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DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.

From the B r i e f o j H is Holiness P iu s IX . to The Tablet, June 4, 1870.

Vol. 90. No. 3001. London, November 13, 1897.

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Lord Salisbury at the Mansion House— A Significant Palavar— The Government’s Educational Policy— A Warning to Nonconformists — The Bye-Elections— The Stranee Case o f Captain D rey'us—The Indian Famine at an End—Mr. Chamberlain on M u n i c ip a l Government— The Engineering Dispute— The Proiposals Accepted—The Attitude o f the Boilermakers— Festivities at Buluwayo — The Lancashire Cotton Trade— An Alarmist Statement— In Praise o f the Lord Chief Justice .....................................757 •Lea d e r s :

Diplomas in Convent Schools . . 761 Rail to Buluwayo and Beyond . . 761 St. Ephrem and Tatian . . . . 762 The Cardinal at Arles . . . . 764 N o t e s . . 767

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Life and Letters of M*\ Endy-

Page mion Porter . . . . . . 768 “ The Historical Review” .. 768 The Secret History of the Oxford

Movement .. . . . . 769 Popular Archaeology .. . . 770 Oxford Conferences . . . . 770 Catholic Lecture to a Nonconfor­

mist Congregation .. . . . . 770 The Bishop of Salford and the Mid­

dleton Election . . . . . . 771 C orrespondence :

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spondent) . . . . — — 773 News from Ireland — 774 News from France . . . . . . 775 L e t t e r s t o t h e F.d it or :

The Attitudes of Catholics Towards

Pentateuchal Criticism . . 776 The School Board Eleccion . . 776

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

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Urgent Appeal . . . . . . 776 The Real Presence Mr. Lacey and Bishop Auxentius The Pope’s Praver for England The Acton Mission The Ornaments Rubric . . The Religion of Edmund Bur An Appeal for Thessalian R-.

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The Cardinal’s Silver Jubilee.. Catholic Evidence Lectures Catholic Truth Society Indifference in Religion The Leeds School Board Election Social and P o l it ic a l . . Books of the Week . .

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The School Board Elections . . 789 The Last Ditch Abandoned . . 790 M r. Asquith’s Threat . . . . 7QO Football . . . . . . yga Catholic Industrial School Children ....................................... 7go St. Joseph’s College. Ceylon . . 701 St. Bede’s College..................... 7g c The Stonyhurst Association . . ygi N ews from th e D io ceses :

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

LORD SALISBURY

AT THE MANSION HOUSE.

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O R D M ayor’s D ay passed o ff some­

what gloom ily with but a short procession. A t the Mansion H ouse dinner, Lord Salisbury, in reply-

ing b y o f to to the toast o f her M a je sty ’s Ministers, proposed the Lord Mayor, before dwelling upon subjects foreign policy had some welcome announcements make. Owing to the efforts o f M r. R itch ie a conference between the parties to the dispute in the engineers’ strike would shortly be held. A reference to the ioyalty displayed in the Jubilee celebrations formed an appropriate opening for th e announcement that the Queen had sent telegrams begging him to express her M a jesty’s thanks for that loyalty, and her appreciation o f the deeds o f her army in India, and the support given b y the native princes and people. Turning next to questions for which expectation was on tiptoe, Lord Salisbury in troduced his reference to the scram ble for A frica by declaring that that continent was created to be the plague o f Foreign Offices. Négociations, more or less animated, more or less con tinuous, but always friendly, were going on between this country and France, Germany, Portugal, and Italy, as well as several non-Christian Powers. During the last 20 years a vast quantity o f territory had been cast loose in A frica for which enterprising Governments were striving. T h e object o f G reat Britain was not any uDjust or illegitim ate achievements. I t was no part o f the Government plan to take territory because it m ight look well to paint it red upon the map. T heir object was a strictly business one— the extension c f commerce, industry, and civilization by the opening o f markets, and b y bringing producers and consumers into closer contact. “ In doing th is ,” he continued, “ we wish to behave in a neighbourly manner, and to show due consideration for the feelings and the claim s o f others ; yet we are obliged to say that, while we have shown that consideration in past transactions, there is a lim it to the exercise o f that particular set o f qualities, and that we cannot allow our plain rights to be overridden.” T h is was plain but courteous speaking, and w ill be sufficient to convince those whom it may concern that there are bounds to British forbearance. Lord Salisbury’s next topic was the much critic ized Concert o f Europe. T h a t Concert was an inchoate

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federation o f Europe, which only acted when it was unanimous, and so, though it had great power, it had no speed. It had been unable to prevent G reece from going to war, but it had been successful in preserving the general peace o f Europe, which, but for the existence o f the Concert, would have been exposed to serious danger. I t would be well for critics to remember that no other Power could have done more than the Concert. T h e only result o f one European Power undertaking, in the teeth o f th e others, the work on which the Concert was engaged would have been “ a b loody desolating European war” : such a federation was the only possible structure o f Europe which could save civilization from the desolating effects o f a disastrous war. On all sides instruments o f destruction were being piled up, weapons because more and more deadly, and armies increased. Each nation was bound in the interests o f its own safety to take part in the competition. “ T h e one hope [concluded his lordship] that we have to prevent this competition from ending in a terrible effort o f mutual destruction which will be fatal to Christian civilization— the one hope we have is that the Powers may gradually be brought together, to act together in a friendly spirit on all subjects o f difference that may arise, until at last they shall be welded together in some international Constitution which shall give at last to the world, as the result o f their great strength, a long spell o f unfettered commerce, prosperous trade, and continued peace.” V iscount Cross and Mr. Balfour briefly replied to the toast o f the Houses o f Parliam ent.

Consul-General Sir R a lp h M oor has been a sig n if icant engaged for some tim e in going round the palaver. various rivers holding palaver with the chiefs,

and generally im proving the occasion by showing them the captured K in g o f Benin as a warning against bloodthirsty restlessness. In the palaver w ith the chiefs at Brass he particularly warned them against taking matters into their own hands and so causing trouble. I f they had any grievance they must lay the matter before him and he would see that justice was done to them. H e particularly warned them against resorting to Ju Ju celebrations, which meant the sacrifice o f human life. T h e British would respect their national customs, but they would not allow human sacrifices or slave dealing. These plain words from the Consul-General, and the object lesson afforded by the sight o f the captured K in g , had an excellent effect on the chiefs, who promised to abstain from human sacrifice. Sir R a lph and his officials had always treated them very well, and all they wanted was good trade and a quiet life.