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BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE,
M. BERTHELOT BEFORE THE
COUNCIL.
DOSSIER TAMPERED WITH.
PARIS, March 15th. Philippe Berthelot appeared before the disciplinary council of the Foreign Ministry to explain the part he played in the affairs of the Banque Industrielle.
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LATEST CABLES,
SOUTH. AFRICAN - TROUBLE,
CLEARING UP THE STORM CENTRE.
PRETORIA, March 14th.
While sniping continues in various quar-
have
carefully studied the aitun-
He is charged with administrative mistion at Fordsburg with a view to taking demeanours in sending telegrams designed the best action effectively to clear up the to save the Banque, of which his brother storm centre. The show ground at Jehan was President, without the knowledge or nesburg is crowded with refugees. authority of his chief, the Formiga Minister. Meanwhile fresh interent has been created by the discovery, that the
BOMBARDMENT OF FORDSBURG
BEGUN.
JOHANNISBURG, March 14th.
ME. MONTAGUS SPEECIL.
INDIGNANT REPLY BY LORD CURZON.
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SOME CHARACTERISTIC + FEATURES OF THE..
CHRISTIAN LIFE.
MB
OUR COLONIAL POLICY.
CHURCHILL ON "UNREST.”
Notice how this consideration of the motive of our work has the effect of transforming what may seem the meanest work into something asered and hallow Mr. Winston Churchil', speaking as the INDIAN GOVERNMENT'S ACTION CRITICISED.
ed. No work can be too lowly for the chief guest at Kanya Colony and LONDON, March 14th.
Christian to perform, if he believes he is Uganda'dinner, held at the Hotel Vio- The House of Lords was crowded and The second sermon of the Lenton course glorifying God thereby for the motivetoria, on January 27th, said :---Theme are the galeries thronged with Peeres.es and which the Rev. H. Copley Moyle is 'preach-sanctifies and transforms the work Nor times when we feel a strong sense of sym-
proceeding
SERMON BY THE REV. H. COPLEY
MOYLE
•
for the Christian to undertake, it heed the sens, and in the midst of native believes be is called by God to undertake populations are carrying on the picnser for he realises that when he is work work of the British Empire or endeavour- ing for God his success does not depending to sustain its position. It is curious on himself or his own abilities, he is but that on the morrow of the greatest of the instrument in the hand of God, and our victories we should be confronted in this enables him to work with confidencesome African and Asiatic countries for and humility and therefore to succeed. which we are responsibla with so many "I must work the "works of Him that evidences of unrest. One would almost
sent me while it is day; the night cometh when no man can work.
think for a mamans that our old power of guiding the fortunes and commanding the loyalties of native races was under an eclipse. “
tor interest · now centres in Fordaburg Cerimoners when Lord Curzon, in a voice king at St. John's Cathedral was deliver can any work be too great or too difficult | pathy with thor Britons who have cross Thousands of women and children moved shaking with indignation, said he thought led on Sunday and was based out of the district consequent upon the that he a Foreign Secretary about to dis text:-
on the notion from aeroplanes, but a number of the Eastern question in Paris, was S. John 9.4. "I must work the work revolutionaries apparently have deter the chief sufferer from Mr. Montagu's of Him that sent me, while it is day; the mined to fight. "The remaining policeman astonishing act, but he was astounded tonight cometh when no man can work.” who were imprisoned there have been learn from Mr. Montagu's speech thất hệ
The Preacher said: We are thinking released. Government military leaders (Lord Curzon) ecnnived in this injury on these Sunday mornings during Leat of public interesta. Mr. Montagu endes- of some characteristic Features of the position by a public reference to privato voured to establish this amazing pro-Christian Life, and to-day our subject is outation and corresponds to Which work. The Church is a grout society in was unparalleled in the history of Cabinet which everyone has his work to do. The
Lord Curson proceeded to say that the Church is sometimes spoken of as a great There is another thought suggested by Cabinet members on March 4th received ships but we must be careful as to the the text. Not only is work a duty for the, the Indian Government's telegram asking kind af ship to which we compare it. It Christian, but there is a solemnity about permission for publication of the despatch He did not deerà it' posible that Mr. must not be compared to a passenger | it, which must not be over-looked.
