THE TABLET.
A Weekly Newspaper and Review.
DÜM VOBIS GRATOLAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEAT.S.
F rom the B r i e f o f H is H o lin ess P iu s IX . to T h e T a b l e t , June 4, 1870.
V ol. 84. No. 2838. L ondon, S eptember 29, 1894. P r ic e sd. byP ost 5% d.
[R e g is tered a t t h e G en e r a l P o st O f f ic e a s a N ew s pa p e r
'C ron ic i .e o f t h e W e e k :
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The War—The French B u d g e tWhy Wheat Spells Ruin— Mr. Chauncey Depew on English Politics— The Hermite Process— The Parnell Migration Company — Affairs in Turkey—Lady BurdettCoutts and a Trade Union— A 'Campaign o f Calumny—The German Naturalists’ Congress— Mr. Chamberlain on Social Legislation —The Relation of Christianity to Modern Education— The Prussian Poles—The Welsh Land Commission— The Irish National Federation and the Political S itu ation Military Prisons and Prisoners— The Gothenburg System .. . . 477 L e a d e r s :
Mr. Gladstone on the Drink
Traffic . . ^ • •• • • 481 A French Scientist on the Pro
blem of Life . . •• •• 482
C O N T
L eaders (Continued):
Records of Penal Days at Bel-
Page voir Castle . . . . . . 483 St. Michael’s Mount .. . . 484 Leaves from a Rambler’s Note-
Book . . . . . . .. 485 A Reminiscence o f the French
Revolution in Winchester . . 485 “ An Ecclesiastical Outrage ” . . 486 Conference of Catholic Guardians.. 480 N o t e s .....................................................487 R e v iew s :
Exeter Episcopal Registers . . 488 Fallen Angels . . . . . . 489 Lord Amherst . . . . . . 490 A Costly F reak . . . . .. 490 Bishop Chatard’s Essays .. 490 Catholic Truth Society Publica
tions . . .. . . . . 490 Mr. Sadler’s Daughter .. . . 491 Books o f the Week . . . . 491 C orrespondence :
Rome :— (From Our Own Corre
spondent) . . . . . . . . 493
E N T S .
C orrespondence (Continued):
News from Ireland . . . . . . 494 L e t t e r s t o t h e E d i t o r :
Necessary Existence and Infinite
Perfection.. .. .. . . 495 The Restoration of the Temporal
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Power . . . . . . . . 495 The Rosary Confraternity . . 495 Acton New Church . . . . 496 An Apostolate for Sailors.. . . 496 St. German’s and Dr. Benson . . 496 Catholic Guide to Rome . . . . 496 Dr. G. A. Smith and the Incarna
tion .. .. .. . . , . 496 The New Mission ofH itchin . . 496 Half-Communion . . . . . . 497 The Late Encyclical on the Rosary 497 Irish Protestant Bishops in Spain 499 Mr. George Lane-Fox on Disestab
lishment . . .. . . . . 500 Oblate Fathers in West Australia.. 501 German Catholics . . . . . . 501 F rom E veryw h ere . . . . 505 Social an d P o l it ic a l . . . . 505
SU PPLEM ENT. N ew s f r o m t h e S c h o o l s :
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The Buckfast School Contest . . 509 St. Wilfrid’s College . . . . 509 Irish National Teachers . . . . 510 Penzance in Favour o f Voluntary
Schools . . . . . . . . 511 Stonyhurst . . . . . . . . 512 St. Vincent de Paul’s Boys’ Home
Liverpool .. .. . . . . 512 Scotch Scholastic Sensation . 512 Lord Dufferin onU niversity T cach
ing ...................................................513 College of Mary Immaculate,
Plymouth . . .. .. . . 413 N ew s from t h e D io ceses :
Westminster ........................ 513 Southwark . . 513 Clifton .. . . . . . . 513 Liverpool . . .. . . . . 513 Newport and Menevia . . . . 514 Salford . . . . . . . . 5 1 4 I Glasgow ........................ - -5 1 4
Galloway . . . . . . . . 5 1 4
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CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.
