August 10, 1935
THE TABLET A W e ek ly N e w s p a p e r
DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUK ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIB
From the Brief of His Holiness Pius IX to The Tablet, June 4,1870.
Vol. 166. No. 4970.
L ondon, August io, 1935.
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News and No t e s ................. 161 Whose Italy? ................. 165 Name this Child ................. 166 The Church in the New
Africa1 ............................ 167 From The Tablet of Long
A g o ....................................... 168 Review s :
An Apostle of Social
Action ............................ 168 El Divino Impaciente . . . 169 Portrait of an Artist . . . 169 England’s Biggest
Industry
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Books Received ................. 170
CONTENTS
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New Books and Music . . . 171 Cambridge Summer School 171 The Church of St. John
Bosco at Shrigley . . . 172 W il l s ......................... 174 Obituary ......................... 174 The Late Professor Gardner 175 Third Order of St. Dominic 175 The Bishop of Munster . . . 175 Correspondence :
Rome (Our Own Corre
spondent’s Weekly Letter from) ............. . . . 177 The Return to Walsingham 179 The Catholic Social Guild 179
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New School at Cambridge 180 Ch e s s ....................................... 180 Et Ce t e r a ............................ 181 Orb 1s Terrarum :
England ............................ 182 Ireland ............................ 182 The Arctic Circle . .. 182 Australia .............................182 Belgian Congo ................. 183 Borneo ............................ 183 China ............................ 183 Cyprus ............................ 184 Fernando-Po ................. 184 France .............................184 French Cameroons . .. 184
Orbis Terrarum ( Oontd.) :
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Germany ..........................184 Hong Kong ................. 186 India .......................186 I t a l y ....................................... 186 Japan ..........................186 Kenya ..........................186 Nigeria ..........................186 Nippon ..........................186 Nyasal&nd 186 Poland ......................... 188 Southern Rhodesia . . . 188 Spain ......................... 188 U.S.A....................................... 188 Social and P ersonal . . . 188
NOTANDA
The health o f the Sovereign Pontiff. A false rumour (p. 161).
Another appeal to Signor Mussolini. The danger o f neo-paganism in Italy’ s public affairs (p. 165).
Catholic progress in A frica . A survey and a warning by the Archbishop o f Westminster (p. 167).
A noteworthy building. Mr. Tilden’ s designs for a church in a Cheshire beauty-spot (p. 172).
“ Name this Child.” W h y not more variety in the Christian names o f Catholic boys and girls? (p. 166).
Trees, trees, trees! The re-afforestation o f the British Isles (p. 162).
Giustino de Jacobis, first Vicar-Apostolic o f Abyssinia. The H o ly Father’s timely discourse on a great servant o f God (p. 177).
O x fo rd and Cambridge. A Summer School on “ Church and State ” at the younger and a Catholic Social Guild meeting at the older University (pp. 171 and 179).
H ow the Count von Galen, Bishop o f Munster, confronted the Nazi police (p. 175).
NEWS AND NOTES / A N Tuesday night, somebody set afloat a rumour that the Sovereign Pontiff had been suddenly attacked by a very grave illness and that there was ample reason for alarm. Whether malice or a genuine mistake started the story we do not know ; but we are able to say that His Holiness is in very good health. Although it does not mean relief from hard work, which accompanies him everywhere, the change from Rome to Castel Gandolfo and its breezes has already done good to our Holy Father, for whose long continuing health and strength we devoutly pray.
New Series. Vol. CXXXIV. No. 4369.
Now that the Royal Assent, following upon third readings in the Lords’ and the Commons’ Houses, has turned the India Bill into an Act, it is everybody’s duty to make the very best of the situation. We are 'convinced that the Bill’s opponents, no less than its champions, were absolutely honest and disinterested in the course they took during the passage of the measure through Parliam ent; but they now have a further opportunity of proving their public spirit. Instead of letting the Act fail and then gleefully exclaiming “ We told you so,” they must think o f India’s and the Empire’s interests first and o f party or personal capital afterwards. We lay stress on this because it would be impossible, if the Act broke down in practice, to go back in statu quo ante. Something had to be done about India, without any delay ; and if the Something called the Government of India Act won’t do, then Something better must quickly be put in its place, The Daily Mail and other papers are saying that the Act means the loss of India to the Empire, but such loss would be certain if Britain allowed the Indian Question to remain unanswered.
When Parliament adjourned on Friday of last week for the Summer Recess, October 29th was given as the date for re-assembling ; but there were Members who said Good-bye rather than au revoir to one another, because they do not expect to see another Session o f the present House of Commons. They fear— in some cases they hope— that Mr. Baldwin will ask for a dissolution before we are three months older and that a General Election will be taken in hand when politicians and electioneers are back from their holidays. Other Members, equally sapient, believe that the present House will be kept in being until the Spring of 1936. Our own opinion (ft this point is not worth giving ; but we earnestly advise Christian and patriotic citizens to look after their votes and to keep sharp eyes upon the selectors o f candidates. From Russia, Comrade Georgi Dimitroff is already issuing orders to Moscow’s men in Great Britain and is dictating their tactics for the General Election.
