July 28, 1934

THE TABLET ML Weekly N ew s p a p e r a n d R e v ie 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.

Vol. 164. No. 4916.

London, July 28, 1934.

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New s and No t e s ................ 97 Murder Most F o u l ................. 101 “ The Churches ” on War 101 The Morning Post and the Irish Free S t a t e ................. 103 Catholic Action and the Mystical Body of Christ 103 44Free Law ” for the Poor 107 R e v ie w s : “ The Apostolic Tradition” 108 Bucer-Cranmer ................. 108 Garibaldi ............................ 109 Literary Mythology . . . 110 Dr. Hecker*s Latest . . . 110

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New Books and Music . . . 110 Ch e s s ...........................................I l l Correspondence : Rome (Our Own Corre­ spondent’s Weekly Letter from) ............................ 113 The Synod of Hertford— I I 114 From The Tablet of Ninety Years A g o ............................ 115 The Letters of Hilarion —V II ............................ 115 Books Received ................. 116 L et t e r s to th e E d it o r : Fontevrault in England . . . 116 “ Germans on the S po t” 116

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St. Norbert’s Eighth Cen­ tenary ............................ 117 E t C/KTKRA...............................118 Catholic. Education Notes . . . 119 44 A Clean-up for the Cinema ” 120 School P r iz e -D ay s ................. 120 Or b i s T errarum : England ............................ 120 Scotland ............................ 121 Wales ............................ 121 Ireland ............................ 121 Andorra ............................ 121 Belgian Congo ................. 121 Burma ............................ 121 The Cameroons ................. 121

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Orbis Terrarum (Contd.) : Onnailn. 19.0. Canada .............. . . . 122 Ceylon .............. . . . 122 France .............. . . . 122 In d ia .............. . . . 122 Poland .............. . . . 122 Spain .............. . . . 122 U.S.A......................... . . . 124 London University Exam ina/tions.............. . . . 124 Com in g E vents . . . 124 The Walsingham Pilgrimage 124 O r d i n a t i o n s ......................... 124 So c ia l and P ersonal . . . 124

NOTANDA The “ Murder most foul ” of Dr. Dollfuss. “ If he had not been a Catholic he would be alive today.” A word of warning (p. 101).

False Pacifism has a set-back. A pretention of “ the Churches ” once more exposed (p. 101).

The Synod of Hertford. Why a Civic must be supplemented by an Ecclesiastical Memorial. Support from the Bishops (p. 114).

Catholic Action and the Mystical Body of Christ. A reprint in full of the Rev. Dr. Hendley’s contribution to this year’s Congress of the C.T.S. of Ireland (p. 103). Another Protestant and Irish paper rebukes the Morning Post. A Tale of a Cow (p. 103).

Rejoicings at New Hall. The Golden Jubilee of a Reverend Mother Prioress in Ann Boleyn’s old place of short-lived triumph (p. 115).

“ Germans on the Spot.” An apposite letter to The Tablet’s Editor; and some striking remarks by a German wife and mother (pp. 98, 116).

St. Tatwin, English Saint and Archbishop. A note for his twelfth centenary (p. 118).

NEWS AND NOTES "IT EJECTING good and friendly advice, the British Labour P arty is nailing its colours to the Socialist mast—a piece of timber which has the evil property of imparting a Red hue to all bunting in contact with it. The P arty ’s new “ Programme of Action,” which issued from the press last Tuesday, is entitled " For Socialism and Peace.” Many of the proposals are respectable. Catholics, as such, cannot object to the remark th a t the present House of Lords “ is rarely able to persuade more than one-tenth of its members to take their duties seriously ” ; nor can they oppose the idea of a House of Commons made more

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efficient by improvements in procedure. But Catholics can and must draw the line a t Socialism unless the P arty leaders make it as clear as noonday th a t Marxian Socialism is not meant.

For the third year in succession, the annual conference of the British Medical Association has discussed the proposed legalization of abortion as a method of Birth Prevention. Readers of our own pages have had to bear with us more than once in our mention of this unsavoury business ; especially in our notes on Russia, where abortions are effected in public institutions a t the rate of hundreds every week. In other words, it is proposed th a t what have hitherto been punished as illegal operations in this country should be not only legalised but aided by the State. The British Medical Association, for the present, goes no further than to promise the assistance of experts to the Government in the event of an enquiry being made. In case the Government should accept this offer, the B.M.A. will have a special committee of its own to report on the medical aspects of abortion. Thus are the terrible teachings of the late Justice McCardie making progress in the land. There is a significant and sinister passage in the report of the B.M.A. debate. I t appears th a t the Council has considered the holding of an enquiry into abortion, but will not take the lead. The Council, however, delivers publicly its opinion th a t such an enquiry must include lawyers and ought to include representatives on the other side—possibly religious and certainly economic and political. That there may “ possibly ” be religious leaders and “ certainly ” economists and politicians on the Commission is indeed a sign of the times. We can only explain such a contrast of adverbs by assuming th a t many members of the B.M.A. Council look upon Religion as an exploded fiction.

M. Doumergue has once more proved th a t he does indeed possess the qualities of leadership in