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NONCONFORMISTS AND I DISENDOWMENT. THE BANGOR DIOCESE PROTEST I THOUSANDS OF NONCON- I FORMISTS SIGN. The movement originated amongst Noneon- fonniists in the Diocese of Bangor to proteet against the Disendowment cf the Welsh Church is making rapid progress. As we announced last week, Mr John R. Davies, of < crits (C.M.) was artpointcd chairman, Dr. Jones Roberts, of Uenygroeg (C.M.) vice- chairman, and Mr O. T. Jonee, Ei-vv Fair, Bangor (C.M.), secretary. Tiie oommittec in their appeal to Noncon- formists Mate: "Wo having signed the fo. lowinjg protest hCig rpspectiuitly to urge it upon your attention: 'We, Is Uoirconformists reeidiemt in the IDict'e.sy of Banger, cLcsiix? to express c-ur ooiritacienti ous opposition to the proposals t.o deprive the ChUlcn in Walton of her uneitcsed ancient ehure-ilvaxdiq, and to take away for saoui'iax a year of her ancient endowments/ We would point out that the Protest has been largely signed and inHuoTLtiaMy sup- ported in North and South Waxs." o time has been Ictjt in giving a-ii oppor- tujiity to Nomeon formats in the diiooese to rocora their pretext against the. injustice pro- posed to be done to the Church, and judging by the large number of applioations from all purta c,f the diceese, for sheets for signatures the movemeait wil. b-o supported. A large numlfcr of Nonconformists have expressed a keen desire to be allowed to take the forms of protest remind for w.f--ature in theiir various districts. Deifinite instructions have been givem to all who collect names that they shall not exer- eisc the slightest pressure upon people to sign the protest,, and at thejsaane time they have been informed that the protest, is to be fully explained before any signature is accepted. THE COMMITTEE. I NUMBER INCREASED SINCE LAST WEEKI The foil-owing is the list of the niembers of I the oommitte:- J. R. -Davids, Ceris, C.M. Dr. Jones-Roberts, Llywenarth, Penvtrroes. C.M. William Williams GrrifSth, Caisteli March, C.M. 0 T. Jones, Erw Fair, Bangor, C.M. Hugh Richards, BryriHienjcyn, C.M. Edward Jonee, Bangor, Wes. Wi-lUam Thema.5, Rhosmanarch, C.M. Thomas Roberts, Coedhowell, Ind. W. J. Thomas, Lhtnitrisant, Ind. W. O. WilliaanM, E-idir View, C'wmyglo, C.M. Owen Jonee, IVe^aian, C.M. Morris Thomxus, Rhiwigech, C.M. Amurin O. Wiilitnns, Meaiai View, Carnarvon, Wes. Alfred H. Richards, Gwenallt, Carnarvon, Wes. Tliomas R. Jones, Moss Hill, rMnaa.dbno, Wes. C. Pozzi, Bangor, R.C. W. L. Wiiliaims, Brynsienc'yn, Ind. David Lewis, Llaniberis, Bapt. J. Brwynog Jon^s, Llanberis, C.M. Thomas Wiilffiauns*, Clafdy, Aberffraw, C.M. ,Samiwl WilSl'iam^, Ty'nilwytihaii, Aberffraw^ Wes. Michael Roberts, Bodwrog, C. M. M. C .Owen (Miss), Prince Llewelyn Hotel, Aberff.ra.vr, C. M. Ellis Jones Williams, Llanberis, C.M. J. Isaac Hughes, Newborongh, C.M. John Wiliiains, Newbovough, C.M. John Jones, 'iy'nvgtngl. C.M. John Hughes, Tri.g-fa, LLanerchymedd, Ind. A. H. Hughes, Llandmdno, Wes. John Jones, Cedars, Llandudno, C.M. Thomas Ellis, Menad Bridge, W es. Thomas Boberts, Tvddyn, iu^enai Bridge, O.M. H. Humphries, Blaenau Festiniog, Bapt. Wm. Roberts, Blaenycae, C.M. £ dmund Jones-, Penti-eiaianiaii^, DuCias, Am- l'weh. C.M. Thomas B. Roberts, Penrhyn, C.M. Edward Llewelyn, Cefnoociusaf, Ga.m, S.O., C.M. Arthur Ivor Jones, Brynkir, Garn, Wea. John T. Hughes, Sling, 'Tregarth, Wes. Richard Hugnes, Flae LHjanigwyian, Wee. Thomas Jones, Anwylfa, Portdimorwic, Wee. Wm. Hughes, Eronjganol, Cwmyglo, R.S.°'ll' Ind. W. Thompson, Carnarvon, Pres. Tlomas John Griffith, PlJa3 Dit, C- M WiliÜÜn Owen MeGaul (Major), Trefriw. Capt. Jones, Baron Hill, Newbotrough. R Roberts, Rhoscolyn, C.M. Wm. Roberts, Bodior Lodjge, Bapt, Owen Jonos, Bryn Farm, C.M. Robert Thomas, BodioT, C.M. W. Owen J ones, Tottenliaan House, Machyn- let-h, C.M. Hugh Roberts, Bryn Glas, Pentir, C.M. The fallowing gentlemen have signified their desiro to have their naanes added to the com- mitt.e,e Richard Williams, Cerrig Gwna, Bodwrog. H. Owen, Trosygors, Llangoed. Mx Oliver, Garwad, Llaniestyn, Beaumaris, j O T. Williams, Glanaber, Llangefni, Ind. Owen Lloyd, Garthfoel, Lilanfrothecn., Ind. Francis Jones, Maesmawr, Caersw8, C.M. Pierce Jones, Tvddyn Mynyddig, Bangor. G. J. Griffith, Bi-ynatfon, Llanfaehraeth, C.M. John Thomas, Peneraig, Llanynghenedl, C.M. Captain Jones, Talfor, Mynytho, Ind. Gerald Clayton (barirster), Peiiarwel, Llan- bedrcg, R.C. Mr Francis Jones, of Maesmawr, is the chairman of the Farmers' Union, and a great uncle of Mr David Davies, M.P. The name of Mr Samuel Jones, Chwaen Xsaf, Llanerchymedd, was inadv er tently omitted froan the list of those present at the meeting of the committee, held at Bangor.

PERSONAL. I Lady Juliet Duff left tow" on Saturday for Paris. The Countess of Dundonald has returned to 34, Portman square. from Gwrycli Castle, Abergele. Lady Vivian will be ono of the etalDioiders at the bazaar in aid of the Friends of the Poor at Dudley House, Park Lane, on June 26th. Mr Stanley Weyman, the novelist, who has just returned from a tour in Ireland to ascertain the position, is conv need that Ulster Protestants will in no circumstances come under Roman Catholic rule. On tho occasion of the visit of the King and Queen to Messrs Camniell Laird's works on Wed- nesday, the Royal Naval -Vol, -,iiiteer Reserves, who were on duty, were under the command of Sir R:clifird Williams-Bulkelev, Bart. At A-rley Hall, Northwich, on Tuesday, Col. Piers Egorton Warburton died at the age of 74. He was educated at Eton and Christ College, Ox- ford, and was a deputy lieutenant and justice of the pcaee for Cheshire. He was a. member of Parliament for the Mid-Cheshire Division from 1976 till 1885.

