We want you to fill up the ranks of the Welsh army corps.
[Cheers.] We believe that the preservation of local and national ties,
of the genius of a people which has a history of its own, is not only
not hostile to or inconsistent with, but, on the contrary, fosters and
strengthens and stimulates the spirit of a common purpose, of, a
corporate brotherhood, of an underlying and binding imperial unity
throughout every section and among all ranks of the forces of the Crown.
[Cheers.]
Men of Wales, of whom I see so many thousands in this splendid
gathering, let me say one last word to you. Remember your past.
[Cheers.] Think of the villages and the mountains which in old days were
the shelter of the recruiting ground of your fathers in the struggles
which adorn and glorify your annals. Never has a stronger or a more
compelling appeal been made to you of all that you as a nation honor and
hold true. Be worthy of those who went before you, and leave to your
children the richest of all inheritances--the memory of fathers who in a
great cause put self-sacrifice before ease and honor above life itself.
[Loud cheers.]
Lord Plymouth moved a resolution pledging support to the Prime
Minister's appeal to the nation and to measures necessary for the
prosecution of the war to a victorious conclusion, whereby alone the
lasting peace of Europe could be assured.
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