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THE TABLET \ A Weekly Newspaper and Review DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS. From the Brief of His Holiness Pius IX t* the Tablet, June 4, 187«. V ol. 1 3 8 . No. 4 , 2 2 1 London, A pril 2, 1 9 2 1 . Price 6d., by Post. 7 3 . R egistered at the General P ost Office as a New spaper, C hronicle of th e W e e k *. Page Imperial Parliament’. Irish Conditions—The Prime Minister’s Reply— A Discussion on Mandates—The Prime Minister and Socialism—The Peril Ahead —The Week in Ireland —India’s Fiscal A u to n om y— The C oal Crisis : A strike—The Points at Issue .............. ••• ••• 421 T opics : Cardinal Gibbons............. — 424 His Career and W o r k — 425 “ The Plutarch o f English Catholics ” .........................427 N otes — - — 427 CONTENTS R e v ie w s : Page The Lasb Days o f Romanovs ............. the ... 431 The Vulgate Psalms ... 431 Irish Trade and Industry ... 432 Ghosts ••• ............. ... 432 Catholic Forces ••• ... 432 L it e r a r y N otes ............... ... 433 Books o f the W e e k ............. ... 434 Correspondence : Rome—(From Our Own Corre­ spondent)................................... 437 N ew s from Ireland ... 438 L e t t e r s to the E d it o r ; The Title “ Father” ... 438 Letters continued:— The Criminal Law Amendment Bill...........................................439 Lord Gorell’s Bill for Easier Page D i v o r c e ....................... . ... 439 Old Chalices ... ............. 439 The Rosary in Germany ... 440 Summer Time and Things Eccle­ siastical ... » . ... ... 440 W i l l ........................ 440 E t C e t e r a ............................... 440 Cardinal Dougherty and his Titular Church ...........................442 F rom E v e r yw h e re ................ 442 Ch e s s ...............................................443 The Church and Biblical Study... 444 Presentation to Canon W . Mur- n a n e .......................................... 445 Pontifical Court Club Pag* ... 446 Grand Org-an fo r Westminster C a th e d r a l ......................... ... 446 The-Archbishop o f Melbourne in Rome ........................ ... 446 New s from the D ioceses : Westminster Southwark ... 447 448 Birmingham ............. ... 448 Hexham and Newcastle ••• ... 448 L i v e r p o o l ......................... 448 Plymouth ........................ ... 448 Salford ........................ ... 449 Scotland: G lasgow ... 449 Marriage ........................... ... 449 The Late Mr. Joseph Gillow ... 449 S ocial and Personal ... 450 NOTANDA Cardinal Gibbons as “ the guardian angel of the American Church ” (p. 424). Mr. Shane Leslie’s appreciation of his life and work (p. 425). His hopes in the union o f English-speaking Catholics (p. 428). Some particulars1of the great organ which is building for Westminster Cathedral. How the work may be hastened and expense saved (p. 446). How the late Mr. Joseph Gillow came to be called “ the Plutarch of English Catholics.” His great Bibliographical Dictionary and the researches that made it possible (p. 427). His funeral (p. 449). The Bishop of Northampton on the reading and study of the Bible in accordance with the mind of the Church. What the Bible may be for Catholics in this country (p. 444). Another hitch in the progress of the Bill for the resumption of diplomatic relations between France and the Holy See (p. 427). Baron von Hugel’s story of a personal death-bed bequest of Cardinal Manning’s to1 Bishop Herbert Vaughan of Salford (p. 440). CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK IRISH CONDITIONS. I IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT: r e l a n d supplied debates both in the House of Lords and the House of Commons on Wednesday of last week. In the Upper House Lord Braye asked whether, “ inasmuch as many millions are now commemorating the Unspeakable Mystery of the Divine Atonement, His Majesty’s Government would think fit to change their policy in Ireland from cruelty to mercy, and from hardness to conciliation ” — whether, in short, they would call for a truce; the question also asked for the publication of the Strickland report and the withdrawal of the Black and Tans. Lord 'Newton condemned Lord Braye’s question as offensive and mischievous in its phrasing. Lord Crewe said that he had not been able to make out what the Government’s policy' as to Ireland was ; their failure had caused a deplorable effect in Europe and in the overseas Dominions. Lord N kw S e r i e s . V o l . CV, No. 3,620. Macdonnell said that during the previous negotiations for a truce it was a fatal mistake that Mr. Lloyd1George was diverted from his intention to meet the Sinn Fein leaders. It would entail no loss of dignity for the Government to proclaim a truce; if extremes were persisted in, Ireland would be a ruined and desolated country. Lord Crawford replied that there had already been several recent considered discussions on the subjects, and he was not qualified to make any pronouncement on the part of the Government, who had an earnest desire to end the present state of affairs, but they would not forego their duty of making every effort to maintain law and order. In the Commons the same matter was raised by Mr. Acland, who said that the state of Ireland was a weakening of the Empire. W e were not ruling in Ireland, for ruling meant ability to punish the guilty, whereas reprisals struck blindly at the innocent. Mr. Acland found several supporters — Mr. MacCullum Scott, for example, said that captured Sinn Feiners were prisoners of war, and the killing of prisoners of war was revolting to1the general sense of humanity. Mr. Asquith also censured the Government, whilst Major Jameson strongly supported1 them : it was no use, he said, calling ‘ ‘ pax ” with a rattlesnake. — THE PRIME m in i s t e r ’s r e p l y . Mr. Lloyd George’s speech in reply dealt first of all wilth a point that had been made by Mr. Asquith, charging the Government with not having succeeded in their policy in six months. W as there any illustration in the whole history of Ireland, he said, where order had been restored in six months in a case of rebellion? He defended the hanging o f the Moumtjoy prisoners, who were engaged, he said, not only in murder, but in torture, by the use of soft-notsed, cut bullets. He agreed that there should be full publicity in all capital cases. They would never end the present conditions in Ireland, the Premier continued, by surrendering to crime. As to negotiating with the other side, the Government had never asked that arms must be given up before negotiations ; but if there was to> be a truce— a different thing altogether— for a specific period, it must be on the basis of a surrender of arms. Times out of number be bad said that the Government were prepared to meet the responsible leaders of Irish opinion— and the elected representatives must be treated as its constitutional exponents : the only exceptions were the cases of a few

