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THE SABBATH DAY IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE BONOKONG DAILY PRESS."]
DEAR SIR-Referring to the article under the above heading in your issue of the 26th ultimo I would be obliged if you would kiudly spare me space in your valuable columns to make the following
observations:
TELEGRAMS.
[THROUGH: NEUTEE & AGENCY.
THE HOME RULE QUESTION.
LONDON, August 31st.
In the House of Commons Mr. Asquith moved the adjournment of the House till Sept. 9th, and said he hoped that when the House resumed, a settlement would be reached by negotiation and agreement
Me. Bonar Law said that if the con- Creator's intention. Not only physicaltroversy were revived it would be a dis rest is needed, but spiritual exercize and
grace which the country would not readily devotion are also highly essential.
And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which ho had made. And God blessed the seventh day and sectified it because that in it he had rosted front all his work which God crented aumaded. Gen. ii, (23)
forgive
Mr Redmond expressed a desire to mest the Opposition's case, but said he was extremely anxious to place Home Rulo on the Statute Book..
Mr. Balfour questioned the wisdom of proceeding with Home Rulo in the pre sent crisis, and warned the Honce agains a revival of bitterness.
armein Ilongkrong are in receiptof salaries as in normal times and would have no wish to look upon the 1/9 a day as an extra source of income, but would gladly hand it over, doubtless with such personal donations as may be within their means, in the hope
There can be no question about the regarding Home Rule and Disestablish of alleviating the muffering consequent economic principles set forth in the first ment. Then the Session would be wound upon the horrors of war. It is perhaps action of this article. Mankind needs up. well to mention that it has probably cost one day of rest in seven and this was the most of the men a large part of their military pay, which is equal to about $32 a month, in meeting the extra expenses which their military service bus entailed, so that were they to give to the Relief Fand the whole of their military pay it would in most cases at any rate that the average Volunteer would be contributing to the Fund fully 50 con's a day out of his ordinary income. Altogether Hongkong should be able to forward to the PRINCE OF WALES' Relief Fund a monthly sum worthy of the Colony. Similar fuads are being opened in the leading treaty ports of China. At Tientsin the plan suggested for Hong kong by Mr. HARVEY has been adopted, and there has been & ready response by British eubjects both in Tientsin and Peking. In the course of a circular latter the Honorary Secretary to the Committee at Tientsin saya: "Many have put down their names for a monthly subscription while the war lasts, no doubt fooling unable to give ns large a sum in the first instance as their sense of gratitude, and feelings of patriotism, to their fellow countrymen and country, would suggest. Many indeed, have intimated their intention of subscribing 10 per cent. of their monthly salaries." In our yesterday's issue we reproduced from a Shanghai contemporary n letter suggesting similar action in Shanghai. Every Briton in the Eust rich or poor, will recognise his daly to contribute, and now that the way in
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It is stated that there are 924 Germans living in Japan..
The Hongkong Rope Manufacturing Co., Ltd., announce an interim dividend of one dollar per share.
A rough plan of the French lines of defence is circulated with this issue of the Daily Press as a supplement, ・・
While attempting to cross the Kowloon Canton railway line between the 46th and 48th bridges, a blind beggar was knocked down and killed by a train.
The Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Memorial and Affiliated Hospitals begs to acknowledge with thanks a donation of 83 by X.Y.Z. to the funds of the Hospitals.
At the Magistracy yesterday Inspector McDonald charged a Chinese with being in unlawful possession of two revolvers and 450 rounds of ammunition. The man was a passenger by the Tango Maru from Australia, and the contraband was dis- covered concealed inside a box.
He was fined $250. Another Chinese charged with possession of two revolvers, a quantity of percussion caps, and 590 rounds of ammunition was fined $100..
Damage to the extent of about $7,000 was caused by a fire which broke out at a three-storey building in Wellington Street at 2.30 am. yesterday. The building was occupied by Sun Chi Chik as a medicine and curio shop. The first and second floors were gutted and the ground floor damaged by water. The flames caught the adjoining house, which was completely gutted. Insurance was effected with the
In these verses is given the origin of the sabbath and its purpose. It is God's blessed, sanctified, rest day. For many reasons we know that it was given for
Other speakers continued the discussion. man's use and good, and to show it here
Mr. Asquith then brought the discus we need only refer to the fourth of the ten great precepts governing God'ssion to a conclusion by appealing to the House to bring the discussion to an end, spiritual Kingdom :~~-~
as it was most desirable that the country. should present a united front, to the enemy,
ALLEGED FORGERY OF CHEQUES.
