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Front Ihe Brief of H is Holiness P ius IX . to T h e T a b l e t , June 4, zlsfo.
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C hronicle of th e W e e k : Page
Mr. Carnegie and the Philippines —The Dreyfus Case : Debate in the Chamber— Riots in Johannesburg— French Submarine Boats — Russia Proposes to Forbid Submarine Boats— The Chances of Don Carlos— The French Estimates— M. Pelletan’s Warning— The New French Ambassador— The Biggest Ship Afloat—Mr. Morley and the Liberal Leadership—The^Overcrowding of London — Railway Accident in the Gale—Mr. Chamberlain on Trade and Expansion — Fighting in Samoa—Another Dervish Defeat L e a d e r s :
Sir William Harcourt and the
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L eaders (Continued V :
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Nubar Pasha and New Egypt . . 86 The “ French Shore ” Dispute . . 87 Some Notes on Art in Churches.. 88 N otes — « « 89 R eview s :
The History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages . . .. Meditations on the Incarnation
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Free Speech in Cardiff . . . . 95 Ritual at R o m f o r d ...................... 95 C orrespondence :
Rome (From Our Own Corre
spondent) . . — — — 97 News from Ireland _ „ 98 News from France...................... 99 L e t t e r s t o th e E d itor :
and Life of Our Lord . . .. Historical Sketches of Notable
Persons and Events in the Reigns of James I. and Charles I. Joubert : A Selection from his
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Thoughts.................................... qj A Touch of the Sun . . . . 93 “ The Dublin Review " . . . . 93 Catholic Book Notes . . . . 95
Mr. Gee and the Elizabethan
Clergy _ .................................. 90 The Sacrifice of the Mass . . 100 Catholics and the Volunteer Move
ment . . a. , . . . 100 The Dreyfus Case . . . . . . 100 The Ritual Controversy . . . . 102 Catholic Reunion at Birmingham . . 104
Some Missionary Statistics.. Catholic Defence Lectures .. Mr. Davitt’s Attack on England Books o f the Week . . . . .M a r r i a g e s ........................... Social a n d P o l it i c a l «.
SUPPLEM ENT. N ews from th e S chools :
Irish Intermediate Education N ews from t h e D io ceses : Westminster . . . .
S o u th w a rk ......................... Clifton ........................ Salford . .. . . St. Andrews and Edinburgh
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Republic that British statesman will always have the strongest motives for abstaining from any act which could imperil them. Her national interests, as well as a sense of kinship, are a guarantee for the friendship o f Great Britain.
M.R. c a r n e g i k T " relucta°ce the American people a n d t h e
Ph i l i p p in e s .
I t0 ,seem l.° be governing a people against their will is becoming every day
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more apparent in the case of the Philippines.
It is highlyprobable that this feeling that the sanction o f all government should be the consent of the governed mayresult in the Philippines being treated even as Cuba is to be treated, and that as soon as order is restored the islands will be declared free under the moral guardianship of the people that emancipated them. The position is not without its difficulties. Thus Mr. Andrew Carnegie, in his plea against what he calls Imperialism, seems to expose himself to an obvious chargeof inconsistency. Hebeginsby saying that “ by Great Britain’s neutrality, and that alone, were we permitted to take the Philippines at all from Spain. But for that France, Germany, and Russia would never have stood aloof.” H e then shows how alliances in Europe have changed and been rearranged during the last fifty years, and thinks the Americans ought not to trust even to the friendship of Great Britain. H e holds, of course, as a good American, that if the Republic cares to undertake the task she can easily buildia fleet which would make her indifferent to the friendship of any Power, but incidentally observes that it would take twenty years to provide a fleet equal to that of Great Britain. He thinks the cost of such an undertaking would be out o f all proportion to the advantage. But still he shrinks from the logical conclusion of his argument, and does not advocate that the Philippines should be simply abandoned. He proposes that they should be first declared independent and then placed under the protection of a sort of extended Monroe doctrine. But how is that doctrine to be enforced unless by sea-power ? If the United States is to be bound to take up arms to defend the independence of these far-away islands, she might just as well be responsible Tor their administration altogether. It seems to us that Mr. Carnegie has invented a bogey. No 2 ^ ^ ° ? is ia the least like'y t0 seek a quarrel O r p o f -d States, and the benevolent neutrality of evpnt B niu1D COuld be C0nfident1y counted on in almost any clncoi’«, k “ e we^are ° f our fellow-subjects in Canada is so y bound up with friendly relations with the American N ew S e r ie s . V o l . L X I . , N o . 2 ,3 72.
THE DREYFUS .,The G ?vern]nent ha?e again faced the CASE: DEBATE in ™US1C ° f their opponents in the the chamber. Chamber and come off victorious. An interpellation was brought forward by M.
Millevoye in regard to the charges brought against M. Loew and the Court of Cassation by M. Quesnay de Beaurepaire. M. Millevoye demanded that an inquiry into these charges should be instituted, and declared that it was under present conditions impossible to proceed with the revision of the Dreyfus case. He was followed by M. Lasies, who went still further, accusing the Court of partiality and declaring that the campaign in favour of Dreyfus was being supported by foreign gold. M. Lebret, Minister of Justice, then entered the tribune and having acknowledged that a new incident had undoubtedly arisen, stated that he had, in the best interests of the Judiciary, ordered an inquiry into accusations that had been made. H e then narrated the real facts of the Bard-Picquart incident, and next assured the Chamber that in respect to refreshments the Court had treated all the witnesses with equal consideration. Hence we may conclude that after all General Billot had the “ grog,” about which there was so much discussion. The Minister added that he had requested M. Quesnay de Beaurepaire to draw up a formal list of the charges which he had to make, and these would be inquired into by M. Mazeau, the First President of the Court of Cassation. After a violent speech from M. de Cassagnac, who declared that the Republic was answerable for the present condition o f affairs, and would end in the mud, the Order of the Day as asked for by the Government was passed by 423 votes to 124. An astonishing fact came out during the debate. It appears that General Zurlinden, Military Governor of Paris, had ordered Captain Erque, who was in command of the gendarmes on duty at the sittings o f the Court, to supply him with a daily report of the conduct of the Judges, especially in their treatment of Colonel Picquart. Major Esterhazy has been summoned to give evidence before the Court, and has already arrived in Paris, his safety being guaranteed.
The output of gold from South Africa riots in continues to increase month by month. Johannesburg. December showed another record crushing o f 419,50402. from the Witwatersrand
