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BOLSHEVISM.
WITHDRAWAL OF BRITISH TROOPS IN NORTH RUSSIA.
Bastos, September 1th,
INJUSTICE..
.!
"THE SLAVERY OF POOR LITTLE:
GIRLS IN THE CÒLONY." SERMON AT ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL
Preaching. at St. John's Cathedral. yesterday morning, from the texte hath showed the O man, what is good and what doth the Lord require of thee but to do justly, and to love merey, and
has long been the Patton,
For British people to declare that
their Empire brings freedom, and trehni ****. cally, of course, slavery is not recognised' anywhere in our Empire, but for at practical purposes slavery does
Avist here as far as these poor little girls are concomed, and while such is the case- wn have no right to boast that our flag is the sombol of freedom. In its colony
to walk humbly with thy God" (Mient there are probality many thousands of
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It is authoritatively stated, that the decision to withdraa the British troops suid:----- from North Ruššin is unaltereik
The recent cffensive operations against the Bolsheviks were undertaken solely to" weaken the enemy' and achiorate the sitantion as far as possible for the Russian Volunteers after the British departure.
GERMAN REPORT DENIED,
Losnos, September sik
I is othicially denied that tieneral
Gough issued the proclamatior cabled on August 3rd.
their
O v. 5), the Rev. H. Copley Moyles ittle girls, some of tom sylt by parents, others stolen from thris Soun of rents and sold into slavery. them are no doubt kindly treated, but many of them are not, and even if they were all well treated it would still be
The propher Micah prophesied during the riggs of Juthan. Ahaz, Hezekiah and possibly in the reign of Milanssch too that is to say, about 200 years before Christ. His was, therefore, a contemporeruel injustice that they shall not de tary of the prophet Isamh. But whereas free. While we enjoy our freedom and Lainb lived in Jerusalem and moved in our pleasures and anatsetnents these pour the geart, eireles and amengst the great children are at the beek and call of every
of the household. erouching! people of the sand, Micah lived in Alerenenber
thgati a village near the border of often in fear and terror from the blows the Philistine country. He was himself and beatings so fearly dealt out to them,
E is an injustice which is hateful un It transpires that the reinrs emanatedPrasant and felt keenly the Sufferings of from German, Sourceś,
the oppressed peasantry, and he de God's sight and one which we immed nounced in scathing terms the wrongs exert ourselves, to bring to an end. which were inflicted upon these poor "Justice." said Edmund Burke, "is uself countrymen by the rich landed prethe great standing policy of civil salt... prietors and nobles of Judah. Unlike and an eminent departure from it Isaiah he shows Betle knowledge under any circonstances, Hes under the of the political movements of the time.
suspicion of being no policy tank. He was not a politician but a religious These poor children, with ras know felge [ and moral teacher..
of a parent's love, and knowing nothing of the pleasures of childhood, deserve our interest and compassion, and their very.. take up their cause and see to it that, helplessness oughto ter armuru 128 --gelį- Top") this vile system of property in human wings is stopped.
The spe datud London, August 23rd, rends: Molgeam from Helsingfors states that tieneral Cough is distributing in Petrogral, by neroplane, apotamation addressed to the citizens, announcing the formation of a popular deneratie Giv.
in North Western Russin. add this plute is to sure you from Dalshevism and tyranny and freat whe põpulation immediately the city is freerk, tu which the great naval victory at Kronstadt Chạy rhund the way."}
ernment
THE CAPTURE OF KIEFF.
LONDON, September 5th.
53. War Other Hunga uniqué, confirming General Denikin's rapture of, if, says that the scupation will doubtless ensure the long expected junction of tienerals Benikin and Peturn is the result of the successful counter attack against the Bolabetik offensive north-east of Kharkoff, which definitely countered the Bolshevik thrust towards Kharkoff and again secupe (endrat Denikin's left wing.
A RUMANTAN DENIAL
Losnos, September 3th. The Bumin General Headquarters deny the reported interided offensive across the Deister into Russia.
EARLIER CABLES,
DENIKIN RECEIVES A SEVERE CHECK. LONDON. September 4th.
