Cylchgronau Cymru

22 YOUNG WALE8. sion of tlieir chief, caro of course beiug- taken and tlioy have tlie adniimstration of the elec- tliat they do not worry or confuse tlie Premier tion funds; wliilo the disposal of wliatever or tlio Leader, bnt taliing much greator caro patronage still bolougs to tlio IIouso of that nothing is left out of his lcnowledge whieh Commous is invostod iu tlio Cliiof Whip. may serve hiin in his arduous task. And it is for this reason tliat it canie to bo that Tho Wliips havo also to mauago elections tho Chiof Wiiip in ovory alininistralion is also so far as Gorormnont talcos auy parfc iu tliem, tho Patronage íSoeretary to tho Treasury. NOTES AND COMMENTS. TO OUR READERS:-With this number our periodical enters upon the threshold of its seooud volunie. It is as yet too soou to determine how far its raison d' eire bas be; n justified, or to what extent h;is its mission bcon realized. Our ideals, we coufess, seem as distant from their attainnieut as they did twelve mnnths «go, whenour periodical tìrst eutered upon his career. But this number iuaugurates the developraent of our resources and the mult plication i f our efforts, and for th-.t reason we confidently anticipate that this year's volume will niai k to a still greater extent the realization of those ieading aiins and purposes which have inspired the existence of tbis peiiodicd. Our policy, therefore, knows no change. In thefutire, as in the past, it will bo our constant aini and endeavour to makc YotTNGWAl.ESthoroughly repre- sentative of our various interests and aetivities as a nati<_n, and a faithful record of the moods and phases of the national tenrperament of Wales. Our periodical will continue to contiibute its quoti of support to the moveuuent which has espoused the cause of Welsh Nationalistü, and wbich, by constantly emphasising tbe fact of < ur separate and distiuct individuality as a people, is effective]y determining both Ihe direetioii and the fiual issue of that spirit of national awakening, tbe couiing of wbieh is now beii.g beralded iu tbis little country of ours. And in mapping out tbe literary contents of this year's volume, our great desire bas been not so niuch to arrange a higlily attractive and ii teresting programme— though we venture to tbiuk tbat our readers will readily grant tbat we have succeeded in doing that—as to ensure that our pages shaJl give a true expn ssion to the national aims and aspirations and, in so far as it thus lies in our power, should help both to deepen and to strengtheu Welsh nhtioual sentiment. We may also take this opporti nity of mating reference to our regular e< ntiibutors. Mr. Llewelyn Wiljiams will continue to contribute under the beading " 0 Jùm i Fynwy," which was so popular and attiaetive a feature of last year's volume, bis bright and vigorons Notes on current Welsh tojàcs. Under the headiiifr " Beyoitd Offas JJyJee," we shall introduce in the Febiuary nuuibcr a new feature, whicb is intcnded to scrve, on tbe one hand, as a bond of union bt tween our rcadcrs ju tbe Principahty and those of our counírymeu wuo are aeross the Borders, an l 011 the other band as a register of tbe direction of tlie furces at work in tbe siirter couutries, with tbe course of public opinion on matters pertaiuing to tbe we!f«re of Wales aud Welsbinen. Our ivaders will share our gratitìcrition in tbat this feature will be cuiitributed by the Rev. T. Eyuon Davies, who is an ardent Welsb pati-iot, and wbo bas brougbt credit to his nation by the eonnnanding positiou wbich he has attained, butb in Eugíand and in Sootlaud, among tbe leading pulpit oraturs of tbe age. Special provisiou has also been made for our lady-readers, and with the March iiumber a new feature devoted exelusively to the advocacy of the interests of tbe women of Wales, will aiipoar. The n.ere fact that this feature will be under the editorial control of Mrs. Wynford Philipps and Miss Elsbetb Phibpps is a sutíicient guarantee tbat it will readily prove an undoubted success. Mrs. Philipps needs no introduetion to the readers of YouìS'G AVales. For mauy years sbe has shown the greatest interest aud activity in promoting the success of every movement wliicb bas sougbt to minister to tbe social, educational or political well- being of tbe women of Wales. Sbe is deseiwedly jiopular aiuong all sectious of our countrywomen, aud tbe eítìcieiicy of the Welsh Women's Liberaí Union is an eloquent tribute both to the successful issue of her ideas and efforts and to her wise guidance in directing its councils and activities. Her co-editor, Miss Elsbeth Philipps, our lady-readers will be interested to learn, has just conipleted ber academie course at Oxford with marked distiuction, and is a sister to Mr. Wynford Philipps, who takes so warm and active an interest in the Welsh National Movement. Under such able control, we have no doubt that this new feature will readily command the favour and the support of the womcn of Wales in particular. Anyone, who is conversant witb the real nature and dnection of the forces that have moulded the Wales of the present day, knows how gieat and determinative an influence has the religious senti- ment woven into the national character, and how true it is tbat tbe present awakening of our nation to a dut! sense of its educational recpiireinents and of its political needs, marking as it does a most importaut stage in the developiuent of our national resources and in the evolution of new energies. is in the truest seuse theaftcr-matb of that great religious