But Llanelly must not be blamed for that. On the contrary, there are evidences that the borough is straight in line with the rest of the Principality in its allegiance to the Welshman who has never yet liinched from treading the path that he believes to be not only right but the be,t. Llanelly has too many sons at the front to leave her patriotism in doubt. S I MFI. BONAR LAW. The Right Hon. Andrew Bonar Law is a LL.D. of Glasgow University. He was for many years a successful iron mer- chant in Glasgow, and first entered the political arena in 1900, when, at the age of 42, he was elected for the Blackfriare division of Glasgow. He now represents the Bootle division, Lancashire. In 1M2 he was chosen Unionist leader in 3uems- &ion to Mr. Balfour, and accepted the post of Colonial Minister in the Coalition Gov- ernment. Born in New Brunswick, his education began there, but was concluded in the High School, Glasgow. The loss of the Manchester election in 1906 coincided with the death of his wife, leaving him with six motherless children, a shattering blow to one whose whole quiet life outside Par- liament centred in his home and family. Though nurtured in Nonconformity, he j is now a Churchman. j Tttfure is nothing specially distinguish- 'jContinued in next Column).

WHAT THE WORLD THINKS I FOREIGN OPINIONS OF MR. LLOYD GEORGE I ENEMY'S TRIBUTE TO ABILITY I While foreign comments on the fall of -.bb.e Government have not yet been re- oeived, those on the threatened resignation of Mr. Lloyd George are pouring in. Al- most without exception their key-note is recognition of the organising powers and prompt decision of the War Minister. Ex- tracts are given below. GERMANY. "Dusseldorfer Gemeralanzeiger."—If Mr. Lloyd George, who has produced the crisis by ottering his resignation owing to his disapproval oi Mr. Asquith's indecision, is given more or less actual leadership, then in all probability England has at its head a statesman who has proved himself the greatest organiser in England and the Entente countries altogetner. He is the very embodiment of the war spirit. The paper continues by saying that Mr. Lloyd George will undoubtedly succe-ed in putting through the British mass levy. He recognised the neco&sity for organising all labour for munitions much earlier than anyone in Germany. Everybody in Germany mocked when Mr. Lloyd George was conducting his campaign for the sacri- fice of personal liberty to the necessities of the war a year ago, for nobody dreamed that England would adopt universal ser- vice. If what we have indicated above is 'the real meaning of the crisis, we may be cer- tain we shall soon see a still more amazing development of all Great Britain's forces for the single purpose of defeating Ger- many. Baierischer Kurier."—" This is a terrible disaster for the war party in England." En" ..(,i;ipziger Jageblatt."—" His fall from power brings nearer an honourable peace for Germany."—Wireless Press. FRANCE. Paris, Tuesday (received Wednesday).— In the French Press comment on the British Ministerial crisis, the Journal des Debate" says:—It was Mr. Lloyd George who opened the crisis by resign- ing. He is the declared enemy of the Wait and See policy. lie is prompt to judge a situation and to come to a con- clusion on it. He has not found among several of his colleagues the samo dis- position. He has proposed energetic solutions which, without being positively rejected, have been put off.Router. The Gaulois ":—Two men of energy and initiative who do know what they want and what to do have just broken the abscesses which were poisoning Russia on the one hand and Great Britain on the other, and were threaten- ing to paralyse the magnificent and tenacious efforts of our Allies. These two men, M. Trepof and Mr. Lloyd George, have each had recourse to the methods which they judged most suitable and II efficacious to attain their object—Renter. AMERICA. The British Cabinet crisis occupies the, first place in the United States news- papers, Columns of long dispatcher are printed from London, bent by agencies and special correspondents, and repre- senting all the phases of the situation. American attention ig centred on Mr. Lloyd George, whose democracy and demonstrated capacity for leadership have made him by far the most interest ing British war figure to the mass of American people. The "Tribune. commenting on the Cabinet crisis, expresses the views of most Americans in the following words r— We see the British people becoming im- patient at the failure of their political leaders. The people wish to win the war. They are making every effort and every sacrifice to win the war. They are doing what their German foes asserted they never would do, and it seems to Ameri- cans that they find their best efforts par- tially spoiled by the conduct of their men in high places. In all this welter the figure of Mr. Lloyd George stands alone. He has many quali- ties which appeal to us as Americans. He represents the people in their own demo- cratic sense. He has been publicly right almost as often as his associates have been publicly wrong. It is unmistakable that the succession of Mr. Lloyd George to Mr. Asquith would be hailed in this coun- try and among many of the best friends of the Allies as a step forward. If Mr- Lloyd George holds the centre of the stage at this hour, it is because he seems to have done mqre than any other public man to help to win the war, and to be ready to do still more. The new England that is rising (a, very old England at that) is corning to an end of its patience with men and Ministries who wait and see, and policies that reduce to the single formula of muddling jthrough. =======