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THE TABLET \

A Weekly Newspaper and Review DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.

From the Brief of His Holiness Pius IX t* the Tablet, June 4, 187«.

V ol. 1 3 8 . No. 4 , 2 2 1

London, A pril 2, 1 9 2 1 .

Price 6d., by Post. 7 3 .

R egistered at the General P ost Office as a New spaper,

C hronicle of th e W e e k *.

Page

Imperial Parliament’. Irish Conditions—The Prime Minister’s Reply— A Discussion on Mandates—The Prime Minister and Socialism—The Peril Ahead —The Week in Ireland —India’s Fiscal A u to n om y— The C oal Crisis : A strike—The Points at Issue .............. ••• ••• 421 T opics :

Cardinal Gibbons............. — 424

His Career and W o r k — 425 “ The Plutarch o f English

Catholics ” .........................427 N otes — - — 427

CONTENTS

R e v ie w s :

Page

The Lasb Days o f

Romanovs ............. the ... 431 The Vulgate Psalms ... 431 Irish Trade and Industry ... 432 Ghosts ••• ............. ... 432 Catholic Forces ••• ... 432 L it e r a r y N otes ............... ... 433 Books o f the W e e k ............. ... 434 Correspondence :

Rome—(From Our Own Corre­

spondent)................................... 437 N ew s from Ireland ... 438 L e t t e r s to the E d it o r ;

The Title “ Father”

... 438

Letters continued:—

The Criminal Law Amendment

Bill...........................................439 Lord Gorell’s Bill for Easier

Page

D i v o r c e ....................... . ... 439 Old Chalices ... ............. 439 The Rosary in Germany ... 440 Summer Time and Things Eccle­

siastical ... » . ... ... 440 W i l l ........................ 440 E t C e t e r a ............................... 440 Cardinal Dougherty and his

Titular Church ...........................442 F rom E v e r yw h e re ................ 442 Ch e s s ...............................................443 The Church and Biblical Study... 444 Presentation to Canon W . Mur-

n a n e .......................................... 445

Pontifical Court Club

Pag* ... 446

Grand Org-an fo r Westminster

C a th e d r a l ......................... ... 446 The-Archbishop o f Melbourne in

Rome ........................ ... 446 New s from the D ioceses :

Westminster

Southwark ...

