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 MANEATIS

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

V o l . 157. No. 4,733. L o n d o n , J a n u a r y 24, 1931.

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R e g is t e r e d at th e General P o st Op p i c e as a New s pa p e r

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New s and Notes ................ 97 Brightness in the East . . . 101 From The Tablet of EightyYears A g o ......................... 101 English Ecclesiastical Law and the Canon Law . . . 102 “ Me and Dr. Downey ” 102 R e v ie w s : Sir Ernest Budge on Amulets ............................ 103 Maria Filipetto ................. 103 A House Divided . . . 104 Women for Salvage . . . 104 Ca?sar’s Place ................. 104 A Call to A c t io n ................. 106

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Books Received .............. 106 Canons of St. Paul’s . . . 107 Catholic Education Notes 108 L e t ters to th e E d i t o r :

“Dalman's Gospel Studies ” 108 Catholics in Regimental Bands ............................ 108 E t Ce t e r a ...............................10 9 Correspondence :

Rome (Our Own Corre­ spondent’s Weekly Letter from) ............................ I l l

NTS Com in g E v e n t s

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The Encyclical on Marriage 113 Obituary ................ 113 Or b is Terrarum :

England, Scotland Wales .............. and 114 Ireland .............. 114 Australia .............. 115 Austria .............. 115 Belgian Congo 115 Canada .............. 115 China .............. 116 Czechoslovakia 116

Or b i s Terrarum (Gontd.) :

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France .............. . . . 116 Germany .............. . . . 117 Italy .............. . . . 117 Japan .............. . . . 118 Kenya Colony . . . 118 Palestine .............. . . . 118 Poland .............. . . . 118 Spain .............. . . . 118 Soc ia l and P ersonal . . . 120 Ch e s s ......................... . . . 120 Th e E n cyclica l L et t e r ( Supplement) 125-136

NOTANDA In a twelve-page Supplement The Tablet gives the first complete and correct reprint of the Encyclical on Marriage in its official English version (pp. 125-136).

Voluntary Schools. How thirty Labour and nine Liberal Members of the House of Commons brought about the defeat of the Government. A grave danger averted (p. 97).

The Round Table Conference adjourns. A Tablet leader-writer praises its memorable and promising work (p. 101).

More falsehoods about Nullity. The Spectator, Professor de Montmorency and Company (p. 98).

Russian softwoods. The Prime Minister’s very slight retreat (p. 99).

“ The Woman with the Iron Poker.” One more enigma (p. 102).

A legal contributor responds to the question as to whether there are “ agreed interpretations of the law ecclesiastical ” (p. 102).

Honours from the Holy See. Two new Protonotaries Apostolic (pp. 108, 120).

NEWS AND NOTES TX^ITHOUT loss of prestige, His Majesty’s

' ’ Government could have allowed a free vote in the House of Commons on the question of what is called “ public ” money for Anglican, Catholic and other Voluntary Schools. The said “ public money ” does not come from a body of taxpayers in which there are no Anglicans and Catholics. In this m a tte r the contributories belong to all religions and none ; and their political affiliations are as varied as their religions. Mr. MacDonald’s Ministry, however, did not concede a free vote. The result has been a Government defeat, which the chief Liberal daily calls “ sensational.” By a majority of 33 (282

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votes against 249), the House decided th a t Sir Charles Trevelyan’s Education Bill must not come into operation until an Act has been passed authorizing the expenditure of “ public ” money on Non- provided (or Voluntary) as well as on Provided Schools, to finance the Hadow developments in Education.

If we refrain from exultant language over the defeat of our adversaries it is not because we have lacked provocation. Some of the anti-Catholic remarks made by “ Free Church ” and even by certain Anglican writers and speakers during this month of January have gone beyond decency. “ Frees ” who lately raged against so-called political churchmen in Malta have turned Christian pulpits into political platforms. Some disgraceful articles have appeared ; notably one in the Nation and Athenceum, which we shall have to mention again. But to-day we are not going to rub salt into political No-Popery’s gaping wound. I t shall have a week to heal.

Mr. Scurr and his Labour sympathisers who pressed the victorious amendment to a division have won the admiration of innumerable non-Catholics as well as our Catholic gratitude. Unmoved by the taunt of the “ Free Churchmen ” (the real wreckers in this matter) th a t Catholic arrogance was wrecking educational reform, Mr. Scurr’s little band rose above party politics and stood out invincibly for what is not merely the Catholic but the just and statesmanlike educational policy. Nor must we forget to praise the nine Liberals (Sir Robert Aske, Sir Herbert Samuel, Col. England and Messrs. Devlin, Graham-White, Griffith, Harbord, Hore- Belisha and Oliver), who voted against the Govern­ ment, thus dissociating themselves from the musty II liberal ism of Mr. Isaac Foot. Indeed, the per­ centage of Liberals who were on our side was as high as the percentage of Labour sympathisers with our Schools. The Conservatives voted solidly with Mr. Scurr. Thus have Catholic prayers for a just decision in Parliament been answered.