) NEW WAR OFFICE FILM. How to Help Tommy," a film autho- rised by the War Office for show through- out the country, describes the work of organising the provision of comforts for men at the front and in hospital. Profits from the production will be used to in- crease the supply of comforts. I

) HORSE IN FLAMES. An idiotic and ignorant aot of cruelty," was the comment of the ?t?,?.f Bench on Tuesday in discharging Alfred White, a carter, of Froyle, who, it was! said, dressed a horse with paraffin and warm water and three hours later put a singeing lamv under its body. As a result the horse burst into flames, bolted, knocking the man down, and then jumped 12ft. falling between a gate and a water trough before the flames were ex- j tinguished.

FALLING BACK. RUMANIA STILL UN- BROKEN. Serbia's Victories. TO-DAY'S BRITISH OFFICIAL, Apart from intermittent enemy shel- ling in the Anere area, there is nothing to report. TO-DAY'S FRENCH OFFICLKL. I The night W3& without incident. There is nothing to report. ARMY OF THE EAST. In the course of the day, Franco- Serbian troops made fresh pro- gress to the north of Paralovo and took 125 prisoners. There was a violent artillery duel to the north of Monaster. AVIATION. It is confirmed that Adjut. Dorme brought down on Dec. 4th his 17th enemy aeroplane. The machine fell from a height of 600 metres, south-east of Per- onne. On the same day, Quartermaster- Sergt. Viallet brought down his 7th enemy aeroplane in the region of Arras. TO-DAY'S RUSSIAN OFFICIAL. On the Transylvania frontier battles are still continuing. In Walla- chia attacks continued. The enemy were unsuccssful in the direction of Tergovastia—Ploeshta and in the region of Dokaneshti, on the railway Titu-Bucharest, where, in consequence of a fierce attack on their front, the Ruma- nians were compelled to retire. On the other sections enemy attacks were beaten back.—Wireless I Press. PORTUGUESE FALL BACK. I Lisbon, Wednesday.—News has been re- ceived from East Africa that a German! column of over 2,000 men attacked and surrounded a Portuguese force, cutting i off the water supply and provisions. The Portuguese troops, after a weak re- sistance. succeeded in retiring.

ABLE-BODIED TRAMPS. I During the year ended March last nearly 2,000 male tramps were relieved at Ongar Workhouse, and gince then over 1,000 have been admitted. It was decided by the Guardians to ask the Government to requisition the ser- vices of all male casuals who are at the ¡ present time a burden to the community.

I WOMAN'S f,5 A WEEK. During a discussion at Enfield Educa. tion Committee on Tuesday on the pro- vision of meals for children whose mothers are working in munition fac- tories, it wty; reported that one woman was earning £5 a week. It was decided that if the statement was correct the woman should be ordered to pay for the meals provided, and in default to be prosecuted.

CHRISTMAS BEEF PRICES. It was butcher's day at Smithfield Show on Tuesday, and caterers and tradesmen attended to secure Christmas beef. rices -reached a record, prize cattle being sold at from 85s. to 90s. a cwt. live weight. Before the war 60s. a cwt. was regarded as a fancy price.

V.T .C INSPECTION. Major Perkins, commanding the 3rd Glamorgan Volunteers, desires us to eay that all forms issued to members of the corps with .regard to Lord French's in- spection at Cardiff on Thursday next week must be filled up and handed to company or platoon commanders not later 4Lan Thursday, December 7th.

