The Cambria Daily Leader

5-MINUTE DRAMA L ————- German Credentials I INSPECTED BY ALLIES. PARIS, Thursday (received Friday). I The prologue to the Peace Conference drama was enacted to-day when the Ger- man plenipotentiaries handed their cre- dentials to the Allied Verification Com- mittee. The ceremony took place in a room, formerly occupied by the supreme War Council at the Trianon Palaoe Hotel, where were held the conferences tfoat con- tributed 60 much to the defeat ef Ger- many. It was a very short cerwaony, lasting barely five minutes, but it was, nevertheless, characterieed by much dig- nity. By a strange coincidence it was M. Jules Cambon, who was the French Am- bassador in Berlin in 1914, who presided at the first meeting between the Allied and German delegates. He was sur- rounded by his colleagues on the Allied Verification of Credentials Committee— )-,ord Hardinge, Mr. White, and Mr. Itatisui-when the German plenipoten- tiaries entered the room. It was evident that all appreciated the significance of the meeting, and Count Brockdorff-Rant- zau particularly was obviously deeply moved. M. Jules Cambon, turning towards him, r,aid:- I Moneieur Le Comte,-As president of the Verification Committee appointed by the Allied Powers, I have been instructed, to convoke you in order to receive and examine your credentials prior to the pre- sentation of the Treaty which, it is to be hoped, will lead to peace." Count B rockdorff-Rantzau replied simply, pointing to Herr Landsberg, and paying: I present to you Herr Lands- berg." I ARRIVAL SCENES. I ( From the Press Association's Special < Correspondent). PARIS, May 1st (received rriday). I The greatest uncertainty prevailed throughout the morning in the highest Conference circles in Paris as to whether the first meeting with the Germans should take place to-day or not. Last night it -was officially stated that the Council of Three, after ripe deliberation, had decided that the meeting should take place in the ( Trianon Palace Hotel at eleven this morn- ing. It was the most unsuitable day in the whole year owing to the May Day general strike, but that circumstance affects not the members of the Delega- tions, whose military chauffeurs do not keep the Labour festival. The journalists, waiting in a' steady, downpour at 11 o'clock, were surprised to see Mr. Barnes drive up also. He told • m. that the meeting had been post- poned uatil three o'clock. A little later a '0 telephone message from Paris announced that the meeting had been postponed until Saturday. Half an hour later it was in- v timated that the Allied and enemy dele- gates would meet at 2.30 at the Trianon Palace. It was-nearly three o'clock when the watchers m the rain in the garden of the hotel were gratitied by the sight of M. Jules Cambon driving up. He, as chairman of the Credentials Committee, iand one of the French delegates, had been deputed to preside at the meeting with the Germans. LORD HARDINGE ARRIVES. I Shortly after three Lord Hardinge and M.r. H. Norman, of the Foreign Office, ar- rived to represent Great Britain. They ,were followed by Mr. Matsui, the Japanese delegate and Ambassador in Paris, with I his secretary. After wards came Mr. Henry White, the American delegate, with his secretary, Mr. Uurter. Italy was naturally conspicuous by her absence, but in the midst of the arrivals a sensation was created by the arrival of an Italian military car, from which alighted not a delegate, but an Italian officer attached to the Supreme War Council, which still has its head uarters in the Trianion Palace. 13ritlh and American officers also arrived at intervals giving rise to much speculation among un informed onlookers as to the part the military had to play in the day's business. It was a quarter past three when two cars, brining the Germans, arrived. Out of the first stepped Herr Landsberg, tall and red bearded; then Professor Schuecking, tall and attenuated; and finally Count Brockdorff-Rantzau. They disappeared, diving within the doors, casting one glance, which expressed noth- ing but friendship at the photographer. The second car contained two German secretaries. > A QUICK RE-APPEARANCE. I I ?, I Five minutes later tne urerman pieni- I)otentiaric-z reappeared, dived into their car aud drove off. After them the Allied representatives t emeiged, jumped intc their cars, and fol- lowed the Germans towards the great chateau; The day. the scene, and the surroundings, were the most dismal that can possibly be conceived.