I FORTHCOMING ENGAGEMENT. An engagement is announced between Harry Ingiis Wynne, younge&t son of the Rev. Owen Ll. Williaiii, Ca.non and Chancellor of Bangor Cathedral, and Rector of Llanrhyddkd, Angle- sey, and Eseyllt Mary, only daughter of the late Rev. Ricliard Hughes Williams, rector of Llan- faethiu, and grand-daughter of the late Rev. J. Roberts, Rhiwlas, Anglesey.

I WILLS AND BEQUESTS. I Mrs Sarah Jane 7 wemlow, of 1. Woodvilie-ter- raeo, Mostyn-avenue, Llandudno, left estate valued at £3962. I MR E. H. WYNNE FINCH S ESTATE. Mr Edward Hencage Wynne-rinch, B.A., of The Manor House, Stokesley, Yorks, barrister-at- law, J.P. for Denbighshire and the North Riding of York 8, Lord of the Mauor of Stokesley, left unsettled property of which S7599 is net per- sonalty. He. left f400 to his son Griffith, 1;250 to his daughter Helen, R200 to his son Arthur, E100 to his servant Mary Ann Codling, and sub- ject to some specific bequests to his wife and his daughter Helen, he left the bulk of his house- hold effects at Stokesiey to his son Hen cage.

I THE SHREWSBURY SHOW. I NO VISIT FROM THE KING. It is stated that the King will not visit the forthcoming show of the Royal Agricultural Society at Shrewsbury. This announcement waa made at a meeting of the Local General Committee held at Shrewsbury an Saturday, by the Mayor, Major Wingfield, who said he had received a. communication from the Private Secretary statlri-g that his Majesty would not be able to come. Sir J. Boweii Rowen-Jonee, the Earl of Powis, Lord Ilarlech, Col. Arthur Lloyd, and others were prooent at the Jt?ctin?, which went on to discuss the poæi. bility of gett.g some other m?mb?r of the Royal Family to visit the Show; but upon this (says tho Oswestry Advertiser), opiniont in the bor- ough is divided, and there is a feeling in some quarters that it would be huad visa hie to try to i fill hie Ma-jeftitf'a pi*oe.

I THE ARMY CRISIS. RESIGNATION OF TWO OF THE ARMY COUNCIL. WHAT NEXT? Yesterday was a day of rumours and sensation, which have increased th.c tension in publliie fieedimg with regard to the Army crisis. It was announced, though not officially, that Field MaishaJ Sir Jcwin French, Chaef of the Imperial General Staff, aaid Six J. S. Ewartj, Ad!jiitant-Gene:i-al, had rcKigned. These two dlutinguislied officers tus meauibers I of the Army Council sn«pned the "guarantee" to General Gongh w.hich the Grovern-meat have repudiated. the Hoiusq cf Com moiifi met G eneial Si, Reginald Pole-Carew abiked whetiier Sir John iV<aich and Sir J. S. Ewa/rt had r-e- K.gned. Mr LLoyd George implied that the Prier would make a ptateineott on the subject oi the motion for the adjournment of the House. It was, however, afterwards announced that the Premier's statement in regard to the posi- tion of Sir John French aaid Sir J. S. Ewa-rt had been postponed until to-day at noon. This was regarded in the lobbies as an indi- cation that negotiations axe in progress, which may potsilxy obviate extreme steps bedng taken on the part of these two members of the Army Council. While these inquiries were beimg made in the House of Commons, Mr Asquith was in conference with the King on the latest deve- lopment of the crisis. 0 Their Majesties. arrived at Eusteoi at 2.25 on their return from their visit to Cheshire, and received a partiionlarly warm popular weljcomei. Aftarwsa-Tdtj the PiNjaniier visited the King, and remained in audience with his Majesty for over an hour. Sir John French afterwards had audience of the King. There Were consultations of Ministers throughout. the day, and after Mr Asquith's visit to tho King as many members of the Cabinet as could readily be assembled met at the Premier's residence. A conference of Generals from various com- mands was held at the War Offioo in the morning. It was asserted in the lobby of tine House of Commons lat-o last night that, as the re- HUJt of explanations gkten by the IVirne Minister and the right hon. gentleman's in- terview with the King, Sir J. French and Sir J. S. Ewart had both withdrawn the resignations whic-ii yesterday nsorning they felt incumbent upon them to tender.

MENAI BRIDGE. I URBAN COUNCIL ELECTION.—There lias been one withdrawal—Mr Evan Thomas. This I-eave-i iiiiie candidat 's for the five seats, and tho election takes pkee on Saturday w cek. OMEN'S SUFFRAGE.—A meeting in sup- port of the Women's Suffrage movement was held at the Pier Pavilion on Wednesday, the chair being occupied by Dr. R. M. Williams. The chief speaker was the Rev. H. Baker, who delivered an admirable a ddress LO u. large audience. FANCIER'S SUCCESS. Mr R. H. Thomas .md Miss Mary Thomas, of the Victoria Hotel, were exhibitors at tho Manchester Championship Dog Show this week, and were successful in taking a iliiixl prize and very liighly commended with their g-reafc dai'ie, "Dark Pearl," their "Alpha of I^eetsidea Harle<piin bitch was also very highly commended. Some of the champion great tianes oLf England were entered for the show. MOTHERS' UNION. On Wednesday the members of the local branch attended a special service at St. Mary's Church. At 8 a.m. Holy Communion was celebrated, and in the. afternoon the Rev. D. Herbert, tho rector, delivered a helpful address. TO-MORROW'S following will represent Menai Bridge at Colwvn Bay, to- morrow, in the final of the North Wales Junior Cup, -against Abergele Bryn Jones; R. G. Ed- wards and W. Ed-wards; Evan Owen, J. R. Jones, and Ivor Edwards; Arthur Hughes, J. Jones, W. M. Jones, Eddie Hughes, and J. Gerrard. A special train will convey the team and supporters, leaving at 2 p.m.

BEAUMARIS. I OB11 LAR i. Mrs Geary, widow of the late Councillor F. Geary, of 6, Church-street, died on Thursdlay evening, after a long illmass. T'he funeral took place on Mcmday mK>rning. Prior to the im fcermenit at the ceimeteay a eea-yice was held at fjt-. Maxy'n Church, at which the Rector, the ReT. H. J. MoTgaa, and the Rev. J. C. Ueyd officiated. The 90th Psalan was sung, as we, I'I as the hymn "Let Saints on earth in concert sing." At the con- clusion of the service the. "Dead March" was played by the organist, Mr W. E. Jones. The 6eivice at the graveside was read by the Rec- tor. The principal mourners were Mr W. Lewis, Derby (brother); Mr F. Geary (step- son); Miss (jreary, and Mrs R. Owen (step- dau;ght.erf. Miss Winnie Geary (daughter); Mr and Mrs H. H. Thomas, Misis Ha-ynes. Wreathe were sent by numerous relatives and friends.

