THE TABLET
A W eek ly N ew sp aper a n d R ev iew .
DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS
From the B r i e f of H is Holiness Pius I X . to T h e T a b l e t Tune 4, i Sjc .
V o l . 75. No, 2595, L o n d o n , F e b r u a r y i , 1890.
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The Anti-Socialist Rill in Germany— Dissolution of the German Parliament—Turkey and Armenia — More French Elections— France and Egypt—The Fall of FreeTrade in France—The Emperor William’s Birthday— Major Wisatnann’s Exploits—The Welfare^ of African Paces — Extradition Treaty with the United States— Mr. Morley at Liverpo 1— The Eight Hours Question— Death of Sir William Gull—The Gales in . England-The Influenza Epidemic — Dr. Bamardo’s Appeal—The
Illness o f Several Judges.. . . 157 L e a d e r s :
The Empire and the Penny . . 161 Baron Von Fran ikenstein . . 16 1 O ld Masters at Burlington House 163
[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 ew s p a p e r .
CONTENTS ,
L e a d e r s (con t in u ed ) :
French Catholics and the Cen
Page tenary of 1889 . . . . . . 164 N o t e s ................................................... 165
Presentation to the Rev. Angelo
Lucas.,
167
R e v ie w s :
The Foundations of the Creed . . 168 The Life of Alexander Pope . . 168 An Extravagant Extravaganza 169 The “ Dublin R ev iew ” . . .. 169 Catholic Truth Society's Recent
Publications . . . . . . 171 Christian Reunion . . . . . . 171
C orrespon d e n c e (continued):
Paris:— (From Our Own Corre
Page spondent) . . . . . . . . 174 Dublin:— (From Our Own Corre
spondent) . . . . . . 175 L e t t e r s t o t h e E d it o r :
The Pilgrimage to the Holy Land
— When It Should Start .. 176 Office of the Seven Founders of the Servîtes . . .. .. 176 Catholic Poor Law Guardians . . 176 Father Perry’s Death . . . . 177 Mr. Gladstone on the Interior Life 179 Requiem for the Late Duke d’Aosta 179
A Letter from Molokai C o r r e s p o n d e n c e :
Rome :— (From Our Own Corre
spondent) ..
1 7 1 O b i t u a r y
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S o c ia l a n d P o l i t i c a l . . . . 180 173 ’ M a r r ia g e .................................... 180
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C H R O N I C L E O F T H E W E E K .
THE ANTI-SOCIALIST T ILL IN GERMANY. T
HE seventh and last of the triennial Parliaments of Germany is ended, and its life went out in storm. It will be remem
bered that on Thursday last week the Socialist law, shorn of its expulsion clause, had been carried in spite of the opposition of the Centre and Radicals by the narrow majority of 116 to i n votes. Two days later the same Bill, in exactly the same form, was denounced and defeated by the substantial majority of 169 to 98. In the interval the old Conservative party learned from their leader, Herr von Helldorf, that rather than have the Bill without the clause empowering the Government to order an obnoxious Socialist across the frontier, the Emperor and his advisers would not have the Bill at all. In other words, Prince Bismarck, sooner than take the Bill in a maimed shape from the expiring Parliament, preferred to wait and see if it cannot be got in its entirety from the quinquennial Parliament which is to be elected on February 20. On getting the word of command, the whole of the old Conservative party went over to the Opposition, and voted down the Bill they had carried two days before. The National Liberal party, strengthened by the Free Conservatives, though opposed to expulsion clauses, steadily supported the Bill. The majority which defeated it was thus made up of the Conservatives who objected to it, because in its docked form it was not stringent enough, and the Centre and Radicals who considered it unnecessary in any form. The debate was opened by two long but eloquent and effective speeches from Herr Bebel and Herr Liebknecht, the two chiefs of the Socialists. The latter described his party as the leavening idealists of modern society, and each prophesied victory at the coming elections. For the Government, the Ptussian Minister of the Interior, Herr von Herrfarth, contended that Socialism vas a growing danger to the Empire, and that to combat it the Government needed to be armed with all the means of repression which had hitherto been at their disposal. Then came the speech, which in its boldness and unexpectedness has been the nine-dayswonder of the Empire. Prince Carolath-Schonaich sat among the Free Conservatives, but he carefully explained that the responsibility for his opinions in this instance rested
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with himself alone. He began by giving examples of abuses to which the arbitrary powers of the police had led. In one case a Hamburg senator had suppressed a paper for printing a poem in glorification of a poor English labourer who had sacrificed his life in saving from destruction a whole railway train. The poem was interpreted by the authorities as tending to stir up class hatred. The speaker then went on to refer to more delicate matters, and contrasted the senseless severity of the police in the case he had quoted, with their culpable blindness in refusing to notice a notorious pamphlet in which the Queen of England and the Empress Frederick had been held up to ridicule and to public hatred as trying to interfere in the management of German policy. He and his friends agreed with the Government in thinking that Socialism must be combatted, but they differed about the means. They objected to the expulsion clauses as arbitrary and as futile, and they preferred to have dangerous agitators close at hand, where the police could control their activities. Except for those clauses he was ready to see the measures against Socialism part of the permanent law of the country. In his opinion a free discussion of Socialism would do more to expose its follies and to disillusionise its votaries than all the police repression in the world. Among the Social Democrats were countless victims and countless idealists, and he would make bold to say that they in Germany were fast losing sight of the ideal, living as they did in a time of materialism and obsequious truckling for official promotion. Under the combined influences of this surprising speech and the known wishes of the Government the Bill was thrown out.
DISSOLUTION OF THE GERMAN
PARLIAMENT.
Immediately the result of the division was known, Herr von Brotticher, as representing Prince Bismarck, rose in his place and announced that the Emperor meant to close Parliament immediately, and expected to see the Deputies the same evening in the White Saloon of his Schloss. In his address of dismissal and farewell to this, the last of the triennial Parliaments of Germany, the Emperor was eminently gracious, and his words of congratulation and thanks left out any reference to the failure of the Government to get their way in the matter of the antiSocialistic legislation. After referring to the internal peace which Germany had enjoyed, the Emperor dwelt at length upon the economic legislation of the past three years, and specially with that dealing with accidents and national insurance. In spite of the silence of the Emperor, however, it is anticipated that the Imperial Government will throw its
