THE TABLET. A Weekly Newspaper and Remew.
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F rom th e B r i e f o f H i s H o lin e s s P iu s I X . to T he T ablet J u n e 4, 1870.
V o l . 78. No. 2681. L o n d o n , S e p t e m b e r 26, 1891. P r ic e sd ., b y P o s t 5$£d.
[R eg iste r ed a t t h e G en er a l P ost O f f ic e a s a N ew spaper.
'C hronicle of t h e W e e k :
The Capture of “ The Freeman ” — Mr. O ’Brien at Westport — Death of Balmaceda-The Manner of Death— Mr. T . W. Russell and Mr. Balfour— Mr. Morley on the Liberal Policy— The New Postmaster-General — The American and Canadian Railways— Famine in Russia— The Recent Storms— Reduction of Foreign Postage— The Canadian Scandals— Return of the Grenadiers— A Murder by Children — Railway Disaster at Burgos— Turkish Circular to the Powers — Death of the Grand Duchess Paul .. . - • • 481
L eaders :
“ The Times ” and Teetotalism . . 485 “ II Venti Settembre” . . .. 486 The German Catholics and Educa
tion . . . . •• •• •• 487
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L eaders (Continued) :
The “ Padroado” in India— II. .. 488
N o t e s .................................... R e v iew s :
Life’s Handicap
. . 49T
A Medical View of Lourdes . .4 9 2 A Socialist Dream .. Toan of A r c ......................... S. Dominic and Descartes •• 493 Natural Theology .. The Apocalypse . . 494
Aspects o f Anglicanism
•• 494
C orrespondence :
Rome :— (From Our Own Corre
spondent) .. . . • • i". 497 Dublin :— (From Our Own Corre
spondent) ......................... • • 498
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L e t t e r s t o t h e E d itor :
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Notes upon the Catholic Church in Wales .. . . .. . . 500 Variegated Vestments .. . . 500 The Oldest Stonyhurst Student.. 501 “ Notes on Labour ” . . . . 501
Catholic Chapel at Colney Hatch
Asylum .. .. .. . . 501
The French Pilgrimage to Rome . . 501
The Pope on Duelling . . . . 503
Catholics Abroad .. . . . . 504
Free Schools in America . . . . 505
Some Publications of the Week .. 508
Social an d P o l it ic a l . . . . 508 F rom E v e r yw h e r e ........................... 508
S U P P L E M E N T . N ews from t h e S chools :
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National Union of Catholic Tea
chers ....................................513 Manchester Board and Voluntary
Schools .. .. . . . . 513 The Oratory School .. .. 514 St. Wilfrid’s College, Cheadle .. 514 The Bishop of Nottingham and
Religious Teaching .. . . 514 The “ Efficiency” of the London
School Board . . .. . . 514 A French Agricultural School . . 515 Derby and the Voluntary Schools 515 About E d u c a t io n .........................516
N ew s from t h e D io ceses :
Westminster.. . . . . . . 516 S o u th w a r k ......................... .. 517 Leeds .. . . .. . . 517 Northampton . . .. .. 517 Nottingham .. . . . . . . 518 The New Catholic Church at Hao-
l e y ............................................... 518
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CHRÔNICLE OF THE WEEK.
OF ‘ THE FREEMAN.1 M T h e
THE CAPTURE
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newspaper ; and that means that as a leader he is lost. Freem an has been wrested from him, and there seems no money with which to start another daily paper. At the adjournment meeting in the Imperial Hotel in Dublin, there was a large attendance, including Mrs. Gray and about 20 other ladies. The Lord Mayor and the two other directors were received with cheers as they entered the room, but the issue was never for an instant doubtful. Proceedings began with a motion made by Mr. E. H. Ennis, one of the staff of T h e F reeh ia n , to the effect that Mr. E. Dwyer Gray should be appointed a director of the Company. Mr. Ennis offered some expressions of the regret he was expected to feel at thus finding himself at variance with old colleagues, and acknowledged the honesty and personal honour of the assailed Directors. On the other hand, he knew with a personal knowledge that young Mr. Gray had developed in a singular degree energy, industry, and ability, and possessed a capacity for practical journalism which amounted to a positive instinct. He recalled how lately 700 persons employed upon T h e F reem an waited on Mr. Gray and united in the expression of a wish that he should fill a position of trust and responsibility in connection with the paper. Then had not Mr. Harrington declared that Mr. Gray seemed to be the guide, philosopher, and friend of some of Mr. Parnell’s leading candidates ? This query brought Mr. Harrington forward, who denied that he had ever said anything of the kind. What he had said was that Mr. Gray had used his influence with Aiderman Dillon to induce him to stand, and that he afterwards ran away from him. Very well, retorted Mr. Ennis, at least that showed that Mr. Gray had charge Mr. Gray with inconsistency was unfair. He was in Australia when the Parnellite crisis arose, and when he returned found T h e F reem an already committed to a policy which had the approval of the staff and directors— he would indeed have been guilty of the pomposity of which he is accused, if he had at once set up his opinion against the material judgment of the staff. In some influence. To grotesque and
PARNELL is now without a time, however, Mr. Gray began to see that the policy hitherto adopted was injurious to the office and the cause which the paper had served so long in the past. Mr. Ennis was followed by Mr. M’Dowell, the Editor of T h e F ree tn an, who observed that he had worked cordially with the old Directors, but that recently the paper had been allowed to have no policy at all, and that was very injurious to it as a commercial undertaking. The Editor seems to have been quite happy when supporting Mr. Parnell and would sooner oppose him than be obliged to drift as a neutral. He added that the thread of continuity would still be preserved, inasmuch as T h e F reem an would still remain the organ of the Irish people. After several persons had spoken against the resolution and protested against giving the paperoverto theBishops Mr. Harrington arose. He thought that Mr. Gray might be useful in the meteorological department, and then caused a scene by accusing Mr. Gray of having admitted that he wanted to lower the value of shares in order to buy them in advantageously. Mr. Wyse Pope said the change in the policy of T h e F reem an would make every Parnellite look on it with loathing and contempt, and accused one priest present of having threatened those who sold T h e F reem an with penalties in this world and the next. But it was soon felt that speeches were only wasting time, and accordingly the motion was put and carried by 61 to 18. Mr. Gray thanked those who had elected him, and said he thought a newspaper ought to follow and not try to lead public opinion. He admitted all his inconsistencies. He had been a strong Parnellite, but he had been misled. I f he had understood the situation clearly from the first he would have opposed Mr. Parnell on two grounds— first, on the moral ground, and, secondly, on the ground that the hostility of the priests and bishops of Ireland made him impossible as a leader. T h e F reem an should continue to be a great Catholic and Nationalist paper, and he would be no party to driving the priests out of Irish politics. The resignations of the three old directors were then formally accepted, and the proceedings ended.
Mr. O’Brien, in his speech at Westport,
MR" °aBxRIEN mac'e ft very clear that henceforth he regards w e s t p o r t . Mr. -Parnell only as a discredited and untrust
worthy man. He complained that Mr. Parnell had called him and Mr. Dillon cowards, idiots, and traitors, and if Mr. Parnell had not gone as far as his eminent friends of the Commercial Branch, who had called them “ fiends out of hell,” he had at least blushed with shame for their conduct. Mr. Gladstone had now bound himself by the most solemn pledges that a full measure of Home Rule
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