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HONG KONG, MONDAY, JUNE 18, 1928.
PSYCHIC HEALER.
"MYSTERY MAN”: VISITING HONG KONG
PERSIA AND AFGHANISTAN.
BAFFLING DEMONSTRATIONS. TREATY COMPLETED.
With the highest recommenda- tions, a "Mystery Man" is now visiting Dong Kong. Hu is. young Indian psychle healer, who speaks excellent English.
FOUR PROTOCOLS NOW
'LAID DOWN.:
EMBASSY STATUS.
Teheran, Yesterday. The "Mystery Man" arrived in Persia and Afghanistan have Hong Kong from Singapore on exchanged four protocols, com Saturday. Since he set out from pleting the Treaty of Security Calcutta a few months ago, on a and Friendship. world tour, he has given baffling The first lays down that in demonstrations wherever he has case of war threatening with other countries the contracting parties will endeavour to find an amicable 'settlement.
gone.
The "Englishman" says that he possesses
"remarkable thought- reading or astrological gifts."
The second guarantees mutual The "Statesman" says: "Elther and economic assistance. a akilled clairvoyant or a presti-
The third arranges for the digitator of extraordinary capacity establishment of land, postal
PRAYER BOOK.
REJECTION OWING TO LABOUR'S CHANGED.VIEW.
THE ASSEMBLY'S VOTE.
London, June 16. The House of Commons division figures show that the Conservative Party gave greater support to the measure than in December, and that the rejection was chiefly owing to a change of opinion on the Labour Benches-Reuter.
The new Prayer Book, se revised by the Bishops after its rejection by the House of Commons. last De- cember, was recently approved by the National Assembly of the Church of England, sitting at West- minster.
·
The Book will shortly be present- ed again to Parliament.
The division, which was taken
The "Bombay Chronicle" also and telegraphic communications, after a two-daya debate, revealed praises him highly.
country living in the other.
The "Pinang Gazette" describes grants customs free facilities and a larger majority in support of the allows the most favoured nation book than was generally expected. how several very cynical persons treatment to the subjects of one The figures, with those of the cor- were astonished, adding:-"As
reaponding division in the Assem thought reader he proved to be
The fourth arranges for an ex-bly last year on the rejected Book possessed of amazing powers....
case in non-political in brackets were: one began to wonder what occult tradition offences. power he had at his command."
Protocols similar to the first three have been exchanged be- tween Persia and Turkey relative to the treaty of April, 1926.
The Persian and Afghan Lega-
The "Siam Observer" of Bang- kok also speaks very well of him.
The "Mystery Man" claims that he can cure mental or physical dis- cases, whether they be chronic or not; and that he can produce a tions at Kabul and Teheran, re- photo of a person who is dead or spectively, have been raised to living aboard. At present, he is the status of embassies.-Reuter. staying at the Hotel Savoy, room 38 and 39. His consultation hours are
9 to 1 and 4 to 7.
THE "NEW" CHINA.
CHANGING FROM PEKING TO NANKING.
MOVING-ROUND PROCESS.
Peking, Yesterday.
WIRELESS.
BETWEEN N. AMERICA AND AUSTRALIA.
FELICITATIONS.
Washington, Saturday.
The establishment of the first direct wireless circuit between
A
CARL LAEMMES
GEORGE LEWIS MARIAN NIXON
and
FOURFLUSHER
VERSAL PICTURE
·MAN' may be down, but he's never out 1 Getting him down was one thing but keeping him there was another"! They thought he was a four-flusher, but he showed them some tricks that changed their ideas! 'A zippy speedy comedy of youth, love and action!
QUEEN'S
For
.
Bishops Clergy
92 (82)
AT THE
183 (253)
Laity
181 (230)
Toial
.396 (515)
Against
Bishops
Clergy
Laity
Total
2 (4)
59 (37)
92 (92)
..159 (193)
The Bishops of Norwich and Exeter voted against the Book and 164 members did not vote, includ- ing, it le, stated, 50-Anglo-Catholics. M.P.s Not Pagan.
Sir Thomas Inskip, the Attorney-
North America and Australia is General, resuming the debate in op- heralded by the exchange of mes-position to the Book, said the great
Mr. H Picard-Destelun, Co-sages and felicitations between the majority of M.P.s had a sincere Director General of Posts, and Governments of Australia and the interest in religion. It might be a Mr. D. McLorn, Secretary of the United States and also of officials of surprise to some who had described Audit Department, left Peking Press Associations of the two coun-M.P.s as semi-Pagan that they for Shanghai to-day.
tries including Reuter and Asso- begin with prayers cach day, con- The Salt authorities are doubt-ciated Press.
ducted by a canon of Westminster. Messages came by beam. ful whether there will be suf-
A Volce: How many? to Montreal, from ficient funds available at the end Melbourne
from
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and weight by being delivered to an officer of the Post Office.