Remember the sabbath day to koop it holy. Six days shalt thon labour and do all thy work. But the seventh day is the sabbath. (a senson pe, a day of rest) of the Lord thy God: it thou shaft not de Ry work, thou. nur thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor the maid servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger The case in which Vieria Ribeiro, that is within thy gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sen,
alias Roberts, is charged with the and all that in them is, and rested the forgery of two cheques of 2200 each. seventh day wherefore the Lord blessed in the name of Lawrence Noel Leafe, the sabbath day and hallowed it.” (Exof the China Association, was resumed xx..-11.).
at the Magistracy yesterday, before Mr. J. R. Wood.
It must be maintained that the Lord has never pronounced any special blessing upon any other day of the week, neither has Christ ever done so. No other day of the week has ever been hallowed, made holy, set apart for a holy or religious use, by the Creator or the Saviour.
Who then, can claim any holiness or "setting apart" for any othe day of the week? Those who persist in doing so would do well to read Matt, v. 17-20.
Shintaro Fujimoto said that until May last he was engaged at the Namura Hotel. He remembered a Portuguese coming 10 the establishment on the 17th January, It was the defendant. He wanted to engage a room, and witness told him he could have Room 4 on the third Boor. The defendant did not go to the room, but telephoned someone, after which he intimated that he was going out, and He
I heartily agree that we are not under ¦ would return about,two o'clock. the Mosaic law, ny there must always be wrote the name of R. Roberts, of a distinction made between the ceremonial Shanghai, in the hotel register, and
but I think - that
The
law and the law of the ten commandments engaged Room 4. Defendant wrote the of Exodus, chapter xx, 1 quite agree with the University Professor and others date 18th January," but witness did not
this until afterwards. who say, 12 we are not under the Mosaic notice Jaw," that, the group of commandments in
wo forget Portuguese bronght no luggage with him, and only had a chit-book. There was a which is included the direction to observe the Sabbath, is sharply separated in Deut. name on the book in both English and v. 22 from the ceremonial law, and com- Chinese Witness could not now tell prises a series of large moral precepts, what that name was, but could remember not one other of which right-minded two of the three Chinese characters. man, ever takes exception to. On what grounds then can we selcet ohe, and say Defendant asked witness to send the that we are not bourd to observe it because chit-book to the Hongkong and Shanghai it is Mosaic, but that we are bound to Bank. There was a letter in the book, observe the others? If one is Mosaic, all and Roberts told him to wait for a are: if uine are binding, so the tenth."
THE
WAR.
{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
THE GREAT BATTLE.
FRENCH SUMMARY OF THE POSITION.
LONDON, August 31st.
11.05 p.m.
comuniqué issued in Paris, in summing up the position, says that on the right, after partial checks, the French have taken up the offensive and the enemy is retreating before them. In the centre they had alternate successes and checks, but a general battle is again in progress-
The morale of the Allies continues to be extremely good despite losses, which have been made good from the depots."
The French trrops resumed the attack two days ago in the Vosges (Lorraine). This attack continued to be pressed, although slowly. Every position occupied is immediately strengthened. That explains the slowness of the advance, which, nevertheless, is characterised each day by new local successes,
The troops operating in the region of Spincourt and Longuyon checked the Crown Prince's army in the neighbourhood of Neufchateau and Paliseul, but, on the other hand, some of the troops suffered partial checks which obliged them to retire on the Mouse.
During the last few days the enemy have been trying to cross the Meuse in considerable numbers, but by vigorous counter-attacks have been thrown back with very heavy losses. Nevertheless, fresh German forces advanced by way of Roeroy. A general action is taking place in this district, but at present it is impossible to foresee the final result.
The communiqué also mentions the falling back of the Allies from the original Dinant, Charleroy and Mons line owing to the forcing of the Neuse by the Germans near Givet, and the new withdrawing movement on the right of the German wing where the adversaries concentrated their finest Army Corps.
(Rocroy, in which district a general action is now taking place, is 14 miles N.W. of Mézières, 25 miles N.W. of Sedan, and 2 miles from the Belgian frontier.]
FIGHTING ON THE BANKS OF THE SOMME.
LONDON, August 31st.
6.40 p.m.
A considerable success by the French at Guise is confirmed. Paris telegrama
say that the Germans advanced a short distance further on the Somme. The Allies' left wing subsequently took the offensive, while the Frenchmen on the west wing offered a strenuous and successful resistance.
SECOND EXPEDITIONARY CONTINGENT FROM AUSTRALIA.
