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A W e ek ly N ew sp a p er a n d R ev iew .

D OM VO B IS G R A T O L A M U R , AN IM O S F .T IAM A D D IM O S U T IN INCCEPTIS V E S T R IS C O N S T AN T E R M A N E A T IS .

From the B r i e f of H is Holiness P iu s IX . to T h e T a b l e t , June 4, iS ;o S ]

V o l . 90. No. 3002. L ondon, N ovember 20, 1897.

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C h r o n ic le o f t h e W e e k ! P age

The New Policy in Cuba— The London School Board Quarrels— s Separate Muncipalities for Lon­

don—Question of Foreign Policy — Conservative Victory at Deptford— Why France Would Not Go toWar With England— An E lectric Locomotive for Railw ays— The Shipping R ing and British Trade— Russia and Turkey— The T irah Campaign — The Outlook for St. Helena— The Manchester •and Salford School Board E le c tions—The Engineers’ Dispute— The Increase of the Army— Germany and China . . . . • • 7 9 7 L e a d e r s :

Lord Salisbury at the A lbert

Hall .. . . . . . . 8ox The Anti-Clerical Campaign in

Italy . . . . . . _ . . 8ox The Catholic Children and Crime 802 Cardinal Perraud and Prayer for

England . . . . . . . . 803

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Biblical Criticism and the Inspira­

tion of the Bible Ulysses S. Grant _ .. The Sultan and his Subjects Lochinvar “ The Dublin Review ” “ The M on th ” St. Joseph’s

Society Foreign Missionary

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Rome :— (From Our Own Corre­

spondent) . . . . — ~ 813 News from Ireland _ — 816 News from France . . . . . . 817 L e t t e r s t o t h e E d it o r :

Mr. Lacey and Bishop Auxentius 3x8 Archbishops of Canterbury . . 8r8

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Leaflets . . . . . . . . 819 “ The Freemason” on Masonry 8x9 Ornaments Rubric . . . . 819 Mr. B. F . C. Costelloe’s Can­

didature ....................................... 819 “ W e ” #........................................... 819 Convent Grilles . . . . . . 820 The Holy Father’s Prayer for

England . . . . . . . . 820 The Mission of Peking . . . . 820 Catholics and Secondary Education 821 Catholic Evidence Lectures . . 822 The Bishop o f Clifton and the

British Church . . . . . . 823 Catholic Institute o f P a r is . . 823 Books of the Week . . . . . . 826

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Catholics and the Church Party in Leeds . . . , . . . . 829 Another Rejoinder . . . . 830 A. Clever Workhouse Boy . . 830 The Catholic Association and the

School Board Election . . . . 830 St. Edmund’s College . . . . 830 N ew s from t h e D io c e se s :

Westminster . . . . . . 8sr Southwark . . . . . . . . 83c Birmingham......................... . . 831 L i v e r p o o l ....................................... 831 Nottingham ....................................... 832 The Vicariate ............................ 832 Newport . . . . . . . . 832 Glasgow ....................................... 832 Aberdeen . . 832 The Benedictines in England . . 832 Ceylon Catholics and the “ P i l­

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

TH E N EW P O L IC Y

IN CUBA.

T is one o f the misfortunes of the Spanish cause in Cuba that, as far as England and America are concerned, it is largely an inarticulate cause. T h e accounts of the war which are published here or in the States are, almost without exception, written by men who sympathize with the rebellion, and it is impossible not to suspect sometimes that their sympathies are allowed to colour their reports. A n y way the fact should be kept in mind that we never hear the Spanish side o f the story. A representative o f The Daily Chronicle has sent letters to all the leading men on the side o f the rebels asking them i f they are prepared to accept the autonomy which the Government in Madrid has at length brought itself to offer. President Capote, Generals Maximo Gomez, Garcia, Castillo, Arango, and others, ah answer in the same strain that the concession comes too late, and that the war must go on until independence has been won. Maximo Gomez said that they had learned by bitter experience in the past that no reliance could be placed in the promises of Spain. H e added that they held half the island and dominated in the other half. A sad interest attaches to the reply of General A d o l f Castillo. H e had answered that the Cuban motto was “ L iberty or Death,” and that they would live up to it. Tw o days later he was killed under horrible circumstances. W e quote the words of the correspondent : “ Last Sunday he rode in to a friend’s house on an outlying estate near Managua, and was induced to rest for the night, and return to his force in the early morning. With only three o f his staff he rem a in ed ; but the friend proved false and sold his guest, hurrying to Managua and telling the Government Secretary, Señor Paz, that Castillo was trapped. Captain Ruano, o f the artillery, was notified, and taking some men of the civil guard they hid outside the house. The staff rode off ahead, and as Castillo came outside alone he was shot. T h e body was afterwards hacked with machetes and carted through the streets of Havana accompanied by a noisy mob.” Castillo was a graduate o f the Havana Medical College before the war, and had travelled much in England and France. After relating this tragedy, the Chronicle correspondent tells once

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more the effect o f General Weyler’s rule. “ General Weyler has ruined the island, starved to death, it is computed, 200,000 innocent people, has sacrificed uselessly thousands o f Spanish soldiers, and the insurrection is as strong as ever, and the leaders decidedly more sanguine o f success. And the heavy expenditure o f the imperial funds has been like water poured on the Sahara.” As far as there is any bright side to the picture it may be found in the evident desire o f the American Government to avoid intervention i f possible. T h e conciliatory policy now in favour in Madrid will be allowed a fair trial.

T H E LONDON I f the Moderates do not secure defeat they s c h o o l BOARD h a v e certainly deserved it. T h ey are going q u a r r e l s . *nt0 ^ struggle divided among themselves,

and in several constituencies the two factions into which the party is split are actually running rival candidates. T a k e the case of Marylebone. There are seven seats, and i f the Moderates worked together they might probably carry five. Unfortunately the Moderates are split up into three sets. Mr. D iggle and Mr. Laing represent the official Moderates, Mr. Evelyn C ecil and Mr. Sinclair Cox represent the Voluntary Schools Defence Union, and two other gentlemen represent themselves. Seeing that six candidates would hopelessly divide the votes, the VoluntarySchools Defence Union withdrew another candidate, Mrs. Danby. Unfortunately this availed nothing, as Mr. Laing, who was not before a candidate, then came forward to stand with Mr. Diggle. Mr, Laing defends his action in comiDg forward by urging that persons who would support an official Moderate would certainly not vote for candidates put forward by the Voluntary Schools Defence Union and vice versa. H e says : “ T h e votes which Mrs. Danby would have obtained will probably be shared b y Mr. Evelyn Cecil and Mr. Sinclair Cox, and the withdrawal o f Mrs. Danby’s name was evidently for their benefit. How would my withdrawal help them ? Mr. D iggle is asking his supporters to help to return m e ; in other words, he is asking them to divert a portion o f the support they would otherwise give him. I f I ceased to be a candidate these votes would be given to Mr. Diggle. and probably result in returning him by an unreasonably large majority. None o f these votes, I am convinced— and those who know the issues will agree with me— would be given to Mr. Evelyn Cecil or Mr. Sinclair Cox.” A more disgraceful exhibition o f pettiness and selfishness and folly it would be hard to imagine. In East Lambeth and Chelsea, also, the Moderates are fighting among themselves.