CABLES.
LATEST CABLES.. (THROUGH `KKUTAR'S AGENCY.)
THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION.
#TIMES. ON THE PROSPECTS.
LONDON, December 3rd.
Surveying the situation in the con- stituencies the Tinira mays that trained impartial observers consider the present Government likely to be returned with a majority over its combined opponents, but gīts power to relieve unemployment and play the part of a strong peacemaker requires that the majority should be ́ ́aubstantial..
MORE ROWDŸISM REPORTED.
reported.
-LONDON;-December-2nd-
The Conservative bandidate at. Edmon- ton, Mr. R. S. Brown, who is opposed by a
Labour candidate has announced
that he has abandoned all his meetings. for the week owing to the rowdyism of his opponents.
The Unionists in our district allege that rowdyism was created by extremists,
the windows of their committee rooms
were washed and several meetings were closed owing to noise..
THE TARIFF QUESTION.
SILK TRADE OPPOSED TO PROTECTION.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4TH, 1928.
FAR EASTERN CABLE│·
NEWS.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCE.]
REUNIFICATION, PROPOSALS.
"MOVE" - BY, PEKING CABINET,
----Pexts, December 3rd.
It is leamed on good authority that the Cabinet has telegraphically eircularised provinces, including the South-Western provinces, advocating the calling of a conference of provincial representatives at Peking to consider plans for national reunification.
BANDITS AGAIN ACTIVE
PEXING, December 3rd,
!
Los pos, December 2nd.
YOKOHAMA.
FIRMS IN BUSINESS, The following consulates and arms have A group committee, representing merre-opened temporary offers in Yokohama
LONDON, December 2nd.
on their old site:--
American Consulate, British Consulate
MODERN MEDITATION- 1.-ON NOT GOING TO CHURCH.
The Rev. B. J. Northcott, C.F.. is preaching a course of three serioons in St. John's Cathedral during advent on Modern Meditations." Following is the Best of the three delivered on Sunday morning last-
is not a good Christian, and as a rule ceuses to be a Christian altogether. Ia dead however piously a man is living at Whone he is missing" the very heart of Christianity if he does not want to join in the fellowship of Christian worship. It would surprise" most of us if we knew how many fine characters have heen huilt up and how many humble saints have out the way the Eatinishment found to even through Let us add this also, none of us know what help we might get if we came to church ready to give our services to God rather than coming us so many of us do expecting, perhaps unconsiously, either to be entertained or else to criticese. But these things are more :02 Jess asides. What I want emphasise this morning
Text 1 Cor. 1-3-We preach Christ crucified unto the Jews a stumbling
block and unto the Greeks foolish. ness but unto them which are called both Jews and Greeks," Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of
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ĮSTANDARD WAGES IN TOKYO
GOVERNMENT'S BATES:
The Government of Japan has been
THE CAPITAL LEVY, INTERESTING DISCUSSION,
Many well-known representatives of the business and banking world, as well as calculating official wage for building employés engaged in the industries of the work to be put into force in Tokyo, and country, were the guests of Lord Waring has negotiated with the galous concerned. at Footscray Place, his country seat near The following daily rates have been agred Sidcup, from October 13th to 15tb, and on, those in parenthes representing took part in an interesting chobate on the complex question of The Capital Levy, its Effect upon Industry and Employ. ment.**
L
een employers and employed-was opened under the chairmanship of Lord Waring, who, in welcoming his guests. expressed pleasure that whatever opin ions they held on economic questions they were all honestly animated by a desire
pires-rate : ---
Carpenter Plasterer..
Y to 1.3.30
4.30
(7.3 per tsubo, tenement house,
Y for dwelling house) Stonemason
4.30 to 1,80
(VIRSO, $4, Y?" per taubo, «
Tile rooler
Mas layer".....
material included)
4.50
(Y3 and Y.3.30 per tsubo)
Corrugated iron roofer
4.90
(F., Y.1.20, 0.48 per tsubo).
4.30
(0.56 and 0.90 per piece)
3.30
(Y.2.30 per isubo thực9,0osta)
Bricklayer!
4.20
9.00
Coolie (female)
100
3:00
Laburer
9.80
·00
Faister
Coolie
Todi
Waggoner
Carter Barrower
00%
!
