KWANGSI PEACE RESTORATION.
GRADUAL WITHDRAWAL or CANTON FORCES.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]
CANTON, Feb. 29.
With the restoration of peace in Kwangsi assuming concrete form, the Canton Higher Command is
PSYCHOLOGY AND
RELIGION:
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1931.
GOVERNMENT HOUSE
CORRESPONDENCE. BANK OF EAST ASIA.
[All letters intended for publica- tion must be accompanied by the not for publication, unless to desir ed, but as evidence of good faith.- ED.]
HOW NEW SCIENCE BEARS LAST WEEK'S ACTIVITIES, unme and address of the writer,
OUT CHRISTIAN CLAIMS.
SUNDAY, February, 1
REV, ARMSTRONG'S ADDRESS
AT THE CATHEDRAL,
The Hon. Mrs. Charles Tufton and Miss Tufton lel Government 'House,'
POPSY AND HITH FINANCE.
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Capinin Baldwin hüched at Gov. [TO. THE EDITOR OF ? For the first of the special ad-ernment. House and accompanied dresses at St. John's Cathedral, His Excellency and Lady Peel to on Sunday evenings during Lent, the Mect of the Fanling Hunt.
gradually withdrawing its troops the speaker was the Rev. E A. | MONDAY, February - 18:
back to Cantor:
Armstrong, his subject being Pay A big detachment belonging to chology and the Validity of Chris the Bird Division arrived in Constian experience. ton yesterday and is now quartered in the military barracks in Yentong in the north-eastern outskirt of the
Paychology, anid the speaker, had made great contribution to religion. The idea that psychology
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His Excellency the Governor and Lady Feel attended by Captain T. A. H. Coltman, A.D., dined with Commodora and Mrs. A. H. Walker on H.M.8. Tamar, TUESDAY, February-1:-
BUSINESS INCREASE
RECORDED.
1938 APROSPEROUS YEAR.
Notwithstanding the general trade depression, the Chairman of noxo koso the Bank of East Asia (Hon. Sir Shou-zon Clinw) reported a good year's working at the twelf ordinary yearly meeting of thờ lank, held on Saturday. Increase
MY DEAN EDITOR,-Tubby says I'm too hopelessly wrong about those confidential dollars and, though my Intention was inuderble, there's unching, nare about the business
methode.
Still I've worked it out with the Compradore's, books again and it
all principal" lines of business were recorded during the year which resulted in a nett profit of
81,430,495.01.
Besides Sir Shou-son Chow, "there were present: --Messrs. Fung Ping
city. Another detachment is es had undermined and explained His Excellency the Governor and tame out right and I'm quite sure than, Wong Yun Li Koon Chan, pooted to arrive in the city to-day, away religion was entirely untrue..Lady Foel accompanied by Mr. that if he'd done what I said about Wong Chiu: Son, Chan Ching Shek, Peychologists of a certain school W. A. Tulton, Private Secretary,tiplying, and dividing instead. P. K. Kwok, Kan Ying Po (Direc
Most of the Cantonere troops stationed in, various parts of Kwangsi are breaking up camp and
had attempted to adjudicate upon
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religion, and to say that God was withdrawing to Wuchow prepara- "subjective idea," created by tory to returning to Kwangtung innän, just as man had created his accordance with the orders of physical organs in the struggle to General Chen Tani Tong, their Commander-in-Chief, Large,num. beis of junks, steam launches and other water ernit are being com-
mandeered in Wuchow for the transportation of, these troops to Canton.
adapt himself to his surroundings. But, as the best paychologista re- cognised, the functions of the scientists, were to examine the working of the mind, and not to try and deduce whether God were à reality or only avereation of man's
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The troops, after, a rest in Can-mind. ton, will be dispatched to the North River districts and the northern border of Kwangtung to fight against the Red menace there, Communists, bandits, and other
Men believed in God, because they had experience of Ilim. The Church crested conditions in which religious experience camé" easily but the root basis of religion was
attended the Rugby Football match between Shanghai and the Com- bined Services.
WEDNESDAY, February 18:-
His Excellency the Governor and Lady Peel accompanied by Mr. G. W. A Tufton, Private Secretary, attended the Interport Association Football match between Hong Kong
and Shanghai..