NO GOLD IMPORTS. From to-day the importation is pro- hibited of: Gold, manfaotured or unmanufactured, including old coin and articles contain- ing gold. All manufactures of silver other than watches and watch caor-s Jewellery of any description. Prohibition, of course, does not apply to gold consigned to the Bank of England.

I PONY MOORE BURIED. The funeral took plaoe on Wednesday afternoon, at Danygraig Cemetery, of Mr. William Henry ("Pony") Moore, the well known Swansea street musician, of Gomer ian-pl ace. The principal mourners were Mrs. William H. Moore (widow), Mrs. Davies (daughter), MT. W. Moore (son), Mr. Thomas, Mr. Daniels, Mr. Henry, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Brooks, Mrs. Wynne, Mr. Frank Forester. Mr. Frank Hearn. Numerous beautiful floral tributes were i sent.

BARLEY FOR BREWING. In an article on The Government, the Liquor, and the Food," published by the "British Temperance Advocate and Journal of the Temperance League," there ig appreciative reference to the valuable contribution which Sir Alfred Mond. Bart., made in the House of Com- mons to the debate on this subject. The article suggests that the figures given of acreage in the United Kingdom for growing barley for brewing purposes are an under-ostimate, and expresses the opinion that it would be well within the mark to say that in the United Kingdom and outside no less than a total acreage of three millions of good arable land ,is l being devoted to the growth of food- stuffs to be converted into a deleterious and deadly poison.1*

'ATHENS REIGN OF I TERROR NURSES MALTREATED MANY VENIZELISTS BATTERED TO DEATH A telegram received on Tuesday from the British Legation at Athens reports the followrng:- Two Greek sick-nurses, wearing Red Cross badges, who had spent 24 horus in nursing on- of the wounded porters of the Legation" Annexe. were arrested on return- ing to their house yesterday fhorning. They were dragged to the Chief Director of Police ij,d were shut up for SO hours, without food or water, in a filthy latrine. Continuous attempts were made to rape them and their house was looted. They have now been released and report that the Central Direction of the Police was filled with Venizelists, some battered to death, some with their eyes gouged out. The late nead of the Secret Police was tied to a post ami beaten on the head with a club by an Orthodox priest.-Reutex.

ARMY OF SPIES. How Bucharest Was Menaced From Within. I Rome. Monday (-delayed).-The Gior- nale d'ltalia states that 60,000 German spies were residing in Bucharest when war was declared. Many of them were arrested. Others were interned, while others escaped. On the morning of the day on which war was decided upon, the King, who was surrounded by spies, ordered the arra?t of the Marshal of the Court and all the servants employed in the Royal Palace.— Press Association War Special. T

THE DUKES' SHILLJNG. 1 The Duke of Connaught arrived un- announced at the exhibition of Canadian 1 photographs at Grafton Galleries on Tues- day, and, being unrecognised by the Cana- dian soldier in charge of the door, was re- quested to pay his shilling with 2d. tax. This his Royal Highness smilingly paid. =

NO ARMOURED CARS LOST. Reuter's Agency is informed that a telegram received on Tuesday from Ru- mania shows that three squadrons of the British armoured car division were in action in the Dobrudja, Nov. 30-Dec. 2. 2\o < cars were lost, as the enemy statements I declare, but one was damaged.

P.O. SAVINGS. I A White Paper issued on Wednesday shows that the interest accrued on secu- rities to the credit of the Post Office Sav- ings Banks funds for the year ended December 31st last amounted to X5,416 786 0:1 the funds for the banks of savings, £ 1,511,524, and on the fund for friendly societies t30,394. I

THREE-TON GUN ON ROOF. I In a claim for breach of contract in connection with a new building, which was decided by the Official lteieree on Tuesday, it was stated that the Ad- I miialty had placed a three-ton anti-air- j craft gun on a floored roof, and that the weapon was fired several times without causing the roof any injury. The gun was placed on a platform to I take the recoil, the weight being distri- buted by isupportr. in the fioorr, below.

235,000 FOR HOUSEKEEPER. Mr. Walter Evan Davis, of Hayward6 Heath, who died on October 20, aged 84, left the whole of his estate—the value of which was S!35,061-to his housekeeper, Miss Elizabeth Jane Short. Mr. Francis D. Lambert, of MoorsHall, Cobham, Berks, aged 75, left estate valued at £ 421,528. He was deputy-chairman of William Cory and Sons, Ltd., and a director of the Elands Laagte Collieries, Ltd.

