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well-nigh submerged civilisation. In the next conflagration, aided by the forces of Science and the new weapons of destruction which Science has forged, the nations may complete the process of annihilation. They may send civilisation to its doom. The League represents the only hope of man- kind to avert a recurrence of this tragedy. THE WELSH LEAGUE OF NATIONS UNION NORTH WALES. The Pageant of War and Peace at Caernarvon in July. PAGEANT is perhaps the wrong connotation for Cynan's production at Caernarvon. A pageant is little more than a series of his- torical episodes strung together on the basis of geographical association, so that the insertion or omission of any episodes matters no more to the performance as a whole than longer or shorter time to go through it. There was much more than this in the Pageant of War and Peace. It had the true dramatic basis of a conflict between two ideas. There was also the dramatic rise and fall associated with Shakespearean tragedy-the initial victory of War in episodes one and two and its gradual decline through the others-the fall of Peace in episode one and the gradual development from its prophetic inception in episode three to the magnificent culmination in the Seventh. Each episode was in itself beauti- ful, satisfying, a miniature drama, but the great- ness of the production lay in the unity which bound and subordinated all to the treatment of one great theme. One minor aspect of the production will illus- trate this. The stage was never hidden from view. Its furnishing was simple. The earliest enthusiast, bent on securing a good seat, saw a simple throne against curtains of dark blue vel- vet-the last attendants to leave the Pavilion saw nothing more. In the ballet scene with which the pageant opens, the God of War takes his seat upon the throne. On rising at the close to drive out with his lash his own servants and the children of men, he leaves his scarlet cloak thrown half carelessly across the throne. The throne is used again, by the Archbishop in the Crusaders scene, by the Sultan in the St. Francis episode, but no one disturbs the scarlet cloak. And it is this picture of a splash of scarlet on a throne against the deep blue which holds the eye when the stage is emptied of its actors time after time. But in the last scene when the crowd, the Therefore we confidently ask the Eisteddfod Association, the Gorsedd, and the Eisteddfod Local Committee for their assistance and encour- agement. We appeal to every Welshman and Welshwoman to support the League and those organisations which stand like sentinels behind it-the Eisteddfod and the Union. many peoples, have come to join the Family about the throne, when the "Tommy" leads in the radiant Queen of Peace not seen since her ex- pulsion in the first episode, then it is that the Soldier, leading the Queen up the step of the throne gathers up the scarlet with one hand and throws it contemptuously aside before the Queen seats herself. Owing to the uncertaintv of weather conditions three performances took place in the Pavilion and one only in the Castle. Here the second episode, the Trojan Women, had its effective settings; but the sun having blazed all day, refused to light up even the angels and the pavilion flood- lights were missed. The Pavilion performances, notably those of Thursday and Saturday, reached the highest level of excellence. Nevertheless the Castle was truly captured and the idea was well developed in the presidential addresses. The presentation of the keys of castles which have already been captured in a Peace Celebration was admirably done by little pages scarcely taller than the keys they carried. The audience each night was drawn fro-n evc>y corner of North Wales, small parties coming long distances bv car. There was not, however, rhe large crowd from the immediate neighbourhood owing partly to the present depression in the slate quarries and though the Pageant has paid for itself, there is only a small profit balance. It is to be hoped that some other district in North Wales will take upon itself the reproduc- tion of this Pageant of War and Peace with the same care and enthusiasm that Arfon gave. There is room in it for the exercise of the best musical, dramatic and organising talent of any neighbourhood. Let us see it next in Powys. S.P.J. SOUTH WALES. The Welsh League of Nations Union's stall at the Llanelly Roval National Eisteddfod was a centre of attraction for a large number of visitors. On Thursday of the Eisteddfod week, a reception was given by Lady Howard Stepney, on behalf