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salaries of the Chinese and for eign staff.-Reuter.
Shansi and Kwangsi,
waves to Washington. Reuter's American Service.
ICE OPENING UP. «ITALIA” RELIEF SHIPS OFF
NORTH CAPE.
AEROPLANES. RETURN.
Peking, Yesterday. As the Shansi (Nationalist) troops advance eastward (General Pei Chung-hsi'a (Kwangsi Na- tionalist) forces are taking their place. Pei's forces have already occupied at Shih-chia-chuang and Paotingfu and now the Shansi
Rome, Saturday. forces are making for Tientsin.
Two of Pel's armies have ar-"Citta da Milano" says that the A wireless message from the rived in the vicinity of Peking wind is opening up the ice. One division has entered the city and two more of his armies have reached Chang-hsin-tien. Reu- ter.
Peking and Tientsin.
Peking, Yesterday. The first passenger train from Tientsin for twelve days arrived! in Peking last night and the first; from Peking left this morning.— Reuter.
Sir Thomas: From 200 to 250
may assume that even the prayers of the House of Commons are heard, and we hope and believe, answered according to Infinite wisdom.
Rubrics and Prayers which were going to prepare for the wholly er- roneous doctrine of the unspiritual character of the Sacrament seemed to lead to Rome or to stop not far. short of Rome.
The embodiment in that book of
Lord Hugh Cecil declared that | the real issue was whether Reser
The relief-ships "Hobby" and vation for the Sick was needed. "Braganza" are in sight of North He said; Cape. Aeroplanes which took off from the "Hobby" were obliged to return because of thick fog.
The weather in King's Bay is perfect.-Reuter.
A
A Search in Vain.
Oslo, Saturday.
If the measure is rejected it will not be
a victory for the Anglo- Catholics or the Evangelicals, or that much larger and more patient body which lies between them. It will just be freaks' holiday.
Every eccentric little clergyman The Italian aeroplane, piloted of the Church of England will be by Major Maddelena, has gone to able to do exactly as he likes-and Spitzbergen from Vadsoe to the Church of England is rich in search for General Nobile.
eccentrics. The King's Bay party, with that Dr. C. C. Wu, claiming to re- dogs from the "Hobby," covered present the new Nationalist Gov-nine miles in a vain search.- ernment at Nanking, has asked Reuter...
New Treaty Wanted.
New York, Yesterday.
It is reported from Washington
the U.S. State Department to negotiate a new treaty giving China the management of her finances and abolish- ing extraterritoriality-Reuter's American Service.
own
[Note: Dr. Alfred Sze is the Minister at Washington, not Dr. Wu. The latter, however, wrote the appeal to the world for recog- nition of China in 1912 when she became a Republic.]
Chiang Kai-shek.
FORMOSA.
· NEW · GÖVERNOR- GENERAL.
S. M. R. EX-PRESIDENT.
Tokyo, Saturday,
ing up the debate, safil he hoped
The Archbishop of York, in wind-
Parliament would regard the Book as a real, genuine, and henest bridge between them and the Church,
Before the figures of the division were announced the Primate asked the Assembly to refrain from any demonstration.
"This Unfortunate Book" The Bishop of Norwich wrote the Mr.Takeji Kawamura, ex-following letter to the Editor of President of the South Man-"The Daily Mail". churia Railway, has been installed Sir,-At lunch time to-day I ask Governor-General of Formosa ined the Archbishop of Canterbury if Shanghai, Yesterday. succession to Mr. Kamiyama who, might speak later. But his Grace According to the Kuo Min news accepting responsibility for the courteously explained to me that agency, General Yen Hsi-shan is attempted assassination of Prince earlier in the morning the Assembly understood to have received a Kuni during his visit to Formosa, had agreed to a limited number of telegram from Marshal Chiang has resigned-Renter. Kai-shek intimating that in view
of the many requests urging him
to withdraw his resignation, he. It is said that the American baby may withdraw it if the people de is born on the hire-purchase By sire him to do so.
The Kuo Min's Peking corres
pondent states that headquarters
tem-Sir John Power, M.P.-
dynam-
are making preparations there All that is pooded for Waterloo for Chiang Kai-shek, while mill Bridge is a sufficiency. tary circles in the capital report ite-Mr. G. B. Shaw.
that a military conference bet
tween Chiang Kai-shek, Feng Yu-
hsiang Yen Hai-shan and Li
Teung-yen is to be held in Peking
TODAY'S DOLLAR.
In the latter part of this month, The clearing rate of the dollar Reuter.
speakers, who had sent in their names already, and therefore I had this to state that my opposition to lost my chance. I venture to write this unfortunate Book remains un- altered... It guaranteeq no order, no contentment. How many people
outside the Church Assembly really want it?
The same fate overto Athe Bishop of Exeter, who tells me that he associates himself with my son- timenta
sion demand to-day was 2/05/16 April 27-1998
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