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Wasnivoros, November 26th. At the American-Canadian Liquor
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LONDON, November 37th The special service Naval squadron left Devonport this morning on the world cruise,
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Nor is it fair to judga the Churchos by:
OUR MALE VOICE CHOIR.: ORGANIZED CHRISTIANITY.
ond phase of their experience and mani- IS IT A FAILURE !
festation, any
any more than it is just to It has frequently been stated in recent assess the values of the life of Nature from
last night was a decided success. The all was comfortably filled, the singing by the choir and soloists was very enjoy able and the audience showed apprecia than by unstinted applause
LAST NIGHT'S CONCERT.
The concert given by the Hongkong Male Voice Choir at the Cathedral Hall times that the Christian Church has lost one garden or from a wilderness. Some its influence. The critics point to the men argue that the Churches are failing apparent failure of Christianity to preto lay because what is called Public Wor vent the Great War; to the craze for ship does not cast the anum spell over Smuggling Conference which is to be held
frivolous amusement; to the increasing the people as it did seventy years ago demand for Sunday games, and to the but recipher the churches of those days at Ottawa on November 27th the United
neglect of publio worship.
had far fewer activities, did not do the States will propose that Canada shall The Commander-in-Chief, Vice Admiral
The choir, consisting of er voices, was Great Thought: bas started **** [same; shepherding of the lost, or prohibit the departure of ships with Sir F. Field, received a farewell message, conducted by Mr. Stanley Collett, the posium on the subject, beginning with a cise the same watchfulness over the Mr. Lloyd George, speaking at New-cargoes of liquor to the United States: HM the King wishing, the squadron organist at Union Church, and the reply by the Rev. John Clifford, D.D.. young. Many of them had little more enstle, said the Liberals intended to build that searching and seizure of vessels a happy and successful voyage and a safe sympathetic renditions of the concerted whose death at the venerable age of 88 than their Sunday Schools and morning items on the programme reffect great was reported a few days ago by Reuter. and evening Sabbath Worship. Now the the foundations of social reforms they engaged in smuggling on the Great Lakes | return.
The squadron will proceed sound credit on both choir and choirmaster, Dr. Clifford at the age of 12 was in a Churches are at work all the week. They had previously fail. For example, the be authorised, and that a treaty or ar
sers will reach Penang on February 4th
Lesvos. Nurember 20th.
development of national insurance, pro-rangement be made for the extendition Africa, thence to Ceylon.. The light crui- The subdued effects obtained by the Nottingham. lace factory, but became one fight the. Drink Trade. They drill in first. vision for widows and orphans, housing of persous accused of violating the United and stay four days, while the battle choir were good. This was specially of the foremost proachers in London, over aid. They train their brigades, and la
cruisers will arrivo at Fort Swettenham noticeable in the pieces, "O Peaceful period of nearly fifty years. The a hundred ways contribute to the welfare
problem and an increase in the unem ployment allowance,
LABOUR WILL FAIL
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Lord Birkenhead, at Aberavon, pro dicted that the Labour Party would fail'] in the prescat election and thereafter nothing would be heard from the Labour platform of a capital levy,
ELECTION WILL RESULT IN STALE MATE
Mr. J. H. Thomas, at Derby, said he Lelieved the election would remit in a stale mate and he declared that protec- tion had already been killed.
"CONSERVATIVE PROPOSALS- SHROUDED IN MYSTERY.".
States liquor laws
The American proposals aise include request that the Canadian Authorities
a
Night" and "Soldier Rest," the latter souncement of his death this week lends being their best effort. The other pieces a peculiar interest to the following
article S were also well-rendered though the effects
During the war, many persons, not re-
of the society in which they are placed.
shall refuse clearance to ships under 250 tralin. Fiji. Western Canada and San gained in all the forfe and double fortarkable for clear and reasoned thought; } and saved the world as well,-and alas,
tons with liquor cargoes, regardless of their professed destination, and measures to prevent land smuggling, including official reports of all shipments of liquor by motorcars and aeroplanes
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LEGALITY STILL IN DOUBT.
LONDON, November th The Foreign Office hitherto has no newk
of the American captures of British ships, but it is pointed out there have been cases in the past where British registries Negotiations with that Mr. Bahlwin innd carefully shrouded regard to the twelve-mile limit are still
Mr. Churchill, at Leicester, declared proved fraudulent.
bis proposals in mystery, so that Lordproceeding it Washington. Derby could run about Lavenshire saying that Protection was outy a ́temporary- need, while the Premier could any else where that we should want it in the
remote future.
