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A story of how a local European SINGAPORE, May 18. Police Sergeant was very sharefully
who pedille with education for an it. Dr. Glover also reminds us that powers to thwart the withholder of ulterior purpose, which is obvious for seventeen years we have incorn. The Hongkong Government by the aggrandissement of their own anced denominational, schools perhaps meant well, though it is particular enl. The right of public cost. Canno: that be writ doubtful if it thought about this entry."
into schools, formerly ten off against the beneficence al curse against food gambling. Whe elained by that sort of person, was the original topors, and a fair stadfther it did or did ips, is did not do patently mischievous. Interrupting be made with no more shams co-funything, as it was asked from this the sidies, offending teachers and | promises 7° What is wanted is adversarian pulpit to do, to dis- parents, and, doing no good... Let Freedom from The Dead Hand Jeoirige the withholders of corn. The State teach serular morality.& nification we said before. Rather did it play into their hands. The Government-announces that treated by a crowd of rowdy Euro- and the other shing will take care there is a straight, and honest path and became a byword and a laugh rice supplies for the year are assured Peans has been going the rounds for f itself. If it has the breath of lifees it. Mr. Fisher's proposed puthing-stock among the people when-from Saigon and Burma. Owing to the last two days, and judging in it. it is be af God, it cunt is not straight and not honest ever and wherever rice was named subsidising the rice sale the Govern-rom the persistency with which the indignation perish. Sectarion squabbles are Mowever, it is not practicable. There is no doubt whatever of its ment lost twenty-one million dollars.it is told, and
expressed on every hand, there duty. He that withholdeth corn. The retail price is now increased to the people shall curse him. The 126 cents per ganteng, which is still must be a percentage of truth govemment here acts for the less than cost price. people. It must act now, soon. It brethis time less in the interests f must investigate local rice stocks. so-called commerce than of the divine law, and do what the divine law tells it to do.
ADVERSARIA.
SERMON
LOCAL AND GENERII.
JAPANESE ART.
EXHIBITION OPENED. IN
HONGKONG.
in it. Exaggerated it may be, but we give the story for what it is worth, and exactly as it was told to us.
A British sallor called at the No. 2 Police Station one night last week, | (9th inst) and reported to Sergeant Shaftain, who was on, Buty in the Charge Room, that he had been rob- bed of a £1 note, at the Royal Naval The exquisite art of Japan numbers Canteen, and that he was sure the bar-boy had it. The Sergeant went many European and American ad- with the sailor to recover his money.. mirers Consequently, art lovers Arrived at the Canteen, the Sergeant Te-day's collar is worth 43, 34d-Hangkung will not miss the excellent was very much surprised whea, in- -opportunity afforded them by men stead of being given every assistance bera of the Tokyo Artists Club to in the execution of his duty, as be inspect a magnificent exhibition of was quite justified in expecting. paintings in oils, pastels, and water he was received with hasility by colours, by prominent Japanese artists, Europeans there, who abused him in which was opened at 1 o'clock this front of the griguing Chinese afternoon in St. Andrew's Hall.
servants; generally making him lose The paintings displayed, which face. The Sergeant at first tried to cover a wide variety of subjects in explain his business, but he was not modem art, including marine and listened to. Eventually, seeing the landscape works in Japan and else futility of attempting to talk common where. life and still life studies, are sense with such a towdy crowd, the generally much above the average, Sergeant backed towards the door. whilst in several notable instances an with the intention of going for uadorbtedly high standard has been assistance. One of the rowdies reached. Having had the advantage anticipated this move and locked the of training abroad, the respective the Canteen door, thus committing
The total outpet of the Kallan Administration's mires for the week ending May 1, amounted to 94743 long and the sales during the period
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The Rev. Wilfred Scholes, M.A.. has been appointed Temporary officiating Wesleyan Chaplain to the Troops in the Garrisen. He is also performing the duties of Chaplain to the Fresbyterian Troops until the arrival of the Rev. J. G. Williams.
Fot of tich, and it is a shame to expose tender youth to their had example. We do not say that a priest ar a parson cannot be honest By interested in education pure and
Dearly beloved simple: but we do point out that in the future as in the past, there
ASKULAR thren, you will find the text for our dis will be as there was the termptation
course to lay in the to interfere with a divided purpose, with two purposes, that is to say. eleventh chapter of Proverbs, at the that outlet and of which the 28th verse, which says He that stronger with be the least rileyantwithholdeth, corn, the people shall and desirable. As it is, our school. curse him; but blessing shalt te Theards are county councils used to pet the head of bin that selleth Herein. dearly belovesh. we waste to utach thought na rates. and taxes and grants in easement bave implies the statement that in themof.
