THE TABLET
yd Weekly 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, 1870.
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Chronicle of th e W e e k :
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France, Germany, and the Ruhr—Martial L aw—Mosul: An Arab Protest—Hopes for Settlement—The British Debt to America— Mr. Thomas on W a r Clouds—The Conflict in Ireland—Reforming the Irish A rm y—Mortality Returns: A Lower Birth-rate ................141 T opics :
The Hope o f the W o r ld— ... 144 Education Figures : The
Catholic P l a c e ........................... 143 The Hymns o f the L iturgy ••• 145 Notes — — ... — ••• 147
C O N T E N T S
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S ir Douglas H a ig ’s Command 150 The Hol^rood T ragedy......... 150 Catholic Citizenship ............... 151 Chinese Sketches.................... 151 Reconstruction ...........................151 Louis Bourdaloue ............... 151 No Handicap ... ••• ••• 151 Books o f the W e e k .....................151 L it e r a r y N otes — 152 Douai Society Dinner ••• ••• 153 England and S pa in : The Bond o f Chivalry............................... 154 O b itu ary ......................................... 154 Correspondence :
Rome—(From Our Own Corre
spondent) ..................................... 157
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N ews from Ireland ... ... 158 A Memorial Bust o f Father
Vaughan ...................................... 158 L e tters to the Editor : Wanted : A Life o f Pope
Pius I X ...................................... 159 “ Roman Catholic ” 159 The Pronunciation o f Latin ... 160 Ven. Dominic Barberi, C .P . ... 160 “ Western Mysticism ” ................ 160 The Converts’ Aid Society ••• 160 The Scruple o f a “ Listener-in ” 160 The Little Office o f Our Lady 160 Et Ca s t e r a ........................ ..1 68 Ch e s s ................................................164 Catholic W omen’s League 164
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N ews from the D ioceses : Westminster ............. ... 166
Southwark ............. ... 166 B rentw ood ......................... ... 166 Leeds ••• ••• ... 167 Liverpool ••• ... 167 Northampton .............. ... 168 Salford ........................ ... 168 Wales •
Cardiff ......................... ... 168 Cardinal Manning and General
Gordon ........................ ... 168 W i l l ....................................... ... 168 Coming Events ............. ... 169 Double Acrostic ............. ... 169 S ocial and P ersonal ••• ... 170
NOTANDA Four years after the W ar : trouble both in East and West as; a test of the value of the League of Nations;. What the Covenant of the League provides in the matter of intervention or the reconsideration of treaties (p. 144).
St. Francis of Sales as the Patron Saint of writers and journalists. Pope Pius X I gives the great Doctor of the Church as a pattern of method in the maintenance of truth (p. 147). Where St. Francis had a fellow in St. Jane Frances de Chantal (p. 162).
Liturgical hymns : their translations and translators1. Mr. Britten finds many interesting points suggested by a recent scholarly volume (p. 145).
The Latin language as a means towards international peace. A pertinent suggestion by the Cardinal Archbishop in view of the inter-dependence of the European nations (p. 154).
School statistics from the Board of Education. How the Catholic schools of England and Wales, alone among the voluntary schools, show an increase of pupils (p. 145).
Gilda Parolin, niece of Pope Pius X : grief for the death of a loved and familiar figure in Rome (p. 157).
CHRONICLE OF TH E WEEK
r e p a r a t i o n s : ' E ' h e Reparations Commission, F r a n c e , g r r m a n y £ reflecting the French point of a n d t h e r u h r . view, decided on Friday of last week to refuse the request of the German Government for a moratorium, to declare Germany in general default, and to demand from her the payment of ^25,000,000 on January 3 1 . On this occasion the declaration of default is complete, and applies not to one or two matters of small importance, but to the whole of Germany’s obligations. Germany has announced her decision not to pay in cash or in kind, alleging in excuse that France has violated the Treaty of Versailles by the invasion of the Ruhr. In view of this deliberate act of defiance on the part of Germany, the French have found it necessary to make it quite clear that sanctions taken on account of defaults cannot form the pretext for further defaults. Sir John Bradbury, the British delegate, a s usual abstained from voting, and the decision arrived at on the proposal of M. Barthou, the French delegate, was approved by a majority of three. The French reparation plan is not definitely abandoned, but in view of the German resistance in the Ruhr it was thought desirable to postpone consideration of the plan until a more favourable occasion, when its discussion will be less academic. The French are still confident of final success, and maintain that just as when the Germans were in Northern France the Mayor of Lille had to obey the orders of the German Commandant, so the German workers, faced with an accomplished fact— the occupation— must bow to superior force. Early in the week France notified Germany that sabotage on the railw ays and interference with the transportation of coal and coke would not be tolerated, and that, if the attempts continued, the German railwaymen would be replaced by French and Belgian railwaymen wherever it was found necessary. France has adopted, in conjunction with Belgium, new measures to obtain complete control of the essential lines of railway and telegraphic communications in the Ruhr, and appears to be triumphing over the obstacles which stood in the path. M. Poincare has denied the German allegations that France intended to occupy the Ruhr in order to obtain the necessary coal for the Lorraine industries, and that she was spending considerable sums on the occupation. He asserts1 definitely that “ France has not mobilized a single soldier; and as to the expenses of the maintenance of the troops, they are hardly greater than those in F ran ce .” He also declares that France will continue to occupy German territory until Germany has acquitted herself of her reparations obligations in conformity with the terms of the Treaty of Versailles.
Meanwhile, martial law, or what
— m a r t i a l l a w . is described as a “ severe state of siege,” has been declared through
out the Ruhr, and the French troops have orders to make house-to-house searches wherever concealment of arms is suspected. Since the French entered the Ruhr the cost of living has gone up by 122 per cent., while a t the time of writing the Paris rate touched the unprecedented figure of 76.90 francs to the pound, and there is a further heavy fall in marks, 225,000 marks to the pound being the latest figure. Opponents of
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