3.50
4.00
Shingle roofer. ...
(Y2.00 per tsubo)
The conference, which was under, the If you pick up any religious newspaper, is this: The attitude of mind which is so auspices of the Industrial League and newspapers, you will and an article, or and very often in the ordinary secular common to-day in which going to church | Council-an organisation having for its seems foolishness and even a stumbling object the improvement of relations be a letter in the correspondence columns.
block comes more than anything else front on why people don't go to Church. Some not understanding what Christianity is people tell us it is because the sabbathan suggesting the reason people do is profaned. Instead of Sunday feine not understand Christianity is because God's clay it is just a boliday for football thes, do not go the right was about it and cricket and golf and einenia Other mean, like this, anybody knows to-day people tell us it is because we are living that if he wants to know anything about in an immoral age, the result of the war, anything he has got to read about it, he Reports from Anhui indicate that Wubu and that nowaways dot duly are young mê “tìm habby-de-a-game-or a profession: And a solution of the many problems
and maidens gathering rose buds while Yet it is almost impossible, to get people Further cases of election rowdyism are practically under martial law as it is they may, but old men and ariddle-aged to realise that if they went to know any that confronted them. *
feared that an attack will be made on mothers think of little else hat jigging thing about Christianity, its message to Mr. W. W. Payne (joint general man- around in endless, and not very elevating the modern work or its relationship to frivolities. Then there are another lot modern thought, they must not only read ager of Lloyds Bank, Ltd.), in raising" the city by bandits.
of people who say they do not go to things against Christianity but things in the subject for discussion, submitted argia- Church because church is so dull, Long its favour. It would be positively amusnients against a capital levy. His mind, be NEW CREWS FOR CHINA STATION. reary Paalms, long dreary lessons,ing if it were not so utterly tragic to
hymns pitched too high to sing, prayers come across as one dues well read men said, had been keenly dirveted for yours said too low to hear, and a sermon by a and women, who have considerable know- to the injustices and evils which had į perspiring parson who endeavours to ex-ledge of a wide range of subjects, and
**MONKEYING WITH FINANCE."* plain things that never have been under yet who know about their religion only grown up around the present system. He
Sir Ernest Bean said he regarded the The light cruiser 'ryworth was com- stood in a way nobody ever could under few the ends of cathechism they learnt could conceive a form of capital levy missioned to-day by Captain "H.
Tstand them. So they don't go, there is from some great aunt in the crinoline that might not be open to all the objec¦ subject as a big psychological question
no point in it. And there is an excellent age. It is not true to answer that that tions which could he urged against that He was of opinion that a capital lory was England for a trooping voyage with new instinct in the average man for not doing is because Christian thought has not crews for the light cruiser Durban and thing unless there is some point in its shifted since the crinoline age, but it is suggested by the Labour party. As they a thing that could not happen, and was I mean the average man doesn't mind true to say that if you want to know knew, that was based upon the proposal an impossibility. Monkeying with finance the sloop Mongolia, on the China station. going to a doctor, for instance, because what the best Christian thought is your to raise three thousand millions of was happening in many countries and Crews will be exchanged at Singapore.
there is some point in it, he hopes at any must take the trouble to look for it and rate to get better. Or he doesn't mind to rend it. 3light I suggest two books money toward, extinguishing the National the adoption of such a scheme would be. going on a parade ground and enduring as a beginning. For ordinary light mind- Debt, He had not the slightest doubt, disastrous to the nation. ho knows that it is good for discipline and the Fed up by G. A Studdert Kennedy could be made out for a capital levy of the Federation of Trade Unions) in the ordinary military evolutions because ed prople like myself I think Food for that an extraordinarily attractive case! Mr. W. A. Appleton (general secretary will make him a good soldier. And when is as good as anything; or for rather more Sunday comes round he doesn't mind a sober minded people I would recommend He had had very serious searchings of giving reasons for his objection to the game of football or golf or tennis because the book the Bishop of Victoria is taking heart at times as to whether he was right proposal said he was being asked to it is recreation at he enjoys it. But he in bis Advent Study Circles The in opposing the measure, but he had build castles on nothing more stable then docen't enjoy going to church, it doesn't turning Tide of Faith by Seville Tallint.