If their successors are the days there were bulls and the exposed to settling sectarian beurs who gambled with the qualible for predominance in their staple food of the people i respective areas, education must the hope of brill gain. sude public expenditure thereon test speaks particularly of the must be wasted, the labour and enabler bolling for a vise progress of patient educational re- that was needed by the people. It formers. just appreaching the light. was, in modern language, a corner eust be wasted. In the night for in or It was, no doubt, facilities for all the volunteer specia-sid nawag the business men of lists that would be in in the that period as legitimate and smart
There was pertaps Ltd slamour for their respective shares rule.
at the Bours of study, the main bana law againskit. In the key objetive of the schools would go by scriptures, however, we are ron- the board.. If it be heat that theered with something higher thin
Sergeant McAlvie this morning ather and shorter Lash to mitication human law. We encounter the law charged a sewing amah before Mr. is impeneticable mamely, the elitif Cat. It is God who is speakingN. L. Smith with aiding and abetting periods ranging from two to five the serious crime of imprisoning a nation of detritaire reaching site to us, and no fallible human judge, a blind child to beg outside the years in Britain or America, the servant of the Crown! It might be
Atomi, gether then let unification wailSaw what does God say of the ram Carlton Hotel.
stated at this juncture that there The Sergeant said exhibitors Messrs. T. This new proposal does not lead to that withholdet orn?
He says that the woman made more morey / Ishikawa-kin, C. Ohashi, I. Shirataki. could be no possible "excuse that
men cid pot it at all. It leads right back to the the people shall curse him. This, by making the child beg, than by K-Soma, S. Shibata, and T. Takeuchi the
iginal chaos and failure. Relig we do not misinterpret the res-sewing. A fine of $2 was imposed.have an unusual freedom from Sergeant was a Police Officer, be- national mannerisms, and with their cause he was wearing his uniform at -Permetining -- is for the home and sage, which God in His nierey for
With regard to the news already wonderful sense of colour, have the time. The crowning indignity the for the efmiches and chapels it is hid, is an instruction to the people not for the schools. A that the to curse him. It does not say they given, that War Department. werkes almost without exception achieved Officer had to suffer, was when, after the door had been locked, and he was State should teach. expecially now
rady curse hirn or that they will (Chinese) get the 32 per cent. in remarkably luminous effects.
With the exhibition so readily entirely at the mercy of his captors, when belief is so scarce and scatter probally curse him. It says they crease, it should be said that it ap- Jed and feeble, when States them all curse him, and we infer the plies to those drawing $100 a month accessible and open between 1 n they took away his service revolver. and 6 p.m. for "three days, including His captors did everything to make 1selves bite the professions their their curse has the divine endorse or less.. No. 1 men drawing more this afternoon, it would be super-him lose his temper and show fight,
eligions make ment. and support. In support of than $200 a month in January 1st,
Suous to attempt to describe the so that they could have an excuse when the religious teachers them his dreadful warning, we have 1920, receive an advance of 30 per various exhibits at length, were. it for setting upon him, but the Ser- selves ap openly at loggerheads on God's plain and explicit promise;
possible to clothe in words the im geant very wisely decided to do cardinal points of doctrine, is an
that blessing. His blessing, shall be A Chinese was this morning pressions that only an actual view of nothing of the sort. It is difficult to estioned and ron-contriversial on the head of the man that es sentenced by Mr. N. L. Smith to nine the beautiful works theinselves can say what might have happened
Seargeant to morality, such as all revils and withhold the core. It is very months hard labour for the unlawful convey. Nevertheless, mention must
but for creelless an are agreed upon plain, is it not? It is very sur possession, of a revolver and five be made of Mr. Atomi's "Ikao in the timely arrival of Sergeant Winter, which was exhibited last McFall, who, feeling anxious at his The moral duties of a good man if you believe God's own worl, rounds of ammunition. A Chinese fund a good citizen, with the scien-that such withholding of corn is a detective said he saw the defendant year in the Imperial Exhibition at comrade's long absence from the Frife, biological and psychologien sin. an accursed cilence against last night sitting outside the Stag the famous Japanese summer resort for him. It was not unt Sergeant Tokyo. The artist's presentation of Charge Room, went out in sech sanctions therefor, can be effectGod's holy law
Hotel. He searched him, and con-fre the depth of winter is both strik McFall had gone back for reinforce weil cealed on his per on was the revolver
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EDUCATION AT HOME.
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out the intervention of those who TUL ACCERSED. bay we tremble (produced) fully loaded. The Police ing in its conception and admirable mentsy and the Canteen door forced.
