Cymro a'r Celt Llundain

Notes and News. Mid-Glamorgan has proved itself true to the Welsh Liberal faith. Why are Welsh nationalist candidates so chicken-hearted ? After the experiences of Mr. Edgar Jones at Merthyr and Mr. Gibbins in Mid-Glamorgan, there is no need to be afraid of stump orators. Labour" representatives may prove as disastrous to Wales as the old Land or Squire" representatives. Wales is too small to have class representatives, and the sooner the better our members proclaim themselves as thorough Welsh Nationalists "Mabon" has proved himself an ideal Welsh member. Not only has he taken keen interest in questions affecting the working classes, but he has been a staunch advocate of all Welsh reforms. But Mabon" is considered too "old-fashioned for the present Labour group. Mr. Keir Hardie is greatly annoyed at the result in Mid-Glamorgan. He has every cause to be perturbed, because if the Liberals were to bring out two strong candidates in Merthyr Mr. Keir Hardie would have to bid farewell to old Wales. The House of Lords is not worth re- forming." That is the general opinion of it after reading Mr. Lloyd George's description of the Upper House, which he delivered at the House of Commons on Monday evening last. We are going to have the Budget next! And it looks as if there will be no election for some time to come. General Elections are very costly, and neither of the two great parties can afford to waste another million pounds a piece on electoral oratory at the present time. "Ireland has been sold again," so the O'Brienites assert, but it is pretty evident that John Redmond has secured a good price for his support to the 1909 Budget! When the 1910 Budget is disclosed, it is taken for granted that some modification will be made as to the tax on spirits. The Earl of Plymouth has appointed Col. William Forrest, D.S.O., as chief agent to his Glamorganshire estates, in succession to the late Mr. Robert Forrest. Colonel Forrest, who is 41 years of age, is a nephew of Mr. Robert Forrest, to whom he acted as assistant for some years. An effort has been made to get the Prince of Wales to formally open the new Technical Schools at Newport. It is reported that the Pope stipulated that he would give Mr. Roosevelt an interview on condition that the ex-American President did not address the Methodists in Rome. Of course Mr. Roosevelt declined to accede to Pius the Tenth's stipulation, so that there was no interview. Every sensible being will approve of Mr. Roosevelt's action. Extremists are the curse of the country, whether in politics or anything else. There were some men who did their best to bring about a strike in the South Wales colliery district with its inevitable train of suffering and misery. Fortunately the hot-heads have been thwarted this time. Some of the private residences in Newport bear particularly pretty Welsh names. For instance, what is prettier than the follow- ing :-Trigfa, Oartref Melus, and Rhosyn Gwyn ? CELT readers may be surprised to hear that the Prince of Wales has the dragon tatooed on one of his arms. A professional tatooist imparted this interesting fact to a CELT correspondent. The Prince had it done during his midshipman days. It is not, however, the Dragon pictured on our Welsh flag, but the reptile that St. George slew. A new record is claimed for Carmarthen. Addressing a meeting of Carmarthenshire Liberals on Thursday night, Mr. W. LI. Williams, MP., said he did not think a single town in the United Kingdom polled at the last election so well as his constitu- ency, which was about 93 per cent. of the electorate. At the Festival of Empire, to be held during the coming summer at the Crystal Palace, under the direction of Mr. Lascelles, there is to be a fair show of Celtic pageantry in the earlier episodes. There may even be a Bardic Gorsedd, followed by tableaux of British London, either as Llyn-din (the pool of the dun) or Caer-ludd (the Caer or fortified town of Ludd).