11 MAY 1912, Page 13

THE "RELIGIOUS " (?) MOTIVE OF THE ATTACK ON THE

CHURCH IN WALES.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "BPROTATOR."1 SIE,—The following extract from the British Weekly of October 19th, 1911, fully corroborates your remarks in your article on " Welsh Disestablishment" last week as to " rivalry " and " competition " :—" The body of the High Church clergy are more aggressive and less friendly than they have ever been. We will use no stronger language. ID Wales also we fear that this is the case. Is it to be supposed that the vast majority of the religious community will consent to put national property in the hands of men who use it to harass and obstruct their work in every possible way ?" I will let this exquisite paragraph speak for itself, and will make uo remarks upon even the misused term " national property."—