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Hong Kong, Monday, May-23, 1927,
"GROSS CYNICISM."
Mr. Eugene Chen has described as "gross eynicism" the explana- tion of the British Government as to the peaceful mission of the troops despatched to China. The compliment or lack of it can be returned. No greater example of
With the demolition of these
THE YOUNGEST BISHOP IN CHINA.
ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL
A FURTHER STAK THEATRE
*SUCCESS.
[MR. CUNNINGHAM:AND MI89 LAW.
13)
YESTERDAY'S CONSECRATION.
BIE'S IRISH ROSE" TO-NIGHT,
The consecration of Monsignor The wedding was solemnised at "The Family Upstairs" repre- James Edward. Walsh of the St. John's Cathedral on Saturday sents another Wilbur Players afternoon of Mas Alice Mary success. The story, of the play, js Maryknoll Mission as Vicar
Law: daughter of Mrs. G. Law, written around an average Ameri- Apostolic of Kongmoon, which and Mr. Albert Laing Cunning, can middle class family, and kept took place at Sancian (better ham, son of Mrs. L. Cunningham: the audience at the Star Theatre known as St. John's Island), The Rev. H. Copley Moyle offi-last night in continuous roars of
ciated.
laughter. The daughter Is in love yesterday, was unique in several
The bride, who was given away and the fond mother is anxious to respects. Besides having the dis- by her brother, Dr. E. Law, word get her married off-so anxious tinction of being the youngest a charming gown of Chinese em- that she almost scares the young Bishop in China, Mgr. Walsh 18 broidered pink charmeuse and man away. There is an idle, good- also the first American Bishop carried a bouquet of pink Hono-for nothing "cake eating" son; to be consecrated in this part of lulu creeper. She was attended who spends much of this time the world, and the four attend-by Miss Annie Clarke and Miss "jazzing around" rather than ant Bishops each represented a Katy Tai whose bridesmaids' looking for a job. Poor papa, different nation, namely, France, dresses were of pink watersilk played by Anthony Baker, has his Italy, Portugal and Spain.
and pink crepe satin with bon-hands full with his family. Sancian, that hallowed ground quets of pink roses.
paychology of the American fami- sacred to Christians in China, wasi Mr. William A. Shea was beatly is well portrayed. Families chosen by Mgr, Walsh personally man.
seem to be the same the world us the scene of his consecration,
Following the wedding, a re-mer, with their petty jealousies, thus adding further to the his- ception was held at the Hotel the nagging, and squabbies that tory of the island where St. Savoy, the bride and bridegroom go on behind the scenes, carefully Francis Xavier laboured and died later leaving for Canton on hidden by party manners" be- in the year 1552-the first mis-honeymoon. The bride's going fore strangere. Every he of the sionary to bring the gospel of away dress was of beaded shell pinyers fitted m to their special Christianity to China.
Advantage was taken of Mgr.: Walsh's consecration to make a pilgrimage to the island. Nearly 550 Catholics, representing at least ten nationalities, made the excursion on the s.s. "Kinshan." Leaving the Wing Lok Streeet the Aust mart
grey crepe de 'chine.
EMPIRE DAY,
VICTORIA BRITISH SCHOOL PAGEANT.
The
parts in an excellent manner. The play is a cure for the "blues" and the actors had no difficulty in keeping their audience amused. One of the reasons for its popu- larity is, as the Americans say "It hits you where you live" and in the characters we can see our jown selves, and our own little
family differences.
of the trip was enjoyable, the cool breeze out at sea being a
The Wilbur Players are ataging A pretty Empire Day Pageant that most successful play of very welcome contrast with the took place at the Victoria British Jewish life, Abie's "Irish Rose," heat which was felt even on Hong School this morning, attended by this evening, and to-morrow at Kong's waterfront. The rain parents and friends. which came down about midnight
9.15 p.m.
ever, as staterooms were reserved.
The children. who took part; was rather discomforting, how- were as follows:-
:
After breakfast,
and
Di
'for ladies only and the men who Britannia, Viola Raven; Herald, NICARAGUAN REVOLT.
McLeod; Pagea, Alan had just settled down to spend John
Managua, May 22. ing the night on deck had to Langston and George Knight;
Gegg, Allison The Liberal leader, Dr. Sacasas, scurry below and shift the best England, Billy
entire settlement with the British Gov- they could in the passage way and McKay, Peter Paul and Dorothy accompanied by the ernment and people?
the saloon.
