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SHANGHAI AND THE WAR.
SEPTEMBER OFF, 1924
PASSENGERS AND THE
TRAIN TRAVEL, IN CHINA. | ECONOMIC PROBLEMS AND
THE FIRST TEMPTATION. SERMON BY THE REV TR POWELL
JOURNEY.
THE NEXT NAVAL WAR. JAPAN'S NAVAL DEVELOPMENT.
Sir Herbert Russell, writing in the Noval and · Military Record, `remarka
THE INFLUX OF REFUGEES. The NC. Daily News. last week published the following leading article:- Peking correspondent senda some The Chinese we are often assured, are interesting notes of travelling by train anxious above all things to get hid of in China to the Manchester Guardian, extraterritoriality. This anxiety is less To perform a journey, he mys, demands in evidence at moments of crises like the a great knowledge both of strategy and present. During the past few days the of tactics. The vast majority of us as population of Shanghai must have been in perfectly indifferent as to which clam we creased literally by tens of thonsaods, travel in, because we have not bought a The refugees, there is excellent reason to believe, include among ordinary fork, ticket. Foreigners and hopelessly un- the wives and families of many leaders on enterprising persons buy tickets, but the both sides in the dispute. And always, true Son of Han travels without: cheer as Marshal Chi. Hsieh-yuan said in the fully, with a good conscience, and fearing interview we published on Friday, and nothing but some hard words even about as we may well believe to be the case.
an evil destiny let loose upon him a ticket Shanghai is regarded as a heaven sent collector without the bowels of compas- nsylum by every political conspirator in
sion. Foreigners usually travel in an the country and all the great plots are open truck, but the travelling Chinese engineered from within its sheltering is like the travelling cockroach he is walls. This influx of refugees is ex ubiquitous. He travels on the front story of the Temptation which was read more enough. Yet, by virtue of the. tremely hard on the normal peaceable buffers of the engine; he travels in the Chinese population of Shanghai, sending | up rents and prices to unendurable
heights; and if there were any conceiv-
able means of damming the food, we should certainly advocate using it Mean while we would ask, if Chinese them selves, politicians, military men, students. merchants, shopkeepers, have so little confidence in their own authorities to pro- zeet them, that at every breath of danger they flee to the nearest extraterritorial ares, why should foreigners be more eager to place themselves under the uncontroll- cd rule of Chinese republican dignitaries
Last Thursday afternoon representa organizations
The following sermon was preached in that, being a simple truth, one need not St. John's Cathedral, Hongkong, on hesitate to say that the Pacific is the Sunday, by the Rev. T. & Powell, the zone towards which all naval men in- stinctively cast their mental vision when Assistant Chaplain: Matt. iv. Then was Jesus led up ct the question is asked as to where the next the Spirit into the wilderness to ho seg war will be fought out. Japan, is tempted of the Devil"
(approaching a period in her history when I think it is a good thing for us who she will have to secure a wider place in are trying to take our religion seriously the sun, either by peaceful means, or by Just what Powers to study whenever possible the main in an appeal to arma cicents in the life of our Lord with the might be involved in such an appeal there aid of the best modern scholarship, seis no necessity to discuss. One thing is that we may the better understand their certain, war in the Pacific would in inner menning. A fresh reading of some mediately became a matter of supreme moment to ourselves. The recognition of of those events which we know so well that fact is at the back of the Singapore may throw a new light on problems which scheme. TheAdmiraly calculated upon that sometimes burden our hearts and intel lects in these difficult days. Now the
as the second lesson this morning is of first class; he travels in the guard's van, far greater importance than most of us where there is a stove and an ever-smok- imagine, because in itself it gives us the ing teapot; he travols seated on the key to the rest of Our Lord's life; and carriage steps; be travels in the postul also because it must of necessity have waggon; he may even be discovered read been disclosed by Christ to His disciples ing quietly in the ladies lavatory. But later in the midiatry. Temptation you such lonely places are only until the know necessarily implies power of choice: boring question of tickets has been decid- that is, the power of advancing towards ed. Once that is over, and every either good or evil; and it becomes becomes a free mad, all these nooks and crannies give up their occupants, who congregate together and gossip gloriously until the too short journey is over.