BETHESDA. I EX(-'USE.LIST. The pxcusf k-st of the pa-nsji of Bethesda was signed at Jiangor Petty Sessions, on Tuesday. It was stated that the list was much larger than was the oa.se lact year. MOTCH, LICENCE.—In our report cf the Urban Council meeting', it was stated that the Bangor City Council had granted a motor lwence to Mr W. AViEiams, INeuadd Newydd, for 213 6d. This was not correct, the amount charged being 7s 6d. "MANION O'R AMERICA."—This was the subject of a lecture delivered by Mr W. O. Jones, Aber, at Salem Chajpel on Wednesday evening. The prcceedb were in a id cf Mr Rhys Wm. Evans, who has been ailimg for a.3 I ),ecii a i ,1 4ir,g for several months. LEAVING.—On Sunday evening a letter was read from the Rev. W. R. Owen, B.A., to the members of Jerusalem Chapel, resign- ing the pastorate, hayill,g accepted a caii to Abergele. BAZAAR.—-On Wednesday afternoon, at tho County School, a bazaar was held in aid of Dr. Barnardo's Home. Much credit. lor the fmc<'p6? of the baxaa.r is du? to Mim Ruth I?c. who was assisted by the tachcrs of the T,-a'k,c,. who was assi-?-tc-,d by thc, -of tll.3 BAND OF HOPE CONCERT. I On vYedmesday evening a. concert was held under the. auspices cf the Jerusalem Band of Hope. The chairman was Mr Evan Ellis, Bryniau Alma, the conductor being the Rev. W. R. Own, B.A. The musical adjudicator was Mr J. Samuel Williame, Gerkui. The programme was as folloy.sPart song by the children; lwiitaticns bv Aled Roberts, Mary J. Rolierts, Gladys Williams, Katie Parry, Emrys Evana, Willie D. Owen, Thcs. Alun "Williams; song, David Alun Jones; dialogue, J. Meredith Joiieg and David Alun Jones; part song by the children; rccijtations, Gladys Roberts, Bessie Williams, Robert Hughes, Arfor Roberts, and J. Meredith Jones; tong, Bertie Roberts; song, Gladys Williams; solo competition, Blodwen Williams, Carneddd- road; song, Elenora Hughes^eolo competition, Grimth, Glanogweci; fx>/ig^, Istl'wryn Roberts; pazrt song by tbt-, chiklreii; song, Sarah C. Jones; t, Lslwyn Roberts and Myfanwy Hughes; duet competition, Misses K M. Jo-nie-4 and B. Williams; quartette, Mn; Evans, Gerlaoi, and party. On the motion of Mr Roger Evans, seconded by Mr D. Gerlan Williams, a hearty vote of tihanks was passed' to the Chairman and con- ductor for officiating.

I ST. CROSS, LLANLLECHID. PRESENTATION. On Wednesday evening th3 mmber of St. Cro.s? met at the Miecion Ro-oni to present .Mr H. S. Hugiw\s Avith an atv-iehfi caw on. the eve of his departure for Bir- mingham as assistant inspector of County Courts. An interesting programme was prepared by Mius Ellis, the organist of the Cimrch; assisted by Misa Barnard, when recitations and stfngs were ren- dered by the children and young people. Appro- priate words of congratulation and appreciation were spoken by Miss Davies. the R-ectory, who presented the gift; the Rev. D. Lewi5, B.A., Meesre W. Ellis, Cochwillan; J. lini f-a Jones, and Roger Roberts. On behalf of the Sunday School Class, J. II. William? presented his teaehcr wiih a Bible with the names of the scholars inscribed. Mr Hughes expressed his thanks in an -interesting sj>eech, which could not fail to show his keen and thorough intexest in the work of Ihe Church. JT< )Las tl%viLvs :i faithful and ever-ready supporter of every good cause con- nected with the Church. Though he will be greatly IHwdhe carries with him the kindest thoughts and beet wishes of all the people of St. Cross. The arrangements connected with the testimonial wppc carried out by the lady teachers of the Sunday School. Mrs Pritchard, Glanmor- isa-f; Mrs Ellis, Cochwillan Miss A. Ellis hendre; and tho Misses Ellis, Talybont.

Welshmen In America, have sent a cheque for nearly £ 1000 to the Senghenydd Disaster Relief F cmd, The "London Gazette" announces tha,t the King appointed Sir Edward Stafford Howard to be one of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England. Tho deatli lias occurred of Mi's Price, wife of tho Rev. C. P. Price, M.A., rector of Machyn- lleth. Mr3 Price has feoeia an invalid for aome jearo.

I DISENDOWMENT IN WALES AND I IN SCOTLAND. I (To the Editor of the Chroiiicle). I Sir,—Mr J. R. Davies has been assailed by the j Rev. Principal Roes, and Mr Llewelyn Williams, M.P., for his courageous letter in support of the N onoomformist protest headed by him in the dio- ccse of Bangor. The sir.king contrast between tho tone i/f Mr D^ivies' lett-c-c and those of hie assailants speaks for itself ae to their respective m terp retail on of Christian ideals. Two points in his ussaiiajite' letters oail for special notice. U) Mr Davies' two assai-ants alike despise D;«- | estabhshmeint without Disendowment. Primci pal Rees, on March 6th, "failed to see how Dis- establishment could be severed from Disendow- mcnt. Theirr fathers had been fighting for bot.h. If inore was -co?ne '(, If more was conceded -to the Church lie for one would no came "whether the Bill pasted' or not. It would not be worth having them." So Jike- wise Mr Llewelyn Williams, M.P., had roundil-y said that "Disestablishment without D^endow- m-ent was not worth asking for much less fightiiiig for," inaemuch as it would be an "anaemic policy-" and an "aoadlemical and infimtesiwiai re- form." In view of these two gentlemen's cynical contempt for "re'igious equality" with out "money in it" there is -81n element of d-S Ln- genousncss in their denunciation of Mr Davies lor showing that the ory for religious equality in the piveent ciioumstances of Wales its out of date. (2) Wha.t specially rouses the resentment of his a&saikunts is Mr J. R. Davies' timely reference to the new and hopeful movement now going on in Scotland. The F,tablisned Church of Soot- knd and the United Free Church are now en- gaged in a combined effort to'discover whether a way may not be found to reconcile the pi-iii-ejpje of thj, national recognition of religion with the I)rizic.pl,e of religious berty. The negotiations between these two Scottish Churches were started on a common. understanding th-at there was not to ba any secularisation of religious en- dowment.s in Scotland. Twenty yeans ago Disen- dowment was as real a cry in Scotland as it was in Wales. In Scotland, as in Wales, that tradition- ism to which Principal Rres and Mr Williams, M.P., mainly appeal is a power, but in Scotland religious leaders have oomo to see that the opinions of a past. generation must be reoon- sidered in the hg:ht. of the changed circum- stances of the present time. xhc editor of tho ■British. Weekly, Sir V. Robertson Nic-oli, gave soome instructive cxiti- c.&m. of bondage to traditionalism in a lecture on Dr. Cha.mers, delivered in Scotland, and pub- lish,e?d in t h British I i lished in tho British Wee/Ûy, November 3rd, 1910. Dr. Chalmers, who had carried the volun- tary principle to a greater success in. the Freo Church of Scotland! than it has ever reached in Wales, in the height of the extraord.nary success of his efforts had spoken of "the impotence now fully established ot the voluntary system/' Ac- cording to Sir W. Robertson Nicoll, Dr. Chal- mers "held that the State shcu-d establish and endow the Church in order that the Church might doal on Christian lines with the rossees. His ideal was an established and endowed Church embracing tho main body of Christians in the country, working territories or parishes with a de- fined population not exceeding 2000 and bringing to bear on them educational and religious influ- ences. He held to the end- that in this way, and m this way only could the country be Christian- ised." Mr J. R. Davies may comfort himself that the views for which he is criticised by Principal Rees and Mr Llewelyn Williams. M.P., were held by Di\ Chalmers, who was one of the greatest Christ ;an thinkers and stateemen of the last cen- I tury. The reflections which Sir W. Robertson Nicoll commended to Scottish Presbyteriane in 1910 are Ukewiso applicable to Welsh Nonconformists to- day. Did Chalmers preach a Kingdom that cannot come when he conceived of a spiritually inde- pendent a.nd modestly ØndlOweàl Scottish Church which should gather within, it the great bod)" of the people, and w'hieh should address itself prac- tically, economically, and with deep and burning eEjrnestness to tho Christianising of the people? Is this vision doomed to fade away for ever be- cause we now assign larger dnties and sorvices to the State? May it ,not even be more hopeful now that the Stato as doing so much and is bound to do so much more in altering the environment and emd "tions of life? I will only say that at the very least the problem should be earnestly faced in the spirit of lowliness and sacrifice by Christ- ian men who really care for the future of ChrkV iamty in Scotland. To oonsider it rightly we must, as fa.r as possible, divest ourselves cf rra judioe, of selfishness, and above all of the desire for a poor and barren victory. There is no reason why we should break with cur history or discard anything that is valuable in our tradi- tions, but the time has come when our traditions must be seriously r»erutini&ed." I am, etc. J. D. JONES, I March 23id, 1914. Senior Vicar of Bangor. I

