THE TABI A Weekly Newspaper and Review.
DOM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMÜS ÜT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEAT1
From the B r ie t oj H is Holiness P iu s IX . to T he T ablet, June 4, 1870.
V ol. 84. No. 2835. London, September 8, 1894. Price sd. by Post
[Registered at the General Post Office as a Newspaper
Cronicle of the Week :
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An Agricultural Phenomenon — The Manifesto of the Victorian Premier— Free Trade Prospects in Victoria— Life in Rural England — Developments in th e M e a t Trade—The Financial Recovery -o f Chili— Peasant Riot in Russia —The Hygienic Congress at Budapest— The" Delphi Excavations— The Arrest of a British Sealer— Surrender of Japanese Spies to •China— A War Balloon Struck by Lightning — Inter-Parliamentary Conference— Mr. Chamberlain at Liverpool— M. Stambuloff be ore •the M a g i s t r a t e —A Reported Anglo-Italian Campaign — T h e S t a t e o f Sicily— T h e M o n e y 'Market .. .. .. •. 357 Leaders:
Asia
Artificial Irrigation in Central
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The Great Evolution Epidemic .. 362
CONTENTS.
Paee
The Late D . Swithbert Baeumer.. 363 Pages from a Rambler’s Note-Book.. 304 No t e s ....................................... 365 Reviews :
The Catholic Party in Belgium .. 368 Boscobel . . . . .. . . 368 Anthero de Quental Books and Plays Catholicity in America International Law L ’Abbaye du Mont St. Michel .. Boys of the Bible The Sayings of the Lord Jesus
Christ, as Recorded by His Four Evangelists .. . . 3 7 1 Books of the Week . . .. 371 Nazareth House . . . . 371 Correspondence :
Rome :— (From Our Own Corre
spondent).. . . . . . . 373 A Conversation with the Antiochene
Patriarch o f Syria . . . 374 News from Ireland ., .. . . 375
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TLetters to the Editor :
The Greek Church.. . . . . 376 The Brown Scapular of Our Lady
P a S e o f Mount Carmel . . .. 377 Amsterdam Chair of Philosophy 377 A Mission Revival.. .. . 377 “ Catholic Guide-Book to Rome” 377 Dominican Popes .. . . 377 Bishop Hedley on the Existence of
God .... . .. . . 377 Church Music at Regensburg . . 379 ' Life of St. Edward the Confessor.. 380 The V i r t u e s of St. Winefride’s
Well .. . . . . . . . . 380 An Anglican Romance .. .. 381 Catholic Jubilee in Nottingham . . 381 The Identification of Criminals . . 382 More Miracles at Lourdes .. . . 383 O b it u a r y ........................................3S3 F rom E veryw h ere . . . . 384 M a r r ia g e . . . . . . 384 Social an d P o l it ic a l . . . . 384
SU PPLEM ENT. N ews from the Schoois:
London Technical Education
Board . . . . . . .. 389 Oxford Local Examination and
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Convent Schools .. . . 390 The Triennial Elections . . . 390 Irregular Attendance in Schools.. 391 London School Boaid Election,
1894 .................................... 392 Downside . . . . . . . . 392 The Buckfast School Contest .. 392 News from the Dioceses : Westminster . . . . . . 392
Hexham and Newcastle . . . . 392 Newport and Menevia . . . . 392 Shrewsbury .. .. . . . . 392 St. Andrews and Edinburgh . . 392 Galloway . . . . . . . . 393 The New Catholic C h u r c h at
Norwich .. .. . . .. 393 The Lower House of the Convoca
tion of York on Divorce . . . . 394
Rejected MS. cannot be returned unless accompanied with address I we compare the present year with two years ago, we find and p o s t a g e ._____
J^ a t cattle have declined by 597,670 head, and sheep by no less than 2,873,204. The failure of keep last year, causing 1both calves and lambs to be perforce hurried to the market,
CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK. ' is chiefly accountable for these figures.
AN AGRICULTURAL PHENOMENON. T HE first instalment of the agricultural returns for the current year have been published with most exemplary promptitude, and the changes that have taken place with regard to the area of crops in 1894, as compared with the previous year, are in several ways interesting, and, in one respect, surprising. Wheat has increased by 30,438 acres, barley by 20,937 acres>oats 8i >389 acres, hay crops by 656,858 acres, and hops by 1,971 acres, the only decrease being 2.3)367 acres in potatoes. The present return does not embrace permanent and rotation grass (not for hay), which last year occupied 14,744,709 acres; green crops, which last year covered 2,759,085 acres ; and bare fallow, which fast year extended 10514,558 acres. The increase in the area sown with oats, amounting on the year to 2'6 per cent., and in that devoted to barley amounting to 1 per cent., call for no special remark, but few indeed will have been prepared for an extension in the area of the wheat crop, amounting to r 6 per cent. Why, when English wheat has touched the lowest price on record, when the foreign supply seems more abundant than ever, when during the previous five years no less than 66,000 acres had discontinued the wheat crop, have the British farmers suddenly begun to favour this crop ? A correspondent of The Times hazards the probable conjecture that grain may not have been the chief object in view when the farmers chose this strange time to sow more wheat. When wheat-sowing was going on last autumn straw was fetching extremely high prices, and it may have been a fear of a further dearth which led to the seeding of 30,000 extra acres. If this suggested explanation is the true one, after the plentiful supply of straw now being gathered in the wheat area is likely once more to contract this temporary increase. The partial failure of last year’s hay crop has caused an increase of more than half a million acres to be cut this year. The only crop which has diminished is that of the potato, to which 23,000 acres fewer were devoted than in 1893. If we turn to the figures for live stock, they are very far from being satisfactory. Compared with 1893 cattle show a diminution of 353,563 head, and sheep of 1,418,834; and if
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THE MANIFESTO OF
THE [VICTORIAN PREMIER.
In a manifesto addressed by him to his constituents, Sir J. B. Patterson, the Premier, says that during the past 18 months the cost of Government has been reduced by ¿£1,500,000. The Government, he continues, are alive to the necessity of stimulating production, and during their term of office 1,750,000 acres had been made available for occupation, and 28,000 persons had settled on the land. The Government would continue to promote the search for gold. Having stated that the efforts of the Ministry to open new markets for the natural products of the country have met with most encouraging results, the manifesto deals with the future policy of the Government, and announces that they will reduce the duties without interfering with the protective policy of the Colony. After alluding to the movement in favour of an income and absentee tax, the Premier expressed his intention, if returned to office, of proposing the reduction of the number of members of the Legislative Assembly to 70, with a corresponding decrease in the composition of the Legislative Council. Sir J. B. Patterson concludes by declaring that the cause of Australasian Federation has his cordial support.
FREE TRADE PROSPECTS IN
VICTORIA.
This colony has so long been the stronghold of Protection in Australia, that convinced free-traders will rejoice exceedingly at the good hope which now exists for their cause. It seems certain that before long the Melbourne Government will adopt a policy of reduced tariffs. The strong protectionist tariff has proved an admitted failure as far as making good the deficit in the revenue is concerned, and the general election, which takes place on September 20, will be fought out mainly on this issue. Reformers in Victoria, as elsewhere outside great Britain, hesitate to describe themselves as absolute free-traders. Both parties agree in thinking that customs for purposes of revenue are still required. On the side of tariff reform are two organizations, one known as the Triple Reform League, and the other as the Free Trade Democratic Association. The former calls for the largest measure of free-trade which is compatible with a balanced Budget. The latter adds to an almost similar financial policy calls for reduction of
