THE TABLET
s i Weekly Newspaper and Review
DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS V E ST R IS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.
From the Brief of His Holiness Pius IX to The Tablet, June 4, 1870.
V o l . 1 3 5 . N o . 4 , 1 6 0 L o n don , J a n u a r y 3 1 , 19 2 0 .
Pr ic e 6d., b y P ost 6$d,
R eg is ter ed at th e General P ost Offic e as a N ewi spapeh*,
C hronicle of th e W e e k :
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Holland and the Kaiser— Hungary at the Polls- Mr. Ralfbur and the Coalition— Influenza: An Official Warning — Prussian Poland — Poland and the Bolshevist Menace— The Paisley Election: Mr. Asquith’s Candidature—Affairs in Russia—The Irish Bishops and the state o f the Country ... 133 T opics :
Lord Bryce on the Treaty 136 Reminiscences o f Bishop Ward 137 The Labourers in the Vineyard 138
C O N T E N T S
Notes ................................. Page - 140 R ev iew s :
A Galloper o f Ypres
... 141
The Political Outlook ••• ... 142 Coggin ... 142 Moral Theology ••• ... 142 Catholics in Rebellion ••• ... 142 Books of the Week ••• ... 142 L it er a r y Notf.s ... 143 Funeral o f Bishop Ward ••• ... 144 E ducational S upplem ent :
Educational Notes
... 149
P ro f ssor Phillimore and the
Revival o f Criticism ••• ... 151
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E ducational S upplem ent—contd. :
More Appointed Days Fixed ... 152 Correspondence:
Rome—(From Our Own Corre
spondent)..................................... 153 L e t t e r s to the E ditor .
St. Thomas Aquinas and Mys
ticism ... ............. ... 154 Women Magistrates ................154 Swift and Johnson — ... 154 A Phenomenon in the Calendar 154 Birmingham Catholic Reunion ... 154 E t C e t e r a ..........................................1?8 Ch e s s ......................................................160
Distress in Hungary
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... 160
News from the D ioceses : Westminster ... 161
Southwark.............
Leeds.............
Liverpool •••
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Northampton .............. ... 162 Wales:
M en e v ia ........................ ... 163 Obituary ... 163 The Beaumont Union and Mr.
Justice Russell ............. ... 164 W il l ....................................... ... 164 S ocial and P ersonal ... 164
NOTANDA
The funeral of Bishop Ward. The full text of Dr. Burton’s sermon (p. 144). Some personal reminiscences —the Bishop’s idea of rest (p. 137).
Distress among- the nuns in Vienna. A prolonged diet of cabbage soup and the diseases it has brought. How the misery of cold and darkness is added to that of semi-starvation. An opportunity of sending help— the trucks waiting to be filled (p. 140).
The Labourers in the Vineyard. A commentary on Matt, xx, 1-16 , by Father Lattey, S . J . (p. 138).
The Catholic Reunion in Birmingham. Mgr. Brown’s address and his appeal to all for service in the Catholic cause (p. 154).
Señor Capablanca’s good wishes to our chess readers (p. 160).
An Educational Supplement. The curious position of the Irish Education Bill, which the Bishops again condemn and reject. What they will do if the Bill be forced on the country (p. 149). Professor Phillimore on tiie revival of classical criticism. An appeal for a return to the true principles of it from those practised by German scholars (p. 151).
CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK
As was generally anticipated, the
Ho l l a n d a n d Dutch Government has declined the THE KAISER. . . . , , ., Tr •
invitation to hand over the Kaiser for trial by the Allies. The Note begins by pointing out that Holland is not a party to the Treaty of Versailles, and that appeals to it are therefore irrelevant. For the rest, the right of asylum cannot be violated. If in the future an international court should be established by the common action of the nations for the trial of acts committed in war and liable to be punished under statutes “ passed previous to the commission of such acts,” a different situation would arise. But no such international jurisdiction exists at present. The Note then goes on to say that as things are to-day the New Series. Vol. C III. No. 3 559.
Government of the Queen must be guided by the existing laws of the realm and the national traditions. ‘ ‘ If, therefore, the constituent laws of the kingdom are based upon the principle of a universally recognized right, if the expression of the secular tradition has made of that country from all times a land of refuge for the vanquished in international conflicts, the Government of the Queen cannot defer to the desire of the Powers by withdrawing from the ex-Emperor the benefits of its laws and its traditions. The rights and the honour of the nation, respect for which is a sacred duty, are opposed to such a course. The people of the Netherlands cannot betray the confidence of those who trusted themselves to their free institutions. The Government of the Queen is ready to believe that the Powers recognize the justice of these considerations, which rise above all personal pressure, and which seem to it so decisive that they ought not reasonably to give occasion to any erroneous interpretations.” It is possible that there may be a further exchange of Notes, but certainly public opinion in this country would not tolerate any sort of attempt to put pressure upon a small Power. Perhaps some guarantee that the Kaiser should not be allowed to leave the country without notice to the Allies might be reasonably asked. If he goes to Germany his extradition may be demanded under the terms o f the Treaty.
Slowly but surely the world is be-
the° 1>ouT ginning to settle down again. On
* January 25 the first genuinely democratic elections ever held in Hungary took place. The Budapest correspondent of the Times gives an interesting account of the composition and aims of the competing parties. He begins by pointing out that before the war the franchise was on a distinctly limited basis, there being not many more than a million and a quarter voters out of a total population of about 20,000,000, and the voting was everywhere uniform, public and oral. In the forthcoming elections the suffrage is universal, equal, direct and compulsory, and the voting is secret. The age-limit for both sexes is 24, but women, as opposed to men, have to pass a certain unambitious test of literacy. All soldiers who have served six weeks at the front can vote regardless of their age, but active officers have no right of franchise. Deputies must be 30 years old. One result was taken for granted before the polling began—the success of the Christian bloc. Bolshevism seems thoroughly discredited throughout the country. Indeed, the main