temptation just because we do not want to go up higher. Hence it is always at
years to mate-
scheme taking ten
In their view the mensen is ris
tives of Chinese busts of commerce traveller are varied. He has many pre- ber at the outset, that the Temptations mitted to absence facts. Japan 10884590#
invited the foreign
tacit reference, to
raure possibility of it, the Pacific becomes the substituts for the more tangible ob- jective of pre-war times." must regard the next strongest naval Failing anything more definite, we Power as our rival. since that Power holds a weapon which it could at any time actively employ. To reveal recog nition of this fact in the form of dis position of naval force is wise policy. Since we are agreed in regarding war States. as "unthinkable," we come to between this country and the United Japan. She possesses a powerful Navy and a highly-efficient Navy. Moreover, she is adding to that Navy a very much larger scale than any other country- The problems that confront the foreign the moment a bitter cup. Let us tenuem- Friendly sentiments meist never be per- the means for embarking upon a sca to meet them in the North Honan Road judices, which circumscribe his actions of Jesus Christ were for our sakes; and
war of the first magnitude. This is not assembly hall. The object of the meeting so that he goes fettered. He wishes to that they do not resemble struggles such to say that she has any more desire 10 was to consider, the war situation and to travel in an open truck; yet I have seen suggest co-operation that blessed word him deterred by a large black coffin, with as we are accustomed to, especially in do so than we have. But the strengthen- between Chinese and foreigner-it'
possi.
unquestionably has a ble to stop the war; if not, to get it residering that it was obviously the coffin rather the struggle of Him who is both the possibility.
a white cock tethered on it, which, con- the early stages of the Christian life, buiting of the British Mediterranean Fleet moved somewhere where it would cause of a poor person, was really very suf-
God aad man and man in Ged, and there- the least possible inconvenience to Shang- hai. The meeting consumed the usual ficiently air tight, or nearly so; and, in
The Temptation of quantities of tea and cake, debated for any case, what can you expect in this fore had all power in his grasp if le
The lessons of the first Temptation are about an hour and a half and dispersed bot weather? And he is so fearful of chose to use it.
course was in His will, the story is therefore thear: (1) The church should unfruitfully. Nothing else, we think, was disease. The Chinese possessing an in- to be expected. We do not wish to be fectious disease is perfectly frank and bolieal throughout, so that the old pic- never try to win the masses by treats, or tures of the Temptation showing the bribes, or doles. She is only concerned rule to the Chinese business community, good-natured about it. Some weeks since Devil outside are somewhat misleading with the things of the world in so far as but we feel bound to point out that their I boarded the train listening to a mont
We can perhaps, best grasp part of ther foreign confrères are beginning to be a interesting political theory my friend was
incaning it we regard them as instigations little suspicious of their ideas of co-oper advancing. The morning was hot, so atica. Blach has been heard of it in re-
we decided to go into a covered third to deal shortly and summarily with the three great problems of the world in a cent years; it is a nice, easy word to pro-class carriage. Hardly were we seated
way different from that ordained by God nounce; it has a most imposing sound: when the sentence died upon my com- but in practice it means nothing but a panion's lips as he pointed to a soldier
There is a story of Alexander the Great Chinese device to get the foreigner, what opposite to us whose Ince was in a magni- how he once went to Gordium in Phrygia is vulgarly
to carry the baby'
ficent eruption of small-pox, now got to to see a famous Chariot of the Kings of "At
Thursday,
meeting, one foreign the peeling stage. But usually, we go
that country, and to try. whether he speaker roundly said that he did not hold straight to the open trucks, for there are with any schemes to stop the war in fewer Chinese shere. The trouble with could untie the knot which bound the pole ew of the futile history of the past ten the Chinese is this every Chinese has to the joke, because there was a pro. years, he thought that the only way and bad throat and he must clear it. Would phecy that whosoever first untied it would the Temptations than His deliberate be lord of all Asia Alexander tugged choice of the slowest of all ways of the best way was that the quarrel should that I could explain to you delicately at the knot in vain, and then, just as leavening society that of personal exam he fought out to a finish. Another for eim speaker said that before he and his what ensues; but it is not a delicate Napoleon would bave done, he pulled outple and personal influence based upon his sword and cut the strap through, and absolute restitude of life, motive and operation and I cannot.
did become lord of all Axia-hut only for character. He chose to be neither a con- quezor, nor a legislator, norin discoverer, a few months. Similarly our Lord may
to
A HOST OF DYPICALS,
Himself.
thep help or hinder men to enter into grobably concentrate more upon the life; and if true to her Lord she would grossly rich than upon the poor; (2) We should more regard worldly well-being as an end in itself. It is only important as a means to development of character
ourselves and in others. Everything depends on the use we make individually of our environment.
