THE TABLET A W eek ly N ew sp a p e r a n d R e v ie w
DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS V E S TR IS CONSTANTER MANEATIS
From the Brief o f His Holiness Pius IX to The Tablet, June 4,1870.
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L o n d o n , F e b r u a r y 4 , 1933.
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News and No t e s ................. 129 Greater L im e r i c k ................. 133 Saturday Night ................. 134 Archaeologists at Ravenna 135 Obituary ............................ 137 Reviews :
C.SS.R. in North America 137 China’ s Fontainebleau . . . 138 Simple Songs ................. 138 The Changing Scene . . . 139 New Books and Music . . . 140 Books Received ................. 140 Catholic Education Notes . . . 141 Ch e s s ....................................... 142
C O N T E N T S
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Correspondence :
Rome (Our Own Corre
spondent’s Weekly Letter from) .............. . . . 145 British Saints for British
Churches ............................ 147 Et Ce t e r a ............................ 148 Letters to the Editor :
BB. John Fisher and
Thomas More ................. 149 A Point of Exegesis . . . 149 A Recent N o v e l ................. 149 Church Music ................. 149
Letters ( Ooiitd. ) :
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The Chair of Unity Octave 150 Church Dedications to
British S a i n t s ................. 150 From The Tablet of Ninety
Years A g o ............................150 W i l l s .......................................150 Episcopal Engagements 151 Coming Events ................. 151 The S.Y.P. Centenary . . . 151 Orb i s Terrarum :
England ............................151 Scotland ............................ 151 Ireland ............................ 152
Orbis Terrarum ( Oontd.)
.Ether
Bulgaria
China
France
India
Portugal
Siberia
South Africa
Spain
Tanganyika
Trinidad
West Africa
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Social and P ersonal .. . 156
NOTANDA
A noisy week in European politics. The falls o f the French and German Governments (pp. 129-30).
The Irish Free State’s choice. A Tablet leaderwriter on “ The Land o f a Violated Treaty.” Some reservations (p. 133).
Saturday Night. W ork for the new Catholic Guild o f Shop-assistants (p. 134).
Jehol. A review o f a timely book on China’ s Fontainebleau (p. 138).
Plain Chant. Some practical letters from New W orld and Old W o r ld writers (pp. 149-50).
Prayers against Militant Atheism. The progress o f a new movement for adoration and intercession (P- 132).
Lord Rankeillour propounds fo r discussion a point o f Pauline exegesis (p. 149).
Happy Ravenna ! W hy that city was chosen for the third Congress o f Christian Archaeology. The meeting, and the “ archaeological excursion ” (p. 135).
NEWS AND NOTES L AST week-end saw the end o f many things besides the end of the fourth week in January. In France, there was an end of M. Paul-Boncour’s short-lived Ministry ; and in Ireland there was an end o f Mr. de Valera’s long-lived hope that the electors o f the Free State would give him a [working majority in the Dail for his own Fianna Fail party, without dependence upon the Labour group. In Germany, there was an end of General von Schleicher’s brief Chancellorship. There were other ends and full-stops as well.
On Monday afternoon, the newsboys caused many a passer-by to halt, and to part from a penny, by means o f placards bearing the words, “ Chancellor Hitler.” The surprise, however, was lessened when
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the names o f the new German Ministers became known. His elevation to the Chancellorship is a personal triumph for Herr Hitler sufficient to justify the torchlight processions and other demonstrations of frantic jo y which were to be seen in scores o f German towns last Monday n ig h t ; but a cool examination of this event shows that the Nazi chief has won a doubtful victory. Being the titular chief of the German Government, he will have to bear the blame and face the unpopularity o f any failure to restore the fortunes of the Reich ; yet he has not been invested with power commensurate with his responsibilities. He presides over a Coalitionist and not a purely Nazi Cabinet ; indeed, he has only two Nazi colleagues, one o f whom is without portfolio. Baron von Neurath will still be Foreign Minister and will be expected by President von Hindenburg to make no great change in the external policy of the Reich. It is true that the Minister of the Interior— whom we should call the Home Secretary— is a Nazi, but his position has become vastly less important since the administration of Prussia passed under the control o f an Imperial Commissioner. Alike in territorial extent, population, and wealth, Prussia is by far the largest part o f the German Empire. It must be carefully noted that the Imperial Commissioner for Prussia is no other than Herr von Papen, who also becomes ViceChancellor.
Throughout the strange course o f Herr von Papen’s much opposed and bitterly maligned Chancellorship, The Tablet was frequently criticized for putting its money on this Dark Horse. His old Catholic colleagues o f the Centre were against him, and he could not rely upon more than a handful o f supporters in the Reichstag. It seemed to us, however, that President von Hindenburg had not blundered in his choice. At first, observers outside Germany dismissed Herr von Papen contemptuously as a mere figure-head or tool. It was said that persons behind the scenes were making the bullets and that the docile von Papen had nothing to do but fire them. When this metaphor had been repeatedly
