22 NOVEMBER 1913, Page 3

A great meeting of protest against the Welsh Disestablish- ment

Bill, called together by the Houses of Laymen of the two provinces, was held in the Albert Hall on Thursday night. The Archbishop of Canterbury said that he doubted whether upon any public question of our time there had been so sustained, so eager, and so thoughtful a protest made by the country. Lord St. Aldwyn declared that even if there were no general election before the Bill was passed, much might still be done to prevent the worst results of the Act. Deliberate delay might be resorted to by corporations and individuals. No doubt he would be charged with advocating lawlessness, but when people talked of lawlessness it was necessary to ask who had begun it.