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ROYAL MESSAGES. WELSHMEN'S GATHERING IN BRISTOL. The Bristol Cambrians had a most enocess ful dinner on Monday evening at the Royai Hotel in that city, under the presidency of Mr. George Riseley. the popular musical con ductor. who was supported by a distinguished gathering. Loyal messages were sent to the King and the Prince of Wales, and the following tele- grams were received in responsfe: — The King and Queen thank the Welsh men and women of the Bristol Cambrian Society for their loyal telegram of good wishes on the occasion of St. David's Day The Prince of Wales's telegram was Itõ follows:- The Princess of Wales and I hea-rtil; thank all who associate themselves with you in your most kind message of goodwil on this St. David's Day.—GEORGE P. The Rev. Frank Edwards proposed thetoas- of Wales," and Mr. Huw J. Huws (Cardifi Cymmrodorion Society) responded. Mr Haws said Wales's watchword for the futuic Ehould be unity and progress, advancement on truly national lines, not forgetting th< greatness of the paet and the many not unknown heroes who had worked silently and continually for the freedom that we now enjoyed, and to strive to realise thf- Greater Wales, a nobler nation true to the traditions they had of the days of the men who had gone. The President in a humorous speech also responded, and other toasts were given.

'GATHERING AT TON PENTRE MABON AND MR. LLEWELYN WILLIAMS ON WELSH TRAITS., A commemoration festival was held at tb, Workraen's-hall, Ton Pentre, under tbf auspices of tbtf Rhondda Young Wale Liberal and Labour League, Pentre Distrie, Dr. W. E. Tb,i-s (chairman of the Rhondrl Education OommitteeV presiding over large and representative gathering. Ma.bon, who was most warmly received,

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BAIHtY CYMMRODORION. PROF. ANWYL ON THE CLAIMS OF THE WELSH LANGUAGE. The annual gathering of the Barry Society of Cymmrodorion was held on Monday. Mr. Edgar Jones, M.A., occupied the chair, and said tha.t there was more Welsh spoken at Barry at present than a.t any previous period. Prizes and certificates were presented by Professor Anwyl to upwards of fifty success- ful candidates at a competition in Welsh conversation and writing recently conducted in connection with the =chool3 of the town. An eloquent address on A The Claims of the Welsh Language was delivered by Professor Anwyl. He said that upon Welshmen the lar^guage had the supreme claim of being the tongue of their own race, and when men of any nationality were entirely indifferent to their own tongue that could only be regarded as a sign of racial degeneration Racial individuality, both linguistic and literary, added a pleasing variety to human life. Upon the world of scholarship Weteji had many claims, since the Celtic language formed one of the most remarkable groups of languages within the Indo European family. BARRY DOCK WELSH CHURCH. The special services (Dy' Gwyl n .wi Sant) were held at St. John's Welsh Churuh, Court- road, Barry Dock, when the preach* re were the Revs. J. W. Hughes, B.A., Gwilym Francis, B.A.. St. John's, Cardiff, and J. Owtln Roberts. There were good congregations throughout the day.

CYMKAFCIG IN THK SCHOOLS WELSH LANGUAGE JCIETYMEET AT LLANELLY. The annual meeting of the Welsh Language Society was held at Llanelly on Monday Sir T. Marchant Williams, who presided, referred to the energy and aetivity displayed by the secretary, Mx James (Dyfyncg), Tre- herbert, attributing to him much of the success of the society during the past two years. Mr. Arthur Lewis, B.Sc., Welsh teacher at the pupil teacher centre a.t Porth, read a paper entitled The Teachers' Articles of Faith." He called upon young Wales to abandon any feeling of inferiority which might have been inherited by them, and to assert themselves in the face of the world as members of a race of which they might well be proud. Professor Lloyd (Ba.ngor) said that the supposed sense of inferiority and timidity ascribed to the young people of Wales was not to be attributed in any way to the fact that the Welsh people in ancient times were conquered, for the simple reason that there was not a nation in existence that had not I been defeated at some time or other. The Secretary presented his report forlaai year, which dealt with the progress of the language in the elementary and secondary schools and also the university colleges cf Wales. The progress in the secondary schools was particularly prominent, 64 out of the 97 schools having taken up Welsh during the year. The president. Sir T. Marchant Williams was re-elected; also the vice-president. Sir J Owen. Professor Lloyd (Bangor) was re- jected treasurer.