Moss; Scotland, Mavis Glendin- Cabinet, left Puerto Cabeza to- At a little before 5 a.m. thening and Robbie Glen; Ireland, day aboard a steamer, bound, assertions by Eugene Chen must "Kinshan" arrived at Sancian Stella Stevenson, Henry Bunje, it is believed, for Guatemala City, Although the immediate cause and found the Portuguese gun. Billy Pryde and Betty Long- go all his other claptrap in regard boat "Patrin" already riding at bottom; Wales, Winnie Raven for the departure is unknown, it to the object of the Shanghai anchor in the little harbour. She Florrie Fowler and Harry Middle-clamation, issued by the Liberal Ernest Fowler; Africa, follows closely on the Peace Pro- Defence Force sent out by the had brought the Bishops. Mass
He stands was said on board, at which most ton: Canada, David Parsons and peace delegates, concerning Pre- British Government.
of the pilgrims received Holy Frank Hughes; India, Joan Old, sident Coolidge's order, authoris- discredited by the British Govern-Communion.
Mary Parsons, Nancy Duckworth ing the American forces to accept ment. He is in danger of being the gathering was ferried to the and Peggy Eccleshall; Australia, the arms of those willing to lay Walter Pryde, Derek Hollidge, them down, including the arms torn and rent by the real Chinese island by a fleet of native boats Vera Handyside and Jean Ewing; of the Government forces, and
from small fishing smacks to New Zealand, Nationalists who have had the medium sized junks, supplement-Labrador, Jack Bone, John Thorn- to lay down their arms.
Alice Dedear; to disarm forcibly those refusing sense to fathom the real meaning ed by a motor boat from the hill, Wille Robertson and Guy Sacasas refused to accept the con- of the Communist influence in" Patria."
Wallington: Hong Kong, Ian ditions. Here a visit was first made to Handyside, Vivienne Hollidge, their midst before it was too late
It is understood a little memorial chapel, erected Hylton Edmondson and Terry Sacasas intends to resume medi- and China or at least a very lover the spot where St. Francis large part of it-became nothing was buried, but was afterwards more or less than a vassal State removed by the Portuguese to Goa. Here rosaries and other re- of Soviet Russia.
ligious articles were placed on Not more than any of the other the tomb and blessed. The faith of the pro-Communist leaders in of the Chinese was touching, the Left by her selfish uncle to spend
ECONOMIC CONFERENCE. China can Eugene Chen ignore majority collecting leaves and seven days in jail while he paid his smail plants to be treasured as own fine and departed, a young facts. When he diverts from souvenirs of their visit to the Chinese girl who was fined $5 for
Geneva, May 22. The Committee of the Inter- truth and wanders into fiction he sacred ground. Many of the obstruction was on Saturday dis- goes hopelessly off the rails and pilgrims also made the difficult charged by Major Willson, who national Economic Conference, his learned utterances and high-climb to the statue of St. Francis taking into consideration the fact after a long discussion, has erected half way up the hill about that the girl had already spent four adopted the formula concerning sounding sentences are reduced to a quarter of a mile above the days in a police cell awaiting the industrial agreements which hearing of her case, remitted her merely expresses the opinion that chapel.
fine. Afterwards the gathering was
the participation of all States Uncle and niece were arrested by irrespective of their economic again rowed to the village across Sergt. Carey on Wednesday for ob system must be regarded as a the bay where the consecration struction by hawking medicine out-happy augury for the future co took place in the village church. side the Kauyuefong Theatre; where
mere moonshine.
KEY TO A SAFE.
ASSISTANT MANAGER IN
Lockhart.
NIECE LEFT. IN JAIL,
that Dr.
cal practice until next year, when he will possibly return to participate in the Presidential campaign.-Reuter's American
Service.
The arrival of Mgr. Walsh and a crowd had collected to hear the operation of all nations. the other Bishops was the signal uncle discourse on the merits of his
The Russian delegates had pre-
to Icave
for the firing of crackers by the medicaments, and were remanded viously threatened TROUBLE,
villagers, while the village elders on Thursday for four days to have Geneva if their formula to the Before Mr. R. E, Lindsell this welcomed the Bishops on then translation made of some leaflets effect that the Conference should "gross cynicism" can be found in morning, a Chinese described as beach and escorted them to the they were handing out to the recommend collaboration with the
crowd, all the verbose tomes turned out the assistant manager of a flour church, by Eugene Chen than his asser-dealer's shop at No. 10 Wilmer The consecration ceremony was tion that "British relations will Street, West Point, was charged very simple. Mgr. A. Fourquet,
with the theft of, $4,000, the pro-Vicar Apostolic of Canton said enthusiastically pledged by the sequently adopted the reports of The Plenary Conference sub- perty of the shop.
the consecrating Mass assisted by
gathering.
the respective committees on
made.
ין די
my
Soviet Government on the basis of the latter's system of foreign trade, was not accepted.
MAULED BY A TIGER.
re-
never, improve as long as British statesmanship fails to realise that The money was stolen from the Mgr. Costa Nunes, Bishop of After tiffin Monsignora Walsh, Commerce, Industry and Agricul the Nationalist Government at safe on Friday night and accused Macao, and Mgr. Prat, Vicar Nunes and Fourquet returned ture unanimously, the Russians Wuhan are the sole repository of was suspected because he was Apostolie of Amoy Mgr. ashore to attend, a feast arranged alone consistently opposing, amid
alleged to have had custody of Valtorta, Vicar Apostolic of Hong by the villagers and will make some laughter. Reuter. State power in Nationalist China, the safe key.