Her the wretch, said that as the result of examisation in its execution. This compelling open, that Sergeant Shaftain was The China Mail.bought by reviving-old diagensions operereted panctions for the sewe kupon, when goda en hall is I made after the defendant's arrest, be picture is rightly regarded as one of released, and the rowdies rounded very centre and core of our What the State needs is affeficien: He may gait mal money, but was discovered to be a notorious bad test gems in the exhibition and removed to the Station. Scarcely less beautifn, are his other The most diagraceful part of exhibity, including his wonderful the whole, affair, and one which is "TRUTH, JUSTICE, PUBLIC SERVICE
school system and in whertharrow it does nor matter what shall that, profit the loser of a "posing on it the fetters of an idea whether it be coloured red or blue soul. There as you are aware,
Lake Side in Early Summer. "Mt. being most unfavourably discussed, that is as nearly obudete as the for otherwise, it is natural that the another feature Af divine law that dodo. It should in fairness be en-Blue-hella ruwites, finding that human lar does not share. It is is the explanation offered by a caller tuba," in the Alps of Japan, is that the men concerned in this 'dealt with "privately to-day on behalf of a friend who, beste famous" Mt. Fuji ” from Hakone autrage were timed that he has denied that it is they no longer attract the masses fixed and changeless. What says, is in a very embarrassing posistudies in still life.
Lake, her studies in nature, and bya Court of Enquiry." The offence a scheme cut-and-dried by the they formerly commanded, should sin in those far-off days is a sin notion as the result of a China Mail
is a serious one. I amounts to government. He calls. it desire to go after them, and seize The curse pronounced then is valid paragraph yesterday. We reputed Mr. T Shirataki, who submits.wilful obstruction of a Police Officer **feeler." By this time he must shem at the impressicrumble period to-day. Does this mean anything Captain W. Warton, supt, of the twelve paintings in off, all of out in the performance of his duty. have felt its unpopularity.
when they are supposed to be db-to you? Are you one of the singers Robert Dollar S. S. Co." as in gouble in his beautiful Cherry Blossoms at ly blamied. If the story be right, we standing merit, has excelled himself The manager of the Canteen is chief- H. A. Fisher, president of the Section 4 of the Act is generally sitting something more abidingly we hear spoken about in Hongkong at the Magistracy. We are asked to Board of Education since 1916, is befored to as the Cosper-Temple unquestionable. It is not natural this week? Are you contemplating state that Captain L. Walton, of the Kato," which is said to be the best protest against one law for Europeans I scholar and a wit, an official we Clause. Fa direts that no religious that a president of the Board of this sin? Are you thinking of gan-Robert Dollar Co. is not the man picture exhibited by him. His other and another for Asiatics. Had the greatly admire. He is only 55, catechism or religious formulary Filation, well aware of all that, hing in rice? It is said that he referred to. There is a Captain. W with such suggestive titles as "Even they would have been tried by a exhibits include charming studies outrage been committed by Chinese, should be in the prae vigo of in- which is distinctive of any partí- should make proposals to facilitate person or frin alone is holding." Warton, it seems, but he has no
Ing "Spring" and lech. W have mot heard of any cur denominations stall be taught auch interested trespass. He has which means the" witholding of connection with the Robert Dollar
Summer Magistrate and severely dealt with. Clouds." illness. Quite recently we have in the school. This compromise, committed a grave binder, which our text, somewhere about four mil-S. S. Company.
Why, because Europeans are con "Putney Bridge" and "Bruges, cerned in it, should this affair be... and reports of speeches by him that the result of a bitter battle, brought blemishes his hitherto brilliant on dollars worth of rice, which is
Belgium" are included in the exhibits hushed up, and dealt with privately'? A shrewd something approaching.prace into career.
We are informed by the Indian of Mr. T. Takeuchi, who has bad the Justice cannot be served in that way. ere a delight to read.