TuURSDAY, February 10:-
of playing with that silly old tors), Kwok Si Lan, W. N. acis he'd have found he was get- Thomas, Pun Hiu Cho, Li Lan ting as much as he ought and any Sang, Li Pak To, K; E. Lee, Li how if it's right for those divil ung, K. K. Woug, Fụng Yuk Lum, servanta it must be for the Com. Kan Shui Ki, Tam Choong Tyun, pradore.""
Chow Chi Nam, Li Tee Fong, Lui Ming Fong, Kan Tong„„Po“ aud many other. shareholdera,
Tubby and Augus, have been rguing about those confidential dollars all evening and Tubby saye you can't know about theus unless
Chairman's Speech.
In presenting the report and accounts the Chairman said:-
Including the sum of $417,994.85 brought forward from the previous year, the result of the year's work-
shows
nett profit of ing 81,450,423.01, which I think you will agree with me is highly satisfac
|sou understand just how the need Gw works and he'd show us.. Well, His Excellency the Governor pre my dear, he started off with five sided at the meeting of the Execu-gallons of brandy, calculating 1 tivo Council.
mean, and did everything they will FRIDAY, February 90:-
in the paper and it came out that the Goverment would owe him tory. Mr. Corry lunched at Government House
ixteen confidential dollars on ench gallon and Mr. Lloyd wouldn't like that.
disorderly elements have been personal experience. Men had reSATURDAY, February 1:—
ranging these places for the pastligious experience in the presence several years, inflicting untold of the mysteries and beauty of sufferings on innocent people. The nature, as well as in the revelations authorities have long desired to that were accorded to saints and 'suppress' this menace, hut on acnysties.
count of the war in Kwangsi nothing could be done. Now that peace is once more established, is the Liang Kwang, the Canton Government is able to carry out its long-cherished bandit suppression campaign.
The Cantonese gunboats in Kwangsi are also withdrawing to Canton, according to the order of Admiral Chen Chak. The Admiral is leaving Canton for Wuthow 10 day to supervise over the with drawal of his squadron and to assist in the transportation of the troops
Sir Miles Lampion and Mira
Lampson accompanied by Lieut. Colonel Clarke and Mr. Stirling spent the day nt Government. House.
Table wasn't meant to use with such Aogus said that perhaps the argo quantities as very few nice prople drink five gallons at a time, but anyhow he could see that Tubby's mistake was not using
luncheon:
The following were the guests at algebra and he'd show us how to work it out for cigarettes. He said that in Algebra when you didn't
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you always started with the world, our deposits show an the an unknown quantity and that that
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which speaks well of the did some frightfully clover equators and it worked out that the Com- pradore would have to send us an aiture and Fixture Account now! ing and that we should set the alt the additions made during unknow quantity of tins for noth stands at the nominal figure of square root of a conventional the year having been taken care of dollar as drawback when we return-oy Charges Account In futuro nil
Tubby said he didn't think that was quite what Mr. Lloyd meant In order to place our bank on a and be must have forgotten the solid foundation, the Directory re- percentage for moisture or some commend that a sum of 8500,000 be thing, but I noticed the newspaper transferred to General Reserve had got turned over and I think thus bringing this account to a he'd been dividing by one of the total of 82,250,000, or in other Griffins träck times so I said nothorda 45 per omt. of our paid-up capital. · I am sure you will en- ing and went to bed.
dorse this sound policy.
Religious experience was normal. Mush had been said of the brutality of primitive men, but the tombs
His Excellency Admiral of the stone age showed that man Arthur Waistell, His Excellene had then religious beliefs and ex-Major-General Sandilands, perience of God. God was not a
Hon. Mrs, Charles Tufton, Miss Creation of priests, but of men's own minds, and it was difficult to believe that an instinct found in all men, of all times, was entirely based on illusion. Anthropologista now agreed that the presence of the religious sense was normal and its absence abnormal and eccentric. | If one accepted the idea that of the 8th Military Houte. He uid religion, the reality of God in an interview with the cal Pressmen, that in all probability a part of his squadron would have to remain in Kwangsi for some time, even after the establishment of peace, as the province has no gunboats of its own to patrol the rivers.:
were an illusion, then truth and beauty and goodness were also illusions of the mind and founded on shifting ideas of men and not on the Will of God,
Another phenomenon of religious experience was, its permanence. Effects produced by auto-suggestion generally faded quickly, but re ligious senso tended to grow stronger and stronger, as Christ emphasised in his parables of "the Kingdom of God."
