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DUM VOBIS GKATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS CT IN INCŒPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEAT.S.
F ro m the B r i e f o f H is H o lin e s s P iu s I X . to T h e T a b l e t , Ju n e 4 , l i f o .
V °l. 9 3 . No. 3071.
London, March 18, 1899.
P r ic e sd., by P ost sJ^d
[R e g is t e r ed a t th e G en e r a l P ost Offic e a s a Newspaper.
C hronicle of th e Week :
Imperial Parliament : The Russian Protest-The Study of Tropical Disease — England, Italy, and China—The Navy Estimates— The Secondary Education Rill— Railways and Workmen’s Dwellings—The Petroleum Bill—The Liberal Party and Home Rule— The Scramble for China —The Demands of Italy—The Gohier Trial in France—Mr. Rhodes in ■ Berlin — Lord Herschell’s Successor—Taxameters in London— Lord Cowley’s Case .. .. 397 Leaders :
The Peace Conference and the
Temporal Power........................401 Leo X l II. and the “ Affaire ” .. 402 ■ ÿ her Hecker and his Critics .. 403 Lhree Deans ........................ 405
N otes
407
CONTENTS
R eview s :
The Course of Conscience, being
L aS e a Short Inquiry as to the Transmission of Revelation .. .. 409 From Geneva to Rome .. . .4 10 La Russie et l’Union des Eglises 410 Domitia .. .. .. .. Institutions Theologiae Moralis
Generalis .. .. .. .. C o rrespo ndence:
411 4ir
Rom e (F rom Oar Own Corre'
spondent) . . ... _ _ News from Ireland _ ^ News from France.. .. L e t t e r s to th e E d it o r :
413 415 415
The Secondary Education Depu
tation .. . . .. ., Father Isaac Hecker .. .. Eighteen Centuries of the Ortho'
dox Greek Church .. .. The Church of England.. .. S ’ . Winefride for Westminster .. 417 Leper Houses in the Middle Ages 4x7 The Sacrificial Idea in the Mass 418
417 417 417 417 417
L e t t e r s to th e E d itor (Con*
tinued) : Consecration of Leslie, Bishop of
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Ross ................................... 41S The Plague in India . . .. 418 A Latin Version of the ‘ ‘Recessional’’ 418 The Ritual Controversy . . .. 418 The Society of St. Vincent de Paul 419 An Audience of Leo X I I I ................420 New Poem by the Pope .. .. 420 The Pope’s Letter on “ Ameri
canism ” ................................... 42r The English Reformation .. . . 421 Catholic Prisoners’ Aid Society .. 421 Books of the W e e k ........................ 422 O b it u a r y . . . . ... _ 422 Social and Po l it ic a l . . 424
SUPPLEMENT. Is ews from th e S chools :
The Annual Conference of Col
leges ................................... 429 The Recent Education Debate .. 429 Co-ordination: The Jealousy.. 429
School Boards .. .. . . 429
N ew s from th e S chools (Con-:
tinued : School^Gardens .. .. .. The Irish Intermediate Education
Inquiry .. .. .. .. Catholic Training College, 13,
Cavendish-square, W................. To the Young ........................ N ews from th e D ioceses : Westminster ........................
Southwark................................... Birmingham................................... Hexham and Newcastle .. .. Leeds ........................ ., Nottingham.................................. Salford ........................ . . Shrewsbury ........................ Newport ................................... St. Andrews and Edinburgh .. Aberdeen .. . . .. .. G a l lo w a y ................................... The Bishop of Salford and Sunday
Closing ................................... cardinal Mezzofanti .. ..
430 430 43t 431 431 432 432 432 432 432 432 432 433 433 433 434
Rejected M S , cannot be returned unless accotnpanied with address and postage.
CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.
t HE RUSSIAN PROTEST. T
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT :
H E most satisfactory thing about last Friday’s sitting o f the House of Commons
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was the news communicated by Mr.