U.S. PROTEST. I > m 1 Republican Senators and Nation's League. ) ) j, WASHINGTON, Friday. Several Republican Senators have pro- tested against the effort of Senator Lodge and others to make the League of *■ Nations a patty isfiue. It is expected that a motion will be made early in the Senate debate on the covenant to striko -out Article Ten. Certain Senators, object to the article because they believe it virtually empowers a League Council composed of one American and eight foreigners to order the United States to go to war. They declare- it would violate the American constitution and rob the United States of its sovereignity. t ■

LOST IN GALE. Owing to the continuance of the Chan- nel gale, the Deal reserve life-boat was called out at midnight on Wednesday night to. the assistance of a vessel burn- ing distress signals in the Downs. The life-boat men searched the 6eas for v several hours, but could find no trace of the vessel. It is feared that the vessel and crew have been lost. J 1,

THE TEETOTAL TURN-OUT. I Yesterday was a field-day for the children. There were so many in the procession that it was a wonder any could be found among the spectators! —— —

a PEACE TREATY I GERMANS TO RECEIVE IT ON TUESDAY PARIS, Friday. The preliminaries of the Peace Treaty will be communicated to the small powers, and private interests, on Mon- day, and handed to the Germans on Tues- day. 1. The Belgian Ministers of Economic Affairs and Railways arrived in Paris I' yesterday morning. They informed the Belgian delegation of. the extreme excite- ment now ruling public opinion in Bel- gium, communicated to them the mini- mum demands established by the Com- mission of Ministers, over which the King presided.—Exchange.

80 P.C.'s WOUNDED. I French May Day Demonstra- I tions. PARIS, Thursday (received Friday). No May Day incidents whatever oc- provinces. In several towns manifestations took place, but every- where they were of the quietest descrip- tion. This evening the Prefecture of Police announced that 80 policemen were wounded during to-day6 manitestations, I and 50 people were arrested.—Exchange. 350 INJURED. I I PARIS, Friday. The number of demonetratprs injured at yesterday's demonstration is placed at 350. One person was killed, and a number of women wounded.—Exchange.

PLAYED AT SWANSEA. I Death of Famous Surrey Cricketer. Harry. Wood, the famou-s Surrey wicket keeper, who died on Wednesday night after a long and painful illness, was in hie 61th year. He came to Swan- sea with an English XI. 25 years ago. Wood belonged by birth to,the county of Kent, having been born at Dartford in December, 1855, the same year, it may be notedr in which two even more re- nowned wicket keepers than he—John McCarthy* Blackham and Richard Pil- ling-caule into the world. While quite a boy Wood earned dis- tinction as cricketer, playing for Dart- ford School when only eleven, and after- wards figuring with success in many local matches. It was as a member of the Kent Eleven that Wood was intro- duced to public cricket, representing his native county against Hampshire at Southampton in June, 1876. He again appeared for Kent in 1878, and twice in 1881. in the winter of which he accepted an appointment to take charge of the Streatham Club ground.

MAY DAY. í *0* Programme for Labour Demonstration. v Swansea's May Labour Demonstration is being held to-morrow. whgn at 2 olclgck a procession is being formed in six groups in the streets in the vicinity of the. Guild- hall. Mr. John Richards is to be chief mar- shal, and the groups will be constituted as follows: (1) Miners' and Labour Asso- | ciation's E.O.'s, speaker*, Labour coun- cillors and Guardians, miners, transport workers, loco' engineers, railway clerks, and N.U.R. branches; (2) building trades; (3) engineering trades; (4) catering trades; (5) metal trades: (6) miscellaneous, includ- ing clerical a.nd -P.O. employes. A procession through the streets is to be followed by speakers from four plat- forms in the Victoria Park, and tea and a meeting in the Albert Hall.

