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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1937.
VESTMENTS ARE EXCLUSIVE FEATURE
ILLEGAL
Archbishop Makes "
Admission
"WORD OF GOD STANDS”
The Archbishop of Canterbury agrees that the proposed use of certain vestments in Canterbury
London Office: 53, Fleet Street Cathedral is "against the law as
B.C.4
The Baily Press.
Hojo Kono, January 6, 1937.
For Onion's Sake.
declared by the Judicial Commit- tee of the Privy Council"
He does not, however, propose to take steps to prevent it
His point of view is disclosed in correspondence which has passed between him and the Rev. E G. Bowring. secretary of the Church Association. of Buckinghamstreet, Strand.
Mr. Bowring wrote to the Arch- bishop on November 24" a letter stating:
Your Grace will be aware that the chief of these vestments, the chasuble, has been condemned by the highest ecclesiastical court of the realm.
In the Church Assembly
The old world may play for safety, sitting at home and gild- Tickets are effective for the daying what refined gold is still February your Grace "expressed of purchase only.
available, painting the lily in the thankfulness that there had re- 4932 interests of brighter obsequics,cently been no prosecutions of the and otherwise following tradi- law-abiding clergy for their what your Grace euphemistically pro- Tho new
nounced 'extra-legal", attitude. But world, inhabited by brave pion the law stands and the Word of eers, seeks the new and difficult. God stands,
UNFORGIVABLE
MISTAKE
B.B.C.'s One Bad Lapse
REPLY TO THE CRITICS
tional standards.
task. So it is not in Brittany or The chasuble is the full-dress preoccupied Spain but in Kala-uniform of the Mass which your mazoo, Michigan, that the over- due Onion Anti-Defamation ciety has been set up.
martyred predecessor, Archchbisop Cranmer, described as "the great- Soest blasphemy and injury that.
Onious have many trienda, but these friends leave the onion to speak for itself.
time
can be done against Christ.
Your Grace has many a
would therefore, respectfully plead recently appealed for unity. I
Delighted with you, as "visitor" of Canter- The B.B.C. can never be found faultless. We are not complacent. gourmets, actresses who other-bury Cathedral, to take such steps Anybody who never makes a mis-vise could never have played in take will never make anything.those tragic roles which actresses The one serious, unforgivable mis- take which we might make is to Frefer, ulike fail to pay the
try for a safe stagnation.
public tribute to an unshy and
as may prevent this apple of midst of the Anglican Communion, discord being thrown into the
The Primate's Answer The Archbishop's chaplain' re-
This statement was made by Mr.uch discussed and abused vege-plied on December 4
R. C. Norman, the chairman of the table. But many men, particu- The Archblahop" destres me to B.B.C., in a reply to critics, at a
luncheon in London.
FRIENDLY CHARACTER "A great bulk of the notices are
larly in America, will do as a ociety what they shrink from doing as individuals..
וי
say that it is no doubt true that
the use of what are called vest-
ments in the Holy Communion is against the law as declared - by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in the cases which you mention. But this is precise-
ly one of the matters alluded to in the report of the Royal 'Com- mission of 1903.
Mr. Norman said: "I do not pro- pose to make any reference to re-
The Anti-Defaruation. Society cent history, The B.B.C. is very often front page news. How could bus, not only an object but a it be otherwise? We have no com-programine. The very Commu- plaint to make, about it.
nists are not more methodical in planning the steps lo their
The Prayer Book Measures of triumph than are these men who are resolved to enthrone the 1927 and 1928; if they had been onion
where it belongs, on a passed into law. throne.streets ahead of all other legalised the use of the alb and chasuble. After the rejection of vegetables. Everybody, says the these Measures the bishops of the society, must eat onions. There Convocation of Canterbury resoly- cannot be a successful onion-ed "That during the eating public which is not uni- versal.
of the most friendly character. It is not always favourable. Why should it be?
"Criticism is welcomed by us if it is informed and given with an open mind. An M.P. has said that we are neither good Socialism nor good commercialism! We do not want to be the whole one or the Very few people want us to
other
be.
We are an experiment which may have far-reaching effects in 'the growing complexity of modern life. But the rules must be kept it that experiment is to have any offcials."
"I take it as evidence that we. enjoy the continued confidence of the Government that the Post master-General has said he pro- -posed to reappoint those Governors
whose term is not completed.”
DO NOT SHRINK
"We have had a great deal of inquiry," added Mr. Norman. "We do not shrink from inquiry. The only objection I have is, that it takes so much time of senior officials.
";
Sir Josiah Stamp, who was chair. man of the recent B.B.C. Inquiry and sat next to Sir John Reith, also
"
It is 3 case, once more, of world revolution or downfall.
would have
present
emergency and until further order be taken the bishops cannot re- gard as inconsistent with loyalty to the principles of the Church the use of such additions oz devia- tions as fall within the limits of the proposals contained in the
Book of 1928.