I WELSH ESTATES AND SECURITY I OF TENURE. (To the Editor of the Chronicle). I H. C. Vincent refers to my last letter as a "somewhat belated" one, and so is this. It is not always easy to answer letters promptly, and sometimes the exigencies of space may co-m- pel you, Mr Editor, tc delay publication. I have no apology to make to Mr Vincent. I gave three quotations from the Welsh Lana- Commission Report ir. my original letter. Two were taken from the unanimous report of the Commissioners; tho third was taken. as Mr Vincent points out, from tho "section" oil Game 111 the majority report; but, inasmuch as the three Commissioners signing the minority report state (see pag,) 933) that they "approve" of this Game "section" (which only occupies part of paige 929 of the Report), that quotatiolIl. also expresses the "unanimous opinion" of the Com- missioners just as much as the other two quota- tions. I am really amused at Mr Vincent's suggestion that because, presumably, I am a Liberal and a lawyer, I can have "very little practical experi- ence or knowledge of tlie land question." This is "common form" with Conservative (or should I say "Tory?") politicians now-a-days All I need say is that I was asked to represent a, Welsh Property Defence Association at some of the sit- tings of the Comm.lfc.sion, in conjunction with, or, as junior to, a learned counsel, whose- memory I will al ways cherish. I was unable to accept that position. I have since had semething to do with the practical management of an important urban estate, and it may be that now7 I can claim to luive more than that kind of knowledge of the land question, which the Ordinary Conservative Parliamentary oandidate (who is not a land- owner?) has. q II- i tf, I.rf-ilai-?eci f<> I would be quite ?rfparfd to discuss "Madryn." but it is a side i?u< and dOf" not directly a.r? on my first letter. Mr Vincent. 1 see, practically agrees with me about the Agricultural Holdings Acts, so I pass on to his complaint that I had been "hard pushed" to find "tenants' grievances of insecure tenure as far back as 1868." Did not Mr Vincent go back generations, nay centuries, to prove "landlords' benefits" and "fixity of tenure"? Why should he complain if I go back only 45 years to prove the reverse? I am, how- ever, content to take present conditions, and I agree that tenants fi?i well-managed estates enjoy "practical -security ot tenure" so long as death (which inevitably comes) and sales (which fre- quently comes) do not intervene Mr Lloyd George's "scheme of legislation" is intended to give absolute security of tenure" by circumvent- ing, so to speak, both death and sales. Surely Mr Vincent assumes an attitude of sim- ple innocence on the subject of political evic- tions when he challenges me to mention a single such caso proved to tho Commission Their opini,oll of tho heartless evictions of 1859 and 1868. which thev accept as proved, is clearly expressed in tho following paragraph, quoted front their unanimous Report :— "Hereditary feuds between families live longer than similar ties of friendship. The result is that the beliefs of tho tenantry as to what they con- ceive to be their -%N rODgs-alid tio one wishes to deny or Palliate the injustice and ctitelli, of evictions that ioltqved the elections oi 1859 and 1868;—these impressions havo continued fresh in tho memory's of the few surviving ten- ants out of the niainy who were go evicted, while they have also been banded down as family tra- dit.ions to their de«een-cUntfi, in whose minds, our evidence too oVarly proves, they rankle with a bitterness that, unfortunately, has hitherto diminished but little with the lapse of time" (p. 170). Public interest is now forcibly diieeted to an- other question, and the land proposals of the Government, especially those relating to laind courts, have not been unfolded except in part consequently I rc-fT.r, In from endeavouring to re- fute Mr Vincent's arcruments and deductions, and await a more convenient season.—I am, etc.. I T. E. MORRIS. I

THE CHURCH IN WALES. I (To the Editor of tlie Chronicle). Sir,hy I ask your readers to rea.lise that the ifgures usually given as the total income of the C'nuroh in Wales (1260,037 per annum) and the total amount of disendowment annum) are eight years oid. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners have told u." that "ihe present aggregale income of tlie Welsh clergy is con- siderably larger, tho increase from one cause alone the improvement in value of tithe rent charge, being probably -abo,,it ;Elo,OW." "Materials are wanted for a precise estimate." We have not been. told how much of this is ancient tithe but we may take it for graint-ed that the total amount of disendowment will also be increased. The proposed confiscation of ancient tithes now payable to the Church is the lieaviest- item of Disendowment. The amount in 1896 is given as £ 91,883 pfr annum, and aaj- other amount of C14,803 per annum from "glebe and tithe rent charge" is also given in a Memo- randum" printed by the Government. Tithes in Wales "originated in the teaching of St. Germajius and St. Lupus in their Welsh mission of 429 A. D. They wer-é given to the I '1' h ?c y g l i-,en to ti h e Church, and, those now in her possession being well used for the very purpose for which they were given. The payment of tithe is the payment of a rent-charge. We pay lqcal rates on t'he assessed value of the premises we occupy. Wlie very fact thait focal rotes are payable on tithe is a proof that the State has realieed that tithe represents part of the value of the land. When land for the first- time, and ever after- wards, has been sold subject to a tithe-rent charge, the price paid for the land has been less than if sold free from tithe-rent. Tithes are a "dis- tinctly local and i>ajochia.l property. They never were the property of or payable to the State. "A very Jarge portio.n of tithe in Wales (E68?968 per annum) is paid to laymen. Under the Bill now in Parliament, th-ese lay-owners con- tinue to receive their tithes, but, all ancient tithes dedicated to promote the worship of Almighty Cod by the preaching of the Gcepel, visiting the sick and poor, etc., are to be con- fiscated by the Stale and applied to secular pur- poses, arid we call ourselves a Christian State! From the time when parishes were first formed, "A 'manse.' or house of residence for the incumbent, with a glebe or portion of land attached to it, was the indispensable accompani- ment of a parish church. The word 'manse' included both these things. The assigning of these at the first, says Bishop Gibson, was of such absolute necessity, that without- them no church could 00 regularly consecrated." The glebe land in most cases "consists of a garden and a. few fields attached to the residence of the incumbent." The parsonage house and the glw I land "are held by precisely the same title, for precisely the same purposes—namely, the main- tenance of a resident clergyman attached to a particular parish." "All ancient parish churches had (and still retain) their parsonage-liouees and glebes, by gift from the first founders. In the modern formation oi now parishes this rule has been departed from. Under the Welsh Church Bill all glebe land such as I have described is invested in the Com- missioners, and will be retained by them, sub- ject to the payment by the Representative Body to the Commissioners I, of a sum equal to the value thereof, such value to be determined in default of agreement by arbitration." The churches and parsonage-houses, under certain conditions, aro returned to the Representative Body, but the glebe lands may be purchased by that body at a valuation Oould any one, even a non-Christian, knowing the facts, have imagined that such pro- posals would have ever been made by any Govern- ment of a Christian State?—Yours, etc., Stretford, Manch{"stcr JOSEPH BINGHAM. Stretford, Manchester, March 21st, 1914.