Canton is preparing to stage & ig popular gathering to welcome the triumphal return of its soldiers from Kwangsi. In all probability this mass welcome demonstration will take place on the East Parade
With regard to prayer, sceptics Ground, but as yet no date has tried to show that it was all auto- been fixed for the celebration. suggestion. Certainly it was partly The exact terms of peace agreed | auto-suggestion. That was the upon at Nanking between the manner in which God worked, but Kwangsi
under General besides auto-suggestion there was party Wong Shin Hung and the Central the help given by contact with the Government have not been divulged. mind of God. There was telepathy General Wong Shiu Hung, the between God and the supplicant. newly-appointed Commissioner of In conclusion, the preacher pointed Kwangsi and the central figure in out that psychology was demon- the peace movement for Kwangsi, etrating the truth and finality of who arrived in Hong Kong from Christ's teaching-which was entire Nanking yesterday, is expected to be in Canton shortly. The newly sound psychology, Kwangsi ruler is reported to he quite optimistic over the situation And will make known his negotia tion with Nanking in the course of the next day or two,
CANTON RIDE.
· POSTPONEMENT FOR A
WEEK.
l'exoи oun OWN CORRESPONDENT]
THE DISCUSSION.
15 PRAYER: AUTO- SUGGESTION –
The Dean opened the discussion
by saying that to nearly every one there came times when one doubled
if unes prayers ware being heard
His Excellency, the Governor and Lady Feel gave a dinner party in honour of Admiral Sir Arthur and present:His Honger Mr. Justice Lady Waistell. The following were Wood, The Right Rev. the Bishop of Victoria and Mrs: Duppuy, Com modore and Mrs. Walker, the Hon.ed the tins. Me and Mrs. Mallas, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Alabater, the Hon. Mr. Messer, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Creasy, the Hon. Sir Shou-son Chow and Lady Chow, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Shelton, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Owen-Hughes, Cap. tain and Mrs. Mackinnon, Colonel Cousen, Captain and Mr. Potter, Colonel and Mrs. Savile, Pay- master Captain Ayre, Lieut. Colonel Christian, Paymaster Commander Grace, Lieut.-Commoder Evans.
I do think finance is too fright fully fascinating and people she think of these things like poor Sir William and Mr. Lloyd must bo binrply infested with brains. Angus says they have a special branch for these things at Scotland Yard but quoted a variant to Coué. "Hoare've got them beat.
Your en. by hour, by thy powr, ote.", which, thralled, be said, was more powerful because one know it was Truc.
What is Religions Experience? The next issue to be raised was; What is meant by the term religious experience 1
· POPSY.
new furniture and fixture will be
dealt with in the game way.
The Director recommendation of a dividend of $6 and a bobus of 82 making a total distribution of 99 per share the same as the previous year.
Bonus to Stall,
I desire to express to all mem berg of our staff, both here and THE EMDEN'S ATTACK ON good services which played such an abroad, our appreciation of their
PENANG.
important part in the scores of the year's working. In view of the increased cost of living in the
Mr. Armstrong said. (TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONG KONG Colony and in order to show our
that it was difficult to define. Many of the most highly gifted people spiritually had had an experience which was called "The dark night
to nak.
DAILY PRESS.
ppreciation in a practical way, the Directors feel sure that you will agree to their recommendation of the soul and every one experi- excerpt you pablished on the 17th out of the profit of this year.
SIR-In the very interesting to pay to the staff a special bonus enced fluctuations in their spiritual instant of the torpedo officer's c
experience wint of the Emden at Penang on.
