THE TABLET y l W eek ly N e w s p a p e r a n d R e v ie 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 . 15 5 . N o . 4,686.
L o n d o n , M arch i , 1930.
S ix p e n c e .
Kkqistebed at the General P ost Of f ic e as a New spa per
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New s and No t e s ................... 261 “ The Pope L e a d s " . . . 265 The Malines Conversations 266 Encyclical L e tte r ................... 267 F o r ty H o u rs ’ Exposition . . . 269 R e v ie w s :
The Secular Clergy . . . 270 The Coming A g e ................... 270 Louise D ’E p i n a y ................... 271 The Apostolic Dida/scalia 272 Books Received ................... 272 New Books and M usic . . . 273
CONTENTS
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Catholic Education Notes . . . 274 Pontifical C ourt Club . . . 274 Correspondence :
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spondent’s Weekly L e tte r from ) ................................2 77 Obituary ................................2 78 W i l l ............................................ 279 F rom The Tablet of E ighty
Y ears Ago
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ET CzE T E R A ................................2 80 The C rusade B a l l ................... 281
E p is c o p a l E ngagements 281 School Sports ................... 281 Or b is Terrarum :
E ngland, Scotland and W ales ................................2 82 I r e la n d ................................2 82 A u s t ra l ia ................................2 83 B elgium ............................... 283 B o liv ia a n d P a ra g u a y . . . 283 C anada ............................... 284 C h in a ............................... 284 Czecho- Slovakia ................... 284
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F ran c e ................................2 84 In d ia 284 Malta 285 P o la nd ............................... 285 Spain 285 Uganda ............................... 286 U .S .A ............................................ 286 Yugo-Slavia 286 M ission S tudy a t Oxford . . . 286 Ch e s s ............................................28 8 Coming E vents ................... 288 Social .and P ersonal . . . 288
NOTANDA The Encyclical on Education. A first instalment of the official English translation (p. 267).
Russia. Cardinal Bourne rectifies the Protestant Bishop of Guildford’s statement that the Church of England was “ first and alone ” in protest and defence'jjagainst the Persecution. Some facts and dates (p. 265).
Malines once more. The Tablet adds to the dossier statements by Cardinal Van Roey, Dr. Kidd, the Osservatore Romano and Lord Halifax (p. 266).
Two losses by death in the Sacred College : Cardinal Perosi and Cardinal Merry del Val (pp. 262, 277).
“ After Birth Control, Euthanasia.” A medical man’s warning (p. 264).
The Conservative Split. Some remarks on the New Party by “ a conservative with a small c ” (p. 262).
In honour of St. David. A note of interest to others in London besides Catholic Welshmen (p. 280).
NEWS AND NOTES
TN the present issue, The Tablet begins its promised publication of the Sovereign Pontiff’s Encyclical on the Christian Education of Youth. The translation from the original Italian is not ours, but is official. As this Encyclical has already been published by the Catholic Truth Society in an admirably printed little pamphlet of fifty pages, a t the low price of twopence, some readers may wonder why we are setting apart more than twenty columns of space, during the month of March, for a reprint of so lengthy a document. The reason is th a t The Tablet is read by thousands of persons who are not likely to see the pamphlet. Moreover, small pamphlets in paper covers are not often preserved methodically
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by their purchasers, as they ought to be. Experience has taught us th a t The Tablet must never fail to reproduce important pontifical utterances, even though such utterances have been fully reported elsewhere. Week by week, old friends and perfect strangers come to Adam Street to search our files, sometimes as far back as three generations ago. Therefore we are proud to give the Encyclical, word for word ; and we earnestly commend its important contents to the careful study of all our subscribers.
Happening to be in Paris last Friday and Saturday, we mildly shared in the excitements which attended the Cabinet-making of M. Chautemps. Newspapers were eagerly bought ; and when the list of the new Ministers appeared, it seemed to have a strange effect upon hardened politicians, who had not expected the Neo-Cartel to get so far. But a sapient French confrère—a Man of the Left—who was with us when the names came out, left us under no illusions. Speaking generally, he declared that the Deputies would jib at entrusting the destinies of France to a Ministry such as the electors who chose the present Chamber “ wanted not to have.” Speaking particularly, he was indignant a t certain bestowals of portfolios ; especially at the choice of M. Dumont as Minister of Finance. His prediction was justified within a hundred hours. On Tuesday, M. Chautemps and his colleagues presented themselves to the Chamber for a vote of confidence which they did not receive. With only 277 avowed supporters against 292 open enemies, there was nothing for them save resignation. Thus has France been delivered from a new Cartel. But meanwhile the Naval Conference in London has been hindered.
That M. Tardieu, after being so shabbily turned out of office during an attack of influenza, should have stood awhile upon his dignity when asked by the President of the Republic to form a new Ministry was a reasonable display of proper pride. Application was vainly made to M. Poincare, more for the look of the thing than in a spirit of practical politics ; and, while we write these lines, M. Tardieu is engaged