447

448

Birmingham ............. ... 448 Hexham and Newcastle ••• ... 448 L i v e r p o o l ......................... 448 Plymouth ........................ ... 448 Salford ........................ ... 449 Scotland: G lasgow ... 449 Marriage ........................... ... 449 The Late Mr. Joseph Gillow ... 449 S ocial and Personal ... 450

NOTANDA Cardinal Gibbons as “ the guardian angel of the American Church ” (p. 424). Mr. Shane Leslie’s appreciation of his life and work (p. 425). His hopes in the union o f English-speaking Catholics (p. 428).

Some particulars1of the great organ which is building for Westminster Cathedral. How the work may be hastened and expense saved (p. 446).

How the late Mr. Joseph Gillow came to be called “ the Plutarch of English Catholics.” His great Bibliographical Dictionary and the researches that made it possible (p. 427). His funeral (p. 449).

The Bishop of Northampton on the reading and study of the Bible in accordance with the mind of the Church. What the Bible may be for Catholics in this country (p. 444).

Another hitch in the progress of the Bill for the resumption of diplomatic relations between France and the Holy See (p. 427).

Baron von Hugel’s story of a personal death-bed bequest of Cardinal Manning’s to1 Bishop Herbert Vaughan of Salford (p. 440).

CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK

IRISH CONDITIONS. I

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT:

r e l a n d supplied debates both in the House of Lords and the House of Commons on Wednesday of last week. In the Upper House Lord Braye asked whether, “ inasmuch as many millions are now commemorating the Unspeakable Mystery of the Divine Atonement, His Majesty’s Government would think fit to change their policy in Ireland from cruelty to mercy, and from hardness to conciliation ” — whether, in short, they would call for a truce; the question also asked for the publication of the Strickland report and the withdrawal of the Black and Tans. Lord 'Newton condemned Lord Braye’s question as offensive and mischievous in its phrasing. Lord Crewe said that he had not been able to make out what the Government’s policy' as to Ireland was ; their failure had caused a deplorable effect in Europe and in the overseas Dominions. Lord N kw S e r i e s . V o l . CV, No. 3,620.

Macdonnell said that during the previous negotiations for a truce it was a fatal mistake that Mr. Lloyd1George was diverted from his intention to meet the Sinn Fein leaders. It would entail no loss of dignity for the Government to proclaim a truce; if extremes were persisted in, Ireland would be a ruined and desolated country. Lord Crawford replied that there had already been several recent considered discussions on the subjects, and he was not qualified to make any pronouncement on the part of the Government, who had an earnest desire to end the present state of affairs, but they would not forego their duty of making every effort to maintain law and order. In the Commons the same matter was raised by Mr. Acland, who said that the state of Ireland was a weakening of the Empire. W e were not ruling in Ireland, for ruling meant ability to punish the guilty, whereas reprisals struck blindly at the innocent. Mr. Acland found several supporters — Mr. MacCullum Scott, for example, said that captured Sinn Feiners were prisoners of war, and the killing of prisoners of war was revolting to1the general sense of humanity. Mr. Asquith also censured the Government, whilst Major Jameson strongly supported1 them : it was no use, he said, calling ‘ ‘ pax ” with a rattlesnake.

— THE PRIME m in i s t e r ’s r e p l y . Mr. Lloyd George’s speech in reply dealt first of all wilth a point that had been made by Mr. Asquith,

charging the Government with not having succeeded in their policy in six months. W as there any illustration in the whole history of Ireland, he said, where order had been restored in six months in a case of rebellion? He defended the hanging o f the Moumtjoy prisoners, who were engaged, he said, not only in murder, but in torture, by the use of soft-notsed, cut bullets. He agreed that there should be full publicity in all capital cases. They would never end the present conditions in Ireland, the Premier continued, by surrendering to crime. As to negotiating with the other side, the Government had never asked that arms must be given up before negotiations ; but if there was to> be a truce— a different thing altogether— for a specific period, it must be on the basis of a surrender of arms. Times out of number be bad said that the Government were prepared to meet the responsible leaders of Irish opinion— and the elected representatives must be treated as its constitutional exponents : the only exceptions were the cases of a few

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