THE ST. DAVID TRADITION DR. HARTWELL JONES SPEAKS AT FLSHGUARD. The Rev. G. Hartwell Jones, D.D., vicar of Nutfield, proposed the toast of "The Memory St. David" at the St. David's Day dinner held at Fishguard on Monday. He said that v > the hardheaded and unemotional Saxon uch commemorations might appear fanci- aI, antiquated, and visionary. The Lon- .oner of Pepys' day commemorated the ■, £ nt by hanging and burning the Welsh- man in effigy, and pleasantries of this kinu ere suriivals of the hard knocks that they tad administered each other. These feel .ngs had, happily, died oat and given way o mutual appreciation; the Celt admired ¡ he solid qualities of the Saxon, the Saxon I eccgnised the brilliant endowments of tb, elt. Such celebrations had their practical ises. During and after the late war in th< i-iajst Admiral Togo and General Nogi pub •cly acknowledged their obligations to their ancestors, and with due oeremonial reported o them the results of their joint endeavours of the traditional stories relating to David* must be relegated to the limbo of exploded errors; they owed their existence „o party 01 political considerations; his his- .cry was largely shrouded in mystery, but 4 few things emerged. Teilo might have jquaJly claimed to be regarded as the patron ,aint of Wales, bat the cult of St. David formed .an item of the polioy of the Latin Churoh, and his canonisation was pro- nounced for the purpose of conciliating Welsh sentiment. After making all deduo ions, there was a residuum of fact. First, ] David was a native of Wales; St. George hailed from the East; St. Andrew was an importation, and his association with Scot- and was the outcome of the practical piety and foresight of a mediaeval pilgrim; St Patrick, accorciing to his latest biographer. vas borrowed from South Wales. In the usemationai exchange of saints, the Welsh. so far from exhibiting a clannish spirit, '^tended hospitality to Breton, Scotch, and Irish alike. The only question asked was: Vas he of high principle and of good family? ;aintship was a privilege and appanage of the aristocracy. The system of advowson ibtained; abbeys and sinecures were the perquisites of younger brothers; occasionally religious community was allowed to elec; its head. but only until some scion of a noble house was old enough to enter into tosaession. Such liberality of mind displayed by the Welsh contrasted favourably with cbat of two Saxon ecclesiastics, who once reduced the number of saints by testing their bones in a furnace. Again, St. David was typical of Wales in being an educa- tionist, and his school became a centre of instruction for missionaries to Ireland. A third feature of his life was its breadth of