MORE DECORATIONS. I The King held an Investiture at Buck- ingham Palace on Wednesday, and be- stowed 6-4 war decorations on this occa- sion. There was no V.C. among the num- ber. Vice-Adniiral Jerram received the K.C.M.G., and a number of Military Crotssee, D.S.O.S, and other orders were conferred. Miss Annie Wilson, acting matron of the Army Nursing Service (Re- serve), received the Royal Red Cross ot the first class. His Majesty also received the Sirdar Dal jit Singh, member of the Council d India.

ENGLISH AS SHE IS WRIT. English as she is wrote for Japanese students in the "Japan '¡j,roes" student edition:— Conversation we had with Mr. Allen: fairly convinces ue that far from being pro-German he is a staunch believer in the clause for which the Allies are fight- ing, and the Examiner' interview is a story of whole cloth, woven out of a pro- lific brain in the service of the German machine, which has an axe to grind against him in connection with his tung- stetn business."

ONE OF THE WORST!" I want to go back to live with my wife," said Ben Davies, Lakes-court, to the Neath magistrates on Tuesday when charged und<w a warrant with the main- tenance of his wife. It was stated that he had not paid anything since the order of 15s. a week was made. and 940 was owing. Julia Davies, defendant's wife, alleged that her husband had been cruel to her. Mr. W. B. Davias: Is that mark on your face the result of an accident?—No, sir; he did it. He's one of the worst men in the world. He ought to be out at the front, for he is always fighting. Defendant: You were drunk and fell downstairs. That's how you got that mark on your face. Applicant: All I want is peace. I want him to keep away from me and the children. He's smashed the windows and busted the doors in. Defendant was sent down for eii; vceks. j

TO-DAY'S NEWS IH BRIEF Two captains were fined £150 at Bangor for illegal trawling. • £ 60 was paid for one of the Kind's bul- locks at the Slough show. X-10,000 damage was done by fire at a woollen mill at Maisden, near Hudders- field. M. Rodzianko has been re-elected Presi- dent of the Russian Duma by 255 votes to 25.-Reuter. Elementary Italian. Russian, and Spanish are to be taught at the London junior night classes. In St. Pancras 6,721 people have joined War Savings Associations and £5,()UU has been subscribed. A man of seventy, whose criminal record began in 1862, was given twelve months' imprisonment at London Sessions for stealing a parcel from a van. Buxton has received a charter raising the town to the dignity 01 a borough. The first mayor will be the Marquis of Hal- I ting ton. Charles Rose, a fifteen-year-old boy who earned 35s. a week, was charged at WiUos- den on Tuesday with theft, and is to Lt dealt with under the Borstal system. Major-Gene; al Sir Alexander Rcchfort, aged 66, until recently Governor of Jersey, was found dead in his room at his cham- bers in llalf Moon-street, Piccadilh. For stealing a lamb, the property of Lord Farrer, at Abinger, John King, a gipsy, was sentenced to mine months' hard labour at Surrey Assizes on Tuesday. For cutting the 18-year-old roots of the much-treasured ivy of a neighbour a resv- dent of Harrington-square was ordered to pay IrIS. damages at Bloinsbifty County Court. Applying for the extension of his exemp- tion on Tuesday at South Bank (York- shire) Tribunal, Henry Bender, a tailor, collapsed on resuming his seat and died soon afterwards. News has been received at Haverford- west of the death in hospital of Pte. D. H. Reynish, son of Mr. and Mrs. Reynisli, Barnes-street. The deceased had served in a London Regiment. Petrograd, Tuesday (received Wednes- day).—By agreement with the Frentii and British Governments, the regulations affecting maritime wai-faxe, drawn up at the Conference of London, 1908-9, together with later modifications, were abrocated by an Imperial Ukase dated 21st Novem- ber.-Reuter. On Wednesday a meeting of delegates of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain met at the Central Hall, West- minster, to consider the question of food prices. Mr. Robert Smillie presided, and there was a very large attendance, in- cluding about 30 from South Wales. "Nothing definite had been decided at mid-day, and no statpmen,t was issued. The discussion will be continued, and the resolutions adopted will be laid before the Labour conference on Thursday.

