THE TABLET
¿4. Weekly N ew s p a p e r a n d R e v iew
DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS V E ST R IS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.
From the Brief of His Holiness Pius IX to the Tablet, June 4, 18 7 0 .
V ol. 140. No. 4,299 L ondon, S eptem ber 30, 1922,
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R e g i s t e r e d a t th e G e n e r a l P o st Offic e a s a N e w s p a p e r .
C h ro n ic l e o f t h e W e e k :
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The Near East Crisis—An Allied Note— Statement by the Prime Minister— British Impartiality —Further Events: Revolution in Greece—New American Protectionist Policy—Allied Debts to the United cStates — Dail Eireann and the Irish Constitution — A Significant Amendment — Sterner Measures for Rebels ......................... ••• 417 T o p ic s :
Sto. Edmund’s College ................ 420 The Pope’s Letter to Cardinal
Bourne •••
Sir Charles Sanfcley ................ 421
421
CONTENTS
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No t e s ..................................... .. ... 422 R e v i e w s :
Christian Spirituality ................425 Catholic Ritual and Tradition 426 Aramaic and the Fourth Gospel 426 Theosophy......................... ... 426 A Bengali P o e t ...........................426 C zech o s lo v ak ia ...........................427 Spinoza and Time ................427 Preadventure ......................... 428 War-Time Recollections ... 428 L i t e r a r y N o t e s ...................... 428 Books of the W e e k ............. ... 430 The Sisters o f Mercy ................430 C o rr e s po n d en c e :
Rome—(From Our Own Corre
spondent!............. — ••• 433
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N e w s from I r e l a n d ................434 Coming[Events .............. ... 434 L e t t e r s to t h e E d ito r
The English College, Lisbon ... 435 Congregaticnal Singing ... 435 “ Quid Mihi et Tibi Est ? ” •••436 The Orpens in Ireland ... ... 436 The “ Imitation ”.............. ... 436 A Martyr’s Grave in Cheshire 436 The Irish College, Lcuvain ... 436 Universals ... 436 M a r r ia g e . . . 436 Et C/e t k r a ............................................ 437 St. Mary’s College, Isleworth ... 438 Ch e s s ................................................. 440 Double Acrostic ... ... ••• 440
Ob it u a r y
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N ew s from th e
Westminster D io c e s e s : ... 441 Southwark ......... ... 442 Birmingham ......... ... 442 Leeds ......... ... 442 Northampton .............. ... 442 Nottingham ... ... ... 442 Plymouth ... ......... ... 443 Shrewsbury ... ... 443 Scotland:
St. Andrews and Edinburgh 443 Franciscan Jubilee at Gorton ... 444 The Semaine o f Religious lEth-
nology ....................................445 S oc ia l and P er son a l .................446
NOTANDA The new régime at St. Edmund’s College : a glance at the House System in medieval educational life, and its adaptation to the conditions at Old Hall (p. 420). A letter of commendation from Pius X I (p. 421).
Sir Charles Santley : an account of a memorable career. His worth and work as a singer and as a Catholic (p. 421). Some anecdotes and recollections (P- 438)
A Franciscan golden jubilee at Gorton : celebrations and congratulations. Cardinal Bourne on the duty of prudence as applying both to individuals and to> nations (p. 444).
Free Churchmen and Reunion : points of approval and practical difficulties, as set out by the Federal Council. Wanted : “ a clear understanding” (p. 423).
Two further additions to Catholic provision in the London district : a central novitiate for the Sisters of Mercy (p. 430), and the new buildings at St. Mary’s College, Isleworth (p. 438).
A correspondent at Tilburg describes the Semaine of Religious Ethnology held in that town. Father Schmidt’s work and what has come of it (p. 445).
A Supplement to this week’s Tablet: a presentation portrait in photogravure of His Eminence the Cardinal Archbishop.
successful in impressing M. Poincar£ and his colleagues with the substantial identity of French and British interests; whilst on the other hand the British delegates gained a better appreciation of France’s readiness to' use a moderating influence with the Kemalists. Meanwhile, Sir Charles Haringtom, Commander-in-Chief of the Allied forces in Constantinople, warned a Kemalist representative that any attempt to violate the neutral zones would be resisted. Thus on all sides the situation had become clearer, and as a consequence less acute. On Saturday came another encouraging announcement from the French Admiral Dumesnil, who, as a result of communications with Kemal Pasha, stated that the Turks seemed entirely tractable, and ready to enter into negotiations without delay. There still, however, remained the danger of a sudden or unauthorized attack on the Straits, and there was a report of a Turkish concentration at Ismid. As to the Paris negotiations the news was even better. It had been agreed that an invitation to attend a peace conference should be sent to Kem a l; the only point still in doubt was whether it should be expressed in a joint Note or in three Notes, one from each of the three chief Allies.
Fortunately it was found possible
—an a ll ie d n o te , to agree on a single Note, which immeasurably strengthened its
CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK
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Wh e n we went to press last week the centre of interest had shifted to Paris, where Lord Curzon was discussing the questions raised by the crisis in the Near East with the French Government. The necessity of preserving the freedom of the Straits, which was threatened by the Turkish victories in Asia Minor, was not an issue ; the question to be settled was how to obtain unity of action on the part of Paris, London, and Rome. Agreement on the expediency of summoning, as soon as might be, a conference to settle the conditions of future peace was quickly arrived at, whilst military and naval dispositions for the safeguarding of the Straits were determined on. This shows that Lord Curzon and Lord Beatty had been force and authority. Whilst conveying an invitation to the Angora Government to attend a conference at Venice or elsewhere with the representatives of Great Britain, France, Italy, Japan, Yugoslavia, and Greece, the Allies outlined the conditions to which they would agree. They were prepared to favour Turkey’s desire to regain possession of Thrace as far as Maritza and of Adrianople, provided1 the Angora Government refrained from any attempt to penetrate the neutral zones. It was also to be understood “ that measures will be taken by common agreement in the Treaty to safeguard the interests of Turkey and of her neighbours, to demilitarize, with a view to the maintenance of peace, certain zones which shall be determined, to ensure the peaceable and regular establishment of authority, and finally to assure efficaciously, under the auspices of the League of Nations, the liberty of the Dardanelles, the Sea of Marmora, and the Bosphorus, as also the protection of minorities of races and religions.” As to Constantinople, the Allies would with
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