WAR AND RELIGION.
THE NEW JUDAISM.”
A striking sermon-based on natual experiences at the front-which was delivered by the Rev. Vivion G. Simmons. B.A, C.F, at the West London Syna goguu, on the religious needs of the Jewish soldier and the changes which
· thoy-may require in the future, 15-repro duced in the Jewish Chronicle. Remark ing that there were great difficulkies to be overcome, prejudices senturies, old to Let me put it negatively, and tell you
EMPLOYMENT
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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH, 1917.
AFTER THE
WAR
SCHEME OF DEMOBILISATION AND REINSTATEMENT
NEW LABOUR MINISTER'S VIEWS,
Capital and Labour are agreed that after the war about 6,000,000 people (in cluding 3,000,000 munition workers) will be seeing new employment deal with this great mobilisation problems a National
Government will be asked to give
OPEN BOATS. THE STORY OF THE CAN
MAOFARLANE.
GERMAN HUMANITY!
BY ALFRED NOYES.]
Two-telegrams begin this winter's tale The first, to C in C.E Indies Have you any news of the S. Clan Macfarlane, passed Malta on December 27th, bound for Port Said 1 "The second,
1915
4.000
UNCLAIMED
TELEGRAME.
The following in a list of usci lyng in the Eratorz Extention, AskALALIA KAG Ulinn Telegraak Company's omos at Hung. kong zum
FROM London
this time, it must be remembered, tho men were soaked from- Lead to foot by the wintry seas. On January 6th at 6 o'clock the second cook died from exposure, and the blue frozen body was dropped over- bowrd Half an hour later the oficer's boy died, and cat: 0 o'clock on the same bleak morning a fireman died The burial of these dead, the heave and brief plunge of the bodies as they lightened the Chantionea" Tien van Bt Maxils boat, wore the only interruptions to the Chop Want Boon Kee, Milks
ng monotony of the baling.
hop, Market Stret Kusla Lumper
Shop, Bunking At 10 o'clock the wind and sca moderat
Gant Kunjoshing
Bingepers red little, Hawley ast a reefed lug-sail - and, having decided to make for Alex
* buried.!!
Bateman Hongrong Hotel
Kremer, French Consulate
Lob
At 5 am on Nadler
At 8 o'block the captain'a boy died (bav:
Steamer Teleen.
Santhin Singapore
The following is a list of unclaimed telegrams
FROM
At 7.50 4,01, they put a second reci in the lug sail and stored S.E. At 6 am. lying in the Great Northern Telegmph they sighted a steamer on the port how, Company's office at Hongkong only about three miles distant. Cries. Drouet ADDRESS broke from their blackened lips, and they
Noseguohi made signals of distress by waving some of the dead men's clothing, a coat and a Mr. Yung and Su, Tong shirt on a a
Lang Có atickst
Varalief Seurala Taperia
young men who are going to make the reinstatement Hotel Cecil meetdeck and found the upper hatches of No. When the steamer sighted the boats she Ru
ghai
ograd
that it is my firm conviction that if and organisation is to be established, from 0. in C.E. Indies. Clan Macfer: andria,, though it was about 250 miles Olienas you expect Jewish fighters to carry theit ne Pirate da Plane has not yet arrived in Egypt distant ho steered. E.SE. At 15 that wastoria. discipline of war into their religion Employes and trade unionists are con The Clan Macfarlane, of the Port of afternoon another native died and was Mimboxane, s/o Flachwatan Man say
Moet, Hongkong Hotel Batavia Several and confer-Glasgow, wag n steamer of some afterwards, to too the old line, to fall operate beer hel meetings he past fent tous, built of steel at Sunderland She They sailed all night.