Consider this possibility. Four local corn," the staple food of Susut man, we said, and wished aure educational arena, and now Mr. At present the official representa- our masses. It is said that ir par- Muslim Society of Hongkong that honour of having had three pictures The result of the "Court of Enquiry," country blessed with more oficials! Fisher wants to throw it away. It lives of the State" church have suit of profit, so much rice has been the Mahommedan fasting mouth like him. How then to explain the set a certainty that the coun-suspended judgment on the claims speculatively stripped that Cuba begins to-morrow, the first day of bug in the Roru Academy, but held on Friday, is rot yet known. political hontbshell he has just drop-fry will not consent, miess its at of spiritualism, of the Lorge and overstocked, and that the Califon Ramzan, the month during which Hongkong is his "Morning in Snow." ped in the educational emp attention is somehow diverted, or the Conan Doyle and war-hysteria ian market* has heavily over the Koran was revealed. For the He also achieves some striking Home? How could he make such Press neglects to remind it of Fran. Should spiritualism boom bought. It is said that while one succeeding thirty days Mahommedars colour effects in a pastel entitled a howling blunder of a proposal things it may have farten. The as it may, it is possible that all the gamble here has made Ureat nothing from 5 am to 7.30 p.m.,
"Evening Glow," the title of which Perhaps we and better tell you deal of the pure educationalist, churches and chapels, who adruit noney, most of the others have and in order that they may appreciate conveys but a small sugggestion of
the situation of the poor, and alleviate about it first... EK Reater rarely which we have hithers supposed dininishel and diminishing congre-been pinched in the machinery of their distress, observe a month of the masterly interpretation he has CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT touches real Home news of this Mr. Fisher to be is to eliminate gations, would agree on accepting it their own contrivance. Presumably general self-denial. To the Mahom-employed on such a boundless sub.. .sort. We get a plethora of incontroversial bias altogether, shut a orthodox. They would then the man responsible for withholding medan, fasting, as a religious institui jest. His "Stream," at Mt. Kiso, is · The match between Messrs. M. K. digestible stuff about the politics priest and parsun, who have not agree upon introducing it into our very large suck here stands to tion, is almost as universal as prayer, of colour with which the dark Lo and R. Townsend, was played last
remarkable for the wonderful depth activities of obscure people who single-eye for educational sucress, schols, and burcing it upon our win, if he can afford to go on with and in Islam it is one of the four raters are painted.
evening to decide the question of who don't matter to us, and nothing of having their own axe to grind, and children. Could we face such a pos bojling until the market price risa fundamental practical ordinances, Space
more precludes proposed to get on with the job of providing sibility with equaninity? Why But he stands to lose that without the other three of which are prayers, bare mention of the admirable Kwong in the challenge round on such live issiles
than shall meet the champion Mr. Ng Sze change in the school system in our The best possible schooling for all should we be any more calm at the which his money shall be no use poor rate, and pilgrimage. Homeland, a proposal that has alur young, regardless of class, prospect of the callow minds our to him. The people shall case
paintings exhibited by Mr. Ishia. Thursday afternoon. kawakin, of whose 20
There was an attendance of cor- rely provoked indignant clamour. Since the principle was admitted by schools being again attacked by the Lim and his treasure will be like Before Mr. N. L. Smith at the colours a "Village. Street" in siderable size, which fell away, bow- Mr. Fisher recognizes the evil of the "Cowper Temple cause, these confused bellowings of rival creeds, Dead Sea fruit, turning to ash upon Magistracy this morning, a Chinese Formosa is the best, Mr. K. Chashi ever, as the match progressed, the the dual system in preparatory xtraneons infiltrences have largely of different interpretations upon his tongue.
was charged with stabbing a comwho gives both quality and quantity spectators losing interest at the rather schools, but he does not heldly at die natural death, and it is a pity which there has never been and
There is one cther patriot. The Police said that the in 23 pictures painted in water disappointing exhibition of Mr. Town- tack it as the right end, and pro- that an official of Mr. Bisher's never can be any agreement? It is WEY IT IS thing about divine quarrel was over some sugar, The colours, Mr. A. Soma whose five sepd. H.E. the Governor was present. jose really to nationalize dexen gainetice should now seek to gal-not fair to the young. It really is Á SIN. law that is superior to complainant and some of his fukis exhibits dealing with the natural In the first set, Lo sent many dary education, by excluding sectar-anize them into fresh life. They not. The religion they need is a
the bumar. It al-were unloading sugar, when they beauties of his native land are all drives off the court." ing meddling altogether. He does bad their last spasm of real activity religion that will not be questioned ways has regard for the common were suddenly attacked by the defen painted in oils, and Mr. S. Shibata serving, took the first game, and Lo propose that the non-provided or the time of the 1902 Act, which When religionists question each weal for the greater food of the dant and a crowd of rowcies who whose still life studies are fine. took 3 games in succession. Torb Tohuntary school should disappear, was in fact, a result of religions other's religions, as they are con greater number. It has an ere lor wanted to steal it. A free fight. Visitors who are attracted by any send followed, taking twn more which is right, because the vary agitations by bodies anxious not stantly doing the effect on the in- them that are weity and heary ensued, in the course of which the particular picture may purchase games, lying Lo. Lo obtained a ing standards of ethciency we cansedly to get hold of plastic human genuous mind is a swift and deep lades, for them that inbour and tre defendant was alleged to have stabbed same if desired, the prices ranging lead of two more games and allost have been a handicap. But he pro-quaterial but also to get a share of doubt of the truth of all religions. sore oppressed. The political the complainant with a knife. from $15 to $650. The exhibition, had the set, but Townsend stepped in poses to impose, religione teach the State's resources for educational It cannot, until after long and sore effects or the affects upon society The complainant giving evidence which is open from 1. p.m. to 6 p.m. taking another game. Lo took the Ang in all the schools, by ex- expenses.
