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DOM VOBIS GRATOLAMUR, ANIMOS RTIAM ADDIMÜS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTRR MAN3ATIS.

From the Brief oj His Holiness Pius IX. to T he T ablet, June p, iSfo.

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Chronicle of th e W eek !

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The Opening of Parliament: The Debate in th e L o rd s — T h e Premier’s Reply—The Debate in the C omm on s — Mr. Dillon’s Amendment— The Leadership of the Irish Party—Anglo-American Arbitration— A Message o f Hatred — British^ Evidence for the U .S . Commission-South African Events —A Blow to the Central African Slave Trade— Explosion of an Aerolite Over Madrid — Prince Boris — Aerial Navigation — An Eight Hours Day— Liberals and E d u c a t io n .................................... 237 L e ad er s :

The Debate on the Address . . 241 Home Rule for the Rand.. . . 242 The Catholic Testimony to the

Armenian Massacres . . .. 243 The Verbal Music of Blank Verse 244 N otes - 245

C O N T E N T S

R eviews :

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Dr. Baxter on Wellhausen . . 247 T h e a tr ic a ls .................................... 248 Pax and Carlino . . . . . . 248 “ The Month ” . . . . . . 248 “ The Irish Ecclesiastical Record” 249 A Greek Rejoinderto the Patriarch

Anthimus......................... . . 250 The Bishop of Newport and Menevia on Reunion ......................... Cardinal Manning and the English

Church . . . . .. Correspondence :

Rome :— (From Our Own Corre­

spondent) .. News from Ireland . . _ News From France L etters to th e Editor :

The Coming Education Bill . . 255 Cardinal Manning and Cardinal

250 251

253 254 255

Newman . . . . .. . . 256 Was Barlow a Bishop ? . . . . 256 Dom Gasquet and the Cistercians 250 | Martyrs and the Sword .. . . 256

L etters to th e E ditor (Con­

Page tinued) : Anglicanism .. .. . . . . 256 The Disturbances in Hyde P a rk .. 257 ‘ ‘ Life of Cardinal Manning : ” A

Correction. : . . . . 257 Fra Pantaleo _ ......................... 257 The British Empire and the Catholic

Church .. .. . . .. 257 The “ Life o f Cardinal Manning” . . 258 Catholic Union of Great Britain . . 260 A Franciscan Martyred in Armenia 261 The Queen’s Speech . . . . . . 261 Anglo-American Arbitration . . 262 Catholic Children in Totnes Work-

house . . .. . . . . 262 Anglican Clergymen and Schis­

matic Bishops . . . . . . 263 The Late Father Garnett, of the

Oratory Books of the Week F rom E veryw h ere . . O b itu a r y S e e a l a n d P o l it ic a l

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Mr. Balfour’s Speech . . . . 269 Religious Teaching . . . . 200 Deductions Under the 17s. 6d.

Limit — . . . . ..2 ^ 9 Ushaw Dinner in Newcastle . . 270 The London University Question 270 Elementary Education in Russia 271 The^Education Act and Religious

Liberty . . . . .... 271 A Simplification of the Religious

Difficulty . . . . . . . . 271 Religious Teaching in Board

S c h o o l s ......................... . . 271 The Play Hours at Elemental y

Schools . . . . . . . . 2 7 c N ew s from t h e D io ceses : Westminster ......................... 2j

Southwark . . . . . . . . 2 * Clifton ......................... Newport and Menevia Salford St. Andrews and Edinburgh

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CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

THE OPENING OF

PARLIAMENT : THE DEBATE IN

THE LORDS.

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N spite o f the brief session held last autumn the meeting o f the representatives o f the nation that took p lace on Tuesday was regarded as practically the opening o f a new Parliam ent.

