The Irish standard., 1904-10-01
Annual Congress of the Celts Of tho Five
Nations Recently Held in Wales,
An Important Event.
A Prejudice Growing in Ireland Aq,inst the
Increasing Number of Tourists
to That Country.

strath and strand" inclose IT by 4
barbed wire fence and warn tho Eno.
llsh trippers Off his demesne, sucb q
proceeding would be very effective.
ana II Mr.. Caine erected notice boord.
"l '' "'l promontories and signed them
III H. Caine, Proprietor (Autbor ~
. nhe Christian The External Citv,
Inc Manxman,' price six shilling.
each' less the regular discount fror,
an book sellers" the boards would da.
lray their own expense and the cost
OIL the barbed wire as well,
Manx is a dialect of irish n,,.
Manx, the Irish and the Highland
gaelic differ but little one from tho
other. The Welsh, Cornish and pro.
Ton formed another distinct family -
ceitlc languages. These, the Brvthon.
ic family, though they differ material.
W. are much more alike, one to the
other, than any of them to the Gaelic
All OF them were in evidence at Car.
'Hlr'on. Quaint ceremonies were pone
through there. The Lila Cinc;1 +bo
symbolic race-stone or cuirn wos h,i,+
''p' ladies' of all the Celtic nationoli.
''es placing on it fragments repre.
sentative Of their countries. Tho
proclamation convening the conpross
was read aloud in both Welsh and
iflsh' and then the arch druid ~
wales proclaimed "the Celtic peoca"
which pence endures for u whole
week of each year.
The chief Highland Representatives
't the pan-Celtic congress. Miss cor.
''lichael' who Is a daughter of tho
ee'eDrated author Of ''Carmina Gade.
l'ca IA charming collection of Gaelic
ieeehd and lore, was reared in tho
'ieorldes, and is, in beauty, In nor.
soi'ai charm, in speech. manner md
aspiration true and an enthusiastic
ana a creditable Gael She is DOING
worthy work for the preservation md
revival Of the language in Scotland.
she exhorts and encourages orpan.
ICES and teaches her countrymen and
conntrywomen. Miss Carmichael edit.
the recently started Celtic Review
which is published in Edinburgh. This
heVlew Is welcome and a valuable
edition to the periodic literature of tho
Gael DR.. Douglas Hyde, Alfred
Mutt. Alexander Carmichael, Prof
Mackfnnon and others contribute in.
teresting and scholarly articles to the
frst number. The Celtic Review ia a
Quarterly, and the publisher is Norman
macleod, of Edinburgh. It is not q
wicked Irish paper this time, but a
London one. to-wit, Today, that gives
the circulation to the latest George
Moore luminosity. When, some time
ago, our distinguished novelist, having
discovered rumbling in the region Of
MS conscience. sought to relay the in
ternal reaction by taking to himself
the consultations of new religion, he
wrote to the Protestant archbishop of
Dublin, informing him that he had en-
braced Professionalism. The archbishop
is man very much pre-occupied. He
is also very kind man to any convert
who poor to this worlds wealth. comes
into his church. In due course Mr..
George Moore received from his lord.
ship typewriter reply informing him
int If he obtained character from the
rector of his parish, and, with it, pre.
sented himself at the Office of the blan.
ket and coal fund not later than 1870
a. m. on the Saturday morning follow.
ing he would receive assistance to the
value of not less than 20 and not more
than 80 shillfngs, according to the cir
cumstances of his case.
The very much abused Irish land.
lord may vet do something to redeem
his cause. Mr.. Talbot Crosbie. Kerry
land lord, who took such an active mart
in bringing about, and in carving TO
successful issues, the famous land
conference. writes in the Daily
News, urging his brother land
lords to come forward now
and take their part with the people in
furthering the interests Of ireland. He