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The fGorsedd Sword.

UNSHEATHED FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR CENTURIES.

WELSH BARDS AND THE WAR. (“Daily Chronicle” The Chief Bard Positive of the in- stitutional Order of Welsh Bards, Gwilym Cowlyd, to wit, having come to the conclusion that the war in South Africa is merely a phase of the war against all falsehood, iniquity, and error, eternally being waged by all true Bards, and thatthe time has come when the sanction and ben- ediction of the hoary institution over which he presides should be given to the forces of the’ Queen, on the 3oth ult. issued the following :—

The Truth Against the World. Oh! Jesus Repress Injustice. “He that Slayefh shall be Slain.” ‘The Swerd of the Lord and Victoria.

This is an invitation and request to

be present in Gorsedd,on the Mount

of Songs, Gair Ionydd, at 10a. m,

Jan. 6, 1900 (Old Christmas Day ),

to Unsheath the Swordof Eternal

Bardism—as the Sword of the Lord

and Victoria—against all falsehood,

iniquity, and error, and to signal and proclaim the sovereignity of

Truth and Righteousness through-

out the Earth: “For on this Moun-

tain shall the hand of the Lord give

rest, and Moab shall be trodden

down under Him, even as straw is

trodden for the dunghill.” God and

ali goodness.—(Signed) Gwitym Cow Lyn.

Owing, no doubt, to the tempestu- ous state of the weather in North Wales on Saturday, very few of the Gorsedd Bards answered the Chief Bard’s appeal, but there was a legiti- mate quorum, among them, being Penfro (vicar of Glan Conway), whose duty it was to perform the dread cer- emony of ‘Unsheathing the Gorsedd Sword.” The rendezvous was in a lonely spot, involving a walk of four miles over the hills which form the noithern terminus of the Snowdonian range of mountains above Trefriw. In pouring ran anda_ gale of wind, the faithful {cw patiently trudged, filled with the enthusiasm of their mission.

()n arrival at the trysting place, the Bards marched solemnly to the Sacred Circle on the ‘“Mount of Songs,” close by, Cowlyd and Penfro taking up their places close to the Maen Log, in the centre of the Circle, whereon the Gorsedd Sword, sheathed, was laid, in readiness for the unique ceremony about to be performed. After the usual invocation of the Divine blessing on the business about to be transacted, Cowlyd, prayed that the Reign of the Prince of Peace (whose natal day it was), should be consummated in the defeat of all the forces of Unrighteous- ness, ‘Then following the immemorial practice of the Gorsedd, Cowlyd bare- headed, with the great Gorsedd Ban- ner flying behind him, asked the question always put at the commence- ment of the Gorsedd Ceremonial, “A Oes Heddwich?” (Is there Peace ?) For unnumbered centuries, the answer has always been in the joint voices of the officiating Bards and the public present, “Heddwch” (There is Peace). But on this occasion the solitary voice (that of Penfro), responded, to the ef- fect that there wasno Peace.

Prompt'y Pem{ra drew the Gorsedd glaive out of its sheath, this being the first time in the course of cen- turies that the blade has been wholly bared. After a threaterting flourish of the sword, Penfro stood still, weapon in -hand, while Cowlyd proclaimed :—

Be it known to all the Loya! Bards of Wales, and the Arm Bearers of

Righteousness throughout the Earth,

that the Mystic Sword of Truth,

Peace and Justice, is Unsheathed in

the Eternal Gorsedd of Gair lonydd.

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Simultaneously the Gorsedd Herald sent rolling round the mist-hidden hills and thence figuratively throughout the whole earth) three warlike blasts. Fol- lowing Cowlyd’s proclamation of the existence of astate of war, the Gorsedd Bards left the Sacred Circle (wherein Peace js supposed to reign eternally,) and, pausing gt each stone in turn, Penfro perambulateg the outside of the Sacred Circle, and striking the earth three times with the Gorsedd Sword, on the outside of each stone, pro- nounced the formula, “‘ A naked blade against all falsehood, iniquity and error throughont the whole earth. God and ail <Joodness.” Then Cowlyd, bare- headed, invoked the blessing of the Almighty on British Arms in South Africa, in the war against all falsehood,

iniquity and error, and announced that |

OMARLOTTETOWN, FEBRUARY 1 1900

the Gorsedd Sword would never again be sheathed till the triumph of the forces of Righteousness over the hordes of Evil.

In the roaring gale the company then dispersed’ over the hills.

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IN THE DIAMOND FIELDS.

