The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality

FARMERS AND THE NATION'S FOOD. 1 MEETING AT PENMORFA FAIR. I Advantage was taken of the, fair at Pen- morfa to-day wook to hold a meeting of farmers at the Council School to support the campaign for increased food production. Mr J. Lloyd Jones, the bailiff at Worn, presided. Mr Evan R. Davies, Pwllheli., said Lord Selborne had promised to remove all diffi- culties in the way of farmers to produce more crops. The farmers should not hesitate to make known to the Board their difficulties, Buch as those connected with farm lett-mg agreements, the damage done by game, the shortage of farm hands, etc. Tho Board were prepared to use all their influence to remove hindrances and to help the farmers in every way possible. He pointed out that etcess of imports into this country had gone up from 100 millions in 1913 and 110 millions last year to 300 millions for the ten mouths ending this October. This ehowod the ex- treme and urgent need for definite action calculated to secure an increase in foodstuffs which we could as well produce ourselves as our foreign competitors. Agricultural authorities admitted it would be a compara- tively easy master to increase th.e value of our food production by 200 millions a year. Mr R. Bryn-r Jones, Agricultural Commis- sioner for Wales, referring at the outset to the Prime Minister^ recent speech, said those who had read and pondered over it could not possibly escape the conclusion that things were very serious indeed. They were all called upon to do their duty at this criti- caJ time. They should all remember that their old way.; of working farms would not meet the demands of the country to-day. Other and more extensive ways must be adopted. They might continue to do what they had always done, but that would not prove that tlsey were doing their duty at the present time. Special efforts must be made before the needs of the moment could be met. It was his opinion that farmers could increase their crops without renting more land, and that without in any way re- volutionising their system of farming. That part of the country was not very favourably for the production of cereals, but by slightly increasing1 the acreage of land under cereal and potato cultivation they could render help at the present time. Farmers were disposed to adhere to obsolete methods and old ideas in farming. He believed if they adopted modern methods they could greatly benefit themselves and the country. They were prone to adhere to the use of the same seed and the same old mode of manuring. If they changed the seed and used improved manure they would considerably increase their produce, especially of potatoes. The authorities had provided every means to in- struct them in tKis matter, and the staffs at tlbo Bangor College and Madryn School were at their disposal in this matter. It was quite possible to double the crops on grazing lands. If basic, slag were applied to the •soil, the increase in the productivity of the soil would soon be manifest. Some farmer* complained they were poor, though they had recently had very good times; but by the wise use of capita! they could easily double their crops. Much was being said these days about ceonomy. Farmers might with profit economise in several ways. Take for instance the farm manure. They lost the vitalising strength of the manure by allowing the liquid part of it run to waste. If they put straw or stubble in the liquid they would increase the quantity of excel!ent manure. The chief agricultural asset of Wales was its Eve stock. Though the Board of Agriculture had done much through the various local societies to improve live slock, farmers had given very little support to the Board. OBSOLETE METHODS OF FARMING. Mr John Owen, Small Holdings Commis- sioner for Wales,, stated that farmers in Wales were far from realising the serious state of the country and were jogging along just the same as before the war. Never in the history of the country had the Govern- ment sent its officers about the country to urge farmers to wake up and to produce more crops. Though the Board of Agriculture had been doing all they could to help the farmers, the latter had not yet appreciated that help. The best entire horses and bulls had been offered to them, yet they preferred to fol- low their old ways. An offer was made by the Government to analyse the seed the farmers in- tended to sow, in order to ascertain its quality, but the offer was not accepted, with the result that farmers frequently used dirty, muddy, and poor seed. By changing the seed they could easily double their crops, and if they used modern manure the effect would be astonishing to most of them. No one carried on his business in such an unbusinesslike way as the farmer, and on that account he allowed this man and the other man to take his business away from him. The only hope of agriculture in the country was co- operation. Farmers were liable to become miser- ly, narrow-minded, and nigga rdly by their pre- sent ways of doing business. If they co-operated and helped one another, their ideas would broaden, and they could enrich themselves by carrying out enlightened ideas. They were able to co-operate in other things—in chapel building and in the maintenance of the ministry, and it was strange that when they came to their per- sonal business they became individualistic and narrow-minded. It was a strange fact that whilst they co-operated with the object of going into heaven, they