THE TABLET.
A W eekly Newspaper an d R ev iew .
DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.
Froi?i the B r i e f o j H is Holiness P iu s IX . to T h e T a b l e t , June 4, 1870.
V o l . 89. No. 2975.
London, May 15, 1897.
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'C hronicle o f t h e W e e k ! Page
Imperial Parliament : The Committee and the War— Statement by Lord Salisbury— Necessitous School Boards : The Tea Duty— Tuesday's Sitting : Duration of Speeches — Sunday dosing in Ireland— The Situation in the Transvaal-The Position of Parties at the Cape—A Farewell Dinner to Mr. Bayard—A New Defence Against Fire—Lord Rosebery on the Use of Libraries— The Greek Flight from Pharsala— The Fall o f Voloand the End of the War— Affairs in Uganda : By Bicycle to Mengo--Lord Herscbell on University Teaching ......................... 757 L ea d e r s :
The Prospects of Peace . . . . 7 6 1 The Ethics of Regicide . . ..761 The Royal Academy . . . . 763
CONTENTS.
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The Bull “ Apostolicæ Curse” . . 764 N o tes . . . . — « . . 766' R e v iew s :
Apocalyptic Literature . . The Matabele Campaign, 1896 The Value of Life .. History in Fact and Fiction “ Baronius Redivivus” . . A Spotless Reputation “ The Month”
768 769 77 » 770 771 771771
C orrespondence :
Rome :—(From Our Own Corre
spondent) . . . . . . — 773 News from Ireland — — 775 News from France . . . . 776 L e t t e r s t o t h e E d itor :
The Queen’s Long Reign . . 77S Franciscan Tertiaries and the
Holy Father .........................778 A Test Question for Anglicans . . 778 The Propagation of the Faith . . 778
L e t t e r s to th e E d it or (Con
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tinued : Mr. Fillingham and Mr. Lunn . . 778 The Ang’ican Episcopate and
the Edwardine Ordinal.. . . 779 Literary Coincidences . . . . 779 Ih e Holy Father and the Third
Order of St. Francis .. . . 779 “ Non Videbis Annos P etri” . . 779 Cardinal Moran’s Defeat . . . . 780 The Paris Tragedy .. . . . . 780 The Mission of St. Augustine . . 781 A Denomm'.tional School Question
in America .. . . . . . . 782 Terrible Accident to Canon Connelly 782 1 ’he Mass and Anglican Order; Wordsworth and Mr. Aubrey de
Vere Books of the Week .. A p peal to th e C h a r it a b le F rom E v e r y w h e r e ........................... O b itu ar y Social an d P o l it ic a l
783 783 733 .. 784 .. 784 .. 785 . . 786
SU PPLEM ENT. N ew s from th e S chools:
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The Liverpool School Board and
the Voluntary Schools Act . . 789 Baptists and the Education Ques
tion . . . . . . . .7 8 9 Irish Teachers’ Pension Fund . . 790 Associations of Voluntary Schools 790 The Breaking Down o f Injustice 793
School Grants N ews from t h e D io ceses : Westminster
Southwark Hexham and Newcastle . . Portsm outh......................... Salford Glasgow .................................... G a l l o w a y .................................... 79^ Catholic Missionaries and the Indian
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- 79* . . 792 •• 793 •• 793 •• 793
- 793
Famine ^ .................................... 793 Catholic Evidence Lectures . . 794 The Anglican and Russian Churches 795
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CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT :
THE COMMITTEE AND
THE WAR.
W ]
H EN the House got into
Committee of Supply on Friday last, another debate on the Eastern Question was started
by Mr. Robson, who moved the reduction of the Foreign Office vote by ¿ 5 0 0 in respect of the salary of the Foreign Secretary. The debate was a dull one, though, as usual, the Government and the Concert of Europe came in for a good deal of abuse from the Opposition. Mr. Balfour and Sir William Harcourt were both absent from illness. The discussion was not absolutely fruitless, however, for Mr. Curzon was able to furnish crushing replies to the strictures passed by the malcontent critics o f the Government. Mr. Robson complained that the policy o f the Government, far from being, as Mr. Balfour had described it, one of peace in Europe and liberty in Crete, had up to the present caused war in Europe aDd anarchy in Crete. The phrase represented the aspirations of the First Lord o f the Treasury rather than the policy of Lord Salisbury, whose weakness when confronted by a strong Power had been shown over and over again by the surrender of British interests in Siam and Madagascar, and more important than all, in Asia. Unless we were marching in the steps of the three Emperors
it now seemed as if we could not march at all. Mr. J. Ellis challenged the Government for a statement of their real policy, and Sir R . Reid submitted that the result of refusing to allow the union of Greece and Crete had been a series o f misfortunes, of which the blockade of Crete and our acquiescence in the retention of Turkish troops there were not the least cruel. In reply, Mr. Curzon made a clear and powerful statement of the real position of affairs. The plan of the Government was still the same, though it had been retarded by the rash counsels of others. Since the last debate on the subject, three weeks before, the situation in Crete had not been materially altered, though war h; d broken out on the mainland. The interior of the island was occupied by Cretans, who roamed about in armed and dangerous idleness, and near the towns attempted to starve the Mohammedans within the walls. They had food in abundance, the canteens were doing a roaring trade, and they would soon have their own crops as well as those of
the men they had ousted. The blockade had not, therefore, resulted in starvation. In the towns, which were full of defenceless Mohammedan refugees, few European troops kept order whilst the Turkish forces defended the military cordon drawn outside. Large numbers in Crete were against annexation to Greece, and the Government did not want to run the risk of depopulating the island either by massacre or emigration. The blockade had been effective in keeping out arms and ammunition, and in mitigating suffering. In the second place, the Concert of Europe could in no way be held responsible for the war on the mainland between Turkey and Greece. Disappointed in Crete, Greece massed troops on her northern frontier and harassed the Turks with Irregulars. The Concert had nothing to do with the rashness of Greece. The Powers had been ready to intervene in the interests of peace, and were still ready to settle this disastrous struggle. Mr. Curzon then wanted to know if the Opposition had any alternative to the policy of the Government. H e cautioned them against their heated denunciations of European Powers by reminding them that if they came into office they might have to begin by making apologies as they once had to do to Austria. Mr. Campbell-Bannerman did not take this warning to heart, however. In the end, the debate on the Vote was deferred in order to give the Leader o f the Opposition an opportunity o f speaking on the question, | but Mr. Robson’s amendment was defeated by a majority | of one hundred and six.
On Monday, in the House of Lords,
I ~ :statement Lord Kimberley asked whether the Greek j l o r d Sa l i s b u r y . Government had announced their intention
of withdrawing their troops from Crete,
aDd whether they had asked for the mediation o f the Powers between themselves and Turkey. Lord Salisbury could only give a word o f explanation in reply. The Greek Government had not officially asked for mediation, but the members of the Government had expressed a desire for it. In regard to Crete, the Government at Athens did not conceive it to be consistent with their posij tion to promise the immediate or definite withdrawal o f
their troops, but they were prepared to say that they would withdraw them at no very distant future. This was not altogether satisfactory to certain of the Powers. Great Britain was not so particular about forms provided the effusion o f blood could be arrested, and so our Ambassador | had received instructions to join in any procedure for the 1purpose of entering o r mediation which was acceptable to
the others.
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