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From the Briei 0] H is Holiness P iu s IX . to T h e T a b l e t , June iS fo i

Vol. 87. No. 2911. L ondon, F e b r u a r y 22, 1896. P r ic e sd . b y P o s t 5$£d

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Imperial Parliament : Ireland and South Africa— Mr. Labouchere’s Am en dm en t — Treason-Felony Prisoners : Chitral— The House o f Commons and Venezuela — The Christian Brothers’ Schools— The Address Carried—The New Rules of Procedure—Negotiations with the United States — The Leadership o f the Irish Party— The Transvaal— The Leaderjof the German Catholics— A Government Crisis in F rance—The Government and Light Railways—Disastrous Explosion at Johannesburg 277 L eaders :

Abandoned Armenia . . _.. 281 The Coming Session o f the Italian

Parliament . . . . . . 282 The Missal o f St. Augustine’s

Abbey. Canterbury .. .. 283 The Catholic Testimony to the

Armenian Atrocities . . .. 283

C 0 N T

Pace

Christo Crucifixo .........................284 N o t e s ........................................ — 285 R ev iew s :

The Bible, its Text, and its Trans­

lations . . . . . . . 287 Father Knabenbauer on St. Luke 288 St. Anthony o f Padua .. . . 288 Father Pesch’s Theology . . . . 289 St. Peter . . . . . . . 289 The Fight at Krugersdorp . . . . 290 Sisters of Nazareth at Johannesbuig 291 Catholic University News . . . . 291 C orrespondence :

Rome :— (From Our Own Correspondent) . . . . ~ « 293 News from Ireland ... — ~ 294 News From France . . . . 295 The Guild of St. Anthony . . . . 295 L e t t e r s t o t h e E d it o r :

Anglicanism . ............ . . 296 Convert Relief Fund . . . . 296 Anglican O r d e r s .........................296 Was Barlow a Bishop? . . . . 296

E N T S .

L e t t e r s t o t h e E d itor (Con­

Page tinued) : Bucer and the English Ordinal . . 296 England and Venezuela . . . . 297 Giovanni Pantaleo . . . . . . 297 The Catholic Guardians’ Asso­

ciation . . . . . . .. 297 English Catholic Alms for the

Armenians....................................297 The British Empire and the Catholic

Church ^ .. . . . . . . 297 The Educational Campaign.. . . 298

A Meeting at Skipton . . .. 298 Meeting in the Queen's Hall,

Birkenhead .. . . .. 299 Presentation to Father Fletcher . . 301 The National Union of Catholic

Teachers of Great Britain . . 301 Hyde Park Disturbances . . . . 302 Shrovetide at Beaumont . . . . 302 Books of the W e e k ................... 304 O b it u a r y .......................................304 Social a n d P o l it i c a l . . . . 305

SU PPLEM ENT. N ew s from t h e S chooi.s :

Anglican Educational Efforts in

London .. .. .. . . 309 The Alleged Inefficiency of Volun­

tary Schools . . . . . . 309 The Macclesfield Board and the

Hearing of School Board Cases 310 The Queen’s Speech and the Edu­

cation Bill . . . .^ . . 310 St. Mary’s Convent, Berwick-on-

Tweed . . .. .. -. 311 N ew s from t h e D io ceses :

Westminster . . . . . . 312 S o u th w a r k .......................................313 Birmingham....................................... 313 Clifton ................................... 313 Hexham and Newcastle . . . . 314 Leeds . . ......................... 314 Liverpool .. . . . . - . 303 Newport and Menevia ... - . 303 Portsmouth . . 303 Salford ................................... 303 Shrewsbury . . . . . . . . 304

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R. D ILLON ’S amendment

Mon the Address was deA f r i c a . feated by a majority of 276 votes to 160, in spite of Sir bility might be duly apportioned. The inquiry would deal with Jameson’s raid by trial, as was being done in Pretoria with the discontents in the Transvaal, whilst the Government would investigate the complicity of the Chartered Company and the whole bearing of its administration towards the public interest. Mr. Chamberlain was sorry that the publication, in London, of his despatch, a rdsume of which had been telegraphed to South Africa, should have been taken with exception by President Kruger. It contained nothing new except a suggestion of Home Rule for the Rand, which he was perfectly willing to withdraw if unacceptable to the President. The internal weakness of the Republic could only be remedied by a removal of the undoubted grievances of the Uitlanders.

William Harcourt’s intervention in the debate. He lectured the Irish Sectretary on his use of the word “ never ” in his description of the attitude of the Conservative party on Home Rule, which he declared was only sleeping like the princess in the fairy tale. The Libeial party still adhered to their opinion that the discontent in Ireland could only be extinguished by the granting of a system of local selfgovernment and the recognition of Ireland as a nation. In reply, Mr. Balfour provoked roars of laughter by asking whether Sir William himself was the Fairy Prince, who, with “ delicate tread and light touch,” would awake the sleeping form of Home Rule. The secret of Irish disaffection was not in present grievances, but had its roots “ in a long memory of past misfortunes, and, in some cases, unhappily, past injustice.” The evils of the century that passed between 1640 and 1740 had left bitter memories behind them, for which both parties in the State were to blame, but for which the Whigs had the heavier load of responsibility. Without pressing for a division, but rather for the sake of focussing opinion by gaining an opportunity for discussion on events in South Africa, Mr. Labouchere then rose to move an amendment. After a compliment to the Colonial Secretary, he declared that no investigation into the recent occurrences in the Transvaal would be complete unless it extended to the whole financial and political action of the Chartered Company. He thought that the suspension and recall of Mr. Rhodes were also necessary. The opportunity thus given to the Colonial Secretary was not lost. Mr. Chamberlain pointed out the distinction between Dr. Jameson’s raid and the ferment in the Rand : the latter being well known, whilst the former was a surprise to all. With all the evidence before him, he was sure that neither Mr. Rhodes nor the Ordinary Directors of the Chartered Companion, nor even the Reform Committee at Johannesburg, had any idea that Jameson was about to take action. President Kruger was in a state of similar ignorance. The whole matter should, however, be sifted to the bottom in order that the responsi-

The debate was resumed on Friday.

— m r . i .a b o u c h e r e ’s Sir William Harcourt expanded his a m e n d m e n t . previous criticism of Lord Salisbury’s statement of President Kruger’s appli­

cation for help to foreign Powers, which was flatly contradicted by Baron Von Marschall, the German Minister for Foreign Affairs. As to the proposed inquiry, Sir William thought that whilst a judicial examination might suffice if only the limited question of the relation of the Chartered Company to Dr. Jameson’s conduct was to be considered, the larger question of the policy of Chartered Companies in general could not be tested by any other court but Parliament itself. A little bantering criticism was also dealt out to the Colonial Secretary for his premature publication of the despatch, and for his recommendation of Home Rule for the Rand, which was said to have displeased President Kruger. Mr. Balfour explained that the Prime Minister was justified in his assertion by the positive statement made by our Agent-General in the Transvaal, and the further fact that Germany was about to land troops in South Africa. He recommended that the result of the criminal prosecutions in London and Pretoria should be awaited before clamouring that the Chartered Company should be tried by a Parliamentary Committee. As for Mr. Chamberlain’s recommendations, far from teing resented, the intervention of the Imperial factor is now approved not only by the English subjects of the Transvaal, but by the English and Dutch populations in other parts o f South Africa. It was put forward in the interests of the Boers themselves, for under the present rate of increase in theUitlander population, some such plan will have to be adopted if a Boer Government is to be carried on for an indefinite period. As will be seen, the excursions

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