THE TABLET.

A Weekly Newspaper and Review.

DUM VCFIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANE ATIS.

From the Brief of His Hohness Pius IX . to T h e T a b l e t , June 4, ih fo ,

V o l . 108. No. 3,466. L o n d o n , O c t o b e r 13, 1906. P r ic e ¡ d ., b y P o s t 5j£d.

R e g i s t e r e d a t t h e G e n e r a l P o s t O f f i c e a s a N ew s pa p e r .

CONTENTS.

C hronicle o f t h e W e e k :

The Spanish Government and the P eligious Orders— The Financial Peril in Russia— A German View of the Congo Agitation The Swiftest Battleships in the World — The N e w f o u n d l a n d 'Fishery Agreement with th e United States—The Xema Diamond>Expedition— Mr. J. Redmond’s Warning to the Government — The Deputation of the Duma— Manchester and Motor ’Buses— Trade Still Trends Upwards— Liberals and the Labour Party — Agitation in M a lta ..................... 557 T opics of t h e D a y :

The New Attack upon the Schools 561 On Things Architectural . . . . 562

Parochial Associations in Prussia 563 Page

L e a d e r s (Continued) :

N o t e s ..................................................... 564 R ev ie w s :

P?ge

Father Joseph R ickaby on Free W ill. . . . . . . . . 5 6 4 The Religion of the Plain Man . . 565 Manual of Oriental Antiquities . . 566 A Wanderer in London . . . . 566 The South African War . . . . 567 The Life o f Christ . . . . . . 567 A Book of A n g e l s ......................... 567 Literary N o te s .. . . . . . . 568 Altars to the English Martyrs . . 569 English Catholics and the Holy See 569 The Late Mrs. Craigie . . . . 569 Defective Children under the Poor

L a w ................................................ 570

O b it u a r y ........................................ 571 C orrespondence :

Pace

Rome :— (From Our Own Corre­

spondent) ......................... ... 573 News from Ireland...................... 574 News from France — . . . . 575 L e t t e r s to t h e E d it or :

Lord Acton’s Letters— A Protest 576 The Education B i l l . . . . . . 577 The Archbishopric of Bombay . . 578 A Questionable Ordination . . 578 The County Council and Religious

Teaching . . . . . . . . 578 The Rite of Degradation . . . . 578 The Abbot-Elect of Buckfast . . 579 The Brighton Conference . . . . 579 Et Caetera . . . . . . . . 579 The Newman Memorial Church . . 580

M a r r ia g e ...........................................586 S ocial a n d P o l it i c a l . . . . 5 8 6

Page

SUPPLEMENT. Educational Notes . . . . •* 589 Doings o f Local Authorities. . . . 590 Catholic Action ............................592 The Education B i l l ............................593 Our Colleges and Schools . . . . 593 The Education Question at the

Church C o n g r e s s ........................... 593 N ew s from t h e D io ceses : Westminster . . . . . . _ 595

Southwark . . . . . . . . 583 Hexham and Newcastle . . . . 586 Salford . . ......................... 586 Menevia . . . . . . . . 586

Rejected MS. cannot be returned unless accompanied with address andpostage.

NOTANDA.

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T h e opening o f the Newman Memorial in Birmingham. Sermon by the Archbishop o f 'Westminster. An unpublished letter o f Newman’s (p. 580).

T h e sort o f liberty the R adical party in France offer to th e Church (p. 575).

Rome’s permission for altars to the English Martyrs

Abbot Gasquet’s book, “ Lord Acton and his C ircle.” Som e o f its reviewers, and Father Thurston’s views on them (p. 576).

Were the lives lost in the recent typhoon at Hong-Kong sacrificed to an Anti-Jesuit prejudice (p. 564)?

T h e romance o f an Escaped Nun and some apologies

A plain statement as to the Catholic Parochical Associations in Prussia— how they work in practice (p. 563).

A story of Progress in the diocese o f Southwark— and the work still to be done (p. 583).

telegram now announces that, according to the Heraldo,a Bill has been drafted which is based upon the following principles: No religious order will be permitted to establish itself without the authorisation o f the Cortes. Minors cannot be members o f congregations. T h e State will support with all its authority any member o f a congregation who may wish to renounce his vows. The Minister will have the power to withdraw, at any time, the authorisation granted by the Cortes to any congregation which may infringe public morality or public order. T h e Council o f Ministers will immediately examine the authorisations granted to all the communities, cancelling all those which are contrary to law. T h e members o f religious orders will not be able to undertake teaching work unless they hold university degrees. A ll associations o f which the members are foreigners, or the directors are resident abroad, will be dissolved. The authorities will be able to interfere to prevent the confinement o f monks or nuns in monasteries when necessary, with or without the authorisation o f the ecclesiastical authority. Congregations will not be allowed to possess property other than what is necessary to the objects for which they exist. T h e contributions made by members o f congregations and communities will be limited, as well as the revenue derived from alms, and the donations made by living persons in favour o f persons acting as intermediaries. Severe penalties will be exacted for any infringement o f the above regulations. Congregations which engage in commerce and industry must, i f they wish to continue to do so, conform with the regulations which will be framed regarding the dissolution o f congregations. T h e provisions o f the present law are applicable in common law to associations formed in accordance with the Concordat, and the law o f 1887 regarding the registration is declared to be still in force.

CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

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THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT AND THE

RELIGIOUS ORDERS. I T has been known for some time past that the Spanish Government had in contemplation a measure for regulating anew the posi­

tion o f religious congregations in the country. A Reuter’s

N e w Surras, V o l . L X X Y I . No. 2,865.

It will be remembered that last week M. t h e f i n a n c i a l Kokovtsoff, the Russian Minister o f Finance, pppTT - >

in Ru s s i a . gave a highly optimistic account o f the finan­

cial position in Russia to a correspondent o f the Paris Journal. H e explained that the vast natural resources o f Russia placed her beyond the reach o f any temporary difficulties. Her position, for instance, was far more favourable than at the close o f the Crimean war. To-day if she has a larger debt she has far greater assets — her mines, railways, and export trade have all developed enormously. “ It is sufficient to observe that in 1903