THE TABLET,

A Weekly Newspaper and Review.

DOM VCBi J GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEAT.S.

From the B r ie f o j H is Holiness P iu s IX . to The Tablet, June 4, l i f o .

Vol. 95. No. 3118. London, F e b r u a r y io , 1900.

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Chronicle of t h e W e e k : Page

Imperial Parliament: Done and Doing— Sir W. Harcourt and Mr. Chamberlain—A Triumph for the Government— An _Irish Amendment—The Army in South Africa — The Southern Frontier —Again Across the Tugela—York and the War — Divorce and Courtesy Titles—The Nicaragua Canal . . 197 L e a d e r s :

The Nation and the War . . 201 Russia and Persia . . . . 202 Purpose and Art in Fiction . 203 Egypt Beyond Philae The Situation in Franee N o t e s . . «. _ R ev iew s :

. . 205 . . 206 . . 206

The Apostle of Corporate Reunion 208

CONTENTS.

R eview s (Continued) :

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Monographs on the Great Masters 209 Rosamund . . . . .. . . 210 “ The English Historical Review” 210 C orrespondence .

Rome :—(From Our Own Corre­

spondent) . . M . . _ 213 News from Ireland _ _ 214 News from France......................... 215. L e t t e r s to t h e E d itor :

Dr. Mivart’s Further Explanation 216 A Beautiful Health Resort . . 217 Mivartism and Anglicanism . . 216 “ Confession on a Troopship ” . . 216 Catholic Literature for Military

Hospitals . . .. . . . . 216 E t Caetera . . .. . . . . 217 New Light on the History nf the

Medicean “ Graduate” . . . . 218 Historical Research Society . . 218

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Max O ’Rell and the War .. . . 2 1 9 The Religion of Minors . . . . 2 1 9 French Canadians and War . . 220 The Ritual Controversy . . . . 222 The Conscience Clause in America 222 Catholic Missionaries in Burmah . . 223 Midnight Mass in Siam .. . . 223 Religious Statistics of the Sandwich

Islands . . . . . . . . 223 The Meaning of the York Election 223 The Electric Tram as an “ Educa­

tive Force ” .................................... 224 “ The Tablet ” and Ritual Murder 224 Books of the Week . . . . . . 224 M a r r i a g e s ........................................ .... F rom E veryw h ere . . So c ia l an d P o l it ic a l . . 225 226

SU PPLEM EN T . N ews from th e Schools :

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The London School Board . . 229 The Duke of Devonshire on Rural

Education . . . . . 22^ Age of Exemption fiom School

Attendance . . .. . . 230 Religious v. State Schools in

France . . . . .. .. 230N ews from t h e D io ceses :

Westminster . . . . ^ 230 S o u th w a rk ......................... . . 231 Liverpool . . . . ... . . 2 3 1 Nottingham......................... . . 231 Newport .....................................232 Dr. Mivart’s Position . . . . 272 The Holy Year .. . . . . 233 Negroes in the United States . . 234 Anne of Denmark . . ... . . 235

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CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK

N O T A N D A .

T h e story o f the condemnation o f “ the Association for the Promotion o f the Unity o f Christendom ,” o f which the late Mr. Phillipps de L is le was one o f the founders, is retold. T h e opinions o f distinguished Catholics on the subject are quoted (p. 208).

A curious sidelight on the history o f the Medicean Graduate is given in an interesting article by Dom John Chapman, O .S .B ., from which it appears that the publication o f Palestrina’s reform o f the Proptium de Tempore was delayed by the intervention of Philip I I . o f Spain, at the instance of Don Fernando de las Infam as, a Spanish priest and musician, who also wrote to the Pope upon the subject (p. 218).

A graphic description o f the present condition o f Omdurman, from the pen o f L o rd Braye, with some account o f the Catholic Copts (p. 205).

Mr. M ax O ’R e ll, who, as he has frequently stated, regards England as the one country in the world under whose flag people are socially and politically free, gives some amusing illustrations o f the way that policy has been carried on in South A frica (p. 2 t9).

A disloyal article in L a Semaine Religieuse de Quebec immediately called forth a storm o f protest and the prompt repudiation o f the sentim ents therein expressed from the A rchbishops o f Q uebec and Montreal (p. 220).

T h e M issionary Fathers o f Baltim ore, founded by C a rd inal Vaughan, have recently g iven a description o f the appalling state o f religious destitution in which the negroes o f the United States still lie. T h e social condition o f the negroes has, however, made a considerable advance, especially in the South (p. 234)*

T h e Com te de M un’s second letter to M. W a ldeckRousseau is a scathing exposure of the pretext o f neutrality in education and o f the lycée as an educating influence (p. 215).

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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT :

DONE AND DOING.

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I R C H A R L E S D IL IC E ’S

speech in dispassionate criticism o f our military preparations and administration did not improve the position o f th e Government in the eyes o f the House o f Commons. H e showed how the question o f information and misinformation took a cruel personal bearing in the case of Sir William Butler, who had been attacked as a traitor. H e then blamed the Government for leaving the defence of Natal without large gUDS and without engineers to make trenches, and for the way io which the military tunnels and bridges had been left intact to serve the con venience o f the Boers. What had been regarded as a new departure, the taking into the field o f guns o f position, had beeD for some tim e an established fact in the German army Instead o f sufficient artillery in South A frica for three A rm y Corps, we had not half that amount, and could not have for the simple .reason that we had not got it in the world. G loom ier grew the long rows o f faces on both sides o f the H ouse as Sir Charles proceeded, and Mr. Wyndham had thus to face a House almost hostile when he rose to explain for the War Office. T h e objective aimed at since 1888, besides the garrisoning o f India and the Colonies, had been to be able to embody a force o f two A rm y Corps, a cavalry division, and troops for the line o f communication for a foreign expedition. That meant 58 battalions o f infantry, xo regiments o f cavalry, and 42 batteries o f artillery; instead o f that 60, 9, and 46 o f each arm respectively had been sent Jo South Africa. T h e Government had started with a garrison o f 25,000 men, which had been erroneously thought to be sufficient for the defence o f Natal. As to guns, they would soon have 452, including 74 heavy guns o f position, 36 howitzers, and 54 o f horse artillery, and 131 o f field artillery. In all we had accepted from the colonies 2, 375 unmounted and 4,698 mounted men. H e would give the H ouse the proportion o f unmounted and mounted on four important dates o f the whole force in South A frica. In the original garrison there were 7,600 unmounted and 2,000 mounted, or nearly one in four mounted. On the 9 h of October, the day o f the ultimatum, there were 12,600 unmounted and 3,400 m oun ted ; on the 1st o f January 83,600 unmounted and r9,8oo mounted ; while the total contemplated, and which would shortly be there, was 142.900