ences have beer into the ranks as the majority wore more weeks. These led up to a representatie had a crew of 10 honda, a general cargo Jemiary 7th the wind shifted to NW and Ng Sun Poe, e/o Talkoo or less content to do before the war be meeting at the Houl Cecil, over wh and left Birkenhond on December 16th, freshened, and the sea increased again. Sugar Beinory gan, you are profoundly mistaken If B. Huth Jackson presided. It was
Biugspore any section of Jewry believes this, it laid down that the whole heart d co On December 30th at 3.45 pm, she was ing fought hard for life all through the Youn Fat Bing, Wine Lok St. Singapore wift find that it has more deserters than operation of employers and employed wae steaming at full speed, making an svar night), and his burial lett the bont still adherents. If any of you imagine that in essential to the success of any scheme of age of 10 knots. There was a look-out in lighter their religion the men will return and reinstatement and redistribution of, la- the crow's best and two look outs were on be able to find now enthusiasm in peace hour after the war, and for handling any the forecastle bend. The weather was fine for the things which they have cast off in later problems of unemployment or land clear. The wind was in the west, war, you will have a rude shock for yon bour dislocation. Another point agreed blowing moderately, with a slight sen. will assuredly see a drifting away on on was that no machinery now in exist The chief officer, Frederick Janes Haw all sides, and the many thousands of cuce
could deal
with the Ter
had just been called, as he was to of adequately
e fighting forces in
ores go on duty at 4 o'clock, when he felt and Judaism of the future lost to us beyond civil occupation
heard a violent explosion. He ran on rower of recall, a
The decisions of the Please do not mistake my meaning ing indicate more than general principles, 5 hold and the tarpaulins blown out of headed for them at once and signalled Hongbi I may that many thousands of young men
for every detail involved has been care- who are going to make the Judaism of fully considered, and the complete scheme position. They had been hattened down by blowing her whistle. At 8:30, they moon leaving Liverpool. He gave orders at were alongside the steamer (The Crown the future will be lost to us beyond power once if desired. There is no hostility to the harbour deck, and this was done. He diminished rews were taken aboard could be put before the authorities at oncesto lower the boats below the level of of Arragon), and by D o'clock the of recall They will not drift two Labour Exchanges or any department, then sounded No. D hold and found 18 They were all at the point of exhaustion. from us as well as from the orthodox Employers and employed are ready to community, and leave us behind. The share responsibility and use Govermanentnches of water. He also saw the cargo On the Crown of Arragon brandy, and hot in Chia thun Ping Shanghai men will have the religion they need, for machinery, including Labour Exchanges, steamers side. She had been struck on But on the way to Malta two more men breaking up and floating out of forcrffee and dry clothes were given to them. men have faced death, not once or twice, DRAFT PROPOSALS the starboard side, at No. 5 hatch, below but have lived continually in the shadow Asories of resolutions, proposed by the water-line, died from the effects of their long ax of death, they will not hesitate to show Mr. Dudley Docker, president of the their courage and determination at home Federation of British Industries, second as well. Religion at the front is reduceded by Mr J. T Brownlie, president of to fundamentals, and though obviously the Amalgamated Society of Engineers great deal more is needed in normal had unanimous support. The project sets life, the men who have felt the inspira forth tion of the few great things will assured That powers should be obtained ly have no trappings that are meaning-
from Parliament to set up without less, Rather no outward religion at all. delay a central statutory board to re than a mere conventional one. This is not a phrase, but n fact, and I live among men who have awakened to this
** INCREASING UNIVERSALISM?"" There were four distinct ways in which he helieved the roligious attitude of the Jewish soldier was becoming revolu tionised to-day. In the first place, the ethical teaching of Judaism must take a far more prominent position in Jewieb education than it had ever occupied be fore Closely bound up with this was the question of their public worship. "I am not going to suggest to you to day any further changes in our liturgy or any alterations in our services, but I make bold to tell you this, that we read a great deal of our services in France in English, and I have never yet had a protest from a single Jewish soldier and obviously the majority are orthodox against this practice. But, more thun this, I have been thanked on more than one occasion that I have omitted passages in our Prayer Book which have abso lutely no reference to the religious needs of the men. Wo have adapted our ser vices at the front to the needs of the mon, and we shall have to do so, tou, when they come home. Rigidity, pre- Judice, sentimental adherence to the obsolete and out-worn these things must
*** The third subject of which Speak is the increasing universalism in religion which we find at the front. By this I mean the wonderful and hitherto un precedented way in which the common
universal elements of Judaism and the
various forms of Christanity are em
Christiana are learning to know one an other as they never did before. It is not merly that toleration is shown of one
phasised and gloried in Jews and
ment
forecastles to make sure that nobody was Hawley then personally searched the
in them. He conferred with the master, and they decided to abandon the ship, as she was beginning to settle by the stern and it was growing dark.