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TH E double victories of the Japanese by land and sea at Ping Yang and on the Yalu, have made Europe suddenly aware o f the existence o f another great Power in the far East. For it is now generally admitted that the great naval battle at the mouth o f the Yalu was in reality a decisive victory for the Japs. Without laying stress upon the fact that the Chinese lost a battle-ship, two fast cruisers, and one unprotected vessel, and that their remaining ships were severely damaged, it is enough to point out that their strategic defeat is beyond denial. As a fighting force, the North-Coast squadron has for the time ceased to exist. Months hence the dockyard of Port Arthur and Wei-hai-wei may be able to set the fleet j afloat again, but meanwhile the Japanese hold to sea. Their vessels were no doubt badly knocked about,but Admiral Ito has not been obliged to go to harbour for repairs and the damages are being made good on board the injured ships. What this temporary command o f the sea may mean will depend a good deal upon what their armies take as their immediate objective. Ping-Yang is only io o miles away from the frontier town Yi-ju, on the left bank o f the Yalu river. In fact, if the Japanese have marched continuously they ought to be there by this time, and it will be remembered that it was at the mouth o f the Yalu river that the troops conveyed by the Chinese squadron under Admiral Ting, were disembarked. There ought to be therefore already collected there the materials for another battle. It is thought that the Japanese will try to seize the sacred city o f Mukden before winter puts an end to the campaign. Nor, as Mukden is only io o miles to the north-west of We-ju, ought this to be a task o f great difficulty. It is urged that the fall o f Mukden would have enormous political as well as military results ; because,as the ancient home of the dynasty, •it is regarded as a sort o f sacred city by the Japanese. It is ¡rumoured also that there is an enormous treasure stored there. On the other hand it lies away from the main road to Pekin and the Chinese would be there in force, and would be quite certain to fight desperately behind the defences of a walled city.
N e w S e r i e s . V o l . L i b , No 2 ,1 4 7 .
The Budget Bill prepared by M. t h e Poincare, in place o f that drafted by his Fr e n c h b u d g e t , predecessor, M. Burdeau, will shortly be made public. The Finance Minister finds himself compelled to abandon some of the sources o f revenue provided in the Burdeau Bill, especially the residence tax and the tax on domestic servants; but, on I the other hand, he has effected a reduction of thirty-five I million francs in the expenditure. There still remains, | however, to be considered a sum o f twenty-five million j francs required for fresh expenses. The Bill proposes to meet these expenses by additional revenue arising from a reform o f the succession duties, estimated to produce twenty-five million francs. Moreover, the Minister proposes to appropriate to general purposes the twelve million francs assigned by M. Burdeau for debt redemption. As an offset to this alteration, the Bill contains clauses assigning any eventual surplus from the present Budget towards the payment of the ninety-eight million francs o f sexennial bonds redeemable in 1895. The revenue Budget, as thus arranged, reaches 3,428,500,000 francs, and gives a balance o f revenue over expenditure of three hundred thousand francs. The Bill for the reform of the succession duties removes an old-standing grievance by providing that the liabilities o f the deceased shall henceforth be deducted from the estate before the valuation is made for duty. It makes provision for the reform o f the duties on property on which there is a life or temporary interest, and property from which there is a reversionary interest, and for a fresh scale of succession duties, which will be graduated according to the degree o f relationship and the amount inherited. The revenue arising from these reforms will be assigned this year to providing an equilibrium in the Budget; but it is intended to try to arrange that in future it shall be used for the endowment o f the Workmen’s Pensions Fund.
The first number of the new J o u r n a l o j the w- whe- Board, o f A g r ic u ltu re contains a short article r u i n . which goes far to answer the question why wheat means ruin to all who grow it. The United States is still the chief competitor o f the British farmer, and the importation of American wheat has been the principal factor in bringing about the present unprecedented price o f the English cereal. According to this authoritative and official statement, while home-grown wheat has been selling for as little as sixteen shillings a quarter, the actual cost of production in the States is thirty shillings a quarter— truly a curious state of things. The Depart-