MONOPOLIES WILL NOT BE ALLOWED.
Mr. Baldwin, at Bristol, asserted that if unfair English monopolies were caused by Protection, these could be dealt with later. No steps would be taken, without consulting the industries concerned as to whether raw materials should enter free or whether the mainfacturers would be
entitled to drawback.
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No doubt the great organizations founded in the Christian name have lacked" adventure that adventuroitaness, which sared the soul of the first Church alive, the larger the organization the morelas veterate the timidity. It is the habit of very weight is against them; and it has huge organisms to "move slowly. Their often bren necessary to break the mass into small groups in order to get things done. It was thus Jesus Himself broke off from the Hebrew Church laden with its centuries of tradition and reduced to mental and spiritual tagustion and founded that little group of disciples which through His presence and leader- ship conquered the world of
THE ADVANCE OF CIVILIBATION. Institutional Christianity has ́ - often
on February 5th and stay for a similar period. The whole squadron will arrive at Singapore on February, 10th and stag tight days, after which it will go to Aus Francisco, where it will arrive on July
th. It will remain there for four days passages inclined a little to coarseness. The light cruisers will then visit the prin- To add variety to the programme there have freely asserted that organized Chris cipal South America ports, while the were three lady artistes and one gentle tianity has failed. battle cruisers will go through the
It is not surprising. The same poignant Panama Canal and visit the West Indies man. Two of the ladies-Mrs. Clements! and Eastern Cagada. The squadron will and Mrs. Mathiesonang solos and Mrs. anout has been runding the air concern reach Home ports on September 28th.]
Aubrey rendered violin solos Both Mrsing all our institutions The Home has Clementy and Mrs. Mathieson were in. failed, and divorce has crowded our news Dood voice, especially the former. Mrs. papers. Business has failed, and is only Clements rendition of that fine old song slowly finding its feet again Agriculture The Valley of Laughter". was the is failing more and more; and statesinca signal for much applause. Her rich, full have been wandering in utter bewilder soprano voice was entirely suited to the ment to extricate organized government song. Mrs. Clementy was later in the from the morans into which the war has Herr Albert has abandoned his attempt evening heard to even better advantage driven it. The ships of State are even failed," na have all other institutional This is owing to Bird Songs" the audience demand yet fog-bound, and all they can do is to claimants to the ruling of life. Nor is it at Cabinet making. the fact that all Parties in the Reichstag ing an encore. Mrs. Clements obliged blow their horns to indicate their where questioned that in many ways some of the abouts in the darkness. Nothing escapes. churches still offend. They have repress- are opposing a non-Party. Cabinet. In with Just a Wearying for You." Mrs. Chaos is in the saddle and rides man-ed where they should have developed, the meanwhile, at the instigation of the Mathicon's songs Roundel of Beat" kind. As Wordsworth said of the people wounded where their mission was to heal, of these isles in the days of the Napo- persocuted where they should have been German Nationalist and Bourgeois Par and Fair House of Joy" were also very leonic wars, the air was infested with the champions of liberty, accepted State ties negotiations are proceeding with well rendered. But one cannot close this despair, and the first need was to create control and patronage, where they should potice without a brief reference to the confidence and inspire resolution; so we have refused both, fought about philoso regard to the possibility of forming a violin solos by Mrs. Aubrey Hes rendi- can only judge rightly of our institutions phical subletics instead of emphasizing "Serenade" and as we get rid of our pessimism, see the the central facts and truths of the Bourgeois Cabinet, composed of repre- tions of "Lo Cygne,"
fact steadily and see them whole. Let evangel, and hinderell where they word sentatives of the German Nationals, Canto amoroso were very sweet and it therefore be set down clearly and at bound by all their principles and ideals Centrists and German People's Party fully deserved the praise she was accord- the outset that no strange thing has hap to help forward great causes; but yet it which would have to reckon with the ed Mr. 1. A Zellonsky-who is well-pened to us because our fellow-country is demonstrable by a thousand indubit
interpretations of Chiness life-completou Buized Christianity has failed opposition of the Socialists and Com-known in the Colony "for his humorous men have been driven to say that oz-able facts that organized Christianity has - very excellent programme using hit the Accusation of failure was munists, and, at most, the neutrality of very excellent programme with two
e Demoneratx,
The following are the members of the launched against organised religion long choir who took part in the concert before 1014. Certainly. It was, as
Anniss, Cater King, remember, a common saying fifty years Fountain, Bruce, Eng. Com Hocken, ago. Conferences on the subject were Messrs. Best, fesses. Gill, Bersey, Brightman, Hodge, hold and enquiries directed as to its Jellord, Paul, Rechy, Brookshaw, Smith, causes. A book, which secured a wide Hake, Haggar, Weaton, Rundle and circulation, on "Organized Christianty Penny.
