THE TABLET A W eekly Newspaper a n d R eview .
DOM VOBIS GRATDLAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMOS OT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEAT1S.
From the B r ie f o f H is Holiness P iu s IX . to T h e T a b l e t , June 4, 1S70.
Vol. 85. No. 2856. London, F ebruary 2, 1895. P r ic e sd . b y P o st sJ**d
[R e g is t e r ed a t t h e G en e r a l P o st O f f ic e a s a N ew spaper
C hronicle o f t h e W e e k :
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The New French Cabinet—The Meeting of the Chamber—The Amnesty Bill Voted— Loss of an Atlantic Liner and 300 Lives— Narrative of Survivors— The War ¡in the East—Rumoured Japanese Repulse at Wai-Hei-Wai — Dr. Jameson on Rhodesia—The Tsar and his Policy— President Cleveland on the Gold Question— The Funeral of L o rd R a n d o lp h Churchill-The Naval Programme — The Draining o f the ZuyderZee — Lord Lansdowne on the Betrayal o f ’86— The Franco-Malagasy War — Mr. Morley in Newcastle — Welsh Disestablishment . . . . 157 L e a d e r s :
The Pope and the Society for the
Propagation of the Faith .. *6i Bishop Grosseteste and “ The
Athenaeum ” . . . . . . 162 Anglican Orders . . . . . . 163
CONTENTS.
L eaders (Continued):
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Rome and Russia . . . . . . 165 The late Mr. David Lewis . . 167 N otes . . — ~ . . . . 167 R e v iew s :
Lex Mosaica . . . . .. 169 The D iv e r s io n s of a P r im e
Minister . . . . . . . . 170 The Minor Chord . . . . . . 170 Phantasms . . . . . . . . 171
Orchids Books of the W eek.. C orrespondence :
. . 171 . . 171
Rome :— (From Our Own Corre
spondent) .. Notes from Paris . . . . . . News from Ireland . . L e t t e r s t o t h e E d it or :
An Unpublished Letter of Dr.
Pusey France and Madagascar . . Ethical Education .. Misnomers . .
L e t t e r s to th e E d itor (Con-
Continued) : Local Charities and the Parish
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Councils .. . . . . . . 178 Fraternal Society of Converts . . 178 A Plea for Catholics in Business 178 Jansenius . . . . . . . . 178 Behaviour in Church . . . . 179 “ Ober Ammergau ” . . . . 179 Aberdeen Manners and Customs 179 Strange Freak of a Dead Man . . 179 State-Aid or Rate ? . . . . 179 A Church Sentinel . . . . 179 To the Readers of “ The Tablet” 179 Feast of St. Agnes The Religious Condition of Italy . . 180 “ The Dublin Review ” . . . . i8t Stonyhurst and the Bar .. . . 181 The Archbishop of Brisbane on
Education .. . . . . . . 182 Manchester and the Foreign Mis
sions . . . . .. .. . . 182 Reminiscences of Professor B a r f f . . 183
N ew s from t h e D io ceses :
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Birmingham.. . . . . . . 183 Salford . . . . . . . . 183 Portsmouth . . . . . . 183 Glasgow .................................... ig 3 O b it u a r y ........................................184 So c ia l a n d P o l it i c a l . . ». 184
SU PPLEM ENT. Encyclical to American Bishops . . 189 N ew s from t h e S chooi.s :
Denominationalist Victories at the School Board Election in South Devon . . . . . . 191 Huddersfield School Board Elec
tion . . . . . . . . . . 192 Mr. Lane-Fox on V o lu n t a r y
Schools
Manitoba Catholic School Appeal 193 Stowmarket Schools . . . . 193 Conference on the Feeding of
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Poor School Children . . . . 194 The Vicar of Huddersfield on the
School Board Election . . . . 194 Poplar Schools . . . . . . 194
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CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.
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THE NEW FRENCH
CABINET. M .
