VIOLATION OF RIGHTS
WELSH CONTENTION FIRING OF AIR STATION TRIO TO STAND TRIAL (Elec. Tol. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Recti. Sept. 17, 3 p.in.) LONDON, Sept. 16. The. erection oi a Royal Air l orce training camp at. Penm-hos -was cited as an immoral violation of the rights ot the Welsh nation when Professor Saunders Lewis, the Rev. L, K. Valentine, and D. J. Williams, a schoolteacher, prominent members •>£ the Welsh Nationalist Society, were committed for trial on charges of malicious damage and also maliciously setting tire to buildings, the property of His Majesty the King. Evidence was given that two men overcame a night watchman and released him after the lire was set alight on September 8. The three accused' arrived at Pwllheli police station an hour later and handed in a joint letter acknowledging responsibility Jc-r the fire and emphasising the futility of efforts throughout- Wales to dissuade the Gov eminent from erecting an institution ell daugering Welsh culture and tradition.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19123, 18 September 1936, Page 11
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