THE POPE AND EDUCATION.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2124, 18 February 1886, Page 4

THE POPE AND EDUCATION.

A Sa\ FR\wi-,ro paper says :— A copy of the letter sent by the Pope to the Roman Catholic Hierarchy of England lias hern received in Baltimore l>y Archliisliop Gibbous, Primate of the Cliuicli in Amorici. Tho subject of the letter is Ciiii-ti.in education. The Holy Pitlicr coni'iienda tlift great \igduue of the clergy in looking after the Climtian education of tiv.: clnlilren of Kngland. ll<' cni">urri3<"« ami praises them, and n«iiirea them uf Ins special commendation and good wi'l in the pioicution of their mciitoi ions work. The laity also come in for a (share of the J'opc's commendation for thi.i- ien diners to supply what is needed for the maintenance of the schools, not only the wealthy contiibutors, but those who are of slender means aud poor. The I'opo then continues, in these days, and in the present condition of the world, when the tender age of childhood it* tempted on every aide by so many and^ various dangers, hardly anything can bo imagined more fitting than a union with literary instruction of sound teaching in faith and morals ; for this reason we have more than once strongly approved of the voluutary schools which, by the work and liberality of private individuals, have been established in America and elsewhere. We desire their number increased as much as possible. We ourselves, seeing the condition of things in this city, continue, with the greatest effort and at great cost, to provide an advance of such schools for the children, for it is in and by these schools that the Catholic faith, our greatest and best inheritance, is preserved whole and entire. In these schools the duty of parents is respected, and, what is most needed, especially in the prevailing license of opinion and of action, it is by these schools that good citizens are brought up for the State, for there is no better citizen than the man who has believed and practised the Christian faith from his childhood. The future condition of the State depends upon the early training of children. The wisdom of our forefathers, and the very foundations of the State, are ruined by the destructive error of those who would have children brought up without religious education. You see, therefore, venerable brethren, with what earnest forethought parents must beware of intrusting their children to schools in which they cannot receive religious teaching..

Sir William Fox, it is said, will be askcrl to stand for Nelson at the general election. " Pa, who .vas Shylock !" Father— "Great goodness, boy ! You attend church ana Sunday School' every week, and don't know who Shylock was? Go and read your bible, sir." > » Two huinlred and-fifty. f thousand English cotton spinners are, engaged all the year round .making cotton 'goods for India. If- ludia worej- suddenly lost, would not that mean 250,000 people out of work, or, in other words, one-fifth of • Lancashire -exposed to^ - starvation ? Again, to India, Newcastle and Cirdiff send £100,00^,000 sterling in coals; Middlesborough, Birrow, - I>eds, and other towns, £1,500,00.0 in railn-ay plant; Leeds, Manchester, and Glasgow nearly £2,000,000 worth of machinery ; and Sheffield, Birmingham, and other places, £5,000,000 worth of metal and metal goods Every year England sends to India £82,000,000 worth of goods. Imitation*, na wo know, is thesincerest form of flattery, and the Scottish nation (the Fall Mall Gazette thinks) mast feel itself thrilled to the core by the delicate complaint paid it, or rather promised it, by the Maharajah of Lahore at the Scottish Corporation dinner. "He would never forget," he said, •• the reception which had been accorded to him that evening, and he hoped to take back with him the national instrument which had enlivened the proceedings of the evening. v There are many people who are extremely attached to Scotland and all things Scotch, from bannocks to Athol brose, yet who flinch and draw the line at the bagpipes. Not so the Maharajah of Lahore. With Oriental courtesy (whatever may be the private sentiments of his inmost soul) he goes straight to the heart of his entertainers by complimenting them, not on their whisky (any fool could do that), not on their haggis (a taste for which can after all be acquired without much difficulty), but actually upon the pibroch, as to which the Southron can at best maintain a gloomy silence. It is to be hoped (adds our contemporary) the Maharajah may not practice on the instrument he promises to take back with him, else there will surely be a revolution in Lahore. Protection in Austria-Hungary.— Among the American consular reports is one by Consul-General Jussen upon the trade of Austria-Hungary, which bears testimony to the evil results of the protectionist policy, that has of late years been further developed there, /"Intelligent business men," he writes, " who have for some-time observed the effect of a high tariff upon th 6 trade and manufactures of Austria-Hungary fully sympathise with the revenue reformers of our own country, and unhesitatingly express the conviction that the prohibitive or ultra-protective duties have proved a failure in Austria Eveu the public press here begins to give voice to this conviction. ' Progressive politicians' and journalists seem to be thankful for even the smallest favour in the direction of a reduction of the tariff. They welcome with considerable satisfaction the proposal recently advanced by a semi-official paper" of Berlin, to establish a Zollverein (Customs union) between Germany and Austria-Hungary providing for lower rates of duty between the two nations exclusively ; in other words, a limited tariff return, to, benefit nobody but the contracting parties." We (Economist) do not gather from Consul-General Jusse.n's report that he is a freetrader, and this makes all the more valuable his evidence against the protective system in Austria-Hungary— a system for which Prince Bismarck is mainly responsible, since it was he who instituted the tariff to which the general elevation is due. And it would be well if Lord Salisbury and those who, like him, speak approvingly of the adopting by us of a system of retaliatory duties would consider the state of things to which it has given rise on the Continent before they again air their views on the subject. 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