LONDON, August 31st. The Prime Minister of Australia has called for a second Expeditionary Force.
AMERICAN OPINION ON THE DESTRUCTION OF LOUVAIN."
LONDON, September 1st.
The destruction of Louvain by the Germans has aroused interme indignation in America. The Press compares German methods with those of the Japanese, who gave notice of their intention to blockade Tsingtao,
THE EUROPEAN ALIEN,
Any student of the Bible must admit reply. Shortly after 11 o'clock witness the truthfulness of the above statement, took the book to the Bank himself, and but the following needs some comment "No one knows which is the real seventh handed it to one of the Chinese office boys, day. To this statement respectful but who took it away. Another boy came decided oxceptions must be taken. Does back with the same book and naked, any one know when the first day comes
Who brought this book?" and witness and goes in the cycles of time? If you enn tail when Sunday comes, or the fret said he did, whereupon the office boy said COLOURED LABOUR IN FRANCE. day of the week, can you not tell when something which he did not understand the soventh should come? If the Jews were the ones to whom the commandments and took the hook inside again for some were given which contain the Sabbath reason. The office-boy later carried the precept and they were is it not reason- chit-book outside to Reiss & Company, able to conclude that as they have kept witness following. Witness saw three or holy the seventh day sabbath from time: immemorial and still do so, they would four people there, and went back to the be able to preserve the identity of the Bank with two of them Ip Shute Kam, true sabbath or seventh day 1
and a man witness knew by sight. The defendant did not come back to the Hotel
His Worship-Where is the chit-book now?
The Lord made the sabbath a memorial of his creation, No other day could be substituted for it afterwards as memorial of ereation; then can it te supposed that God would allow man to lose sight of the identical day? There are, no indications that we have lost the true soventh day," so why conjecture that we have! It seems to me that such a statement is an attempt to evade the binding obligations of God's law
The principle of one day in seven is right, providing we keep the right one. If we follow the Bible there need he no mistake made
The Son of man is Lord of the
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While the Hindu tries in vain to enter British Columbia, the Kabyle from Algeria is invited to take up his residence anywhere in France from the Mediter several thousand African labourers are a ranean to the British Channel, Already work in the coal helds of the north and the vineyards of the south, Handicapped hy a low birth-rate and high mortality statistics, the population of France no longer suffices to meet the demands for industrial development. labour made upon it by increasing
drawn from every corner of Europe nud, from Africa. At Lens there are even about 200 Chinese coolies at work in the mines. Three or four hundred more have found employment in the wine growing districts, where Germans, Italians, and Spaniards are also to be found in con- siderable numbers,
-THE AFRICAN SOLUTION.' The satisfaction given by African labour in France has drawn attention to the vast national reservoir of labour which Fund for the ralief of the Widows and
France has at her disposal in her Colonies. Since 1900, when a few Algerian natives Orphans of the British soldiers and sailors
were taken on at the Courrières collieries Mr. Lewis-It has disappeared. whose lives are sacrificed in the war.
A Chinese boy who was employed at
and in the oil refineries at Marseilles, the possibility of this solution has been Though the public has not yet been informed
the Nomura Hotel in January said that
to the Central. The magnitude of the need for labour seriously tested. The first batch of in July he was called to of the losses our troops have already suffered
Police Station to identify someone, and
is well exemplified in the development of imported Kabyles having given gond is the war, the general information given
the man he picked out was the defendant. the newly opened Black Country of results they have been brought to France In January he saw bim at the Nomura France, which has as its centre Briey, on in increasing numbers, and there are now in the telegrams regarding the fighting
Hotel.
the German frontier, The .annual
seven or eight thousand of them scattered which has so far taken place has sufficient
Detective Juspector Terrett deposed mineral output of this iron and coal through the industrial and the wine ly indicated that the losses on both sides
that he was present at the identification district has sprung in three years from growing districts of the country. About --have been very heavy. We do not need to
parade in July at the. Central Police 13000,000 tons to 20,000,000 tons The a thousand of them have found employ- Station. Defendant was placed with six countryside population, which before the ment in Paris in the sugar: refineries, tube labour the fact that the distress amonget China Fire Insurance Company for $3,000.rabath, and of that to specially con- others of Portuguses nationality, and the opening up of these new fields was railways, and omnibus services the for widows, orphans and others dependent on
The State will gain by substituting for The King has been pleased to give salted as to how that day of His should last witness identified him without besifa engaged in the rearing of pigs, has been our brave countrymen who fall fighting for and grant unto
the undermentioned be kept He kept it by doing works often as the man Roberts" who had quite insufficient to man the new industry, the hundreds of thousands of Germans the country must necessarily be widespread gentlemen His Majesty's Royal licence necessity and inercy by preaching the visited the Nomura Hotel in January in three years the population has grown and Italians along the frontier French On the same day witness charged the from 73,000 to over 150,000, more than citizens, many of whom are soldiers. The word of truck, Mary "rested the
and cautioned him." ·He and soute, and we are quite sure that every and authority to wear decorations (as sabbath day according to the command-defendant,
siated against their respective names) ment."