The Montagu would sanction publication with-
now when Mr. Montagu. in the course of a to do.
March 6th
He was so dumbfounded and others passengers, with no work which you and I can carry out our work The Church is so regarded by is limited,The night cometh when to few seconds' private conversation, zaid some people, they think they pay their man can work." Amongst pre-Christina had authorised publication that in. (Lord Curzon) closed the conversation and money and secure a passage to Heaven, writers and thinkers the thought of death turted to his country sat. If Mr. Man while all the work of the Kingdom of spread a gloom and a sadness, it tinged tagur had hinted in the slightest that
there was time to prevent publication, he would Heaven is done by others Bat the their postry and coloured their prose have brought the
the matter before the Church is not a passenger ship. She
But Christ, by His teaching, and above had already occurred in India. Feeling profoundly disturbed and dismayed an each has his duty, and his responsibility gloom from the Christian thought of African shore a series of great, territories Mr. Montagu's action, wrote Mr. Mon- tagu a letter marked "Private,"
deplor
olor for the work of the ship. If the Church death. But its solemnity romains. ing his action and protesting against any has not the power in the world today night is coming when earth's work must repetition. The letter was equally as con- that she ought to have, it is because so cena fidential as cores of letters which
Mr. Montagu had written him, the character many of her members regard themselves will dek of to an account of the of with he would not follow Mr. Mon-
Mr. Montagu did not favour
datior has been tampered with. TheTho bombardment of Fordsburg without reference to the Cabinet meetinthip: in which some are officers and crew solemnity lies in the fact that the time in countries have to do is to express a wish
Belio National, which took the initia machine-guns, tanks and artillery is Live in calling attention to suppressed proceeding. documents, threatened that, if ccension
AND THE SURRENDER
arase, it would publish the omitted papers. The disciplinary council has reached a
CATER
Fordsburg surrendered after bom
On
GOOD MANNEES OR TINN TEKELER. There seems to be an impression that, all the discontented slamenta in thesu that the British should depart bag and baggage and that we should immediately that it is high time that we made comply. I think you will agree with me it clear that is not the rule we are going to follow.
Do other countries (Cheers.) follow that rale! I look around and see Africa and Asiatic territories adminis tered by other great and friendly Allied countenanced. I see along the North
decision which it is communicating to bardment lasting seventy minutes. The Cabinet, but he assumed that publication carries only her officers" and crew, and fall, by. His Resurrection, has banished Powers where these ideas are in no way
M. Peincare, but it remains a sceret. M. infantry are now clearing the streets Painear has power to modify the
council's conclusions if necessary as sole rup maibility for the ultimate decision rise with him.
SËN TË AND THE TREATIES.
FIRST DEFINITE TRIAL OF STRENGTH.
WASHINGTON, March 13th.
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JOHANNESBURG, March 14th,
hin
The
The boar is drawing ever nearer when work that He gave us to do, and we shall have to leave the work whether we have finished it or not. God may have other grave, but it will not be the work we have work for us to do in the life beyond the
to do now. If we have not finished that when death comes to us, it must remain for over undone.
in hands of Europian Powers, where no one for one moment suggests that dis entented elements in the population have bat to wars their hands and the Euro-
depart. Let me say it would be a great pear protecting Power will immediately
as mere paasongers, who never need to do
mistake to suppose that France, for tagu's notion by attempting to publicly any daty on board her."%
instance, maintained her position in The lull in the operations is believed which a reply; instead, he before his
Algeria, Morocco, sad Tunis simply by to denote that General Smuts is aiming
The Christian must be a worker, "Faith
what is called a firm policy. There is a at the unconditionni surrender of the constituents vilified the colleague whore without works is dead" wrote S. Jancs
but is it not also true that there is very firm policy, as there arust necessarily be, strike commandoes before overwhelming advice he had constantly solicited and their forces, thus avoiding bloodshed.received in unstinted measure, endeavour. Our Blessed Lord said that He must work Theaale rejected, by 5 votes to 30, Brakpan and sent an ultimatam to the his lamentable indiscretion on his (Lord it was day. And we must follow His The Government forces have captured ing to shift some of the responsibility for the works of Him that sent Him while
great care taken intimately to under tand the feelings and wishes of the Forsisburg commandoes threatening bom. Curzon's) shoulders.