did not us(i the same means to get a little of heaven below. A PLEA FOR TARIFF REFORM. Mr Evan Owen, Hafod Garregog, Nantmor, ex- pressed his pleasure at seeing the officers of the GovernmeHt present. It was evidence that the Government were at last alive to the value of the land. They had been asleep too long, and. had allowed foreigners to send goods to this country to the great loss of home agriculture, and other important industries, whilst the rates mounted up making it difficult for. farmers tQ meet their obligations. The speakers had altogether failed to put their finger on the real sore place—they had failed to show the real hindrance to agrieu ture. He conscientiously believed that the im- portation of cereals and other goods from foreign countries was the direct cause of that. Much land had gone out of cultivation in this country, and it was foolish for a farmer to pay high wages to servants for putting land under cereal culti- vation when lie could' not get his money back. Indian corn and foreign meat were sold in this country at prices much below what they could be produced here. Mr Owen totally disagreed with Mr Lloyd George, who had stated that the rea- son why so much land had become wild was that the landlords preferred to raise pheasants to rais- ing men. The speaker was convinced that the cause of all the harm done to agriculture was the untaxed foreign produce, and not. what Mr Lloyd George had said. It was nonsense to say that the love of money and selfishness of farmers were the cause of agricultural depression. He should like to see the gentlemen who had spoken there that day trying to farm under the conditions he (Mr Owen) had pointed out. It was all very well to say what other people ought to do. He admit- ted that things were now improving because the Government wa.s beginning to hI' alive to the im- porlance of agriculture. (Jive farmers fair play and they would advance like other classes. The Government ought to see that farmers had fair play in the future. Agricultural depression liieal) t scarcity of employment. He knew of dozens of farms which, years ago, employed five or six servants each, and who now employed onlv two or three. Mr Bryner Jones stated that no question had received more consideration during the last 20 years than that of agriculture. He and Mr J. Owen had nothing to do with the politics of the question—as to that, Mr Evan Owen should see Mr Lloyd George. Mr Evan Owen: You see, Mr Bryner Jones will not listen.- Mr Bryner Jones: The difficulty for years has been that farmers have paid more attention to politics than to agriculture. Every section almost of the industrial world took steps to protect its own interest, except the agricultural industrv Farmers should not -only combine to further their industry, but also take steps to protect it. Mr Evan R. Davies pointed out that farmers had no representative of their interest in Parlia- ment. After Mr Davies had made some observations on the minimum value of cereals and on the national character of the present Government, Mr livan Owen began to question his state- ments in regard to the imports of grain, etc., from foreign parts, and whilst the arguments were pro- ceeding, Pro. and con-, many of the audience left the meeting.

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r IRISH MAIL DISASTER. I ONLY ACCIDENT OF KIND RECORDED. I I Lieutenllnt-Colonel E. Druitt, the Board of Trade inspector, issued on Monday the report of his inquiry into the causes of the'accident which occurred on August 14th to the Irish mail train from Eust.on to Chester and Holyhead while it was running at high speed between Stowe tunnel and Weedon. The express was derailed, and several of the vehicles were thrown over either side of the line and wrecked; ten passengers were i killed and 21 injured, and 33 cases of shock were reported. The inspector states that all the circumstances attending the accident were of a most unusual character, viz., the working out of the split pin, the slacking back and falling off of the washer, and the coupling rod dropping and being bent outwards so as to damage the adjoining line. I believe" he says this is the enly case on record of an accident having occurred from this last cause." He thinks there can be little doubt that the Irish mail was derailed through the down road being pushed out of alignment by the dc- tached coupling rod of the engine of the 8.45 a.m. train from Birmingham. The inspector points out that if the coupling rod had bent inwards instead of out-waisds it would have derailed its own engine. Instead it damaged the adjoining line and caused- the derailment of the Irish mail. It was very difficult he added to give any cause for the split pin working out after it had been put in at Rugby if it had been properly driven in, and, without wishing to impugn the veracity of the statements of Fitter Oldham and Brake and Carriage Examiner Elson, he could not help thinking it possible that the former, in liii.,ticsiro not to delay the train, did not open the split end, but merely bent the pin slightly when hit- ting it on its split end and so loosened it He did not think that Driver Hammond could be blamed for getting Oldham to put in a pin that was got from another engine for use in an emer- gency, as the pins were interchangeable, though it would have been better to have got a new pin from the shed. No doubt he, too, did not wish to delay the train. Thus all "the eircmnattuicot .were of a most unusual character.