generated doulits in many minds and called forth pungent replies. It is not new charge in any sense. The only new fact is, that in a grave crisis of the EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS AT world's life, the churches could do not
to prevent war from breaking out, or to stop it when it had started, or to obtain swift, sure, well-grounded and abiding peace when it was over. Hence the par rot ery has not only been repeated; but repeated with a thousandfold energy and passion,
NEW YORK, November 25th. Interesting differences arose between the Treasury and the State Department in connection with the seizure of the Tumaky. The former contended that the capture was made under the new Anglo- American "agreement, the principle of which has been accepted by both Govern ments, but the State Departaient an. nounced that this case was untenable and
While the Centrists will make collabora the schooner would be released unless seizures was justifiable on other grounds. tion on their part conditional ou the The Treasury subsequently decided to Government governing constitutionally proceed with the case on the charge of and the Treaty of Versailles being re- garded as binding. Herr Jarres, who was Minister of the fnterior in the Strese-- mann Cabinet, will be a candidate for the Chancellorship if such a Cabinet formed.
illegal landing of liquer by small honts.
RÜBR RIOTING- „MANY KILLED AND INJURED. COLMENE, November 6th.
Four rioters were killed and twenty two injured at Gelscakicechen' in colli-" sions arising from the looting of 150 shops.
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EXPERIENCES OF ATLANTIC LINERS' CAPTAINS.
A remarkable story of earthquake shocks
LONDON, November 26th. Today's nominations let to some sur prises. For example, the Labour nomine
the last Three were killed and many wounded at GERMAN GOVERNMENT ROLLING felt in Mid-Atlantic, and the impression of at Bridgwater withdrew at moment leaving Sir R. A. Sauders a Rotthausen. Looting has also occurred at straight fight with the Liberal. In the a aumber of other Kaur towns Several Abbey division of Westminster. Dr. Fina- anti-Separatists were killed in a collision cane, Libéral, retired leaving General 3. with Separatists at Buren.
MR.
LLOYD GEORGE IN
SCOTLAND.
LONDON, November 26th. Mr. Lloyd George had a great reception at Waverley Station, Edinburgh, en route
STOCK SEIZED,
BRUSSELS, November 26th. The German Government not having satisfactorily replied to the ultimatum S. Nicholson unopposed, Chelsea pro
requiring payment of one and a quarter duced a Liberal "candidatos at the last
million franes fine, and compensation, in moment making a three-cornered fight for
respect of Licut Graff, the Belgian the Air Minister, Sir Samuel Hoare. Mr.
Government has seized the rolling stock Ramsey Macdonald now has a straight
about to be delivered to the German fight with a Conservativo at Aberavon, the
Government by the facturies at Duisburg Liberal, nominee retiring at the eleventh to Newcastle from Glasgow: Addressing aand Hatborn," and also placed an em- hour. Two unexpected candidates have huge crowd from a lorry on the platform, largo vii the Whoede railway carriage appared at Binningham, one being a te said that the contest was the must and wagons. The scized material will he Liberal against Sir Francis Lowe, in momentous for many years. The life of sold until the total fine be paid off. 'Edgbaston; and the second a Labourite the country depended on the issue, Re
gainst Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, in the ferring to Mr. Baldwin's statement that Erdington division. The woman journa- he was confident the people would win, list, Mrs. Penny, provided a surprise at Mr. Lloyd George declared that Mr. Bald Berwick by being nominated as the Labour in really hoped the people would be candidate against Mrs. Philipson ("Mabel beaten by triangular contents. Whatever Husoll"). The Labour split at Paisley is happened in the election there would be a unhonled and thas Mr. Asquith will have majority of millions against Mr. Baldwin's threo opponents, a Labourite, a Co-opera- ill-conceived, hasty and dangerous pr
tive and a Conservative. The most posal dramatic nomination was that of the Con- servative, Major Braithwaite, who arrived at Pontefract from America three seconds before the closing time.: FIFTY UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES,
The total unopposed returns are fifty comprising thirty-five Conservatives, ele ven, Liberals, three Labour and ons Nationalist.