I OPENING OF BOWLS. The Sawnaea Bowling Club opened I their Bryn-roatl Green on Thursday afternoon. A few games were indulged in, after which Mr. J. W. Merriman (capt.) and Mrs .Merriman entertained I the members and friends to tea in the pavihon. J

NO JOINT. MEETING ———  ——— CARGO WORKERS OBJECT TO TERMS. On Friday morning Mr. Eadcline. of I the investigation department of the Min- i&try of Labour, together with others. met the Swansea Employers' Association ] fat the Harbour oiffces, the intention being to bring abouit a joint meeting of the partiM It was understood that this joint meet- ing would take place to-day (Friday), but wte afe informed that at the last moment the men strongly took objection to the proposed terms laid down, and it is not thought likely that the proposed joint con- ference will take place to-day, but maybe something will be settled in regard to a joint meeting being held early nest week.

WOMEN LIBERALS.. Llanelly Association Follow Lady Howard's Lead. The Llaneliy Women's Liberal Asso- ciation have unanimously passed a reso- lution approving of the decision of Lady Howard, M.B.E., to withdraw from the Amalgamated Women's National liberal Federation, on account of its attitude towards Mr. Lloyd George, and the Asso- ciation decided to do likewise. The Association also expressed great pleasure at the fact that Lady Howard i would remain president of the Llanelly Liberal Women. I i

DUFFRYN WORKS. Authoritative Statement. The statement first given in the Leader" some months ago regarding the syndicate reported to have ap- proached Mr. W. H. Edwards as to the purchase from him of tlio Duffryn Tin- plate Works is still going the rounds of the newspapers. It is well, however, to point out that no developments have taken place since Asked as to whether the figure mentioned in another paperi was correct, Mr. Aubrey Edwards em- phatically replied that he knew nothing about it. Mr J. B. Edwards made the following authoritative announcement: Although negotiations have been proceeding for some months no decision has been arrived at one way or another up to the present.' We understand from another quarter that tlje figure nir-ntionod in a contem- porary is absolutely wrong. I BOROUGH SURVEYOR. I M. J. R. Heath, the Swansea borough surveyor, has returned after his visit to Blackpool in connection with his applica- tion for the position of surveyor to the corporation of the famous watering place at a commencing salary of £ 1,000 per annum. Originally twelve candidates were selected to appear before the council, and thece were reduced to eleven by the with- drawal of Mr. Bennett (the Monmouth county surveyor), in consequence of the increased salary offered him. A day was spent in interviewing the remainder, and the final three were (in alphabetical order) Mr. Heath (Swansea), Mr. F. Wilkinson (Deptford). and JIr. F. Wood (Fulham). A j sub-committee of the council is to visit the [ areas administered bv these surveyors. S

I In To-morrow's Sporting News will be published a Special Photograph OF LLANELLY RUGBY FOOTBALL XV.

1220 1#3 MflNTHS BOILERMAKER AND HIS I INCOME TAX At Swansea Police Court on Thursday, a man named A. B. Davies, & boilermaker, was summoned by Mr. Sam Jones, col- lector of taxes, for non-payment of income tax amounting to XO for the quarter. It was stated' that during the" ¡ hidnths defendant earned' ant pleaded poverty owing to an eight weeks' scriKe. Defendant was ordered to pay.

I THE NEW VICAR. I i Arrangements for His I Induction. The new Vicar of Swansea (Rev. Har- rington Lees) is—as already announced —to be inducted it St. Mary's on May 29th, the Bishop of St. David's officiat- ing. The Mayor and Corporation will be I present, and it is hoped that all the Non- conformist ministers from Swansea find district will attend at the ceremony. I Seats will be allotted for them.

I,. HOLIDAY FARES. I I Cheaper Rates Under. I Consideration. I I The Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade stated in the House of Commons on Thursday that the Railway Executive Committee was being asked to oonsider the engge-tion of issuing rail- way tickets at reduced fares during May, I June. and July, in order to induce persons to take an earlier holiday than usual.