In the H ouse o f Lords, after the Queen’s Speech had been read and the mover and seconder o f the Address to the Throne— th e “ flowers o f political virginity,” as L o rd R o se bery called them— had performed their duty, the customary debate was opened b y the ex-Premier. H e recognized some o f the prom ised bills as derelicts. Turning to agriculture, he professed his inability to foresee a rem edy for a condition the causes o f which are so obvious and irrem ediable— the victory over distance b y direct and rapid transport, the fillin g o f our markets with produce from new lands cheaply cultivated, and the unfavourable clim atic influences o f our islands. H e warned the Government against lowering the standard o f education, interfering with the present constitution o f the Board schools, and said that with any increased assistance to the Voluntary system, an efficient popular contro l must b e introduced. O n the question o f the T ransvaal, after a tardy compliment to Mr. Chamberlain for doing h is duty and doing it promptly, L o rd Rosebery thought that a solid guarantee for the redress o f the grievances o f the U itlanders was given in th e despatch published from the Colonial Office. H e acknowledged that Venezuela was a troublesom e state to deal with, and welcomed the intervent io n o f the U n ited States in the dispute as the one satisfactory in c id en t in the matter, as in troducing the important element o f a solid Government which seem ed to promise that a settlem ent arrived at would be permanent. But his lordch ip ’s ch ie f topic was A rm enia. Whilst awaiting fuller information he could not help pointing to the way in which L o rd Salisbury, in h is recent speech at Brighton, had clim bed down from his brave words o f menace to the Sultan, and acknowledged that the one power in Turkey capable o f effecting the necessary reform was the Sultan himself. H e contended that the Berlin T reaty and the Cyprus Convention did burthen us w ith responsibilities on behalf o f th e Christians in the dominions o f the Sultan. T h e much vaunted “ peace with honour” had after all resulted in “ an elaborate im potence e laborately declared.” ,

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— THE PREMIER’S

REPLY.

Lord Salisbury’s answer to the criticism o f Lord Rosebery was complete. A fte r clearing himself o f any responsibility in the death o f “ the Volunteer Prince,” ¡0

whose memory all the speakers, both in the Lords ar.d Commons, paid a tribute o f regretful admiration, he explained that the minute portion o f Mongsin which had been ceded to France had been given up in entire accord with the recommendation and the wish o f the Indian Government, whilst the integral portion o f Siam was protected against all possibility o f attack. Concerning the difficulty on the Venezuelan boundary question, Lord Salisbury averred that it was no more unnatural for the U n ited States to take an interest in the matter than that we should take an interest in H o lla nd and Belgium . Though no agreement had as yet been arrived at, he had an increasin g belief that some settlem ent would be found. T h e interests o f 40,000 British subjects had to be safeguarded, and in spite o f the extravagant claims put forward by Venezuela, the thing m ight b e done b y a combination o f negotiation and arbitration. In dealing with the subject o f A rm enia, L o rd Salisbury adhered to all that he had said upon the queston, and reaffirmed his statem ent that if the present system in Turkey continues nothing can save the Sultan’s empire from destruction. T h e reforms, however good, which the M in istry had advocated, in concert w ith the other European Powers, could not suppress th e civil war that had been going on without military occupation, and that the Czar was unwilling to undertake h im self or allow on the part o f any other Power. Besides, England was in no position to undertake the task single-handed.

T h e same absence o f anything lik e sus-

t h e d e b a t e t a¡ne(j and determ ined attack which charact h e c o m m o n s . ter'zed L o rd Rosebery’s speech was visib le also in the lengthy pronouncement o f the

L eader o f the Opposition. Sir W illiam Harcourt made much o f the advantages of arbitration, a sentim ent which found an echo in the speeches o f Lord Salisbury and Mr. Balfour. H e expressed com p lete approval o f the action o f the Colonial Secretary, and praised the magnanimity and humanity o f President Kruger. But the Prem ier’s attack on H om e R u le in Ireland by pointing to the Governm ent o f the Transvaal as a case o f extreme H om e Rule, he thought both astounding and deplorable. M r. Balfour, in reply, gave Sir William an admirable lesson in condensed oratory. H is speech, lik e the rest, was mainly upon th e three A ’s— the beginning o f the alphabet o f politics, as som eone put it — Armenia, America, and A frica. H e