THE TABLET. A W eekly Newspaper and R eview .

DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.

From the Briej o f His Holiness Pius IX . to T he Tablet June 4, 1870.

V ol. 78. No. 2691. London, December 5, 1891.

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C hronicle of th e Week : Page

The German Chancellor on Foreign Affairs— Lord Lytton’s Funeral— The East Dorset Election—The Postmaster-General at Manchester—British Interests in South America—The Reported French Acquisition on the Red Sea— Spain— France—Gas Explosion in Blackburn—Railway Accident in Switzerland—The French Strike —Mr. Rhodes in Mashonaland— The Revolts in China—The Latest News—Egypt—Recruiting in the English Army—The Influenza— The Kaiser’s Curious Speech— Count Kalnoky and the Roman Question— Italy and the Church

Italian Finance— Mr. Goschen and £\ Notes—The Fatal Gun Practice—Mr. Chaplin on Agricultural Reform .. .. .. .. 881

CONTENTS.

Leaders :

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The London School Board Elec­

tion.. .. .. .. .. 885 Echoes of the Pantheon .. .. 885 The Impressionists in Piccadilly 886 Daily Life in the Dawn of History 887 The Question of the Catholic

Church in Wales.........................888 The Arm of Blessed John Houghton 889 N o t e s .................................................... 890 R eviews :

Didon’s Life of Christ .. .. 892 The Archaeology of the Mass .. 893 Inconsequent Lives .. .. 894 Lyra Heroica . . .. •• 894 A Brace of Novels .. .. .. 894 Gossip of Letters .. . .. 895 Sepulchral Antiquities . . . . 895

C orrespondence :

Rome :—(From Our Own Corre­

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spondent) .. .. .. .. 897 I Dublin :—(From Our Own Corre- ,

spondent) .. .. .. .. 898 ; L etters to th e E ditor :

The Services of the Liturgy .. 900 Catholics and the London School

Board Election .. .. .. 901 Irish Politics .. .. .. 901 Mass for the Navvies at Castle

Rock .. .. .. .. 901 An Explanation .. .. .. 902 Mr. Atkinson’s Candidature .. 902 Peace Sunday .. .. .. 902 Catholics Abroad .. .. .. 902 St. John of the Cross and the Bishop of Madrid .. .. .. .. 903 Dr. M’Glynn and the Sacred Con­

gregation .. .. .. .. 904 Death of the Right Rev. Abbot

Clifton

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Some Publications of the Week .. 904 Social and P olitical 905 F rom E verywhere........................... 905 A ppeal to th e C haritable . . 905

SUPPLEMENT. N ews from the Schools :

London School Board Election .. 913 A Common Morality .. .. 914 About Education.........................914 N ews from th e D ioceses :

Westminster Clifton Liverpool Newport and Menevia Northampton Nottingham.. Plymouth Glasgow Argyll and the Isles

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C H R O N IC L E O F T H E W E E K .

THE GERMAN CHANCELLOR ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS. G

ENERAL VON CAPRIVI, in T the Reichstag on November 27,

delivered one of the best speeches he has ever made. It lasted over an hour, and was listened to with the greatest attention by the House. He flatly contradicted the rumour which attributed to him a desire to quit his office of Chancellor. Coming to the subject of foreign affairs, he said : “ The foreign policy of the Government is a very simple one. Its chief requisite is truth and frankness. It is certainly not necessary to go round to make daily efforts to deceive others. A favourable constellation of political affairs in Europe now makes it easy to be true and open. These affairs have run their course very simply. The modern newspaper reader, however, experiences a certain need of sensation. He wishes something to happen, and when nothing goes wrong he is discontented and blames the Government for it.” The Chancellor then went on to say how he had returned from Russia with the conviction that the meeting of the two Emperors had had the best effect. He could not understand why people should look with alarm upon the reception accorded to the French Fleet at Cronstadt, and object to other people shaking hands. “ I am firmly convinced that the personal intentions of the Emperor of Russia are the most peaceful in the world. I am equally convinced that no Government of to-day can wish to provoke a war. The consciousness that the coming war will be one of a very grave and serious character has spread itself throughout the world.”

On Sunday the remains of Lord Lytton lord i .y t t o n ’s were escorted from Paris with immens e cere-

f u n e r a l . monial to this side of the channel, where,

with something less of gorgeousness, they were taken on the last journey to Knebworth. There were present, however, at Newhaven at five o’clock in the morning, a few of Lord Lytton’s personal friends, who came down to the wharfside. The railway officials had made all the necessary arrangements, which were of the simplest kind. The coffin, draped with the Union Jack, was placed at Dieppe in the deck saloon ■ of the steamship Paris, which arrived at Newhaven after a

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somewhat rough passage. But for the fact of the arrival taking place between sunset and sunrise the steamer conveying the body would have been entitled to a salute of 19 guns from the fortification which protects Newhaven. There was, however, no ceremony whatever in the bitter cold and mist of the early morning. The Earl of Lytton, some time before his death, expressed a strong opinion against the practice of strewing flowers and wreaths upon a coffin, and, in accordance with his known desire, most of his friends sent no floral tributes. There were, however, in addition to two wreaths placed on the coffin by the Countess of Lytton and her daughters, several wreaths of laurel, one of which was understood to have been sent by the Staff of the Embassy. The train arrived at Victoria shortly after eight. There were there waiting to receive the body Colonel Villiers, brother of Lady Lytton, and other relatives. The coffin was placed in a plain hearse, and driven by road, a distance of 31 miles, to Knebworth, where the funeral took place on Tuesday.

The counting of the votes polled on Friday THE in the East Dorset election was not commenced e l e c t io n . unt'l ten o’clock on Saturday morning, as some of the boxes from the outlying stations did not arrive in time. The result was declared as follows : The Hon. Humphrey Sturt (Conservative), 4,421; the Hon. Pascoe Glyn (Gladstonian), 4,074 ; majority, 347. The following are the figures of the last two elections : 1886— Mr. G. H. Bond (C.), 4,317 ; Hon. Pascoe Glyn (G.), 3,662 ; majority, 655. 1885— Hon. Pascoe Glyn (L.), 4,543; Mr. G. H. Bond (C.), 3,846 ; majority, 697. After the declaration of the poll, Mr. Humphrey Sturt addressed his supporters at Wimborne, thanking them for their determination to uphold the Union and support the Government. Mr. Glyn addressed his supporters, and each candidate spoke of the honourable conduct of the other during the contest. The Hon. Humphrey Napier Sturt, of Crichel, Wimborne, Dorsetshire, who thus succeeds to the seat, is the only son of Henry, first Baron Alington, by his marriage with Lady Augusta Bingham, eldest daughter of the third Earl of Lucan, was born on August 20, 1859, educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, and was from 1881 to 1884 a Lieutenant in the Dorsetshire Yeomanry. He is in the Commission of the Peace and a Deputy Lieutenant for Dorsetshire, and is a County Councillor, representing the Handley Division. Mr. Sturt, who unsuccessfully contested the Northern Division of the county in 1885, against the Hon. Edwin Berkeley Portman, is the 131st new' member returned