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DOM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMÜS ÜT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.
From the B r ie f oj HU Holiness Pius IX . to T h e T a b l e t , June 4, 1870.
V ol. 88. No. 2952. L ondon, D ecember 5, 1896.
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'C hronicle of th e W e ek !
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The Egyptian Caisse : A Fantastic Judgment — Cuba : Nearing the End — A Crisis in Prince Ferdinand’s Career — South Africa : All Clear Ahead—The London County Council Scandal — The Recovered Calm of Foreign Affairs —Congé D ’Elire—The Latest Discoveries in Science—The Hamburg Dock Strike—The Sugar Bounty Question—Dr. Jameson’s Release — The Perils of Undergraduate Journalism—An English Gift for the American Ambassador— Italy and Abyssinia .........................
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L eaders :
Mr. Coventry Patmore_ . . _ .. 885 The Military Question in Belgium 886 The World Beneath the Ocean .. 887 The Second E v e .........................887 Evolution and Dogma .. . . 888 N otes .. . . — ... . . 890
CONTENTS.
R eviews :
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St. Anselm of Canterbury .. 893 The Table Talk of Shirley . . 894 In the West Country .. .. 894 Cynthia .. .. .. .. 895 Jerry the Dreamer . . . . .. 895 Chiniquy of Chicago .. .. . . 895 The School Question in Manchester 895 C orrespondence :
Rome :—(From Our Own Corre
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spondent) .. News from Ireland ... News From France
L etters to th e E d itor :
Mr. Puller on Attrition Evolution and Dogma The Deficiency of the Anglican
Ordinal .. .. .. Dr. Creighton and the Nuncio
‘ InundatioCamelorum,” Is., lx., 6 903 Diana V a u g h a n .........................903 “ Church ” or “ Chapel ” .. . . 904 “ Theories of the Beautiful ” . . 904
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L etters to th e E ditor (Con
Page tinued : Abvssinian Ordinations .. 904 “ Making of Saints ” .. .. 904 The Starving Victims of the
Sultan ..
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For the Maronite Catholics . . 904 The Holy War in the North .. 904 The Press on the Bishops’ Appeal.. 905 The Intolerable Strain : A Sugges
tion ......................... .. .. 906 Funeral of Mr. Coventry Patmore 906 Books of the Week . . .. .. 906 A ppeal to th e Charitable . . 908 O b ituary ...........................................908 Social and P olitical .. .. 908
SUPPLEMENT. N ews from th e Schools:
The “ Sturdy Commonsense of the Bishops’ Appeal .. .. 913 The Manitoba School Question .. 913 Parental Right in Education .. 913 Lumping State and Rate-Aid .. 913
N ews from th e Schools (Con
tinued): The Claim for Public Represen-
Page tatation .. .. .. .. 914 Mr. Dixon’s Concessions .. .. 914 The Distribution of Aid .. . . 914 The Educational Outlook .. 914 The Nonconformist Rate .. . . 914 St. Wilfrid’s College, Oakamoor 915 The Wesleyan Teachers’ Asso
ciation ......................... . . 915 N f.ws from th e D ioceses : Westminster ........................... 915
Southw ark................................... -915 Birmingham....................................... 915 Clifton 915 Middlesbrough ........................... 916 Nottingham .. . . ... 916 P l ym o u th .......................................917 Salford .......................................918 Shrewsbury.......................................905 Newport .......................................905 The Vicariate ............................905 A b e r d e e n .......................................905
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CHRONICLE OF THE "WEEK.
THE EGYPTIAN CAISSE : A FANTASTIC
JUDGMENT.
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HE Court of Appeal at Alex
andria has given a fantastic judgment in the Egyptian Reserve Fund case, and confirms the finding of the Cairo Court in regard to the half million of money that was taken from the Fund for the expenses of the Dongola Expedition. It declares that the representatives of Great Britain, Germany, Austria, and Italy possessed no power to authorize the Government to take the money when the French and Russian members of the Caisse objected, but at the same time it denies any locus standi to the Bondholders who instituted the suit. Accordingly, the Court condemns the Egyptian Government to refund the money with interest, and to pay all the costs of the appeal. The judgment thus means practically that the Commission of the Public Debt which guards the Reserve Fund can only make grants for extraordinary purposes when all its members are agreed. Lord Salisbury assumed that it could act by a majority ; he has now learnt that it can only act by unanimity. Such unanimity will be difficult to obtain in consequence of international jealousies, and so the money is to all intents and purposes locked up. Either the Egyptian Government will have to find the means to defray the debt, or the British Government will have to do so. It may be that even at the eleventh hour Lord Salisbury will be able to win over the two objecting powers, and so avoid compliance with the judgment. There is not, however, much hope of that in the face of the delight with which this “ Victoire française en Egypte’’ has been hailed in Paris. But England can well afford to pay, and if she does there can be no question that some equivalent return will be demanded. The payment of such a sum will certainly Dot tend to shorten our sojourn on the Nile, where in the teeth of irritating and undisguised opposition from those who are jealous of us, we have succeeded m bringing order out of chaos, in replacing ruin by prosperity, and in preventing Cairo from becoming another Constantinople.
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the struggle in Cuba. The Times correspondent sends regular letters, but they are almost the only ones accessible to the English reader. Telegraphing this fveek from Havana, he says that General Weyler’s return from Vuelta Abajo is generally construed to mean complete failure. It is publicly stated that the only way now is to cut off the rebel food supply and starve them into submission. It is impossible to attack because the rebels are broken up into small groups and scattered over the whole province. The tangible result of the last two weeks’ operations is that while fifty rebels have been killed, 6,ooo sick and wounded troops have arrived in Havana from Pinar del Rio. The total sick-list in Havana exceeds 16,000. In a letter dated November 15, the correspondent, who evidently regards the Spanish cause as lost, says that in Havana it is generally felt that General Weyler is playing his last card in personally directing the operations in Pinar del Rio. Since those words were written we know that the General has returned to Havana, and again gone back to the front, and that nothing has been accomplished so far. Meanwhile “ the male population, afraid to stay in the small villages and towns on account of the danger of being treated as rebel sympathizers, have gone over to the revolution. The women and children are crowding into the larger cities, forced to do so by the Captain-General’s decree ordering the concentration of the inhabitants to garrison towns. Starvation stares a large percentage of these poor creatures in the face. However willing they may be to work, there is no work for them to do. The sufferings they have to endure are terrible.' The authorities continue to treat all rebel prisoners as ordinary criminals of the worst type. No combatant rights are accorded to the unfortunate insurgent who happens to fall into Spanish hands. He is tried by summary Court-martial and shot. There is really no sort of excuse for this systematic killing. As an example certain cases may have been necessary; to continue such severity whenever opportunity offers is nothing short of savage barbarity.” The correspondent ends with a prophecy that the coming six weeks— of which nearly three are gone— will be replete with theatrical display. While General Weyler promises to crush the rising in Pinar del Rio, Maximo Gomez declares that he will repeat his performance of last year, and march to the gates of Havana. The United States Congress will be in session, and will have something to say on Cuban affairs. On the other hand, the Spanish internal loan has been completely successful, and there is no sign of surrender in any organ of public opinion. If national sacrifice could avail to keep Cuba for Spain, the chances of the insurgents would be
