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Sleeping "Rough”

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1924.

WELSH NOTES. WELSH, POETRY SCHOOLS.

[By Ap Rhys.]

"OPTUM CONFERENCE.

DISCUSSION LASTS.. EIGHT HOURS...

GERMANY AND CHINA. (Reuter's Service.)

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Last week I wrote of the atten- How strange to those at homotion which the claims of rival

GENEVA, November 22, would seam the reply given to a schools in music and poetry are

After eight hours' discussion question asked at the Criminal attracting in Wales and of the Sessions which have just conchief difference, of opinion-whe-yesterday the Business Committee cluded as to the means by which ther or not the old national poetry of the second Opium Conference existence was eked out by a and music should be jealously drew up a plan of work which will cripple whose death was the sub-guarded to the exclusion of all be submitted to a plenary con- 1. found it ference this morning. The plan ject of proceedings against foreign, influence.

Sentinel of, the dawning light! Reveller of the Spring! How sweetly, nobly wild, thy

flight,

Thy boundless journeying: Far from thy brethren of the

woods alone, A hermit chorister before

God's throne!

Chinese for murder looking difficult to express myself without provides for the appointment of after the pitches and blankets of illustrations and as space did not two general commilitées for the coolles sleeping in the streets." then parmit of these I have purpose of considering plans for With a little imagination.one enn devoted that, at my disposal this the limitation and manufacture of almost hear the protests against week to English translations of drugs, limitation of production of such, a state of affairs being poems of the old and newer styles. raw material for export; and also tolerated in a British colony under Dafydd ab Gwilym has been considering general plans for

The plan also prof.". which human beings are forced to well described as a modern' poet amending the Hague Optum take their night's rest in the before his time but I cannot Convention.

appointment o public thoroughfare. They may possibly pass over this greatest of vides for the be made in all sincerity of pur-all Welsh lyrical writers of the six sub-committees, one of which pose, but how much the street is fourteenth century. Here is a will be composed of medical, perts, which will consider the re- to be preferred on hygienic translation of the opening to his pharmaceutical and statistical ex-

port grounds to the Chinese cubicle, "Ode to the Skylark"

of the League's Health which serves as a sleeping apart-

Committee regarding the need of dozen

drugs for medicinal purposes. In ment for sometimes a

the human beings, only those who

the subsequent discussion Indian delegate desired to reserve have seen such conditions tan

the right to discuss the competence appreciate. By the continued extensions of the Ordinance pro-

of the Conference later. tecting the tenant's interests the Government has done a great deal for all classes in the matter of housing and the only grounds on which they can be said to have tolerated a system "forcing" those who cannot pay for cubicle space into the streets is that they have brought forward no legislation to cope with the evils of sub-and sub-sub-letting. This, however, does not go to the root of the matter. Infinted rents due to and exceptional circumstances passed on in turn to the many tenants may have something to 'do with the increased number who are making the streets their nightly place of abode, but so long as the mentality of the Chinese coolie remains what it is and what it has been for generations-nothing will deter him from sleeping in what to other minds at any rate appear to be the most uncomfortable places

he can find.

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Replying to criticisms, Sir Mal- colm Delevingne, the reporter of the Business Committee, pointed out that there was no agreement". Here is Janny Jones, an example with manufacturing countries with of the folk poetry of "Ceirog," the respect to limitation, owing to Burns of Wales whose lyrics to competition. He objected to the Welsh airs have gone round the inclusion of hashish in this Con- ference, though he agreed that world..

views might be exchanged there- anent.

In the ahurch of Llangollen, when joy-bells were chiming. If once my wits wandered, right

well I know why: "Twas Jenny's "I take thee" to

heaven sent them climbing, Until her soft pinch pulled me

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back from the sky!

I love a good neighbour, I love

reat from labour, Good music and preaching, my

pipe and my purse:: But above all and any I love my

own Jenny,

For richter or poorer, for better

or worse.

these

The Conference adopted the plan by 31 votes to I, with a reservation by China, and two abstentions, namely, the United States and Uruguay. The former's action was based on the absence of assurances-on the part of the Conference that American sugkes- tions will be entertained.

The Conference also adopted the Polish proposal, urging equality of representation on sub-committees. between consuming and producing countries, for the purpess, of facilitating an understanding. A. Spanish proposal, in favour of dis-.. tributing among delegations ad-

The "naturalness and directness both of perception and expres-dresses from private associations, sion" of the older style may be was likewise adopted.

BERLIN; November:25: fully appreciated in

The Chinese Government, has given a sympathetic hearing penillion-respectively.

proposal by the German Minister examples of the englyn, and

at Peking that both countries be bound by a system of import

The Sailor's.. Grave, by Tudno

Ji

In death's abyss the sailor lea: certificates recommended by the League of Nations, which system asleep, With not a stone-his-resting-only allows shipment of oplum if the country of destination permits.

place to show;

Let, not thy thunders: vex his:

grave, O, deep,

ITALIAN POLITICS:

This decision of course surprises nobody, for it was, along with the Campbell, care, one of the chief planks in the Conservative Party's platform Besides arousing no surprise, the doom of the Russian treaties will cause no regret..

