Analytics Consent

We use analytics to understand better how people are using this site.

Permit Google Analytics?

Yes No
Skip to main content
Read page text
page 1
THE TABLET A Weekly Newspaper and Review DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS V E ST R IS CONSTANTER MANEATIS. From the Brief of Hi? Holiness Pius IX to The Tablet, June 4, 1870. Vol. 133. No. 4,in . L ondon, F e b r u a r y 22, 191 Q. P E iC E 6d., BY POf-1 6£d. R e g i s t e r e d a t t h e g e n e r a l P o st O f f i c e a s a N e w s p a p e r . CONT Page Chronicle of the W eek ... 201 T opics : The Religious Struggle in the New Prussia ••• •• ••• 203 Rural Evangelization : The Need of “ Regional Priests” 204 No t e s .................................... —205 R ev iew s : The Story of the Grand Fleet ••• ••• ••• ••• 207 Russia and the Struggle for Peace .......................................208 Mystics All ••• — ••• 208 Three Years of World Revolu­ tion— ••• — ••• 208 The S ib ylli1 e Oracles ................ 209 Dominus Noster — ••• ••• 209 L it e rary Notes .................................. 209 W a r It e m s ................................................210 The League of Nations — ••• 211 The Pope and the English College .......................................211 E N T Obituary ................. Page - 212 Catholic Huts in Germany ... 213 Books of the Week............. Correspondence : ... 213 Rome—(From Our Own Correspondent) — ... 215 New s from I reland L etters to the Editor . .. 216 Total Prohibition.......................... 217 Education and Labour Unrest—217 St. Elheldreda’s, Ely Place —218 The Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England................218 Catholic Peers and the Divorce B ill.................................................. 218 E t C a e t e r a ................................................219 Social Problems — — —220 The Beda College Association ... 221 New s from the D ioceses —222 The Catholic Women's Suffrage Society ....................................... 225 S ocial and P ersonal .................... 225 NOTANDA The first Cardinal to enter St. Sophia since the fall of the Byzantine Empire. Cardinal Bourne in Constantinople; his visit to Salonica, and journey home through Trieste and Rome (p. 205). Admiral jellicoe’s book of revelations. Why did not the German submarines destroy the Grand Fleet as it lay huddled in its defenceless bases in the early days of the war? The official answer: “ It may have seemed impossible to the German mind that we should place our Fleet, on which the Empire depended for its very existence, in a position where it was open to submarine or destroyer attack ” (p. 207). A point in which St. Thomas differs from the writer in the “ Catholic Encyclopaedia,” who states that woman is in some respects inferior to man “ both as regards body and soul ” (p. 209). How the separation of Church and S ’ ate was averted in Prussia. The appeal of the Catholic Bishops : “ Avail yourselves of all your political rights, Catho'ic men and women, youths and maidens ” (p. 203). Convocation at work. How one Canon explained that every time he repeated the Athanasian Creed he was telling “ a distinct and deliberate lie.” What the Dean of Lincoln thinks of the Bible story of Noah and the Ark (p. 205). Rural Evangelization and the need of “ Regional Priests.” A call to action (p. 204). CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK ---------- *---------New terms have been imposed on Germany by the Allies for a provisional renewal of the armistice, which expired on Monday. It is understood that in order to save the further trouble and possible irritation caused by these monthly negotiations, this temporary arrangement is to be succeeded by definitive terms which will hold good until peace has been signed, the military and naval terms of which it will anticipate. The provisional convention was signed at Treves on Sunday, after an attempt on the part of Herr Erzberger and his colleagues to obtain modifications and a delay, which was resisted by Marshal Foch, who threatened to break off negotiations. By this document Germany agreed to renounce all offensive operations against th g J ’ oles in the region of Posen or in any other region, or to allow their troops to go eastward of a line determined upon. Secondly, that the prologation of the armistice New S eries. V « l. C l No. 3 , 5 1 0 . should be without any fixed date of expiry, and should be ended by the Allies on three days’ notice. Lastly, that the unfulfilled conditions of the armistice and its subsequent renewals should be carried out during the prolongation. It is expected that the terms for the definitive convention will be ready for presentation to the German authorities next week, and, according to report, they will be sufficiently drastic to remove any inducement for fresh aggression on the part of the enemy, and, indeed, any power to attempt it. Meanwhile there is resentment in Germany against Herr Erzberger for signing the new convention. At the same time the people, though in some places apparently indifferent, are at last beginning to realize that they have really lost the war. The whole Catholic world is in mourning to-day for the loss of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the great Canadian statesman who for so many years ruled the destinies of the Dominion, and did more than any other man to unite the two races in a common nation. Born in the province of Quebec in November, 1841, he was educated at the McGill University, and there acquired that mastery of the English language for which he was distinguished through life. Called to the Bar in 1864, he was successful almost from the outset. In 1874 he was returned as a member of the Federal Legislature, and was chosen to second the Address in the first session of the new Parliament. In 1877 he entered the Cabinet as Minister of Inland Revenue. When he sought re-election, for the only time in his life he met defeat. A few weeks later he was returned for Quebec East, a constituency which he represented until his death. In September, 1878, the Government was defeated, and Laurier became the leader of the Liberal party in Quebec. When Mr. Blake resigned the leadership of the Liberal party throughout the Dominion, he was succeeded by Laurier. That a Catholic and a Frenchman should be thus chosen was thought at the time to represen; a violent break with all the traditions of the party. Events soon vindicated the wisdom of the choice. During the ¡next five or six years Laurier, though in opposition, was leading a winning cause. In 1896 Laurier became Prime Minister. His first difficulty was over the school question in Manitoba, and in that he was greatly helped by .he wise and conciliatory conduct of the Papal Delegate, Mgr. Merry del Val. When Alberta and Saskatchewan received provincial constitutions Laurier faced a storm of opposition to secure the educational rights of the Catholic minority. It was he, too, who made a British preference one of the features of the Canadian tariff. In 1897 he came to England for the Queen’s Jubilee, and was greatly touched by the warmth of the reception accorded to him. During the South African War he became unpopular with a .section of his own followers in Quebec on account of the support he gave to the South African War. But when defeat came at the subsequent General Election, Quebec was still faithful to him. A deciding issue was Laurier’s wish to establish commercial reciprocity with the United States, perhaps as a prelude to c mplete free trade. From 19 11 till his death Laurier continued to lead the Liberal party with dauntless courage. When the war broke out he gave splendid support, and was foremost among those who urged the sending of a Canadian Army to the Front. The value of that support in maintaining the unity of the people cannot be over-estimated. But when it came to a question of conscription, old tradition proved too strong. This broke the Liberal party, and gave the election of 1917 to h.is opponents. iBut all Canada was proud of him to the last. He added to the dignity of the public life of Canada ; he brought its two races closer together, and the nation is united to-day in the sense of its common loss. During the week-end most of the unofficial strikes came to an end, and work was more or less generally resumed. But there has been no lessening of the tension caused by the threatening attitude of the miners, the railway men and the transport workers. The miners have been told that the

