Speaking at the National Eisteddfod on Thursday, Mr. Lloyd George
delivered an eloquent panegyric of Wales and the Welsh, "a nation that has lived through centuries of oppression, contempt, slander, and treachery, and is now as much alive and virile as it ever has been." Her revilers had now actually begun to imitate her institutions, and he hoped to see the day when a great National Eisteddfod would be held on the racecourse of Epsom Downs. After descanting on the influence of the mountains on the democracy of Wales, Mr. Lloyd George concluded by observing that he had no idea what kind of a song his next Budget was going to he, but he was afraid that he should have to compel a great many people to join in the chorus, much against their will. As Mr. Lloyd George was speaking in Welsh, it is possible that the versions which have appeared in the Sassenach papers have failed to render his remarks faithfully.
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