ST. DAVID'S DAY DINNER IN LONDON. The annual St. David's Day dinner was heT3 in London on Monday evening, when Sir S, T. Evans, Solicitor-General, was in the chair, supported by Dr. T. J. Macnamara. M.P., Mrs. Macnamara, Sir Ivor Herbert, M.P., and others. The Chairman having given the loyal toasts, Dr. Macnamara proposed Cymru." In his speech he said that he spoke as a Celt amongst Celts. He appreciated with the Welsh the beauties of poetry and mysticism. (Hear, hear.) His first recollections were of Pembroke. (Hear, hear.) Some years ago he was at Merthyr. and sang some songs there. whereupon, quite informally, and perhaps illegally, they made him a Welsh bard, with the title of Eos Tydfil. (Loud laughter.) Wales had several unique advantages, one of which was that she had her own home- bred patron saint. (Hear, hear.) As a matter of fact, St. George merer visited merry Eng- land. (Laughter.) He had heard tha.t St. Patrick was an Irishman born in Scotland of Welsh parents. (Laughter.) Ab -for St. Andrew, it vu oa record that he was never CHAMPION BOXER'S RETURN. I A crowd of several thousand people gave James Driscoll, the featherwetght champion boxer of the world, a hearty reception upon his return to Cardiff from America. in Scotland, and some people said that he wae a Jew. (Laughter.) If that were so he showed considerable discretion in giving Scot- land a wide berth. (Loud laughter.) He had great admiration for her great poets, her great divines, her great explorers like Stan- ley, her great missionaries like Dr. Griffith John, her great administrators like Sir Hugh Owen, and her great Parliamentarians. Wales sent thirty members to Parliament, and of these four were on the Treasury E-e-nch. (Applause.) If the other portions of the United Kingdom were represented in the same proportion there would be 89 and one- third (loud laughter) and the Treasury Benches were crowded pretty tightly already. (Laughter.) He thought the Welsh people were thoroughly democratic. (Hear, hear.) They were prouder of the son of a miner or a policeman who attained success than of the son of a marquess or an earl. (Hear, hear.) As to the system of education, for which the Welsti people made such sacrifices, there were some defects in it, but they were mended By the atmosphere of admiration and regard in which education was held by the people (Applause.) The system of higher education in Wales was second to none in the kingdom. Sir S. T. EvaiL-3 responded with an amusing after-dinner speech. Wales, he added, in conclusion, had had a great and glorious past, from which they could draw lessons to guide them in the future. (Hear, hear.) Welsh people were called a sentimental nation. (Hear, hear.) No nation was worthy of the name unless it were sentimental. He thought that Wa-les had her special work to do for the benefit of humanity. (Applause.) Speaking of Welsh music, he said that he thought one fault was that they had not cultivated instrumental music more. (Hear, hear.) He hoped, however, to find that in time that would be remedied. (lTc-ar, hear.) WaJes was no longer a misunder- stood nation. Mr. J. l. Lewis gave the heaJth of tihe chairman, and the toast was received witih cheers, with renewed cheers for Lady Evans. During the evening a presentation was made to Mr. Arthur Griffiths, secretary of the committee, for the services that he had rendered to Welsh institutions during many yearcl past. An illuminated addresB was read by Mr. John Hinds, and the present, which included a heavy purse of gold, was made by Lady Evans, wife of the Solicitor-General, amid hearty applause and musical honours

