The Cymru IVA the official organ of the Welsh Nationalists,
has been collecting the opinions of the leading Welsh Gladstonian Members upon the subject of Welsh National policy, and especially upon whether it is expedient to form a separate Welsh Parliamentary party. Practically,. all the Members who answer are against the formation of such a party, though in saying so they are very careful to speak with the greatest respect of the Frankenstein of Welsh Nationalism which, with the aid of Mr. Gladstone's incanta- tions, they have called into existence. Just as in the fable, now that they have made their monster, they are very anxious to keep him in order; and as far as appearances can show, just as in the fable, the monster will end by making them his slaves. The result of the struggle will probably be known before long, for on Tuesday next a conference of the Welsh National Council will be held at Newtown, Montgomeryshire, and the question of the formation of a Welsh National Parliamentary party will be discussed, and, we suppose, decided. Let us trust, then, that Mr. Osborne Morgan, who writes as if he meant business, will, in spite of the heavy odds against him, show his fellow-Members how to overcome the monster.
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