ICHEPSTOW DRILL HALLI Sir Alfred Mond and its Occupation. In the House of Commons on Thursday. i Mr. Forestier Walker (U.) asked the First Commissioner of Works if he is aware the Office of Works is in possession of the Drill Hall at Chepstow belonging to the Monmouthshire Territorial Force As- sociation, without any sanction from the Association; whether the Office of Works have received two letters, dated 8th and 26th April respectively, respecting the matter, and if he v ill state what replies have been eent. Sir Alfred Mond: I have called for a special report on the circumstances under which the occupation of this building was obtained, and I shall be in a position to I make full reply to the Territorial Force Association within the next few days. I SIR ALFRED MOND'S SALARY. I A London correspondent writes: A new and interesting point was raised to-day m Committee when the Office of Works estimates came up. This is the first time under the new rules of procedure that ostimates have boon taken in Committer Under the old rules when members wanted to discuss a matter they moved to reduce a Ministerial salary and then withdrew the motion. To-day the ques- tion arose to what should he done. They wanted to press matters to a divi- sion, but they did not want to go as far ax that it should involve either the fall of f he Government or the resignation of the Minister. Sir Alfred Mond &aid he would not take it as a personal affront if his tsalary were reduced. In fact, he had beep for years advocating that members should be allowed to carry their convictions on minor matters to their logical conclusion without drastic and undesired effects Eventually there was an adjournment to get a ruling on the matter.

NO PAPERS BY AIR. It was expected that on Friday morning a well-known London daily newspaper would- transport by aeroplane a bundle of papers. Unfortunr lely. however, the weather condition- wore unfavourable, and the trip vrti. net made. j > <

STATE -0 MINES. I Case for Nationalisation, j LONDON, Friday. I, TUo Coal Commission resumed its sit- tings to-day at Westminster. At the be- ginning oi the sitting the chairman (Mr. justice Sankey), announced that Mr. Forgie, the representative of the Scottish owners, had been taken ill, and could :.t be present. lie had iek the strain of the vorii of the Commission. Mr. Cooper referred to the proceedings of the Committee which had been sitting on mining questions under the chairman- ship of Mr. Leslie bcott. He stated that they had made one interim report, and their other report was almost finished, lie suggested that both the reports should be placed before the Commission for its information. The chairman replied that it was a matter tor the Government. If they did not publish their report he oould not agk them to do so. I H ADMINISTRATION COSTS. ,I -ur. Jjesiie Scott rose to speaK, out the I cbairm*m told him he must submit any- i! thing he had in writing. Mr. Lvan Williams ttsked for a report showing the expenses ot administration I in the coal control department, from its inception to the end ot last year. I he chairman promised the return should be made. Sir Arthur Duckham asked for a ne- turn showing the output of the collieries for the last week during tne present year. The chairman also acceded to this re- quest. I Sir Leo Chiozza Money returned to the witness chair tor examination oIl the evi- dence he gave in,favour of nationalisation at Wednesday's sitting. Answering the questions of Mr. Balfour, witness said he was not aware that in the State mines of Germany the employes worked longer hours than our men, but it was clear from papers which had been laid before the Commission that State ser- vants in Germany possessed advantages over private servants in that country. It was not the rule, but the exception, for State servants to be worse paid than pri- vate servants in any part of the world. There would be much less possibility of 4,rikes in a scheme under which the meu took part in the control.. >" MINISTRY OF MINES. .1 I- witness, runner examinea, declared that a Ministry of Mnes. which -1? I extended to be a Ministry of power con- trolling the application of coal to indus- I try, could not fail to obtain far greater re- sults than were reached at the present time. The State had failed to take ad- vantage of its natural resources because the whole theory of the Governmerut was I that it was the duty of the Government not to govern. "I

SAVED FROM DOCK. -1 Swansea Woman's Story at It Aberavon. At Aberaron on Friday afternoon Elsie j Arnold, a young married woman, now I living at Dock-street, Part Talbot, was j charged with attempting to commit suicide by throwing herself into the Port Talbot Docks that moraine. LETTERS ON THE BANK. P.S. Swaffield spoke to arresting the woman and taking possession of letters j which were found on th9 bank. When he charged her she replied: I'm sorry; I'll not do it again." Inspector Hale, asking for a remand, satd„v-$te 'Ttrmian'i husband was in Lonaon at present. There was one child. Her brother-in-law, John Owen, of Dock-street, with whom e-he stayed, said her mother lived with him as well. They were Swansea people, and had been in Port Talbot for about three rears. TRYING TO PART THEM. The defendant said they were trying to part her from her husband, and would I not allow her letters to go through to him. They say," she said, that he does not want to have anything to do with I any Welsh people." The defendant, who cried bitterly dur- ing the proceedings, was remanded for a I week, her brother-in-law promising to look I after her in the meantime.

