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Nearly 200 delegates from all parts of the world met in Caxton Hall at the opening meeting of the Third Interna ional Conference on Economic Recovery and World Peace. The discussion was on "Te ligion as usifying factor sinong nations and a practical basis of a world peace."
Lord Parmoor, the chairman, said the truth had been brought home to her veil, bad come, when a woman us that war was a world-wide evil, rushed forward and said, "Marcellina, and necessarily inconsistent with that you must not become a nun. "You duty of mutual service which must he ought not to desert your mother." learned and applied if the burden The ushers tried to make the woman of progressive civilisation were keep silent, but her cries were taken to be upheld and carried for-up by other women in the congrega ward. He did not believe that nation-tion and the bishop had to stop the al wars were more than a phase in ceremony. world history. They would disappear, It is stated that the girl intends to as bad the wars of religion, and wars return to her mother.
to promote family interests; but
unless religion aucceeded in inspiring |
a moral human unit, their disappear- ance would be no guarantee that the and the Church were the greatest disposition of mankind towards adversaries of subversive social move violence had been effectively exer-ment. cised, or that it might not find ex- Canon Barnes said events had pression in some alterativo direction. proved that the peace was in many a necessity for interways a peace of folly, and that the national organisation in the sphere gentlemen who imposed it yielded to of religion if religion in the future the short-sighted and excited clamour sinong nations as a practical basis of There was everywhere distrust alike was to be an effective unifying power of the less thoughtful of their peoples, a world's peace. The re-union of all of international capitalism and inter-
Thero was
WRECK OF "FUKUI-MARU.”
RESCUE OF THE CREW BY
"WEST IVAN.”
The Empress of Japan" picked up a massage sent out for the Associated Press by the Waterhouse steamer" West Ivan" giving details of the wreck in mid-Pacific of the «Fukui-maru” (owned by the Uchida Kisen Kaisha and chartered by the Yamashita Kisen Kaisha). The Can- adian Pacific Steamship Co. forwarded the message to the American Trading Co. at Yokohama. The message reads:-
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THE CHINA MAIL
OPTIMISM OF DICKENS.
MR. K. CHESTERTON ON HIS TYPES.
MOTOR SHOW.
OFFICIAL PROGRAMME OF SPECIAL DAYS.
Saturday, Nov. 26" Opening
Day"
Sunday, Nov. 27-"Concert Day." Monday, Nov. 28-Children's
Day."
Tuesday, Nov. 29—“Chinese Day." Wednesday, Nov. 39-"Outport
Day.'
Thursday, Dec, 1-" Shanghai
Day."
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Mr. G. K. Chesterton deliglited a A programms of "special days”, for large gathering of members of the the Shanghai automobile show, open- Dickens Fellowship and their friends ing at Verdan Gardens a week from by delivering the annual address and last Saturday, was announced by Mr. taking up the position of president, Friedman, Chairman of the entertain- Mr. Chesterton quid that the festivement committee, at the regular mest- mood, the social spirit, when it really ing of the Executive Committee at for a time achieved human happiness, the Palace Hotel. The programme was something which was only very followa. rarely found in literature. There were all sorts of shades of melancholy which had been delicately outlined The "Fukui-maru" encountered a by artistic genius through the gale on the twenty sixth, in which ages. Blae devils-from sky blue to the seas carried away her forward that colour cultivated by the German part and also the bridge. The ship professors, which they might call began taking water very fast, and Prussian blue-had been painted ineffective repairs of a canvas blanket. plentifully. But the red firelight and lumber were made. On the creating human happiness had been twenty-seventh the collision bulkhead only rarely given out by the greatest
Friday, Dec. 2-"Society Day.' gave way and water began pouring geniuses; and much of the firelight Saturday, Dec. 3--" Gals Day,” into No. 1 hold. They started dis- cam from Dickens, (Hear, hear.). It Mme. Wilden, wife of the Franch An unusual incident took place in charging deckload, but were unable to
that Consul-General, will officially open Was very rarely that church near Genoa, according to a use No. 1 bilge pump on account of it particular note of the human the main show building at noon, telegram to the Intransigeant. being stopped up with wheat. The spirit, at once singing and at rest, on the first day, and the The bishop was presiding over the engine room was leaking on the star had been achieved in literature, bat dancing pavilion at 9 o'clock taking of the veil by twelve girl board side, and the ship took a heavy, it had been achieved by that great the same evening. On these occasions postulants who wished to enter a list. The generator room was flooded, Englishman whom they were met to a number of distinguished guests will convent. Two had taken the vows, and the wireless operating stopped. glorify. One did feel that when Kit be present by special invitation of the and the turn of the third, a tall girl An attempt was made to reach Dutch and his family went to the theatre Executive committee. These will in with jet black hair just visible beneath Harbour, but the distance was too they did enjoy themselves. It was a clude the members of the Consular
small thing to all appearances, Body and of the two Municipal Conn The West Ivan" was close to but, it WAS an achievement cils, prominent civil and military hand, and forced her engines at in which
they might say officials, foreign and Chinese, and other maximum speed towards the disabled Dante failed. Dirkens was a happy leading figures in the community, ship, but was handicapped on account man, and he was a puguacious man
On Children's day" all younge- of a head wind and reas, and a blind- because he was happy. An optimist ters under 12 years of age will be ing snowstorm. Eventually the who was not pugnacious was the most admitted at half price and a special crow's-nest sighted the steamer and depressing man in the world. If a musical programme will be arranged the crew were placed at the lifeboat man could not enjoy a fight he could for their entertainment. stations in readiness to launch the not enjoy anything. (Laughter.) "Chinese, Day," which is expected boats. The "Fukui-maru". was in The kind of philosophical Buddhistic to be one of the big days of the very bad condition, with heavy list, optimist who calmly approved of show, will be set aside for the spe the starboard bridge was gone and everything and serenely accepted all cial entertainment and benefit of vessel was shipping seas fore and aft. done with him except to give him a effort will be made to interpres the ragged holes in the how, while the things well! there was nothing to be Chinese visitors. On this day every Flag signals stating that the ship must thundering crack on the nose and see meaning of the show to the Chinese. beadandoned at once were used. They if his optimism would stand that. In every booth there will be Chinese attempted to launch two boats on the (Laughter.) Dickens's optimism was experts to explain the exhibits and lee-side, but unsuccessfully. Finally of the healthy pugnacioua character. answer questions.
