November 17, 1934
THE TABLET A W eekly N e w s p a p e r a n d R e v i e w
DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANE ATI S
From the Brief o f His Holiness Pius IX to The Tablet, June 4,1870.
Vol. 164. No. 4932. London, November 17, 1934.
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News and No t e s ................. 617 A Halting Democracy . . . 621 .£2,000,000 for a Start . . . 622 Chelmsford on Tarsus— I I 622 The Fall of Welsh Catholi cism: The First Phase . . . 623 “ For Attention of Mr. John Murray ” 625 Review s : Mental T h e r a p y ................. 625 For Cautious Readers . . . 626 Outstanding Novels — LX IV ............................ 626 Elle et L u i ............................ 627
CONTENTS
Reviews (Contd.). Not Quite Methuen . . . 627 Books Received ................. 628 New Books and Music . . . 628 Five Stages of Conversion 629 Sermons for the Times . . . 630 Correspondence :
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Rome (Our Own Corre spondent’s Weekly Letter from) ............................ 633 His Eminence Cardinal Bourne ............................ 634 Westminster Catholic F ederation............................ 635
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E t C/Et e r a ............................ 636 Catholic Education Notes . . . 637 The Catholic Relief Com mittee for Russia . . . 637 Police Requiem at West minster ..................637 Letters to the Ed it o r : BB. John Fisher and Thomas More .................. 638 The Pronunciation of Latin .................. 638 The Earlier Catholic Truth S o c i e t y ................. 639 St. John’s, New Ferry . . . 639
Orbis Terrarum:
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England ............................ 640 Wales ............................ 640 Ireland ............................ 641 Czechoslovakia ............... 642 France ............................ 642 Spain ............................ 642 Coming Events ................. 642 From The Tablet of Long Ago . . . . . . . . . . . . 644 Social and P ersonal . . . 644 A Ilymnbook in Welsh . . . 644 Ch e s s ............................... 644
NOTANDA The health of Cardinal Bourne. A letter from the Vicar-General (p. 634).
British politeness to anti-God Mexico. How His Majesty’s Ministers have missed an opportunity and failed in a duty (p. 617).
More from the Protestant Bishop of Chelmsford. An amazing argument (p. 622).
M. Doumergue goes back to his garden. A Tablet leader-writer on the halting democracy of France (p. 621).
Archbishop Goodier’s sermon for the Catholic T ruth Society’s jubilee. The address in full (p. 630).
The Anglican’s way to the City of Peace. Father Vernon Johnson discourses on stages experienced in the path (p. 629).
The Decline and Fall of the Cornhill Magazine. Lord Gorell prints a disgraceful contribution (p. 625).
How Wales was starved of her Faith. A survey, by the Rev. Dr. Mathew, of the first phase (p. 623).
NEWS AND NOTES /A N the First day of December, General Cardenas is to be pompously inaugurated as President of the Mexican Republic. On the advice of Sir John Simon, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, His Majesty the King has accredited Mr. St. John Monson as Special Ambassador on the occasion. We grant th a t protocols have strong claim s; but they are less than feathers in the scale when they are weighed against a nation’s duty to Almighty God. Unless H.M. Minister in Mexico City has neglected his duty, Whitehall knows th a t the Mexican Govern ment (of which the adventurer Calles is still the real Head, with General Cardenas as mere cover) is actively engaged in extirpating Religion and in
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keeping the very idea of God away from the rising generation. If the Mexican persecution were directed against Methodists or Baptists or Jews or Moslems or Buddhists instead of Catholics, we have little doubt th a t Whitehall would now be making strong representations in Mexico City.
Months ago, we warned the public th a t a proposed questionnaire promoted by the League of Nations Union might cause trouble. The trouble is here in so acute and unpleasant a form th a t Sir Austen Chamberlain has charged the “ National Declara tion Committee ” with dishonesty and untruthfulness. Indeed, Sir Austen goes so far as to say th a t the procedure of the Committee “ appears little better than an attem pt to obtain subscriptions by a fraudulent prospectus.” Viscount Cecil, on behalf of the Committee, pooh-poohs Sir Austen’s indictment as “ only pretty Fanny’s way ” ; but we venture to suggest th a t he will serve his cause by taking the opinions of the Union’s critics less impatiently.
We live in days reminiscent of a dyeworks’ catalogue. While Shirts as many-coloured as Joseph’s Coat still enliven the prospect, from Germany on the East to Ireland on the West, we are having to make ourselves familiar with the Green Paper, the Blue Paper and the Yellow Paper of the Declaration Committee and its dissi dents. Certain Conservatives complain th a t the Green Paper was not duly accompanied by a Blue Paper setting forth their views. Lord Cecil, while mainly denying the impeachment, airily said last week :
The situation is much too serious for us to waste time in discussing whether this leaflet or that was properly issued. We beg Lord Cecil not to be angry with us for saying th a t this is a kind of remark too frequent in League of Nations Union circles. When a ‘‘ situation is serious,” to use his lordship’s own