RECRUITING AT BANGOR. I PUBLIC MEETING IN PENTtHYN HALL. I SIR HENRY JONES AND SERVICE TO I THE STATE. There was a crowded audience at a recruit- ing meeting held at the Penrhyn Hall, Ban- gor, on Monday evening, but the claet3 for which it was primarily intended recruit- a.ble young nien-wjs not as numerously re- presented zug was expected. The Mayor (Mr R J. Williams) presided, and was supported on the platform by the Dean of Bangor, Col. Sir Thos. Marshall, C.B., Sir Henry Lewis, Canon Lon.-rdale Ragg, Mr J. R Davies, Mr H. It. Davie's (recruiting officer for Carnarvonshire), W. D. Hobson, Hey. J. D. Jones vic-aT Dr. Arnold, and the Rev. Daniel Rowlands. The Mayor emphasised the gravity of the war, and pointed out that we were lighting for our very existence. He had heard that some parents were not very favourable to their sons enlisting, and that sisters and sweet- hearts were not doing part in encourag- ing young men to join, forgetting that our civil and religious liberties were at stake. Not only did they want men, but money, and he urged all those who could invest in the War Loan to do But, above all, it was essential, before final victory was achieved, that the I nation should confess its tans. There was no doubt that they had been forgetful, and had not been living as they should. When they l went before God and confessed their sinf; the war WQuld be won, and our enemies would be driven back to their own countries (hoar, hear). I THE ISSUES AT STAKE. Mr David Rhys, barrister, speaking in En- glish and Welsh, stated that no war in the history of the world depended so much upon numbers as the present, and the military authorities declared that if we had a suffici- i ency of men wo would be victorious. If any- one told him that the German was not a brave soldier he candidly admitted he à:d not believe it. The German war machinery too was the most perfect ever devised in the history of the worid, and that was why our military autho- rities called for more men. There was no doubt that Carnarvonshire, along with other Welsh countr.es, were not. sending their right quota of men. It could not be that Welsh- men were oowards; history showed otherwise (hear, hear). The fact was that the young men of the country had not realised what was at stake freedom and democracy (hear, hear). We were lighting for righteousness and freedom. In the present war there were no two platforms, the nation spoko with one united voice (hear, hear). That was always the result of a grave crisis. When the "Titanic"' commenced her fateful journey there we-re many classed on board, but half an hour after she struck tho iceberg there were only two classes—those Who were eaved and those wli<) went down; and in this country there were now only two classes—these who were doing their duty and those w;o were not. The most extraordinary fact in the history of the war wllÙ}h struck him was that the people of India, without any recruiting meetings, had sent over thousands of men to protect our women folk and children. Were the young men of this country veiling that coloured men from India should come over here to protect the honour of. their mothers and sisters and sweethearts while they skulked like Reuben of old? He asked the voung men to go. and • the God of Battles would go with them. After all, kingdoms and dynasties fell, -but great principles which men had wrought and fought for would remain when Kaiser would be a generic term for venomi and malice (he-ar, hear). I CRITICAL PERIOD OF THE WAR. Mr J. II. Seddon stated that personally he had been a.n itdvocate of peace; he had travelled thousands of milea in this and other countries preach- ing the doctrine of arbitration for all disputes, and he went through a mental Geth- eeniane after the dooJ aration of the war as to what side he should take. lie, liovcever, came to the conclusion that there could be no peace until Pru.ian militarism and all it stood for was absolutely crushed to tne ground, and un- til the German people found their salvation through the blood and tears they had imposed upon Europe (hear, hear). He was not one of these who believed that the young men who held back were cowards; he bcMevcd they had failed to vitalise what was involved in this struggle. He had just been on an eighteen days' viffit to France, not to the trenches, but on another mission. There had been evil journalistic influences at work in this country —(hear, hear)—and their evil effects had tra- velled to our allies, and the French peoplb were wond.e,ring whether the NorbhclifTe Press was true or whether England was true to her promises. Ho mixed among all classes, and was struck by the absolute resoluteness of every scction to fight this war to a conclusion: to drive the foe from France and Belgium, and to free Europe from the Prussian menace which had hee-n a nightanare for 40 years (cheers). Wo were now fighting a brutal, callous, material