Kong, who was to have been one the trip back to Hong Kong by. and, because they have the con-
On the application of the police of the consecrating Bishop, was the "Patria" to-day, Mgr. Walsh fidence, and the trust of. the re-who said the money and the safe also present, but voluntarily stood was given a rousing send off as
key had not yet been recovered, down in favour of Blahop Prat the "Patria's" motor boat push Calcutta, May 3.-The Statesman voluntary masses, are alone com- the accused was remanded for who had found it possible at ad off, The Maryknollers sang publishes the story of a struggle be petent and able to reach an three days in police custody for practically the last moment to Maryknoll, Maryknoll, tween two imperial police officers, enduring settlement with the further investigations to be make the trip. The little church their Society's anthem and gave Messrs. E. N. Jacobson and W. S.
was packed by Maryknoll Fathers, three cheers as the boat sped Collins, and a wounded tiger, British Government, and people."
Brothers and Sisters, and priests towards shore.
ceived from Dargonpore, Central The Nationalist Government at
Provinces. RECKLESS DRIVING FINE.・ of the various other foreign The "Kinshan" started on the Wuhan is a myth.
Mr. Collins, though severely It is non-
missione in South China many return trip at 3 p.m., In beauti wounded, performed the brave ac After leading two police motor of whom had come a long die ful weather which had held good tion of creeping up on his stomach existent. The heads of the 80 cyclists a long chase in the Western tance to attend the consecration. throughout the time spent at and preventing the tiger from fur- called "Nationalist Government" District on Saturday, May 14, the The record for distance covered Sancian, excepting for a little ther mauling Mr. Jacobson, shoot-
driver of a public motor car was was there are in daily-and even
eventually brought to earth behind held by Rev. Father drizzle which stopped almost as ing at the beast with a revolver momentarily fear of their lives. the Slaughter House in Kennedy Braganca, the parish priest of qulekly as it started; and was. After a desperate struggle the
from a range of two yarda. I th Portuguese community of welcomed because of the coolness tiger was killed, but not before the, What is more, Eugene Chien la re-
He appeared before Major Wilson Singapore.
It brought. ported to have been arrested and on Saturday last charged on remand Mgr. Walsh occupied a position The Benediction of the Bless-Mr. Jacobson's wounds are not
officers were injured. Borodin and the rest of the with reckless driving and dinobey on the side of the altar and wore ed Sacrament was given on dangerous, but Mr. Collins is in a Communist crowd are fleeing in and $10 respectively, efect. Apostolic. At various stages after dinner all sat out on deck
ing police signals. He was fined $25 the cassock and sash of the Pre- board during the voyage, and serious condition..
Both were taken to Nagpur by all directions before the anti-Red Sergt. Basting saw the accused of the Mass he was vested in the to enjoy the cool breeze at sea, special train, and detained in hos- armies get to too close quarters turn into Belchera Street at 20 miles raiments of a Bishop and finally Green Island was sighted at Pital.
per hour with the two wheels off the with them. Under these circum- ground, while Sergt. Clark saw him the mitre was placed on his head 11.30 p.m., and a quarter of an 8 inches, stances what can we think of zig-zagging dangerously at high and he was handed the Bishop's hour later the "Kinshan was Eugene Chen's boast of the "Nad In Sand Street. Both officers staff, the emblem of pastorial made fast alongside the whart STORM AT PENANG
gave chase.
authority Mgr. Walsh then gave It was a tired but happy BHAWKand (1584° tionalist Government" at Wuhan Mr. D. McCallum attempted to the faithful his first blessing as crowd which came ashore, and
Penang, May 18. being the sole repository of State driver, but Major Willson convicted. fred and the trip back to the their homes. Those who lived wind here yesterday, afternoon, a prove that accused was not the Bishop More crackers were wended their various ways to Owing to exceptionally strong power in Nationalist China?
"Kinahan" was made in Kowloon and the higher levels coconut tree in Leandro Lane, off How can that Government have A gentleman found his little Tiffin was served on board at of Hong Kong were caught in Burmah Road, collapsed on to elec the confidence and trust of the she had had a stumble. present together with the Cap soon after midnight, who was passing at the time and at daughter crying bitterly because 1:50 pm, the five Bishops being the rain storm which came on four telegraph posts. A Chinese tric overbead wires, bringing down revolutionary masses? How can "Never mind, Winnie, he said: and Officers of the "Patria Monsignors Prat and Valtorta tempted to cross the faller wires
won't a chocolate make it better?!" that Government alone be com-No," said the child, between her The health of Mgr. Walsh was returned to Hong Kong on the had a row cape, from being petent to reach an enduring | sobs; "but two would do it.30 proposed by Mgr. Valtorta and “Kinshan.!!!:)
One electrocuted.
Town.
The
tiger
measured 10 feet,