At about 5.15 all hands left the steamer in six boats and rowed clear. About 6
southward and fired six shots into the steamer on the port side, forward torn 6.16 all the beats were made fast stern of the master's boat, to keep them toge they during the Light. A few minutes later the submarine cate clongside, asked for particulars of the steamer, and then steered to the eastward. After this masts were stepped, saus broken out, and a course set for Crete, which was thought
all night of the NEW YEAR'S MORNING, ✨
sich
reporting the case, and asking that search ould be made for the missing boats, very big and busy, and one telegram hey were never found. Civilization"
stated No
No ships available? reply stat
THE WHITGIFT'S SOLE SURVIVOR
out, that of the Whitgift fared even More The only evidence of the attack on this ship is that of a Japanese, one of the crew, who sent a post-card to the owners (Mosers, Parker, Hamilton &
The rest was told in a few telegrams
hing
aghai
Shanghai
mey
Shoa Shop,
Shundanching Wo Mes.... Bling Kee
Tian Fook
Bhanghai Yeahidabeiro, Milani Emaan Sagahizen
Wanshai
CHURCH SERVICES.
Bezogesins Bonday 11th the Hun BT. JOBN's CATHEDRAL, Hongkong
Holy Unanunion (7.50 am) Introit, Hymn 23 Hymar 356, 553, 615 and 561; Service, Merbooke Miting (11 m.) Responses,
Tonite
Pasis, Tail Man
Woodward, Будак,
terrenTM 376 and 290. Ewning 645 pm. Respanzer, Soert and Tallo; Jabllate, Teri Palos, Entby, Aylward and Good enough; Uignidest; Smart; Nano Pimittis,
Co.) from a prison camp in Germ of the world," Gaza: Lynor, 193 and
(18th
Bih even 26), 193 and 31. N.B.
All the rest of the crew were lost. The post card ran as follows
To Miggis, Palkel. Hamilton & Co., 17.0:16.7%
to be 55 or 60 miles away. They sailed Dear Sirs-I have written you once
in unison;
ent în civil employment of the present forces; (b) the settlement in normal employment of civilian workers now in Government or controlled establish fonts; (c) any general redistribution of labout arising out of the war. (Ap propriate transfers of existing powers
Pralia 88 Terrea, 8, 12 and 17 in and duties will have to be made by the various Government departments to the
Falm 61, verses 1, 2,7 and 8, in unison. anison; Pasim 60, versen 1, 6ana 11 central statutory board, so that com plete authority shall be
be vested in the
day, 11th FobinaryHoly Communion 8 m b. PETER'S CHURCH, West Falet, Sun-, now board), two-thirds of the
from Hemeln, bat did not receive any "The not less that
answer. I am now in Lager Holzminden, Morning Prayer and Sermon, 11 m. Prese members
of the central statutory board in the early hours of New Year's mora Barrack 4. On the 20.1.18 our ship has er, lit, hev, ti e Bishop of Vistoria, should be Sunday, and employed in equal numbers,
Morning 11th February Sunday 85, 133 and members being appointed by the Crowned and the men rowed till 10 th, when prisoner. If it is possible I 37
Hymns, 10, 169, from associations of employers and a light northerly wind sprang up. They would be very grateful to you if you go. Evening Service *1 6.
set sail and continued till 5 p.m., when world send from time to time a parcel 388 and 219 Fresher, Rev. 7. Kirk
J. from the trade unions of the United the boats were all made fast again attern and money, because all my things are lost, Macomashie Kingdom respectively, the remaining of the master boat. They sailed all and I cannot write to Japan-Yours, members of the board to include repre
FIRIT CHURCH OF Christ Selzner, sentatives of Government departments, right.
