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DUM VOBIS G R A TU LAM U R , ANIM OS ET IAM ADDIM U S U T IN INCCEPTIS V E STR IS CONSTAN TER M ANEA7 IS.
F r om the B r i e f o f H i s H o l in e s s P iu s I X . to T he T ablet, Jun e 4, i is yo .
V o l . 108. No. 3,453. L ondon, J u l y 14, 1906.
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R e g is tered a t th e G en e r a l P ost O f f ic e a s a N ew spaper.
'C hronicle oe th e W e e k :
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Imperial Parliament : Chinese Labour, the Congo Free State, and the Situation in Egypt— Orangemen in Ireland— Clause 8Closured and Passed— The Lords and Our Unpreparedness for War— Part I. Added to the Bill— The Delegation o f Powers—The Reform of Company Law—General Trepoff on the Russian Crisis— Trade Still Booming — Is Wine Becoming Unpopular? . . 41 L e a d e r s :
The Last Clauses . . . . . . 45 The Foreign Office Vote . . . . 46 “ Babes and Sucklings ” . . ..46 Englishmen as an Enclosed Order 48 N o t e s ............................................. 49
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Inspiration . . . . . . ..49 The Throne of the Fisherman . . 51 Scenes from Old Playbooks . . 51 Sketches in History . . . . 52 Saint Benedict Joseph Labre . . 52 Literary N o te s ........................................52 Books of the Week . . . . . . 53 The Anti-Scientific Church . . . . 54 Liberals or Jacobins .. _ .. 54 Catholic Women’s Medical Aid Mis
sion for the Zenanas of India . . 55 C orrespondence :
Rome :— (From Our Own Corre
spondent) . . . . . . . . 57 News from Ireland............................. 58 News from France . . ... •• 59 L e t ter s to th e E d it or :
Catholics and the Registration of
Teachers . .
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L e t t e r s to th e E d itor (Con- Page tinued) : “ Disinterested Management ” . . 60 “ The O’Conor Don,” or “ O ’Conor
Don” . . .. .. .. 6t The Church Commission Report 61 Simple Vows.. . . . . 6r Candidates for Foreign Missions 61 From Slumland to the Country . . 61 A Deserving Case . . . . . . 61 Et Oetera . . . . . . . . 62 The Vatican “ Kyriale ” . . . . 62 Doings of Local Authorities.. . . 63 Our Colleges and Schools . . . . 63 St. Edmund’s and the Braye
Scholarships . . . . . . 63 St. Augustine’s College, Ramsgate 63 The LislDonian Society _ . . . . 63 Schools in the Clifton Diocese . . 64 Mr. Birrelland the Education Grants 64
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Educational Questions in Parliament 65 Nazareth House Industrial School,
Isleworth . . . . . . . . 65 N ew s from t h e D ioceses :
Westminster . . . . ... 65 Southwark . . . . . . . . 66 Hexham and Newcastle . . . . 67 Nottingham . . . . .. ..67 “ The Guardian” and the Ritual
Report . . .... . . 67 Catholic Needlework Guild . . . . 67 The Story o f a Folio Shakspere . . 68 O b itu ary . . . . . . ..68 M arriage ............................................. 70 S o c ia l a n d P o l i t i c a l . . . . 70
SU PPLEM ENT. Educational N o t e s ..............................73 Catholic Action ..............................74 The Education Bill . . . . . . 79
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The last clauses of the Education Bill (p. 45). Great meetings at Newcastle and Dover and South London {pp. 74 sqq.) Proposed monster meeting in Hyde Park
The winners of the Braye scholarships (p. 63). What the Secretary of the Sacred Congregation of Rites says about the Vatican “ Kyriale ” printed rhythmic signs (p. 62).
The Egyptian executions, a Roman parallel (p. 46). The tomb of St. Peter— is it to be opened? (p. 58). Sermons for those who were not all there (p. 53).
CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.
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TPIE questions put to Mr.
Winston Churchill, as to whether the Government a n d t h e s i t u a t io n would fix a time limit after w-hich no in e g y p t . more Chinese coolies should be imported into South Africa, whether under contracts or not, showed Ministers that a large section o f their followers were growing restive. In reply, Mr. Churchill assured the House that it was doing all it could. An amended proclamation in regard to the conditions of repatriation was to be posted. “ Further,” he continued, * “ upon the question of a time limit, in view of the evident public advantage to be gained by the certain and total arrest o f all importations of coolies under outstanding licences before the establishment of a Transvaal Representative .Assembly, the Secretary of State will now name the 30th day of November as a date after which his Majesty’s Consular Representatives in China may be instructed to resume the functions now delegated by them to the repre
Naw S e r i e s , V o l . LXXVI. No. 2,852.
sentatives of the Labour Importation Agency in respect of recruiting, and to discontinue the issue of all licences to recruit.” When the blouse afterwards went into Committee of Supply, on the Foreign Office vote, Sir G. Parker raised the question of the administration of the Congo Free State. King Leopold’s recent manifesto was a challenge and a defiance to the world. Iiis suggested reforms would prove a sham. This country ought to intervene in the interests of humanity and civilisation. Mr. McKean denied any such right on the part of this country, and contended that a great deal of what was said against the Congo Free State was untrue. Against this, Sir C. Dilke urged that King Leopold’s manifesto flouted Europe in a way in which Europe had seldom been flouted by any monarch, and set forth principles which were out of date and singularly inconsistent with those upon which the Congo Free State wras founded “ in the name of Almighty God for the protection of the natives of Central Africa.” That document hampered the whole future of the State. Before replying to the various points raised, Sir Edward Grey said that he wished to make a short statement in regard to the situation in Egypt. Complaints had been made about the way in which the recent murder sentences on natives had been carried out. Those complaints were founded on incorrect descriptions of what took place. He would, therefore, ask members to be careful of their words, for the situation was an anxious one. “ All this year fanatical feeling in Egypt has been on the increase. It has not been confined to Egypt, but has spread along the north of Africa. It was for this reason that a little time ago the garrison had to be increased. Since that attack took place, and even before the trial of those condemned, one or two disagreeable and significant attacks had been made upon, I think, British subjects, or at all events Europeans, by natives. We may be on the eve of further measures necessary to protect Europeans in Egypt. As things are now, I say deliberately and with a full sense of responsibility that, if the House of Commons does anything at this moment to weaken or destroy the authority of the Government as it exists in Egypt, you will be face to face with a very serious situation, because if the fanatical feeling in Egypt gets the better of the constituted authority of the Egyptian Government you are then face to face with a necessity for extreme measures.” Later in the discussion Sir Edward dealt with the question of the Congo, the administration of which had departed from the humane principles upon which the State was founded. We had our rights, and if Central Africa fell