WALES AND THE EMPIRE. MR. WILLIAM JONES, M.P., AT CAMBRIDGE. St. David's Day was celebrated by the Cambridge Welsh Society, when the annual di-nner was held at the University Arms Hotel. The chair was taken by Dr. Griffiths, the president, and the guest of the evening ivaa Mr. William Jones, M.P. Mr. Richard Lloyd George, in proposing "Ein Gwestauon," spoke of Mr. William Jones, M.P., as one of Wales's tamest and most faithful eons. He was a type of the true Welsh statesman. He had that com- mon-eense which enabled him to work his ideas into the lives of his countrymen and make them benefit by them. Mr. William Jones, M.P., said he did not think he had ever seen a ftner body of his countrymen than those present. Welshmen had both brawn and brain, and he urged the society to carry out, ia the interests of Wales, the research work he heard they intended to take up. They must produce a school of true intellectual criticism. The Welshman at his best became a creator of things. In concluding an eloquent speech, full of Celtic fervour, Mr. Jones said he had tried to indicate what the society might do. An important thing that Wales needed was applied science. He would not have Wales without contact with England and the Empire. Let them develop the resources of v ales, and carry her influence into the very fibre of every nation. EDINBURGH WELSH STUDENTS. The St. David's Day dinner of the Edin- burgh Welsh Students' Society was held at ihe Carlton Hotel, Edinburgh. Mr. T. R. lvan8 (president) occupied the chair, and .roposed "Y Gwahoddectigion" (the guests). rofessor Caird, F.R.C.S.E., replied. He said lat the Scots had a St. David, too, who built Melrose Abbey, and in Edinburgh they had a seat of King Arthur. He pointed out the advanced stage of the Welsh language and ts beauty and mysticism. The toast of "The Memory of St. David" was proposed by Mr. A. M. Jones, and Dr. Knott replied. Y Gymdeithas Ddadleuol" (The Debating Society) was proposed by Mr. Harry Evans, and replied to by Mr. R. B. Llewellyn. The Ladies of Wales" (Rhianod Gwlad Glan y Gan) was proposed by Mr. H. F. Rogers-Tillstone. Dr. Thomson replied, and said that, whereas English ladies were reputed pretty and Scotch ladies clever, Welsh ladies possessed both these qualities. Ein Jaith, ein Gwlad, ein Oenedl" (Our Language, Our Laud, Our Nation) was proposed by Mr. A. Evans, and replied to by Dr. Lloyd Hughes. Mr. Edward Davies, leading tenor of theOarl Rosa Contpany, gave some magnificent ren- derings of Welsh songs. RHONDDA TEACITERS" CELEBRA- TION. Over 200 students of the Rhondda Teachers' School met at Porth on Saturday to cele- brate Gwyl Dewi Sant. Dr. Chalke (head- naster) presided, and was supported by the Rev. W. Thomas (vicar ef Porth and Cym- ner) and others. An excellent programme of. horases, solos, quartettes, and recitations was gone through, the whole proceedings being in Welsh. A special feature of the entertainment was an admirable perfor- mance of the trial scene of Shakspeare's "Merchant of Venice," which had been trans- lated into Welsh by Mr. T. A. Lewis. B.Sc. Welsh master at the school). The musical portions of the programme were under the conductorship of Miss E. J. Manuel, B.Sc. The daffodil was very much in evidence, and the proceedings were most enthusiastic through- out. WELSH FOLK-SONG PLAY AT BANGOR UNIVERSITY COLLEGE. The Bangor University College students terminated their week's celebration of the St. -David festival on Saturday. At a con- versazione held in the College-hall the members of the Wels., Folk-song Society gave before a large audience an interesting performance of the Welsh play Aelwyd Angharad," composed by Llew Tegid and Dr. J. Lloyd Williams, the musical director of the college. The party were dressed in Welsh costumes of 60 years ago. A hearty reception was accorded the Cardiff and Aber- ystwyth delegates who attended the proceed- ings on behalf of the Students' Representative Council of their respective colleges. LONDON WELSH NONCON. FORMISTS. I Welsh Nonconformists in London congre- gated in good number at the City Temple on Tuesday night to celebrate the memory of the Welsh patron saint. The Rev. O. L. Roberts, Liverpool, preached on the essential influenoe of the Holy Spirit upon character, especially applying the principle to young influence of the Holy Spirit npon character, especially applying the principle to young people, who left Wales for Liverpool and other centres of commerce and industry. The Thev. Towyn Jones and the Rev. Richard Morgan, of Tregarth, also gave addresses.