Bre
no
In South Bussin, General Benikin's. advaare towards Kursk has received a somewhat sever check. There signs of a Soviet break through.
BOLSHEVIKS FORCED BACK.
Lasnos, Separinler 4th.
A Bolshevik counter-offensive north east of Kharkov lias lasen checked, and forced hark eastward of the Byelgorod "Kupransk railway.
HOW THE VOLUNTEERS EXTERED ODESSA
Duress, September 5th..
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his name
The look which Seems to falt naturally into tao .parts. The fast five chapters deal chicly with the sins and oppressions of the great people, who tarn their poor neighbours out of their lands and homes in order that their own possessions may be increased, and the prophet speaks of the approaching fall of Samaria and the destruction while shal come upen Jerusalem. The last two chapters of the book differ so much from the first Eve that some commentators think they are not the work of Micah. But they may have, bren ins werk in later years, when the reforms of Hezchiah were swept away by the rising Hood of idolatry under Mannsseh. The differner in the circum stanes of the time may perhaps account For the difference of style. TH whole book is
1.5 collection prophecies attered at various sires and brought together Intern
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It
"What doth the Lord rapture at thee [hut tog de justly and to love 'merej „and. tu walk humbly with thy God !**- Mercy is an attribute of Chud, We frequently address in as must merciful, and cur Lord has taught us that we must b
merciful if we would obtain mercy.
Air
Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain merey:". It was one of the emieges brought against the Pharisees by Lord that while they were cafeful over the mist minute directions of the Bablis they had omitted the weightier matters. of the law-judgment, mercy and faith
whe
Mercy is that pity and compassion that one human being shows towards apmother that is in misery or trouble. Micah saw is we worthy of 22 тарада careful the vast "misery of his people and "the perusal for it contains much that is hard-hearted indifferene of thos very appropriate to our times. Micah were able to help and did nothing, and saw the hosts of Sennacherib approach so he makes his appeal for merts in the Jerusalem on the ocasion when through came of God. As we hope for meiny we the prayer of Teachinh the city WILK must show it. There is a vast mass of delivered. But the great and wonderful misery and pain in the world that exi answer to the King's prayer has not aloud to us for help and sympathy: there " resulted in a turning of the whole
is not only human, pain and suffering, puple to God, and so the prophet, sets but there is a great mast of wantuu and that there can be hat one result of their unnecessary pain, inflicted on what we continued rejection of God, and that all the lower animals, which appeals to will be that God will give his people us for mercy. over to destruction.
The Jews were seeking to gain pros perity by serving other gods; they were adopting the customs of the heathen, even offering their children as sacrifices.
A naval ferre From Sebastopol arm hled on August 22nd, sixteen miles sauth of " Odessa. At dawn on August 3rd, a transport landed a Volunteer army unobserved. Divided parties marched along the coast, rapturing batteries. and the prophet tells them that if they They als marched" inland towards persist in rejecting God He will at last
diss.
reject them. "He hath showed thee, O man,
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But there is third requisite Mirak tells us. Nut only does God require uk
to do justly and to love meres," He requires also that we shall walk humbly with God." Let us never thick that we have dong all" that is, regilberd of us when we have performed our duty to' our "neighbour.. "My “duty pöwards
A Reuter correspondent accompanied one of the parties and witnessed skirg what is good; and what doth the Lord | God is to beliese in Him, to fear Him ishes with Bolshevik detachments who require of thee, bus to do justly, and to bolted after a few rounds.'
The party reached the outskirts at night fall and love merey, and to walk humbly with thy bivouacked near the chief prison, in God'?" Let us think of "these require which
were five hundred hostages.
ments of God as Micah proclaimed then The party were anxious to storm the prison at one but the Commander dis to the people of his time, and we shall suaded
knowing that the guards see that the prophet was proclaiming i were including two hundred Chi- nese desperadoes with machinegens, great principle which holds good for all On the following morning the party time and which has been iri no way found that the guards had devamped. superseded but rather enforced by the The hostagery were inhabitants turn-teaching of our Lord.
sale. The
The troups then
entered the town. vduat cherring, kissing and throwing Bowers before the British naval captains. who were walking in the streets, shouting
Thank you, Englishmen."
