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DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETI AM ADDIMU3 UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS
From the B r i e f of H is Holiness P iu s IX , to T h e T a b l e t fu n t 4, 18 70.
V ol. 75. No. 2596. L ondon, F ebruary 8 , 1890.
P r ic e sd., by P ost, sJ£d
[R e g is t e r ed a t t h e G en e r a l Post Offic e as a N ew spaper.
CONTENTS.
■ Chronicle of th e Week :
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Church and Slate in France — Emin Pasha and General Gordon —Death of the Due de Montpensier—The Situation in Austria— •Sweden and Africa—Fatal Fire at Washington—The Flock at Washington —Prince Rudolph's Anniversary—Colonel de Staffers Pamphlet—Mr. Parnell and the “ Times”'—Death of Mr. Justice Manisty —The Results of the .Dock Strike—Trial of the Bi-hop of Lincoln—The Crewe Murder— Retirement in the Army—Colliery Disaster .. .. .. .. 197
L ead ers (continued-) :
Burial of Baron Von Francken-
Page stein .. .. .. . • 204 I Notes .. ............................. 205 ! The Salvation Army in India .. 206 I R eview s :
Tne Viking Age : The Early His
tory, Mann-rs, and Customs, of the Ancestors of the Englishj Speaking Nations _ .. .. 208
Les Crileres Theologiques _•• 209 The Little Manual of Expiation 210 The Magazines .. .. .. 210
L e a d e r s :
j Correspondence :
Rome :—(From Our Own Corre
The Priest in Politics .. .. 201 spondent) .. .. .. .. 2x3 Italian Conservatism .. .. 202 | Paris:—(From Our Own CorreThe Dutch Denominational Vic- j spondent).. .. .. .. 214
tory .. .. .. .. 203 I Dublin:—(From Our Own CorreDr. Franz Von Hettinger .. 204 spondent) .. .. .. 215
L e t t e r s to th e E ditor :
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The Pilgrimage to the Holy Lan ] 2x6 Office of the Seven Founders of the Servites .. .. .. 2x6 Maitland’s *’ Dark Ages” . .2 16 A Disclaimer .. .. .. 217 Sad Fishing Disaster .. .. 217 A Question .. .. .. 2x7 The Late Empress and the Brazilian
Press .. .. .. .. .. 2x7 Catholics and Public Affairs .. 2x8 Lord Bute’s Cardiff Address .. 219 The French Military Law .. .. 220 The Archbishop of Dublin and
Temperance.. .. .. .. 221 The Allegations against St. John’s
Hospital .. .. .. .. 22x Obitu a r y ............................................ 221 F rom E v e r yw h e r e ............................... 222 Social a n d P o l it ic a l . . . . 222 M a r r ia g e . . . . . . . . 222
SUPPLEMENT D ecisio ns of R oman Congrega
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N ews from th e S chools :
University of London and Pro
vincial Colleges .. .. .. 229 Catholic Collegiate Institute,
Manchester .. .. . . 2 2 9 Free Education at London School
Board .. ..
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Advice to Teachers .. . . 2 3 1 N ews from th e D io c e s e s : Westminster . .. . . 231
Southwark .. .. .. .. 23x Birmingham .. . . .. 231 Clifton .. .. .. .. 232 Hexham and Newcastle .. .. 232 Salford .. ........................ 232 Glasgow .. .. .. .. 232 Galloway .. .. . . . 232 Wild Words at Döllingers uneral 232
*#* Rejected MS. cannot be returned unless accompanied w ith address and postage.
C H R O N IC L E O F T H E W E E K .
TH E question o f M. Sabouraud’s election to the French Chamin francs. ber, which was annulled by 274 votes against 198, led unexpectedly to a debate on the reciprocal duties o f Church and State. It appears that the main reason for quashing the deputy’s election was, that clerical influence had been used in it, and that the clergy had urged upon their congregations that to vote for the Republican candidate would be to vote in favour o f civil war and religious persecution. Mgr. Freppel took the opportunity of entering into an explanation of the Church’s attitude in regard to the rights and duties of priests in electoral matters. H e said that it was not merely the right but the duty o f the clergy to concern themselves with the affairs of their country. The priest, who was “ also a citizen,” was bound to ensure to the last point o f his endeavours the triumph of what he considered most advantageous to the nation. I f such rights were refused, then would the clergy have passed beyond the pale o f the law. Coming to the rights and duties o f the priest in exercising influence over electoral matters, Mgr. Freppel granted his hearers that the matter was more delicate. But the priest, he said, could not be classed as a State functionary, who had no right to combat the Government, merely because the Church received a slender annual indemnity for the-property o f which she had been dispossessed. To be a functionary, he rightly contended, a man must have at least a minute portion o f power assigned to him, and how stood this case ? Neither bishop nor priest had the smallest atom o f power between his fingers. The Church had made her priests functionaries, not the S ta te ; they had not received their mission to preach the gospel from the President o f the Republic. I f the priest should for reasons abstain from personalities in the pulpit, it was nevertheless his duty to remind his congregation that they were responsible for their votes, and that as good Christians they were not permitted to encourage persons hostile to the Church and her doctrines. H e would not admit offhand that during the elections the clergy had expressed themselves too freely, but granting a possible excess of language he would ask Republicans if they had a right to feel astonishment at it— if they did well to be angry. What was this compared to the
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incessant war against the Church waged by Republicans during the last ten years ? From four to five thousand members of religious congregations had been expelled from their homes, priests had been banished from the Bureaux de Bienfuisance and from the hospital committees. The Sisters o f Mercy had been driven from the hospitals, schools had been laicised, seminarists had been sent to the barracks, and now Republicans were engaged in destroying missionary congregations, depriving priests o f their just stipends, and denouncing the Concordat. In the face o f such facts this party held up their hands in horror, and found it amazing and most wicked that the oppressed should utter some cries o f indignation. To him M. R ibot replied, taking a tone o f deprecating defence. H e contested each of the Bishop’s arguments, and maintained that if the Concordat did not make the priest a state functionary, it at least created a bond between Church and State which the Church had no desire to break. H e himself desired religious peace, but only by the expulsion o f the priest from politics. H is party rather than his principles availed, and, as sve have seen, the election o f M. Sabouraud was annulled by a heavy majority.
Full accounts are now to hand o f Mr.
— a - ha Stanley’s speech at the Khedive’s banquet general*Gordon. ar>d a' 30 some curious details o f the rela
tions between Em in Pasha and the late
General Gordon. “ Full of a hundred contradictions, but a just man and most pious,” is the verdict of Emin. With all his personal heroism and selflessness and detachment, Gordon seems to have been a man not very easy to get 011 with. When Governor-General of the Soudan, in 18 77, at Khartoum, he offered Emin the post o f Secretary, the best paid position after that o f the Governor in the whole of the Soudan. After some hesitation Emin declined, and when pressed for his reasons said that some day, sooner or later, Gordon would be told that he, Emin, “ had taken bribes,” “ and then,” added Emin, “ you would be the first to condemn me unheard— without asking me a word.” When Gordon asked why he could not take the simple precaution o f denouncing at once any man who even hinted at a bribe, Emin replied, “ Would that be honest in a country where it is a universal custom ?” Emin continued for some time after to dine at General Gordon’s tab le ; but Gordon utterly ignored him, spoke no word to him, and would leave the table without speaking when the meal was finished. E x planations however followed, and Emin was ultimately appointed Governor of the equatorial provinces. Finding the country fertile but badly cultivated, he asked General Gordon to procure for him some seeds for sowing, and got for
