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

Froin the B r i e f o j H is Holi?iess P iu s IX . io T h e T a b l e t , June 4, 1870.

V o l . 91. No. 3008. L o n d o n , January i , 1898.

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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 .

C h ron ic le o f t h e W e e k : !

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The Engineering D isp u te— An English Expedition to the Pole— The Obstacles to English Education—Can the A rt of Teaching be Taught ? — T h e Telegraphists’ Agitation— A Radical’s View of the Political Situation in France — The Question of Population— President Kruger Electioneering — Germans in the Transvaal — Women and Birds— The Case for the Defence—The Drinks of the Nations—When are Altar Lights Allowable?—A t K ie l and KiaoChau : A Contrast — The Campaign Against the Dervishes — The York Electipn . . . . i

CONTENTS.

Le a d e r s :

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Pope Leo and Manitoba . . . . 5 The Relief o f Klondike . . . . o Cardinal Vaughan on the Present

Intellectual Needs of Catholic Women in England . . . . 7 Popular D evotions.. . . . . g Westminster Cathedral Fun i . . 10 N o t e s . . ... — ..10 R e v ie w s :

Apocrypha, &c. . . . . . . 12 The Story o f Mary Aikenhead,

Foundress of the Irish Sisters of Charity.. . . . . . . 13 Solomon Cassar Malan . . . . 14 A Form o f Prayer, Following the

Church Offices . . . . . . 14

Reviews (Continued) :

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The Queen's Reign for Children 15 The Opening of the Gates . . 15 Songs from Prudentius . . . . 15 Four Poets . . . . . . ..15 Books of the Week . . . . 15 C o r r e s p o n d e n c e :

Rome :— (From Our Own Corre­

spondent) . . . . — - , 17 News from Ireland _ 19 L e t t e r s t o t h e E d it o r :

The Attitudes of Catholics

Towards Pentateuchal Criticism 20 In the Days of Wiseman .. . . 22 “ The Month” and Father Taun­

ton . . . . . . . .

Father . Wyndham and “ The

Freemason ” ......................... 23

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Manitoba School Question . . . . 24 The Pope’s Address to the Sacred

College .. . . . . . . 27 S o c ia l a n d P o l i t i c a l ... , . 30

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

Distribution of Prizes at St.

St. Joseph’s College, Dumfries 33 St. Ignatius’s School, Stamford

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St. Cuthbert’s Grammar School,

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Newcastle . . . . ..33 Football ......................................... 33 N ew s from t h e D io c e se s :

Westminster ............................. 34 L i v e r p o o l ................................. 29 Nottingham.. ............................. 29 St. Andrews and Edinburgh . . 30

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

see no reason for taking a pessimistic view. But for this conciliatory tone the hope for peace would now seem futile indeed.

Mr. F. G. Jackson, who has lately returned an En glish from the three years’ expedition in Franz th e pole. Josef Land, has arranged to start on an expedition to the North Pole as soon as he

THE Conference between the masters and men, which was announced ularu La so hopefully at the Guildhall Banquet by Lord Salisbury, has ended in failure.

The men have rejected the terms as to management, which had been provisionally accepted by their representatives at the Conference, and have also declared that they will not go back to work until they have obtained “ 48 hours’ work with 54 hours’ pay.” On the face o f it this means war to the bitter end. The D a i ly News points out that to some extent this vote is a declaration of want of confidence in Mr. Barnes and his colleagues, who represented the Union at the Conference. The men’s delegates (1) provisionally accepted the revised terms about management, and (2) were prepared to compromise the hours question by proposing a return to work, on the basis of a 51 hours’ week, and the men have cow rejected both suggestions. A ll attempts at conciliation having thus failed, it is anticipitated that the new lock-out notices will take effect from Saturday. The number of men likely to be affected by these is estimated at 1,000. The majority of the firms are small, but there are several larger ones, among which are the Stockport Gas Company, the Rochdale Engineering Works, and Messrs. YValker, of Wigan. Several firms within the affected area have expressed their determination to throw open their works at the beginning of the new year. The shops will be placarded with the terms as to “ freedom of management ’’ proposed at the Conference, and the hours will remain as heretofore. The officials of the affiliated societies do not expect, however, that many men will return to work. But it is noticeable that, in spite of the almost unanimous vote of the men, their representatives still talk as if peace were in the air, and as though a little quiet discussion were all that is needed to secure a settlement. It seems probable that the leaders o f the Union have a truer knowledge of the weakness of the position than have the rank and file. A t any rate, the fact remains that at the very moment when the men have apparently cut themselves off from all possibility of compromise their spokesmen in the press are declaring that they has completed the work connected with his last journey. Mr. Jackson has explained that he has changed his plans in consequence of Lieutenant Peary’s recent paper. He found that their plans were practically identical, with this exception, that while Peary proposed to go along the west coast of Greenland, vid Smith Sound and Robinson Channel to the northern part of Helprin Land, he had intended to push up the east coast of Greenland from Cape Bismarck, to the same point of Helprin Land. However, feeling that Lieutenant Peary had a prior right, Mr. Jackson will now proceed via Davis Straits and Baffin’s Bay, through Jones Sound, up the undiscovered west coast of Elsmere and Grinnel Land, using them as a means of getting north, and connecting with the furthest point reached by Aldrich in 1876. He will then endeavour to push north from that point, making for any land he may see off the coast. No date for the departure of his expedition can yet be definitely fixed, as he has to complete the work connected with his last Arctic journey before he can make detailed preparations for this one. He proposes to purchase a whaler, and push her north as far as he can get her. The actual sledging party will be a small one, consisting only of one other person besides himself, as for extended sledge journeys he is convinced of the absolute necessity of reducing everything to a minimum. Confessing to the ambition common to every Arctic traveller to reach the Pole, Mr. Jackson states that in his opinion Coburg Island at the entrance of Jones Sound, on the north-west coast of Baffin’s Bay, is the furthest point of which we can be said to have any certain knowledge. He considers, however, that that point can be reached in any ordinary season. He hopes to push his ship some way beyond that point. He would then establish a base depot and push north with one companion. This dash for the Pole will be made with the help of dogs and ponies. The latter he believes to be of the utmost value in Polar work.

Sir John Gorst’s speeches at Bristol at th e obstacles the ciose 0f last week show that he was in a ed u catio n , somewhat bitter vein. Having distributed the prizes at a technical college, he pointed out that our commercial and industrial rivals on the Con.

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