THE TABLET.

A Weekly Newspaper and Review.

DOM VCBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMOS OT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEAT1S.

From , the B r ie f oj H is H o lin ess P iu s IX . to T h e T a b l e t , June 4, iS yo .

Vol. 83. No. 2803. L o n d o n , J a n u a r y 27, 1894. priceSd. bypost & a.

[R egistered a t th e General P ost Office a s a N ewspaper

C hronicle of thf. W eek- :

The Arrest of Jabez Balfour — The United States and Hawaii— The Revolt in Brazil—Mr. Bal' rfour in Manchester—Conservatism in St. Pancras — Parliamentary '-Government in Japan—Mr. Cham­

Page berlain on the Labour Question —The Unemployed in Berlin— Inflammable Gas and Air — Lord Londonderryat Portadown—London School Board and the Reli•gious Question — The Money Market .. .. .. .. 117 I .eaders :

“ The Social Difficulty” .. .. 121 I The Reign of Anarchy in Art . . 122 Notorieties in Wax .. . . 123 |

CONTENTS.

L eaders (continued):

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P. J. van Beneden .. .. 124 | The Case of the Rev. Adrian Meerendonk Against the Bishop of Middlesborough .. .. 125 N o t e s ..................................................... 125 R eviews :

Dean Stanley .. .. . . 126 ! Christ in Type and Prophecy .. 127 | A Visitation of St. Marychurch 128 The Celtic Twilight .. .. 129 Five O’Clock Stories .. .. 129 j Missions Among Non-Catholics .. 130 Southwark Protection and Rescue

Society .. .. .. .. 130 | C orrespondence :

Rome :—(From Our Own Corre­

spondent) .. . . .. . . 133

L etters to th e E d itor :

“ The Tablet” on “ The Social

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Difficulty” .. .. .. 134 Affairs in Italy .. .. .. 135 The Leakage . .. .. 136 The Bible Encyclical .. .. 136 The Inspiration of Scripture .. 137 Traditions in North Lancashire

Connected with St. Patrick .. 137 Si. George's Choir .. .. .. 137 “ A Relic of the Penal Days ” .. 137 The “ Wingham Scholarship” .. 138 Relic of the Holy Cross .. .. 138 Major Wilson’s Party .. .. 138 An Important Decision of the Con­

gregation of Rites .. .. .. 138 Dr. Barnardo’s Cardiff Home .. 139

The Immuring of Nuns” .. 140 M arriage .. . .. .. 141

O b ituary . . . . . . . . 14? Social and P olitical .. . . 142

SUPPLEMENT. D ecisions of R oman C ongrega­

t io n s ............................... . . . . 149 N ews from th e Schools:

Training Colleges and Acting

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Teachers.—Syallabus for 1894 and 1893 .. .. .. .. 149 The Trials of Voluntary Schools 151 The Buckfast School Question .. 152 The Use of Adjectives .. ..153Clifton Catholic Schools .. .. 153 N ews from th e D io ceses:

Westminster . . .. . . 154 Liverpool .. .. .. .. 140 St. Andrews and Edinburgh .. 140 Galloway . . . . .. .. 141

K<;..* Rejected MS. cannot be returned unless accompanied w ith address and postage.

CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

THE ARREST

OFJABEZ BALFOUR. A ' T last Mr. Jabez Sencer Balfour has been arrested at Buenos Ayres. The various Government Departments concerned in his future continue to maintain the greatest reti■ cence as to their action and intentions. It was finally •decided at the Home Office on Tuesday night to send a trusty officer immediately to Buenos Ayres to take over the •charge of the prisoner, and bring him to England. In regard to the conditions under which Balfour will be surrendered, •it is stated that unless an extradition treaty contains a •clause expressly forbidding retrospective action there is •nothing to prevent the high contracting parties from surrendering a fugitive irrespective of the period of the commission of the alleged offence. Whether or not the treaty •between Great Britain and the Argentine Republic contains this prohibitive clause cannot be positively ascertained, as •the treaty has not yet been issued as a public document. ■ Nevertheless, Balfour has before and since his departure from this country made himself open to many indictments •which will form the subject of numerous inquiries. If he ■ shouldbe handed over to a British police officer on a British ship as an act of courtesy, and not by virtue of any treaty, he can be proceeded against without any limitation as to the number and character of the charges preferred against him. But if he should be surrendered under treaty, he can only be prosecuted for the particular offence upon which he was surrendered. In view of the strong probability that Balfour will exhaust every effort to obtain his release by means of 'the machinery of the Argentine laws, the British Consul at

'Buenos Ayres has been authorized to obtain any necessary legal assistance. On Tuesday night a representative of the Press Association sought an interview with the son of Mr. Jabez Balfour, at his residence in West London, but was informed that Mr. Balfour, Jun., was away from home, and that it was uncertain when he would return. Subsequently a member of the family was visited, and he stated that 'Steps had been taken, under the power of Attorney which Jabez Balfour left before quitting the country, to secure the best available legal talent for the defence.H- It is understood

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that the indictment will contain many counts, and that an attempt will be made to fasten on Balfour not only the inspiration of the annual reports of the Liberator Building Society and the London and General Bank for a long series of years, but the actual drafting of the documents. Steps are being taken at Croydon to secure, if possible, an inclusion in one of the counts of a reference to Mr. Balfour’s original connection with the Croydon and Norwood Tramways Company, which proved a disastrous speculation for a large number of investors. It is stated that the line cost more per mile than any other line of tram rails has been known to cost in this country. A correspondent of The Daily News writes : “ It is problematical whether any capture of Balfour would ever have been effected had he chosen to live quietly and comfortably— as he could have done— at some comparatively unknown town in Argentina, instead of living ostentatiously and regardless of precautionary measures, within easy distance of the capital. The tales that have been circulated that Balfour was dwelling in a mansion ‘ guarded ’ by a posse of police, are, I believe, pure fabrications, and are highly improbable. At any rate, no confirmation of them has reached me, though the most recent statement that he has been living in semi-Sultanic luxury appears to contain some substratum of truth, especially if the term “ semi-Sultanic luxury ” is to be interpreted “ ostentation.” Since Mr. Balfour took a regretful leave of Buenos Ayres he has exercised little care to conceal either his identity or his whereabouts, and though various places have been suggested as his habitat he really transferred his effects to Jujuy, where, as stated in the recent telegrams,he purchased a brewery. By whatever name he may be called Jabez Balfour does not merit the epithet “ lazy,” and seeing a brewery which was by no means a large concern, and which, when transferred, was not in an overflourishing condition, he took the opportunity of becoming possessed of it. He quickly discerned its capabilities and turned his attention to working it in order to replenish his steadily diminishing exchequer.

THE UNITED STATES AND HAWAII. The American Government is inclined to wash its hands of Hawaiian affairs and to leave the inhabitants of the islands to settle their differences for themselves. This is fully in accordance with the traditional policy of the Republic, which of all the great Powers of the world has shown itself the most pacific and the least inclined to bully the weak. Unfortunately in the present case the reluctance of the native Queen to grant a general amnesty has frus­