December 15, 1934

THE TABLET

A W e e k ly 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 V E S T R IS CONSTANTER MANEATIS

From the Brief of His Holiness Pius IX to The Tablet, June 4,1870.

V o l . 164. No. 4936. L o n d o n , D e c e m b e r 15, 1934.

S i x p e n c e .

R eg is tered at th e General P ost Of f ic e as a New s pape r .

New s and No t e s ................... 769 Prosit, Geneva! ................. 773 The Stage S in is te r ................. 773 From The Tablet of Long

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A g o ....................................... 774 The Earlier Catholic Truth

Society ............................ 774 The Breakespeare Club’s

First Y e a r ............................ 775 R e v i e w s : Wilfrid and Josephine

Ward ............................ 776 Scots Weaving ................. 777 A Children’s Hour . . . 777 An Italian Four-in-Hand 777

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New Books and Music . . . 778 Liverpool Cathedral . . . 778 A dvent P a s to rals :

Northampton ................. 780 Menevia ............................ 780 Middlesbrough ................. 781 B r en tw o o d ............................ 782 The Prior Park Association 782 L etters to t iie Ed it o r :

Dom Pio Mortara . . . 782 Russia To-day ................. 782 Father O’Toole’ s “ Con­

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In Winckley Square . . . 783

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Correspondence :

Rome (Our Own Corre­

Page spondent’s Weekly Letter from) ............................ 785 The Catholic Relief Committee for R u s s ia ................. 786 Ob it u ary ............................... 786 W i l l s ........................................... 787 Martyrs’ W in d ow s ................. 787 E t C.e t e r a ............................... 788 The Eucharistic Congress at

M e lb o u rn e ............................ 789 Sermons for the Times . . . 790 Coming E vents ................. 792

Books Received ................. 792 Or b is T errarum :

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England ............................ 792 Ireland ............................ 794 Bulgaria ............................ 794 Ceylon ............................ 794 France ............................ 794 Germany ............................ 794 India ............................ 794 The Philippines ................. 794 South Africa ................. 794 Spain ............................ 794 Turkey ............................ 796 So c ia l and P ersonal . . . 796 Ch e s s ...........................................796

NOTANDA Good work at Geneva. The recovered prestige o f the League o f Nations (p. 773).

A new “ Christian Front ” in the Saar Territory. Herr Hoffmann on its principles and programme (p. 770).

“ Take Profit out o f W a r .” President Roosevelt on Equality o f Mobilization (p. 769).

Melbourne’s Eucharistic Congress. The chief functions described (p. 789). The Archbishop o f Liverpool’ s stirring sermon on Catholic W omanhood (p. 790).

H ow and where the earlier Catholic Truth Society began its labours. A link with The Tablet ^recalled (p. 774).

The late W ilfr id and Josephine Ward. A Tablet reviewer examines a big book (p. 776).

A Crucifix on a London stage. W o rk fo r the Lord Chamberlain’ s department (p. 773).

The Asturian Horrors. A Morning Post Correspondent’ s investigation in and near Oviedo (p. 771).

NEWS AND NOTES I X / " H I L E statesmen of the Old World have been

’ ’ * furthering the supreme task o f Peace-ingeneral by successfully accomplishing two particular feats of pacification, the New W orld’s most powerful and famous citizen has not been idle. In his proposal to “ Take Profit out of War,” Mr. Roosevelt identifies his policies with a remedy which has been advocated for twenty years by far-seeing but uninfluential men. As the telegrams outlining the President’s ideas have reached us only a few hours before going to press, we must postpone some remarks which may be found useful : but meanwhile we hasten to emphasise what we believe to be an important point. There has lately been a curious narrowing-down of the issue, in certain pacifist quarters. The public has been asked to believe

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that wars are secretly and foully engineered by the big armament-makers alone. But the companies manufacturing guns and explosives are few in number. Most of the profiteering during the Great War was callously and selfishly accomplished by firms and individuals who are normally engaged in the most unwarlike pursuits, such as the making of boots, clothes, hats, jam, socks, wire and so on. Mr. Roosevelt has tardily condemned what was the worst injustice of the War. While millions of men were passing days and nights of filth and horror in the trenches, millions o f others were drawing the largest pay of their lives amid the comforts of the safe homeland, and were enjoying more luxuries and pleasures than ever before, at the expense of the State. Next time, says Mr. Roosevelt— in the deplorable event of there being a “ next time ” — we must have Equality of Mobilization. By merely buying out the armaments-firms, the nations would not secure Peace : because those firms are not the only or even the worst profiteers.

In the Antipodes, where the seasons are the reverse of ours, December is a summer month ; and in Melbourne, the handsome capital of Victoria, a December day can be a very hot day indeed. Happily last Sunday was so free from both heat and glare that half a million persons were able to behold in comfort the imposing procession which closed Victoria’s National Eucharistic Congress. Some account of the ceremonies, as well as a verbatim report of the Archbishop of Liverpool’s sermon, will be found in this week’s Tablet. For the benefit of many non-Catholic readers we had better explain why this Congress was held. It is a Catholic custom to honour not only the Feasts of the Church, but also great secular events by receiving Holy Communion with what is called an “ intention ” appropriate to the occasion. In other words, when Catholics want to do their utmost for the success of any good cause they proceed eucharistically. Therefore it was fitting that Melbourne’s rejoicings over the hundredth anniversary of her modest beginning should be eucharistically kept b y the Catholic