It was said of Cantin, a few Every person anxious to see the months back that should ever De world's economic stability restor- Sun Yat-sen's prestige be denied ed realizes the necessity for trade to the southern metropodis, the with Russia: every student of motley crowd of senior and sub- ordinate politicians and militarists politics who wishes, to see the would become a rabble without armed peace replaced by general a leader. Now that the Repub security knows that not only must lican chief has gone to Shanghat we recognise Russia, as we have it may not be futile to take stock of what is being done by the sup- "Carry CANNAN DANSON. On done, but we must also contem- porters he left behind.

'November 14, at H.B.M. Con- i sulate-General, Shanghai, be plate the day when she will be a on" seems to be everybody's fore the Acting Consul-Gen- member of the League of Nations; slogan. First, let it be stated eral, and later at St. Joseph's every sensible person appreciates that the lack of sensation which, as predicted would be forthcoming Church by the Rev. Father both these needs, but nobody is not due to the Chinese Macdonald, S.J., John Felix claiming any practical common characteristic of being conserva- Cannan, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Cannan, of sense at all sees the need for pre- tive. That the more powerful and Newbury, England, to Mabel senting the Soviet Government influential are satisfied to let

cised, the Chamber voted- comm · Frances, daughter of Mr. and with £40,000,000 of the British sleeping dogs le; that the weaker and lesser known are unable to

Adence by 337 to 17: Eighteen Mrs. George Danson, Shang-taxpayers' good money to spend lift a finger, seem more obvious

Of the modern poats I think.one abstained from voting.

The debate, which hinged on hai,

vin propaganda against the British reasons for "marking time."

quotation, will be sufficient to Empire. Therefore while we Since their antry into the pro-illustrate the changes which have policy in regard to Home affairs attacks vince, the Yunnanese soldiers a regret the dishonouring" of

on the Government for: eur- have been supreme, and it is safe been made by the introduction of was characterized by

other foreign metros.

the freedom of the TAYLOR-On November 17, at former Premier's signature, even to presume that

The following in, taken from the talling "Alandale," 25, Route Ghisi, when it was given in defiance of denomination bas the backing to Shanghai, Albert Taylor the nation's wishes, as the Soviet question that supremacy. Because Bangor Book of Verse which Press and engaging in uncon ("Brutus") dearly loved hus- band of Jean Taylor. North delegates well knew, we must they control the major sources of young Welsh students have pubstitutional practices

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But hush thy waves as.c'er

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A moving example of a penill:- Wind on the sea, and sum on the

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-Gray stones instead of

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And seagulls instead of mon

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rim good can came of any attempt, to usurp what civil authority the Cantonese politicians: retain the Yunnanese leadors will, doubtless, While the Russian treaties

be content to remain as they are decision came as no surprise, the On the other hand, the Cantonese Egyptian crisis came as a pro-Kuomintang politicians are still found sensation. The dastardly the civil heads. What vestige of authority they possess they will murder of the Sirdar and the make use of, without a desire to solemn obsequies that followed expand, till further orders are. have stirred the imagination of received from Dr. Sun. the world. All eyes are now on Egypt and the question of the hour is what will happen next. That Britain is ready for any emergency is evidenced alike by the prompt troop movements that have taken place and by the stern tone of the note demanding re- paration and guarantees. Zaglul Pasha has already conceded" cer- tain points, such as the punish- ment of the assassins and the payment of an indemnity, but doubt still exists whether he will as readily concede the other points regarding political and financial measures. Doubtless he will seek to temporise, but Britain can accept no empty promises. Not dral Organ recital 5:30 pm.

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Egypt's demands have the sang from the Canton storm-centre tion of naither legal nor moral dramatic events are taking place

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November 24-Star Theatre; "Little Old New York,"

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November 24-Queen's Theatre, "The Mutiny of the Elsinore."

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ROME, November 23: After a debate lasting several days, during which Government: policy at many points was criti

as regard municipal and provincial Govern- ment. The attitude of sections of the Liberal panty showed that while ex-Premiers Gfoliis and Orlando were definitely against s the Government, ex Premier Salandra, representing the major Hy of Liberals in the House,, stilk promised to support the Fasciamo regime.

Prior to the division, the Minister of Interior, (Sig. Fedemoni) unders took to Introduce as a matter of

urgency a measure dealing with. the question of the freedom of the Press,

In winding up a debate on Home affairs, Signor Mussolini declared he had always "tried bard to separate party affairs from Govern- ment affairs and solemnly promis ed to submit all questions to Parlia ment with a view to a return to al normal constitutional regime.

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