‘Kimberley proper is built around a hole big enough to hold the entire white population of South Africa. This is the excavation above the Kimberley mine made when diamonds were mined from the surface. Nowadays shafts are sunk and levels formed, whence the blue ground is blasted out and hauled to the surface in elevators. The dia- mond is different from other precious stones in that it is found in soft clay, while the amethyst, ruby, and emerald are embedded in quartz. ‘This makes the diamond easy to conceal in the mouth, nose, and by swallowing, and every year the De Beers Company. gets from the workmen $2,000,000 worth of stolen goods. ‘The inclination to pilfer these precious stones is so intense that the crime is severely punished. In South Africa the first commandment is, “Thou shalt not steal diamonds.” What rape is to Georgia, is I. D. B. (illicit diamond brigand), to South Africa. For murder a man may get ten years ; for having a diamond found on his person that is not registered twenty years. At Cape Town is a great convict station called the “Break- water,” where sons of prominent American families and English aristo-- crats join in lock step with Lascars and Kaffirs. They have all violated the first commandment. In Kimberley 1,000 negro convicts sort the diamonds under the muzzles of Martini rifles. They are kept inaseparate place. The other black boys live in a five-acre en- closure known as the “compound.”

The De Beers Company controls the diamond market of the world. Of the five mines, Kimberley, De Beers, Du Torts Pan, Bullfontien, and Premier, the first two are situated in Kimberly, and are the only ones worked now. The diamonds produced in all the rest of the world would not supply the city of Philadelphia. The value of the South African product thus far has been $600,000,000. The supply seems inexaustable.

“Two other localities are rich in diamonds,—J oegersfontein and Koffy- fontein—both in the Orange Free State. At the former the famous Joegersfon- tein £xcelsior, weighing goo carats, was found in May, 1893, and the out- put j,of that field last January was 15,189 caratg, valued at $150,000. The corresponding output at Koffyfon- tein was $11,000 worth. The propor- tien of diamonds to earth extracted is greater at Joegersfontein than at Kim- berly’.\— Ainslee’s Magazine.

A sergeant in the rst Balloon Sec- tion, writing to his relations about the fight at Modder River, observes :I shall neyer forget the sight, I had some narrow squeaks; the bullets got as close as my coat. The troops were fairly exhausted with heat. I would willingly have given any money fora drink. A major came to me and beg- ged a drink from our section ; he said he had not hada_ bite nora drink for two days. I have not had my clothes off for six days now, ‘and have to lie down anywhere on the sand or ‘rock with rifle and ammunition by my side We captured four Boers with their commander. One of them asked me forachance. I gave <him one and he was just going to fire at me when I dropped him. We are living on bis- cuits and tinned meat, which seems a luxury, Sometimes we cannot get anything. I was up in the balloon re- connoitering this morning, and could see the Boers with the glasses bringing in stores and forage. -I1 have been up inthe balloon several times, and I could see Kimberly quite plain. The ciptain has just called me to his tent and given me asmall bottle of Bass. I nearly fainted when he asked me if I would take it.

The members of the Portuguese le- gation Cfficially deny the stories printed by the London ‘Daily Mail*> that the Boers had crossed the Portuguese ter- ritory into Rhodesia, and that artillery had been sent from Lorenzo Marquez, whose governor had asked the Portu- guese Government for reinforcements. The Portuguese authorities state that the country in that vicinity renders such a thing impossible.

According to a private letter from Sir William” MacCormack, president of the Royal College of Surgeons, there is excessive ill-feeling between the army medical officers in South

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lies. On the whole, however, es- pecially at the front, the medical ar- rangemeats seemto be giving the

greatest satisfaction.

An interesting story is told of the late Duke of Westminster when on his death-bed. When unable to speak, he signalled for a sheet of paper and pen- cil. He then wrote on it that he wish- ed a cheque for a thousand pounds to be sent to the Officers’ Families Fund. The wish was carried out, cheque has been received at downe House. reached the handsome sum of twenty- | five thousand pounds, and already three thousand pounds of the money has been expended on various cases.

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A curious exception to the general | patriotism which prevails among the | nobility of all classes occurred the other day. When the Gloucestershire vol- unteers respectfully asked Lord Sher- bourne for a rifle range on his estates they received the reply that if the peo- ple ‘of England wanted rifle ranges they must pay for them.

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Some 2000 girls cmp]; thread mills of Messis. Paisley, have agreed to knit socks for the suldiers at the seat of war. The firm are to supply he wool for one pair each, but many otf the girls will pro vide a second pair.

Colonel Cotten Jodrell, M. P., com- manding officer of the Crowe railway engineers, has issued an_ order inviting the names of 5° men and 2 officers i in South Africa. [hese men must be engine drivers, engine, fitters, firemen, plate-layers and blacksmiths.

A requiem mass for the souls of soldiers who have fallen in South Africa was conducted at Brampton oratory. Cardinal Vaughan was pres- ent. The celebrant was Father Bow- den, his assistants being Father Corry and Father Hall—all three officers of the army.

The admiralty has ordered that, as soon as the days lengthen sufficiently to allow of work being carried on with- out artificiai light, overtime shall be further extended on all the ships in course of construction, refitting and completion in Devonport dockyard.

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