THE TA
A Weekly Newspaper and Review. T.
DOM VCBIS GRATÜLAM U R , ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMÜS OX IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER M ANEAT1S.
P r om th e B r i e f o f H i s H o l in e s s P iu s I X . to T he T ablet, J u n e 4 , 18 70 .
V o l . 84. No. 2849. L o n d o n , D e c e m b e r 15, 1894. P r ic e sd . b y P o st 5 %d.
[R e g is tered a t t h e Gen e r a l P o st O f f i c e a s a N ew spaper
C hrontcle o f t h e W e e k :
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The Brigg Election— The German Socialists— France and Egypt— A t the Farmers’ Club—Death of M. de Lesseps — The P a n am a Canal—Great Britain, Italy, and .th e Soudan— T h e O u t r a g e s in Armenia— Further Details— The Continental Jealousy of England — Opening o f the German Diet— The Parnellites and the Govern■ •ment— The War in the East — Death o f the Canadian Premier . . 917 .Lea ders :
The School Question in Manitoba 921 The Trans-Siberian Railway . . 922 ■ Socialists in the Belgian Parliament 923 The Apostolical C o n s t i t u t io n
“ Orientalium Dignitas Ecclesiarum” . . . . . . . • 924 Catholicism in New Y o rk . . . .9 2 5 N otes . . — . . . . 926
CONTENTS.
R e v ie w s :
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Saint Thomas of Canterbury . . 928 The Formation of Christendom . . 929 The Portfolio . . . . . . 929 The Catholic Girl in the World . . 930 Books of the Week . . . . 930 Directions for Reading . . . . 930 Stonyhurst v. Rossall.. . . . . 931 C orrespondence :
Rome :— (From Our Own Corre
spondent) . . _ ......................... 933 Notes from Paris . . . . . . 934 News from Ireland............. ... 935 L e t t e r s t o t h e E d it or :
Divine Om n is c ie n c e and Free
will _ . . . . . . . . 936 Surreptitious Communions . . 936 “ The Old Masters and Church
Music ” .................................... 937
L e t t e r s to t h e E d it or (Con
tinued) : Bibliography o f the Rosary . . 937 The Westminster Poor . . . 938 Mrs. Jo'sephine Butler on Sex
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Bias . . . . . . . . 938 The Catholic University of Fri
bourg .. ......................... 938 St. John’s Institution for Deaf and Dumb, Boston Spa, Yorkshire _ . . .. . . . . 938 St. Patrick’s Home, Charlotte-
street, W. . . . . . . . . 938 Christmas Appeal.. . . •• 939 The Established Church . . . . 939 Kensington Guardians . . .. 939 Tower Hamlets School Board Elec
tion . . . . . . .. . . 939 The Cancer Hospital (Free) Fulhamroad . . . . .. .. 939 Election of Guardians of the Poor 939 The Archbishop of York and Car
dinal Vaughan .. . . . . 940
O b it u a r y .................................... 9 t2 Social a n d P o l it ic a l ..............942
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SU PPLEM EN T . N ew s from t h e S chools :
St. Mary’s Training College,
Hammersmith . . . . .. 949 The Buckfast School Contest . . 951 Catholic Children in the Totnes
Workhouse .. .. . . 951 Elementary Teaching . . . . 951 Training College of Notre Dame,
Liveipool . . . . . . . . 951 A Further Turn o f the Screw . . 952 N ew s from t h e D io ceses : Westminster . . . . 952
Southwark . . . . . . . . 952 Liverpool . . . . . . . . 952 Newport and Menevia . . . . 953 St. Andrews and Edinburgh . . 953 The Bishop o f Salford on the An
glican Church ......................... 954
* * Rejected M S . cannot be returned unless accompanied w ith address and postage.
C H R O N I C L E O F T H E W E E K .