WELSH DISENDOWMENT AND STATISTICS. (To the Editor of the Chronicle). Blr,—It- is not clear why the secretary of tho Liberation Society wrote his last letter as he has not shaken any of the live facts established in my previous letter. The official figures for the tho- ceso of St. David's, which he ignored, demolish hia attempt to make out a decrease of Church communicants in Wales. All ho does is to at- tempt to cover the failure of his statistical ar- gument by raising two small points about con- firmations in Wa'es, which both tell against him. In this, my linal reply to Mr* Gaird (for in thcr absence of an official re;igiolls cen:us whxsh Churchmen demand and Liberationists refuse, I decline to bo drawn into a further bandying of figures with him), I will endeavour to make tiiese points clear to his intelligence. (1) He complains that I referred him to page 539 of the kut official Year Book to show the largo increase of confirmations for the two years 1912-13 over the biennial average for the ten years 1903-12. He apparently would prefer a com- parison between the confirmations for the two years 1912-13 and the biennial average for 1h3 ten years 1902-11. His cho-co tells against him, for the biennial increase of confirmations on this basis of comparison comes to 1558. (2) He is equally unfortunate in his second at" tempt. lie asks mo to compare confirmations in WaJes in 1913 with those in 1905. Mr Caird evi- dently docs not know the Report- of the Royal Commission, which explains oil page 21, foot- note, that "In the case of Bangor and St. Asaph the confirmations are mostly arranged on a bien- nial system." The comparison which Mr Cairci desires should therefore be between the two years 1912-13 and th.e two years 1904-5, which were tho two years of the We?h Rev?'a!. Even so the last two ,cars show an increase of 80. The 5e futile trivialities are unworthy of Mr Caird. Ho is far too modest in deprecat.ng my sug- gestion that the object of his vain attempt to make out a decline of the Church in Wales last year was to find some excuse for singling out the four poorest dioceses of the Church for spoliation. The candid confessions of his Welsh allies are (IIll record. Mr Ellis Griffith, M.P.. formerly cliairrman of the Welsh Parliamentary Party and, now Under- Secretary of State, Fjaid that disestablishment "would be a programme with money at the back of it, which was the only -oirt of pro- gramme worth having." Mr Llewelyn Williams, M.P., said: "Disestablishment without Disendowment is not worth asking for, much less fighting for," being an "anaemic policy" and an "academical and infinitesimal reform." The recognised leader of Welsh disendow era, tho Rev. Evan Jones, Carnarvon, late, chairman of the National Free Church Council of England aed Wales, said :— "We would rather, therefore, see this money thrown into the depths of the sea than used as it is now used." Mr Ellis Davies, M.P., a Secretary of the Welsh Parliamentary Party, said :— "Personally he was not concerned about disestablishment.- If those who availed them- selves of the Church of F-igi,and's iiiiiiirtry were satisfied to have their Church cpntroiicd by the State that was their business, not his. lie was, however, concerned with the endow- ment..?. Mr Ellis Davies' words make clear that it is not, the liberation of tho Church from State con- trol, but the liberation, of the Church from ite, pro- pe.rty that is the object of tho Welsh allies of tho Liberation Society. —I am, sir, yours faith- fully, fully, T. MARTIN TILBY. Secretary, Central Church Committee for Defence and Instruction.

THE FAILURE OF THE VOLUN- TARY SYSTEM. (To tho Editor of the CJI1 onicle). Sir,—Thursday's Manchester Guardian offers an interesting- connnc-ntary on Mr J. R. Davies' opinion as to tlie efficiency of the voluntary system. Tho phrase of coairse im- plies absolute reliance on voluntary contribu- ttons made from time to tim-e as circumMa-nces arise, as well as strong u:sa,pp.rov«l of any- thing in the nature ol an endowment. The writer of a special article in the Liberal organ, refers to the effort made by Baptists and Con- gregationalii.s'tjs to raise fjustentution f'und&. He makes some striking comments, seine of which I should like to quote. Here are his word-s:—"The raising of these fuiidt4 bv Bap- and CongTe-gaticiral Churches within tho last five yea-ra indicates H, remarkable chajige of view in tbe??o coninnunions. Twenty years ago siwli funds fœ the, K?r.port of the mmi- stry would have been scouted as infringement!} on tho prmciij'le of vohmtaiyisini and as look- ing iiit the direction of chdowmeoiite, which worc, generally held to be bad both in prin- ciple and effect." It only remains for Welsh Baptists and Congregationalista to COOSiC to ragsaa-d endowments when utilised by Welsh Churchmen as bad in principle and effect. It is well known that scores of Nonconformists in comfortable eircun;stances jU1 tho city of Bangor disaipprove of Diseiidovvanent, though many of therm cannot summon the Tooral courage to coime f-orward and say «>. I should like to quote one more passage from the ■article ici. tlie Manchester Guardian. "The old objection to endowments has been modi- fied by experience of what happens in poor dhrtriots of Large towns where the withdrawal cf middle-cass contributing families has been followed by closing of Churches, and it has seemed as if, in tlie language of ono acute observer, "God had deserted the neighbour- hood." The writer iH cG.)vimislti- a Noncon. formist. No Churchman would speak of chapels as Churches." Ihe Parish Churches of our large towns reinaidi in the slums, how- ever poor the districts may become. It is rather difficult to appreciate the consistency of men who are alive to the value of endow- ments for their own commituiions, and yet blind to the cruel injustice of depriving their spiritual Mother cf tl57,000 a year.—Yours, etc. etc. J. D. JONES, Senior Yicar of Bangor. March 26th, 1914. 0

