THE TABLET. A Weekly Newspaper and Review.

DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS ü T IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEAT»S.

From the Brief oi His Holiness Pius IX , to T h e T a e l e t , June fa i 6fO,

V o l . 93. No. 3066.

London, February i i , 1899. p*.™5<j. , post 5«a.

[ R e g i s t e r e d at the General Post 0 * fice as a N ewspaper.

C hronicle of t h e W e e k :

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Imperial Parliament: Debate on the Address—In the Commons— The Condition of China— The 'R egret of Mr. S. Smith— Fighting •at Manila — The Peace Treaty Ratified—The Liberals and the Irish Party— Great Britain and China—The New Liberal Leader — Mr. Dillon and the Anti-Parnel’i ites— The Dreyfus C a s e : The Government Bill — Additions to'

the French and Russian Navies— A ir. Kensit Learns a Lesson— The Hooley Disclosures: Two Peers Return ^29,000— Express Delivery o f Letters on Sunday . . . . 197 Leaders:

The New Decision of the Angli­

can Bishops .. . . . . sox The White Man’s Burden . . 202 Rembrandt at Burlington House 203 Isolation . . . . .. . 202

CONTENTS

N otes — ». «. _ . . 203 R e v ie w s :

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V ia Domini: Sermons for Chris­

tian Seasons . . . . . . 207 The Life of St. Edmund of Abing­

don, Archbishop of Canterbury 208 Reminiscences of the Course, the

Camp and the Chase . . . . 210 The Downfall of the Dervishes . . 270 Foreign Classics for English

R e a d e r s ......................... . . 211 Debrett’s Peerage, Baronetage,

Knightage, and Companionage for 1 8 9 9 .................................... 211

Correspondence :

Rome :— (From Our Own Corre­

spondent) . . «. «, _ 213 News from Ireland _ — 214 News from F rance.. . . '¡¿**, , 215 L e t t e r s to t h e E ditor:

Mansi’s “ Concilia" . . . . 2 1 6

L e t t e r s t o t h e E d it o r (Con­

Page tinued) : Emigration to Canada . . . . 216 Dinners for School Children . . 216 Rome— Terni .........................216 The Reformation at St. Mar­

garet’s, Leicester . . . . 2 1 6 Pre-Reformation Anglicanism . . 217 The Ritual Controversy #. . . . 217 The School Question in South

Australia . . . . . . > . . 220 Recantation of Joseph René Vilatte 221 The Armenian Bishops and the

Councils . .

•• 221

The Church in the Philippines . . 221 The Queen’s Speech . . . . 222 Jesuits on the Zambesi^ . . . . 222 The Rierarchyand Religious Orders 223 Mr. Justice D ay at Wigan . . . . 223 A New College at Washington . . 223 Books of the Week . . . . . . 223

F rom E v e r yw h e r e

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O b i t u a r y . . . . Social and Political

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SU P P L EM E N T . Lenten In d u lt.................................... 229 N ew s from t h e S chools :

The Government and Mr. Balfour’s

University Scheme . . . . 229 Mr. Bryce, M .P ., on Commercial

Education....................................230 The British Girl . . . . . . 231 • The Irish Intermediate Education

Commission ........................... 231 N ew s from t h e D io c e se s :

Westminster ........................... 232 Leeds ....................................... 232 Liverpool . . 232 Portsm outh ......................... ’ . . 2 3 2 The Irish University Question . . 233 Strictures on Australians . . . . 234 Disestablishment ............................235

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CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

DEBATE ON THE ADDRESS. T

IM PERIAL PARLIAMENT

HE fifth session of the present

Parliament was opened by Commission on Tuesday after­

, _ noon. The Queen’s speech, the text o f which we give in another column, was read in the House o f Lords by the Lord Chancellor, after which the Address to the ThroQe was moved by the Duke of Bedford and seconded by Earl Cawdor. The debate was opened by Lord Kimberley who, referring to our relations with France, spoke with satisfaction of the calm and patriotic attitude assumed by our countrymen and of the tone and temper beyond all praise wnich had been evinced by those responsible for the Government in France. In regard to the Soudan he thought that we ought to have a larger proportion of white troops there sufficient to control the native troops in case disaffection broke out. He also called for fuller information in regard to the progress of events in China. Whilst in cordial agreement with many measures mentioned in the gracious speech from the Throne he betrayed some anxiety over the guarded language in regard to the Estimates. Lord Salisbury commenced his reply by pointing out that having been drawn into the war in the Soudan and become masters of that territory, we should not be doing our duty if we did not do our best for the introduction of civilization. He did not think, however, that any uodue strain would have to be put upon the British army for the maintenance of peace in those regions. As regarded China he could give no information. That country was still a going concern and would have to- be treated as such. The most important part of the speech was that which had reference to the peace proposals of the Tsar.

1Nobody,” he said, “ can doubt the purity and grandeur of n?otives which have animated the Emperor in making this indication, and everyone must heartily wish that the anticipation may be realized. But further than that I do not think that it is safe to go. The constant increase in armaments which is taking place on all sides at the very time when we are all speakiDg of and prophesying peace, is Dot encouraging to the ideal dreams in which the Tsar has, perhaps, indulged, and may warn us of a possible issue less gratifying— much less gratifying— than that on -which he

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has naturally and most laudably allowed his mind to dwell. There are many difficulties to be surmounted before any such general benefit can be obtained as his Majesty has sketched. I myself should be heartily pleased if the results of this Conference and these negotiations are capable of achieving a somewhat humbler aim ; and if, by extending the use of the principle of arbitration, we are able to diminish the number of causes by which war can be produced, and if by humane and beneficent legislation we can diminish the horror of that war when it is waged, we, I think, shall have done for our generation a service of which the whole value cannot be appreciated at once, but which, I think, the future inhabitants of Europe will look back to gratitude.” It may be here mentioned that among the new peers who took the oath was Lord Brampton (Sir H. Hawkins) who was presented by Lord Russell of Killowen and Lord Ludlow.

Things were a little more animated in the — i n House of Commons. Mr. J. Lowther’s t h e c o m m o n s , proposal that the sessional Order forbidding the interference of Peers in elections should be restricted to the Lords Lieutenant of Counties having been rejected, the Address was moved by Captain Bagot and seconded by Mr. W. F. D Smith. Then the new Leader of the Opposition, Sir Henry Campbell-BannermaD, who was received with loud cheers some of which came from the Government side of the House, entered upon a spirited review of the subjects enumerated in what is generally acknowledged to be an unusually dull speech from the Throne. The Tsar’s Rescript might not see full accomplishment but something would assuredly be gained, whilst it would be hard indeed to measure the moral influence that such the declaration must exert. He believed it true to say that no one in this country had any other desire but to live in amity and sympathy with France, and there were now abundant signs of the improvement which had come about in the relations between the two countries. The recent determined stand taken by all parties in this country had cleared the air. It was not a demonstration against France so much as a protest against the attitude of the Government during the three years previous. In commencing his reply Mr. Balfcur paid a high compliment to the genial ability and courtesy o f Sir Henry who, he said, was happily endowed by nature and education with all the qualities which would enable him to shine in any position to which the fortune of political warfare might send him. He then proceeded to dispose of the idea that the Government’s recept action in regard to events in the