Page Text

View plaintext

THE TABLET

A Weekly Newspaper and Review DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS V E ST R IS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.

From the Brief of Hi? Holiness Pius IX to The Tablet, June 4, 1870.

Vol. 133. No. 4,in . L ondon, F e b r u a r y 22, 191 Q.

P E iC E 6d., BY POf-1 6£d.

R e g i s t e r e d a t t h e g e n e r a l P o st O f f i c e a s a N e w s p a p e r .

CONT

Page

Chronicle of the W eek ... 201 T opics :

The Religious Struggle in the

New Prussia ••• •• ••• 203 Rural Evangelization : The

Need of “ Regional Priests” 204 No t e s .................................... —205 R ev iew s :

The Story of the Grand

Fleet ••• ••• ••• ••• 207 Russia and the Struggle for

Peace .......................................208 Mystics All ••• — ••• 208 Three Years of World Revolu­

tion— ••• —

••• 208

The S ib ylli1 e Oracles ................ 209 Dominus Noster — ••• ••• 209 L it e rary Notes .................................. 209 W a r It e m s ................................................210 The League of Nations — ••• 211 The Pope and the English

College .......................................211

E N T

Obituary .................

Page

- 212

Catholic Huts in Germany ... 213 Books of the Week............. Correspondence : ... 213

Rome—(From Our Own Correspondent) —

... 215

New s from I reland L etters to the Editor . .. 216

Total Prohibition.......................... 217 Education and Labour Unrest—217 St. Elheldreda’s, Ely Place —218 The Order of St. John of

Jerusalem in England................218 Catholic Peers and the Divorce

B ill.................................................. 218 E t C a e t e r a ................................................219 Social Problems — — —220 The Beda College Association ... 221 New s from the D ioceses —222 The Catholic Women's Suffrage

Society ....................................... 225 S ocial and P ersonal .................... 225

NOTANDA The first Cardinal to enter St. Sophia since the fall of the Byzantine Empire. Cardinal Bourne in Constantinople; his visit to Salonica, and journey home through Trieste and Rome (p. 205).

Admiral jellicoe’s book of revelations. Why did not the German submarines destroy the Grand Fleet as it lay huddled in its defenceless bases in the early days of the war? The official answer: “ It may have seemed impossible to the German mind that we should place our Fleet, on which the Empire depended for its very existence, in a position where it was open to submarine or destroyer attack ” (p. 207).

