A W eek ly N ew spaper a n d R e v iew .
DOM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS DT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.
From the B r ie t o j H is Holiness P iu s IX . to T he Tablet, June 4, 1S70.
V ol. 87. No. 2912. L ondon, F ebruary 29, 1896.
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C h ro n ic le o f t h e W e e k !
Imperial Parliament: The Government and Light Railways— Lord •Salisbury and Protection — The N ew Rules o f Procedure — The Second D ay ’s Debate — Evicted Tenants Bill—The Price c f Consols and its Consequences—A French •Contrast— The New President of the Royal Academy— The French Crisis—Dr. Jameson in England— The Protection of Fish and Wild Birds — Shall the Jews Go to Palestine?— Dr. Nansen’s Chances — Mr. Goschen and Educational Reform— The Evacuation of Egypt 317 ¿Le a d e r s :
Reorganization in South A f r ic a . . 321 Poverty and Old Age . . _ . . 322 The Missal o f St. Augustine’s
Abbey, Canterbury . . . . 323 Aerolites . . . . . . . . 323 More Catholic Evidence About
Armenia . . . . . . . . 324
CONTENTS
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R e v ie w s : Westminster.. . . . . . . 328
Review o f Theological Literature 328 The Various Forms of Protes
tantism in Italy . . . . . . 329 Thoughts and Aspirations o f the
Ages .......................................329 Chapters of Bible Study . . . . 330 Women Workers . . . . . 330 In a Silent World........................... 330 The British Empire and the Catholic
Church
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C o r r e s p o n d e n c e :
Rome :— (From Our Own Corre
spondent) . . . . — — 333 News from Ireland — — — 334 News From France . . . . 335 L e t t e r s t o t h e E d it o r :
Bucer and the Anglican Ordinal . . 336 Was Barlow a Bishop ? . . . . 336 Anglicanism .........................# -- 336 The Origin of the Name Patrick 336
L e t t e r s t o t h e E d it o r (Con
tinued) : The Hardships of School Manage
ment The Spread of Leprosy and Its
Causation The Sarum R i re The Proposed Memorial to Father
Biemans . . Catholics and Armenian “ Atro
cities ” Catholic Tracts and Leaflets for
Distribution Catholic Social U n io n : Kensal
New Town Youth’s Branch Catholic Alms for the Armenians Aid to Converts A Mistake in Butler’s Saints'
Lives Disturbances in Hyde Park Convert Relief Fund “ The Early British Church ” Cardinal Logue on the Education
Question
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St. Vincent de Paul Society . . 341 Books o f the W e e k ............................ 344 O b it u a r y ........................................... 344 S o c ia l a n d P o l i t i c a l . . . . 345
S U P P L EM E N T . Lenten Indult . . . . . . . . 349 N ew s from t h e S c h o o l s :
Stonyhurst Successes . . . . 349 St. Augustine’s College, Ramsgate 349 Public Elementary Schools : The
17s. 6d. Limit . . . . . . 349 Salford Diocesan Inspector’s An
nual Report ............................ 351 N ew s from t h e D io c e se s : Westminster 352
S o u t h w a r k ....................................... 352 Clifton Hexham and Newcastle . . Leeds ......................... Northampton . . .. Nottin gham ......................... Plymouth . . . . .The Vicariate St. Andrews and Edinburgh
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CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.
— THE GOVERNMENT AND LIGHT RAILWAYS. H
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
A V IN G got rid of the debate on the Address, the Government are losing no time in redeeming the pledges they have made. No panacea for agricultural depression, but a means of bringing the consumer and producer together, was all the credit that Mr. Ritchie claimed for the Bill to facilitate the construction of light railways in Great Britain. The present Bill differs from that brought forward by the late Government inasmuch as it includes the principle of State assistance; and the Government hope that the railway companies, the landlords, and the local authorities will co-operate in the scheme of forming “ secondary ” railways in connection with the great trunk lines, and a system of “ great steam tramways ” using the main roads. It is proposed that the old unwillingness of Parliament to authorize the compulsory acquisition of land without Parliamentary sanction shall be got rid of by the erection of a Light Railway Commission of three persons, whose draft order would be handed to the Board of Trade for confirmation. As for the requirements of the Board of Trade for the public safety, the elaborate precautions now observed on the trunk lines could not be insisted on in the case of these “ feeder ” lines, and the public must make up its mind to exercise a certain amount of caution. The Government propose to devote a sum o f one million pounds to light railway construction, disposed of under safeguards and restrictions in the way of grants and loans in accordance with the necessities of the various localities. Mr. Bryce, who brought in the Bill of the late Government, criticized the introduction of State aid as a new policy which might ultimately lead to the State ownership of railroads, an idea which Mr. Ritchie had already altogether disclaimed on behalf o f the Ministry. In spite, however, of some criticism, it is not often that a new departure on the part of a Government is hailed with such a chorus of congratulation as was this important and long expected project.
The question put by Lord Stanley of
— l o r d Sa l i s b u r y Alderley to the Secretary of State concern-
p r o t e c t i o n . ingthepromisedreturnrespectingtheprices o f wheat and bread in foreign countries elicited a favourable answer from Lord Cross, which was
N e w S e r i e s V o l , LV., N o . 2,221._
followed by a short speech from Lord Salisbury. H e explained that his remarks as to the doubtful effect o f tariff upon prices in France were founded upon what he had himself heard in Normandy. Protection has not protected the French farmer. He is not certainly yet so near the brink of ruin as are his fellows in England, but that is not necessarily explained by the Protection which he enjoys. Lord Salisbury took the opportunity of declaring emphatically that he had never said a word which could be-honestly construed to show that he was in favour of Protection. The Protection of articles of just necessity could not in any period material for present consideration be adopted in this country, because it would be thought and would be hostile to the interests of consumers. He reiterated his disbelief in any real relief being given to the owners and occupiers of land by a system of Protection either in France or elsewhere. The Government will do what they can to assist the declining agriculture of the country, but they cannot do it by a return to Protection.
— THE NEW RU
OF PROCEDURE.
The business of Monday’s sitting was the discussion of the resolutions laid before the House last week by Mr. Balfour, proposing that the Government should take Fridays for Supply, that the time devoted to Supply should not exceed twenty days, which was found to be the average time employed, that on the 5th of August each year Supply should be closured, and that the Resolutions should be a Standing Order of the House. Mr. Balfour had explained that these resolutions were put forward by the Government as tending to place Supply in its proper light as an important function of Government, and as ending a long-standing abuse in Parliamentary practice by the guillotine of the Closure rather than by the rack of a wearying and fruitless discussion in the heat of the Dog-days. The outcome of the discussion on Monday was the establishment of the fundamental proposition of the Government as to the indefensible nature of the present mode of dealing with Supply. The sweet reasonableness of the responsible speakers on the Opposition side of the House was pretty nearly all that could be desired. Mr. Courtney and Sir William Harcourt both cordially agreed with Mr. Balfour in condemning the waste of time that characterized the earlier and the indecent haste that was evident in the later sittings on Supply. Consideration and amendment of the existing system was therefore necessary, and. opinion only diverged as to the manner in which that, amendment was to be effected. Mr. Courtney hoped the Government would complement their scheme by making