LONDON, November 28th. Excluding Oxford and the Welsh Univer sities, which nominate to-morrow the following totals have been nominated:
Conservatives Liberala
484. Labour
434. Conservative Free Traders 7. Independents
The Indepralents_include_thres Nation alists, two Communists, one Prohibitionist
and one Sinn Feiner,
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JUMP IN PRICE OF SUGAR
LANDON, November 26th.:
Owing to scarcity, the price of Clyde crushed sugar is advancing daily. It rose shilling a hundredweight to-day, making an advance of between bye and six pounds sterling per ton in the last few weeks. No reduction is expected until
the Cuban erop arrives in February." BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPION
SHIP.
BUGLER LAKE OUTPOINTED.
LONDON, November 28th.
A PUBLIC RE-UNION. Sir Walter Runciman, who has hitherto been at polítical variance with the ex- Premier, presided over Mr. Lloyd George's meeting at Newcastle. After a speech of
At the National Sporting Club, is a welcome Sir Walter Runciman said he wanted to shake hands publicly with Mr. twenty-rounds cutest for the Bantam Lloyd George. Both rose and and clasped weight Championship of Europe and Bri- hands amid cheers
tain. Johnny Brown, of St. Georges, out “FREE TRADE WON THE WAR pointed Bugler Lake, the holder.
Lake, who weighed st. 4lbs., against that the heart had been taken out of the Brown's Set alls, was favourite at the party by distressing family rows Hus. dreth of thousands voteil. Labour at the start, Browif won the first round, but Inst election, out of sheer despair, but now then the Bugler began to forge ahead and the Liberals were reunited they were going led on points at the half-way stage In to have an affect on the country's destinies unprecedented in the Party's history the fourteenth round; Lake floored Brown The caly good thing in the Labourite proant near the end of the round shook him gramme was borowed from the territh a left qut right in the bust four whose gigantic policy would completely re
Mr. Lloyd George, in his speech, said
| volatine thy coulitions of the people, romus, however, Brown attacked fiercely
After expatiating on the evils of protes tion he concluded by dramatically asserting and had the better of matters. Ife won that froc trade won the war.
by a narrow margin.
thon being immediately confirmed by an exchange of wireless messages between vessels soventy miles apart, was recently reported by Captain C. H. Stott, master of one of the principal vessels of Manchester Liners, Ltd, the steamship Manchester Brigades
AN OLD CRY.
been the regeneration of humanity, that its advocates have led in the intellectual and moral life of mankind, and that the best elements of our advancing civilisa bion have been and are due to com- manitics of Christian men and women."
The healing of the world is in its through literature, nameless, shirts," through missions, through campaigns against slavery and vics, against prostitu tion and inhumanity in its myriad forms, looking members the life of man to loftier the churches have led by their forward: heights of spiritual heroism and servico.
Of many items of evidence, I will only cite the testimony of Dr. Ernest Barker, Principal of King's College, London, who says:-
Nonconformity had its deep roots. in English fibro and had given to the English character som vory remark able qualities Be did not know any thing that had influenced the English people more than English Nonconfor inity. It had been the basis of that attitude towards the state which had said, Thou are not absolute. There are things which are greater than those. It had been the basis of that political liberty which had been so striking a feature of our in- stitutions. Montesquieu, in his L'Esprit
de Lois, traced the liberty of the Lug- lich constitution to the vices of the Eng Jish climate. But for his own part ha thought of Robert Browne and Barrows, and of the quiet, God-fearing men who followed them at the end of the siz teenth and the beginning of the movea- teenth century, and who, drawing others to them of like mind, established that which was in many ways the great-
But it is only fair to fact to remember that organized Christianity in this coun try took its place in the side of human liberty, national righteousness, and the self-government of peoples-objects re garded by the Churches in the main, as worth the sacrifice of human life in con- tinuous and complete service, and even Captain Stolt's inference when his vessel up to the point of death. That counts for felt the first of four shocks was that he had something against the alleged incapacity of the Church. If it could not guide, the This theory nation to peace, it could and did help in truck submerged wreckage. however, had to be altered in view of the its time of utter need, and secure for it fact that other shocks followed at intervals, the continued enjoyment of the rights of and he began to receive messages from freedom, justice and self-rule, won at another steamship on the North Atlantic prodigious coat by our fathers service, Lady Brenda whose skipper, CapStill, it is not enough to defend the tain Young, reported a similar asporines. Churches against one specific charge it Capain Scott's story as reported to Godles is necessary to take a wider survey and Observatory, Manchester, was as follows to treat it as having a more comprehen During the voyage from Halifax, N.S., sive scope. Organized Christianity is to Manchester, I felt four earthquake old. Its roots strike deep into the past. vibrations or shocks. On September 80th at Its operations cover the centuries, and
