to her travels in almost every corner of the globe, she
has had actual experience of warfare at the bombardment of Rio, in
the Balkans, the South African War, and, since September last, in
Belgium and Flanders. In her capacity as ministrant to wounded
soldiers she has gained a unique experience of the horrors of war,
and in order to bring home the realities of the situation, at the
instigation of Lady Bute, she consented to address a number of
meetings in South Wales.

At the meeting on Monday night the Lord Mayor (Alderman J. T.
Richards) presided, and in introducing Miss Macnaughtan to the
audience announced that for her services in Belgium the honour of
the Order of Leopold had been conferred upon her. (Applause.) We
were engaged, he said, in fighting a war of right. We were not
fighting only for the interests of England and our Empire, but we
were fighting for the interests of humanity at large. ("Hear,
hear.")

Miss Macnaughtan, in the course of her address, referred to the
origin of the war, and how suddenly it came upon the people of this
nation, who were, for the most part, engaged in summer holidays at
the time. She knew what was going on at the front, and knew what
the Welch Regiment had been doing, and "I must tell you," she
added, "of the splendid way in which your regiment has behaved, and
how proud Cardiff must be of it." We knew very well now that this
war had been arranged by Germany for many years. The Germans used
to profess exceeding kindness to us, and were received on excellent
terms by our Royal House, but the veil was drawn away from that
nation's face, and we had it revealed as an implacable foe. The
Germans had spoken for years in their own country about "The Day,"
and now "The Day" had arrived, and it was for everyone a day of
judgment, because it was a test of character. We had to put
ourselves to the test. We knew that for some time England had not
been at her best. Her great heart was beating true all the time,
but there had crept into England a sort of national coldness and
selfishness, and a great deal too much seriousness in the matter of
money and money-getting. Although this was discounted in great
measure by her generosity, we appeared to the world at large as a
greedy and money-getting nation.

Howe