10 FEBRUARY 1912, Page 17

APPOINTMENT OF WELSHMEN TO PUBLIG OFFICES IN WALES.

[To THE EDITOR OW THE "SPECTATOR.") Sin,—In his speech at the City Liberal Club on Saturday last Mr. Lloyd George said: "Of course in our own country we surely are allowed to put Welshmen into public offices in Wales." The implied claim in these words is the right to give all public appointments in Wales to Welshmen. What would Mr. Lloyd George have said or thought if such a claim had been made by an English member of the Cabinet? Surely in Wales as in England the beat man obtainable should be appointed, whether Englishman, Scotsman, Irish- man, or Welshman. The Welsh claim appears to be that Welshmen should monopolize Welsh public appointments. and share in such appointments in England.—I am, Sir, Sze.,

AN ENGLISHMAN.