Before we can hope for the church ser come to the conclusion that disturbance sun beams. (Laughter.) He was being do him any good and there is met vier to be what it ought to be, or before and reaction would be brought about asked to increase taxation rather than in it, so he doesn't go Why should he? and why doesn't he enjoy it! Oh no, not to put into it, or get out of it what we which might be fatal to trade and com decrease expenditure. The excuse for
But why doesn't it de him any good, we are able to put into it what we ought Butterfield & Swire (Agents for Blue just because the services are dull, though are meant to get out of it, we must in arce. If there were as exemption up the capital levy was that there had been
Fural Line).
our heart of hearts be convinced that the to £3,000 they would divide the nation' I admit we might unke them more enjoy
gross profiteering. His own position in Laflin & Co., Stevedores and Ship-able and myre helpful thnk we do; ut religion of Christ crucified is to those who
chandlers.
you don't tell me that if a number of men those who are called as those who get who had not-and they would be putting the war ought to have been shot. He are called-which means not so much into two classes--those who had and those the watter was clear. Profiteers during were really keen on the church, servien they would not jelly well see to it that up and respond to the call-Christ the the service was the kind of service they power of God and the Wisdom of God at least nine-tenths of the vote on the once said that at a builders labourers wanted. No, the whole trouble seems to It is the power of God, converting and side of those who had not. He was meeting, and there was great cheering. my to be this, for years we have separated developing in God's time at under afraid that meant that self-interest would Bat who were the profitters! As the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Cor; the net of going to Church from the fact. God's care, all our faculties and desires obscure their judgment. The mere fact wages of the men went up during the
into the channels in which they were of the Christian Faith and the Christian meant to flow. Able to make bien of God that a large number of rich men in Great life. Let me explain. There is no point out of the men of the world It is also Britain, would have to pay a consider war from 6d, to 15. sc. pr hour, be whatever in going to church if we do not the Wisdom of Ged, transcending all other able portion of their entire wealth under
"Did you not share believe, and do not want to believe, philosophies of life, opening, our eres ta Jesus Christ. And there is Do point
the glorious vision of God Himself, of the capital levy proposed would favolve some of the gains that came into the His purpose in Time and of His Kingdom people. He could imagine that under a smiled. He then put to them: "If I the discharge of a great mamber of hands of those people?" and the men But let it be clear that no man is going capital levy two-thirds of the richer men am going to shoot I shall want to shoot
in the country would, have to close their to understand the mysteries and purposes of God if he approaches the Almighty (as establishments: That would mean the few of you as well." (A member: we are all rather inclined to do) as it discharge of a great number of work! There would not be enough wartridges, he were an old clergyman who was not people, and he did not contemplate, at and laughter.) The read trouble of our worthy of our intelligent respect bit to this time, with ahy equanimity, 150,000 financial and economic position was that whom it was our duty to give a sort of or 200,000 men being added to the ranks the Government failed to extract valuë No, my brothers, in of the unemployed unfitted for work in for the cash they parted with If he as patronage. God's love for our souls His secrets are other spheres than their own Coming thought that the capital lory was going open to any man who will seek Him to the bigger question the effect of this to be to the advantage of the trade of humbly, diligently seeking the truth buge capital levy upon the trade and the country and to make for a diminu
commerce of the country-he asked them tion of unemployment, he would be all carnestly, and in the spirit of prayer.
Thou with strong prayer and very much to realise that Great Britain "broadly, out for such a levy. But he could not speaking, was ont a producing country that it would do anything else except entreating Willest be asked and Thou shalt answer it traded upon the import of raw mate intensify existing conditions."
rials and the export of the manufactured Mr. T. E. Naylor (general secretary of then, Shew the hid heart beneath creation article. Practically the whole population the London Society of Compositors), in wa, directly or indirectly dependent upon supporting a capital levy, contended beating.
