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THE PROPOSED LLYWELYN-1 MEMORIAL.

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THE PROPOSED LLYWELYN -1 MEMORIAL. The Llywelyn memorial movement, in con. nection with which a meeting was held at Shrewsbury on Saturday, does not seem to have made much pro- gress. And now that the little public interest which was once felt in it has conside- rably subsided it is not likely that the move- ment will make any great progress in future. The promoters do not appear to be endowed with an overplus of business capacity, nor have they been able to inspire that confidence in the country which wins support and encouragement. They have all along pro- posed to make excavations at Cwm Hir Abbey, where it is supposed Prince Llywelyn's remains he buried, but we have it on the highest authority that until recently ? had not occurred to the committee to consult the land- owner on whose estate the ruined abbey stands. Incredibly stupid as this may appe*r, it is, nevertheless, the fact, for we have the land- owner's worclo for it. The question of Met- vation came up again at the meeting on Satur- <hy, bat nothing was heard ss to first obtain- tag the landowner's permission. For all that we know to the contrary, the promoters of the scheme are in blissful Ignoranoe as to whether the necessary permiuion for sxoavating will be granted or not. One thing is certain, if owk liberty had been taken with the right. of many owners of land, they would not hesi- tate to give a very decided refusal to any overtures that might come as a mere after- thought. This uiecei of fotfetfglfwte uul dis- courtesy on the part of the committee is in itself sufficient proof that they an not over-burdened with any great weight of business capacity. Nor do we find that the promoters have any fixed plan or programme of work. At the Shrews- bury meeting no definite scheme was proposed, and the form of the memorial was left to the judgment of the public, or, rather, the sub- scri bers, a most unsatisfactory way of putting it. In this respect the meeting stood in strono contrast to the Lord Aberdare memo- rial meeting held in Cardiff two days pre- viously. At the latter gathering everything was arranged in businesslike fashion the pro- moters had something definite and tangible to propose, 'a decided plan to place before the public. Surely, it might have suggested itself to the minds of the Shrewsbury memo- rialists that this was the only sensible way of doing things, as, doubtless, they will find sooner or later, when the list of subscriptions shall have been closed. One is at a low to learn how it is possible for the subseriben) to settle the question of the form the memorial shall take. Just think of it for a moment. Say that a number of people send subscrip- tions, to which they attach a condition that the money shall be applied to the erection of a tomb at Cwm Hir Abbey. Three Roore other donors contribute with an expressed injunction that their money must be used in buildin" an obelisk on the spot where the hero fell. A third batch of subscribers will contribute with the understanding that their money shall be devoted to the erection of a statue in the Prince's "native Gwynedd," ss was pathetically, but vaguely, put on record on Saturday. Now, all this means that the committee shall have power only to use the money entrusted to them in the manner sug- gested by the donors, aud, therefore, must erect three memorials, which, on the face of it, is an absurdity. Failing this, no alterna- tive will be left them but to return the money, which places them in a very awkward posi- tion and destroys the movement at its roots. We can appreciate the modest feeling which inspired the attitude of the meeting on Satur- day, but too much modesty is sometimes detri. mental to people's best interests, and the com- mittee will early discover that in this case their modesty has greatly jeopardised the whole scheme, and rendered it well-nigh impossible for many years to re-kindle a feel. ing of enthusiasm in regard to memorialising Llywelyn. In offering this criticism of the proceedings at Shrewsbury one is unwilling that the promoters should entertain the notion that one endeavours to discourage the move- ment. Divested of all political significance, we feel bound to give it our unqualified support, but, at the same time, feel bound to hold the mirror up to what we consider a lack of good sense and businesslike handling on the part of the promoters. It is nothing short of a national disgrace that Prince Llywelyn and many another distinguished Welshman should have been allowed to go without a monument to point the native and the stranger to the spots where they lie buried. As was very well expressed on Saturday, Wales has much to learn from Continental nations in this respect, and until it takes the lesson to heart and gives it practical effect Welsh nuioMJitnn I is nothing better than sounding brass or a tinkling cymbtl.

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NOTES OF THE I " WEEK.

NEW INDUSTRY FOR NEWPORT.

I THE ELBE DISASTER.

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