THE
A W eek ly TABLET N ew spaper and R eview .
DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS V E STR IS CONSTANTER MANEATIS
From thi B r i e f of His Holiness Pius IX , to The Tablet fune 4, rSjo.
V o l . 75. No, 2605, L o n d o n , A p r il 12, 1890.
P r ic e 5<L, by P o st , s % d
[R e g is t e r e d a t t h e G e n e r a l P ost Of f i c e a s a N ew s p a p er .
C hronicle of t h e W e e k :
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Emin Pasha — The Emperor William and his Army—Strike Riots in Vienna—The Newfoundland Fisheries Agitation— The German Catholics and the Government—Lord R. Churchill and Irish Land Purchase: The First Letter—The Second Letter—The Third Letter—The Old Catholics In Bavaria—The Profits of the Paris Exhibition—Mr. Gladstone and his Constituents—The Strike in the Boot Trade—To •* Volt ” or -to “ Keppel?” — The Crewe Murder —Russian Students and the Government — Tornado in Ohio—Collision in the Channel : A London Steamer Sunk.. . . 557 L e a d e r s : . The Critics of the Bill .. . . 561 j
The New Roman Question . . 562 | Clericals at Work in Belgium .. 563
CONTENTS.
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L e a d e r s (continued): When was Easter Sunday? .. 564
Fritz von Uhde’s Religious Art.. 565 Irish Primary Education.. . . 566
N o t e s . . ..................................... 567 R e v iew s :
A Historical Sketch of the Con
flicts between Jesuits and Seculars in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth................................... 569 The Magazines . . .. . . 570 The M a s s ................................... 57° A German Missioner with Stanley.. 570 The Pilgrimage to the Holy Land 571 C orrespondence :
Rome :—(From Our Own Corre
spondent) . . . . . . .* 573
C o rr e s po n d en c e (continued):
Paris:—(From Our Own Corre
spondent).. . . . . .. 575 Dublin:—(From Our Own Corre
spondent) . . . . . . 576 L e t t e r s to t h e E ditor :
Cardinal Newman and Canon
MacColl . . . . .. . . 577 Intention in Art .. . . . . 578 A Criticism on the Code . . .. 579 “ Priests in Politics ” . . . 580 The Pauper and his H e ir .. .. 580 Burial of Catholic Paupers . . 580 “ The Light of Reason” .. .. 581 The Secular Clergy New Common
Fund . . . . . . . . 581 A Disclaimer .. . . . . 5 8 1 The New Bishop of Derry.. . . 581 Art in Modern Churches . . . . 5 8 1 1 Ob it u a r y ................................... 582
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S ocial and P o l it ic a l . . tt ?'‘ • • 582 F rom E v e r yw h e r e .......................... 582
SUPPLEM ENT. N ew s from t h e S chools :
The Code and the Country . . 589 The Seventeen and Sixpenny
Limit .. .. . . . . 591 National Union of Teachers .. 591 Leamington School Board . . 591 About Education........................ 591 N ew s from t h e D io ceses : Westminster . . . . . 592
Southwark . . .. . . . . 593 Birmingham . . . . ._ 593 Northampton .. .. .. 593 Nottingham .. . . . . 593 Portsmouth.. . . . . . . 593 Salford .. . . . . . . 594 St. Andrews and Edinburgh .. 594
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C H R O N IC L E O F T H E W E E K .
SOME unpleasant surprise has been caused by the news that Emin Pasha has entered the service of the German East African Company, and is to head an expedition which is to be pushed forward by forced marches towards Ujiji. It had long been clear that the relations between Stanley and Emin, between rescuer and rescued, were very strained. Last week a body of men paraded the streets of Zanzibar scattering copies of a proclamation printed in European and Arabic characters, and signed by Emin Pasha. It addressed the whole Arab population, and vehemently denied that the Pasha was concerned in any way whatever with Mr. Stanley and the English in the civil action recently brought in the Zanzibar courts by the Emin Relief Committee against Tippoo Tib. The document also accused the British Consul General of issuing a proclamation falsely describing Emin Pasha as the plaintiff. The incident is probably not very important, but it is eloquent of the point of view of the way in which Emin regards the men who extracted him from his province. In the opinion of Mr. Stanley the proposed expedition is not likely to conflict with English interests, but to operate exclusively within the well defined limits of the German sphere of influence. It is again reported that Dr. Peters and Lieutenant Tiedetnann are near Kavironds.
THE EMPEROR WILLIAM
AND HIS ARMY.
The Emperor William has a passion for rescripts. Withal, it cannot be denied that his rescripts make a sensation when they appear. At the end of last week he issued a document as King of Prussia in reference to the position of officers in the Prussian army. The general drift of the announcement is an attack on the luxury which the Emperor considers to have been growing up, despite all the dowdy army traditions of the Prussians. He begins, however, by reiterating his views on the supply of officers for the army, on the officers pay from private sources, and on deductions from their pay. As the principles which seem to guide these matters are not everywhere the same, the Emperor proceeds to give detailed expression “ to my will in this matter for the guidance of all concerned.” The gradual increase of the cadres of the army appears to have
New Series, Vol. XL1II., No, i , n i considerably raised the necessary number of military officers counted in the Budget. These positions, therefore, require filling. The Emperor goes on to say that nobility by birth cannot now, as formerly, claim for itself the privilege of giving the army its officers ; ” nevertheless, the “ nobility of sentiment which has at all times animated our officers, shall and must be preserved unaltered. “ I recognise the leaders of the future of my army likewise, in the sons of those honourable untitled families in which the love of King and Fatherland, a warm heart for the profession of Arms, and Christian culture are fostered and inculcated.” The Vossiche, by the way, thinks “ Christian culture” is a hit at the Emperor Frederick, and is intended to discourage the increase of Jewish officers in the Prussian Army. The Emperor proceeds to discourage the practice of certain commanders, who, in an individual spirit, require candidates, for instance, to have passed the “ leaving examination ” in Classical High Schools or to show that they will receive a large addition to their pay from private sources. The Emperor now, accordingly, orders that as a general rule, the commanders of the Infantry, the Rifl-ts, the Foot Artillery, and the Pioneers shall no longer require more than a monthly addition of 45 marks to the pay of officers ; in the Field Artillery not more than 70 marks ; and the Cavalry not more than 150 marks, except in the case of certain garrisons. The Emperor bases his change on the ground that he regards it as contrary to the interests of the army to demand additions as high as 75 or 100 marks and upwards in the Infantry and cognate branches ; while in the Cavalry, especially in the Guards, the private income hitherto insisted upon in addition to the usual pay has been so high that country squires are hardly able to send their sons into this branch of the service. Exaggerated demands such as these, he concludes, impair both the quality and quantity of the supply of officers. He declares that he has no wish that the prestige of the officers’ corps should be measured by their superfluous resources. He makes it the duty of commanders to oppose the “ manij fold excrescences of luxury ” (the Emperor likes rhetoric) which seem to consist in “ costly presents,” junkets and Ifetes, “ extravagant expenditure on social gatherings,” hoc oenus omne. Above all, he emphatically denounces the ( idea that a commander is in any way bound to incur large expenses for the purpose of official display. “ It is my will that only commanding generals shall be bound to make such display, and it must not happen in my army that I meritorious staff officers should look forward with anxiety to , the pecuniary sacrifices which they suppose to be necessary
