Welsh Journals

THE WELSH OUTLOOK NOTES OF THE MONTH 59 A MESSAGE FROM IRELAND 63 THE CASE OF BRITTANY 64 GORONWY OWEN 66 RICHARD PARRY, LORD BISHOP OF ST. ASAPH 68 MARCH, 1923. THE return of St. David's Day naturally turns the minds and thoughts of Welshmen and Welshwomen to their homeland and its affairs, and we fear that none of them this year will find the national prospects favourable or encourag- ing. "Banners" as Mr. G. K. Chesterton says, "may wave o'er Warsaw freed again," but Wales as a nation, it would seem, has lost rather than gained by the war which was hailed in so many quarters as the herald of the millenium, and in which so many of the best of her sons fell. The erratic but significant attack on the Welsh language in the Courts, the cynical manner of the pro- posal for the immersion of the Ceiriog valley, the jeering amusement with which the question of Welsh autonomy is regarded by the politicians at Westminster, all show how far off England is from any genuine recognition of Wales as a nation-even poetically. It is undoubtedly true, as A.E. points out elsewhere in this issue, that Ire- land in these days is passing through a period of great trial and suffering, and in the coming years the ignorance and mater- ialism of those responsible for her govern- ance may weigh heavily upon her; never- The Editor does not necessarily identify himself with the opinions of contributors to The Welsh Outlook." Editorial responsibility is limited to the views expressed in the Notes of the Month." Manuscripts sent should be accompanied by a stamped and addressed envelope. Where there is no vision the people perish/' CONTENTS: PAGE. PAGE. CARNHUANA WC-II 70 YNYS YR HUD 73 OLD MEMORIES 75 BORROWS "WILD WALES" 78 ST. DAVIDS REVISITED 79 Annual Subscription, 7/6. NOTES OF THE MONTH PAGE. WALES AT WORK-A SOCIAL DIARY 81 CORRESPONDENCE 82 REVIEWS 84 POETRY 74—77—80 Half Year, 3/9 (post free) theless, the Irish language at this moment is the language of Irish legislation, and the laws of Dail Eireann lie in Irish on the tables of our law libraries much to the be- wilderment of their cosmopolitan frequent- ers. Meanwhile apparently a Welshman may not have the oath administered to him in his own language in the courts of his country, and the days when the people of Wales are likely to have control over their country and its affairs seem more distant than ever. One is beginning to wonder whether the great municipal corporations of England have not more control over our land and our life than Wales herself. It is certainly true that our country is com- pletely under the thumb of "big business'- mostly alien. Not only does Welsh Nation- alism make no political progress. Welsh- men have become so disunited for economic reasons that concentration on national issues has become almost impossible. Sectional jealousies and suspicions have made national unity on any question almost hopeless, and any real national leadership out of the question. Even the advantage that Wales is supposed to have gained from the fact that the Premiership of the United