astive population, intimately to study Lord Carzon, after referring to the in example. If we are Christians we must
their feelings, and that the French ad-
ex-Cabinet Minister publicly quoting and
to mingle with the population and a380- distorting a letter written under the real muxt he no slackening while we are in
ciate with them in a way that our more aloof and stand-off British officials per- of confderen, read the letter, a copy, of this life. If we profess to be followers which he had received from Mr. Montagu, of Jesus wo must be ready for a life of
dat hape bars latterly become unaccustomed. as follows:
At any rate it seems to me that we DEAR MONTAGU-1 much deplore" that toll in His service. It is an easy thing
ought to ask ourselves whether good The night was the most disturbed authoris publication of the telegram, even
as ended. Had 1, when Viceroy, vento surrender ourselves to God through time of my departure is at hand. I have theories; whether a careful understanding
Senator, Robinson's amendment.
LATER
The first definite test of the strength of the Senate on the Pacific Treaty occurred when the vote was taken on Senator
bardment unless they evacuate the post tolerabe'and unprecedented action of nook forward to life of labour. The back over the years of His earthly file ministrators and officials are accustomed
tions.
OUTBREAK, FADING.
LATER.
Acroplaces opened operations on Fordsburg in the western district of
'beforehand by supporters of the Treaty evacuation by 11 am.
Our Blessed Lord se. He drew near the time of His crucifixion was able to look
and to say
to His Father, "I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do." the Apostle Paul, as he looked from his So that great servant of Jesus Christ, Roman prison on the work which he bad done since that historie, day on the
Robinson's amendment: It was believed Johannesburg, dropping notices ordering you should have, thought 't right to in some moment of great spiritual emotion Damascus road, was able to say "the manners may not help us as much ea fine
The Hatisfactory
Mr. Chamberlain
contre.
to
Other men may think of death may not be just se helpful to the main-
Relations Committee for which a majority dented in a communique issued last ference in Paris while a subordinate Cross, we must be ready to bear ours, we perhaps kook back to a day long pasti baughty manners with attempts at the
is still anticipated. Nothing should then prevent the Enal ratification of the Treaty.
Opposition continues but nothing new ́has transpired sad it has reached a stage
of dreary repeition. The vote Serator" Robinson's amendment, there fare, came as a general relief.
FÄR EASTERN TRADE
CONDITIONS. «^
on
New York. March 15th. Park Union has decided to liquidate. The reason is not given, but it is assumed that trade conditions in the Far East does not justify continuance of busincas. ANOTHER LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
BELGIUM NOT IN THE LIST.
WASHINGTON, March 14th. It transpires that Senator McCumber included France, but not Belgium, in the list of countries to be admitted to his proposed Association of Nations, telo. graphed earlier. It is presumed in choial circles that Benator McCumber intended to include only the Great Powers or those with extensive colonial possessions.
night showing that troops have occupie the extensive East Rand Proprietary Mines and captured 158 revolutionaries. The encircling movement is now com plete in all the affected areas except the outlying portions of Johannesburg. He cruiting has beer stopped, ample reserves being available.
Natives report that many revolution" aries were killed in Sunday's bombing raid and that s captured policemen hare been released,
OCCUPATION CONTA.
ALLIES REPLY TO U.S. DEMAND.
PARIS, March 14th.
The Allied France Ministers, replying to the United States demand mentioned in cable of the 11th inst., refer to the clause in the inter-Allied agreement of the same date reserving the rights of the United States,
The Ministers add that Washington should determine the question with the Allied Goverments...
ENGINEERING LOOK-OUT.