R IBOT’S Cabinet is constituted thus : M. Ribot, Premier and Minister of Finance ; M. Trarieux, Minister of Justice; M. Hanotaux,
Minister for Foreign Affairs ; General Zurlinden, Minister of War ; M. Leygues, Minister of the Interior ; ViceAdmiral Besnard, Minister of Marine ; M. Poincaré, Minister of Education; M. Dupuy-Dutemps, Minister o f Public Works ; M. André Lebon, Minister of Commerce; M. Gadaud, Minister of Agriculture; M. Chautemps, Minister for the Colonies. The new Cabinet thus includes three members of the outgoing Ministry— namely, M. Hanotaux, who remains at the Foreign Office; M. Leygues, who is transferred from Education to the Interior ; and M. Poincaré, who is transferred from Finance to Education. Of the remainder, one has previously held office, while seven are new men.
----THE MEETING
OF THE CHAMBER.
The first sitting of the Chamber under the new Cabinet was lively, but goodhumoured. When the Message of the new President of the Republic had been read and then dismissed from men’s thoughts as too colourless to be worth further consideration, M. Goblet, as leader of the Extreme Left, rose to give vent to some of the disappointment felt by his party at the decidedly Conservative tendencies embodied in the new Cabinet. He accused the new Ministers of seeking their centre of gravity on the Right. But such criticism was rendered pointless by the common knowledge that the Radicals had had their opportunity and been unable to profit by it. M. Bourgeois had done all he knew to form a Cabinet, and had been pressed to do so by M. Faure, and had been unsuccessful. M. Ribot, in reply, stated simply that his single object had been ■ to gather around him men who would sincerely try to rally all persons of goodwill round a policy of order, of social defence, and of democratic reform. This was pretty comprehensive and pretty vague, but it was understood to ■ denote hostility to the Socialists, and accordingly warmly applauded by the Centre. The Minister went on to say that he was not a Republican of a section. What he wished for was a fruitful Republic. “ We live in an age of
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evolution, and our aim is to ensure a peaceful dénouement.” Meanwhile everything else must stand aside until the necessary and long overdue Budget had been voted. He accordingly asked the Chamber to strike out from the discussion of the estimates everything which might hinder or delay it. Shortly afterwards the Minister won his first victory when he carried the following resolution : “ The Chamber, approving the declaration of the Government, and confident in its resolution to practise a policy of Republican union and Democratic progress, passes to the order of the day.” The voting was decisive— 329 votes to 79.
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Amnesties are popular in France— possibly because no politician knows how soon he v o t e d . m a y squire one. It is only a few weeks ago since an amnesty proposal was rejected by the Chamber, but there is a difference between then and now. Then an amnesty would have been taken as a declaration on the side of the imprisoned calumniators of M. Casimir-Perier— now that he has resigned his feelings do not count and no great political interest is at stake. The new Bill was introduced by M. Trarieux, Minister of Justice, and was as follows : “ A full and complete amnesty is granted for all convictions pronounced or incurred up to January 28, 1895, to wit: (1) For crimes, outrages, or plots against internal security ; (2) for Press offences and offences in connection with public meetings and associations, with the exception of outrages of slander and insult towards private persons ; (3) for electoral offences ; (4) for offences in connection with strikes.” After a brief discussion the measure was voted almost unanimously. Its chief effect will be to restore M. Rouanet and M. Jaurès to the Chamber, and to end the exile of M. Henri Rochefort. This rather unlooked for act of clemency is hailed by the Socialists, and not without some justification, as a concession to themselves. It has had one happy consequence. The Abbé Lemire invited the Government to extend a similar indulgence to the priests whose stipends have been suspended for what have been punished as political indiscretions. This was more than the Ministers had the courage to promise to do, and M. Poincaré fenced with the question and at last said that he would look into each case in the spirit which had animated the Chamber that day. The Abbé, however, pressed his demand and the Chamber taking the matter out of the Minister’s hands voted this further extension of clemency by 284 to 163 votes. It is understood that all attempts to raise the question of progressive taxation in the present Budget will be abandoned.