travail, at spon the hea that there of such withholdings are well under said he was positively sure the de will be continued to-morrow and the next gape, and the ser, 6-4. We are fully and painfully awure must be soine truth in all of them. stool by us here in Hongkong | fendant was the man who stabbed day after. perts," which is wrong. There are.
Lo walked away with the seconds set very 'handily. Townsend being no experts in religion. Nobody that in pointing out our educational Lieky for it then if it have retaine Have we not recently had our rice him. There could be no mistake
very, slow throughout. Lo in- really knows enough thout it to history and position in this plain on such sheet-anchor at the crisis in which many poor neele about him, he hung on to him until the arrival of the Police, As-
proved his game in this set and took teach it. A horde of specialists and cutspoken way we expose durGolden Rule (so-called aegative died from sternich troubles. They other, witness also said he was
it very easily, 6-0. would doubtless st once appear; but sees to the charge by narrow-form of Conficius), as a guide to were murdered by the rice gan-positive the defendant was the man we should at once find ourselves inded and quite hightless per-conduct and a principle of ethics hier Hungry men rioted, and fell who used a knife in the course of back in the old and agravated so that our sympathies are ure. Politically there is a special danger. under the law. They were' victims the fight, His Worship: How do The blind call other blind mes hardsuperficial and unfounded criticism. Cambridge Public Orator has warn-holders of coin, Whose conduct was the same coat and face as the names, while unsophisticate youth. It is because we realize, after years dus. Bebind this new agitation, equivalent to the bearing of false time. (Laughter), Sentence of three listens and wonders and debts and of interested observation and experi-it is rightly or wrongly suspected witness against them. There were months hard labour was passed. v In not edified: Mr. Fisher's pro- ence, that these so-called religious that the High" section of the strikes, due to the higher cost of prsal that in exchange for taking muglings are essentially irreligi Anglican Church has been moving living, chiefly due to withholders. ous, that we deplore and object to Dr. Glover says there are clergy So the people shall curse them, by them. Our protest has a twofold of iny acquaintance whose infuente direction of God, who is not mek motive. It is concerned for the best ter children could not be too wide-ed: interests of education, and it is con- ly spread, and would only be bene- red for the true interests of re-ficial But there are others, and lign. In advising a complete pious men, too, who would use the nationalization and secularization of new opportunity to push condrasum,
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THE HONGKONG THEATRE,
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Townsend,
Townsend came up to scratch a Httle better in the third set, hut by, this time was playing a losing game. A new English picture is being The set was decided in nine games,
quarrels of sectarianism. in which figicus. We repudiate this as a of which in the British Weekly the jof the rice gamblers, the with you recognise him He was wear screened at the Hongkong Theatre Lo taking it, 6-3, as a result of his
over the voluntary premises (which
ALLING
ed or cut or · bruised. Because
at the matinee and evening perform precise and fast driving, anges from to-day until Friday.. It is All tid, Townsend, did not look like entitled "The Share" and features one of the champion class at any time' Violet Hopson, who is one of the during the match, but Lo, although leading stars on English filmdom, not tempted to do his best by the She is a very popular and convincing opposition, displayed considerable. actress,
form, and will probably give a close The serial film is still being shown rub to the champion Ng Sze Kwong at the 7.15 performances, the 8th and in the challenge round,“ 9th episodes now occupying the To-day, Wednesday, Capt. Ollivery vza acrzen The programme at this meets F. A. Redmond in the Club theatre this week is sure to be found Handicap Slogies, and to-morrow the
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every injury is cared for immediately and it may be that You can get nothing better and blood the divine lasy will polson is too dangerous a disoene to rink.
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the government can do withant) the local education, authority should make provision ja all public elemen. tary schools for ruligióna olervanen and instruction to be given in aghoul hours by teachers life fly willing is vérutionary. Me, organized education claim to be as they are doing everywhere else.
jaber's desire for unification or lunestly and prly religions. We British will not tolerate hat, gail us sinful any authority or which we share, would be dearly fly winded than the sectarian zealots. It cost is too tauch to get rid of govemment that does, not use its
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