WELSH DISESTABLISHMENT.
SPEECH BY LLOYD CKOKGE,
London, Frid'iy
Speaking on the Disestablishment Bill in the House of Commons, Lord Hugh Cecil said lh" establishment being a religion between iho Doited Kingdom and (he. Church, ought to be treated Imperially, ami not as concerning Wales alone. The- ronfisrat ion of property, which the Church had held undisputed!}' for :>d(t years, and its diversion to secular object", was wholly indefensible.
Mr Lloyd George denied that the funds derived from titlir.s wero the property o( the Church. They were held in trust for the nation. The Church, while accumulating endow-
ment?, accepted the principle that maintained poor was in the service of Cod, hut the poors' share of the tithe had been annexed. The Covernnienf had been charged with pillaging the Church, hut 'he Church set the example when i( severed connection with the ancient faith. Property intended for the use o( the poor and sick Went to great families. The. Duke of Devonshire issued a circular accusing the Government of robbery of God, yet the foundation of the duke's fortune lay in property taken from the Church. Such should not be made by those whose family tree was laden with the fruits of sacrifice.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 466, 18 May 1912, Page 5
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202WELSH DISESTABLISHMENT. King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 466, 18 May 1912, Page 5
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