nation, and if Germany triumphed e.iviiisation Avoukl be lost. He had heard people s-tat'ng that it did not much matter whether they lived under the Kaiser er King George. That, sentiment was devoid of knowledge of the pri vileges we enjoyed (hear, hoar). Ho had spent a quarter of a century try- ing to redress the inequalities under which the democracy Buffered, but, with all its faults, there was no country in the world which afforded eue-h liberties as we now enjoyed. When speaking in Germany what struck him was the doci!fl subjection to military power which pervaded even their civil life. Every meeting was attended by a gendarme, and unless ho kept to a line indicated by the Chairman he would have been deported as an undesirable alien (la.ughter). The police regu- lated all expressions of opinion even in an or- dinary civilian gathering. After paying a tribute to the work of the Navy, the speaker made a special appeal to the young men present, and said the greatest cur&e that could come to a man was the grow- in.g that he had failed in his duty. He pointed out that we were the trustees of the Empire, and if we failed the sacrifice of the past and of the present, would be as nought, and we would hand to our (hild- Ten simply a curse. He sympathised with the mothers who had sons to send, but lie would ask them whether they were fulfilling. their functions to the State in holding them back. THE NAVY ALSO. Lieut. Mahler, K.N.Y.K., ivito was greeted Avith much cheering and shouts of "Three cheers for the Navy," fraid he wished to make it clear that Lord Derby's scheme referred to the Navy as wee I as the Army, to make good the Avasta.ge and for the vast auxiliary forcn which had sprung up since the war broke out. He wished to say that Mr T. W. Trevor had been appointed the local recruit- ing agent for the Royal Naval Division, and he hccl,d that. tite young men of the town would ROO him at onoe. He feared that the Navy had been too silent, but that was be- cause everything was froing on well (cheers). A certain portion of the Press' seemed to be very !aehrymoee: they were for ever sitting down "by the waters of Babylon" and we?p- ing (laughteTj. They appeared to for,get what the Navy and Army had done, and were yet capable of doing. "We are going to will everybody knows that," declared the speaker in conclusion. WALES DOING EXCEEDINGLY WELL. Sir Henry Jones, in his opening remarks, said "What is the good of talking?" He asked whether the audience did not think enough had been said at that meeting to move the young men to join? Amid cries of "Go on," Sir Henry declared tha.t we would win this war if we had to fight for twenty years. Why had he come down from Glasgow to North Wales? Not to induce anyone to join. They would have to join, but the question was whether they would join willing- ly or not. To him there was a tremendous difference between Avilling and unwilling service to the State. There was a moral value attach- ing to one, a value which was not measurable, while there Avas little value, if any, belonging to the otJier. He had just made a tour through Wales, lie had vjsitdall classes—(piarrymen, minerr,, ironworkers; he had touched Welsh life in various ways, and had come to the conclusion that Wales was doing exceedingly well (applause). The response to the call of the Empire had, he believed, been admirable. He did not believe in making comparisons; they wereoI d. but in this period of sifting and searching, his beloved country was coming out clean without a blot on its escutcheon or a stain on its honour (hear, hear). "Our country is doing fine," de- clared the speaker, who went on to say that the second conclusion he had come to was that the people of Wales, taken as a whole, were now passive and pliable to the purposes of our na- tional leaders. That was to say that if our na- tional leaders came to the conclusion that volun- taryism had not done quite enough, and that there must be some form of compulsion, the Welsh people would accept that decision. They would, however, insist that the methods of voluntarism should be fairly tried and even exhausted pretty well before recourse was had to the other method. Rather than let the Empire fall owing to lack of men he had no doubt as to what the Principality would do-they would accept com- pulsion. There was only a small remnant that it would be difficult to deal with, and he would hold the religious and other teachers i-espoiisible for anv recalcitrant spirit against the State. THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE STATE. People did not realise, and had not been taught what a splendid thing the State was or the in- debtedness of the individual to the State. They had frequently used the words, liberty and free- dom, but they had never analysed them. There were workmen in the country who thought they must assert their rights against the State, instead of