THE TABLET
A. W eekly Newspaper a n d R eview .
OOM VOBIS GRATULAM U R , ANIMOS KTIAM ADDIMUS O T IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTKR M ANEAT1S.
From the B r i e f o f H is Holiness P iu s IX . to The Tablet, June 4, 1870.
V o l . 85. No. 2852.
L o n d o n , J a n u a r y 5, 1895.
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C hronicle o f t h e W e e k :
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Arbitration: England and America— The Revenue: A Probable Surplus— Agriculture in 1894— The Price of C e r e a l s — T h e Italians in th e ^Soudan — The •French Blackmailing Scandals— Funeral of Sir John Thompson — The Resources of Madagascar— Mr. Gladstone on the Armenian Question— Rumoured Assassination o f a Turkish Governor— The War in the East— Treatment of the Wounded — Peace Negotiations Imperilled— The Recall of M . de Lanessan — An Orange Manifesto— Telegraphists’ Grievances— The Pamir Question . . 1 L eaders :
•Shall we Municipalize the Public-
houses ? . . . • • • . • 5 The Thirsty Eldorado . . . . 6 Venetian A r t ......................... 7
C O N T E N T S
L eaders (Continued):
The Newly-Found Old Syriac
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Version of the Gospels .. .. 8 N o t e s . . ... *..........................9 R e v iew s :
A Memoir of Mrs. Augustus
Craven Behind an Eastern Veil .. In the Year o f Jubilee Brave Translunary Things Comparison o f Catholic and Pro testant Countries A Delicate Monster Love and Quiet Love A Happy Year When Charles The First Was
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Foreign Catholic Periodicals Lesser’s Daughter Both Worlds Barred A Question for the Archbishop of
Canterbury .. . . .. .. 15 The Archbishop of Canterbury and
Canon Law in England . . . . 15
C orrespondence :
Rome :— (From Our Own Corre
• Page spondent) .. Notes from Paris ,. Newsfrom Ireland .. L e t t e r s t o t h e E d it or :
Father Gasquet and M . Dalbus . The Permission o f Evil An Anglican’s Sympathy for Our
Schools Surreptitious Communions The Catholic Press of Australi, Newfoundland Taxes v. Rates for Education . Appeal for Benediction .. Books, Papers, and Lantern Lee tures for Soldiers Canon Connelly Catholic Guardians Mediaeval Choristers Red Tape at the National Debt
Office .. The One Thing Needful The January Magazines
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Opening o f a Catholic Seamen’s
Club at Bootle O b it u a r y ........................................ S o c ia l a n d P o l it ic a l
S U P P L E M E N T . N ews from t h e S chools :
Manchester School Board St. John’s Institution, Boston Spa St. Ignatius’ College, Malta Tawse for Board School Children Stonyhurst .. The Occupations c f Elementary
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School Children N ew s from t h e D ioceses
Westminster Southwark . . . . . Middlesbrough Newport and Menevia Plymouth Glasgow ....................... Catholic Scientists The Cradle of Mexican Liberty . Palestrina Mr. Gladstone and Old Catholics.
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would lend its ready co-operation with that of the United States for this purpose. The petition which Mr. Cremer has gone to Washington to present urges the Senate to take the initiative in the final stage.
,N Wednesday Mr. Cremer, M.P.,
A R B IT R A T IO N —
ENGLAND AND AMERICA. O '
sailed for the United States on board the T eu to n ic on an important mission to Congress. He is the bearer of a letter signed by 354 Members of the House of Commons asking Congress to support a motion which is shortly to be brought before the American Senate by Senator Allison, and supported by Senator Sherman, and which instructs the President to open up negotiations with Great Britain with a view to the conclusion of a treaty of arbitration for a term of twenty-five years. Mr. Cremer is to be congratulated on having secured 354 signatures from members of the House of Commons, but we regret that the number was not still larger, and we specially regret to find so few Conservative names. We should like to know as a matter of curiosity what possible ■ objection members can have to doing what they can towards the winning of such a blessing for both countries as would be this solemnly ratified promise by the two •Governments to submit their differences to arbitration. The absence of the names of the leading men on both sides of the House is presumably due to regard for some absurd .idea about official dignity or etiquette, and we may safely •feel that Mr. Cremer carries with him the goodwill of a .great number of those who have not given him their signa tures. It may be well to glance at the recent history and progress of this movement. In 1890 the United States Congress unanimously passed the following resolution: “ That the President be and is hereby requested to invite from time to time, as fit occasions may arise, negotiations with any Government with which the United States has or may have diplomatic relations, to the end that any differences or disputes arising between the two Governments, which cannot be adjusted by diplomatic agency, may be referred to arbitration and be peacefully adjusted by such means.” This resolution was in general terms. It “ invites ” negotiations. Senator Allison’s resolution proposes an “ instruction ” to the President. During the last session the House of Commons in a resolution unanimously •expressed its satisfaction at hearing that Congress had authorized the American President to negotiate treaties of arbitration, and also its hope that the Queen’s Government
New Series, Vol. L III., Nc. 2,161.
The Revenue returns for the quarter end-
— a p r o b a b l e s u r p l u s .
t h e r e v e n u e ¡ng December 31, give some hope that the-
long period of commercial depression is beginning to pass away. There is an increase under all the important heads of income for the threequarters of the financial year amounting, after allowing for one or two small decreases, to ,£2,869,000. It will be remembered the Chancellor of the Exchequer wanted only ,£2,670,000 of additional revenue for the whole year to give him the working surplus of .£291,000, on the basis of which he framed the Budget in April last. The situation, however, in one respect is not quite so rosy as it seems. Sir W. Harcourt calculated that the miscellaneous receipts of the year would be less by half a million than in the preceding year ; but up to date there has been an increase of ,£139,000. This item is always a fickle one, and may not be maintained during the coming quarter: all the same, it is solidly satisfactory to the Chancellor of the Exchequer to feel that at present he is .£639,000 better off under this heading than he anticipated. It was expected that the yield of customs and excise would be practically unchanged ; in fact, the increase of revenue from these sources is, for three quarters, ^1,123,000. The increase of revenue from stamps is £ 1 , 112,000, or something over ,£100,000 of the estimate for the year. The extra penny in the income-tax, which, under the old system would have brought in about a million and three-quarters, was calculated, owing to the numerous abatements and exemptions allowed by the last Budget, to produce no more than .£330,000. At present the increase for three quarters is ¿428,000, or nearly .£100,000 more than the estimated increase for the year. It must be borne in mind, however, that the tax has been levied on incomes as received through bankers, and the effect of the new abatements will be known only next quarter. If, however, the heading miscellaneous receipts comes out at its normal figure for the next quarter, and Sir William’s calculations as to the results of the new abatements in the income tax are not too sanguine, there ought to be a surplus of more than a million.
At the close of this disastrous year it is a g r i c u l t u r e well to take a bird’s-eye view of the distribu-
i i n 1894. tion of the main classes of crops over the land of the United Kingdom. As compared