BRITISH OFFICIALS LEAVE "
ARCHANGEL
ARCHANCEL, September 4th. All the ex-Ambassadors and ex-Consuls who arrived here from Petrograd during the past year have left for England un
To do justly,
"
to be true and just in all my dealings? as our church entechism teaches us.
Injustice is hateful to flod. and is a cruel wrong against men, and every Christian is bound to fight against injus
Too tice wherever it is to be found. often wo take the easy method of closing our eyes to injustic as long as it does
and to love flim, to worship in t give Him thanks, to honour Elis holy name and His word and to serve, lim wilfully exclude the thought of God from truly all the days of my life."
If we our mind as much as possible, if we abstain from prayer and public worship, if we do not recognise God as the giver of all good gifts, then we are showing the mot horrible ingratitude and we are
chi most lasting
and
חזר
deras uppinos and of the supreme motive for holy life. To walk humbly with God us He has been revealed to us in Jesus Christ is to grow daily
in race and power," and”
to be come gradually more
instruments nations of the world, were not walking for God to use. Before the
พรเท thes humbly with God, but were following the desires of their town hearts, and the war was the result. Ir after that catastrophe we fall back into the old selfish indivi dualism we shal inevitably bring about Galy
the Kildonan Cutle: which also carries or affect us, and so injustice continues de este to walk
the last batch of conscript British troops. BOLSHEVIK PRISONERS ENROLL-
ED IN RUSSIAN ARMY.
LANTON. September 4th. The Russians have issued a proclami- tion that all Bolshevik prisoners shall be enrolled in thes. Russian national army. Latest prisoners are well conditioned and have good great coats and horata,
THE LATE GENERAL B)THA
MEMORIAL SERVICE AT WEST- MINSTER ABEEY.
LONDON, September 4th.
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Let us net
and increases, and the weak are oppress humbly with God, but let us pray that
ed and the cry of their misery reaches our nation and all the peoples of our the heart of God, and He will, in Hind IIIly
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own time, punish the oppression and guide of Brise Cod as the ruler
and all of us, and may rach walk with Hirn.
So shall all oppressor and those who permit the bitterness and selfishness, all class and race prejudice be done away with, and oppression.
we shall recognise the great brotherhood We British people claim that juștiče | of all men in the family of God. So shaf flourishes under our Bag, yet here [our Empire help to bring happiness and in this Colony we allow the slavery of [peace to the world. small girls to continue, and from time to time we are hurrified to read some Poor little
story of eruelty to
to one of these girls. But the times that cruelty becomes known must be a very small proportion of the times when cruelty is inflicted. The Christian conscience of the civilised
A RICE STORY.
A man was seen by a constable carrying a bag of rice in Dès
An impressive, memorial service to the world has decided that slavery, is an on Saturday, this Vœux Road at 2 n. m
"as to the owner- late General Botha, was held, to-day, in intolerable evil, and we as a Christian ship, the man replied that a
friend, Pity Westminster-Abbey.
nation ought no longer to tolerate a ing his straitened circumstances, gave him General Birdwood represented his Majesty. Others present included Mr. practical and real slavery, by whatever the rice. The constable, however, was not
term it may be called, to exist any sati
satisfied.
He examined the bag and found Benar Law, Mr. G. 11. Roberts, the Food longer-under-our-dag. It is the apathy certain Chinese characters on it indient Controller various High Commisisnart and indifference-of-the-great-number of ing that it belonged to a rice shop in Agents General, and representatives of British people here that has permitted Des Voeux Road. The man was taken to State Departments.
so old fashioned and evil a thing to con- the shop, and there it was ascertained that There were also present numerous tinue. No human being should be able he had stolen the bug. At the Magistracy, other distinguished people arra mondo own another leist of all should them the defendant was sentenced by Mr. of the Dutch Reformed and Non-con- little girls be owned and bought and sold Lindsell to four weeks' hard labour and formist churches.
as is done here.
four hours' stock.