On the last night of the show there one was launched on the weather-side. It brought about some great reforms. During the launching one man went
Continuing, Mr. Chesterton said is to be a grand fancy dress and misa- a rope. Two other lifeboats were land and America which was far more. overboard but was bauled back-with
that Dickens did something for Eng-querade ball. launched, but were in bad shape, and valuable and far more practical for Christian communities was a matter national Communism.
the crew were very much excited. It
the purpose of uniting two peoples took one hour and twenty-eight of great delicacy and difficulty. Could The Dean of St. Paul's said that as the unified influence of religion which for the tropical possessions we gained minutes to launch the boats. With than most of the verbose eulogy which was poured upon both. He existed before the Reformation bo by the war, if we estimated the value heavy seas running and the wind in himself must frankly confess he had
Vas **Fukui-maru restored, not on the old basis, but in of all the tropics uid all the negroes afloat when the "West Ivan" left. matic or political speech say about the penny dreadful." This is the
creasing, the
very seldom listened or read a diplo. a.new and purifted form, which would who inhabited them, and compared but no doubt sank quickly in the appeal to the highest influence of the total with what they cost us, storm, as the hatch was open and the Czecho Slovakia-without feeling his conclusion reached in a pamphlet, | mankind, and not be inconsistent there would be Do profit. It
own enthusiasm-which, needless to "Harianism in the Continuation wheat in the lower holds would ex- either with the progress of scientifia was foolish to spend £10,000 research or with the growth of intel-in insuring a haystack: Perhaps the
ay was always at boiling point-School," issued by the Board of (laughter)-sink almost to zero. Education."Though the girl of 14 lectual freedom? He believed it business community would not again make the mistake that war could be
(Laughter.) What Dickens did was is not quite such a whole hearted to unite two people by making them devotee of blood and thunder as her Dr. Westman (Sweden) said that good business. Even the Press, he
laugh at each other. He satirised brother," it says, " she shows normally .the Churches themselves must take was told, had found that war was
both. But his satire had left no a decided interest in, if not a preference | action, and the heavy battalions of very bad business from its point of
bitterness in the attitude of the great for, the books which boys like."- Church people must be organised. It view. The liability to attacks of war
democracy towards the great de- was not for the benefit of God fever was so great and the irrationality
mocrat. It was said that the Dickens that there were at prosent 1,700 of human beings so intractable that
type of art was of the fantastio sort German missionaries, who were kept we could not rely on appeals to com-
His literary style was exuberant away from their work in the British non-sense. We said that the Germans
rather than restrained. It was per Colonies and India-s fact that was showed no sign of repentance. Did we
fectly true that Dickens had running also a great hindrance to the renewal make it easy for them to repent? The
"I have just received a letter from through his work an artistic element of normal relations between the human heart was like water, which
a friend in mid-Atlantic," writes aof exaggeration. But that exaggera Christians on both sides of the North froze at a certain temperature and correspondent. "It was posted three tion was itself exaggerated. Sca.
melted under the influence of warmth. days ago on board a liner bound for exaggerated only in the way that richness than they exhibited. to s Madame Beth (of Austria) asked if The French wore leaving no stone New York."
certain great poets and artists of the when we met them, Dickens achieved there was a factor in the world strong unturned to provoke a violent con- Rapid transmission of letters from Batchoyant type exaggerated; as, something for which it was difficult to enough to supersede the jealousy and servative and militarist reaction in ships in mid-ocean has been made for instance, Turner exaggerated in find a name in modern civilisation. his paint- The old pagan civilisation would have suspicion that made men go to war. Germany, and they might have possible by the wireless postal ser- glorious colouring in Perhaps, she said, shaking her head terrible cause to regret their suicidal vices of the Marconi Company and ing
The story 80 often called it a cult. The old pagans would we untat take human nature as it is.policy.