the success of that operation; without it that it was not so much a levy upon we could not feed one-third of the pre capital in the economic sense of the term sent population. Therefore it was our as it was upon wealth. Af wealth was life-blood. We were not, he believed. not capital, although all capital might always going to have a continuance of be wealth. The levy was fimed at tik the bad times and black trade which ing, for the purpose of alleviating the existed now. He was a bit of a heretic distress of the community, a certain pro and a bit of a Socialist, but to him it, portion of wealth that was in existence seemed madness to wait for the restora ff those who opposed the levy looked at, tion of the purchasing power of Europe. the question from the point of view more Let us start and put our own house in of the community and especially from order. The coal mines might be utilised the point of view of the industrial classes, in way, There might be the
chants, importers, wholesale dealers and distributors of silk goeds, appointed at meeting of the silk trade section of the London Chamber of Commerce, issued an anti-Protectionist statement dealing with the strade in manufactured silks, in the course of which it is declared that it is common knowledge that no European country has been able to produce Far Enstern silks and, on the other hand, the Japanese,have failed to produce articles made in Europe.
RAILWAY ENGINEERING-
ACTIVITY. GOOD. ORDERS FOR LANCASHIRE,
LONDON, December 3rd.
The Westminster Gazette reports great activity in the railway engineering trade, South African railways have just placed an order with a Lancashire firm for twenty focomotives; the India store, department 'in' London ja inquiring for „sixty locordo. tives and three thousand railway wagons, while seven locomotive boilers are re-
quired by the Tientsin-Pukow Rains for delivery next year.
LIQUOR SMUGGLING
...CONFERENCE.
AMERICAN SUGGESTIONS ΤΟ RECEIVE CONSIDERATION.
OTTAWA, December 2nd. The American-Canadian Liquor Smug gling Conference las ended. Its conclu- sinos have not been announced but it is understood that the American delegates have been assured that their suggestions will be seriously and sympathetically cousklered.
THE NEXT DAVIS CUP, -
WELLINGTON, December 3rd.
Jardine, Mathe-on & Co, Ltd. International Banking Corporation. Yokohama Specie Bank.
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and
China.
poration. Russo Asiatic Bank. Dai-Ichi Bank (one block west). ' Mitsui Bussan Kaisha. W S. Wiersum & Co
In addition to the above, the following are housed together in a building opposite the British Consulate General :--
Dodwell & Co., Shipping Department, Owston & Co. Shipping and Landing
Agents.
k
Struthers & Barry. Pacific Mail Steamship Co. The following in the Ishikawa Gumi Building war the Customs?-
Sale & Frazar, Ltd., Shipping Depart
whatever in going to church into carry no intention of at any rate trying out what the Church teaches. For exan ple, we cannot very well flame the doc for who fails to make us better it, we pour his medicine down the sink, declare there is nothing wrong with us but that the doctor is an idiot. It may be true but we have not proved it. Nor is it noy good grousing about the discipline of the parade ground never making us good soldiers if we tave deserted on every pos- sible occasion and spent most of our ser- vice in detention barracks. Even a game Canadian Pacific Steninahip Co.
of golf or of football must be taken up Captain Stevens, Sworn Weigher and with enthusiasm and intelligence before
Measurer.
we ena hope to get any decent result or In the British Consulate Compound-even to enjoy it. Now it is precisely the same with the church. The church con. John Brothers, Shipping and Landing stactly puts hefore us five things: Faith
Agents.
in Jesus Christ. Prayer, as the normal
ment,
Cornes & Co.
In the Yokohama Silk Exporters Temway of communicating with God; Confes- porary, Building:-
Villa Bros.
Madier Freress -
Pila & Co.
In the Customs Compound :-
Messrs. Sanur Samuel & Co.""
Bion of Sin; Holy Communion; Our share in the Kingdom of God on Earth and in Heaven.
Now, quite frankly, what is the attitude of the average not-particularly-interested Christan to these things? Well, he ad-
On the Bund, near the site of the Yokomits that Jesus Christ was a very fine
ham United Club: -
Nippon Yusen Kaisha.
man, but in ninety-nine' cases out of n hundred he is very doubtful about Him heing God. As for prayer, the average
At approach to general landing pier:- man does not pray, or at any rate, he
Oka Shusen Kaisha. Toyo Kisen Knielin.
Others include:-
Sulzer, Rudolph & Co., No. 51, Main
St. (Russo Asintic Batk). Curnow & Co., 66, Main St., and Russo
'Asiatic Bank.
At No. 42, Yamashita-cho, near the Customs Pier :--
Admiral Oriental Line.
in Eternity.