HORNSEY'S NEW MEMBER. Mr. Kennedy Jones was to-day returned unopposed for Hornsey. He 6aid he would support any Coalition that would secure victory and the peace we desire. Such Coalition must included Messrs. Bonar Law, Lloyd George and Carson, the real I vitalisers of the nation. f

CARPENTIER AND WILLARD. I Now York, December 5.—It is announr^i I that a 10-round no-d«oi.von match betweé Georges Carpentier and Jeas Willard has: been virtually arranged to take place in the near future. Forty thousand dollars from the proceeds are to go to the French War Relief Fund.-Reuter.

TELL-TALE FOOTPRINTS. I At the Ystradgynlais Police Court I Henry Davies, colliery haulier, Bwllfa, Abercrave, was charged with stealing a fowl, value 126.. 6d., the property of Isaac Price Williams, a farmer. Mr. D. J. Clark (Swansea) defended. Inspector Williams said he visited the farm, where lie saw footprints on the soil near the fowlhouse. Leading to defen- dant's house he saw a trail of feathers. He arrested the prisoner on suspicion. Further evidence was taken, and defen- dant was found guilty and fined £10 or two months.

1918 EISTEDDFOD. I A meeting of the Committee of the Welsh National Eisteddfod Association was held on Tuesday in the Cymrodorioaa, Rooms, Chancery-lane, London. Mr. W. Llewelyn Williams, K.C., M.P., presided, and amongst those present were Messrs. John Hinds, M.P., and Sir Vincent Evans. The meeting was held to rec :ive and con- sider invitations from Neaih. Barry and Porthcawl in regard to tLe Eisteckifodfc of 1918. After a full discussion the Secretary (Sir Vincent EYa) was requested to ap- proach the Gorsedd with the view to o?- I tai1ing furtl??r information in order to l assist tb,- Committee to come ,a dociffton. j

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KING SUMMONS MINISTERS. Significant Meeting. A general meeting of Mini- sters summoned by the was held at Buckingham Palace at 3 o'clock this after- Loon. It is understood that ail the Ministers were ih- viled, and among tho^e en- tering the Palace- were Messrs. Lloyd George, Bonar Law, A. Henderson, and A. T B If Th' I" J. Bal f our. The sJgn]TIctD( of the meeting is not for the moment apparent, but t h. probability is that his lT:ijcziy desires to see the whole of the Ministry or a3- many of its members as pos- sible to discuss with them the situation arising out of the resignation of Mr. Asquith and the decision of Mr Bonar Law not to attempt to form a Government. A WORLD PROTEST. United Voice Against Germany. E<rac\ Wednesday.—The Agenzi* Imfor Nat ionale learns from authori- tative neutrals that the United State?, Spain, Switzerland, and the Vatican, all 'hare agreed to exert particralar dip- lomatic preteurfc on. Germany, in an at- tempt to influence her warfare, voicing the protect not only oi the Allies, but of the civilised "world against their un. restrained actions of war. The United States and Spain. the Aijenzia says* will occupy thembolv" with the sub- marfnG iewue-, Switawrlaod with the tr-. r.tment of prisoners; and the Vatican with deportations from occupied tem. toriefi. "•' t ? SWANSEA STOCK EXCHANGE. There was no special feature on th4& Svraneea Stock Exchange to-day, bow- new being on the quiet sidfc. '¡, R. LLOYD GEORGE. Our London Correspondent belographmg at 3.50 p.m., says probabilities are that Mr. Llovd George will "be X,lr., Llovd G f,?orge will 0', ,o¡ ,¡. ¡

ing about Mr. Bonar Law-s appearance. '[He first made a mark in a Sugar Bounties debate with adroit nimbleness of argu- ment and unique lucidity of expression. He is humorous and familiar, and often uses well the Socratic method in dealing i with his adversaries His strength lies in an unhesitating fluency, an orderly argu- menttiYe progression, a certain business- like exactness, and an unaffected sincerity. A life-long total abstainer, he is chairman of the Glasgow Iron Trade Association, and has been a vigorous advocate of Tariff Reform.