St. Paul, the apostle to the produced the statement in answer to the 70,000 of whom are foreigners Italians millions of franes which at present are Briton in this Colony, as elsewhere, will which have been conferred upon them by Gentiles, preached to the inhabitants of charges. Defendant simply said, "I have represent nearly three quarters of the taken out of the country by the Belgian, alien population. Their arrival at Briey | Italian, and German workmen will, be welcome the opportunity to contribute, the President of the Republic of China Antioch, Philippi, Thessalonica and
has transformed the national aspect of diverted to Algeria, and that this would according to his ability, towards the PRINCE in recognition of valuable servicce Corinth upon the seventh day sabbath: OF WALES Fund. Mr. R. D. HARVEY of the Excellent Crop, Edward Guy the day,
rendered by them:-Third Class, Order thus we see how the apostles regarded
this corner of the France German frontier. be no small benent to the colony is clon Whole villages have become Italian; by the fact that in spite of the small Italian newspapers, many of them ; number of Arabs at present in France, and Mr. W. A. Dowler, who have under-fillier, C.M,G., Hongkong and Shanghai “If thou turn away thy foot from the
Anarchist sheets, predominate on the nearly £70,000 was sent through one taken to organise a monthly collection, Bathe of Han Fourth Class, Order holy day; and call the sabbath a delight,
bookstalla. Public notices in the railway | Algerian post office in six months by these stations and the streets appear in Italian labourers. The men will return to their deserve the thanks of the community for of the Excellent Crop, Richard Carson the holy of the Lord honourable, and
as well as in French and German, a villages with a new standard of consump- their public-spirited action. The suggestion Allen, Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, shalt honour him, not doing thine own
Throughout the coal districts along the tion, and the general trade of France and Peking
ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, that each British subject or British family
Belgian frontier a similar state of affairs | Algeria will thus benefit. A scheme for nor speaking thine own words: Then
exists, Belgians, however, have taken the the establishment of a large Kabylo in Hongkong and the Coast Ports should
shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord and
plecs of Italians as the predominant | recruiting agency has been suggested to I will cause thee to ride upon the high promise to contribute, from 5.cants to 50
foreign element. places of the earth and feed thee with the
They are brought to the colliery companies and other large their work by special trains and motor employers of labour. cents, according to their means, for every
heritage of Jacob thy father for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it." Isa.
ammibuses. from across the frontier. They day the war continues will commend yesterday.
provision themselves before leaving lviii, 18-14.
Belgium with their food and the butter pots which have given them their nick- name of pots de terre. Here, as further arrived in Manila last week front Austra south, thousands of German labourersian ports. She brought eight passengers. have settled. The neighbouring depart seven sacks of mail and a large general ment of the Pas de Calais has been over Coblens will probably be held at Manila, cargo, including 5,251 sacks of flour. The rub in a similar manner by alien labour indefinitely:
nothing to say at present.
Mr. Lewis said he had read through the depositions and would depend upon the evidence of Mr. Leefe. He would be Mr. Leefe the only remaining witness. was due to arrive on the Manchuria on
The case was remanded until Tuesday next, at 2.15 p.m.
the case i Bank, Peking, and Ernest Godfrey sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my
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If space would permit, I should like to show how the true sabbath
G. K. Chatham 4.55 p.m.-Cyclone or typhoon cast of supplanted by Sunday and I offer to do the Aparri, less than 300 miles distant, this if the call should be made. moving Wor W.N.W.
itself to the many who may feel themselves Aparri, more than 300 miles distant, unable to contribute in lump sum a almost stationary. donation worthy of the object of the Fund. We feel also that the suggestion made in our issue of yesterday by J. R." will very generally commend itself to the
The black signals, indicating a typhoon to be within 300 miles of the Colony, were hoisted before tiffin time yesterday.
Thanking you in advance and enclosing my card. Yours faithfully,
E. M. F. Hongkong, 1st September; 1914.
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