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PRESENT-DAY PROBLEMS. CHRISTIAN PIONEERS NEEDED, ADDRESS BY DR, H. T. HODGKIN,
Dr. "H.. T. Hodgkin, mcretary of the "Friend's Foreign Missionary Association, who is lecturing to Chinese students of modern problems, gave the second of a series of addressct to the European com munity in Hongkong, last evening. A large audience assembled in the Theatre Boyal ander the chairmanship of the Colonial Secretary (the Hon. Mr. Claud Devern).
POLITICAL AXTIOUS.
THE
HONGKONG DAILY PRESS "SATURDAY, OCTOREK STA, `1991.
WAITING FOR A TRAM
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TRAFFIC 18 HEAD OF POLICE DEPARTMENT AND EUROPEAN LADY.
creative faculty; we want to harness it to the things that really matter instead of having it devoted to making articles of adorament or things of meroly, tem porary worth. Everyone has the spirit of adventure: it finds expression, often, in gambling; it answers to a feeling that they want to do something, to take a risk"; You may not be able, by anything you they love to get out into a great adven- can do, to solve the Irish Problem or the ture. How are we to harness the great Pacife Problem, or any of the other spirit of adventure to the great construc questions that are puzzling statemen tives tasks with which Society is laced?to-day, but at least you can do something. I think the way is along the lines that, have indicated. 1
simply to go on tinkering with the old World that is why use the phrase Christian Revolution we want some thing of what has already happened here in the physical sense, the creation of little islands in the great ocean which, as they extend, will mean the creation of a new continent, in accord with the wind and spirit of Jesus, and with the divine ideal of human society.
Political methods were bound opwith compromisina expediency; they must rest, to some" extent, Spon coercion for the maintenance of law and order. "To reach the ideal for human society," said-8OME COMPENDIOUS QUESTIONS. Dr. Hodgkin, we need creative rather
QUEEN'S COLLEGE AQUATIC SPORTS.
SUCCESSFUL MEETING:
The eighth annual aquatic sports of Queen's College were held, yesterday, at the V.R.C. bath, in the presence of s large asembly of scholars, seated the prizes at the close and Mr. parents and friends. Mrs. Irving pre
their
Tanner expressed the thanks of the School to her and to the donors of prizes, by personal action, to solve Hongkong's the V.R.. and Mr. J. Ralston who had traffic problem which, as the public speaker would say, WILA over more argent than it is it the present moment.
The answer
organism the affair,
The following were the results of the contests: ---
60 YARDS RACE FOR BOYS 4ft 10in-1, Wong. Shi-tong: 9, Lau Tat-shun. ““
thiu.
INTER-BUFOOL TEAM RATE (Coronation Shield)-Queen's College; 2, St Joseph's College.
50 YARDS BREAST STROKE-1, Ip Rui- Lying; 2. Lai See-chiu ; 3. Sit Shiu-hi.
is simple. He she is included-coa read, and not only read but mark; learn and inwardly digest," and act upon, this notice on the trainway standarda: —
PERSONS WAITING FOR TRACARS ARE Hion D-1, Chan Man-tat; . Lai
REQUESTED NOT TO OBSTRUCT
Soo-chiu; 3, Toug Wing-kwoug THE ROADWAY.
30. YARDS HANDICAP.-1, Leung Shiu These words must have been read, sub: 2, Chan Kwong-shing: 3, U Tak-
lum, consciously, probably without much at
Lord PENCE, Lai Ser chíu; Chân tention, hundreds of times by everybody Man-tat; a Ng Chiman. who can read either English or Chinese, but it must be confessed that they are seldom acted upon.
all..
This was
DIVING FOR PLATES Wen Kwong- ting (14); 2. Ernest Spradbery; 2. Chan
Man-tat.
10 YARDS (Championship)-1, Leung Shia-man; Ernest Spradbery: Tong Wing-kwon-
CLASS TEM RACE (Junior School).-1, Class VA.
CLASS TIM HACE (Senior School)—1. Class 11A,
OLD BOYS RACE, U. Laing; 2, U. Tak-chit, 3, Arthur Rumjahn;
The championship gold medal donated by the Headmaster was awarded to Lai See-thru. A duplicate will be made for Chan Mantat.
