THE TABLET
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D u m V O B IS G R A T U L A M U R , A N IM O S E T IA M ADD IM U S U T IN IN CCEPTIS V E S T R IS CO N S T AN T E R M A N E A T IS .
From the Brief of H is Holiness to T he T ablet, June 4, 1870.
Vol. 51. No. 1972. L o n d o n , J a n u a r y 26, 1878.
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C h ro n ic le o f t h e W e e k :—
The Supplementary Estimates.— England and Turkey. — The Armistice Negotiations. — The Abandonment o f Adrianople.— Condition of the Fugitive Musulmans.— The Retreat of Suleiman Pasha.— Rumoured Advance on ■ Gallipoli.— The Queen and the Emperor o f Russia.— The Mass for the late King Victor Emmanuel. — His Obsequies in Rome.— The Debate on the Address.— The Irish Amendment.— Further Irish Debates — Intermediate Education.— Irrigation Works in India.— The Spanish Royal Marriage.—The Birmingham Catholic “ Re-Union/' & c . . . 97
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L e a d e r s :
From Adrianople to Constanti
nople . . .. . . .. 101 Catholic School Education .. 101 The Domestic Policy o f lhe Ger
man Chancellor .. . . . . 102 Intermediate Education in Ire
land . . 103 Spelling R e f o r m ............................ 104 Russia and the Holy S e e . . . . 105 Art :
The Old Masters at Burlington
House ....................... . . . 106 R e v iew s :
The Contemporary Review . . 106 The M o u n t ....................................... 108 The Cross of Christ . . . . 108
CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.
ON Thursday the Chancellor o f the
Exchequer announced that on Monday he would in Committee of Supply move a supplementary estimate for the naval and military services, and, asked by Lord Hartington whether he could at once make any further statement which might have the effect of calming the anxiety of the country, regretted he could say no more than that, when the Government gave the assurance that it would make no proposals until the terms of peace had been received, it was in the anticipation that within a few days it would be in possession of those terms. “ Since that time a week had elapsed, and not only have no terms of peace been forthcoming, but we have observed that a very considerable and rapid advance has taken place on the part of the forces of Russia”. Under these circumstances Government have felt it necessary not to delay any longer before asking Parliament to enable them to make provision for any consequences that might arise, adopting, as Lord Beaconsfield said, in reply to the Duke of Argyll, ‘ that course which their duty to their Sovereign and their country required.” This momentous announcement may, it is allowable to hope, remove the veil which Russia has thought fit to throw over her real intentions.
The interpretations of the Queen’s Speech
AND TURKEY.
England would have been less diverse on the Continent if people had only been willing to take its expressions in their literal sense. On the whole it is admitted to be pacific, but the Nord seems to think that it may be twisted into an encouragement to the Turks to resist. Nothing but a most resolute determination to extract hope out of everything could find anything of the sort in the words which her Majesty’s advisers have placed in her mouth. Moreover, we find in the despatches just made public the most positive proof that the Turks had been warned not to expect any material aid from this country. They were evidently advised to come to terms with Russia solely on the basis of their own interests— English interests England will herself know how to guard, as other Powers doubtless will protect theirs.
THE ARMISTICE
The Turkish plenipotentiaries — Server, Namyk, Ferik, Vesseb, and Liva Pashas— negotiations, arrived at Hermanli on the 17th or 18th, where they were received by General Strogonoff with an escort sent to meet them by the Grand Duke Nicholas, and they reached Kezanlik on Sunday night. Nothing is as yet known for certain concerning the nature and extent of the Russian demands, and the most contradictory statements on the subject have been in circulation. The reticence
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G e r m a n y ....................................... 118 Tha League of St. Sebastian . . rig G en er a l N ews ............................... 120
of Russia till the last moment has been productive of this advantage, that it has placed Austria on her guard, and has brought the policy of that Empire into the most complete harmony with the policy of England. The relations of the two Powers are accordingly very close at present, and each is watching with the keenest attention for the next move in the game. Should the pretensions of Russia prove to be moderate, no harm will have been done to anybody— except to the unfortunate Turks—-but should they exceed the limits laid down by England and Austria as the largest that are permissible, we may be certain that the united opposition offered by the two Powers will be such as to induce Russia to modify her demands. The conqueror can have no desire at the end of an exhausting campaign to enter upon a fresh struggle, nor would Germany be likely to support or even to encourage him in such an enterprise. We may hope, moreover, that in order to avoid opposition altogether, Russia will reserve for an European Congress those points of the ultimate settlement which in any way affect the neutral Powers.
It became known on Saturday that Adria-
d o n m e n t ' o f noP^e was about to fall into the hands of ADRiANOFLE. the Russians. At first it was telegraphed that the Grand Duke Nicholas had made its surrender the primary condition of the armistice, and some fear was expressed that Russia was beginning to show her real intentions, and that this was only the first of a series of high-handed exactions which would culminate perhaps in a demand for the surrender of Constantinople to a temporary Russian occupation. But by Monday we became aware that no such demand had been made by Russia, and that the evacuation of Adrianople was a spontaneous act. For some time past— ever since the disaster to the Shipka army— it had become apparent that there was no army to defend Adrianople, and the concentration upon the capital of such means of defence as remained was decided upon in the councils of the Porte, Mehemet Ali, who was in command at Adrianople— he did not join the Plenipotentiaries after all— accordingly evacuated the place, together with the Governor, Djemil Pasha, and all the authorities, after blowing up the store of ammunition and burning the old Seraglio. The Musulman inhabitants took to flight, fearing the treatment they might receive from the Bulgarians, and the Greek and Bulgarian prelates and the Chief Rabbi, with a guard of Christians, maintained order more or less till the arrival of the Russians.
The atrocities to which the unfortunate c ° „ ™ Musulmans and Jews have been subjected fugitive since the collapse of the Ottoman army have musulmans. been quite as outrageous as anything o f which we had previously heard, And the c ondition of the fugitives is som e th in g p e r fe c t ly awful.. A le tte r from