Nothing is more certain or more re- markable in our Lord's methods as shown
colleagues even considered taking steps meet the Chinese proposals, they must haye a
guarantee that representative Chinese business men were wholehearted- ly the movement, would act with the foreigners full accord and full publicity, "not only secretly but an the house-tons, Chinese train thirty miles along the pledge of thereby becoming Lord of and He committed His message unwrit
CHARTER-PARTY CASE. CASE REFERRED BACK TO ARBITRATORS:
be regarded as having been tempted to Dor a sogial reformer. He revealed no cut with one blow knots which God wishes facts except spiritual and eternal truths ren to unravel slowly, and surely-with
ten to a few simple folk in a remote all the Kingdoms of the earth at a blow-promise, and left the seed to grow, the
leaven to ferment with the slow, unhasty,
abrosisting movement of a natural force; and therefore if we believe that He is God it follows that this must be the only way of working for and with God which God can approve. It is the slowest and least, showy. It reminds us of the pro- phecy of Isaiah. Behold my servant whom I uphold, I have put my spirit
It is in the guard's van that the dite of the passengers may be found, drinking tea and spitting in company with the small army of officicia it takes to move
not in council chambers alene, but in the single track. There is the guard, and warket nlace. This, to use another
the assistant guard, and the assistant Thus regarded the Temptations contain " phrase which will not be denied, put to the assistant guard, and three young tremendous leasons for the Church and the lid on things." The Chinese whisper; officials who are all learning to be assist for the individual throughout all ages. ed together and then said they would ants to the assistant guard; and two The first temptation deals with the social refer the matter to their principals, of
ticket collectors who wear enough braid and economic problems of the world. The whom, by the way, it was thought by some
our bodily and on their sleeves to content an admiral; question is-How are present that there was a singular absence, and two asistant ticket collectors and worldly needs to be satisfied?
We do not pretend to feel the slightest
The first Temptation was the turning regret that the meeting ended thas. two inspectors, and three very oily gentle Since we wrote last Friday that the for- men who are apparently lampmen-only of the stones into bread. It is suggested eimer's duty in the present crisis is to this train runs in the bright morning that we should not narrow down this remain absolutely neutral, we have had sunshine and a whole host of officials Temptation to the question of our Lords on him. He shall not cry, nor lift up, abundant evidence that this represents from other trains and stations who are hunger only, but that the power lies in or cause his voice to be heard in the the fact that He knew that He could street. It is often the most disheartening the best and soberest foreign opinion in travelling for pleasure. And then there
solve the problems of banger and starvs- of all ways. But after all God in nut Shanghai We may even regret that the are train guards with Mauser nistols,
tion for all the world, and for all time: pressed for time. He has all eternity to Diplomatic Body have thought fit to warn whose duty it is to see that there are
are as one day; and therefore so long the Waichiaopu that they will hold the no bandits on the train. And, lastly, and in view of His intense sympathy with work in and to Him a thousand years aa we wish to be on His side, whether Chinese Government responsible for any there is a clerkly oficial who morning men for God you know is Love-Ho
it wins or loses, in this world, we can damage to foreigners or their property after morning fills up statistics in a would, now as He was hungry, feel this Temptation with special force. The To do so or net do so would not affect large book which is propped on the stones then were to become bread, which know that we are carrying on is work their right to claims for any damage; and only table. The officials do not greatly in view of the miserable record of futile exceed the passengers in number and their means that food is to be provided for and that it is the work He has given us "protests and sterile admonitions of the efforts result in our reaching Peking everybody directly out of the soil and to do.....
without fabour; the human-race-set free What then is the message of the past year or two, such a warning is, to six miles from the Racecourse Station at a blow from all its sordid cares of Temptation for usi I think just this; put it mildly, grotesque, merely calcula round about. vine o'clocka
bread-winning, and able to devote itself that there are many kinds of success both ted to exasperate Chinese feeling. Shanghai has right to protect its
wholeheartedly to the pursuit of higher for the Church and for the individual every boundaries from being invaded by war-
things. You see the point of the Temple which are worse than defeat and fur ring or defeated soldiers but then-alte
tion. How great would be the moral and ther that the only really crucial work on A. If fighting really breaks out between
spiritual effect of such a bounty: men's which we are engaged is the salvation of bearta surely can Chekiang and Kiangsu, the issues in-
be most effectively our own souls and therefore those of volved are so very big. together with the
reached through their appetites. Once others. This matter alone is urgent and close interests of Marshal Wa Pei-fu on
let the continual cares of daily life be for no consideration whatever can we put one side and Barshal Chang Tso-lin on
A charter-party dispute, T. Beynon & allayed and surely will find them ready it afbut about other questions we can We need not the other that nothing less may be at Co., Ltd., v. Suzuki & Co., was taken
to welcome spiritual. truth! We scem if necessary be patient. stake than the question of who is to rule in the Court of Appeal on July 30th here to detect the specious argument of fame or fret about the future of religiou all China; and it is certainly not the for: Mers Suzuki & Co., owners of the the rabid socialist, or the vain sophistry or civilisation-God will see to that. Ha has infinite time to work out His plans, signer's business to interfere in that. If Keijuku Haru, appealed from a judg-of the shallow economist, but it-well to the confict. once again, dies out in comment of Mr. Justice Bailhache affirming remember that this was the temptation and humanity has perhaps thousands of promise, we cannot see that foreigners an award, of as arbitrator between the offered by the Devil.
