A W eekly New spaper and R ev iew .
DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.
From the B r ie f o f His Holiness Pius IX . to The Tablet, June 4, 1870.
V ol. 80. No. 2735. London, October 8, 1892.
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C hronicle of th e W e ek :
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The Government and the Evacuation of Uganda — The Reply of the Company—The County Council and the Tramways—Mr. Courtney on the Prospects of Agriculture—Russia and Bulgaria— Death of M. Renan—Mr. John Burns, M.P., on the Glasgow Congress—Building Trades De•Tnonstration in Hyde Park—Mr. Davitt at Glasgow—Human Sacrifice to the Gods—South Bedfordshire Election— The Disaster to Major Hodister’s ExpeditionLord Tennyson’s Death— The Columbus Festivities .. . . 557 ^Leaders :
Tennyson .. .. • •• 561 Abbé Naudet and the Carmaux
Strike .................................... .562 The Apotheosis of Fra Paolo Sarpi 562
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Leaders (continued) :
Columbus and the Dominicans .. 563 The Stowe Missal . . .. .. 564 N o t e s .................................................. 565 R eviews :
Father Surin’s Letters . . . . 567 F o l k - l o r e ....................................... 568 A Modern Romance .. .. 569 “ The Dublin Review” .. .. 569 The Village Blacksmith .. .. 570 A Month in Tobago .. .. .. 57° C orrespondence :
Rome :—(From Our Own Corre
spondent) ....................................... 573 Dublin :—(From Our Own Corre
spondent) ......................... •• 574
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L etters to th e E ditor :
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Bishop of Worcester . . . . 576 “ Evolution o f Letters ” . . .. 576 Cardinal Newman and Dr. Rus
sell . . . . .. . . . . 576 The Grindelwald Olive Branch . . 576 Convents and Examinations . . 576 Cardinal Howard’s Funeral . . 577 Free Education in a Rural School . . 577 The Platform and Pulpit . . . . 578 The Press and the Mayoralty . . 579 The Catholic Schools o f America . . 580 The Youth of Columbus . . . . 581 The Bishop o f Galway and Ireland’s
Future .. .. .. . . 582 Cardinal Moran on Patriotism . . 583
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Mr. Aubrey de Vere on Inspiration 583 Innocence and Experience .. . . 584 The Bishop of Raphoe in Glasgow 585 Social and P olitical . . . . 585
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t h e g o v e r n m en t T ORD ROSEBERY has lost no a n d t h e
I time in announcing the decision e v a c u a t io n o f
Ug a n d a .
J of the Government with regard to (-jjg policy to be pursued in relation to the districts which have recently been the scene of the civil and religious struggle with which the name of Captain Lugard has been so painfully associated. His letter begins with the statement that it is evident that the resources of the Company are unequal to the continued occupation of J Uganda. The foundation for the next remark, that this has likewise been declared by Lord Salisbury to be arduous, if not impossible, in the present state of communication, must apparently be looked for in some remarks made during the debate upon the Mombasa Railway, and the further statement that the late Government had accepted the principle of evacuation, appears to be based only on the fact that Lord Salisbury hesitated on the eve of the general election to commit the country to a policy which others might so soon have to carry out. Lord Rosebery, shielding himself under the sanction of this supposed approval, accepts the policy of evacuation, but proposes to temper it with delay. He has learned from Sir G. Portal that there are dangers in immediate evacuation which might be obviated if more time were given for preparation. If, therefore, the Com- j pany will hold on for three months more, the Government will bear the cost of the occupation for that time. Then come sentences intended to make it clear that the Government washes its hands of all responsibility, while reserving for themselves absolute freedom of action in regard to any future measures consequent upon the evacuation. Finally, it is left to the Directors of the Company to decide whether or not they will take the Government contribution. If they are of opinion that no additional security would be obtained ’by delay, the evacuation must take place as originally l proposed.
A hastily summoned meeting of the Board t h e r e p l y 0 f £)jrectors of the British East Africa ComTHE c om p a n y . PanY decided to accept the terms offered by !
the Government, and their Secretary, in announcing this resolution to continue the occupation of the | Lake district until March 31, says his Directors have been 1
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actuated by the 'hope that this provisional arrangement may in the issue bear fruit conducive to the cause of humanity and the public advantage. These words are likely to give considerable offence to the evacuation party, and to those Radicals who are usually in favour of the policy of scuttle. In fact, as far as they have any meaning at all, they must be taken to show that the Directors count upon the chapter of accidents to enable them to hold Uganda after all. Meanwhile, there is, not unnaturally, consternation in the missionary world. Bishop Smythies complains bitterly in The Times of the havoc to Protestant civilization which will be caused by the abandonment of Uganda. He is ready to endorse the sentiment that the Gospel is not to be promoted by force, and that a missionary cannot with decency call for a regiment. If missionaries go into a dangerous country, they must do so at their own risk, and not expect armed expeditions to be sent to their rescue. He urges, however, that when a Government has intruded itself into the affairs of the country in which the missioners are at work, it is inevitable that the latter should be largely identified and made responsible for the actions of the former. It may then be an act of most cruel injustice to the missionaries for the nation to withdraw from the country. By the act of withdrawal they leave behind them a legacy of bitterness and ill-feeling, most probably of anarchy and confusion, which, though the missionaries are in no way responsible for them, may easily lead to the entire break-up of their work. In the particular case of Uganda, with the memories of Captain Lugard’s handiwork still fresh in the minds of the people, it seems likely enough that the withdrawal of the Company would have very uncomfortable consequences for some of his protégés. Bishop Smythies and his friends may have only too much reason to regret the use of the Maxim gun as a means of spreading the gospel. Indeed, he is probably not far from the mark when he says that the action of the Government will force upon the Protestant missionaries one of the most serious of all dilemmas ; either to leave their converts to their fate, or to face the near probability of being murdered themselves. But what a pity it is that all this was not thought of before the Maxim gun was used to blow out of the water canoes full of Catholic fugitives. Meanwhile, as might be supposed, wild expedients are being proposed for averting the necessity for evacuation. One gentleman observing that ,£40,000 would enable the Company to hold out for 12 months, asks : “ Are there not enough wealthy men, who have retired with fortunes from business, to make up two or three sums of £40,000 to give the experiment afair chance ?” “ Surely,”