THE TABLET
A Weekly Newspaper and Review DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETI AM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANBATIS.
From the Brief of Hir Holiness Pius IX to The Taklet, June 4, 1870.
Vol. 1 3 4 . No. 4 , 1 3 1.
London, J uly i 2 , IQIQ.
P rsce 6d„ b y P o s t 6£d.
Re s i s t e r k d a t t h e S e n b r a l P o st O f f i c e a s a Newspaper.
C h r o n ic l e o f t h e W e e k :
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Imperial Parliament: The W ar and the Peace — Mr. Lloyd George and Guarantees— The Women’s Emancipation Bill— The Forestry B ill—Tuesday in Lords and Commons — Coal Prices— England and America to Guard France from Aggression—The Triumph of R.34— German Finance: "Terrible Burdens ”— Ratification of the Treaty by Germany ............. 33 T o p ic s :
France and the V a tica n ............. 36 The Apostles o f the Southern
Slavs ...................... . ••• 37
C O N T
E N T S
Topics continued:—
A British Cardinal in the
B a l k a n s ..................................... 38 N o t e s .................................. ... 40 R e v i e w s :
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A Romance o f the XVIIIth
Century ••• ••• 42 The Soul of a Clerical Soldier— 42 Suggestions for a Library ••• 42 Within the Rim ••• ••• ••• 42 The Month......................................42 L i t e r a r y N o t e s .................... 43 St. Joseph’s Foreign Missionary
Society ..................................... 44 The Catholic Stage Guild Mass and General Meeting ............... 46
C orrespon d e n c e :
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Rome— (From Our Own Corre
spondent) ..................................... 49
L e t t e r s t o t h e E d it o r ;
Bequests for Masses in Per
petuity ..................................... 50 The Late Mr. Edmund Bishop 50 The Acts of Uniformity and the Mass ..................................... 50 Padre Gemelli ....................... 50 The Nature o f the Church ... 50 E t Cæ t e r a ............................................. 52 Day of National Thanksgiving— 53 Reunion of Serbs, Croats and
Slovenes ..................................... 54
N ew s from t h e D io c e s e s : Page Westminster ... ... 56
Southw ark....................... ... 56 Birmingham ... ... 58 Leeds................................. ... 59 Northampton ............. ... 60 Plymouth ....................... ... 60 Portsmouth....................... ... 60 Nottingham ............. Scotland: ... 60
Aberdeen ... ............. ... 60 M a r r i a g e s ............................ ... 60 The Liverpool Catholic Blind Asylum ....................... - 60 S o c ia l a n d P e r s o n a l ... 61
N O L A N D A
The Cardinal Archbishop on the urgency o f the Irish question : “ It is a matter which deeply concerns the whole Em p ire ; all the nations are perplexed by a situation which they cannot comprehend ; the solving of this age-long difficulty calls forth the hopes and prayers and aspirations o f Catholics throughout the English-speaking world ’ ’ (p. 54).
The episcopal persecution of Benediction in the Anglican Church. The fate of Mr. W ason, and a clerical protest (p. 40).
W hat Archbishop Cerretti says : “ Rome now looks to America to be the leader in all things Catholic, and to set an example to other nations.” How this message was delivered by Cardinal Gibbons (p. 40).
How the birth o f the Serb, Croat and Slovene nation was commemorated in Westm inster Cathedral. The thanks of Yugo-Slavia to Cardinal Bourne (p. 54). The full story of national heroes St. Cyril and St. Method (p. 37).
A query about the motto of the National Lifeboat? Institution— “ There is sorrow on the s e a .” How an inquirer was officially referred to a Minor Prophet. The translation o f the text in the Authorized Version contrasted with those of the Vulgate, the “ Breeches B ib le ,” M atthew ’ s Bible and Luther’s German Version (P- 4 3 )
CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT: IN a statement in the House o f p e a c e . Peace Treaty Lord Curzon urged that the country must show itself worthy of the victory it had won. “ Nemesis had dogged the footsteps of the enemy four of the greatest Empires of the world had crumpled up, minor Thrones had been swept out of existence, fugitive K in gs and K inglets haunted retreats on the Continent of Europe, and new States were emerging. The victory meant not only the downfall of a dynasty, but the defeat of a moral and intellectual character which was incompatible with order N e w S e r i e s . V o l . C I I , N o . 3.530.
and progress in the world. W e did not know whether that spirit was dead, but it would never be allowed again to reassert i ts e lf .” He then set forth the terms of the Treaty as an illustration of the completeness of Germany’s defeat. “ Great Britain had gained all and more than all that she had set out to win. She had secured the freedom c f the seas. She had not sought territory, but responsibilities had been thrust on her which he regarded with some alarm. The call before all was for personal service. W e were demobilising our army-, but we ought to mobilise a fresh army which would carry on the traditions o f the men who had died in answer to the trumpet of duty.”
Meanwhile Mr. Lloyd George a n d g u a r a n t e e s . w a s making the statement in the
House of Commons which we briefly noted last week, and presenting Bills for the ratification o f the Treaty and for sanctioning the Convention with France. A fte r setting forth, the terms imposed on Germany he said that they m ight have been different if the people had not shared the crimes of their rulers. But “ the nation approved, the nation applauded. The nation had been, taught to approve. From the Baltic to the Boden Sea the nation was united and enthusiastic behind this enterprise.” As to the guarantees for the execution of the Treaty, which the Allies were determined should not be another scrap of paper, there was first the disarmament of Germany by the reduction o f her army to a small long-service army which would leave the mass of the population untrained, and by the destruction of her arsenals. Another guarantee was this Convention on the part of the United States and of this country with France to defend her against a wanton and unprovoked attack— a Convention which would strengthen the hands of the greatest guarantee o f all, the League of Nations. I f the League averted but one war, if it saved the world from war for a generation, it would be justified. It would stop some wars, it might not stop all, but it Yvould make w ar difficult and unsuccessful. He therefore looked to it with hope and confidence to do g reat things for humanity.
A third reading- was given to this e m a n c i p a t io n b i l l . Bl11 ln sPlte ot opposition from the
Government, by 100 votes against
88. Major Astor pointed out to the House that the Government thought it would be better for them to introduce a Bill o f their own to g iv e women equality
