THE TABLET.

A Weekly Newspaper and Review.

DOM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMÜS ÜT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEAT.S.

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

V o l . 92. No. 3041. London, August 20, 1898.

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C hronicle of the Week

Peace Assured— Feeling in Spain and America—Moral Effect of the War—Demonstration in Honour o f Admiral Cervera— The Surrender of Manila—The End of the Parliamentary Session— Advance •of the Sirdar— New Ruler for the Klondike— The Next Move in China—Serious Railway Accident in Italy— Cape Colony— The Man‘Chester Ship Canal— The Welsh Coal War—Gold Discovery in British North America— I f War Broke Out : A French View— The Austro-Hungarian Crisis — The Hooley Case : Alleged Con­

tempt of Court—The Judgment — Mr. Hay’s Appointment—Signor Cerruti Indemnified— Prince Henry of Orleans and Abyssinia 277

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Leaders :

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A Russian View of Poland . . 281 The Evacuation of the Refor­

mation . . . . . . . . 282 Fra Girolamo Savonarola.. . . 284 Notes . . . . . . ». 286 Reviews :

The Wind in the Trees.. . . 288 Egypt in 1898 . . . . . . 289 The Death of Luther . . . . 290 India : A Sketch of the Madura

Mission . . . . . . . . 290 Reviews and Magazines.. . . 290 Points of View, and Other Poems 291 Gleanings of Cookery . . . .2 9 1 Correspondence :

Rome :—(From Our Own Corre­

spondent) . . ~ — — 293 News from Ireland — — 294 News from France......................... 295 News from America . . . . 296

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Letters to the E ditor :

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The Situation in Italy . . . . 297 Allocation of the Aid Grant by

Voluntary Schools Associations 297 Snakes in Ireland . . . . . . 297 Mass or Masses . . .. . . 298 Catholics and Nonconformists.. 293 Mgr. Gain, Bishop of la rbes . . 298 “ The Daily Mail ” and the Pope 298 Dominican Progress in England.. 298 The Ritual Controversy . . . . 299 Further News from Uganda . . 301 Catholic Military Chaplains in India 301 Jubilee of the London Oratory . . 302 Confession in the Church o f Eng­

land . . .. . . . . . . 302 Pilgrimage at Hastings . . . . 302 Books of the Week . . . . 304 F rom E v eryw h ere . . ... 304 Social and Political ». . . 304

SU PPLEM EN T . N ews from th e Schools :

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Secondary Education . . . . 309 Board Schools and Secondary

Education.. . . . . . . 309 Payments by Guardians . . . . 309 Wimbledon College and Univer­

sity Examinations . . . . 3E0 Legal and Military Studies . . 310 St. Joseph's, Denmark Hill . . 3*0 N ew s from t h e D io ceses : Westminster

Southwark . . Birmingham.. Nottingham .. Plymouth Salford Shrewsbury Menevia The Church in the Antipodes Funeral of Mrs. W. G. Ward The Catholic Church Among the

3rc 3ir 3CE 3ir 3cr 312 312 2 t3 314

Maoris in New Zealand . .

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CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

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TH E signature o f the protocol defining the prelim inary conditions o f peace is practically equivalent to the conclusion o f a treaty, since its acceptance by both belligerents

¡has been follow ed by immediate orders for a cessation o f hostilities. M . Cambon, authorized to sign for Spain, drove with M . Thi^baut from the Embassy to the White H ouse in pourin g rain on the afternoon o f August 12, and was ushered into the Cabinet R oom , where the President, Mr. Day, and the Assistant-Secretaries of State, were awaiting him. T h e formal agreem ent and signature o f the document by Mr. D a y and M . Cam bon then took place, and orders were immediately sent b y President M cK in le y to the naval and m ilitary authorities for the immediate cessation of hostilities. T h e protocol embodies what may be termed the four points dem anded b y the U n ited States, and, according to Mr. D a y ’s official statem ent to the press, p ro v id e s : (1) That Spain relinquish all claim to sovereignty over and title to C u b a ; (2) that Puertorico, the other Spanish islands in the West Indies, and certain islands in the Ladrones to be selected b y the U n ited States, be ceded to the la tte r ; (3) the United States will occupy and hold the city, bay, an d harbour o f M anila pending the conclusion o f the treaty o f peace, which shall determ ine the control, disposition, and government o f the Ph i l ip p in e s ; (4) Cuba, Puertorico, and the other Spanish islands in the West Indies, shall b e immediately evacuated, and commissioners, to be appointed within ten days, shall within thirty days from the signing o f the protocol meet at H avana and San Juan respectively to arrange and execute the details o f the e vacuation ; (5) the United States and Spain will each appoint not more than five commissioners to negotiate and conclude a treaty of p e a c e ; (6) on the signature o f the protocol hostilities are to be suspended, and notice to that effect will be given as soon as possible by each Government to the commanders o f its military and naval forces. It will be noticed that the fate o f the Philippines is still an open question, and that if the belligerents were less unequally matched, there would still be ground for a pretty quarrel over this critical question. T h e President, it is thought, avoided the direct demand for their cession which m ight have endangered the acceptance o f his terms

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by Spain, while acquiescence in them later will be practically a necessity, since the alternative would be a resumption ostilities.

— FEELING IN

SPAIN AND AMERICA,

' [N■'if g -a tor

Thus is closed a chapter o f history recordg one o f the most unequal struggles in hisry, the loss o f the United States in the field having been practically nil, while a series o f crushing disasters, including the absolute destruction o f their two principal fleets, were inflicted on their opponents. On the other hand, the sufferings o f the American troops were what all who knew the deadly character o f the Cuban c lim ate at this seasoq anticipated, and were, moreover, aggravated b y the want o f proper hospital arrangements or ambulance appliances. T h e rejoicings in America over the terms o f peace were tempered By the publication o f General Shafter’s report g iv ing 3 ,0 1a as the number on the sick list, o f whom 2,340 were suffering from fever. T h e war expenditure o f the United States up to the present is estim ated at 150 million dollars, while the appropriations made by C on gress on account o f the war amount to 360 million, covered up to January 1st. In official circles in M adrid the news that the P rotocol has been signed caused a general feeling o f relief, and the threatened disturbances at Valencia excite no serious apprehension. Graver fears are felt in regard to the econom ic crisis likely to ensue from the restriction o f trade in consequence o f the loss o f the colonies. T h e question o f the religious future o f the Philippines is regarded as presenting grave difficulties, and the clergy o f the different Orders would be safer under direct American administration than under that o f the anti-clerical Aguinaldo, whose first exercise o f power would probably be their wholesale expulsion, on the pattern o f revolutionary leaders all the world over.

The N ew York Times, in a striking

—moral effect article, puts in the forefront o f the benefits of the war. accruing from the war its probable effect in allaying the spirit o f “ perilous unrest ”

among the people o f the United States which it acknowledges to have been the ch ie f cause o f its declaration. Among other subjects o f rejoicing, including the new position which the R epublic will be compelled to take among the nations o f the world, the writer goes on to estimate its influence on party politics. “ Certainly [he says] among the greatest benefits o f the war for us is the bringing to the fore o f a new set o f national questions o f absorbing interest, which have put out o f date aDd buried the most odious and dangerous o f political issues that had been the subject o f