realising that the State was a source of security for them, and that they would not have the commonest Tight of life or property if it had not been established and maintained by the State (hear, hear). Almost everybody assumed that any increased compulsion on the part of the State meant the in- vasion of individual liberty. Many thought that compulsion of itself was a bad thing, and an enemy of liberty. Judging by their faces, his audience also believed that, and it certainly looked as if it were a self-evident truth, but. if they looked at the history of any society they would find that the two, compulsion and liberty, had grown to- gether that the community, in the degree to which it was civilised, compelled and forced the people to be free. "That is some of your philosophical nonsense you may say," added Sir Henry, who, developing his argument, said we were living in the midst of compulsion and compulsion we would not be without for anything. There were a. good many laws, hundreds of them, but did they know of one single law which was not com- pulsory? They were compelled to be free in a thousand ways. For instance, they were com- pelled to educate their children. Was that a hardship? (hear, hear). The Empire stood be- hind the law that lIocltild should be brought up in ignorance. Was that hard? A little while ago people were free to bring up their children in ignorance, to send them to work in mines at the age of seven years, but that could not be done now. Was that a loss to freedom? (hear, hear). Our laws, inasmuch as. they were good, and good they were on the whole, expressed our gradual ascent towards rational freedom. He claimed that the State bad a right to compel, pro- vided it stood for its own welfare. It oAAned us; we belonged to it. We derived the very sub- stance of our soul from the organised community in which we lived and what we called the State. We might describe that as compulsion, but we should learn the truth as to that. We were not aware of our indebtedness to the State, and a moment's reflection on this neglect would reveal that indebtedness. Let them take the State as it was-an organised community. Would they be intelligent beings if they could not communi- cate with one another, and to do that it was neces- sary to have a language. Whoso language did they speak? Was it a language of their own invention? That perhaps was very simple and looked very childish. Was it not the language of the country, and was not that language the moans of conveying to them all the mora l and religious contents of their lives? By means of it they had been nourished and brought up in the ways of respectable, moral beings. We would have no religion, no rational souls if we had not sucked and drawn out from the community even as a tree drew its food from the air and the sunshine around it. We owed everything to our country (henr, hear). I THE CALL OF DUTY. The great point was for every man to join the forces as a duly; he was almost inclined to sny as t. He had never been recon- ciled to the assertion that parents were making a sacrifice in letting their children go. He had three sons lighting, but he would much rather go himself than see them go. Duty was not a gacrifice, it was the best thing for oneself. He was not ashamed to call upon young men to light as the highest form of duty available just now. The war unfortunately was the only way open to many of them of doing their duty just now. It did not prov* that our voung men Avere fight- ing from hate or with evil passions. It was a holy war (hear, hear). OuV young men were standing for right and were martyrs to the splen- did cause of a splendid Empire. On the field of battle there were day by day thousands of the highest examples of the life and d?ath of the founder of Christianity. His best students were the first to respond to the call, the most, brilliant young fellows ho ever taught. Why wcus that? Not ignorance; ■they were not attracted by the glory of war, for they had contempt for-wcr and its glory. What moved them then? The spirit of ieligioii What was religion? It was not prayer. Prayer was an indispensable part of religion, but it fras not religion nor was rending the Bible or public worship. Religion was life dedicated to what was best. Religion was a lifo of doing little things. "I appeal to vou in the name of your country, in the name of what is highest and best for yourselves, and for your religion to take jour place with us, and I know I shall not appeal to Welshmen in vain," concluded the speaker amid cheers. At the close of the meeting, during Avhich several hymns ajid the National Anthem were sung, the folloAving resolution was unanimously carried: W e, tHe inhabitants of Bangor in meet- ing assembled, recognising that the welfare of our country and our own is one and the same, and that the liberty on which that welfare is based is imperilled by the aggression of a merciless power which would bleed us white if it could, are will- '%Vol Id blec*i it.3 w, I ing to place oufselves unreservedly at the dis- posal of our country for such services, civil, naval or military, as we may be able to fulfil with the full confidence that the nation on its part will discharge its obligations to those dependent upon us. =

