THE TABLET
A Weekly Newspaper an d Review.
DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS ÜT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEAT.S.
From the Brief of His Holiness Pius IX . to T h e T a b l e t , June idfo.
VOL. 94. No. 3107. L ondon, N ovember 25, 1899.
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[ 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 e w s p a p e r .
C h ronicle of t h e Week : Page
The War—The Coming Campaign — The Correspondents’ Letters— The Guns that Saved Ladysmith — Temperance Legislation — The French Chamber and the Govern■ ment— 'The Foolish Guardians at Leicester— M. Ddroulede Explains —The Kaiser in England— The County C o u n c i l and PublicHouses — The Subway at the Mansion House—The Death of Lady^ Salisbury — England and America — Tne Nation’s Prosperous Trade ............................ P37 CSADRRSt
T^s Jews and Ritual Murders . . 84T Unveiling of the Lesseps MonuT ,ment ....................................... 842
Work of Solemn Homage to Christ for the End of the CentUry ~ ....................................... 843
c o N 7 E n t s
L eadrfs (Continued) :
The “ Excel'ent Knowledge" and
Page the ‘ ‘ Unsearchable R iches" of Christ .. . . . . . . 841 The Gorleston Case . . . . 846 The Situation in France . . . . 847 Motes . . ... _ . . . . 848 R ev ie w s :
First Principles in Politic? . . 849 The Temperance Problem . . 850 The Catholic Controversy of St.
Francis de Sales . . . . 850 One Hour and the Next . . . . 851 The Daughters of Babylon . . 863 C orrespon d e n c e :
Rome:—(From Our Own Corre
spondent) . . ... „ _ 853 News from Ireland «. 855 News from F rance.. . . . . 856 L e t t f . rs to t h e E d itor :
Dr. Mivart and the Church . . 856
L e t t e r s to t h e E d it o r (Con
tinued) : The French Clergy . . The Benevolent Society .. For Soldiers Killed in Battle A Hymn to St. Peter . . The French Cabinet’s Policy of
Page . 85S . 856 ■ 857 • 857
Persecution . . . . . . . . Catholic Prisoners' Aid Society . . E t Castera . . . . . . .. The Ritual Controversy . . . . St. Joseph’s Royal Navy Fund .. The Law and the Jesuits . . .. Funeral of t.ady Margaret Howard Stevenson and the Lepers . . .. A Jesuit Bishop for Honduras . . The “ Ossarvatore Romano" and the Jews . . . . .. Our Catholic Soldiers and Sailors
In Malta .................................... 863 The Marquis of Ripon and the War 864 Franciscan Tertiaries and the Westminster Cathedral Books of the Week
865 865
F rom E v e r yw h e r e So c ia l a n d P o l it i c a l
Page .. 866 - 866
S U P P L EM E N T . N ew s from t h e Schools :
School Scholarships at Stonyhurst The London School Board and
Underfed Children . . The Wranglers Threatened " A Consulting Manager . . .* A “ Leaving Examination" for
Secondary Schools . . . . St Benedict’s Abbey, Fort Augus
tus ......................... Football . . . . '* y N ew s from t h e D io c e s e s ':* ' ’
Westminster . .
Southwark . . . .
Birmingham . . ** ** Iiexham and Newcastle . . . . Northampton . . Salford . . . , , ’ * Newport . . . . . . *’ St. Awdrey and Tawdry Laces . .
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869 8 6? 870 871 871 871 87t 872 872 873 873 873 873 874 874
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N O T A N D A .
The Guardian, whilst disapproving of the policy of religious persecution upon which the French Cabinet is embarking and which is set forth in our French news, augurs for it no measure of success (p. 857).
CHRONICLE OF THE WEEN
We have considered at length the charge of ri.ual-murder brought against the Jews, aud show the action which succesSlve Popes have taken in the matter. The attitude of the Osservatore Romano is criticized (p. 841).
.The London School Board’s third attempt at dealing 'vuh ihe question of its underfed scholars has been the Occasion of a long debate on the scheme propounded by Mr. B. F. C. Costelloe. An amendment moved by Sir Charles Elliot recommended the organization of voluntary effort. The debate was adjourned (p. 869).
An appreciation of the remarkable volume of sermons by *be Bishop of Newport which is now in such demand in Catholic households (p. 844).
M, Germain-Laccur’s explanation of the way in which the Police agents who made a raid on the offices of La Croix Managed to swell the amount of money found in the coffers of the Assumption^ Fathers throws a curious light on the Methods of the Paris police (p. 847). ^ We publish extracts from the letters of Robert Louis ^evenson giving his first impression of Father Damien apd his home among the Lepers. These first hasty imprest s were corrected by the more intimate knowledge which ?rtenvards gave us the famous letter to the Rev. Mr. Hyde, but they are not without interest (p. 862).
The correspondence between the Bishop of Bath and ' ; e'ls and the Vicar of St. John’s, Bath, shows the deep ^gfificance of the struggle which is now in progress in the . stab'.ishment on the question of the ceremonial use of 5°Cense (p. 859b ^ be three scholarships for Stonyhurst, two of which are . “ fired for open competition whilst the third is restricted to
°>’s who are already members of the College, should be a 4lter of interest and congratulation to many (p. 869). s- The Irish Lord Chancellor declines to sanction the admis-
°h of a youth of 17 to the Jesuit novitiate on the odd e ounfi that it would be “ the initial step to an irrevocable ° ec‘ sion ” (p, 860).
N e w S e r i e s . V o l . L X I I . , N o . 2 ,4 1 6 .
■ IHE WAR. W E
E have come to the turning-point in the campaign. Ladysmith, Kimberley, aud Mafeking have done a'l that was asked of them, have repulsed every assault, aud for weeks have patiently borne with bombardment. Now 30,000 men have been poured into Africa, and strong reinforcements are on the seas. From Mafeking we have news up to Nov. 6, and all was well; Kimberley is only anxious lest it should be overlooked or relieved too late to take part in the general advance upon Pretoria. From Ladysmith the news is still better. The bombardment is wholly ineffective, and every effort of the enemy to draw his lines closer has been successfully baffled. The latest dispatch is dated the iCth inst. is full of confidence : “ This is the fifteenth day of Ihe siege. There is little of interest to report. The enemy continues apathetically dropping shells into ths town aud engaging our cavalry patrols with loDg range fire. It is generally thought that the Boers investing Ladysmith are a containing force, the main body having moved south to intercept the reinforcements which we now hear are arriving at Eslcourt. In the small hours of Wednesday morning we had a night alarm. The enemy fired all their guns bearing on the town. Six civilians have been hit by the shell fire of the last two days. Information is scarce, the enemy still maintaining an excellent cordon of outposts round us. We are all well and confident of ultimate success. The husbanding of ammunition during the early stages of the investment notv makes us secure as far as all munitions of war are concerned. The heavy weather of the last few days has hampered the enemy considerably.” The ODly check to the British arms since we last went to press has been the capture of an armoured train near Estcourt. This was derailed and fired upon by a large body of Boers, who had the help of artillery. After some fighting, part of the train managed to get back to camp; but more than 50 men were taken prisoners.
Such incidents, however, can have no
— t h e c o m i n g permanent effects upon the course of the c a m p a i g n . Wa r . Fhe campaign, which up to now has been purely de^risi/e, will now change its