^ r i c k in answer to Sir E . Ashmead-Bartlett, who asked nether the Russian Government or the.Russian Minister at skm had withdrawn theirprotest against the conditions o f the Chinese Northern Railway Extension Loan, and especially
“ e .protest against the appointment of an English railway eQgineer and o f an English accountant to supervise the ^ork of the railway. It will be remembered the English ^m is te r supported this contract, and, on the Tsung-11y amen showing signs of a disposition to recede from their Agreement, told the Chinese that the British Government lnsisted upon the rights of their countrymen being respected, and if pressure were applied to Pekin, would support China. H e also added that if, after this assurance, China gave way, Great Britain would exact retribution. In answer
6 ^ uesti0Q Pu': him, the Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs stated that the protest had been made verbally, and that it had not been confirmed by any written communication. H e was also able to state that the Government had reason to believe that the protest would not be renewed, This is so far satisfactory that it clears away in an amicable manner what might have given rise to the most serious complications between this country and Russia. The protest may have been a mere feeler to test the temper our Government, but such methods are dangerous. However, Russia now understands with what she has to eal, and with this knowledge may be prepared to proceed k° au amicable arrangement o f other outstanding questions e ween herself and Great Britain, upon which the peace of e future must so largely depend.
- the study When 1 uestions had been disposed of
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the House went into Committee ofSupply tropical d is ea se . for the resumed consideration o f the Sir Chn 1 • ■ C iv il Service Supplementary Estimates, deal of ijes P d"ke and Mr. Labouchere had of cohrse a good Uganda ° st'le miticism to make on the administration of reply. jv*aud this Mr. Brodrlck delivered a spirited
’ r> Chamberlain had some important statements
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to make in regard to West Africa. In their anxiety to suppress the drink traffic in those districts the Government had instructed the British representative at the Brussels Conference in reference to the sale o f spirits to natives, that no level o f duty would be considered too high by this country. The Government had recently authorized an ordinance by which the duty at the Gold Coast would be’raised to a shilling a gallon, although the duties imposed by neighbouring countries had not been altered. In answer to a question put by Dr. Clark as to the item of a contribution to the Dreadnought Hospital, Mr. Chamberlain explained that it was part o f a determined endeavour that was being made to reduce the unnecessary mortality among Europeans in tropical countries. Calcutta and Hong Kong used to be white men’s graves as West Africa is now. There were certain preventable causes which might be dealt with. A Colonial Nursing Association had been formed for the supply o f trained European nurses, and it was hoped that by the establishment o f a school o f tropical medicine in connection with the Dreadnought Hospital, where sailors suffering from diseases caught in the tropics were treated, they would be able to send out to the colonies doctors acquainted with these diseases. Accordingly, arrangements had been made for the erection of the necessary buildings to accommodate the doctors who would go through this probationary course, and they hoped that in a short time they would be able to provide accommodation for the nurses, who might go there for training. The cost o f the new buildings, which would be considerable, was to be defrayed partly by private subscriptions, partly by contributions from the colonies, and partly by the small grant which the Chancellor o f the Exchequer had been good enough to give him. The Colonial Secretary had the unusual experience of receiving congratulations from all parts of the House on the action he had taken in this matter. Even Mr. Labouchere ventured to hope that Mr. Chamberlain would not endanger his health by going to any o f those “ charming regions ” which he hoped to render salubrious.
— ENGLAND, ITALY,
AND CHINA.
On Monday afternoon Mr. Pritchard Morgan succeeded in obtaining leave for the adjournment of the House as a protest against the Government’s support o f Italy’s demands for a sphere o f interest in Chinese territory with Sanmun Bay as a naval base, in spite o f the Resolution passed by the House in March last for the maintenance of the integrity of Chinese territory. Sir E . Ashmead-Bartlett thought that Italy’s presence in China would be useful to us, but he would second the Resolution as a matter of form
