The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-13
y. N. STANLEY
AND THE WELSH
He Condemns the Welsh for Their Non.
cosnopOliianism.
HE KNOWS OF NO WELSH COLONIES
Neither Did He nnOw of ANY People
Outside OfWalcs That Could Speak
We!sh..IIis Address Received with
Cheers and Kisses.

Chcers ana Kisses.
The following is u synopsis of an ad-
dress delivered by Henry NJ. Stanley at
Swansea recently. The outcome of the
address Is that Mr. Stanley is being
very roughly handled by the vernacular
press of Wales:
Mr.. Stanley first gave details of the
progress made in commerce by the
Americans and Germans. He thought
Wales was the worst part of the United
Kingdom to come to talk about cosmo-
politanisnl, because as he understood
from the newspapers especially in the
vernacular newspapers of Nales) the
Welsh people We're asking for Welsh
preachers. Welsh bishops Welsh schCl-
arships and politicians pandered to the
galleries. 0Hear, hear. Now, from n
Welsh standpoint. this might be very
grand Welsh patriotism; but as one who
had travelled considerably in his time.
he had been wondering as to whether
the knowledge of Welsh would lead one
to. uaughter). He knew of no Welsh
colonies, nor of any people outside of
Wales that could speak W elsh. He had
SNVt VI w tiSil 'tui Az si i'us
PARTS of the world. but the sellers and
buyers of it We're perfectly ignorant of
Welsh. G.aughter). He had seen
stacks of tinplate boxes and heaps
Of iron and steel rails made in Wales.
hut thse who dealt in them were abso-
lutely ignorant of Welsh. He had seen
goodiy portion of the British empire,
but he had never been able to determine
which part of it had been specially
built by Welshmen. U.auehtcr). One
discovery he had made was that
wherever abor!gines in any part
of the world were found cling
ing to their traditions they were
always sunk in obscurity and unimport-
ance. Uiear hear, and dissent. Now
the Germans had a fairly big country of
their own; but they were Of opinion
that their country was too restricted for
their growing numbers They knew
that Germany was their home and their
workshop, but the world was their mar
ket, and as they have to deal with so
very many nations they must learn the
languages of ner customers German
children had to devote four hours q
week to learning English. while in
Wales there were intelligent peo. ! lwho
maintained that children's education
should largely be in Welsh. as though
there were countries abroad where a
knowledge of Welsh would be of advan-
tage to their sons. Qaughter). Now
what was the object of this teaching OF
English in Germany? Why, of course
to absorb the British market. to absorb
the British trade with the British col
onies. That was definite at any rate
But it was a puzzle to him how they
We're going to apply their knowledge OF
Welsh, and it was not only by theil
deficiency in technical education. by
their reluctance to change their old ma
chinery for new, by their anxious belief
in their own superiority, by their dis
position to always take and never give
= but also because they did not give their
boys chance to compete with the boys
of the continent by holding them from
knowledge of commercial language
and that was the reason they were
threatened by Il German supremacy
(Cheers). Now the English language
which Is rejected and despiseG
by Welsh parents is to the Ger.
mans--(cries of Yes" NO" Kisses
and cheers)-the means of establishing
their commercial supremacy. (Cheeis)
1t was essential that they must becom,
more intellectual and more alive to the
interests and demands of the period il
which we live. Whatever the Ameri
cans do the English must try to dc
better-tcheers)-a the activity o
the Germans they must not onl!
emulate, but surpass, for he felt con
WINGED that the English could do better
than either of them If they tried. Com
mercial men all through England salt
the principal causes of loss of trade wer,
strikes. high wages. short working days
and heavy carriage rates. Such things
were undoubtedly disturbing. But othe
things had contributed to reduce thei
Ne. Among them Were insular con
love of old fashioned ways, distast
for small profits. and protective tar
IFS. He dealt at length on each point
Then he went on to speak of how TIL
Welsh specially could regain what the.
We're losing. They could do it if the.
would work together-employers an,
workmen."
THE SONGS OF WALES
Mr.. r. A. Levi, +. A.. Aberystwytll
son of the Rev. r. Levi, the editor Of tn
Trysorfa y Plant. has laid the lovers o
the sweet songs of Wales under dee
obligation to him in preparing a yer,
handsome volume of selections fron
works Of all our Welsh poets. The bool
opens with Alun's beautiful song of tn
fisherman's wife and his elegy to Bisho
Heber, Lie treigia'r caveri yn dona
tryloewon." Alum is followed by tn
translation Of Gray's elegy by d. Davi
(not Davies as Mr.. Levi writes iO, q
Castell Hywel which competent scholar
have described as being even supcrlo
to the original "Ar Ian Iorddonen DIDO
fn," by Ieuan Clan Geirionydd, "Tiwydd
ost beth ddywel ny nghalon," by Ceiri
og, Il dref y Bala'r aeth y bardd" b
Tegid, "Gwel uwchlaw cymylau amser
by Islwyn, 'Bedd dyn tylawd" by Ioa
Enlyp, Beth SYN hardd" by Ieua
Lleyn, "Brawdlys Calfaria" by Gwalch
mai, "Fy Nhad sydd wrth lyw" b
s. r., "Deio Bach" by Jones, Llangon
, en-. "Hen Feibl mawr fy nam" by Tegi
don, "Y cyfamod disygl' by Huw Der