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DUM VOBIS GRATDLAMUR, ANIMOS BTIAM ADDIMUS ÜT IN INCCSPTIS VKSTRIS CONSTANTKR MANEAT1S.

From the Brier oj H is Holiness P iu s IX . to T h e T a b l e t , June 4, i S jo

V ol. 87. No. 2914.

L ondon, March 14, 1896.

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[R eg i st e r e d a t t h e G e n e k a l P o s t O f f i c e a s a N ew s pa p e r

'C h ro n ic le o f t h e W e e k !

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Imperial Parliament: The Terms of Dr. Jameson’s Surrender— The Naval Estimates—The Representation o f Belfast—Disabilities in Derry—Belfast Again—Men Voted — T h e Sunday Opening _ o f 'Museums—The Benefices Bill— The Italian Crisis — P o p u l a r Demonstrations in I t a ly — The Italian Losses—The Situation in Africa— Accident to an Express Train—A Revolt on the London School Board— Dissensions in the Liberal Ranks—Spain and the Senate of ^the United States— Anti-American Agitation in Spain — Manitoba Schools^ Question — Count Goluchowski’s Visit to Berlin— “ Christian Crusaders ” in America— “ Dr. J im ” at Bow | [ Street— The Republic and Prince

Henri— Sir William Harcourt at Boscombe, &c. . . . . . . 397

CONTENTS.

Leaders : _

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Italy and Abyssinia .. . . 401 Looking Back at the Education

A c t . . . . . . .. . . 402 Catholic Disabilities in Ulster . . 402 Mgr. Wilpert on the Catacombs 403 Henry V I II . in his Own State

L e t t e r s to t h e E d it or (Con­

Page tinued) : Bucer and the Anglican Ordinal . . 417 Was Barlow a Bishop ? . . . . 417 Catholics and Armenian “ Atro­

Papers . . .. . . . . 405 Notes .. .. *.................. 405 R e v iew s :

Christian Doctrine of Immortality 408 Walden Stanyer, Boy and Man 409 “ Ars Vivendi ” . . . . . . 410 A Question o f Faith . . . . 410 Mashonaland . . . . . . 410 Books of the W eek.........................411 C orrespondence :

Rome :— (From Our Own Corre­

spondent) . . . . ... — 413 News from Ireland ... _ — 415 News From France . . . . 4x6 L e t t e r s t o t h e E d itor :

Authorization for Certain Litanies 417 Mr. Croke Robinson and “ The

Life of Cardinal Manning ” . . 417

c itie s” .................................... 418 Easter in the Early British Charch 418 Lenten Information . . . . 418 St. Patrick’s Day . . . . . .4 1 8 Nemesis . . . . . . . . 4 18 Father Sole and the Oscott MS. 418 The Anglican and Russian Churches 418 Alms for the Catholic Armenians 418 The Gilbert Memorial “ The Life of Cardinal Manning ”

“ American Ecclesiastical Review" Mgr. Doane Choice or Conviction ? The British Empire and the Catholic

Church The Maltese Marriage Question . . 422 The Late Major Scrope . . . . 424 F rom E veryw h ere . . . . . . 425 O b it u a r y ........................................ 426

418 419 420 420 421 422

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S c c a l an d P o l it i c a l . . . . 42S

SUPPLEMENT . N ew s from t h e S c h o o l s :

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Comparative Cost and Efficiency o f Schools . . .. . . 429 Mr. Asquith and_ Board School

Religious Teaching . . . . 429 Cardinal Manning’s Life and the

School Management Clauses .. 429 Education in this Century . . 430 The Secondary Education Autho­

rity for London . . . . . . 430 The Heywood School Board

Question . . . . . . . . 43X The Demands of the Education

Department . . . . . 431 N ew s from t h e D io ceses : Westminster ......................... 432

Liverpool .. ......................... 433 Northampton . . . . 433 Portsm outh....................................... ¿->-y Salford ....................................... 433 Newport and Menevia . . . . 433 A b e r d e e n .................................... 43

Rejected MS. cannot be returned unless accompanied with address and postage.

CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. — THE TERMS OF DR. JAMESON’S SURRENDER. I

N reply to several questions asked in the House of Commons on the conditional or unconditional nature of Dr. Jameson’s surrender to the Boer Commandant, Mr. Chamberlain not only read telegrams which he had received from Sir Hercules Robinson, but also appended a brief summary of his own conclusions as to the truth of the whole matter. It seems that neither the British Agent nor his Military Secretary were aware of the correspondence that is stated to have passed between Sir John Willoughby and Commandant Kronje, and that Willoughby’s account of the matter has been officially contradicted by the Pretorian Government, which had, however, telegraphed for full information and explanation from Kronje. It will be remembered that he had previously declared that the surrender was virtually unconditional, and in the last telegram read by Mr. Chamberlain from Sir Hercules Robinson it was stated that as Kronje’s answer by telegraph was “ not sufficiently explicit,” his arrival at Pretoria must be awaited before the full facts of the case can be ascertained. Whilst accepting in full the statement of the position taken up by President Kruger that he meant the surrender to be unconditional and believed that such was the case, Mr. Chamberlain, in reviewing the facts of the case as laid before him in correspondence he Pad read, had arrived at the conclusion that, in spite of the distinct orders received by the Commandants of the Boer forces to insist on unconditional surrender, “ one Commandant, probably Mr. Kronje, did offer to Sir John Willoughby and his men that their lives should be spared if they laid down their arms and promised an indemnity.” It may be that Commandant Kronje in so doing exceeded his authority, but it is still to be seen whether he was aware of the orders that had been transmitted to Commandant Trichardt. In any case it was not for Sir John Willoughby, who was referred to no superior officer, to challenge his rights or powers. It is satisfactory to be able to add that Sir John Willoughby’s statement and Mr. Chamberlain’s conclusion have received confirmation from a later telegram. The Boer who translated the battle-field correspondence which took place before the Krugersdorf surrender has sworn an affidavit, confirming Sir John’s version of the case, and has been complimented by President Kruger for his fearless straightforwardness.

Before the House finally went into Com-

— -t h e n a v a l mittee of Supply objection was taken to the e s t im a t e s , naval programme of the Government that the proposed increase in ships was not suffi­

cient, whilst as regarded the manning of the Navy it was doubtful whether we should have enough men to meet the waste of the first week of war. It was, however, pointed out by Mr. Balfour that there were not only a sufficient number of men but a large margin to meet inevitable losses. Within the last three years 17,000 had been added to the Navy, and a larger increase would be made next year. The Government aimed at promoting a steady continuous growth of our naval power, and without any alarmist consideration of extreme cases, had taken into account all the elements of the situation, and made provision against all probable emergencies. They are determined that our ships shall be able not only to hold the Channel but to sail and rule the seas so as to defend the interests of the Empire all over the world.

— THE REPRESENTATION

OF BELFAST.

We have frequently called attention to the representative inequalities which exist in the municipality of Belfast. The Catholics in that town number about 72,000

among 202,000 Protestants, and yet Catholics are altogether unrepresented in the Council. By the Belfast Corporation Bill it is proposed to increase the number of wards from five to fifteen, a measure which will, it is contended, perpetuate the system of exclusion which exists at present. Mr. Healy declared that the Bill was simply the result of gerrymandering, a vicious bill which, inasmuch as it proposed to alter the criminal jurisdiction of Belfast, should not be regarded as a private but as a public bill. Mr. Dillon took a similar line, whilst Mr. Young, the member for East Cavan, said that as a non-Catholic resident of Belfast he protested against the Bill as another step in a systematic movement for the exclusion of the 72,000 Catholics of Belfast from all civic rights. An attempt was made to introduce the cumulative vote system, but Mr. Gerald Balfour, whilst disclaiming all Government responsibility in the matter, said that questions of detail should be settled in Committee.

There can be little doubt that the two Bills d i s a b i l i t i e s reiating to the extension of the boundaries of d e r r y . Londonderry and Belfast will involve, if passed as they stand, the perpetuation of the exclusion of Catholics from a share in the municipal representation

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