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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 110, 3 February 1920, Page 8

' Sir Frederick Lugard, speakiiur at tho Polytechnic, Hegent Street, said that tho great advancement mado among tho natives of tropical Africa is not. duo to any particular Secretary of State or Government, but Drimnrily to tli'o work of that splendid class of young administrators who form the backbone of our Colonial Service and to whom the Empire owes its origin and progress. Eleven survivors of ilie llriiisli steamer Bavronto. which was lo>t during a hurricane off Havana, recently arrived at Southampton. Tiie vessel foundered during Hie heijjht of the storm and part, of tlie crew got awnv in a boat, and suffered very severely from the ivealh.nr. j.'„ r ..•!<; ii-vc' a"'d nights the sailors lived on a few biscuit.-: and a very little water, and when rescued were in a state of complete exhaustion. Official statistics show that the demobilisation of the French Army is now virtually complete, /101.000 officers and 4,322.ftKl men having been sent back to civil iifo, f \