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A W eekly New spaper a n d Review .
DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.
From, the B r ie f of H is Holiness P ius IX . to T h e T a b l e t , June p, 1870.
Vol. 91. No. 3018. L ondon, March 12, 1898.
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[R eg i st e r e d a t t h e G en e r a l P ost O f f ic e a s a N ew s pa p e r .
C hronicle of th e W e e k
Page imperial Parliament : The Soudanese Troops in Uganda— Compensation to the White Fathers— Lord Roberts on the Forward Policy— The Position of Russia in Asia—A Private Members’ Sitting — The County Council Election— The Apathy of London— The Franco-Russian Treaty and Austria— Russian Demands on China —Spain and the United States— Sir Tatton’s Memory— The Navy Estimates : More Money and Men —A Scotch View of an Irish Grievance— Russian Naval Preparations . . •• •• •• •• 393 L ea d e r s :
The Double Festival in Rome . . 397
CONTENT S
L eaders (Continued): _ Page
Some Lessons of the Strike . . 398 The Future of Christian Art . . 399 The New Catholic Training Col
lege, Cavendish square.. . . 401 N otes . . . . ~ — . . 402 R eview s :
Vie du Cardinal Manning _ . . 404 Social Hours With Celeb rities . . 405 The Life of Napoleon III. . . 406 John Donne.. . .. . . 406 Visits to Jesus in the Tabernacle.. 4C7 Owen Roe O’Neill . . . . 407 St. Ethelburga’s, Bishopsgate . . 407 Catholic Evidence Lectures at
Hastings .................................... 407 C orrespondence :
Rome :— (From Our Own Corre
spondent) . . ... — — 409
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News from Ireland _ _ News from France . . L e t t e r s to t h e E d itor : Wall Paintings in Subterranean
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Rome . . . . . . . . 413 Elections o f Poor I aw Guardians 413 The Anglican Position . . . . 413 St. Edmund’s House, Cambridge 414 The “ Old Catholic” Archbishop of
America .. . . . . . . 415 Bequests for Masses in the United
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Decision of the Illinois Supreme
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Lepers . . • ......................... 417 Jubilee o f the Bishop o f Plymouth 417 The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Irish University .. .. 418
Chancery of Lancashire Catholic Missions in Japan Funeral o f the Late Colonel Malleson, C .S .I. Books of the Week . . O b itu a r y So c ia l a n d P o l it ic a l
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C H R O N I C L E O F T H E W E E K .
THE SOUDANESE TROOPS IN UGANDA. I
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT I
N our issue of January 29 we published a letter to Cardinal Vaughan from Bishop Hanlon, who strenuously recommended the replacing o f the mutinous Soudanese soldiers in Uganda by Indian troops. These Soudanese were the abandoned remnants of Emin Pasha’s force, and seven years ago were engaged by Colonel Lugard, who was then acting local administrator to the defunct British East Africa Company. They are an uxorious body, and each soldier has from ten to fifteen or twenty individuals to support— women, children, and imbecile relations. When the discussion of the supplementary votes for Uganda came up in Parliament at the close of last week, Sir Charles Dilke supported Mr. Labouchere’s motion for the reduction of the vote on the plea of the breach of faith which had been committed with the Soudanese by being sent on expeditions away from home in contravention of Colonel Lugard’s stipulation that they should remain with their families in Uganda. Mr. H . M. Stanley also complained of the treatment of the troops. Sir E. Grey admitted that when not under control the Soudanese had shown themselves capable of the grossest excesses, but pleaded that they had done good work. A t the same time he called for some assurance from the Government that part of the extra vote would be applied to the furnishing of Uganda with a different force from any which had been there before. Mr. Curzon’s reply on this point was satisfactory. H e straightway allowed that the present military system in Uganda had broken down. It had been shown that it was not a safe thing to rely exclusively on the loyalty and service of the Soudanese garrisons. Apart from other considerations they were neither strong enough nor numerous enough to defend the extended tracts o f country now under control. Under these circumstances it had long been felt that a new force must be organized for the Protectorate, and, even before the rebellion broke out, it had been decided that the military force of the Protectorate should be reorganized, and in future should consist o f a battalion of 700 of the best o f these men, 700 Imabilis, and 400 men recruited
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from India. Mr. Curzon also made it clear that no breach of faith with the Soudanese had been committed, inasmuch as the last engagement of these troops contained no stipulation whatever as to the area of their work. Soldiers who have to be consulted as to where they will go are not the sort of men for active service in the outlying portions of an empire, and all that the debate made clear about them goes to corroborate Bishop Hanlon’s opinion that it was one of Lugard’s great mistakes that he brought these Soudanese to settle in Uganda.
Another portion of the debate gave Mr.
_C0^ E^ TI0N Johnston of Ballykilbeg an opportunity for w h i t e f a t h e r s , nsaking a characteristic display o f intoler
ance. Sir Charles Dilke proposed the reduction of the vote by ^ io ,o o o , which was the amount proposed to be paid to the French missionaries— the White Fathers— in Uganda. H e wanted fuller information in regard to the question, and complained of the loose way its which the payment of certain claims made by the French Government had been recommended by successive Governments as part of a general settlement of outstanding questions with France. Mr. Johnston declared that the French priests had in fact fomented the disturbances in Uganda and he trusted that the British Government, in its desire to conciliate French Jesuits, would never give compensation for injuries which were purely imaginary. Mr. Curzon explained that the claim was an obligation inherited from the late Government, which had been prepared to concede it. Lord Rosebery, in order to prevent the delay and the friction that would have resulted from an attempt to adjust conflicting claims had offered, without admitting legal responsibility, but as an act of international comity, to indemnify the Catholic missionaries. Sir E. Grey supported this statement, and begged the House to take a large view of the question. It would be churlish to refuse. The vote was agreed to.
— LORD ROBERTS
ON THE FORWARD POLICY.
On Monday parliamentary interest shifted its centre to the House of Lords, which was filled in every part with those anxious to hear Lord Roberts explain and advocate the forward policy on the Indian frontier. Members from the Lower House had crowded and stood around the Throne, whilst the side galleries were garlanded by long rows of ladies. Lord Roberts, who spoke in a thin clear voice, which was heard distinctly in every part o f the House, commenced by declaring that he spoke as a soldier who had the honour and welfare of his country at heart. H e explained the forward policy as an endeavour to extend our
