THE TABLET

N W e ek ly Newspaper and Review DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.

From the Brief of His Holiness Pius IX to the Tablet, June 4, 1870.

V ol. 138. No. 4,239 L ondon, A ugust 6, 1921.

Pricb 6d., by pesi 7d.

Kboisibred at ihb General Post Office ab a Newspaper.

C hronicle of th e W e e k :

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Imperial Parliament: Departmental Expenditure — The Finance B il l : Third Reading-— The Chancellor’ s Reply—The Peers and an Autumn Session— The Irish Negotiations—Japan and the Washington Conference—The Upper Silesian Diffic u lty— The Licensing Bill— Military Courts in Ireland ... 165 T opics :

Anti-W aste— ... ... ... 168 What My Proposal Means ... 169 The Order o f Friar Preachers 170 No t e s ...............................................171

C O N T E N T S

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R e v iew s : Modern Democracies ................174 !

The Education o f Eric Lane — 176 j Pardon and Peace ................176 ! Chriatian Martyrs in the

Twentieth C e n t u r y ................. 176 j The English Historical R eview 176 i L i-t e r a r y N o t e s ............................ 177 | Books o f the W e e k ............................ 178 ! C h e s s .................................................178 Correspondence :

Rome—(From Our Own Corre­

spondent) ••• ... ••• ... 181 N ews from Ireland ................182 i

L e tters to the E d itor :

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Dr. G. G. Ceulton and

Catholics... ... 182 The Bible Congress and a New

Version .............

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The Church in British Columbia 184 The Cambridge Congress ... 184 Consoience and Developm ent— 184 Memorandum on Religious

Houses and Jury-Servica ... 18") Et Ce t e r a ............................... 186 The London Matriculation

Examination ........................... 187 Catholic Education Council and

Training College Grants ... !S8 Colleges and S chools ..................188 Catholic Association Pilgrimage to L ou rd e s ............................... 190

Viscount FitzAlan as Chief

W h ip .................................................19Q The New Papal Nuncio to France 190 Memorial to Mr. A. W . Douglas

D i c k .................................................191 O b itu ary .......................................... 191 N ew s from the D ioceses :

Westminster ... ... .. 192 Bw-wwnphan» .........................192 Brentwood ... ... ............ 192 Clifton .............. 192 L i v e r p o o l ...............................192 Northampton ............. ... 192 Salford ...................................... 192 Scotland :

Aberdeen...............................194 St. Andrews and Edinburgh 194 S ocial and Personal ............... 194

N O T A N D A The waste of public money : some illustrations. Who will be the leader of the Anti-Waste Campaign? Are we to look to Mr. Lloyd George for another transformation? (p. 168).

Canon Barry explains what his proposal for the adoption of the Authorized Version means. The necessity of an appeal to Evangelicalism (p. 169). Further letters against the project (p. 183).

Members of religious communities and jury service : A full explanation of the position by the secretary of the Catholic Union (p. 185).

St. Dominic’s Order of Friar Preachers : a Pope-given name. Its significance, and the two principles on which the Order was based. Its g ifts of the Summa and the Rosary (p. 170).

Father Thurston replies to Dr. Coulton. Some pertinent reminders. The Church and the Bible : how Janssen’s view is shared by Rietschel, WaltherJ Dr. J. Gairdner, Professor J. P. Whitney and Samuel Berger (p. 182).

What ithe nineteenth century did for child poetry. The influence of the revival of Catholic feeling and emblems. Eleven Catholic poets quoted in a new anthology of English verse on childhood (p. 186).

The London University Matriculation Examination. Successful Catholic students (p. 187).

Reception into the Church of an Anglican Sisterhood (P- I94)- ____________ _ C H R O N IC L E OF T H E WEEK]

im p e r ia l p a r l ia - T N the House of Lords on Thurs- m e n t : d e p a r tm e n t a l X day of last week the question e x p e n d i t u r e . o f continued heavy Departmental expenditure was raised by Lord Gainford, who asked for information on two^ points— What further steps, he inquired, was it proposed to take to give effect to the motion passed last November in regard to reduction of staffs; and also as to the removal of buildings erected by the Government on spaces to which the public had access before the war. He complained that the departmental staffs, instead of

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diminishing since the last previous debate, had increased by 9,000 : in the Board of Agriculture there were now eighty-four officials receiving £ 1 ,0 0 0 per annum, whereas before the war there were only eleven. Lord Buckmaster, who followed in support, said that little by little it was coming home to the people of this country that the country was bleeding to death from excessive taxation. In reply to these criticisms the Earl of Crawford, First Commissioner of Works, admitted that the Pensions, Shipping, Food and Munitions Ministries between them ran away with a great deal of money, but in none of these cases was the expenditure caused by ambitious bureaucratic schemes. Since the previous debate the reduction of staff had been in some cases satisfactory; but in other cases, owing to the increase o f unemployment consequent upon the coal strike, the increase in Government employees had been not only unsatisfactory but very alarming. There had been a reduction of 7,500 odd officials and an increase of 12,000 odd officials, the overwhelming increase occurring in the Labour Ministry. O11 June 30 the total unemployment recorded by trade unions reached the unparalleled figure of 23 per c en t .; and this was only half the story, for there were large numbers of persons not returned by trade unions, others who were on half or quarter time, and some having only one or two days’ work per week. As to Government buildings on public spaces, the policy had been first of all to give up permanent buildings that had been taken over, and afterwards to relinquish and remove temporary erections. The Office of Works would continue to use its best endeavour for the expeditious removal o f these unsightly buildings in public open spaces and Royal parks, and the Government would likewise do its best to press forward a large reduction of staff.

— THE FINANCE S I L L : ,

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th ir d r e ad ih g . topic ol d iscu ssion in the House of Commons on Friday, on the motion for the third reading of the Finance Bill, and the Government had again to1 meet a good deal of criticism from the Opposition benches in the form of charges of financial mismanagement of the country’s affairs. Mr. Mosley moved an amendment to the effect that in view of the serious decline in public revenue during the past few months the House, before proceeding further with the measure, desired a fresh