PROPOSED SAILORS' INSTITUTE FOR HOLYHEAD. I (To the Editor of the Chronicle). Sir,—My attention has been drawn (as chairman of the Stanley Sailors' Home, Holyhead) to a report in your paper of a meeting, held ill Downing-streef, on the 18th inst., in support of the British a.id Foreign Sailors' Society erecting a Sailors' Institute at Holyhcad. As I think there is some misapprehension on the part of those wishing to erect thi. Institute, under the impression that there if nothing of the kind to re- ceive seamen, and give them shelter and com- fort at this port. I should like to point out that wo have an admir&lve Sailors' Home, called the Stanley Sailors' Home, which lias be-en in exit-t- ence over 4G years, and a chaplain from the Mis- sions to Seani-en visits the Home and port regu- larly. The reading and recreation rooms have been made use of during the past year by 2200 men and boys. The chaplain last year paid 116 visits to merchant ships in the harbour, eight alongside quay and doeics, 20 to houses of sailors, 24 to sailors in hospital, and four to the Coast- guard station. So it must be admitted there la plenty of orovision made for ti),- sailors of any denomination that wine to this port. There is also provision matie for shipwreckec crews. Many in the past have had cause and expressed their gratitude for the hospitality ex- tended to them when they have landed from their vessel, and nowhere vo go to, until taken in hand by the Sailors' Home. The building Bet apart for shipwrecked crerre has this year been added to at some considerable expense to increase the comfort of those who may unfor- tunately require tins temporary shelter and Home. Under the above circumstances the committee of the Sailors' Homo, and those who may be in- terested in the welfare of sailors, look with regret upon the proposal ot the British and Foreign Sailors' Society to buJd another Institute at Holy- head, in view of the pressing need for sucli pro- vision in other seaports.—Yours, <'tc., I h ,e,a d J. LESLIE BURR, I Holyhead, Captain of the Port. 1 March 23rd, 1914.

PRTSKFW  Of Bangor, ?-?« ?B? ani gor ???? ? Superb Display of ifrjlj I Spring Quite the latest idea in ? Millinery is the Md Shepher- ? dess shape, as illustrated, Me 1- er tr;mmed withflowersand!'ib- 1 Y ball is the essence 15/9 Milliner-y. ?sm?tness OUR Windows in the Arcade will I | be a bower of beauty. The very latest Parisian Models will be staged in bewildering numbers-hats daring, hats V chic, hats becoming-each one elegant y and modish, and each the precise hat t some one of our patrons will delight to L wear. And all at such amazingly low kltTr prices I As conspicuous as the elegance h. f • The sketch is of quite of the millinery itseif i$ the marvellous pretty morning hat in picot • it straw and soft moire to match value offered in every case. Here are or contrast, trimmed with a exampr les— pretty bunch of 1 e/Q examp l es ?lle-, h F I o w ri 15/9 WARTSKL'S, BY THE CATHEDRAL, BANGOR.

I THE CROWNING OFFENCE. I I (To tho Editor of the Chronicle). I Sir,—The Chancellor of the Exchequer's violent and incendiary speech at Huddersfield is in fact the crowning offence of a, politician whose ot-her outstanding aeconipiishments in- clude the e.ncoura.gement of Britain's enemies i.a time of war, questionable Stock Exchange he has had to apolo- gise to Parliament, the promotion of disas- trous class 'warfare, and the aaithorship of measures which have proved the greatest failures known to modern legislative history. If the Chancellor of the Exchequer's speech had bueceeded in effecting the only puijiose for which it could have been delivered, the country would how be lounged into civil war. I commend reflection upon this fact to tlici;e who have hitherto allowed a personal belief that after all Mr George is at heart sincere in wishing to improve social conditions to excuse in their eye^s his failures as a legislator, hií-i discreditable methods of eontroverey, and his unworthy ventures in search of unearned increment." When quite recently Sir Edward Carson said in the HOllOO of Commons, "gamble in anything else you will, but don't gamble in human li e," there could be no mis- apprehension as to whom the rebuke lifted. Mr George has Kpeedalv shown how fully it was deserved. lie has demonstrated that he is pre-ipar-ed to gamble with the lives and liber- ties of loyal British citizens and ha.s made this plain in language of violent provocation such as should not have been used by any respon- sible .servant of the Stat,Youn-i; etc., CONVERTED LIBERAL. I

AGENTS PROVOCATEURS. I (To the Editor of the Chronicle)- I Sir,—The Speeches Llovd George and Mr Churchill and the action of the Govern- ment in ordering provocative movements of troops in Ulster happily failed to provoke the Irish Loyalists to the outburst which Mini- sters hoped to instigate and which, if it had occurred, would have been represented to the advaaitage cf the Government. But the iiieto fact that a discreditable scheme has failed does not release its authors from guilit. Meet of your riders may find themselves in agree- ment with the Globe, which declares that:— "It will be impossible for the Govern- ment, however clearly they realise the false step that they have taken, todisoWll it. The poirpoee a.nd intention behind it were too clearly betrayed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he went down to Hudders- field to speak on behalf of the Government. A mono shameful mockery cf all the efforts of thoise who desire to save the country from an immeasurable calamity it would be im- possible to imagine. Even while we Union- ists were urging that hardly any sacrifice was too great to preserve peace at this crisis, a man who snares the counsels of the King, and bea.rs the responsibility of high office was deliberately enii])loyimg gifts of demagogy to foment hah-ed and dil1- sion, to inflame passion, and to provoke tho outbreak of civil war. In all his mischievous career, Mr Lloyd George has never shown hini-self lews worthy of respMt." — lours truly, M. T. I

LAND AND HOUSING IN I WALES. REPORT OF SIR ALFRED MONDS I COMMITTEE. The Welsh Parliamentary Party on Wednesday considered and adopted the re-port of Sir Alfred Mond'e Committee on land and housing in Wales. Among the chief recommendations is the ap- pointment of a land court, to determine tlie price of land acquired eompulsorily for small hold- inigs. The Committee also urge that the sinking fund for the purchase price of the kni should not be borne by the tenant, but by the County Coun- cil or tho State, as the case may be, and that where there is default in providing sniall-holdinga initiative .should be given to a Welsh Board of Agriculture, which, they suggest, should be in- dependent and sufficiently endowed and.. until autonomy ill given to Wales, represented by a Minister in Parliament

ANGLESEY WILL DISPUTE- I In the Chancery Division, yesterday, Mr Justice Joyce heard a summons relating to the will of the late Mr William Roberts, of Angle- sey. The plaintiffs were Mrs Jane Jones, of Troedymynydd, Llaneilian Mrs Hannah Tbonwe, of Skerries Bakery, Amlwch Port-, Anglesey; aaid William II. Roberts, Grace Roberts, and Robert Morris Roberta, al lof Brynafon Stor-es Amlwch. The defendant was Mrs Anne Ellen Williams Wil- liams, of the Schoo I House,. Ycrwiek, Cardigan. By hM w.iH the -K?tator leSt hf- estate to hM "their heir? &n'd af?rwarda to his?veh chiMrcu, wife for lih*, "their heirs and assign?, with "iial shades 66 benaalts in common, until any one or more shall inort>g<aige or ot'hcrv. ise di.poec of his or her share." and in that event the slias-o of the child or children who should attempt to mortgage their shares was to go to those who had not. Hie Lord^hi-p decided that, this cluu-se was void, and that on the death of the widow the partiee became entitled to the real estate in fee simple in equal shares.

