Cymro a'r Celt Llundain

Notes and News. WALES is not going to be betrayed by the Liberal Government after all. ACCORDING to Mr. Asquith, it may be use- less to pass a Disestablishment Measure through the Commons the Lords will surely reject it. But he will give them a chance. THE Welsh Parliamentary Party met on Tuesday last to discuss the present serious position of affairs, and decided to follow faithfully the lead of Mr. Asquith. IT is doubtful if the Report of the Welsh Church Commission will be issued before Easter. The drafting by the Chairman is in a forward stage but as yet none of the mem- bers have had the opportunity to consider it. OUR Welsh M.P.'s have not been very faithful to their Parliamentary duties of late. Some half-a-dozen of them have been in regular attendance, but the great majority have already left town for their Christmas rest. AN unusually large number of Welsh Liberals were present at the National Liberal Club last Monday. The Right. Hon. D. Lloyd George was able to spare time to come and give them a short address but after he left, the meeting resolved itself into an ordinary literary society's debate. AT the gathering, it was resolved that, in the opinion of this meeting it is desirable to form an association of Welsh Liberals in London, for the support of Liberal princi- ples, primarily those affecting the interests of the Welsh people." IT has been arranged that the new Welsh National Library should be commenced forthwith. Temporary premises have been secured at Aberystwyth, and Mr. Richard Ellis, of the Aberystwyth College Library, has been appointed as assistant to Mr. J. Ballinger, the librarian. WILL the Welsh Museum be national ? An Englishman has been appointed as head of the establishment, and most of the Com- mittee of Governors are Englishmen, with but scant knowledge of Welsh national matters. TREGARON markets have always played an important part in the life of the Cardigan- shire farmer. They have now been officially recognised by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, and regular reports of their prices, &c., will appear in the official publi- cations of the Department. THE town of Tregaron may be unknown to many of our readers, and those who know it, may consider it only of third rate import- ance. Yet, it is a fact well worthy of notice, that it is the only town in Cardiganshire mentioned in the Act of Union, of 1536. SHOULD Disestablishment be indefinitely postponed, it will be of interest to watch the conduct of the Welsh members. Will they revolt in a body, under the leadership of Mr. Ellis Jones Griffith, or will they quietly accept the Government proposal, and dine with Sir Alfred Thomas ? PROBABLY one of the most remarkable men who ever lived in Wales was the late Mr. Solomon Andrews, who died at Cardiff a short time ago at the age of 73. Mr. Andrews was well described as the "Whiteley" of the Welsh metropolis. Not only did he possess a coach building factory, cabs, omnibuses, furniture removing and under- taking business, twenty or thirty coffee taverns and fruit shops, but an ironmonger's shop and a grocery shop as well. MR. ANDREWS came to Cardiff from Trow- bridge, with hardly a sixpence in his pocket, but he died worth over a million. He started selling sweets from a tray. He saved money and invested his savings in cabs, and was, some years later, able to establish his own carriage building works. Then he went in for all kinds of commercial enter- prises as already indicated. WELSH literary circles at Pontypridd re- ceived a severe shock last week by the mysterious disappearance of Mr. Christmas Jones, the well-known Welsh litterateur, who wrote under the title of "Idrisfab." In August last he produced a book in Welsh under the title of Y Gwir Anrhydeddus D. Lloyd George," but it did not meet with the instantaneous success the author anticipated —a success upon which he had set great store, for he had told members of his family that had the book sold out quickly he would soon be in position to clear off easily his indebtedness, and win well-deserved literary fame. The deepest sympathy is felt for his prostrated wife and the distressed members of his family.