the Radio Communication Company, recalled in dealing with such critics had so set himself in the minds of the quoted against realism mig't. he have called him a goda being who Bishop Raffey of Hungary) said Dr. W. E. Orchard said it was which enable passengers in outgoing of Dickens. "I never saw a sunset great masses of men that they would of War at the Government dinner to that of late moa erialism had por religion that gave war its last vessels to send messages by wireless meated our every thought, affected sanction. It was the appeal to to homeward-bound ships for delivery like that," said someone to Turner, have built an alter to him General Purshing that the King had our clucation, fashioned the policies religion on both sides that was the through the Post Office..
which Turner replied, "Don't you and worshipped there. He had
sant the following message to the of nations; bad fought with the faith strongest thing in the war. If religion "People are using the wireless wish you had?" To say that Dickens' achieved that extraordinary thing in souls, made of honesty a venial were to be the basis of a world peace post much more than formerly,"
characters were not met with in real which could only be called a mythe President of the United States: thing, and celebrated its demoniacal it must be a very much different said an official of the Marconi Com-life was not true. They often were.logical position unlike anything he,
"I wish to express to you and to triumph in the final culmination of religion from that which was practised; pany to a reporter. "Ordinary wire-But no literary man's characters were Mr. Chesterton, knew of in any other the Congress and people of the United greed and selfishness, in that Cou- it would have to be a fanatical, not a less messages cost 11d. per word in as we met them or wished to meet literature in Europe. After referring States the warm appreciation felt munism which i. its blid, fury reasonable religion.
Atlantic liners nowadays, and by them in real life because they were to Swift and Thackeray and Trollope, spurned all things previously held Dr. Max Winter, the Austrian wireless post' 30 words may be sent seen through his temperament and Mr. Chesterton made the remark that throughout this country of the tribute
· our "I also send my heartfelt good sacred. Ju Hungary ey Minister and former burgomaster of for 78. Gd., so that the saving is con-not through ours. In some cases he he had a great admiration for which you are paying to day to
wishes for the great international experienend the rags of Communism, Vienna, who spoke in German, said
deliberately exaggerated. But there Thackeray and Trollope, but he Unknown Warrior. and had suffered all the ravages that in educating children we must
again he exaggerated only in the thought they were deceived by fables "The gift of your Medal of Honour conference which opens by your wins perpetrated by sacrilegious hands in give them accurate knowledge of
sense that all great poetry and fictions and illusions, and that to a British comrade-in-arms, whose initiative upon that day. My Ministern the ran vulture and integrity. other nationalities, and not merely
exaggerated. He gave to his the man who really say our modern tomb in Westminster Abbey stands will, I know, strive as wholeheartedly Religion ntud the Church wore attacked books of wars illustrated with battle Under the title of the Amalgamated characters that final imaginative society as it is was Charles Dickens. for all our best endeavour and hardest as your to make that conference. with peculiar violence, because Com- pictures. Military toys, guns, sabres, Marine Workers' Union, the British touch which might not possibly occur (Hear, hear.) It was genius that was sacrifice in the war, is a gesture of sterling success. They have, in munisín knew religion to be the and uniforms should not be given to Seafarer's Union and the National in real life. The types which Dickens creative that was immortal. It was friendly sympathy and goodwill which common with you, done all that mightiest source o mankind's moral them. Austrian children were nowa Union of Ships, Stewarde, Cooks, exaggerated were real types. The the Spirit of Man and his Imagination we will not forget.
practical stat amanship can achieve life. When Cominunista condemned days taught that military might was Butchers, and Bakers have amal kind of men he created were the kind that abode with us, and the Fashion "On Armistice Day the repre- to perpetuate the comradeslip of war religion to destruction it coufessed its not right, and that nations were gatuated, with funds amounting to of men we met. Only Dickens gave of this world that passed away. sentatives of the British Empire in with the maintenance of powde recognition of the fact that religion interdependent.
£100,000.
to them a more creative fulness and (Ifoar, hear.)
Washington will join with you in a
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the "West Ivan."
OCEAN LETTERS.
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The pamphlet, however, has no serious quarrel with the "penny- dreadful." "In spite of the canting denunciation of this type of literature, there is nothing either unhealthy or unnatural in boyhood's and girlhood's devotion to it."
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KING'S MESSAGE.
EMPIRE'S TRIBUTE TO THE-
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It was announced by the Minister
BY GOLLY I'M NOT SUPERSTITIOUS:
BUT-
ceremony held to honour the splendid record of your own troops: --
"I wish greatly ap that occasion to confer on your unknown Warrior our highest decoration for valour, the Victoria Cross
"It has never yet been bestowed
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