THE TABLET A W eek ly N e w s p a p e r a n d R e v i e w 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 , 1S70 .
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C h ronicle of t h e W e e k :
Imperial Parliament: The Irish B ills— The Premier, the Press, and the Unemployed—Political Executions in Greece — The Lausanne Conference-W estern Thrace and the ASgean Islands —America’s Position — InterAllied Debts— Liberal Reunion —The Situation in Ireland ••• 7l7 T o p ic s :
The “ Call to Reunion " ••• 720 A lice Meynell: A Reminis
cence— As a Journalist ••• 721 The Origins o f the Hail Mary :
Some New Evidences............. 722 No t e s ............................................... 724
CONTENTS
L it e r a r y N o t e s ..
Pagre
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Coming: Events ............. ... 728 The Nancy Passion Play ... ... 729 The Roman Choir at the Albert
H a l l ................................... ... 730 Cardinal Bourne at Kingsway ••• 730 L i t e r a r y S u p p l e m e n t :
Mother Janet Stuart ................733 Mr. Chesterton’ s New Poems— 734 Sir Algernon W est’s Diaries ••• 734 History and Practice o f Illumi
nation — ••• ••• ••• 737 The Way, the Truth, and the
Life ..................................... 738 Matthew Paris ...........................739 Shakespeare — ••• ••• 739 Science and the Virgin Birth - - 740 Books for Young People ... 741 The Credentials o i Christianity 744
Literary Supplement Continued—
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The Dream Mother ................744 At Sight o f Gold — ... ... 744 Retrograde Philosophy............... 745 Mathematical Education ... 745 The Knight o f Ravenswood ... 745 Christmas C a r d s .......................... 745 Books of the W e e k ............. ... 747 C o r r e s p o n d en c e :
Rome—(From Our Own Corre
spondent)...................................... 749 N ew s from Ir e l a n d . .. ... 750 Le t t e r s t o t h e E dxtor :
Father Baker : Another Pro
test.................................................751 “ Roman Catholics ” ... ... 751 Et C æ t e r a ..................................... 752 The Ideal o f Christian Marriage 754
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Westminster
Southwark
Birmingham
Brentwood •••
Clifton ...
Leeds
Liverpool ...
Nottingham
Plymouth ...
Salford
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S cotland: St. Andrews and Edinburgh 759 C h e s s ............... ................ . .. 760 S chool F o o t b a l l ............... . . . 760 Double Acrostic ........ . .. 760 O b it u a r y ........ . . . 761 W il l ................ - 7o2 S o c ia l a n d P e r s o n a l 762
NOTANDA Lord H a l ifa x ’ s call to reunion. Some further considerations. The question of submission. The twofold root principle which is the very soul and meaning of Catholicism— the unitive and preservative principle (p. 720).
The late Mrs. Meynell : reminiscences and appreciations by Canon Barry and Mr. Frederick P age (pp. 721, 722). The story of her life and literary c a r e e r ; the funeral (p. 761).
Signor Mussolini orders the restoration of the crucifix and portrait of the K in g in communal elementary schools in Italy (p. 749)
Father Thurston reconsiders the origin s of the Hail Mary : Western and Oriental evidence. W hat the Revised New Testament rejects (p. 722).
The Cardinal Archbishop on national Churches and the effects of English insularity in religion (p. 730).
Lord Buckmaster quotes two cases against those who on the divorce question are in the “ labyrinth of ecclesdastidsm. ” Lord Phillimore makes short work of the contention in both cases (p. 724).
A sixteen-page Literary Supplement, containing reviews o f the L ife and Letters of Mother Janet Stuart, Mr. Chesterton’ s Poems, S ir Algernon W e s t ’ s Reminiscence’s, Books for Boys and Girls, &c. (pp. 733_74®)
CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK
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Free State, and the other to make such provisions as are consequential or incidental to the establishment of the Irish Free State— were formally presented by Mr. Bonar L aw on Friday, when the Premier also submitted a motion, carried by 239 votes to 135, requiring the whole time of the session for Government business only. In order to ensure that these two measures should become law before the vital date, December 6, the second reading w a s fixed for Monday, the Com
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inittee s ta ge for Tuesday, and third reading for Wednesday, so that the Bills could g o to the upper House in g-ood time. On Monday, accordingly, Mr. Bonar Law moved the second reading of the Irish Free State Constitution Bill. In doing so he said that the only question was whether the Constitution embodied in the Bill was in accordance with the T reaty, and the legal authorities to whom the measure had been submitted were o f opinion that it was. He recommended the Bill to the House without any special fear as to the result, and without any expression o f exaggerated hope. Mr. R.amsay Macdonald heartily associated himself with the Prime Minister, and invoked the blessing of A lm ighty God upon the Irish Government, for the problems they have to face, he said, are problems almost outside the scope of human skill and human wisdom. Colonel Gretton saw Republican dangers in some of the Articles of the Constitution, and his references to disorder in the South of Ireland and especially to outrages committed upon women, drew heated protests from the Labour members. Mr. Saklatvala (Communist) moved the rejection of the B i l l ; but after a reply from the Attorney-General as to a contention that the Constitution w a s in some respects not in agreement with the Treaty, the motion for rejection was negatived without a division, and the second reading was agreed to. Mr. Ormsby Gore then moved the second reading o f the second measure, the Irish Free State (Consequential Provisions) Bill. The debate on this measure was interrupted by the adjournment motion chronicled below, and was resumed at a late hour, when, after a short debate, marked by some characteristic interruptions from Mr. Jack Jones, o f Silvertown, the Bill w a s read a second time. On Tuesday it passed through the Committee stage. Both Bills received their third reading in the Commons, and formal first reading in the Lords, on the fo llow ing day. The keynote o f the third reading debate, in speeches from Conservatives and Labour members alike, w a s the need for ultim ate unity in Ireland. Lieut.-Colonel Bury, who described the Treaty as only a makeshift, said that with good w ill unity w a s bound to come; Mr. Clynes did not believe that Irish prosperity would he assured until it did come; even Colonel Gretton, whilst tak in g a pessimistic view o f the likelihood of that event, agreed that it was most desirable that Ireland should he one united country. The Attorney-