A COURT OF ENQUIRY WANTED:
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DOMINION HOME RULE.
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IRELAND'S OPPORTUNITY.
Lord Morris, at one time Prime Minis
that the amendment would be defeat hitherto experienced, even sniping in the tyred to miaka a public pronouncement in Jesus Christ, but it is not so easy, day fought a good fight, I-have finished my of the view of the native. populations ed by a large majority. Now that heart of the city taking place, also heavy Jedia about the foreign policy of the alter day, and year after year, to go on and try to forget it, but not, so the tenance of good relations as the promtil.
Aring in the eastern suburb of Jeppes Government in Europe, I should coriany working for God, living for Him, sacri Christian this is an accomplished fact, the way town. All the other reef sectors have have been recalled. As it was once ro
He thinks of it as a spurgation in the most magnificent language mens clear for an early vote on the ro bring was probably a hodd burst did buffed for making a casual reference in firing ourselves for Him, in spite of wging him on to finish the work he has
been cleared up. The before mentioned
of the democratic principles of Europe.
servation agreed upon by the Foreign volutionary activity.
do in this world for the glory of God The democratic principles of Europe are ing" in the absence of the Prime weariness. and disappointment, and Is it so with us? Are we working with by no means suited to the development of the Government operations progresa
ter, and that he entirely shared my temptation. But that is what we must energy, zeel and persevering enthusiasm of Asiatic and African people. There. but it was too late.
be prepared for if we want to live the for the promotion of God's glory? If could be no worse way of dealing with I should be asked to go to the Chistian Life. As our Master bore His not, remember the night cometh Do native populations than to combine branch of the Briti h Government, six Nor think till death to lay it down."
when we resolved to work for God and logical application of principles and thou and miles away, dictates to the Now let us ask ourselves what is do we see that the resolve has weakeasd, theories based on the needs and experi- British Government what line, he thinks Christian Work?
ought to pursue in Thrace, seems to me it! How are we to know it? It is not to the glory of God, and we see perhapa
How are we to define the glamour of the world has blinded us cnce of Western democracy. quite intolerable, but the part India has en casy as it seems to determine what is the work we undertook for God abandon sought to play, or been allowed to play, work in the Christian semac. It is cleared, or perhaps we see the deterioration in this series of even'a passes my compre of course that it is not mere activity, nor of motive, and what was occo undertaken hension: Moreover, it is of very danger is even activity which produces bene for the glory of God is now done for our on's import, for if the Government of ficial results. It is not true to say that own benefit and satisfaction. Indie, because it run a large body of som works secular work, and some is Moslems. is entitled to express and pub Christian work, that is a misleading selves as to the motive of your work. Areter of Newfoundland, attended at the
I ask you this week to question your lish views about what we do in Smyrna division.
you working for self or for the glory of Indian Students Hostel in Bloomsbury and Thrace. why not equally in Euypt. If we would know what is really God! tto Soudan. Palestine. Arabia, ne Malay Christian, work we must get right down might cometh," and when it comes the dress on dominion self-government. He If for self, then remember the on January 29th, and delivered an ad- Peninsula er any other part of the Mos'em to the motive which prompts the work. work that has been merely selfish, will reminded his audience that Canada and world. I Indian opinion ways to bo Christian work is that work which is seem a waste of time and energy. It may the other overeens dominions bad absolute this will be the last of these unfortuante: God. So it all depends on the motive success now, but it will be stripped of destinies and the management of their the final court of Moslem appeal? I hope impred by the desire for the glory of be that-selish work may be crowned with power and full control over their own pronoureements but if any other is ever with which we do the work. contemplated trust at least that you driven to do it by the desire to promote of eternity, and the life which has been conceive of any form of government which Are we that success when viewed in the light own affairs. It was quite impossible to will give me an portunity of expressing God's glory and to carry out His Will self-centred will then appear a wasted would give them more power in regard my opinion in the Cabinet before sanction If we are, then the work is Christian work life, is givenYours ever,"
to the management of their own affairs. CULZON.
