A W eek ly N ew spap er a n d R ev iew .

D O M VOBIS GRATOLAMOR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMOS OT IN INCGBPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEAT1S.

From the Brief oj His Holiness Pius IX. to The Tablet, June 4, 1S70.

V o l . 88. No. 2938.

L o n d o n , A ugust 29, 1896.

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[ R e g i s t e r e d a t t h e G e n e r a l P o s t O f f i c e a s a N ew s p a p e r

•Ch ronicle o f t h e W e e k : Page

L i Hung Chang’s Visit : A Retrospect — Lord Russell on International Arbitration— Peace Prospects in South A f r ic a— The V a c c i n a t i o n C o m m i s s i o n : 'Minority Report—The Moral of the Epidemic at Gloucester — The Khalifa and the Nile Expedition— Crete and the Powers— France and _Italy — Attempted Revolution i n the Philippine Islands— A Year's Work at the Post Office — Prospects o f the Presidential Campaign — I t a l y and Russia—The Conway Expedition in S p i t s b e r g e n — T h e Austro-Hungarian Agreement — Death of the Sultan o f Zanzibar — Rebellion in Formosa . . . . 317 ^Le a d e r s :

Corporate R e u n i o n and the Marian Reconciliation . . . . 3 2 1 The Pope and Catholic Organiza­

tion in Italy . . . . . . 322

CONTEN TS

Pace

The Oxford Local Examinations . . 323 The Pope and the Pamphleteer . . 324 Hoang-Nan : A Remedy Against

Leprosy .................................... 324 St. Winefride’s W e l l .........................325 N o t e s . . . . M . . . . 325 R ev ie w s :

Gleanings in Sinai and Egypt . . 329 Joan o f A r c ......................... . . 330 Fragments of the Commentary of

Ephrem Syrus upon the Diatessaron . . ......................... 331 The Warwick History o f England 331 Books of the W e e k . . . . . . 331 Ecclesiastical Congress at Rheims 331 C o r r e s p o n d e n c e :

Rome :— (From Our Own Corre­

spondent) . . . . ... _ 333 News from Ireland . . _ «. 335 L e t t e r s t o t h e E d it o r :

Corporate Reunion Under Mary 336 The Modern Goth . . . . . . 337 Married B i s h o p s .........................337

L e t t e r s t o t h e E d it o r (Con­

tinued : Martyrs’ Memorial Window in St.

Mary Overies The “ Divine Praises ” “ A Few Notes on the Prymer ” “ Salve Pater Salvatoris ” An Appeal for the Schools at

Homerton Convent Schools The Clergy and the Oath of

Supremacy to Elizabeth Lord. Russell of Killowen on Inter­

national Arbitration Killowen . . .. The Higher Criticism v. Othodoxy in Scotland . . The Next Lambeth Conference Can Lord Russell be Lord Chan cellor ? ......................... Catholics at Oxford .. The Colonna Raphael F rom E v er yw h e r e . . S o c ia l a n d P o l it i c a l

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338 338 338 338 3?8 338 339 339 340 34T 341

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

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Rate-Aid for Voluntary Schools 349 Continuation Schools . . . . 350 The Manitoba School Question . . 350 What Will the Government D o ? 350 Teachers for Country Schools . . 350 Reform for Irish National Schools 351 St. John’s Institution for D eaf and

Dumb, Boston Spa . . . . 351 The French Convent. Brighton . . 351 Liverpool Catholic School Mana­

gers and the New Education Bill 351 N ew s from t h e D io c e s e s :

S o u t h w a r k .................................... Birmingham.. ......................... Northampton ......................... Salford .................................... Newport . . . . Educational Progress in 1895 The New St. Joseph’s Seminary at

352 352 352 352 352 353

New York . . . . . . . . 354 Jubilee o f a Catholic Bishop in

C h in a ...............................................

Rejected M S . cannot be returned unless accompanied w ith address and postage.

CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

V ISIT : A RETROSPECT. T

^ I HUNG CHANG’S

H E Grand Secretary’s last public en­

gagement in London was fulfilled on Friday night, whenhe visited the Empire theatre, and was vastly pleased with all he saw. The following morning he left for Southampton, where he embarked with his suite on the S t . Louis, en route for America. On board he received a deputation representing the local authorities and the Southampton Chamber o f Commerce. In reply to their address of farewell he declared, through his interpreter, that a deep impression had been made upon him by the magnitude of the accumulated knowledge, the accumulated wealth, and the accumulated force of England. He concluded by observations in which he broke away somewhat from the caution he had observed during his visit, and “ exposed his hand ” with a freedom induced, perhaps, by the feelings which accompany farewells. He trusted that after his return to China he would come to power again, not on his own account, but in the interests of the destiny of the great Empire that he represented, and he sincerely hoped that he would be able to count upon the support of this great and distinguished people of the West. It is evident that he looks forward with some confidence to his restoration to the Viceroyalty in spite of his total failure against the Japanese, and of the feeling of humiliation and shame experienced at Pekin over the collapse of China. He has, moreover, to overcome the objections of the young Emperor and of his own political enemies; and he trusts to do so by the help of British diplomatic support and by the prestige o f the splendid reception which he has met with in Europe. His visit has only confirmed him in his views of the necessity of a forward movement in China. He came to this country for the purpose of obtaining a revision of the Customs tariff nowin force and settled by treaty. He wanted to obtain from the Government a concession of the right to raise the tariff to a par with that of Japan— i.e ., to practically double its amount on goods imported into China. Lord Salisbury, whilst meeting him in a sympathetic spirit, pointed out that, whilst he had no objection to the demand in principle,

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it would be necessary to know the feelings of the Chambers of Commerce at Shangai and other places where Chinese trade is understood. Li Hung Chang urged his request on the grounds of justice, the concessions made to Japan, and on the certainty of China’s gratitude to us. These arguments are weak, and would, if they had prevailed, leave England out of the bargain altogether. China’s pressing need is money, and Li Hung Chang is disappointed with Lord Salisbury’s postponement of the question, seeing that delay spells ruin for the country. Reforms are necessary, but the ex-Viceroy will promise none of these. Perhaps he is unable; but at any rate, as a correspondent who is well acquainted with his aims and wishes points out in T h e 1 imes, he avows himself in favour of “ extension of China’s financial and commercial relations with European capitalists rather than any direct administrative reorganization in China.” The British Government naturally, however, want a quid p ro quo. They want to feel some security that their concessions will be justified by the previous remedying of the state of trade in China, so that it will be enabled, as in Japan, to bear some increase in duties. When that security is given by the accomplishment of administrative reforms, money will not be wanting for the construction of railways for opening up the untouched markets held out to us by Li Hung Chang.

LORD RUSSELL ON INTERNATIONAL

ARBITRATION.

The representatives o f English law were accorded a very enthusiastic reception by their conjreres of the Bar Association in the United States. The Con­

vention Hall, at Saratoga Springs, where the Law Congress was opened on August 20, was crowded with an enthusiastic audience of 4,500 people, whose plaudits lasted a full quarter of an hour after the conclusion of the address of the Lord Chief Justice. His commendation of the principle o f arbitration was the more impressive because he did not seek to minimize the difficulties in the way of its application, and while declaring it suitable for the solution o f the greater number of international disputes, excepted from its sphere o f operation questions in which the honour of nations is at stake. Neither is he in favour of such a permanent court of arbitration as has been recommended by some advocates of the system, considering that its members would in course of time come to be regarded as partisans rather than as judges. Mediation by a neutral power whose impartiality is above suspicion, is in his view a very efficacious means of solving international difficulties, always presupposing the willingness of both parties to accept the good offices o f the intermediary.