THE TABLET
s i Weekly N ew spaper 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.
V o l . 1 3 4 No. 4 , 1 4 8 . L ondon, N o v em b e r 8 , 1 9 1 9 .
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R eg is ter ed at th e Gen er a l P ost Off ic e as a N ew spa per .
Chronicle of the W e e k :
Pagre
Imperial Parliament : The Nation’s Finances—The Prime Minister’s Speech—The Aliens Restriction Bill—England and Russia — The Struggle in Russia—Labour Triumphs in London—The Jews and Palestine—U.S.A. Miners’ Strike— The Losses o f the Allies ••• 589 T opics :
LudendorfFs Story o f the War 592 The Cross on High ............. 593 The Early Papacy—V II ••• 594
CONTENTS
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No t e s ......................................................596 R ev iew s :
Ireland and Conscription — 598 A Journey to Catholic Mission
Fields ......................................598 Canon Law— — 599 Ireland’s Fairy Lore ................599 Scottish Life and History ... 599 The Influence o f W a r ................599 L it e r a r y Notes ............................. 600 Books o f the W eek.......................... 602 Marriage ................................... >602
Correspondence :
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E t Ce t e r a ...
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Rome—(From Our Own CorreThe Passing o f the Christian spondent)...................... . ... 605 Tradition ...
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L e t t e r s , to the E ditor :
Ch e s s ........................ .
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The C .S.G . and its Appeal ... 606 The Catholic Women’ s League .. 615 The Catholic Survival
E n g la n d ......................... in ... 606 New s from the D ioceses : A University Magazine for Westminster ... .. 616
Catholics........................ ... 606 Southwark ... ...
The Ignatian Method o f Mental
Birmingham
I rayer ......................... ... 608 Shrewsbury... ...
The Catholic Women's League 608
In Schismatic Churches— ... 608
Obituary
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Priests’ Pitiable Plight
... 608 S ocial and P ersoni&l ... .. 620
NOTANDA
The Cross on high in London. How Cardinal Vaughan enthroned a relic of the True Cross in the cross surmounting the tower of Westminster Cathedral. A precedent from Old St. Paul’s (p. 593).
“ Ludendorff’s Story of the W a r .” The British victory which was Germany’s blackest day (p. 592). Why peculiarly effective incendiary bombs were not rained on London (p. 596).
Cardinal Bourne’s eulogy of the work of the Catholic Women’s League, and his hopes for the influence of Catholic women on social questions (p. 615).
The meaning of Magni nominis umbra. How & Kempis sides with St. Bernard and “ Junius ” against Dr. Johnson. Another question of scholarship in which “ Junius ” and Johnson took opposite sides (p. 601).
The future of the British Mission at the Vatican, especially in view of the extension of diplomatic relations with the Holy See by other States (p. 605).
Chess. The promise of a feast of problems and prizes for Christmas. Senor Capablanca sends a message to T h e T a b l e t (p . 6 1 2 ) .
Accordingly he did not think any new taxation would be necessary in the coming year. He would be no party to a general levy on capital, but he was informing himself on the question of a tax on war profits, which he would submit to a Select Committee. Mr. Churchill followed with a defence of the hundred millions over the estimate necessary for the Army. When the debate was resumed next day, Mr. Clynes moved an amendment declaring the present expenditure on war services unjustifiable and calling for a levy on capita! and the reversion to the State of fortunes made out of the war to assist a national policy of drastic economy in clearing up the financial position. He also advocated the replacement of the bread subsidy by a shilling a week on wages and of the unemployment benefit by finding employment for those who wanted it. Lord Robert Cecil thought that whilst it would be madness not to inquire into a capital levy, its wisdom was doubtful. The real way to meet the situation was to diminish our expenditure and to that policy must be conformed. Mr. Bottomley suggested that a thousand millions could be obtained in a week by the issue of prize bonds.
Here Mr. Llovd George intervened m in i s t e r ' s s p e e c h . m the discussion with a speech which was so immediately effective
CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK
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h e Chancellor’s speech or imiivn o tne state ot the nation !
Tfinances last week was, as com pared with his statement ir
August, decidedly opflmistic. His view now was thn with care and economy there was no reason for bank ruptcy; the tax revenue was coming in well, the defici less than he expected, and the reductions greater whilst when full allowance was made for the postpone ment of receipts, the actual increase of expenditure ove the estimate was £133,000,000, which was amply ex plained by war bonuses and pensions, increased pay t< the services, strike expenses and the extra police grant N e w S e r i e s . V o l . C II. N o . 3 ,5 4 7 .
that Mr. Clynes’s amendment was defeated by a majority of 355. Mr. Chamberlain had, he said, demolished the charge of avoidable extravagance. It was easy to lay down the general principle of retrenchment, but when it came to practical details agreement among the Government’s critics came to an end. Meanwhile the Government had done much to cut down expenditure: gone was the coal subsidy, and steps were being taken to get rid of the railway subsidy ; the Russian expenditure had been wound up; the Army which at the Armistice was 4,400,000, was now 720,000, and in March would be down to 300,000. Next year there would be a substantial surplus out of realizable assets, which would go towards the reduction of debt. True, our expenditure was enormous, but it was necessitated by the greatest and costliest war the world had ever seen ; the 8,000 millions had been raised to save our lives, and was well spent for the triumph we had achieved. Repudiation of our debt was out of the question ; we must therefore pay, and it was no use complaining about the discharge of our obligations of honour in the matter of pensions, of higher wages