IN PARLIAMENT. i HOUSE OF COMMONS. Friday. Mr. Hirst moved the ee-cond reading oi Chcckweighmg in Various Industriee Bill. The object, he explained, was to give effect to the recommendations of the series of committees appointed to dis- cover the best means of enabling workers paid by weight or measurement in cer- tain industries to ascertain the correct- ness of the wages they receive. I The measure was made applicable to iron and &teel manufactures, chalk quar- I ries, and cement works, limestone quarries and lime works and dock labour, but power was given the Secretary of State to extend" similar provisions, pro- perly adapted, to other industries. Sir Hamar Greenwood accepted the Bill on behalf of the Home Office, and said the Department would do its best to carry the measure into law this session. (Labour cheers.) The Government had 1 intended taking the matter up if the priority in the ballot had not been obtained by the present Bill. I The Bill was then read a second time. jJ ANIMALS BILL. I Mr. Walter Guinness moved the second reading of the Animals (Anaesthetics) Bill. He stated that when, more than 40 years ago, an Act was passed requiring the use of anaisthetics in cutting opera- tions performed for the purposes of ex- periment, no provision was made in this I respect regarding a far larger number of cases in which operations were carried f out merely for the convenience or profit I of the owners of animals. This measure proposed to remedy that deficit in law.

| CLEAN MILK. I In connection with the visit of Mr. W il- fred Buckley, chairman of the Council of National Clean Milk Supply, who speaks in Swansea on Friday and Saturday, a demonstration was conducted at Singleton Farm, Sketty, by kind permission of Mr. Harris, on Friday afternoon. There was a considerable attendance of farmers, dairymen and others.

I DUE I. -I The Mayor ot Swansea (Aid. W. n. Miles) received a telegram on Thursday evening to the effect that the newspaper aeroplane would be unable to make its flight over Swansea on Friday morning I owing to unavoidable circumstances. Subject to favourable weather condi- tiorls the flight will be made to-morrow I (Saturday) mornir-

SOUTH WALES SALVAGE CASE. ,In Admiralty O- art to-djy Justice Hill awarded o^racre, aad crmr, cf Cardiff tug Fastnet £ li»5, c^Irago rcmunoraf^on for services rcnd«-e<] to Cardiff tug Pioneer, after that engines had broken down while taw- ing damaged schooner Glanouse from Cardiff ro Swansea, in August last. TO-DAY'S RACING. 3.30—White Hoat 1, Bergleuse Tomatina 3.—Nine ran. Betting: Evene Arcott. Queen of the Ballet beat. Crotha. V V