**I would like to see, in this Colony Dr. Hapexin's subject was "The Way of Hongkong. not one but perhaps many of Hope. He reminded the audience groups who are doing this kind of crea- We refer to the operations being carried tive work relative to particular problems. that the first lecture conclusled with the In fact, might we not see the Colony on, and the encroachments being made thought of the Christian Ideal for human itself stand out as a creative work help-
30 YARDS HANDICAP.--1, Ip Fuiying: society and the question, Was that ideas to build up a new world in the adpon our limited roïd space, just now,
jacent land of China What is needed by the Electric Light Company,
2, Wong Po-lum; 3. Ho Leung-chick,
GRACEFUL SWIMMING.-, Toog Wing n bopelius une 'or ene to cherish as if a new world in to be created, is not What enn the public spirited citizen do wong; 2, Wen Kwong-ting: 3, "Lai See- practicable realisable one When Jesus
in the present emergency? Christ spoke of the Kingdom of God He had not in uninda Kingdon in the sense of a State, as we understood it to-day, but of a relationship of the human race with God in the sense of farily so that human beings were bra thers and sisters Only in this light could Christ's teaching in the Sermon on the Mount be understood. A member o!
We want to help men and women to family who went astray..could be allow visualize what a better world menus, ad by the rest of the family to overtop Men say, How are we to change the the mark a long way and the result system of competition, of capitalism, or would be that in the erring One's own | the lack of system that exists !' It will heart would spring up a desire to get be by experiments and by taking risks, reconciled. In other words, Christ was and think the Church is peculiarly the The Captain Superintendent of Police, prepared to take tremendous risks in ground'la which such experiments should who attended before Mr. Lindsell, at the regard to law and order,risks which be born and in which such groups a Magistracy, yesterday, specially to con- the State, in the present stage of developit 'have described should naturally spring duct prosecution in connection with ment, could not take.
up. There are many difficulties to be the breach of this notice, give a repre- | faced and so inany wrongs to be redress- sentative of the daily Peru to under- ed; let us begin to do and to dare and stand that Europeans are quite as bad show that spirit of adventure and crea offenders as noybody in this respect and tiveness which the world needs to-day."--we rather inferred that Mr. Wolle had (loud applause),
found women the wogat delinquents of
a little incident that Mr. Wolfe related to de It was at the corner of Ice House Street, outside the The officials were: President, Mr. B. waiting in the roadway for a tram. Mr. G. E. S. Upsdell: Judges. Messre. A. H. King Edward Hotel: A little crowd was Tanner: Sarters, Messrs. J. Ralston and Wolfe noticed this and, addressing the Crook, W. Kay and E. J. Edwards; world at large, said, in his resonant Time-keeper. Mr. F. J: de Rome; Clerks, tones, that he could not understand why Messrs. Cheung Hok chau. Par Shiu- people did not observe the notices, but pang. Ng Sam-man and S. &. R. Ismail. would persist in impeding the free pas- sage of the highway. They would not The first question from the auditorium think of doing so at Home. was, "What is your conception of On this, most of the people fell back to Justice How could the inequitable the sidewalk, doubtless recognising that distribution of wealth, for instance, be the voice of authority had spoken and remedied except by political methods? had uttered that which was reasonable At St. John's Cathedral. yesterday, Dr. HODGKIN said his view was that Hut a Chinese gentleman and a European Mr. Edward R. Newnham was married statesmen, and political methods, needed lady remained. The Chinese inquired to Miss Mabel Hill, eldest daughter, of outside assistance, along creative lines, further of Mr. Wolfe concerning the Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Hill, of Leighton by persons who wished to bring about a things which he had spoke and an Hill Road
having his attention called to the Chinese The. Rev. J. T.. Heliaus, assisted by vertion of the notice, he also went to the Rev. H. S. Crole-Rees, officiated. The The bride, who was given hway by her the sidewalk. The lady remained. tram cam and want; the lady was still father, woe a dress of white satin ivory in the rondway; it was not the car she georgette with silver trivimings. Her A ricksha could tulle veil was decorated with orange wanted, apparently." not pass ber as she was in the centre of blossoms and she carried a shower box- the available space between the kerb and quet of white roses.
Miss, Gwendolyn Hill, sister of the the departing tram; a motor car was then stopped by the ricksha and endless bride, and Miss, Zena Bersey were the traffic complications appeared likely to bridesmaids. They wor sheil. pink crepe-de-chine with apricot sashes and Mr. Wolfe, who had continued on his pink hats and carried baskets of pink way, came back and told the lady that roses. Mr. A. B. Allen acted as best mau. he had not wished to speak to her per- After the ceremony, sonally, but he thought she might have place at the Craigengower Club.
a reception took taken notice of what he had afrendy said to the others,
The honeymoon will be spent at Manila. "Oh,” replied the lady, "I did not blue crepe de chine and she wore a saxo The bride's going away dress was of maxe think it applied to Me'!??
blue bat
creato.
