Welsh Journals

Education Act 'compels' children to go to school, but I suppose they agree that compelling Welsh children to speak English is in order. We Welsh parents are not denying our children the right to learn and speak English. We find that through the Welsh schools they have a greater appreciation of their own, and of the beautiful English language. Let us remember, that even the English, the ones who care, even they are fighting to preserve the language of Milton and Shakespeare, through the Third Programme for example. You do not preserve the glory and beauty of a language by numbers. We are all for preserving all cultures and languages-including our own. Gentlemen, argue your case as intelligent, democratic, freedom loving men, and we will respect your Right. 9 Liphook Crescent, Forest Hill, London, S. E. 23 THE HEDGER The hedger working in the road waves as I pass Then turns to cutting grass. No stranger now, his brown grin stays In focus for a few days, A wished-for sign The burden of mortality is not mine, Nor his, nor Keat's alone. We share the mystery of the bone. John Stuart Williams Dr Johnson would no doubt have linked a Welsh symphonist with a female preacher, but Daniel Jones is a great trier. The Music Critic of The Times Paris is too large a city for a comparison with Wales.-SIR IFOR EVANS The Welsh are victims of terrible delusions. GWYN THOMAS.