MR. HUGHES IN CARDIFF

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2730, 27 March 1916, Page 6

MR. HUGHES IN CARDIFF

! • A GREAT RECEPTION ' PRESENTED WITH THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY r • By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright 1 (Rec. Marcli 25, 4 p.m.) (:• London, March 25. i The Federal Premier, Mr. W. M. : Hughes, had a tremendous i;econtion at ; C'ardili. .. .-■■ .- . n ' Remarkable .preparations were mado 1.-, .for :his visit,: and .the; train : .was : met jby • the' Lord Mayor, Dr. Smith, , and emo :v; .representatives. ■ - .Crowds of'citizens were thronging t'lo L : : road; cordially, hand-shaking,' amidst :sheers.V- . -i;;.!.;-: i : Tho . party moluded Mrs. Hughes, f. Mr. A. Fisher, and Lord Rhondda. Business was suspended,: '.and- the ■r ..school: children had- a holiday. \. i■ ; ] Several; carriages took; .the,.: party., -to •- tho magnificent'- City -Hall,- and the j. streets'were-lined' with cheering'-thou- : sajids, Mr. Hughes bowing his acknowj. ledgments,'i and ,tho .crowds' shouting j strange greetings in Welsh, . Mr. • Hughes smilingly replying. S. Welsh residents, declared that- it .-was. tho most -enthusiastic crowd, seen in • Cardiff lor years,: several Australasian .soldiers, including- men from'vSyrfney, ■ L - Melbourne, and Brisbane, standing at the salute.. ~; •' • ..' The day was one of bright sunshine, :■ -which made the beflagged city a cor- • geous spectacle. , v Tho evening .newspapers had. postprs '. .reading: "Great Welsh Premier visits Cardiff!" ' • The Freedom of the City was present-, •j./.-'ed;it an elaborate function in the. City, .• Hall.: Across the Council Chamber ! hung a huge banner inscribed: ,"Y JDdraig Goch Ddyrycychwyn," meaning 1 "The Red :, Dragon . will, mako. us go i- ahead." ". . : . Dr. Smith, in welcoming Mr.' Hughes, j_ said:-. "I am glad to have the honouri r of/welcoming,' one of tho most illustri- ;. ous sous of. Wales. It is thirty years ":since.:yc>u. left: J Sinoevthen your, genius •Jias placed you m the;foremost posi-.i tion in Australia.-'- You-:have added 1 • ; lustra to the ; "that ; gave you; birth. You aro. now Premier, of a Con-i ?.." tinent, .which, 'is'.- a,-. :pii'sitipn unique: >■ 'among tho Premiers of the; world. \Ve'| have read your soul-stirring . speeches, ' 1 ; .which rank with Mr." Lloyd George's— ; . one' : of the greatest ofWelslimen. We recognise Australia's-, great, war ■ sacri- , ■ fices, and ask you. to tell the people of '• 'Australia how; ;w6 - appreciate, ner.. great services" • '"to / tlie Empire." ' (Loud :. . cheers.). ■ ■ The Freedom was then presented.' Mr. Hughes, who was deeply moved, said: "I :'am , overwhelmed with i .what ! you have done for me. -This is. one of '. the; greatest honours of my life. ',- I : . .have "returned to the land' 'of ■' my to ..see the' race wEerefrom I have sprung. . ..My emotion:, renders. ' dumb Tany claims I have to oratory. This visit rekindles' the associations of childhood. The name of Cardiff is a- ■ household, word in New/ South Wales."

ATTACK ON MR. HUGHES

' BY MR. RAMSAY MACDONALD

;■' By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright f ' London, March 24: r • • Mr.. Ramsay Mac Donald, Labour i- M.P., in his organ, -'Labour! Leader," . . makes a..violent.attack on: Mr. Hughes, j the Federal ?rime Minister.7 He,says ; ■ Mr. Hughes's speeches rival the most intolerant utterances of British. Jinr coes, and that the speeches must not > : D 3 taken as . representative of Australian Labour opinion. '

CONDITIONS IN EGYPT

CONSIDERED SATISFACTORY

• . By TeTesTapli-PreEs Assooiation-OopyrigWi ■ (Rec. March' 26, 5.5.p.m.) ' London, March 24. , The •War .Office-states that owing to' :' : .thfi satisfactory military...position :ia" j ''Egypt - and .the reorganisation of the i ; forces having been effected, Sir A. Mur- ! . ray-has assumed the sole command and r Genoral Maxwell is returning ,to ■ Eng- .. land, •

WAR PENSIONS BILL

VERY LIBERAL PROPOSALS

ByTelegraph—Press-Association-Copyright ! (Rec. March 26, 5.5 p.m.) > ' ' London, March 2-1. / ... Mr. W. Hayes Fisher (Under-Secre-T tary of the Local Government Board),' p in introducing the War Pensions Bill, ; . stated that the widows' allowances were J.-.- partly based on the husbands' incomes and an endeavour would be made to make up the allowances to widows with • children to two-thirds of the income be- -.. fore the war, but the amount would i 1 riot exceed 40s. weekly. An endeavour ' would also be made to give orphans the V same education as they would have fe[i- ceived if thp father had lived. There were .48,000' widows and 30,255 disabled r - soldiers already drawing pensions; Par;liament is asked to vote a million ster- : Lug as a first instalment. : .

GERMAN LOAN

AN UNQUALIFIED FAILURE

:■ By Telegraph—Press Aseoolation—Copyright " Ceneva,' March 24. ' , P 1 ® German loan was an ungualified -■ failure. The middle class was indifferens to the frantic, newspaper appeals . . to subscribe. .*

• THE AMOUNT SUBSCRIBED, ■- ■ (Rec. Marcli 26; 5:5 p.m.) * .Washington,-March 25. ,A Berlin message ' states that Dr. ' ■flelfforich informed the .Reichstag that ; 530 millions sterling had been subscribed towards'the last Gorman loan.

DEATH SENTENCES

CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS

' • Br TWezmnli—Press Association—Gourrieht ("Times'-' and Sydney "Sun" Services.) London, March' 24. ' In the House of Commons Mr. Lloyd George, Minister for Munitions, replyc ing to Sir. P. Snowden,(Socialist),.said : he- did not believe the death sentences ;■ inflioted-on conscientious objectors had been enforced in the Army, in the case I", of'men refusing; to' carry' out'.'orders; ; it had only been inflicted in cases where ; there had been refusal to obey orders ; in the presence of the enemy.. ■

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