I do not think there is anything feelings. Religion
Further that requires any comment. might be defined as an experi. September 20, 1814, the British and 1.would, therefore, propose the enco which called up a feeling of cargo boat which we wanted to. reverence, any awesome experience; capture" was the old Glenturret, adoption of the report and accounts. anything which made one feel there with whose ekipper (Captain Jones presented. After this -bhs been universe. Unfortunately, psycholo call a vivid conversation at Toko Answer any question you may with must be some Power behind the think that the the name) Ire duly seconded, I will endeavour to gists had concentrated on the more ham when the vessel arrived there intense religious experience called after the Pongng, incident.
conversion," but may feeling wich Captain Jones stated that alien-
On the proposal of Mr. Pun Hiu as that of wonderment and awe, tenant loaded his vessel from the Cho, seconded by Mr. Li Lan Sang, with which one sometimes regards Emdon in one of the Emden's boats the stars or a sunst could also be he was a fedgling Priner, as far Messrs. Perey Smith, Seth, and virased as religious experience. Inns I remember and asked what for the ensuing year, at an increas Flaming were reputed auditors answer to a further question, he cargo-they were carrying, etc., or remuneration of $2,800 por the weird might also be called a usual general cargo for China." - said that -ho-thought-the-fear of Tho Captain replied; " Ch.___the...
primitive form of religious experi-"Well, why are you flying the dan announcement by the Chairman The meeting terminated with the once. It was not in experience of porous goods Ang!" counted the God, but of one might say the PrinceOh, we got som Kerasone that dividend warrants would be matrix from which religious experi- on board, that's why! At that ready to day ence had been created.
Mr. Ewok Siu. Lau; soconded. Carried unanimously.
Tantum
GOVT. APPOINTMENTS.
Is prayer efficacious of itself from
moment the officer received an the point of view of auto-suggestion
urgent sigoil from Emden to re As Zittle Children. was the first question asked. Mr.
turn ones, and as he left the The Rov. H. V. Koop opened an ship he said to the Captain: Armstrong replied that a belief in interesting field of discussion when You're lucky, Captain To whichí CARTON, Feb; 22. God--that the Heart of the Uni-he said that when the preseter ptain Jon's replied:," Better to
Mr. Walter Schofield has been Owing to the inclement weather verse was with one, was to his mind had said that the desire for God, be born lucky than rich, Your
which is manifest in phildren, was ighness!!! "As a matter of fact appointed to net, as First, Police coupled with certain arrangements necessary for any successful auto-
one of the proofs of the truth of the Glenturret was full up with Magistrate and Coroner, with not being complete, the Canton suggestion, and he added in answer religion, he had thought of Christ's ammunition for the China Squad-effect from February 14. Riding Association has postponed to a further question that, if words, Unless you become as non-Yours, etc. its ride to next Sunday, March 1 people believed that prayer was little children you can in no wise
CHINA HAND. Mr. Erie William Hamilton has The ride, of which much publicity only auto-suggestion they would enter into the Kingdom of God."
acen appointed Police Magistrate, Swatow, Feb. 20. has been given both on the streets first leave off prayor and then auto Did that, menn that self analysis,
Kowlood, with effect from Febru nud in the Press in Canton, was suggestion. On the other hand, for and analysis of one's religious ex-
ary 23. scheduled to take place on the people who brooded on in au ideaerienes and bellula was WK DEATH OF MR. J. H. JEBSEN. has been appointed District Officer Mr. John Sutherland BlueLaren owly-constructed racecourse in Shekpai, in the eastern suburb of that everything was against them since the child mind accepted God that form of auto-suggestion start simply and naturally without ask-
in the Southern District . of the theft Maradoximetengenai kewan fogste Johaugh Coinform.com New Territories with effect from sede Theschio)-promoters Aimklipovery way, I ma getừng better" and ↑
February 25, ing ride, General Chen Ming Shu better was doubtless usefin though cussion will Are. Betting and message from Hamburg stating Next Sunday the subject for dis that they have received a cable General Au Yang Kui, Génerit. Chen Hing Wan and Admiral Chan Prayer, which would give real con-
Gambling Christim1" the subject that Mr. J. H. Jebsen, senior part Chak, hope to draw a record crowd Viction was better. The Dean here being opened by the Rev. H. V.
ner of the firm, died of heart failure to. Shekpai on this occasion."
(Continueil on "next: Column:)" Koop.
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