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DRISCOLL LIONISED. BOXER'S WARM RECEPTION AT CARDIFF, Jim Driscoll arrived in Cardiff on Monday, a.nd long before the time announced for bis arrival a great crowd had assembled at the Great Western Station to catch a glimpse of and give a Welsh welcome to the prince of boxers. I^riscoll has only suffered defeat once—that being at the hands of Harry Mansfield in Cardiff some years ago, when Driscoll was outweighted in a ten- round contest. The decision, however, was by I no means popular. Admirable arrangements were made by Mr. Hulin (the station master) and his staff to ve the champion and his friends the freedom they modestly desired, and all the entrances to the station were carefully ) guarded. A number of tickets were, however, j issued to Mr. Bob Wiltshire for the family JIM DRISCOLL. I circle, and these persons gathered in good time on the platform. By four o'clock a large crowd had aasembled around the Monument, many admirers coming from the surrounding valleys. Meanwhile Inspector Ben Davies, with a posse of police and a number of detectives, had" taken up a ertand on the No. 6 platform, together with the Cardiff Military I Band. and as the Southampton train approached a lusty cheer was raised, and everyone pushed forward with excitement. To the strains of the "Conquering Hero" a rush was made to the door of the compartment, and Jim had to fight as he ha.d never fought before to get to the motor- car. Once in the open the cheering was deafening, and fully five minutes elapsed ere Driscoll could get into the motor-car. In Penarth-road Police-constable Smith and some of the crowd had a narrow escape of being run over through the pressure against the car, and when the Monument I was reached it seemed as though half Cardiff were out, and women were as enthusiastic as men. Friends in the car included Messrs. John Sandiford, J. Woods, T. Burns, P. Dris- coll, Harry Duggan, E. Williams, Joe Cravos, and D. O. Donovan. Entering St. Mary-street the traffic was completely blocked. As the car neared the Park Hotel it was met by another large gathering, and Driscoll was mobbed nfttil he sought refuge inside the hotel. The crowd, however, were not satisfied, and cheer a,fter cheer went up until the young champion walked to one of the upper windows with a friend, who, in Drisooll's I name, thanked them for the reoeption. DRISOOLL'S PLANS. In a chat with our reporter on Monday evening Driscpll said he was returning to the. States in about six weeks, though he had not arranged anything definitely yet. And what about the proposal for you and Fred Welsh to be matched?" Fred and I are too great chums to fight each other.. There are plenty of other men in the world." How many fights have you had in your whole career?" "Oh, about two hundred." And how many have you lost?'' I I won every one." But what about your fight with Mans- field?" I won every one," laconically repeated Driscoll. It is interesting to state that. Driscoll learnt the rudiments of boring whilst an employe of the "Western Mail," » gymnasium maintained by the newspaper hands being not only his boxing nursery, but also that of Boyo Driscoll.

WELSH INDUSTRIES. PROGRESS OF THE WORK IN PEMBROKESHIRE. The annual report of the Pembrokeshire Branch of the Welsh Industries Association, just issued, states that at the annual sale in l/ondon last year the Pembrokeshire Branch had a stall presided over by Countess Cawdor, assisted by Lady Soourfield, Mrs. Wilfred Allen, Mrs. Alan de Rut7.en, and Mrs. lOweD Philippe. The stall showed a large assortment of flannels; aleo wicker chairs from Tenby and St. Florence, quilted work from Narberrh, carving from Haverfordwest, ) and bowls and spoons from Cilgerran. Mr. Humphrey, of Narberth, persosally attended the sale, and showed a large variety of tweeds and homespuns. The accounts for the past year show that, including a balance of jEtj8 from 1907. the income amounted to JE165. of which E51 represented the proceeds of the London sale and orders. The total expendi- ture came to L75, leaving a balance at the end of the financial year of £90. Mrs. Owen Philippa. Amroth Oaertle, is the honorary secretary for the Pembrokeshire Branch.

MR, HALDANE'S MESSAGE. I TO STUDENTS OF CARDIFF I UNIVERSITY COLLEGE. The following message from Mr. Haldane, Secretary of State for War, is published in Cap and Gown," the Cardiff University I College magazine:— 1 "War Office, Whitehall, S.W.. Feb. 5, 1909. I "I hope for great things from Wales in connection with the Territorial Army. I have seen splendid units there; there is keen spirit, and you have got one of the finest officers in the British Array to command the Welsh Division in the person of Major- general Lloyd. The university colleges can contribute materially to the organisation of the defence of the nation, not only in con- nection with the Territorial Army directly, but through the reserve of officers and the ¡I officers' training corps system. Wales, with its gift of enthusiasm and its alertness of ¡' mind, may well take a prominent part in the development of the new Army system; and I earnestly hope that in this, as in other. things, she may show her capacity fof j ld." I

