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'C hronicle o f t h e W e e k :
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Imperial Parliament: Mr. Gladstone’s Amendment — Continuation c f Debate : Counting Out— The Division on the Amendment — Debate on the Motion— Irish Land Tenure Bill— Retirement of •the Hungarian Premier— French Events— Explosion in Morfa Collier}'— The Lincolnshire Election — Drowning o f Sir Howard filphinstone — English Socialists 'and the Tsar— Madame Tshebrikova’s Letter to the Tsar— M. Eiffel and the Forth Bridge—The New Bishop of Durham—The Strikes and the Shipping Trade.. 397 L eaders :
The Italian Grand Orient on
Education.. . . . . . . 401 Unhappy Mahaffy........................... 401 Mr. Mundella’s Board School
R e l i g i o n ....................................... 403
CONTENTS.
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L eaders (continued):
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“ The Unknown Eros ” . . . . 404 A Club for Flower Girls . . . . 4 0 5
N o t e s ................................................... 405
R e v iew s :
Life in the Daughter-Lands of
Britain . . .. . . . . 407 Life of St. Dominic . . .. 408 The “ English Historical Review” 409 The Magazines . . . . . . 410 St. Brigid’s Schools of the Holy
Faith in Dublin . . . . . 411 C orrespondence :
Rome :— (From Our Own- Corre
spondent) .. . . . . . . 413 Paris:—(From Our Own Corre
spondent) . . . . . . . . 415
Correspondence (continued) :
Dublin:— (From Our Own Corre
spondent) ......................... 416 L e t t e r s to t h e E d itor :
The “ CappaMagna” at Solesmes 417 The Theocracy of the New Law 417 “ Priests in Politics ” . . .. 417 The Pilgrimage to Palestine . . 418 The Hungarian Confession of
Faith .................................... 418 Destitute Children’s Dinner So
ciety _
St. Patrick’s Day .. . . .. 418 Bishop Bonner’s Book o f Ho
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milies ....................................... 418 O b it u a r y ........................................... 419 Social a n d P o l it i c a l . . . . 419 F rom E v er yw h e r e ...............................419 A ppeal to t h e C h a r it a b l e . . 420
SU PPLEM ENT. N ews from th e S chools :
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The Coming Code.........................429 Denominational Schools and Free
Education.. . . . . .. 429 In Aid of St. Mary’s Schools,
Croydon . . .. . . .. 430 About Education . . . . .. 430 N ew s from t h e D io ceses :
Westminster . . . . . 431 Southwark . . . . . . . . 432 Leeds .. .. . . . . 432 Northampton . . . . . . 432 Nottingham . . . . . . 432 Portsmouth . . . . . . . . 432 , Archbishop Walsh's Palace and the
Labour League . . . . . . 433 Dr. Barnardo A g a in .........................433
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CH R O N IC LE O F TH E W EEK .
with the criticisms which had been passed on his Oxford speech, justified its motives and its assertions. Thence he passed to a review of the incidents of the Commission, of the difficulties attending it, the findings of the Commisj sioners, and the justification of his own action. He was
THE last speeches on Mr. Glad
stone’s amendment to Mr. amendment. ^ ^ \ H. Smith’s motion on the Parnell Commission Report fell followed by Mr. E. Harrington and Colonel Saunderson. Mr. Harrington confessed that for his part he would despise himself if it had been that he was not included in this “ criminal conspiracy.” Colonel Saunderson devoted himself to agrarian outrage, receiving from one member in J Opposition the cry of “ Liar.” His speech was, neverthe- I less an effective one. Mr. Justin McCarthy was speaking when the debate was adjourned.
into the hands of the lawyers. Sir Charles Russell followed Mr. Bryce in the debate. Dividing the matter o f the motion under three heads— an expression of thanks to the Judges, the adoption of the Report, and its inscription on the Journals of the House— he contended against the first as a bad precedent. Coming to the Report itself,'he expressed a high respect for the Judges on matters which were open to direct proof or disproof, but in the thousand intricate threads whose unravelling is chiefly ■ dependent on prejudice and party prepossession he confessed that he considered the Judges necessarily wanting. Cut out, he said, from the charges and allegations in Parnellism and Crime all those which the Judges have found disproved, and is there any one on that side of the House who will say that the remnant of the charges would have been a justification for the Commission ? Sir Charles then came to criticise the Attorney-General’s Oxford speech on the Special Commission, detail by detail. Leaving this, he told the oft-told story of the forged letters, urging that he was ied to do this because Mr. Chaplin had publicly stated that the Times deserved the thanks of the country. Here Mr. Chaplin interrupted with a correction of the interpretation thus put upon his words. Sir Charles, therefore, went on to urge considerations in support of the amendment: “ I think,” he said to the Government, “ you are pursuing a very blind ■ course ” in striving to drive Mr. Parnell from politics, who had “ shifted the political fulcrum of Irish politics to the floor of this House ; who had drawn away from secret associations great popular forces into Constitutional action that may or may not have had its attendant evils and blots. No one will deny it has had this effect— unless, indeed, your policy prevents it— it has made Fenianism and secret societies cease to be a political factor in Ireland to-day. Above all, he has taught the Irish people to have faith in Parliament and in its sense of justice. He has taught them to look to Parliamentary methods for redress. You are not pursuing a statesmanlike course.” So he concluded. The AttorneyGeneral followed, and dealing in his opening words chiefly .
When the Debate was resumed, Mr.
1 Cof"debaw— Jenn'nSs gave notice to add the following 1 counting out. words to the original motion : “ And,
further, that this House deems it its duty to r.cord the condemnation of the conduct of those responsible for the accusation of complicity in murder brought against members of this House, discovered to be based mainly on forged letters, and declared by the Special Commission to be disproved.” Mr. Justin MacCartby resumed the Debate, though without adding anything of importance to it. Sir Henry James followed in one of his most lawyer-like and moderate speeches. He, after dealing with the more intimate matters which bore on the Amendment and the Motion, spoke at some detail on Le Caron’s evidence, giving reasons for its inherent probability and replying to Sir Charles Russell’s contentions for its probable untruthfulness. Pie concluded with an appeal similar to Mr, Gladstone’s, asking his hearers to set aside party feeling and party prejudice, and to judge of the matter on the grounds where for once both moraliiy and expediency meet. Meanwhile interest was fast slipping away from the Debate. Mr. Asquith followed Sir Henry James, devoting himself principally to an attack on the Attorney-General. Mr. C. Hall followed, and Dr. Wallace was about to continue the Debate, when Mr. H. Stewart drew the attention of the Speaker to the fact that there were less than 40 members present. On a count, the requisite number of members not being present, the House adjourned at a quarter to nine.
On Monday the Debate on the Com-
™ on ^iheON mission was introduced by a number of a m e n d m e n t , questions addressed to the Chair as to whether it was the correct thing for the
Government to resume the discussion without notice after a count, The Speaker decided that under the circumstances
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