Professor Arthur Stanley Eddington has been appointed Director of the Cambridge Uiil-vcrtity Observatory in the room of the late Sir Robert Ball. Since the Rolieby "Venus" in the At at,t. onal, Gallery was damaged a fortnight ago by a Miftr-u- giet armed with a hatchet the ^•all-ery ha-i been J closed, but it was decided to open tho western portion to the public on Wedmesday.

ROYALTY AT PORT SUN: .1 LIGHT. I WHAT THE KING AND QUEEN I SAW. The King and Queen, whose int-cre«?t in the > housing of the people and the conditions under which the great masses of their subjects toil from day to day has been so markedly shown in the Royal tours of the past few years, on Wednesday inspected what may be said to be the highest standard yet attained both in housing and work- ing conditions. Pert Sunlight is admittedly a model. In it have been carried out th.9 ideas of Sir William Lever in regard to town-planning—those compre- hensive schemes that have been copied in many building undertakings throughout the country* The average visitor, who passes casually through Port Sunlight in the summer time is struck by its prctLness. But the skilled eye of the King 6aW more than that. For Port Sunlight, in its open spaces, its freedom for air and movement, ita reorcaiive as well as its industrial avenues, is elo- quent of a great design all working to one ciid- the health of the people. And one of the features that both the Kiogj and Queen observed with interest was the chiids ren of Port Sunlight — children whose height, weight, and general physique are better thaa < those of the children in the Liverpool eohooi*. In that alone there lies the chief triumph of Port Sunlight. But it is far from being the only triumph. Apart even from the great works, .where all the latest processes under the iticst ideal condition# are carried on Port Sunlight aboullclo in many and varied features, all making in some way fop the good of its people. In Huime Hall, for instance, is housed t-hai wonderful collection of objects of art that Sill Wilham Lever has painstakingly gathered to- gether. Perhaps no other building, of the same size, contains an equal amount of artistic wealth. Hero are paintings by Conrtable, Gainsborough, Cronies, Laurence, Hoppner, Lord Leighton, Lebruh, Richmond, Moorimid, Turner, Tu-vnoildaL Raeburn, Holman Hunt, Here also IS Sir William Lever's almost priceless collection of ohiua, French furniture, relies of the Great Napoleon, -and museum curios and antiquities. -1 A veiritabie wonderland of artistic wea.lth this --open not only to Port Sunlight people, but to the whole world, at a nominal admission price of :] one penny, That in itself is a .great boon con, ferred upon the people by Sir William Lever. Another of the arts cultivated at Port Sun- light is that of music, and their Majesties heard the sing.ng of tho Port Sunlight working girls. No mean musicians are these workers, who, in the blue print dressed of their toiling hoars, sang to Royalty. The Port Sunlight Philharmonic So- ciety includes voices that would bo of advantage in almost any choir, and they are voices trained by long practice in leisure hours. From t) nio to time the choir gives oratorios and renderings of other works, under its conductor, Mr Sedd-ollr- and always with success. The King is himself a road-maker, and Sir J William Lever's hobby is making roads. Aorno J of the roiids at Port Sunlight arc little short of I engineering feats. The filling up of ravines an at hollows, and the conversion of waste spaces havo I| preceded the construction of these wide avonuee 1 and bmùevards. uj What would also strike their Majesties is the 5 variety of architecture to be seen in Port Sun- g light. Alm05t every style is there — the Eliza- I§ bcthan, Qn Anne, Early Victorian, Mid- 9 Victorian, Gothic, and Norman. There i8 iu the a village a replica of the ho in which Shake- f spearo was born, and from that date to this ail 1 types of dwellings are represented. i In the village a large diamonJ-?haped open | space knew" as the "DianMnd"? the centre | where, in the summer, Port Sunlighters gather .j| to listen to the music of the -band their own band. Here and there, too, about the village | and in the works, the King saw stationed mem- 3 bors of the ambulance corps—for Port Sunlight has its own ambulance brigades, as well as ita own firemen. And each brigade has the latest appliances at its command. Port Sunlight, you see, is wonderfully self-reliant and sell-contained. To the Queen, who gave so much attention to the inspection of a humble kitchen in Ix>ndo» the other day, the i-a-rge dining hall in the works of 8 Port Sunlight could not fall to bo of great inte- ft rest. Hero it is that the employees gather for$ meals, while Sir William Lever has a!so pro- a vided a cafe and buffet where they may obtain B the best of everything they require. There is Port Sunlight's pet baauty e-pot, "The Dell," within easy reach, and in the summer tIlIe is a favourite after-dinner and evening walk. Onco a" unsightly ravine, the "Dell,* by a wave of Sir William Lever's magic wand, of genius an-4 power, h&g been convcruxl into a charming, 9ulot retreat, an ideal p.ace in which to spend aledsure hour. Port Sunlight's technical schools— whew* tho young people 0 are continually urged by Sir, William Lever to take advantage of the facilitifl* afforded by which they make themselves super- craftsmen and superoraftswomen are another of the features -of this ideal home of industry. There are the schools for the children, too, and ,tho splendid library that is provided for all. In addition to tho well-kept front gardens that are a feature of Port Sunlight, there are allot- ment gardens to almost oach block of Thcso allotments are placed as near as possible to the cottages and arc cultivated1 by the ten- ants themselves, either vegetable gardens, or clfie properly fenced, one utilised for poultry keeping, etc. Their use and the appreciation of them shown by tho tenants are proof of tlle ahsolute need of such means of recreation. They are, moreover, of much service to the villagers in the task of keeping the larder comfortably stocked. In short, the King ftnd Queen saw something: like a little world that h:16 reached out its mighty trade to the ends of the vast world round about it. and that bears upon it the stamp of the force" ful genius that oreated the trade years ago saw Port Sunlight in imagination as we alllllll it, in wonderful reality.

LIVING OF LIANWNDA. J It is reported that the living of Llanwncia, near Carnarvon, has been offered to the lwv. Gwilym Lewis, B.A., Vicar of Llangurig. MI. Lewis was educated at Jesus College, Oxford, and graduated B.A. in 1894. He was ordained deacon in 1895, and priest the following year. His first curacy was at Dolgclley. In 1898 he became curate at Carnarvon, remaining tbci-9 until 1904, when he was appointed vicar oi Llangurig.

