T H TABLET.
A IVeekly Newspaper and Review.
D O M V O B I S G R A T U L A M U X , A N IM O S E T I A M A D D I M U S Ü T I N I N C C E P T I S V E S T R I S C O N S T A N T E R M A N E A T . S .
F rom the Bn'e/ o] H i s H o lin ess P iu s I X . to T he T a b l e t , June 4, i b j o .
Vol. 92. No. 3050. L ondon, O c t o b e r 22, 1898.
P r ic e sd ., b y P o s t 5% d .
[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 ro n ic le of t h e W e e k : Page
The Wreck o f the “ Mohegan " — Funeral of the Queen of Denmark— The Congo Fetes at Antwerp — Mr. Asquith and the •Government— Revolt in Abyssinia — Anarchist Plot Against the Kaiser at Alexandria— Qualifications for County Cricket— Italian Finance— Church Brawling Pro•sccutions— The Sultan and the Powers— The Kaiser’s Prt gress— The Sultan and his Imperial Guests— Policy of the New Cape Government — The Lord Lieutenant and an Irish University— Death of Lady Cromer — Sir Michael Hicks-Beach in th e North— Germany and the Vatic a n— News from U ganda.. . . 637
CONTENTS
Le a d e r s :
Page
Reform and Reaction in China . . 641 Lessons from “ The Times ” . . 642 Letters from Canada— V I i .— The
Manitoba School Question . . 643 N o t e s . . . . _ . . . . 645 R ev ie w s :
Through Asia . . . . . . 648 Father Knabenbauer on St. John’s
Gospel . . . . . . . . 649 Via Lucis . . . . . . . . 649 Science ?.nd Spiritualism . . ... 650 Cochem’s Life of Christ .. England’s Conversion A Breton Mystery P lay C orrespon d e n c e :
650 651 651
Rome :— (From Our Own Corre
spondent) . . News from Ireland
653 - - 655
C orrespon d e n c e (Continued):
News from France . . News from America L e t t e r s ro t h b l u i t o r :
Page . . 655 .. Ó50
“ RexRegum ” . . . . . . 657 Catholics and the Volunteer Move
ment .. .. . . . . 657 Work for Sailors in Genoa . . 657 The Roman Breviary . . . . 657 Truth and the Anglican Compro
mise : Result in America^ . . 658 Catholic Prisoners’ Aid Society .. 658 Laissez Faire and Church Music 658 The Ritual Controversy . . .. 658 Catholic Truth Society in Scotland 660 Our Catholic Nuns in Rhodesia . . 662 Books of the Week . . . . 663 O b i t u a r y ......................... 663 S o c ia l a n d Po l i t i c a l . . . . 644
SUPPLEMENT. Page N ew s from t h e Sc h o o l s :
St. Wilfrid’s College, Oakamoor 669 The Question of Additional Train
ing Colleges . . . . . . 670 What Little Germans Don’t Know 670 Irregular Attendance . . . . 671 The Foundation of a Liberal
Education . . . . . . 6 7 1 N ew s from t h e D io ceses : Westminster . . . . . . 6 7 1
S o u th w a r k ......................... . . 672 Birmingham.. . . . . . . £72 Hexham and Newcastle . . . . 672 Leeds . . 673 Plymouth . . . . . . . . 673 Shrewsbury .. . . . . 673 St. Andrews and Edinburgh . . 673 The Church in Algiers . . . . 673 The French Protectorate . . . . 674
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CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.
of Varsis, and is situated about a mile and a quarter inside the bell buoy, while the doomed vessel ought to have been between ten and fifteen miles from land. These awful rocks have been the scenes of many disasters, as the monuments and records of St. Keverne parish church testify.
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T H E W R E C K O F T H E
'O the terrible tales of disasters at sea must now be added the wreck of the Mohegan, a steamer belonging to the Atlantic Transport Company which left the Thames on the afternoon of Thursday in last week bound for New York, and struck on the Manacle Rocks near the Lizard on the following evening. She carried 53 passengers, who with 96 officers and crew made a total of 150 souls on board. Friday evening was clear but dark, and the vessel was going at thirteen knots an hour. The passengers had assembled in the saloon for dinner, when suddenly a harsh .grating sound, followed by a succession of crashes, told the passengers that their ship was on the rocks. A rush to ■ the deck followed, where a brave attempt to lower the boats was made. The water poured into the engine-room, and ■ the electric light appliances were soon submerged. The vessel was thus in total darkness, and filling quickly,lurched over and settled to the bottom only twenty minutes after the first shock. One boatload of passengers was got away in safety, while another was carried down with the sinking steamer. Fora few minutes the sea was alive with struggling people, but gradually the cries died away and only a few persons were left clinging to the rigging. It appears that the steamer was heading several miles out of her course, but it is scarcely expected that the reason will ever be explained, as neither the captain not the officers are amongst the survivors of this awful disaster. From the cliffs at Porthoustock the danger of the Mohegan's position was recognized, and the anxious watchers saw two or three rockets fired, after which all lights on board were suddenly extinguished. T h e lifeboat was quickly launched, and then men generously volunteered to man an old boat which, however, was found -to be quite unseaworthy. In all 50 people were saved, so that about 83 lives must have been lost. As the bodies "were picked upon the shore they were taken to the church o f St. Keverne, part of which was curtained off as a temporary mortuary. The Manacle Rocks are about eight miles by sea from Falmouth, and about a mile long. At the southern extremity of the ridge is a bell buoy, well to ■ the south of which lies the safe passage for ships. The particular ledge which ripped the Mohegan bears the name
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The remains of the late Queen of De imark were interred in Roskilde Cathedral on October 15. The church, which was draped in mourning hang
ings, adjoins the palace, from which it was entered by the ladies of the royal family about two o’clock. The coffiD, carried by eight commodores and eight colonels, and immediately followed by the King, was borne in shortly after. Close behind his Majesty came the King of Greece, the Crown Prince of Denmark, and Prince Waldemar, forming the first line, while the second was formed by the Tsar, the King of Sweden, and the Duke of Cumberland. Then followed the Crown Prince of Greece, the Duke of York, the Archduke Louis Victor representing the Emperor of Austria, Prince Frederick Leopold, representing the German Emperor, and the Duke of Cambridge. After a sermon and prayer by Dr. Paulle, the Court chaplain, the service concluded with a hymn. The Royal family and their guests afterwards attended services in the churches of their various nationalities, and most of the crowned heads and other foreign visitors to Copenhagen left it either that night or the following morning.
T H E C O N G O F Ê T E S
A celebration, in which the initiative was taken by the Antwerp Chamber of Commerce,
a t A n t w e r p . wa3 held ’ a ^ a t c ’ l y 00 October 15, in honour of the part taken by the King in the foundation of the Congo Free State, emphasized by the recent opening of the railway from the Lower Congo to Stanley Pool. Mr. Corty, President of the Chamber of Commerce, who read the address of welcome, gave some interesting statistics of the trade of the Free State, showing its growth between 1893 and 1897. Its imports have in the interim risen from 7^2 to 22 million francs, of which 16 million are from Belgium, while its exports have expanded from 5 % to 15 millions, of which Belgium takes nearly 13 million. India rubber and ivory, of which 276 tons were exported, are the most characteristic products of the Free State, and have had a large share iu the increase in its trade. The King, in returning thanks, spoke of the enterprize as still in its infancy, and pointed to the importance for Belgium of the creation of a merchant marine of its own, which would
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