KEHATO SABUBUKA
MacDonnell Hond. Sunday, 11:16 s.m. Wednes- May On January 2nd, at 8 o'clock in the The waves of this war break on overy
wwwwded day, 5.30 p.m. eto where
a trade union, by armorning. They made the north-east end cast in the world, and the sound of rangement with employers associations of Crete, but the wind and sex increased them washes over every continent, bring- is capable of placing its members in and the boats were blown to the southing sorrow to the remotest ends of the employment, it should be competent for west, along the coast. It was only three earth. In the early days of the war I the central board if it deems it to be or four miles distant but the heavy se met an old gardener on the cast of the national interest, to delegate to made it impossible to land, Maine. He was a Scot by birth but had the trade union the reno
responsiblity of 10 o'clock that sight the third of been an dealing
with
the own member. Y
That local boards should be estab one, and they were both swallowed up in A second gunner's boat was attached to this lished wherever necessary to assist the the darkness. The master's boat fast off central board, such local boards to have and went in search of them. Hawley's the same proportionate representation as is provided for the central board bost lay to with the others all night waitin
PM med pancer's boat parted the tow-rope The Culturyžica citizen for over half a
reinstatement of its
the central and local boards should be paid out
My son went back to Scot- folks at home, and he took up mine land, he told me, to see some of my sweeping. He was drowned just of Aber deen, where I was born
INDIGESTION.
WHY TOLERATE ITA
Way suffer from indigestion from pains after eating, acidity, Astulence, headaches biliousness, dizziness, or con — stipation; Why? It is a remarkable
by the other, but that a sense of brather mportant pang but quiet, bus of frightenen fashed like the ever the weather was very stormy, with a wild weats
men An
MN, HODGE INTERVIEWED.
been
WE LAST TO GREEKS.fact that women especially seem prone to All expenses properly incurred by It was a terrible night. There were But it is almost equally dangerous for
make light of digestive troubles, forgetful:
arise therefrom. From the many letters liam out of moneys provided by Pars good many natives of India in the neutral seamen to engage in the humane of the greater evils which may and do boat's crews and they suffered greatly work of bringing food to Belgiuni. The An executive Las been appointed to give from the exposure. One by one in the Greek steatner Embiricus was taking a we receive, it is clear that in hundreds of cases, women, yes, and men, too, have en- effect to these resolations, des dim light of the lanterns, pathetically as cargo of maize for the Belgian Relief dured much needless suffering and well- Requests for conferences have come children they gave up the fight for life Committee, when she was sunk by a sub nigh made shipwreck of their lives, bot from a n number of industrial centres, and and slipped out the water that stilles put into open bosts at nightfall hoven because they did not know of "Ela:
though a wond relieve or banish their all- meetings are now being held in the most about their feet. The wild eyes.
mportant places throughout the country aloof from our
but
simply because they neglected not public meetings,
creatures, and their rain, and the sea ran mountains high the warnings of
"of their trouble at the out hood, mutual understanding, and, best ness-like sitting at which prominent local lips murmured deliriously of their die The Greek captain (John Palaocrassas) set. Now Mother Beigel's Byrup. of all, mutual admiration, is shown by men and workers take stock of the positant East Five of them died in Haw lost sight of the second boat (there were proved by thousand of former sufferers the Christian for the Jew and by the tion and of the task to be faced the water that had been shipped, and wind and sea. He tried to go back and digestion, derefore you are suffering ley's boat, and were lifted, dripping from only two) as they were going before the to be the surest means of eradicating ill- Jew for the Christian. As a result of this
men and women of all denomina It is considered that the new organiga slipped over the side into the dark ses find them, bot found it impossible, and Troubles. If therefore you are suffering tions are going to interraingle in their tion would naturally come under the au A sixth died in the second officer's boats went on his way burning parathn flares to-day set at once by taking a course of work and their play immeasurably more thority of the Minister of Labour; and At daybreak on Jury 3rd the mase They Now the fash of the Lizard Light Mother Seigel's Syrup; and put your than they have hitherte done. And this by a happy coincidence one of its pioneers ter's boat was sighted, a black dos among across the tumult of the storm and a stomach, liver and bowels into proper is the problem you have to solve - how on the Labour side, Mr. John Hodge the distant whisecans; and, at about 8 steamer passed them, like a great working order for upou the healthful can this be encouraged by us on our M.P., han just teen called to Government o'clock, he rejoined them. He told them hotel!? with lights out. The men condition of those organs depend, your side without increasing the tendency to office as the tow Labour Minister that he had been unable to find the mis shouted, the captain blow his whistle, and ability to digest food thoroughly and assimilation! I believe that this can beployed
Representatives of employers and em- sing boats, and that three natives in his the flare (which was about 60-candle maintain good health. Only when your done, and this fact is certain: that after
the
outset to dimusÿ
own boat had also died during the night, power) must melions of non Jewish officers and men Biter
ust have been seen. In these stomach and liver have been restored to generally, said
At 4 o'clock on the afternoon of this dat waters, however, a hight a large steamer thorough working order can you escape have been brought into contact with Mr. Hodge
thought that they decided to abandon No. 5 boat in any unusual signals, and cannot take
is ant to suspect the trick of the U both and penalties of indigestion and
obtain propor nourishment
your TBD Worse, if no better than their
Capital and transferring the fourth engineer (who was
in charge of it) with ais natives to Haw too many risks..