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I lDUCATION IN CARNARVONSHIRE. I II.M r_ ^P^ctoxs' report on "Education in tho adn11n'strat' h. "f th tx. ..¡ye county of Carnarvons h ire, for the Do fl° ??<i July 31st last, contains much ad- ? ?hich educa.tion authorities throughout \Ll' wou.d do weB to act upon. Amongst vt¡¡: 'h ou'K*i ?'??< of comparatively iutLe Imp-ortWc m^0'i 10 r?pccte, but meriting serious con&KM?a- tio ? dwells upon the abenc-e of good pictures J"schooi waLs. Thoio of us w ho recall our dxab ,Ul'IOUU{..lÜgê) U1 schools wiiioee wai.s, iime-washed a y.c.r, afforded no other attraction than ^st-iuoea map* and charts w.Il realise the foroo 01 to:s complaint. Another little matter urged is e c-u.i;vat.on of trees in play-grounds. jVlany venerable tree, whose refreshing sh-ade would t>a so W-<:ome to the chikiren on a hot summer a ?Y. w- uprooted hecdif?ty when a pleasant o?d was converted into an ?nd play g?'und. How wise," observes the report, "were they 'h? res.pons.ble for leaving the tre-es in tho ?hg?tfut rural p?ay-ground of H??r?uel Infant ? ?'ioo? Baj-gor—one of tho&a rare instances in "'? country \?here the same care and wisdom I a-ave b<-en shown in providing fCT bhc chixlren's Piay-tiniia as have been so widely shown in the ichoois of Germany." "It would be well," adds the writer, "if well-wishers of schools woiud emu- the example of the representatives of tho Moftyn Estate at Llandudno, where a most gen- erous s.uppy of plants and lfowers was givm by them to the new Central S:hool." Is it beea-uso they cost 60 little money that theso things aTA 0' <r-looked by education authorities? AN AMAZtNG PROPOSAL. » » ihe Government are credited in the Liberal organs of the Press v.ith a most amazing pro- per. It is said that Mr Asquith will seriously pro pore to the Opposition in the House of Com- I (- of mons that if they will consent io the passing of the Home Rule Bill, lhe Welsh Church Bill, a«,a Lao Iniral Voting Bill there shall be a general Election immediately afterwards. But tho country is in no mood for bargaining of tins or any other kind rust now. The eventg of tho last few days have distinctly altered the situation, and even it that had not been so there is abundant evidence that, in regard tothe Welsh Church Bill, the general indignation against the cruel in- Justrce with which the Church in Wales isbein.g •assailed is risirug to such a height that a General Election is necessary before the Bill is further proceed ed with. who know the country best, and are best dÙ to gauge political feeling, are of opinion that there has hardly been within living memory a Government measure which has excited such widespread disgust as the Wels-h Church Bill, and it i' practically pertain that if a Referendum were takeJl upon it/the result would be am overwhelming eondemnAtiori of the Bill. Yet the Government; coolly propose that they should be allowed t,) pass tho Bill! The berst answer to their suggestion will be redoubled effort on the part of all opponents of the measure, whatever their political party, to force an im- mediate appeal to the people. < AN ISLAND SCHOOL. it is important that due and systematic in- etruction should be given to the children by a regular teacher. This is the observation of II M. Inspectors iegarding Bardeey Island; tho population of which in the summer of 1913 wae ?-?x. One wonders ? any of the tochers  41'1'rU n°ul(J be P?P?? to a,?,,pt a Po?st on ?h-e i,ia?ii? It apjiears that f? emno a i*isf^<Vi en^mUUSter has ?ven ,nstruc- tbn to th L whuf n (thero are Eleven between five mand d ffoa.u; rteen ye:ws ol age in reading, writing and antbmtl(', hut ]¡c ?? often to full ??r.?. T t!,f I"a,n!?,:<i '*» he ? ?n?hncB d iii(? eircuiihsta,noeis the inBtrw- tiou gi""u to the chi!drŒ1 could not possibly be systematic and continuous as it should be. rdsey is Eaid to have at one time afforded an asylum to twenty thousand saints. Giraldma Cambrensia described it as beinp inhabited in his time by very religious monks," and he adds that it had the "wonderful pecularity that the oldest pooopl-e die hrst, beoause disea.ses are un- common and scarcely any die except from ex- treme old age." Pennant, also describing hilS visit to Bardsey Fzta* c-s that the sailors who rowed bim across from Aberduron "seemed tinctured with the piety of the place, for tliey had not rowe.c1 far, but they made a full stop, puUed off their Jiats and offered up a short prayer." Times have changed, and 53 has the state of Iiardtsey Island and the manners and customs of sailors. < it < WELSH APPOINTMENTS BOARD. n1 j. lie tirst amnual report, of the Appointments Beard for Wales has been issued, and shows thai touch iiork has already been dene. The Board has been created for the purpose of trying to .rolvc an important problem in Wales, that ie, "to bridge the guif between the education in- stitutions and the opportunities of service, in the world outside." For the present it will oon- glntrat-o its attention upon obtaining information j-ith referenoo to openings available for educated young, men and women in the civil service, com- rncrcial undertakings at home and abroad, and vanous-other spheros of service. The register of the Board was opened oh May 1st, 1913, and by the end of the year 173 applicants had been npproved, and their names entered on the list. Bixty-five of theso had been assisted to posts before December 0t, and of the 108 that re- mained 45 found situations without the assist- ance of the Board, and 21 are still at .school or r college. Thus there were 42 on the register unemployed at the end of the year, twenty-two of tliem being University graduates. Based on the experience -of barely ono year the secretai-y ex- presses the opinion t II at there is still plenty of room in the world for men and women of real ability, that the ve-y highest training is appre- ciated as long as h is of the right kind, and that personality and character count far more, in the a-aoe of life than even high intellectual train- ing. • • • • HELPING THE FARMERS. Ag ttl-tii rail of the University C( ollege of North Wales is affording opportunities to farmers by which they can obtain scientific advice, free of charge in the college area., on agricultural matters, and it is to be hoped that taey will avail themselves of the advantages which are now plaoed bcfoie them. In another column wo .gi\'o the purport of a circular letter which luis recently been- issued by Professor White, and this clearly sots forth the many ways in which tihe services of the college department are of material use to agriculturists. A special grant having been made by the Board of Agriculture, Dr. J. Lloyd Williams has been appointed ad- viser in agricultural botany, and Mr G. W. Robinson adviser Iii agricultural ciiemistrv, and Sleir duty is to devote themselves to the investiga- i tion of special problems affecting agricul- ture, and to give scientifieo adviro on agricul- tural matters to farmers in North Wales. The arrangements made by the college authorities cannot fail to prove benelisial if those for whom it is intpnde<l wtU only take full advantage of such excellent facilities. • • • ■ COLONEL WYNNE EDWARDS' SERVICES. major-ucnerai fair francis Lloyd, who till re- cently was in charge of t.he Western Command, W-ent out of his way, in tho course of his speech to the Denbighshire Society in London, last week, to commend the services rendered by Col. Wyn ne Edwards to voluntary military service in 3>enbighshire. Fev; litvo had better opportuni- ties to realise the value of those services than Sir Francis. On May 5th a public acknowled" nlent IOf Col. Wynne Edwards' work in that capacity will be formally mad-e at Ruthin Castle „ where he will be presented with a testimonial subscribed to by ail classes of .socioty in Denbigh- shire. The testimonial fund will not, however, be closed till April 15th, and thosowho desire to contribute should communicate with Major T. M. Keene, of Mold. MR. WARNER'S APPOINTMENT. Mr L. A. P. Warner, whose appointment as &Wistaiit-rnullager of the Dock Board, was ratified yesterday, has been for several years the outdoor goods manager of the Northern division of the London and Noith-Western Railway Company. Fewr cricketars ii-ill Iiiioiv that he is a brother of the famous international captain,, P. F. Warner, w.b(I brought back the "ashes" from the Anti- Podes. Mr Warn.-r's own outdoor l-eoreations consist chiefly in a quiet game of golf, which he ae occasionally indulged in on the Bangor linlus..