い
Smile with kind eyes and be a man
with men.
Then let me feel how infinite around
ine
Floats the Eternal pence that is to
be, Rush from the demons. for my King
has found me, Lenu from the universe and plunge in
Thee,
"E.U.R."
asked the men:
agreement.
WHAT A LEVY WOULD MEAN.
cided to send a New Zealand team to rinital), lying at the Customs Pier, So. when he is at home and his mother asks rule for manufacturing inhabitants of think that was the view of the Labour Bank, Ltd.), believed an enormous num
compete in the next Davis Cup Contest.
BARLIER CABLES.
THE FLOODS. IN ITALY. RESCUE OPERATIONS HAMPERED.
19:-
Mr. R. Boulter, British Vice-Consu), Mr. Cowley, British Consulate. Mr. Hancock. Hongkong and Shanghai
Bank.
Messrs. Nairn, Thayer, and Langon, of
Butterfield & Swire.
Jr. Wilson, Werger & Co. Mr. Fairlie, Pacife Mail Co Mossen Oston, Loftus, and Hazelliné,
Owston & Co.
"
Payno
does not pray intelligently. He may still THE COMING A.D.C. PRODUCTION,lectrification of the railways. The he thought they might possibly get nearer repeat some child's prayer and meet the
developing of our Colonies had hardly growing difficulties and complex interests
begun. He did not believe any Govern Mr. H. G. Williams (secretary, Machine of his every day life with "Bless this
The strength of Karel Cap.k's play lies ment could do these things. It was Tool Trades Association), in an effective little lamb to-night." But that is hardly
even more in it hour than in its subject matter for the individual; but he thought speech, expressed the opinion that the a normal way for a grown man to com The mechanical figures mule by men in it. Was the proper and necessary fune expital levy proposal was as dead as municate with an Intelligent Being. He their own image are bound or or later tion of the Government to foster and mutton, and that their discussion was does not confess his sins for the simple to usurp world dominion and exterminato diret industry into the proper channel. entirely academic. He believed it would reason he does not believe he is a sinner, their master. We foresee the development
Mr. FW Pethick Lawrence, who never happen in Great Britain, and that or he believes that sin is so much a part of the Robots" from industrious auto argued in favour of the capital levy, did the question had entirely ceased to be of his nature that it is not sin at all. mata into creatures with whims and pas The following are among those housed Strange to say he does go to Holy Com- sions, a heart and a sout We even for see nut take the view that its imposition practical politics. The Lawn Tennis authorities have de-on board the Twi Hay Fong (old P. & Qmunion sometimes, on grent festivals, or dimly the day when the last surviving should be accompanied by increased in-
man, will seek in his laboratory the lost come tax or super-tax, and he did not.fr. H. Bell (general maneger, Lloyd's him to go with her. But as for taking
this earth, If there he no more men, let party today. The adoption of a capital of people would be treated in a most a share in bringing about the Kingdom
A dead planet levy, he contended, would sweep away abominable manner if such a scheme of God upon Earth, why he would go off there at least he Robots,
One step further, and we the whole of the food taxes and would in a dead faint if you asked him to take cries for life.
Sunday school class. As for the King force the Adam and Eve of the Robot take la off the ingame-tax. If the money came into operation. He had in mind dom of Heaven he believes that as most family in the earliest stage of court hip, were taken as suggested it would not hundreds of thousands of small depositors people seem to hellove that some how ready to repeople the earth with a rede menn that it would disappear, but that who, from a real sense of responsibility or another there is something beyond that shall be no longer archanical, but it would be better distributed and duty, had been saving at great.
human and humane.
did not believe that the capital personal sacrifice A capital levy would He will probably go where everybody
Is #RUR" the author shows an ips] bryr would bring about the i mean a great withdrawal of confidence in elsc goes.
stinct for feeling the response of his audi jury to trade which Mr.