INDIGESTION AND DYSPEPSIA. I CORRECT NAME OF THE PRODUCT I PRESCRIBED BY LEADING SPECIALIST NOW ASCERTAINED. Although so much has been said and Avritten concerning tile new treatment for indigestion and dyspepsia—fha ivreatinent which was oiC&inaJiy employed by a specialist in his private practice, and proved eo euccessful as to warrant n.s adop- tion by hospitals throughout t-ii,(, (-.ountl,v-tlic,re aire still a large number of sulFerers "ho are doubtful as to the name aj)d nature of the pre- I paration which is giving euch wonderful ro:-ult.s. We are, therefore, glad to be in a position to state definitely that the product employed is an antacid known to physician^ and chemists as bisuratcd magnesia, and the quantity usually ndv.lfsed jn the treatment of iiictit form; of stomach trouble is half a toaspoonful in a litt-le warm or cold water immediately after This has the effect of neutralising the harmful acids in the etomach and preventing fermentation of the food, thus ensuring normal digestion and freedom from pain and discomfort. We learn that large supplies of the genuine bisuratcd magnesia have now been secured by J. lJowen, 157, High-efcreet; Moshach Roberts and C-o., 301, High-street; R. A. Evans, The Pharmacy, Port Dinorwic; and we are euro that many readers will appreciate the fact that they can obtain this ex- cellent preparation locally, but be sure to get the bisuraled kindt of magnaeia, a- it is the only form that effectively neutralises t-lie acid.

WALKS AND THE LIQUOR I TRADE. A week ago, the Welsh Radical members passed a resolution in favour of making tho whole of the Principality a scheduled a.rea, eo that it might all come with ill the scope of the regulations re- st-ricting the sale of drink and the hours at which licenced premise, may be opened. It would seem that nothing has yet come uf this declaration, ivnd on Thursday the chairman of the committee, Sir J. il. Roberts, was asked to by the matter before Lord d'Abernon, the chairman of the (Jont.rol Committee. It is not pretended that all Wales is engaged in munitions work, but most of its mem- bers are zeaioiu supporters of extreme teetotal legislation.

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I NORTH WALES METHODISTS' ASSOCIATION I BALA STUDENTS AND THE WAR. I CRITICISM OF NONCONFORMIST SLIICEDMIS. The North Wales Calvinistic Methodist Association met at Beaumaris on Tuesday and Wednesday, und-er the presidency of the Moderator, Mr Edward Jones (Maesnuuvr Hall). Throe votings took place on the election of Moderator for the coming year, the Rev. Ellis Jones (Rhyl), secretary of the home mis- sion movement of the Connexion, being finally adopted. The Rev. U. H. Howard (Rhyl) was ap- pointed examiner of candidates for the mini- stry for the next four years, and it was de- cided to hold the Association at Ruthin in April. I BALA THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE. An exhaustive report of the proceedings of a special meeting of the Bala Theological College was submitted by the Rev. John Owen (Carnarvon). Owing to the exceptional cir- cunistances through which the country is passing, the committee had not acted upon the instructions of the Association to inquire into the advisability of uniting the colleges at Bala and the South Wales College at AberystAvyth. Professor J. O. Thomas ap- plied to lie freed from his college duties for the lirst six monthti of the new year in order to minister to the wants of the Welsh soldiere in France through the agency of the Y.M.C.A. The committee not only recom- mended that Professor Thomas' application i be granted, but expressed its gratitude to him for the step he proposed to take, and it was proposed that his salary during his absence should he at the rate of .£150 a year. The comimittee had also paid atten- tion to the of closing the ccolgee for the period of the war. They concluded that it was advisable to secure co-operation between Bala and Aberystwyth from this to the end of June next; that such students as were not engaged on approved national eer- vice should join students similarly situated at Aberystwyth at one institution until the end of the present session; and that the chairman of the committee (Mr J. R. Daviess), the secretary, and Mr W. H. Evans (Ruthin), and the members of the college staff should meet a similar number from South Wales. I STUDENTS AND ENLISTMENT. With regard to the relationship of the stu- dents to the war, it was recommended that the time .