After the address, questions were invit than coercive methods. Coercion will noted. Dr. HODGKIN said that an inquiry tive faculties of men to draw them into It was, "What is your conception of God How are we to enlist there had already been sent up, in writing * great corporate effort towards making and heaven!" The audience seemed a much better world and prelieved on hearing that the lecturer did blem the Christian Church is called upon, especially, to ince. It has a sphere dif not propose to leal with that somewhat jezent from that of the politician and overwhelming inquiry, forthwith. He e have to try and define indicated that he would have something
to say about it on Sunday night,
of the State. that" sphere."!
The Sermon on the Mount (he con
wanted) was not to be an ultimate ideal but rather was a carefully thought-out statement on the method by which the ideal could be reached. it was a method demanding heroin was far from nay, but it was calculated to cure the desired end. The Way of blogg for the individual, involved risks-isks of being isunderstood, misled, imposed upon, theated and even, perhaps, of suffering very seriously. To turs the other cheek to the miter, when on realised all that lay behind the injune tion, involved very real heroism on the part of the one who sought to obey the command.
Christian Revolution.
A Chinese gentleman asked, What was the lecturer's conception of the spiritual and material values of life?
Dr. HuGEIN referred the questioner to his first lecture and added that the mate rial things of life were meant for the one end of strengthening and bringing out the spiritual in into. Spiritual values should increasingly take precedence over the material.
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Man and women who were possessed of that idesi should get together for crea could 'tive purposes; mach groups
enaue. The first questioner, returning to the undertake experiments which could not be made by the State. The Early charge, said it was all very well when Church felt it had a function in this a man took one's got to give him one's respect and tried to work out some differ-cloak also, but how if he wanted all the ent relation to property, something which coats and everything else one possessed- would less divide people. It was because, laughter.). Was the State to let that go for three centuries, the Church engaged on 1 in creative tasks that she made such a mark. When; later, the power of the State was used to further the interests of the Church, and the Church teased from its extraordinarily fruitful social activities, the Church failed to make itself as effective as it might have been towards the creation of a new social
-urder.
Dr. HODGKIN sand his point had been the dilierence between State action and the action of a person trying to act on Christina principles. The State (he said in effect), already tried to punish such conduct as described; the individual could resort to the method of heaping coals of fire-a method which might be more effective in the long run in bring EXPERIMENTS IN SOCIAL PROGRESS. ing about a changé, of "heart" in the Dr. Hodgkin made an appeal for ex-aggressOT. periments in social progress. "He in- From the upper circle came a request stanced the endeavour of the Quakers, in for a definition of the unit of personal Pennsylvania, to live amongst the Redworth. just as the dollar or the sovereign Indians without recourse 10 arms for
was the unit of material worth." their protection. He also described the experiment. initiated by one man, which ted to the formation of a Building Par Bament, and ultimately to the institu tion of Whitley Councils and, mura res Somone suggested "He who serven cently, to Building Guilds. That experi- best his fellow meo is worth the most and
"
The LECTURER did not think personal worth could be measured in terms of any
scale.
sasisty the questioner's inquiry. :
1/
That is the trouble." Mr. Wolfe, reg marked to our representative. "Europeang
LOCAL WEDDING. NEWNHAM-HILL.
1
EX-ENEMY PRIZE.
which was
not seem to think traffic regulations apply to them, and they resent being spoken to by Indian or Chinese police- men. If European police officers are de- MENTIONED IN THE PRIZE COURT. tailed for trafic duty they receive treat- ment which is very little more polite. The 9.5, Rajaburi, "formerly owned by The police are not regulating these the Norddeutscher Lloyd, natters specially for the advantage, of seized in the harbour on the outbreak of inntor cars; ricksha trade is equally war as an enemy prize, was the subject of a motion heard before the Acting impeded.” with this preliminary discusion.
But we are keeping the Court waiting Chief Justice (Mr. H. H. J. Gompertz),
sitting in the Prize Court, yesterday; Kwok Kam Lin, an English-speaking The Attorney-General (the Hon. Mr. Chinose, was suramoned for refusing to J... Keap, K.C.) applied for the con move on when direct to do so by ademnation of the vessel. Mr. Kemp said police constable in uniform.
that notier of motion had been served- upon the Company's Solicitors, Messrs. Deacon, Looker, Deacon and Harston, and although ample time had been allowed,
-The defendant said he stepped hack on
An Indian police sergeant mid he saw
pace.
defendant added:
Justice is 1014 pronouncing the steamer good and lawful prize" was irregular. and the purpose of the motion was to have the matter put in order.