the country, and a very great, dimim We preach Christ crucified to the neo at every given moment. The play is anticipated. If a levy did not production of those moneys which the banks Mr. Rugbird, Jardine, Matheson & Co. Jews a stumbling block to the Greeks not a piree of dramatic literature; it is deflation he did not think it would with the other. There was a great mis gathered with one hand and lent out foolishness but unto them which are called scarcely even a deep or thoughtful work.duce the amount of credit for work, Messrs Hudson and Ivy, Union Insur: Christ the power of God and the Wie- It is a piece of brilliant journalism of the The capital, levy was only to meet a apprehension as to what the banks ought dom of God. Going to Church is an stage, a work of temperamental power national emergency, fins it would not be to do. The first duty of a bank was essential part of Christian discipline and that Carries!! as actors
say, because the necessary to ulopt the same policy when not to its shareholders but to those able to do without it. I am not prepared audience, and is interested in Mosers. Macre. Carl Lewis, W Styles, to argue about those, exceptional indivi- to what he has to
reactionfidence of Labour had been destroyed, he used wisely, and to have ready for and Bonnett, Say and Frazar. Representatives of ladies Frères, Bul are not Christians, and are yet, accord Capek, speaks.
are not Christian, and church and who great nowxnaper-reading audience that and the ordinary. Inljourer believed that them when they wanted it. And to that sensation his play he had not had a "souare deal." For duty he would stick to the end of his that reason the working man was not life. If there was a ghost of a chance magnificent: Hegner & Co...
Christians and all the churches put to- Greatly alleviating conditions in Yoko the question that if I was stuck in an of dramaties
gether. Nor are I prepared to answorlifeblood of E. U.R." The play is full Capital levy was an attempt to do some Erent foreign balances that lay in Lon- and has been well thing to restore the injustice, which he don would be withdrawn. He urged bama is a new institution known as the office all the week should I go to Church called 4. fantastic melodrama The felt was imposed upon him by which them not to apply the wrong remcus, to REPORTED WITHDRAWAL DENIED Quake Café, where gonil things to eat and I have never been stuck in an Once a theme is essentially thrilling and its light mois war debt when the gront bulk of the disease. (Hear, hear.)
drink are cupplied between quakes at the week and to tell you the truth I know er marnents ensure entertainment To all bis class were fighting. Though it might Among others who took part in the reasonable prices. It is on the site of the very few who are stuck in an Office all
the trend both of drama and of gen moro then counterbalanced by restoring amated Engineering Union and Indus oral thought in
appeal is semi-officially stated to be without are said to be responsible for it.Japan that whether it is hia fault or not the December ath, 10th, 12th and 13th is new Broking for the ADC performanes on foundation,
Chronicle
average person who doce not go to church open at Anderson's Musso Story,
BERGAMO, December 2nd." Three communes disappeared when floods released a dam. The disaster bas reauited in five power stations, being destroyed. Six hundred lives have been lost, and the damage is several hundred Raillion lite, A vast area of rich agricul- tural land has been desolated.
The disaster is due to abnormal taínu. The river Dezzo overflowed, and simul- taneously the dam burst. The flood was thirty feet in depth. Rescue operations have been very difficult owing to the inter- ruption of all means of communication.
LON. AND LATIN NATIONS.
ROME, December and.
atter Co. of Canton.
Mr. Arthur, W. M. Strachan & Co.
Mr. Philipson, and Captains Stone and most of us are not strong enough to be author, believes in it and elles his that emergenev did not exist. The con- people..wh placed their money in it to:
Bundred. Cornes & Co.
are epic.
It is rather to the
is Kar
Ar Rudolph & Co, and, Siber, ing to their adminers, better than all the rock's keen dramatio sense which is the prepared to put his best into his work of a capital levy in Great Britain the
A report that Italy. Epair and.. the old Easiern Hotel near the, approach to the week. But I simply state it as a mat within the East who keep in touch scem to be a loss of Capital, it would be discussion were Mr. F. S. Button (Amal to withdraw from the League of Nations of the Grand Hotel, and Mr. Lain, tion which any man can test for himself make n strope, “R.U.Rshould the confidence to Labour, He considered trial Courb), Mr. J Scott Duckers
South American Republics have agreed
the general landing pier, and Mr. Bennett, ter of cominon knowledge and obieren-
it right to aweco away the great bardens of debt, and there had been no alter native proposal to the capital lowy,
(Continued at foot of nizt^enlumn,)
(Measts, Scott Duckern & Co.) and Mr.
J. Carmicson (Loyd's Bank, Ltd.), Cordial thanks were expressed to Lord Waring for his hospitality.