THE TABLET

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V o l . 87. No. 2922.

L o n d o n , M a y 9, 1896.

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Imperial Parliament: Land Rating B ill— Lord Loch’s Statement— The Finance Bill— Second Readin g of the Education Bill— Irish Education and th e Christian Brothers’ Schools—The Compromising Telegrams—A Comedy of Terrors—The Assassination of the Shah of Persia— In Defence of the Education Bill— The New Canadian Ministry — The Death of -Colonel North—Buluwayo as Safe ^as L o n d o n .................................... 7*7 'Leaders :

The Education Debate . . . . 721 The Magyar Millennium . . . . 722 The Royal Academy . . . . 723 T h e Eastern Churches in Union

With the Holy See . . . . 724 Journey in the Malay States,

Trengganu and Kelantan . . 725

C O N T E N T S ,

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N o t e s . . . . . . . . . . 727 R ev ie w s :

Lectures on the Council of Trent 729 The Truth o f Christianity . 730 The Roman See in the Early

Chuich . . . . . . . . 731 “ The Ampleforth Tournai ” . . 731 Books of the W e e k . . . . . . 731 C o r r e s p o n d e n c e :

Rome :— (From Our Own Corre­

spondent) . . News from Ireland . . «. News From France L e t t e r s t o t h e E d it o r :

Barlow’s “ Burial of the M ass’’ The Anglican Ordinal Anglican Dis-Orders A Broken Tombstone The Whiteladies . . M e t z ......................... Mary Queen of Scots The Second Reading of the Educa tion Bill

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736 737 737 737 737 738 738 , 738

Consecration of the R igh t Rev.

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Mgr. Bourne as Coadjutor-Bishop of Southwark . . . . . . 741 “ The Edinburgh” and Mr. Francis

Thompson . . . . .. . . 742 St. John’s Seminary, Wonersh . . 742 A French V iew of Mr. Purcell’s

Methods . . . . . . . . 743 Upadhyaya IBrahmabandhav . . 743 English Ordinations in Mary’s Reign 744 O b i t u a r y .................................... 745 S o c a l a n d P o l i t i c a l . . . . 745

S U P P L EM E N T . N ew s from t h e S c h o o l s :

The Catholic Education Bill

Committee . . . . . . 749 The Bishops and the Bill . . 749 Opinions on the Bill . . . . 749 No School Board in Winchester 750 Alleged Flogging for Non-Attend­

ance at Mass ......................... 750 Can the Bill be Amended ? . . 750 The Proposals for Devolution . . 750

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tinued): “ The Church Times ” and the

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Declaration o f the Bishops . . 750 Payment of Local Rates on

Schools . . . . . . . . 751 Dissenters'Objections . . . . 751 Essays for Girls in the U .S . A. . . 751 A Children s Reading-Room . . 751 Answers to Historical Questions 751 Educational Notes from Ceylon 751 N ew s from t h e D io ceses : Westminster . . . . . . 752

Birmingham .......................................752 L i v e r p o o l .......................................752 Northampton . . .. . . 753 Nottingham ......................... . . 753 Shrewsbury . . . . . . . . 753 Newport . . . . . . . . 754 The Vicariate ............................754 Dunkeld . . . . . . . . 754 Catholic District Nurses Institute.. 754

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C H R O N I C L E O F T H E W E E K .

'IM PERIAL PARLIAMENT :

LAND RATING BILL.

TH E debate on the second read­

ing of the Agricultural Land Rating B ill did not terminate till late on Thursday night. Mr.

Goschen pointed out that Sir William Harcourt and other speakers to Sir H . Fowler’s amendment seemed to be still continuing the policy o f setting class against class which had been resorted to at the last general election. Mr. Chaplin again declared that the Bill was only brought in to deal with a part o f the inequalities existing in the present rating system, and as an assistance to those suffering- from a •depression in agriculture for which all were agreed no complete remedy could be found. H a l f a loaf was, however, better than no bread. With regard to the question of the time limit in the Bill, at the first reading he asserted that there was a tentative clause in that direction, and after considering the matter he had come to the conclusion that the •case made out by hon. gentlemen on both sides o f the House was one that ought to be considered. T h e Government would readily agree to make the clause to which he referred effective, and so lim it the period o f t h e , operation of the B ill to five years. That, o f course, would necessitate some revision of the scope o f the inquiry which he had promised on a previous occasion. This announcement was received with loud cheers on both sides o f the House, which were taken up again by the Ministerialists when, in answer to several questions as to how long this relief would be continued to the tenants, Mr. Chaplin stated that it would be given as long as the depression should last. After several speeches from both sides o f the House, Mr. Lough moved the adjournment o f the debate. But the closure was proposed by Mr. Balfour and carried by 335 votes to 169. Sir Henry Fowler’s amendment was then rejected, and the Bill allowed to be read a second time by a majority of 177.

A grotesque report arose last week on the

__l o r d l o c h ’s strength o f some statements made in the s t a t e m e n t . Paris Temps that the Transvaal Government possessed proofs that in 1894, Sir Henry

Loch, then Governor o f the Cape and H igh Commissioner o f South Africa, proposed to the Reform Committee of Johannesburg the invasion o f the South African Republic.

I t was further alleged that Lord Loch had asked Mr.Phillips how many rifles Johannesburg possessed, and whether it could hold out six days. T o the first o f these statements Lord Loch speaking from the cross-benches of the House o f Lords, gave amid loud cheers the most unqualified contradiction. T h e second he also denied, but at the same time gave what he considered a possible explanation o f the way in which it had arisen. In 1894 Lord Loch visited Pretoria in connection with negotiations concerning Swaziland, and the exemption o f British subjects from compulsory military service in the Transvaal. T h e attempt on the part o f the President o f the Republic to put an end to the condominium in Swaziland and to obtain the Imperial assent to the recognition o f Boer control over that district had added to the complications arising out o f the efforts that had been made to commandeer for service in a native war the foreign residents in the Transvaal, who were naturally little willing to help a Government that left them smarting under grievances which it did not even pretend to redress. On account o f the prevailing excitement President Kruger asked him not to go to Johannesburg. T o this he agreed, and realizing the imminent risk of an outbreak from the tumultuous display o f warmth with which he was received at Pretoria, he met in private a few o f the leaders from Johannesburg, and in order to dissuade them effectively from any resort to violence by confessions o f their own weakness in answer to the inquiries he pressed upon them, he asked them what arms they had. “ T h ey told me,” Lord Loch proceeded, “ that they had a thousand rifles, and at the outside they did not believe they had more than ten rounds o f ammunition for each rifle. I then pointed out to them that if I went there, there would be a danger o f disturbance a r is in g ; and if disturbance arose the Government o f the Transvaal would be justified, in all the circumstances, in putting it down with a very stringent hand.” This assuredly could in no way justify the maladroit statements made in the Temps. H is lordship added that in consideration of the excited state o f Johannesburg and the probability o f an insurrection there, he had felt it his duty to take certain steps for the protection o f the lives and property o f British subjects. These steps were to assemble at ceitain points the British Imperial Bechuanaland Police. H is intention was, i f disturbances had arisen among the Outlanders at Johannesburg as a result o f the administration o f the Republic— and it would have been his duty— to have informed President Kruger that he would hold him responsible for the safety o f the lives and property o f the British subjects. I f the President failed to provide the necessary

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