SCOUTING FOR BOYS. —.—4 IMPORTANT WORK TAKEN UP BY LORD GLANUSK. The Territorial Force for Breconehire, thanks to Lord Glanusk's energy and spirit, is very near'v complete, and his lordship is now moving in another direction, and has taken up with considerable vigour the idea of forming companies of boy scouts in the county on the lines laid down by General Baden-Powell. On Saturday there was a large assembly at Glanuek Park, when the first half-dozen patrols were inaugurated. Lord Glanusk presided, and explained the scheme. Addressing the boys, he said that the idea was not to make soldiers of them, but to enable them to acquire the adapta- bility and courage of a soldier or a sailor, and to have that self-reliance and strength of character t-hat would enable them to do what was right at the right moment-to think out their line of life for themselves. They desired to save the boys from drifting into the ranks of the loafer. He hoped that the scheme would be taken up by others in the county He intended being responsible for financing and superintending that com- pany, but it was obvious he could not under- take to do the same throughout the county, although the cost per head would be small. The scouts would have the use of the Deer Park at Glanusk Park, where later on huts would be built and camping take place. He would be glad to welcome any number of patrols that might be formed in the oounty, giving them a spot in the park upon which they could build their huts, &c. The park would be at their disposal, subject to certain con- ditions, for anything they liked in the way of amusement or training. During the oaJIlP they would have swimming, knotting, boat- building, bridging, cooking, boxing, tracking, first-aid to the injured, athletic exerciii-es shorthand, and instruction in honesty obedience, loyalty, and fairrylay-i I. everything to make them manly, handy, all good men. If the scheme was a success, proposed to ask General Baden-Powell come to Glanusk Park in the summer > address the boys. Thirty-six boy scouts, with six leaders, vfe afterwards enrolled.

THE VANISHING W ARDRGE I, Although business was not brisk Mrs.aiily Jones, a wardrobe dealer, of 49. Metaltreet, Cardiff, noticed that her stock way grially growing less. Suspicion fell upon Evajn^bil- cock, J9, who had been in her servij a domestic for about eighteen months, th the result that the girl was charged be £ e Mr. Isaac Samuel and Mr. Richard Cory Cardiff on Saturday with stealing a huge q^tity of f wearing apparel. v»»ued at £ 4, wfct her 3 mother, Louisa Trebilooek, 38, and J sister." J Winifrid, were charged with reoeijg. The 3 youngest girl said to Detective_aeer, "I J pledged them for my mother." ™ mother J said, "I thought they were her In:' and Eva simply remarked "Winnie feW them —mother sent her." The motheVas ean- tenced to one month's Imprlsofent, the J elder daughter was bound over^nd Winl- fred was discharged. j

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IDLE STBELWOKKS. « CYFARTFEA ASSESSMENT DEDUCED. At the meetvg 0f the Merthyr Union Assess- ment Commitee on Saturday, Mr. Rees Rees presiding, MrG. C. James, solicitor, who was accompanied by Mr. John Rogers and Mr. John Harpu; appeared on behalf -of Messrs. Crawsliay lothers to appeal against the assessment f the Cyfarthfa Iron and Steel Works. whfh are assessed ait LIO,080 gross and £ 7,935 ratable, and against the assess- ment of to company's brickworks,' which are as.seS4 at £1,325 gross and £1,060 ratable. Addressig the committee first with regard to the iri and steel works, Mr. James said the aPPSants contended that the works should ly be rated on a warehousing assessmet, and they asked the committee to give coflderation to the principle by rating the woia under the circumstances at a noniins-ngure. The (airman: Are you prepared to carry out anflier order if such an order came? Mr. es: At present there is no demand. The tiairman: Bnt the mills axe in proper repair and you could carry out the work if anl(rder did come. Mr- ames said there a few men kept here and iere to look after the machinery and keept in proper condition, so that if times iMPIved and remunerative prices were obts, able they could at once start to work. P^ceeding next to deal with the brick- wo, Mr. James said that they were now givig employment to 45 hands. They were en^avourmg to find a market for the bricks, ho there was no demand, and, unless they hl a substantial reduction in the ratable It16 of the brickworks, they intended to sp them altogether, because it would not If to keep them on tfr. James, Mr. Rogers, and Mr. JELarpur lviug retired, Upon the motion of Mr. Edwards, seconded :1 Mr. David Hughes, it was resolved that b far as the brickworks were concerned the Issessment should stand. Regarding the steelworks, Mr. Price, from the office of the assistant overseer, said they thought the company ehould be granted a very substantial reduction. Upon the motion of Mr. Harris, it was agreed to reduce the ratable value to £ 2,500, leaving the gross as it at present stands. When Mr. James and the other gentlemen were called in and informed of the deck ion come to, Mr. Harpur said that as reg-arded the brickworks he was afraid they would have to be stopped. Mr. Rogers was more precise, and said definitely that they would be closed] thus, he remarked, creating more unemploy- ment. QUESTION OF DOWLAIS WORKS. At Mil". "Harris's instigation It was decided to again ask the overseers to take into con- sideration tile question of re-valuing the Dcrw- laia Works.

