THE TABLET
A Weekly Newspaper and Review DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.
From the Brief of His Holiness Pius IX to The Tablet, June 4, 1870.
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Chronicle of the Week ... 593 Topics :
A lsa c e -L o r r a in e .......................... 595 Archbishop Glennon o f St.
Louis ••• ••• ••• ••• 596 No t e s ................................................. 597
R eviews :
The Sacraments-* .................598 Faith and Duty ... _ ••• ••• 598 A Little-known M y s t ic ..........598 L iterary Notes ............................ 599 Thanksgiving Day in Pari« ••• 600 War It e m s ................................. 602 Obituary ........................................ 602 Educational Supplement :
Educational Notes — _ ••• 605 Catholic University Education a t Douai and Lille ••• — 607
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Educational Supplement—contd. :
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Correspondence: Convent Edu
cation, University Life and Citizenship .......................... 608 School Books ••• ••• ••• 608 New Schools for Holy Cross,
Liverpool..................................... 609
Correspondence :
Rome—(From Our Own Corre
spondent) — — .» ••• 611 L etters to the E ditor :
The Virgin Birth and Resurrection
Conversions in the Services ... 612
I'he Mystical Life ”
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The Polish Relief Fund-. ... 612 E t Ce t e r a .......................... ... 614 News from the Dioceses ... 616 Social and P ersonal ... 617
NOTANDA
Catholics and the elections. The vital questions at issue. The names of twenty-two Catholic candidates for British constituencies— the eleven who may be expected to support Mr. Lloyd George and the eleven who oppose him (p. 597)
The full text of the sermon preached by the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster in Paris on the American Thanksgiving Day. “ To England, on that first Sunday of August, when the news reached us that Belgium was invaded, only one honourable road was free. The violation of the neutrality of Belgium already tolled the death-knell of the German plans and hopes.” What the Allies owe to America (p. 600).
Another picture portrait from the pen of Mr. Shane Leslie —Archbishop Glennon, of St. Louis (p. 596).
Many obituaries— Major-General Sir Alfred Turner, Sir George Lambert, Father Tickle and Mr. Richard Nolan (p . 6 0 2 ) .
An Educational Supplement : the Scottish Education Bill in the Lords (p. 605). Mr. Fisher on the necessity of the development of secondary schools, to which the Secondary Schools Regulations are an obstae'e (p. 606). Catholic work for university education at Douai and Lille (p. 607).
CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK
------ «-----Der Tag has come and gone. On Thursday of last week seventy warships, the pick of the German Fleet, surrendered to Sir David Beatty. They were met by the British Battle Fleet off the Firth of Forth, and carefully shepherded to the appointed anchorage in the Forth where they were to wait until they received orders to proceed to Scapa Flow, in the Orkneys. The surrendered vessels included nine battleships, five battle-cruisers, seven light cruisers and forty-nine destroyers. The loss of such a Fleet reduces Germany to the position of a fifth-rate naval Power. When the captive Fleet had cast anchor about noon, the British Commander-in-Chief issued the following signal:—“ The German flag wi’l be hauled down at sunset to-day (Thursday) and will not be hoisted again without permission.” And so it happened. At sunset the German flag was lowered on board each vessel of the surrendered Fleet. Meanwhile nearly a hundred U-boats have quietly given themselves up in accordance with the terms of the armistice, and are now
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roped together along the banks of the Stour. In view of these events it is of interest to recall the speech made by the Kaiser when he visited his Fleet at Wilhelmshaven on June 5 and 6, 1916, shortly after the battle of Jutland. From the deck of the Admiral’s flagship he addressed delegations from the vessels which took part in the battle :—“ Thus the superior British Armada approached, and our Fleet engaged it, and what happened? The British Fleet was beaten. The first great hammer-blow was struck, and the nimbus of British world supremacy had disappeared. Like an electric spark the news rushed through the world, and caused unprecedented jubilation everywhere where German hearts beat, and also among our brave allies. That is the success of the battle of the North Sea. A new chapter in the history of the world has been opened by you. The German Fleet has been able to defeat a superior English Fleet. God Almighty has steeled your arms and kept your eyes clear, but I am standing here to-day as your Supreme War Lord, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. The world was prepared for anything, but never for the victory of the German Fleet over the British. A start has been made. Fear will creep into the bones of the enemy.” We now know the truth. The German Fleet was so badly hurt off Jutland that it would never consent to go to sea again.
The fact that the war was deliberately planned by the two Germanic Powers is now openly admitted by the Government of Bavaria. It has published a report which Count Lerchenfeld, then Minister at Berlin, made to the Bavarian Premier, then Count Hertling, on July 18, 1914. This is supplemeiited by two telegrams from the same Minister to Count Hertling on July 3 1 . Recording his conversations in the Foreign Office with Herr Zimmermann, the Imperial Undcr-Secretary of State, with reference to the Balkans and the Triple Alliance, and with the AustroHungarian Ambassador in Berlin, Count Lerchenfeld says: “ The step which the Cabinet in Vienna has resolved to take in Belgrade—namely, the delivery of the Note—will take place on July 25. Action has been postponed until this juncture because of the desire to await M. Poincare’s and M. Viviani’s departure from St. Petersburg, in order to make it difficult for the Entente to arrive at an understanding and to counteract. In Vienna until then a show of peaceful disposition is to be made, and the Minister of War and the Chief of the General Staff are to have furloughs for some time.” After informing his Government of the probable contents of the Note, Count Lerchenfeld continues : “ It is obvious that Serbia cannot accept such conditions, which are inconsistent with her dignity as an independent State. The consequence must therefore be war. It is absolutely agreed here that Austria should take advantage of this favourable moment, even at the danger of further complications. ” Count von Lerchenfeld further says:—“ The opinion here is general that it is Austria’s hour of fate. For this reason, in reply to inquiry from Vienna, the declaration was immediately made here that any line of action upon which Austria may resolve will be agreed to, even at the risk of war with Russia.” Then follows a passage which is eminently characteristic of the crooked ways of German diplomacy. The Min-'ster continues thus :—“ With reference to the Kaiser travelling in a foreign country and the Chief of the Great General Staff and the Prussian War Minister being on furlough, the Imperial Government will declare that it was as much surprised as the other Powers by Austria’s action.” In a telegram dated July 3 1 , 1914, the Minister reported :—“ The Prussian General Staff awaits war against France full of confidence, and reckons to be able to overthrow France in the course of four weeks. The moral of the French Army is not good. It has only a very few howitzers and bad rifles.” In a report dated August, 1914, the Minister said, regarding Belgium :—“ Germany
