THE TABLET
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DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCOEPTIS V E S TR IS CONSTANTER MAN EAT IS
From the Brief of FIis Holiness Pius IX to The Tablet, June 4,1870.
V ol. 157. No. 4,748.
L ondon, May g, 1931.
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New s and No t e s .......... 605 Houses of God ................. 609 The Empire of Death . . . 610 The Royal Academy . . . 612 From The Tablet of Ninety
Years A g o .................... 613 The National Pilgrimage to
Lourdes ........................ 613 R e v ie w s :
Outstanding Novels —
XLVII ............................ 613
c o n t e n t s
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R e v ie w s ( Oontd.) :
The Apostle of the Lepers 614 Caravanners . . . . . . 614 “ Gloria Dei, Vivens
Homo ”
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Books Received ................. 616 New Books and Music . . . 616 Parental Duties in Educa
tion .......................................617 A New Church for York 617 E t C.e t e r a .............................. 618 C n E S S ...........................................6 19
Correspondence :
Rome (Our Own Corre
Page spondent’s Weekly Letter from) ............................ 621 St. Cecilia’ s, Tue Brook . . . 623 Catholic Education Notes . . . 626 Holy Cross, Leicester . . . 627 Obitu ary ...............................6 27 L etters to the Ed i t o r :
The Casa Di S. Brigida 623 Coming E vents ...................628 W i l l s .......................................... 628
Or b is Terrarum :
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England, Scotland and Wales ................ . . . 628 Ireland ............... . . . 629 Australia ............... . . . 630 Canada ................ . . . 630 China ............... . . . 630 France ................ . . . 630 Germany ............... . . . 630 I t a l y ........................... . . . 632 South A frica . . . 632 Spain ................ . . . 632 So c ia l and P ersonai . . . 632
N O T A N D A
Catholic Action in Italy. An English version, by The Tablet’s Rome Correspondent, o f an important letter from the H o ly Father to the Cardinal Archbishop o f Milan (p. 621).
A “ drowse ” from which Christian Britons must awaken. The Red Peril (pp. 605, 610).
The Protestant Bishop o f Coventry’s grave misstatement concerning the Catholic Church (p. 606).
Church Architecture. A Tablet leader-writer offers some general remarks; and the photographer adds some particular illustrations (pp. 609, 623-25).
Spain. The position o f the Monarchists. W ill history repeat itself in a Spanish rout o f the Cross’s enemies? (p. 607).
This year’s Royal Academy. An observer looks through the rooms fo r works o f religious interest; and is ill-rewarded (p. 612).
More new churches opened or begun : Leicester (p. 627); Mexborough (p. 628 ) ; York (p. 617).
NEWS AND NOTES T AST Wednesday there were some inadequate
11 celebrations o f our King’s accession to the Throne, which occurred just one and twenty years ago. While nobody— and least o f all His Majesty himself— would have applauded extravagant festivities in these painful times, some of us feel that British Monarchists (who are an immense majority o f the nation) are taking too much for granted. It is ridiculous to suppose that the world’s intriguers against Thrones will rest on their oars after their unexpected success in Spain. Rather will they bend with new energy to their task.
Other States fully appreciate the advantages to be gained from the observance o f national anni
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versaries. One of the first acts of the Republican Cabinet in Madrid was to make May-Hay a public holiday, and to see that miles o f new bunting were ready in good time. Almost every country save ours, has a Fourth o f July, or a Fourteenth (for the Taking o f the Bastille) or some other resounding national anniversary. But Englishmen will not even honour their national Saint on any large scale, although they have the good examples of St. Patrick’s and St. Andrew’s and St. David’s days close to their eyes and ears. Their excuse is that Englishmen hate show and fuss : but reticence can go too far. In our very midst there are now hundreds of thousands o f men and women— we are not exaggerating the figures— who are vowed to the overthrow o f the Monarchy, the abolition o f Parliament as now constituted, and the destruction o f Christianity. An article in this week’s Tablet called “ The Empire of Death ” ought to awaken us all from our drowse. The Tablet’s information in this matter is firsthand, and absolutely trustworthy. Whatever may be said for or against Russian theories o f politics and economics, it is beyond dispute that the most populous country in Europe has declared war on the Gospel, and that tiny children in our Christian England are being taught to jeer at religion as “ the dope o f the people.” The standing motto of our own paper Pro Ecclesia Dei, pro Rege et Patria must become the fervid slogan o f millions who are indolently assuming that things which have happened elsewhere could not possibly happen in England.
“ We shall appoint new peers,” said the Prime Minister at Worksop on May-Day. Mr. MacDonald meant that he would ask His Majesty to create new peers. It reminds us o f Mr. Arthur Henderson’s “ I ” in connection with the Embassy from the Court o f St. James’s to the Holy See.
W ith a Royal Commission taking evidence on the spot at this very moment, we must respectfully say “ No ” to those correspondents, mostly nonCatholics, who are asking us for “ more about Malta.” Their argument is that, as last Tuesday’s