Nor must it be forgotten that the ideal 120 (Greenwiel: mean time) the vessel the variety of its forms may be said to began to vibrata from stem to stern. This be without number. It is life, and life organized form of Christianity has yet to lusted twenty seconds. Thinking we had organizes itself in over varying ways be realized. It doth not yet appear; but Its constants, its facts, its forces, ita will. It is like Nature in process of struck submerged wreckage, I was just on the point of stopping the vessel when she ideas, its principles are few; but their evolution. The perfect form of the group began to vibrate again, more heavily. This expression, their manifestation as active life of the disciples of Christ is on ite
"A little to the worth of our position shock lasted about thirty seconds. there are three peaks rising up out of the
bed of the oceaning out position to som
While working out position to scad out. by wireless, I received this massage from e.s. Lady Brenda (1.20 tireenwich meas time), latitude, 52.10 north longitude, 33.80 West-Fear struck submerged derelict Signed, Young, master, Lady
contribution made by the English gonius in the course of its long his- tory,"
energies in human Affairs vary with the way. The accretions of ages are being different ages, countries, situations, needs slipped off and left aside. The Church and aspirations of the life of humanity that is without spot or wrinkle or any The old order changes giving place such thing" is in process of develop to nese"; but "God" the one Eternal ment. The whole creation, groaneth and God and Saviour of mankind, fulfills travailleth in pain for the manifenta Himself in any ways. The changes are tion of the sons of God! Not then as inany and great. In one organism Chris though. the Churches had attained, or tianity "is aggressive, cager, impetuous, were already perfect, but this one thing. adventurous, ever pressing towards the they do, they follow after i assured by new; in others it is traditional, yoked to the widespread and marvellous sucCA 9608 the past, timid, static and ever reaction of the past and of the present: "I sent out a message: 1.20 Greenwich, Here you see it as organized caste, rigidlying that for which they are created by the
ary, without initiative, and without joy, follow after," in the hope of apprehend latitude 52,42 north, longitude 35.05 we bound by customs and rules; in others it great Master Builder Jesus Christ, Felt two savero shocks, causing ship to free, individual passionately devoted vibrate heavily. I think must be earth to liberty, and impatient of outside con- quate shocks.
Brenda
"I received another messige from Lady
trol
THE BROAD GUTLOO
they
Two Danish engineers, Axel Petersen. and Arnold Poulson, daim to have 'solved: Brenda almost immediately, saying: Felt Now this variety of manifestation of two distinct shocks, Vessel vibrating the one life the life of Christ in the dif, the problem of synchromising, speech, and heavily for periods of thirty and ten seconds ferent groups of His disciples deras singoes appearing in a film.
song with the action of speaker and respectively. Shocks resembled contact that we should adopt the sage advies of
wreckage. Must have of Rugby, keep our CAT
uices, skapa in vicinity reportViewAruolo igby is extensive A despatch from Bydney announces similar experience. Signed, Young. We must not judge organized Christianity that British rins submitting tenders for At 2.07 Greenwich time, a further in one or two specimens which may the Sydney Harbour Bridge will be given shock was felt by Manchester Brigade, chance to win our attention. A nanof a 10 per cent, preference. The data up but not by Lady Brenda. Then, at 11.18 judgment will be based on a wide and to which tenders may be submitted has Greenwich, latitude 53.28 north, longitude comprehensive examination of facts. We been extended to January 16th, 31.53 west, a final shock, lasting ten are in danger of reading "the wind of
Speaking at the christaning of America' A broal outlook is first dirigible of the rigid Zeppelin type, types of Church. seconds, was experienced by Alanchester Christ as it speaks through one or two Brigade. The depth of the woundings nossary. The diversity of human need.Z.R... now named the round the three peaks at sen bed is from has to be reckoned with. One ministry. Denby Secretary for the Navy, de Shenandoah 2,200 fathoms to 1,300 fulloms. will mediate truth where another caumot. elated that they were detecoined that of Godled Obscrvatory, is that the peaks Athens that gladdens bin in Corinth of all other nations in the world in the The theory of Mr, W. O. Jenkins, Paul doos sob and the sine success in they would keep not only abreast but ahead referred to were in volcanic activity at Jesus cannot do flisnighty works in development of this latest and perhaps mort
an alien atmosphere, - the time of the shocks,
terrible weapon of war".