-•■pent by any of the Bala students on =,-y vpproi,k-d national service from tht's to the end of the present session should be fVeeounted as having been sjient in college, but that in the event of the war continuing for another year any student desiring to re- turn to the collejge at the end of that period should resume his studies at the point at which they were left at the close of this session; that scholarship students now en- gaged on national service should, as far as the committee was empowered to do bO, have their scholarships in the ordinary way or upon their return to college; and that the merit grants usually awarded to students be paid at the end of the present session to students engaged on national service. The committee expressed its conviction that when inviting men to fill pastorates they would look with favour upon the brave men who were sacrificing eo much for their country. Touchier the of Professor J. O. Thomas, the Rev. '1'. Charles W.lliams deprecated the proposal to reduce his salary during his absence from the college. It would be beneath the honour and dignity of the Connexion to take such a step, when they considered that Professor Thomas pro- posed to ent-er upon a form of service which Avould be equal to any he had done at Baht. He moved that Professor Thomas' salary of J200 be continued to him. The amendment was carried unanimously. Replying to a question, the lky. J. Owen said that at present only three or four of the Bala students had enlisted. There remained 28 or 29 at the institution, and probably a large number of them would enlist. Not- withsLnuYng newspaper rc-ports to the con- trary, he had authority for statiug tha.t Aberystwyth Col ege was not cl osed, though be understood that the premises had been offered to the Red Crcew Society. EXCELLENT WORK BY THE Y.M.C.A. The Rev. John Williams (Brynsicncvn) ivarued the Connexion of the danger of sena- ing l>uteh £ S_oi theological students to work among so.cuers unless accompanied by one experienced in deal ng with men troub ed with spiritual problems, as many of our soldiers were at present- He spoko warmly of the excellent work done in camps and elsewhere by the Y.M.C.A. Beforo their young men could hope to have an impres- sion upon the soldiers among whom they lived they must bo prepared to f"erve behind the counter of the Y.M.C.A. huts, and per- form such menial tasks as washing the dishes. Mr J. E. Powell agreed with the view taken by the last speaker, but it equally important that sUKK-nts, who were to be the religious leaders of tho future, should go out with a mission. The comimittee's report was then adopted as a whole, it being understood that the merit grant should bo pa.id to students whether they be engaged on active service or in any other capacity in connection with the war. The Rev. John Pritchard (Birmingham), at the close of the discv.vdon, ex pressed .rogret at the tone of the committee's report, which I seemed to offer rewards to induce students to enlist. They ought to recognise that th-cre might be some students wh o were conscien- tiously o-ppoaed to taking up arms, and he felt sure that the fathers would not have re- joiced in the fact that their young men showed alacrity to enlist The Moderator pointed out that the com- mittee had done all that Avas possible to do justice to all the stud-ants. A GIFT OF £9..000. I The question of assisting the church at 1 ref- riw to deal with a debt of upon their pro- perty, Avhich received considerable attention at tho association meeting of three months ago, oaine up again in the !orm of a report by the loan fmid, presented by the Rev. Gwynedd Roberts. In this the ?nnouncpment waR made that the Misses Davies (Llandinam) had offered to til?at tile Mi- I I I make a gift of ?,2XO to the connexion condition- a.Hy upon its being repaid by the connexion to the loan fund at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum (cheers). Mr Robert? moved that the gift be accepted with s incere thanks. Mr J. E. PoAvell seconded the motion, which was carried, and Ren. E. O. 1\us (Lkmdudno) and R. Williams (Glan Conway) also tendered the thanks of the Va!c of Conway Monthly Meeting to both the Misses Davies and the connex-on for coming to the aid of t.hc Trcfriw onurch in such a gracious manner. A further sum of JM50 NA-us reported, to be due bv the same church oil its current account, a.nd it Avas decided to endeavour to liquidate this by means of a personal appeal. NONCONFORMIST SECESSIONS. _1- I I I ? I A communication was received trom tie Angle- &cy Monthly Mcdi.ng that the Rev. Jenkin j Owen (Ho)yhead) had resigned his com?ct-ion widi th? denomination and joined the Church of Ens'I??