TO-DAY'S RACiRt. !?b!? SAN DOWiM PARK. O A T-ALTC? TWO YLAH GI/: *7U ?<U I'LATL 01 2?0 &6vs Fin.' furim: Ar P. NelUeV HO HO 8.0 1 G. Jiarsh fi LOO& WheaTiey 1 Major Wt"rla.nd's CRY TLEIAP, 8-7 .^mythe j Also ran: G!:lS Bali (T. Lcade-.t. ia Iv i!i-i iHulme). Monody (Scofu lea beau t (Piperi, i'iaitro ,Jiurpby). Olf 2.4. Trained bv Pickering. Ep'ttine: 6 to 4 Iesbeou. 4 to 1 llo lin, 5 to 1 Tankaua, 100 to 8 others 'lajce le.-yiiiG. ueck. '? OA-CLAYGaTE 8ELj!G PLATE c: ?tOU..??o. C:?mi;e and 60 /d; jlr D. Gant's CLAPGATE a 9-4 Clark 1 Mr li. PoAiiey's DiGBY. 4 6-9 Scour?e 2 ilr P. Nelke' a CYLENlUsv 7-5 iunyt-he 5 Also ran: tFov). Hoekhampton (Wballey). Unadorned (Fin n j OfT'332. TrMned by Tabor. Betting. 7 to 4 Clapea-te 1GO to 30 C'ylenius, 4 to 1 Digbv. 10 to 1 others Three lenptbs; -.hree-parts.  A—Twenty-fourth Renewal cf the SAN- 3 .U DOWN PARK STUD P&ODUCE STAKES. Five furlong? v Sir E. Hulton g SAFFIAN, 8-3 Srcythft 1 Lady Torrineton's STAB, OF HOPE 8-10 Donoghua 2 Mr IvaH s SANTFREDA F 7-9. .Foy 3 Also ran: Sentiment c (Hulme). John Peel (Clark), Bobe (Collett). Aldersey (Fox). Princess Ziria f (Piper). Off 3.0. Trained by Wootton. Betting: 6 to 4 on Saffian. 11 to 2 Star of Roue. 7 to 1 Bobe. 10 to 1 Sentiment 100 to 8 tired a 100 to 6 others. Six lengths: half. STOCKTON. 0 U A—EAGLESCIJFFE ?WO YEAR OL"' —. SELLING PLATE of 10) -,vs. Five furlongs. GLOEETTE 1. SWEET OXE C 2 KESTREL o Also ran: Queri, Casket. Off S.2. 'Trained br Butchers. Rettinpr: 5 to 4 Glorette, 3 to 1 Kestrel 5 to 1 Queri and Sweet One. 10 to 1 Oasket. Two lengths: three.  OA—HABTBUBN HANDICAP of MC 2 •OU "0". Fire furlongs FLORENM 1. POLI,Y HOPKINS 2. IM TENSE 3. Also ran: Lady Sylvia, Killadoon. Javelina Ulsie. Off 2.33. Trained by Stobte. Bettine: 13 to 8 on Polly Hopkins 4 to 1 •Tavelina. 6 to 1 Florence 8 to 1 Lady Sylvia^ 33 to 1 Killadoon. 33 to 1 others Length and. half: earne. Q A—SOUTH DURHAM TWO YEAR O.U PLATE of ?' sova. Five fnrloms. AROON 0 1. DUCHESS OF SPABTA 2. BLACKWELL 3. AiM ran: Kniphofia, Kine of Troy. Seid- 1 it*. Buckram e. Ponteland. Lucy Farrallli c fnmny Maid. Iti* Irene Good Day. Off S.S.. I Trained by Young.

TO-WiCHT'S EVENTS. Annual Meeting of Swansea Rugby Club, Shaftesbury Hall. 7.3d .Sanitary Institute Lecture on "Milk. 7-0. o:'Ougntoll Creeaou and Royal Ba.4i Quartette at Empire "House Built Upon Sand" a.t, Elysium. Her Price" at Royal TO MORROW. Me86t"S. Wm. aDd waiter James" property Messrs. Drill HaH. Uandilo 2.30. Sale Organ Recital. Soar. Morriston. 7.30 Treherbert v. Swansea, a.: St. Helen's 3.30. Scotland v. Wales (Schoolboy International) Vetch Field, 3.50 Ragged School Meeting Sir A. Yapp -at Y.M.C.A. 7.1& Labour Demonstration. THE WEATHER. General Inference.—A secondary depres- sion off the West of Ireland is moving east- ward. and will cause dul'. rainy weather, ?-Uh strong S.W. winds Todays Forecast.—South Wales: Strong winds between W. and S.W.; dull; some rain: aiild.

MINISTERS' SALARIES. The lot of the poorly-paid Baptist pastor is being championed by Mr. W. P. Thomas, Treorchy, who in the1 Seren Cymru mentions a pathetic. etory regarding the late Rev. Illtyd J nkins.. About two months ago Principal Ed- wards called his attention to the case of Mr. Jenkins, and a Irift was at once cent horn the fund which Mr. Thomas haa raised. "A few weeks later," he goes on, "I had a disheartening notp from him EkmAi- i: g if I could find him employment at one of the colliories." Mr. Thomas was on the point of re- I plying favourably when the sad news of hi* dtJ, was published.