The medicinal extracts and other in- y's boat, and two natives to the master's Eventually they encountered the sreegredients in Mother Seigel's Syrup act shifty, and grasping, as the Jew has been standing, and that jointly they could ab portrayed for the most part in modern
bout, the men who were demobilised very at 4.30, the rudder on the master boat trawlers; and heard the reassuring shout, toning up and strengthening the
ally Government depart literature the unnatural soparation be ment, although the latter could be very use was carried away. He then made fast" All right?
stomach, gently stimulating the action of tween them cannot possibly continue. ful Gradually the thing widened stern of the second officer's boat. The sea was so rough, however, that it the liver, and regulating the bowels. In
“A Christian padre and I were stand-preda
AB
movement has ing together behind the trenches the other been in touch with members of both the so much that the master was forced to aboard. Thay searched the set as wa
grown we have At 5.30 the wind and ses had increased was after midnight, when they were hauled this way, indigestion is banished and the
whole
benefity in a remarkable day performing the last rites, each of us, late and the new Governments, said let go. He set reafed jib; and at day thoroughly as possible in that wild wea To see me twenty years ago for a soldier of our respective faiths Mr. A. H. Paterson, who has been under light on the 4th there was no sign of him, ther; but the other boat with her crew o
and to- The shells were flying overhead, and taking hon secretarial duties, and A9 pm he was sighted again, sailing of 19 Greek seamen was never seen again day, you would not think that I am the bursting unpleasantly near us, and we there is a great deal of sympathy with it to the westward both felt the brotherhood of our common We hope it will be the foundation stone tried to follow him but he had the second towards the kingdom of Greece most severely from Indigestion, which
Hawley set sail And
So much for the German tenderness Bale woman, enjoying, as I do now, such splendid health. At that time I suffered went our separate ways. Do you think between Capital and Labour.
took the form of severe pains in the chest, the central board shall be the off to him. The last they saw of the mas
right through to my back, between the shoulder blades. My cure from the weak state I got into was solely through the use of your Mother Beigel's Byrup. Mrs. E. Brain, West Town Bristol, 14th July, 1916
representative. It
Jews, and the discovery made that the it be
neighbours that they are not mean, and Labour could come to common under 18 The wind and sea increased, and, light of one of our heroic little Brixham directly upon the organs of digestion
cial
into the evening light lig
dauger. We shook hands afterwards, and of a reconstruction of the lied officer's boat attached and could not get it possible that we can ever regard each authority and the power of that tor's boat was at sunset on the 4th, tak other, if we meet again, as strangersbour Exchanges shall be delegated to about W.8.W and finally vanisat or aliens one to the other, because we it, and that the departmental officials now Sails were stowed and the boats lay worship God in different wayn ↑
responsible for unemployment shall be to. The sea anchor was used the night At & hospital, which is a Trappist merged, with Capital and Labour in one and a daybreak Hawley attached Monastery, where one of my colleagues authority, one
bucket to the sea anchor to increase its We have a very strong excutivo, of weight, Church of England chaplain was away equal numbers on both sides, we are and so it came about that the colonel 8ng to add to it, and we are going to conducted the service, and my colleague, get the rank and file of Capital and
Labour all over the
country."