- The r?ign?tion havit;s beon- accepted, Rev. John Winiam? (Brynsiencyn) felt that the view of the association should be made clear on tliree points. They ought to respect, the opinion of a man who broke wit-h one connexion where for conscientious reasons he believed that another connexion to which he attached himself had stronger claims on the ground of doctrine or chuicn government. There Avas something aLo to be Mid of .t.he man who took that step when he struggled with, udveree circumstances and had hopes of bettering his and his family s prospects, though there wtn not much to choose between him and a man who changed his religious con- viction for the sake of securing a better farm (hear, hear). But there was another class for whom they hed nothing but contempt. lie mount the men who cha.nged their denomination mainly in order to join in better society and to enjoy greater freedom in all directions. They were men who regarded their ordination as a sham, and that there must be the laving of hands by a. bishop—men whore w;ves talked nonsense about being allowed to Ha* among gentle folks. It behoved religion ladies to be careful that they I did not glorify In aiie-h instances. Why should tho Congregational Chfcwoh at Bournemouth have in- vited the Rev. U. J. Campbell there the night bcfcrc he was Ie ei.ed nt > he t'hurc-i cf Fngland? He aid nothing about the honesty of Mr tnip- bell's convictions—they might have been as hon- oit as his New Thoology-but a etigim ought to be put on the efforts of men to enter religious circles for the sake of Avorldly gaiii (hear, hear). THE CONNEXION IN ANGLESEY I At Wednesday's (xmfcrencc a review of the position of tho Connexion in Anglesey was pre- sented by the Jtev. R. Prys Owen (Llangefni). From this it appeared that there axe 12.300 com- inunioants, while the hearers .number- 19,430, or practically two-;ifth> of the total jxjpulation of the island. The total collections for the year were returned at £14,6<X3,\)(-ing a decrease of about £2000 on those of the previous year. A debt of £15,220 remains on the property of the Connexion, being a reduction of L700 in twelve months. Under the auspices of the IOMI for- ward movement the report stated that 28 school- rooms had been erected within recent years to meet the needs of localities which ha<i no other facilities for public won-hip. ffhe war had brought out the spirit of so if-sacrifice in a re- markable degree among their members. More than 400 of them had joined the colours at the end of 1914, and the number had since grown oon- siderably. Three ordained ministers went out as chaplains, and the women of the churchcs took th-cir share in the work of the Red Cross Society and in preparing comforts for the troops. Dis- appointment wa-s, however, felt at the falling off in attendances at the weekly meetings, which seemed to indicate a w-aiit,of realisation on the pa.rt of the people of the grave crisis through which the country is passing. RELATIVE COST OF THE MINISTRY AND OF BUILDINGS. In introducing a series of new rules to govern I the ixroced-ure of the loan society, the Treasurer (Mr Jonathan Davies) said that, the value of the Connexional property in North Wales was about a quarter of a million. Every year an average of EZ030 was paid in interest, £ 11,000 on repairs, and about C24,000 towards liquidating debts on the property. This made a t-otaj of £ 43,000 < year spent on buildings, whereas for the ministry amounted to £ 69,000. lie lirmly belieA-ed that the proportion Avas l'o t oorrect and ought to be reversed (hear, hear). Thanks were accorded to the family of the lata Mr John Morris, of Liverpool and Lknsannan, for contributing £ 315 towards wiping out the debt on the Henry Rees Memorial Chapel at Llan- sannan.

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JUDGE PARRYS VISIT. Judge Parry, formerly of the Manchester Cir- cuit. and for the lat four years of the Lambeth Circuit of London, is to deliver his umiaually in- teresting lecture on "A Day in the County Court" at the Church Room, Colwyn Bay, next Wednes- day evening, wd on the following day at the dav evening Li?idudno' Bis Honour is without r ( ?wn Ila]], question the most witty of Welshmen at present serving his Ma>«sty in a judicial capacity..Aa a vATiter and lecturer he has made as high a repu- tation for himself as he holds for hie Loundtiess of judgment and humane conduct in his professional' capacity. It will be remembered that, the learned judge was sonic years ago seriously wounded by a disappointed litigant at Manchester, who was ultimately sentenced to a long term of penal tcrvi- tude.

WELSH AGRICULTURAL COUNCIL. A Welsh correspondent is given to understand on reliable aiitbority thet Lord SelbonK-, Presi- dent of the Board of Agriculture, has now ar-, ranged that the Welsh Agricultanal Council .shall meet mon-thly, and that it is probable that the Council will serve as intermediary between the Government and the county agricultural cotn- mittees appointed in Wales. The Council consists of two representatives ap- pointed by each County Council in Wales and six other members nominated by the Board of Agri- c i i "tu re.

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