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-On Remembrance Sunday...

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-..welcome to a special edition

-of Dechrau Canu Dechrau Canmol.

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-# Soli Deo gloria

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-# Soli Deo gloria

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-# Soli Deo gloria #

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-On this programme,

-I'm joined by Aled Eirug.

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-He'll pay tribute to those, because

-of their faith and convictions...

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-..who couldn't join the armed forces

-- the conscientious objectors.

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-There were lots of people who,

-because of their faith...

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-..refused to accept

-the state's authority.

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-There'll also be a performance

-from the John S Davies Singers.

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-The Senedd in Cardiff Bay...

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-..is the first place to exhibit the

-handmade Weeping Window sculpture...

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-..by artist Paul Cummins

-and designer Tom Piper...

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-..to mark the centenary

-of World War I.

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-Our singing

-comes from Alltwen chapel.

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-We'll start with

-O Dywysog Ein Tangnefedd...

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-..Cyfaill Mwya'r Ddaear Hon.

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-Aled Eirug has done research

-for a PhD thesis...

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-..on conscientious objectors

-during World War I.

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-His grandfather was one of them.

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-His father was also a conscientious

-objector during World War II.

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-Conscientious objectors were people

-who'd refused to join the Army...

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-..after conscription was introduced

-in January 1916.

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-The term used to describe

-these people was conchies.

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-They were known as conchies

-in everyday speech.

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-They opposed on religious grounds

-in the main.

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-They not only included individuals

-from traditional denominations...

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-..like the Independents, Baptists

-and Methodists...

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-..but there were also

-Christadelphians, who...

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-..because of their faith, refused to

-accept the state's authority.

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-There was also the political side.

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-People opposed because of socialism.

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-They'd then be court martialled.

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-They'd be initially jailed

-for around three months.

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-After being released from jail,

-they'd go before another tribunal...

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-..and they'd be jailed for

-a longer period - up to a year.

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-Some people,

-Emrys Hughes for example...

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-..were jailed six times

-during the war.

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-He spent three years in jail.

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-Only a few chapels

-supported conscientious objectors...

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-..and hardly any churches.

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-But there are chapels

-that were prominent...

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-..in their support

-for those who opposed the war...

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-..especially in areas influenced

-by the Independent Labour Party.

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-In places

-like Merthyr and Briton Ferry...

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-..the ILP's influence was great.

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-Some chapels

-were vocal in their opposition.

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-Why were some chapels and churches

-supportive?

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-They were spellbound by Lloyd George

-and John Williams, Brynsiencyn...

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-..who quickly realized that if the

-chapels didn't support the war...

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-..the government would find it hard

-to attract men into the army.

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-By September 1914, people like

-John Williams and Lloyd George...

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-..went around the country

-trying to persuade people to join.

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-They were very successful

-during the first year of the war.

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-The problem arose...

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-..when enthusiasm for the war

-waned in 1916.

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-You mentioned

-Merthyr and Briton Ferry.

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-Were there other areas

-strongly opposed?

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-Yes. The Swansea Valley to

-an extent. The Gwendraeth Valley.

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-The Rhymney Valley too on the border

-between Glamorgan and Gwent.

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-It's important to remember...

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-..that men weren't expected

-to join the army in these areas...

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-..because most

-worked in an industry...

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-..where people weren't expected

-to leave, namely coal mining.

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-Next, a performance

-by the John S Davies Singers...

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-..of Locus Iste by Anton Bruckner.

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-This piece was composed...

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-..for the opening of

-the new cathedral in Linz, Austria.

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-"This place was made by God.

-It is profoundly sacred."

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-# Locus iste

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-# A Deo factus est

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-# Locus iste

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-# A Deo factus est

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-# A Deo

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-# Deo factus est

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-# Inaestimabile sacramentum

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-# Inaestimabile sacramentum

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-# Irreprehensibilis est

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-# Irreprehensibilis est

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-# Irreprehensibilis est

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-# Irreprehensibilis est

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-# Locus iste

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-# A Deo factus est

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-# Locus iste

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-# A Deo factus est

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-# A Deo

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-# Deo, Deo

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-# A Deo

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-# Deo factus est #

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-Aled, let's hear about some

-of the interesting characters...

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-..who took a stand after 1916.

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-There are many well-known Welshmen

-among them.

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-There were.

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-It's very apt that we're talking

-in this hall, the Temple of Peace.

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-It was founded by Lord Davies,

-Llandinam.

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-This place was intended

-to be a clear attestation...

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-..in favour of peace over war.

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-There were many well-known Welshmen,

-such as poets.

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-Gwenallt and T H Parry Williams.

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-George M Ll Davies

-was a key figure...

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-..in the campaign against the war.

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-There were also many men who

-later became Members of Parliament.

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-Prominent public figures.

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-People like Emrys Hughes,

-Keir Hardie's son-in-law.

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-Lord Maelor, T W Jones,

-and his brother, J W Jones.

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-Both became MPs for Meirioneth

-and the Wrexham area.

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-So there was substance to these men.

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-They were men who'd opposed the war

-for principled reasons.

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-Did they influence ordinary people?

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-Did they influence ordinary people?

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-Not much during this period.

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-They were all quite young.

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-They were all between 18 and 35.

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-But they were men of substance...

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-..who became prominent

-public figures in Wales...

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-..during the '20s, '30s, '40s

-and beyond.

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-Your grandfather opposed the war.

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-Your grandfather opposed the war.

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-He did.

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-He was a student

-at Bala-Bangor college.

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-He was one of 21 men...

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-..who appeared

-before a tribunal in 1916...

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-..pleading

-as a conscientious objector.

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-In Bangor, I think around

-35 theological students...

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-..were conscientious objectors.

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-That reflected

-the influence of Thomas Rees...

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-..the principal of Bala-Bangor.

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-He was an influential figure.

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-He was the editor of Y Deyrnas...

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-..the only newspaper founded

-in Britain to oppose the war.

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-It was first published in 1916.

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-You've done a PhD on the subject.

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-You've done a PhD on the subject.

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-It's what ignited my interest.

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-Looking at the history...

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-..and searching for

-the personal stories of these men...

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-..has been very interesting.

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-I hope it will be very interesting

-for other people.

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-There's a story

-from the Cardiganshire tribunal...

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-..about a boy

-from a farm outside Llangrannog...

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-..appealing against

-having to join the army.

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-The father goes with the son

-to the tribunal...

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-..to plead his case.

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-The tribunal decide that one

-of the farmer's two sons has to go.

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-They let the farmer choose

-which one.

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-The farmer goes home

-and was later found hanged...

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-..to save his son.

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-Aled Eirug,

-thank you for joining me.

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-Pacifists have always experienced

-difficulties.

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-They talk about peace...

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-..pray for peace, wish for peace...

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-..but also take action,

-create, campaign...

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-..and completely reject

-violence and oppression.

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-We thank the pacifists

-in our world today.

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-We finish this programme...

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-..with a hymn that's probably

-an entreaty for us all.

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-It's Eifion Wyn's gospel of peace,

-published during World War I.

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-"Efengyl tangnefedd,

-o rhed dros y byd...

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-"..a deled y bobloedd

-i'th lewyrch i gyd."

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-From us all, goodbye.

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