A SERVICE IN A MONASTERY,
Was stationed about a year ago, the
THE NEW YEAR OUTSIDE ST. PAUL'S
Seeing in the New Year outside St. Paul's Cathedral--in peace time que of the noisiest celebrations in Lon was this your regulated by tia police. At 1 am, on the oth it was decided to few thousand people had assembled fiv half part 11 in St. Paul Churchyard abandon No 4 boat, and transfer seven nu read the lessons and preached & sermon
tives with their food and water Haw and its approaches, and groups noisily on brotherhood. Just think of it! A Church of England servior, in a Roman
ley's hear.This was a perilous task in a sang the patriotic songs of the day But wind and sea, so boisterous, and daring this did not continue for long. A strong Catholic chapel, most of the worshippers Can the Jew remain for the future the the process the rudder of Hawley's host force of the City police enforced the Nonconformists, and the sermon preach despised or unknown quentity that he was broken and usapped. He then used order to move on, and by midnight ed by a Jow! At another hospital, at ¦ used to be to the vast majority of Christ an oar, with a goosewinged jib as a most of the crowd began to return home one of the buses, is was left to a young iums before war turned the hearts of men figger, to keep bead to sea, ward. Before 12,30 the streets were com Jewish nurse to discover that the mort towards one another? The days of dis. During the forenoon the wind inparatively quiet. No one seemed ag nary was neglected. Thereupon she obtinet and separate communal life are creased to a gale, with a high increasing grieved at the action of the police. The tained from England a crucifix and an over. In religion, nothing bug the few eu, The boat laboured heavily and ship only disappointed visitors were small altardoth, and makes it her daily duty great things matter at the front, and ped water, and heavy sprays burst concoutingents of oversea soldiers, who seem town that the place is kept clean, and these Orthodox and Reform Jews, Pro- tinually over the men as they baied. Oiled to expect a night of the old tire Exthers flowers with her own hand to testants, and Roman Catholic, all share was used and the balling went on without boisterousness. They had a poor reward beautify this Christian chapel
in common. It is for you to determine break for their midnight journey. The crowd Are not such things eloquent of what what are to be the results of this com- At noon on the 5th they sighted the smoke had a larger proportion of women and the war is doing for religion, to day fmunity of feeling and danger of hopes l'of a steamer on the SE., buy the drew no girls than usual, and they vigorously
(Continued at foor at ment Columns and prayers.
nearer and the smoke died away All Joined in singing “Auld Lang Syne.“
FORTHCOMING EVENTS.
TO-DAT
11 am- The Kowloon Land sad Building
Co. Ltd., Meeting of Shareholders. Neon-Humphreys Estate and Finance Cas
Ltd, Hesting
Testing of Bhareholders at the Hong kong Hotel
TO NIGHT
8pm Hongkong Police Reserve Entertaine
ment at the Theatre Royal,
Trianday, 19th Feb
Neon-Hongkong, Canton and Mace Steam boat Co., Ltd. Meeting of Shareholdere. Wednesday, 14th Feb ---
19.18.m.- Ladies Recreation Club, Annam
Gemoral Meeting at the City Hall. Saturday, 17th Feb Hotel Co., Ltd. Meeting
Noon Hongkong
of Bhareholder,
12th
930 & Co, Ltd. General
at the
Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd, Meeting of Shareholders at the Offices of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson
Agong and Shanghai Banking
Corporation, meeting of Shareholders the City Hall. Monday, 28th Feb
* Hongkong Ranes-Ist Day.
27th Feb,
ongkong
Racer 2nd Day, 28th Feb.
ce3rd Day,
day, 3rd March
Races-Off Day. Saturday, 10th Math 17
12.30 pm-Hongkeng and South. Chẳng Steam Fisheries Co., Ltd., General Meeting at the Office of the Liquidators, New Government Building,
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