however small and unimportant and Let me conclude with some words writ than what was known as Dominion Home scular it may appear. But if the motive ten by the Bishop of London, "Let us Fule. Every province in Canada bid Lord Curzon pointed out that instead of our work be got the desire to promote break through the crust of old prejudice, trol over such matters as education, as Mr. Montagu alleged. of requesting the glory of God, then it is not Christian and sefishness and olass feeling, and fling health, roads, etc., without reference to Mr. Montagu in future to discus such work, though it may seem to be most ourselves into a life of service for God the Central Government at Ottawa, the independent action with him (Lord Our sacred. It is important for us to get this and man, We do not want views we zon) without submitting it to the Cabinet,lea clearly faced in our mind.
latter dealing with: the Post Office, the he aid precisely the reverts. He merely value of Christian work depends on the they will find their faith in Him streng one or two other matters. Everyone was
The want work.
And as men work for God Supreme Court, the Army and Navy, and urged that he be given an opportunity of motive with which it is done, got on the thered, they will purify themselves more wondering to-day why it was that a expressing an opinion prior to the kind of work Cabinet. Such were the fac's of the case.
and more in their private and public life, settlement was not brought about in They leave me shil quite unable to thing that God has given me to do, and their lives. It is not, to quote again the arrangerunt which had been come to they If we say to ourselves. Here is some even as God is pure and they will find Ireland years ago. As the result of the determine whether the public or the pri-1 mean to do it to the utmost of my thei
quoted vale conduct of the ex-Secretary for India ability, in order that I may carry out preacher, it is not when a ship is fretting hit of trouble again in Ireland. The stag these adjectives, I an astonished at the be the doth whatever It may be found her true life bat it is when she hati to manage their own allathey illustration of a great would find that there would never be a is more inexplicable and surprising. In the will of God and promote His Glory" her sido against the wharf that she has reason was that once they allowed people. my own moderation:
that, is Christian work. It may be cut the ropes which bind her to the wharf, they were in a position to do so they | prayer or worship, it may be helping the and is out upon the ocean, with the winds immediately removed all causes of Eric- needy, it may be comforting the afleted, over her and the waters under her, it is tion. "All the trouble that they had had
may be making buying and selling, it may be leading on then she knows the true joy a ship is made in Ireland during the last few years was an for, as she plunges and ploughs the sea. due entirely to the lack of foresight on army or ruling others it may be mending And so it is not when a man is fretting the part of public men, who were not shoes or washing dishes or it may be any of the lawful vocations of mankind, if it his side against the wharf of his own able to see that the true way to remove is undertaken and carried out because we people think of ma11
aclf, not when he is
What will friction and trouble in Ireland was to saying,
or How shall I allow the people to manage their own believe it is God's will and we do it to promota His glory, then it is Christian set on but when he has cut the cords afairs. He prophesied that they would which bind him to his old self, when he never again have trouble in Ireland, but work
is out on the ocean of loving work for that the country would become one On the other hand if the motive is not God and man, with the winds over him the brightest gems in the English crown. the will and the glory of God, then the and the waters under him, it is then de In whatever part of the Empire Home work is not Christian work. It may be knows the true joy a man was made for; Rule Government was properly carried The list of candidates for the Municipalding the Bible, or going to Church, he has lost his life, as the world thinks, out they would have no trouble among Council at Shanghai the elections for others, or helping the needy, it may he found it.”
or visiting the sick, or preaching to but in losing it so he discovers he has the people. He was quite miisfied that which take place on March 16th and 17th, any of the thousand and one occupations is as follows:-Mezers, S. Fessenden, which all the thoughts and lives of men, H. Girardet, A. J. Hughes, W. P. Lambe, if it be not done for the glory of God H. W. Lester, A. B. Lowson, V. G. then it is not Christian Work. Often
in FRENCH RAILWAY FLOTA- N. Wilson, Mr. Brooke-Smith and Mr. known, the monks of old
Lyman, S. Sakuragi, Heimur the middle aged, bet print copied TION IN LONDON.