years before it in which to solve its would improve the position by taking appellants and Messrs. T. Beynon & Co.,
But our Lord refuses absolutely. "Man problems. hand in it; and we certainly do not supid, of Cardiff, charterers of the vessel. shall not live by bread alone, but by
But we as individuals have only a very pose that they have any wish to do so. What would be the result of committing
By clause 9 of the charter-party owners every word that procecdeth out of the few years indeed. For God has given He will not make each one of us here a particular piece of ourselves to any scheme of Chinese and contracted that the captain should pro- mouth of God." foreign businessmen's co-operation to stop secute the voyages with the utmost dis spiritual truth acceptable for the sake of work to do. This is the time when wo or localize the war. Nothing whatever, patch and render all customary assistance bat men can get materially. The pro should try to find out what that work is, but that foreigners would earn the hostil with the ship's crew"; while clause 14 ble set to us men is to find out the and to ask ourselves are we doing it as proper place, and importance of our out in His sight. For in the last day of judg ity of one contestant or the other, pro-exempted the owners from liability for,
ward needs in a reasonably ordered life ment that alone will the thing which we bably both, and sow the seeds of more inter alia, negligence, default or error
of trust in God Seen ye first the King will be asked to give account for, that anti-foreign feeling. They cannot inter of judgment of the pilet, master or crew, fere in any way without appearing to or other servant of the owners, in the dom of God and all these things will be the one thing for which we will
" Later in His be held responsible... take sides and that whether between management and navigation of the shall be added unto you"
be held responsibly ask the que
question Chi Haich-y
eb-yaan and Lu
hsiang or steamer," The arbitrator, in allowing a ministry our Lord distinctly promises that not:th-lin and Wa Peifu, they have rebato of £2,414 from the hire to the Lin a community living according to His Can a man indeed stand amid the severe Chane
klightest excuse for doing.
charterers, found that the master did laws, the necessaries, though not per temptations which aasail him in the we, in conclusion, suggest to the prosecute the question would be enough East No man can stand in his own Chinese business, organizations, that it with the utmost dispatch, and that this all Bus worldly prosperity is neither power, and no masi, needs to. Fall, but want wars stopped, they are the failure resulted from general alackacas promised nor held out by our Lord as let it be upon your knees not at the people to stop them. They may not be in the performance of his daty desirable, and the man who thinks it is, feet of the tempter, but at the feet of able to stay the present sight. Eaving be After bearing arguments, Lord Justice is a fool. Thou fool this night shall Him who will give you power to over- gun of think about it rather late in the Hate of opinion thy soul be required of thee," Material some. You Jones Co day, although our Chinkiang correspon- Bankheads, the Court war of buik to goods are as nothing in comparison with dent's report of how the local chamber of the arbitrator, for him to inform the spiritual goods, and the Living Bread King Edward saw the Scots on that ter cómmeroo put a stop to conscription shows Court whether by his findings be intended which came down from heaven for the rible morning bend their knees." They that the merchante still have a good deal the Court to draw the inference that strengthening and refreshing of our souls, kneet, He cried, they ask forgiveness. 'of power if they choose to use it. But
does not bid us wait for a transforma!! Yes,” said one of his barons, but they until the people of China say how their he had found that the master, in refer tion of stones into natural bread before ask it from God, and not from us. These country shall be governed, no one cutade ence to the due prosecution of the voyage, can help them. Shangha must apparent was not competent or was guilty of slacks we can see and believe. The true man either will conquer or did on the ly accept the station of being an exylum ness only, and, if of slackness, whether always to be had if we choose, and is friends, when you fall, let it beat His spiritual bread is always present, is field. And they conquered, B6, my for those afraid to lire under their own of slackness amounting to negligence in unlimited and indestructible: tr
Comment fees, and you too shall be more than Con- rulers. But it has no intention of being the management or navigation of the
(Continued on real Gobumi.) querors through Him who loves you. their catapaw. -
steamer.
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At the famous battle of Bannockburn