THE TABLET
A Weekly N ew spaper DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.
From the Brief of His Holiness Pius IX to The T e i le t , June 4, 1B70.
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C h ronicle of th e W e e k :
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Im perial P a r l ia m e n t : A B u d g e t D iscu ssion— T h e L o rd s and the H ealth B ill— W o rk o f the F o o d M in is try— End o f the B a v a r ia n S o v ie t— B o lsh ev is ts B e a te n a t A rch an g e l— A n Education B ill fo r Ire lan d— T h e P eace C on ference — B e lg ia n D is s a t is fa c t io n— T h e P ea c e T r e a t y : I ts T e rm s • - ... ................565
T opics :
The Conditions o f P ea c e ••• 568 T h e H o ly W isdom a t C on sta n
tinople ........................................ 568
CONT
ENTS
Patre
N o t e s ....................................................... 571
R e v ie w s :
T h e A postles’ C reed .................. 573 T h e E ls ton e s .............................. 573 Philosophers and their T ea ch
in g ....................................................... 574 i , T h e B ed ro ck o f Relief .................. 574
T h e C on trib u to rs to the
“ C atholic Encyclopaedia ” . . .5 7 4 T h e W e b o f Indian L i fe ... 574 H opes fo r E n g lis h R e l ig io n . .. 574 E s s a y s ...........................................575 T h e M on th ... ................575
L it e r a r y N o t e s .............................. 575
T h e Cardinal and th e A ssocia t io n fo r the P ro p a g a t io n o f the F a i t h .................................................577 C a th o l ic T ru th S o c ie ty ... >..578 T h e C a th o lic T ru th S o c ie ty (M an
ch e s te r B r a n c h ) ....................... 579 Nun-Students a t London U n iv er
s i ty C ourse o f Christian A p o lo g e t ic s ................................................ 579 C orrespondence :
P a g e
R om e— (From Our Own Corre
spondent) ...........................................581
L e t t e r s to th e E d it o r :
A u th o r i ty in th e Church o f
E n g l a n d ............... 583 F i l l in g a “ Gap** ... ... ... 585 S o c ia l S tu d y in Schools ... 586
P a g e
O b it u a r y .......................... .............. 586 W i l l ...................................... .............. 586 Suffering: A rm en ia ... .............. 586 E t Cæ t e r a ......................... .............. 586 Opening o f th e Catholic O r a to r y a t C am b r id ge ............................588 A S a le s ia n V i c to r y Church a t
L e gh o rn ... 690
Join t L e t t e r o f the M exican A r c h
bishops ...........................................590
N ew s from th e D io c e se s :
W estm in s ter .............................. 590 S ou thw a rk ........................................... 592 S ocial and P ersonal .................. 593
NOTANDA
The conditions o f Peace. How far have the objects for which Great Britain drew the sword been secured (p. 568).
“ Ploly Wisdom at Constantinople.” Who’ are the rightful heirs? “ If the Holy Wisdom is to be given back to the religious body that built it, it ought to1be Catholic. The people who represent exactly the founders o f this church, in rite, religion and everything else, are the Uniates o f Greek blood and Byzantine rite. These are the legitimate heirs o f Justinian, Menas, and Eutychios ” (p. 568).
The Cardinal Archbishop on the Propagation o f the Faith. His tribute to the work o f his predecessor (P- 577)
The opening of the new Catholic Oratory at Cambridge. Memories o f Blessed John Fisher (p. 588).
How the quest for “ authority ” in the Church of England still goes on. Many views (p. 583).
Words attributed to St. Augustine which cannot be found in his works. What a hunt in the British Museum revealed (p. 575).
CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK
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e y o n d a speech from Mr. Adamson, of the Labour Party, d is c u s s io n . ¡n which the raising of the income tax exemption from £ 120 to £250 was advocated, Mr. Chamberlain’s Budget statement was not discussed till the following day. Then Sir Donald Maclean, on the income tax resolutions, voiced the views o f the Asquithian Liberals. After endorsing the Chancellor’s demand for all-round economy, his reduction of the excess profits tax, and throwing out a reminder that the project of a capital levy could not be dismissed by denunciation (Mr. Chamberlain had really presented very strong arguments against the suggestion), he New Series. Vou. C l . No. 3,521.
went on to complain of the Imperial Preference proposals as if they had not been introduced to carry into effect the resolutions passed by the W a r Cabinet and the Imperial W a r Conference when Mr. Asquith was at the head of affairs. Sir Donald denounced the scheme as absolutely futile as the foundation o f a structure of Imperial trade. It was a beginning, the thin end of the wedge for the taxation of food, and Liberals must be on their guard. They had come to the parting of the ways, and must take their side on the question of principle accordingly. To this an effective reply was made by the Under Secretary for the Colonies, Colonel Amery, who pointed out that this policy of Imperial Preference was not the policy of one party o n ly ; it had been endorsed by the Governments o f all the Dominions and by a British Coalition Government. It was a policy for the Empire as a whole, and would promote an increase o f Free Trade within its borders. It was said that it would offend other countries, but that could not come about by discrimination between foreign nations. Mr. Bottomley a little later suggested a possible El Dorado to the Chancellor in the matter o f dormant bank balances and unclaimed securities; whilst Sir Thomas Whittaker advocated a tax on unearned increment in land values, and emphasized the urgent need of increased output. Mr. Marriott warmly approved o f the Budget as bold, broad and simple, and its historic importance from the embodiment of Imperial Preference. Mr. Devlin complained o f a heavier tax on whisky and beer being imposed on Ireland at a time when she was practically unrepresented, but that fact is scarcely the Government’s fault. Mr. Locker-Lampson moved an amendment proposing a separate assessment o f husband and wife for income tax, which was at present a penalty on marriage, a proposal which was seconded by Major Tryon. In reply, Mr. Chamberlain said there was no objection to separate assessment, but the question was whether they should be rated separately or jointly. As to the suggestion of taxing unmarried people, he had asked a lady at a deputation whether that was to include spinsters as well as bachelors, and she looked him straight ip the face and said she meant nothing of the kind. W hy were bachelors to be taxed? Not because they did not marry, because if that was the reason they would have to give the bachelor an opportunity of showing that he had not married because he
