THE TABLET vlWeekly N ew spaper a n d R eview DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS
From the Brief o f His Holiness Pius IX to The Tablet, June 4,1870.
V ol. 155. No. 4,679.
L ondon, January i i , 1930.
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N ew s and N o t e s ................. 33 “ E n t ire ly Separate W orlds” 37 Com in g E v e n t s ................. 38 A Modern I ta l ia n Apostolate 39 R e v i e w s :
The B lack Monks . . . 40 Mr. E v an M organ’s Poems 40 The Romance of Mesopo
tam ia ............................. 40 Some Catholic Y ear Books 41 Books Received ................ 42 New Books a n d Music . . . 42 Notes fo r Musicians . . . 44
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Catholic E ducation Notes . . . 45 Catholic Teachers in Con
ference ............................ 45 Co r r e s p o n d e n c e :
Rome (O u r Own Corre
spondent’s Weekly L e tte r from ) ............................. 49 L e t t e r s to t h e E d i t o r :
The In d ia n P r in ce s . . . 50 W illiam P i t t ................ 51 A G ra te fu l R ecipient . . . 51 E t Ce t e r a .............................. 52
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Ob it u a r y ............................... 53 F rom The Tablet of E ighty
Y ears A g o ............................ 53 Or b i s T e r r a r u m :
England, Scotland and Wales . . . 54 I r e la n d . . . 54 Abyssinia . . . 55 A u s tria . . . 56 C liina . . . 56 F ran ce . . . 56 H aw a ii . . . 57 Holland . . . 57 In d ia . . . 57
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O range F ree State
P e ru
P o la nd
Polynesia
Roumania . . .
Spain
Uganda
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A Cry from the Cripples 60 S o c ia l and P e r so n a l . . . 60 Ch e s s ................. 60
NOTANDA
A Tablet leader-writer’s amicable address to Anglicans. Their strange ignorance of Catholic theology and liturgy (p. 37).
How German Catholics and Protestants respectively voted on the “ Liberty Bill ” Referendum (p- 33).
“ The Bible in Spain.” A distressing reminiscence from the log of a George Borrow down-todate. Where a New Testament went (p. 36).
Interesting letters to the Editor of The Tablet. The Indian Princes and Lahore. A defence of William P itt (pp. 50-51).
“ Write to your Member.” How Moscow has pursued her anti-God campaign during Holy Russia’s Christmastide (p. 35).
Catholic Teachers, in Conference at Middlesbrough, re-affirm the claim for financial justice to Catholic schools (p. 45).
How" history has repeated itself at Holme-onSpalding-Moor. Some notes apropos of a recent consoling ceremony at the Hall (p. 52).
A modern Apostolate. The Paolini and their work (p. 39).
NEWS AND NOTES / ”'\N CE again the most popular news-item in the world’s press is one which gives much happiness to British Catholics. By the marriage of Ita ly ’s Heir-apparent to a Belgian Princess, the Catholic dynasties of two Catholic kingdoms, whose brave sons have lately fought and suffered with our own, are united. Thin-blooded scribes describe this alliance as “ a marriage of inclination ” ; but warmer-hearted lookers-on do not hesitate to call it a love-match. The wedding-ceremonies and popular demonstrations in Rome make fine reading.
N ew S e r i e s . Vol. CXXIII. No. 4,078.
Belgium, which many persons patronize as " Little Belgium,” is not so little after all. Her population to-day cannot be less than eight millions ; and her considerable influence in politics, commerce, and the arts is out of proportion to her territorial extent. To British Catholics Belgium has long been dear as our nearest Catholic neighbour : because France, “ the eldest daughter of the Church,” has officially denied her name and heritage. Nobody knows how many stout converts to the Faith in our country have received their first impulse towards the Church in Catholic Belgium.
As for Italy, this royal wedding and its attendant circumstances make Catholics happy indeed. During the half-century of anti-clerical dominance in United Italy’s government it was painful for us Catholic foreigners to find the sunny life of th a t great country cross-barred by so many chilly shadows. But this week has borne witness to a wonderful change. Hardly had Prince Umberto and Princess Marie José become man and wife when they set out for the Apostolic Palace of the Vatican, there to receive the affectionate blessing of Him who is the Holy Father of both high and low, both rich and poor. The Sovereign Pontiff knows the manly qualities and sincere piety of Prince Umberto so well that he predicts for him a distinguished part in Italy’s future. We pray that Almighty God will abundantly bless this young pair. Videant arnbo filios filiorum suorum.
Although we have refrained from translating outbursts by German Lutherans against the Young Plan, we should fail in our duty if we did not put on record some account of the attitude assumed towards the Plan and to the Libert}7 Bill by Protestants and Catholics respectively, as manifested at the polls on the Referendum last month. The Hugenberg policy of militant Nationalism found its main support in the easterly and Protestant parts of Prussia. In the regions where Catholics form the majority, such as Baden, Bavaria, the