HE election in the Brigg division
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of Lincolnshire, caused by the acceptance of the Recordership of Sheffield by Mr. S. D. Waddy, resulted in a victory for the Unionists, who succeeded in wresting the seat from the Liberals by a majority of 77. The figures were: Mr. Richardson (Conservative), 4,377; and Mr. Reckett (Liberal), 4,300. There are 10,478 voters on the register, and of these no less than 8,710 went to the poll. In 1892 Mr. Waddy was successful by a majority of 427. This is the sixth seat the Gladstonians have lost since the General Election. The lost seats were Huddersfield, Grimsby, Linlithgow, Hereford, Forfarshire, and Brigg. Against these defeats have to be set three victories— Walsall, Hexham, and Pontefract. T h e D a i l y N e w s attributes the Brigg defeat to the fact that the election was fought on the old register, though, as the Government chose their own time and by waiting a few weeks could have had the advantage of a new register, this reason at any rate cannot be taken very seriously. The same apologist lays stress on the influence of the out-voters, but we need only point out that this class of voter .has not increased since the General Election. T h e D a i l y C h ro n ic le lays stress on the fact that the Liberal candidate was a comparatively new man, while his opponent was well known and a man of great territorial influence. The Government majority is now reduced to 32, or, with the Parnellite vote thrown against them, to 14. Under these circumstances peculiar interest attaches to the views of Mr. Labouchere, who is accused of cherishing wrecking designs. Mr. Labouchere regards the result of the Brigg election as the inevitable consequence of “ putting a second-rate nobleman at the head of affairs.” He points out that Mr. Reckett was not thorough in his attitude towards the Peers. He was for improving and not for abolishing the Upper House. Then the people of Brigg may have resented the silence of the Government. The terms of the resolution to be submitted to the House of Commons have not been revealed, and the electors may have taken the view that they ought not to assist to keep in office a Government which declines to take its party into its confidence. In his opinion the Government will invite disaster if it persists in trying to press the Newcastle pro-
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gramme instead of frankly appealing to the people. What was the use of wasting weeks over the Welsh Disestablishment Bill when they knew the Lords will throw it out ?
Considerable excitement and dissatisfac- t h e g e r m a n tion has been caused in Germany by the s o c i a l i s t s , proposal of the Imperial Government to seek permission from the Diet to prosecute on a charge of lese-m ajest'e those Socialist members who did not rise from their seats when cheers were given for the Emperor. Article 30 of the Constitution provides that no member can be prosecuted for “ his vote or for utterances made during the exercise of his Parliamentary duties.” The Fublic Prosecutor evidently thinks that a demonstration consisting of simply sitting still does not constitute an “ utterance,” and so is not protected by this clause. On the other hand it is contended that the word Ä u s s e ru n g , which is the term employed, really means any manifestation of opinion, and that to confine it to expression by word of mouth only would be an arbitrary exercise of power. For the present the motion has been referred by the Imperial Diet to the Standing Orders Committee of the House, and there seems little doubt but that leave to prosecute will be refused. Only in this case it seems singular that the Emperor’s advisers should expose him to such a rebuff. Another incident connected with the Socialist organization has given great offence in Government circles. On several occasions in recent years the V o rw ä r t s has published confidential official documents, which are represented as having been mysteriously found lying on the editor’s table. Hitherto all attempts to trace the way in which these secret papers are obtained by the Socialists have completely failed. The last official document thus published by the V o rw ä r t s is a letter of instruction from the Minister of War and the Home Office respecting the entry into the army as one-year volunteers of Social Democrats and Anarchists. The former are, as far as possible, to be prevented from obtaining the advantages of the shorter term of service, while the latter are to be unconditionally refused as one-year volunteers The policy of keeping Socialists and Anarchists with the colours for the longest possible time may seem a questionable one; but the betrayal of these secret instructions is undoubtedly calculated to irritate all concerned for the discipline of the army.
Egypt still continues to be the apple of Fr a n c e a n d discord between England and France. We e g y f t . have been unpleasantly reminded of this during the week by the telegrams of Cairo.