A point in which St. Thomas differs from the writer in the “ Catholic Encyclopaedia,” who states that woman is in some respects inferior to man “ both as regards body and soul ” (p. 209).

How the separation of Church and S ’ ate was averted in Prussia. The appeal of the Catholic Bishops : “ Avail yourselves of all your political rights, Catho'ic men and women, youths and maidens ” (p. 203).

Convocation at work. How one Canon explained that every time he repeated the Athanasian Creed he was telling “ a distinct and deliberate lie.” What the Dean of Lincoln thinks of the Bible story of Noah and the Ark (p. 205).

Rural Evangelization and the need of “ Regional Priests.” A call to action (p. 204).

CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK

---------- *---------New terms have been imposed on Germany by the Allies for a provisional renewal of the armistice, which expired on Monday. It is understood that in order to save the further trouble and possible irritation caused by these monthly negotiations, this temporary arrangement is to be succeeded by definitive terms which will hold good until peace has been signed, the military and naval terms of which it will anticipate. The provisional convention was signed at Treves on Sunday, after an attempt on the part of Herr Erzberger and his colleagues to obtain modifications and a delay, which was resisted by Marshal Foch, who threatened to break off negotiations. By this document Germany agreed to renounce all offensive operations against th g J ’ oles in the region of Posen or in any other region, or to allow their troops to go eastward of a line determined upon. Secondly, that the prologation of the armistice

New S eries. V « l. C l No. 3 , 5 1 0 .

should be without any fixed date of expiry, and should be ended by the Allies on three days’ notice. Lastly, that the unfulfilled conditions of the armistice and its subsequent renewals should be carried out during the prolongation. It is expected that the terms for the definitive convention will be ready for presentation to the German authorities next week, and, according to report, they will be sufficiently drastic to remove any inducement for fresh aggression on the part of the enemy, and, indeed, any power to attempt it. Meanwhile there is resentment in Germany against Herr Erzberger for signing the new convention. At the same time the people, though in some places apparently indifferent, are at last beginning to realize that they have really lost the war.

The whole Catholic world is in mourning to-day for the loss of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the great Canadian statesman who for so many years ruled the destinies of the Dominion, and did more than any other man to unite the two races in a common nation. Born in the province of Quebec in November, 1841, he was educated at the McGill University, and there acquired that mastery of the English language for which he was distinguished through life. Called to the Bar in 1864, he was successful almost from the outset. In 1874 he was returned as a member of the Federal Legislature, and was chosen to second the Address in the first session of the new Parliament. In 1877 he entered the Cabinet as Minister of Inland Revenue. When he sought re-election, for the only time in his life he met defeat. A few weeks later he was returned for Quebec East, a constituency which he represented until his death. In September, 1878, the Government was defeated, and Laurier became the leader of the Liberal party in Quebec. When Mr. Blake resigned the leadership of the Liberal party throughout the Dominion, he was succeeded by Laurier. That a Catholic and a Frenchman should be thus chosen was thought at the time to represen; a violent break with all the traditions of the party. Events soon vindicated the wisdom of the choice. During the ¡next five or six years Laurier, though in opposition, was leading a winning cause. In 1896 Laurier became Prime Minister. His first difficulty was over the school question in Manitoba, and in that he was greatly helped by .he wise and conciliatory conduct of the Papal Delegate, Mgr. Merry del Val. When Alberta and Saskatchewan received provincial constitutions Laurier faced a storm of opposition to secure the educational rights of the Catholic minority. It was he, too, who made a British preference one of the features of the Canadian tariff. In 1897 he came to England for the Queen’s Jubilee, and was greatly touched by the warmth of the reception accorded to him. During the South African War he became unpopular with a .section of his own followers in Quebec on account of the support he gave to the South African War. But when defeat came at the subsequent General Election, Quebec was still faithful to him. A deciding issue was Laurier’s wish to establish commercial reciprocity with the United States, perhaps as a prelude to c mplete free trade. From 19 11 till his death Laurier continued to lead the Liberal party with dauntless courage. When the war broke out he gave splendid support, and was foremost among those who urged the sending of a Canadian Army to the Front. The value of that support in maintaining the unity of the people cannot be over-estimated. But when it came to a question of conscription, old tradition proved too strong. This broke the Liberal party, and gave the election of 1917 to h.is opponents. iBut all Canada was proud of him to the last. He added to the dignity of the public life of Canada ; he brought its two races closer together, and the nation is united to-day in the sense of its common loss. During the week-end most of the unofficial strikes came to an end, and work was more or less generally resumed. But there has been no lessening of the tension caused by the threatening attitude of the miners, the railway men and the transport workers. The miners have been told that the

Read next page

My Bookmarks

Buy this Book
Skip to main content