THE TABLET.

A IVeekly Newspaper and Review.

E>OM VOBIS GRATULAMÜR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS OX IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEAT.S.

From the B r ie f of H is Holiness P iu s IX . to T h e T a e l e t , June 4., l i f o .

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London, A pril 15, 1899.

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•Chronicle of the Week : w Imperial^ Parliament : East Afri­

can Affairs—The Management of the Parks—Another Ritual Debate—An Experiment in Railway Carriages—The Elections in Ireland—More Disclosures from I the Dreyfus Evidence—Another

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Sensational Suicide—The French Premier and the Political SituaVPn~“ The Progress of Egypt— "lopument to the Empress of ustria— Fighting in Samoa—The ‘censing Commission—The Bud' f eV„Increased Tax on Stamps

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C O N T E N I S

Leaders (Continued) : t^A Saul Among the Prophets . .

Some Facts About Church Elec­

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tions in England Before the Reformation .. .. The Anglican Crisis . . . . Notes .. _ ... Reviews :

St. Paul on the Incarnation . . The Two Standards . . . . The History of a Man . . . . My Long Life . . . . .. The Tendency of Religion

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M e m o r i e s .................................... 570 Wrecked and Saved . . . . 570 Correspondence :

Rome :— (From Our Own Corre­

spondent) . . . . — _ CTO News from Ireland News fromFrance....................575

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Letters to the E ditor:

Dr. Wright and Mr. Britten .. The Teaching of the Church of

E n g l a n d .................................... The One-Man Manager and In­

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security of Tenure .. A Hard Case ......................... Converts to R o m e .......................* 576 Converts’ Aid Society . . .! 576 The Ritual Controversy . . . . 576 The Pope and Peace . . . . 580 The Work of Laicization in France 581 The Catholic Association and Uni­

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versity Education for Ireland . . 581 Easter Communion to the Sick . . 582 The Next President of Peru . . 582 Catholic District Nurses’ Institute 583 Books of the W e e k ......................... 583 Obituary . . . . ... _ 583

M a r r i a g e s .................................. 583 Social and Political ... .. 584

SU PPLEM ENT. N ews from the Schools :

Thoughts on Secondary Educa­

tion _ . . . . .. . .5 8 9 Irish University Education . . 590 The Department and the School

Associations ............................$gi Mr. Clancy’s Address . . . . 592 N ews from the D ioceses :

Westminster

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Southwark................... .. 593 Birmingham.......................................593 Hexham and Newcastle . . . . 593 Leeds . . . . . . . . 593 Salford . . ... ... M 594 St. Andrews and Edinburgh . . 594 Historical Research Society . . 595

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CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

’al parliament East African affairs. .

H E R E was but a thin attend­

ance o f members in the H ouse o f Commons on Monday afternoon, and even that to the few moments that succeeded division bell. T h e front Opposition tL ?10stly limited heni ,nSln§ o f the bv T , . as unoccupied. T h e Nationalists were conspicuous full 'r absence, and even those Conservatives who faitha y ^turned to their duties preferred the smoking room , Q the library to the H ouse. A fte r a few questions had

^0 disposed of, an attempt was made to get the Speaker vq of the Chair in order that the House might go into g 0t"m ittee o f Supply on the C iv il Service Estimates. ®Ven motions stood in the way, however, but ODly two t-ere brought forward. Mr. M 'K en n a called attention to CQe affairs o f the British East A frica Protectorate. H e jDn'plained o f the way in which the expenditure incurred r administration o f the country had risen from .'?j49,c due 000 a Year t0 .£250,000, a nse misgovernment. A s for the which was principally thp ‘ "'^government. a s ior ine troubles in Uganda <3o y could be set down to two causes, the exclusive use o f a "danese troops, and the utilization o f our forces in an etapt to expand our Empire northwards. Colonel Denny stg ted the Government to subsidize a line o f British aM mers’ and Sir T- Kennaway complained that in Zanzibar tL . Pemba, out o f 140,000 slaves, only 5,000 had gained of lr freedom. Sir A . Hardinge seemed to be at the back decl ’S tolerat' on o f slavery. In reply, Mr. Brodrick st are<i that the Government could not subsidize a line o f ¿ a ^ et3 t0 East A frica>which was already served by four cou ’Stl and two German lines. H e also stated that this .pt atry had spent nearly three millions sterling in these C e r a t e s , but it had three hundred miles o f railway u0 . ° w for a portion o f the sum. T h e Government had ti0Qlntenfr°n of spending money uselessly in fresh expedi* 0ulri u ^ a t under Colonel Martyr was important, and Prot carr‘ed through. T h e connection of the Uganda ptac.e« orate with Lord K itchener’s forces had already been betsf lCady achieved, f ° r there were only about 250 miles p0s pei? them o f yet unoccupied country to connect our ssions in East Africa with the Soudan. H e thought I,J" SaRiics, Vol. LXI., No. 2,384.

the policy o f the present and last Governments in establishing these Protectorates in A frica had been fairly vindicated. T h e railway was being constructed at the rate o f over half a mile a day, and it would be brought to the lake within the period anticipated, and he believed that the work which had been done by Great Britain in East A frica would compare not unfavourably with that which had been done in the Soudan and in South Africa. U p to Decem ber o f last year a sum of £ 1 ,7 26 ,0 00 had been spent on the construction o f the railway. When the Speaker had left the Chair several votes o f money were discussed, including sums spent upon the Royal Palaces.

T h e parks add so much to the healthiness mana7eTmentof and the amenities o f London life that the the tarks. annual discussion in the House o f Commons upon their management is always lively. A n additional zest is given to the debate by the common knowledge that behind the First Commissioner o f Works stands “ George RaDger,” the Duke o f Cambridge, a worthy target for every shaft. This year Mr. Gibson Bowles did his best to get motor cars excluded from H yde Park because they frighten Mr. Bowles when Mr. Bowles is riding in Rotten Row. Mr. Labouchere, who thought Mr. Bowles must be a somewhat timid rider, rejoiced in the presence o f the motor-cars, but was concerned because game is preserved in R ichm ond Park. In his opinion every tax-payer should be allowed to shoot the pheasants and deer in a public place like R ichm ond Park. Mr. M cLaren rose as the champion of the cyclists, and thought they should be at liberty to ride in the Park up to two o ’clock. M . Cohen explained that it made him sad to think that while people who walked along the east side of the Park were cheered by the sight o f many flowers, those whose way lay along the north side could see nothing but grass and bushes. Why should people who walked up the east side be favoured at the expense of those who followed the line o f the Bayswater-road ? Mr. Lough wanted refreshments in the park. H e asked for pleasant kiosks, and even hinted at “ a splendid glass restaurant.” Mr. John Burns thought better protection ought to be given to “ the splendid tu r f ” o f Richm ond Park, which it seems is liable to be damaged by “ eighteen-pence-an-hour horsemen.” In the view o f this democratic statesman the splendid tu i f is more likely to be hurt by riders who hire their horses by the hour than by persons who own their own steeds. I t was tantalizing not to be told why the hired animal was more injurious, but at all costs the splendid turf ought to be protected. Mr. Akers Douglas,