E. F. Mackay retire-it must be very out some lengthy manuscript would in many years since Messrs. Jardine, Matho- scribo at the ene of their work the letters,
LEFFERS OF QUEEN VICTORIA. LONDON, March 14th. son were not reprezentated on the Council AM.D.G. which stood for Ad Majorem Bags:Alleged gigantic turf syndicate and in their places appear the names of Dei Glorian, thab is, to the greater glory frauds, involving huge sums, believed to The list for the £5,000,000 0 per cent. Mr. H. W. Lester, manager of Dodwell of God. If we can truthfully inscribe ba £3,000,000, were mentioned in a case further instalment of the letters of The King has decided to make public Joint Mid-Orleans French Railways loan & Co, and Mr. G. N. Wilson, of the those words over our work, then it is in which a Londoner, George Hunt, Queen Victoris in continuation of the
the price of 30 was closed immed. Asiatic Petroleum Co. The remainder of Christian work.
the charged at the Barry, Police Court with volume published in 1907. Hilberts, con- intely.
the old Council offer themselves for re- Let us turn the searchlight of God's obtaining 2500 by false pretences. The siderations of State rendered the continu- election and a THE DAVIS CUP.
tenth candidate also presence upon air lives and see how they prosecutor said it would be necessary to appear in the person of Mr. A. J. Hughes, appear. All sorts of slaius and flaws and consider the conduct of two or three oth ances of the publication inadvisable, but great changes in the European political NEW YORK March 14th.
who is well-known in connection with the defecta will no doubt become visible, but people. He did not believe the prisoner's conditions in recent years removed some ance of peace in the Pacific. He proposca Cup, making thirteen entries. Na more with a good deal of upcllató?"Az tolly weighs with us, is the, will and the £1,000,000 was involved in Cardiganshire entrusted to Mr. George Buckle, formerly Rumania has challenged for the Davis the fun this year of a contested election, life, the consideration which must strong extending all over the country. Orer of editing the new sorios has been Hatepapers Amociation. So there will be can we say that the real motive of our was the master mind of a vast fraud of the most serious obstacles. The task
ate expected.
the wit says the 'N. J. Daily Bews, glory of God t
AMATION A thờ men
EARLIER CABLES,
U.S. SENATOR'S PROPOSAL.
TORNADO IN OKLAHOMA,
LONDON, March 14th. Despite resolutions at various district, meetings of engineers urging the Trade Union Congress Council to take drastic action with a view to resisting the employers attempt to smash working class organisations," the Council, at a the Government to establish & Court of meeting in London to-day. decided to ask
Enquiry into the causes of the lock-out, under the Industrial Disputes Act.
DUTCH EAST INDIES LOAN.
New Yonk, March 14th. The Guaranty Trust Company has ar WASHINGTON, March 15th.ranged to purchase the new issue of forty courge of the debate on the million dollars worth of Dutch East
Indies bands. Pacific Treaty in the Senate Senator McCumber, quoting the Republican Pro aidential "platform" urging the estab fishment of an Association of Nations for world pesca, submitted a draft measure providing for the conclusion of Treaties for the formation of auch an Association cd. to include Britain, the United States, Italy, Germany, Austria, Spain, Japan and Russia, who should be asked to agree to consult on all issues threatening wars aad as a period of aix months for in- restisation when hostilities are threaten kl. Seastor McCumber described the Four Power Treaty as simply a limited masociation of nations for the mainten
to extend it
New York, March 14th.
A message from Macalister (Okla homa) states that about fifteen fatalities occurred in a destructive tornado in Oklahoma. Scores of others were injur
GREEK CABINET FAILURE;
it ATHENS, March 14th. M. Stratos has failed to form Cabinet.
ITALIAN MINISTER TO KABUL
Rome, March 14th. Marquis Dipaterna has been appointed Minister to Kabul.
GIGANTIC TURF FRAUD IN ENGLAND.
A London message of Janamy 30th
of
the day was not far distant when wise, farseeing statesmen would find ET whereby India would be able to take her proper place in the Empire (Hear," hear.)