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From the B r i e f o j H is Holiness P iu s IX. to T h e T a b l e t , June 4, zSjo.
V ol. go. No. 3003. L o n d o n , N o v e m b e r 27, 1897.
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The Government’s Frontier Policy — Austria and the Powers— Mr. Ritchie on the Engineering Dispute—Great Fire in London— Germany and China— The Future of Algeria—Unwritten Scottish Histo r y— “ A Roman C a t h o l i c Triumph ’’— Electric Balloon Signalling— Sir A. Milner on Rhod e s ia— The Indian Frontier— Should Fox-Hounds be Muzzled ? —A Revolt in Uganda . . . . 837
L eaders :
The Scene at St. Mary Abbott’s . . 841 The Hinterlands of We-t Africa 841 The Attitudes of Catholics To
wards Pentateuchal Criticism.. 843
N o t e s . . . . — — . . 8 4 5
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Outlines of a Philosophy o f Reli
Page gion Based on Psychology and History . . . . . . . . 847 Wundt’s Ethics . . . . . . 849 Captains Courageous .. . . 850 A Prince of Mischance .. . . 850 Carmel in Ireland . . . . . . 850 The Thirteenth Brydain . . . . 851 A Book of Nursery Rhymes . . 851 Wild Animal Stories . . . . 851 The Education of Catholic Work-
house Children .........................851 C orrespondence :
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News from Ireland . . _ 855 News from France......................... 857 L e t t e r s t o t h e E d it or :
Ritualistic Protestants . . ..858 Our Reformatories.. . . . . 858
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ging ......................... --859 St. Gregory the Great and the Future of His Work in England.. . . 859 Sir Squire Bancroft and Nazareth
House . . . . . . . . 862 Old Borromean Association.. . . 862 The F u n e r a l of Sir Frederick
Smythe . . . . . . . . 862 Books of the W e e k ......................... 862 O b it u a r y ............................ ... 864 M a r r ia g e . . . . . . . 864 j Social and P o l it i c a l . . . . 864 1
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fore, strongly urged upon the authorities at home. This was the view of the case taken by the Commander-in-Chief o f the Indian A rm y and the m ilitary members o f the Indian Government, who were further supported b y the great authority o f Lord Roberts. In the face o f all this, however, the Rosebery Government, acting on the advice o f “ some o f the most eminent military authorities o f the Em pire,” resolved on a policy o f evacuation. L o rd E lg in had declared that he did not consider the occupation o f the Chitral Valley a breach o f the proclamation, believing that peaceable arrangements could be made for the construction o f the road. T h is explanation, furnished b y Sir H enry Fowler, shows that the late Governm ent arrived at their decision from military reasons. It is idle now, as well as m ischievous, to denounce the present Governm ent’s policy as a breach o f faith.
CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.
IN a speech on Saturday at W o lver
hampton, Sir H enry Fowler anf r o n t i e r p o l i c y . swered Lord George H am ilton ’s appeal to vindicate the India O ffice and the Cabinet from the charge c f having broken faith with the Chitralis, and answered it in a way which, with certain minor exceptions, seems com p letely to exonerate the Government from the accusation hurled against them by Mr. M orley and M r . A squith . T h e facts ot the case were put clearly enough b y Sir H enry Fowler. On March 8, 1895, he telegraphed to the Indian Government to take instant action to relieve the beleaguered garrison o f the Chitral Fort, which was at a distance of 200 miles from Peshawur. T o avoid any conflict with the tribes along the route a proclamation was issued to them explaining the object of the expedition, and that the Indian Governm ent had no intention o f permanently occupying their territory or interfering with their independence, so long as they refrained from attacking our troops. Again, on March 20, he warned Lord E lgin , the V iceroy, to make no arrangement that would commit the Government either way with regard to making new roads, or retaining existing or new posts. T h e reason why our hands should be kept free was in order that the whole Chitral question m ight be fu lly reconsidered in the light o f recent events. On April 19, the day Chitral was relieved, he (Sir Henry) asked by telegraph for the advice o f the Indian Government on the strategical and political im portance o f Chitral. T h is was crossed by a telegram from the V iceroy, saying the military occupation o f Chitral, supported b y a road to Peshawur, was a matter o f first importance, and asking permission to eater in to negotiations with the tribes, with the view of obtaining their assent to the opening up o f this road. H e replied that he had no objection to th eV iceroy sounding the tribes as to the terms and conditions on which they would open and maintain the road, should the toad thereafter be decided upon. A despatch from the Indian Government followed, in which it was urged that Chitral was o f such strategical impurtance as to be essential as a safeguard from invasion. T h e military occupation o f the Chitral V a lle y and the construction of a road from Peshawur were, there-
Count Goluchowski, whose recent action in
A u s t r i a a n d r e g a r c j to the Mersina incident has shown h im t o w e r s . t0 be a man not afraid to take independent action against the Turk, has made the annual statem ent on the European political situation to the Foreign Affairs Committee o f the Hungarian Delegation. H e praised the Concert o f the Powers by declaring that it had com e through the ordeal o f fire in such a way as to remain henceforward a successful factor in the settlem ent o f Eastern affaiis. What had been accom plished by the Concert was one o f the best achievem ents o f diplom atic skill. Tw o accusations against British policy were uttered, which, though couched in the mildest terms, really seem to have been meant to cleai Austria by making England responsible for the G reek war out o f too great a consideration for G reece. T h e two accusations are that England rejected his proposal to proclaim an enclosure o f C rete at the beginning o f the disturbances, and dallied till too late with his after proposal to b lo ckade the G reek ports. In spite o f this, however, he is careful to add that Austria’s relations with England are, and are desired to be, no less friendly. H e next gave what may be regarded as the first authentic statem ent o f the origin and purport o f the Russo-Austrian understanding with regard to the Balkan Peninsula. Austria’s successful co-operation w ith Russia at the outbreak o f the conflict between G reece and Turkey had developed into an understanding that each country should respect the independence o f the single Balkan states. A fter this it was easy work for the two Powers to com e to the conclusion that, as there was no conflict in their respective interests, and they were the two Powers first to be affected
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