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he said, was a bold attempt to he who serves him least is worth the al to the very best in men, to bring į least," and the LECTURER said he had no them together in support of a great idesi quarrel with that effort al definition a number of people waiting for a tran they had intimated that they were unable of common service for the national good though be did not know if it would at the Hongkong Hotel corner. He spoke to get instructions in the matter
to them in English and they all went to From fidavits read out to the Court to work out what the Christian order of
the sidewalk except the defendant. and cases quoted by the Attorney-General ||a society might be in relation to a parti The UHAIEMAN, in expressing the thanks Thinking he only understood Chinese, the it appeared that, in consequence of a cular industrial problem. There was
of the audience to Dr. Hodgkin for his witness said in Chinese fir, sien to later ruling, the order made by the Chief little alice in London, where very inspiring addrese, said the lecturer born, in ten or twelve people prayed and thought; had developed the subject in a wonder-What!!
one side." Defendant said (in English). a real solution of a great industrial fully lucid way; he had illustrated his fish, # Piense slep back."
so witness then said, in Eng problem.
points clearly and forcibly, and must Another experiment mentioned by the bave carried conviction to everyone pre-ant, three times.
"Why, why, why?" asked the defend
His Honour agreed to the application lecturer was made at Pemba, on the East sent The Chairman remarized that the Coast of Africa, which Britain received | notice,
The witness pointed the notice, and mad the order asked for Safety Grst,
seen everywhere whereupon the defendant said it did not from Germany as part of the price of
in London, though intended mainly to refer to gentleman" and that he had Heligoland. The clove industry had been discourage people from "reckless acts in no luggage to obstruct the highway. The conducted, heretofore, by slave labour; connection with public conveyances,
"I am the Crown there were people who thought that seemed to him symbolic of our attitude Solicitor's clerk and I kabw the regula should not continue under British rule. as a nation- disinclination to take They studied the problem on the spot and risks Dr. Hodgkin would have themtions better than you do." although it was said that lave labour fuce the risks without which no great
The Magistrate: Did he say "Crown GOOD WISHES OF THE LEGAÏ could not be dispensed with, they took ideal could be attained.
Solicitor "!!
PROFESSION. the risk and tried a practical experi
Witness: He said, I am a clerk of ment in preference to returning home to ciated the close attention and the thanks said You are only a threestripe, police solicitors present at the Summary Court Dr. HODGKIN said he greatly appre, the Government Solicitors" He also Mr. A. H. Crew, on behalf of the conduct a public agitation. an estate themselves some of them died would be to hear that, in Hongkong, some clerk,
They ran of the audience. His best recompense man. I am a gentleman and a solicitor's yesterday morning, offered the Puisne from the effects of the climate-sad the effort in the direction he had indicated ultimate result was that better cloves was being made.
The upshot was that the defendant Judge (Mr. J. R. Wood) the very best wishes of the legal profession on the else. The experiment was of-grost help
definitely refused to go to the sidewalk, occasion of his approaching marriage. to the authoritics hen, ultimately,
so the sergeant arrested him and took They regretted that this would be His slavery was proposed to be abolished.
him to the police station where it wa Honour last appearance on the Summary arranged to proceed by summons.
Bench. The Magistrate told the defendant that
The Puise Judge replied: This has when he was told go to the sidewalk by taken me by surprise, but I do wish to s constable regulating trafic he had got Bay that I very much appreciate the to do it. On his own admission he did compliment that the members of the legal
A fine of $5 was imposed.
Here is the opportunity of the *Church," said D... Hodgkin," to make its contribution to social reform. I be lieve the Church ought to be a body of social pioneers, ready to take risks, ready to make experiments which may often.
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The following have been selected to
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Mr. Zenjiro Yasuda, a well-known mil-
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fail, ready, often, to go far ahead of the play for the Hongkong 0.0. in this match common thought of the time in taking these risks. The development of man on Monday next commencing at 10 kind has largely depended, the ghout o'clock sharp-H. R. B. Hancock (cant.),
The Paiste Judge will go on leave after history, on the fact that there he been T. E Pearce, R. Sayer. E. Wlionaire banker, of Tokyo, was fatally
his wedding next week. The Chief men and women prepared to take much Hamilton, F. J. de Rome, E. J. R. Mit stabbed at his villa at Oise, asca Justice (Sir William Rees Davies) is ex risks. to go right beyond wir was chell, R. E. A. Webster, Lieut. J. B. side resort 40 miles from Tokio. The pected by the Karmala on October 9th thought possible by the genem com- Franks, R.N., F. H. Farthing, L. J. munity. Every one is endowed with a Davies and E. G. Lammert.
Basin, a lawyer named Kasama, b and M Justice Gompertz will then committed suicide,
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