"CAPITALISTIC TYRANNY." At a meeting of the Newport Trades Council 5n Friday evening, Mr. J. King Price pre- siding, a resolution in favour of erecting a refuse destructor at Newport was carried. Another resolution, protesting against the regulation issued by an assurance company, which required clerks entering their service ;0 join the Territorial Force, was carried. l'he resolution referred to the autocratic iecree of the company's directors as an nfamous piece of Capitalistic tyranny," Councillor Peter Wright spoke in favour of I ,he Territorial Army, and said that it would ye an immense benefit to working men to loin, it only from a phyaioal standpoint.

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inaugurated the afternoon proceedings by singing Men, of Harlech." Mr. T. Millward, after the usual loyal toasts, submitted The Evergreen Memory of St. David." Owing to the unavoidable absence of the Rev. E. W. Davies, the Røv. T. D. Jones, Bodringallt, proposed. OUT Language, Our Country, Our Xation." Mabon, who in responding was warmly greeted, maintained that the Welsh were entitled to be called a nation by virtue of the fact that they had a language and a country, and the hon. member recited extracts showing the varying expressiveness of the Welsh language. It was regrettable that Welsh was to some extent leaving the coal face a.nd the carpenter's shop. He pleaded earnestly with the residents of the Rhondda to get their children to respect the Welsh language. (Applause.) Mr. Llewelyn Williams, M.P., who also received quite an ovation, delivered a lengthy and very interesting address. He was, said the speaker, glad to note that the Welsh people were now beginning to appreciate the fact that the greatest gift which Providence had ever given the. nation was its language. (Applause.) Wales had loet splendid portions of country where in times past the Welsh language flourished. He did not know whether they had lost Monmouth or not. Thatcounty was first transferred to the Oxford Circuit in the time of Hemry VIII., and it was not. until 1831 that Wales was made a legal part of England. He was sanguine that the time was coming—and that befcre long-when Wales would have a judicial administration of its own, and that the judges who ca,me to Wales would be all Welshmen. (Applause.) In his opinion the question of the greatest concern to the Welsh as a nation was the preservation and the-" proper use of the Welsh lauguage. (Applause.) He maintained that the future welfare of the nation depended upon this factor. The literature of Wales, it was true, was small, but in Wales there was not a parish which hiid not pro- duced men who had given expression to thoughts in language wnich would live for ever. (Applause.) Mr. Williams then werut on to refer to the wonderful Welsh develop- ment. socially, politically, and educationally, and pointed out that the men who brought this about were themselves Welsh people. (Applause.) Mr. W. P. Nicholas proposed Our Welsh Institutions," and Mr. Edward Jones, J.P., responded. Mr. Ben Derootald, Mr. J. Devona.Id. Telynwr Glandar, Miss Edith Jones. and Miss Nana Jones contributed to an excellent pro- gramme of music.