·
All the trouble, has come from the invective that has flowed from unonioned mouths, prompt-
Whether the policy thus in: ed by outraged noses. Why is it, dicated was wise or unwise may be says the society, that smokers a matter for discussion. It is the have been allowed such latitude policy which the Archbishop deems with their stale exhalations, right to follow in his which are not regarded as O major or even as a minor offence, when the scent of onions is still an affront for which apology is expected ?
Own
diocese.
Accordingly he is not prepared to take any such action as you de aire.
DUCHESS OF KENT
London, Jan. 4.
A bulletin laued from No. 3
It is, in part, the extraordinary power of the onion to evoke the associations of a whole meat. The man who catches a whiff of onion or garlic is carried in ima- gination to a well-spread table; nad, in a dyspeptic and dieting "There 18 no sinister motive age, he has no wish to be so further bulletins wil be issued.— whatever in suggesting me to speak transported.
following the Lambert-Levita case,
spoke...
here," he declared. "It merely Rejecting the first obvious mo- things so far ahead. This is the dera remedy for any ill, the in-
Illustrates the danger of arranging
Belgrave Square to-day says the Duchess of Kent is making very good progress and the infant Prin- cess is gaining weight steadily. No
British Wireless.
portunity of saying what I really harm and the summons to agri- paper and so enabling business think about the B.B.C. without any cultural science to perfect and men to recall what they wrote It was, Bir Josiah Stamp said, a propagate the odourless onion, and decided on the previous day. There are some, it is true, very exhilarating experience to be the society has rejected also the
terms of reference."
a member of a Corporation like the idea-now being shown in Lon-who hate the whole idea of dup- B.C.C. constantly exposed to doses don in the play of Rabelais's licated records, and hold that one of criticism and having the satis.story of the Dumb Wife--that copy of anything written is taction of feeling how right they those who hnd their senses vexed generally one too many, Tor were and how wrong the critis.
can get rid of the vexation by them the telephone remains ideal,
"
IDEAL POINT,
The relations between the B.B.C. getting rid of the sense that for telephoning is not attended | and its customers had reached an suffers. No noses are to be cut by the physical risks which ac Ideal point certainly not enjoyed by uff. But, instead, by resolute company face to face altercation. rany Government Department and education the human nose is toIt is also terminable at will, with #certainly by no business,
be trained to like onions as much a single emphatic gesture,
#1 In hundreds of ways the B.B.C.
has tried to raise the public taste. as do the eye and the tongue. To-day is the golden age of the The B.B.C.'In another State of the
Praise of the onion need not telephoner, before contrivances | realm, and its creation is a tribute be confined to the more familiar record on wax, as, alas, they can, to the genius of Sir John Reith, uses. It may without illegitithe very words and tones. But who has worked with inanite capa mate boasting be said that the the far from humble quion too city and inanitesimal salary in the whole fabric of modern business has a great role, and the Courts service of the public, added, Sir Josiah
rests upon onions, for the partof Law would be lost without it.
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DIVERTING ASPECTS
“PIRATES!””
BY
PHILIP NESBITT
The subject of: Chinese pirates. I find completely charged with interest, The very phrase evokes pictures of the most ex- travagant villains the Western seas have produced. By compari- son, the famed banditti of Italy's hill country were naught, as are those wild and well armed desperadoes of the days of Jesse James. Bandits are pirates; pirates are incredibly bad men in their own right. Those full some legends of our own weil beloved Captain kind and his bloody consorts wax pale beside stories which Altered to my ears when I was in China. One hears horrided ladies, tea cup in hand, tell of terrible but yague reports--e of the doings of Chinese pirutes down at Macao (the "great gambling city of China). Those boundless deeps off the coast of Macao are, in effect, the happy hunting grounds of this brand of pirate.
Most of the Chinese pirates are so because of family descent. It's a distinct profession. Mothers and wives of pirates abound; therefore, the supply of apprentice pirates is ever ready.
Ruthless, soulless, utterly cruel men... of the most unmi-. tigated cunning and resourcefulness in their mode of acquisitory attack. The Chinese pirates only dwell upon certainties. When he perceives, from the lofty poop deck of his taway coloured junk, the smudge of smoke indicating a coastwise steamer, he, doubtless chortles and chuckles with fiendish glee through the black oplum stained holes where his teeth.once were located.
The attack is simple enough ... requiring a quick swoop like that of a hawk, well flung grappling irons and a wild shrieking overflow of pirates onto the pante stricken native sallors and passengers of the luckless coastwise steamer.
With the same delicacy that distinguishes a herd of wild boars entering a sweet potato patch, do these attackers meet their Victims. Rings are torn from fingers, wallets ravished, suitcases sliced open. Shining, razor-edged knives are the answer to re- sistance, wielded by sinewy armed and awe-inspiring murderers. Every sack of rice; every bundle owned by the simple Chinese travellers is confiscated and chucked across the rails onto the funk's grimy deck. If there is no necessity of preserving the. victim ship. It is promptly scuttled... with all hands. In a genuine pirate attack, in the China sea (where in the green depths, crawl), the principal motive is the taking of all valuables and the destruction of all evidence.
Richard Halliburton, traveller, speaks of being present during a visitation of pirates, while bound for Macao. Then, it appears. that the pirates were reasonable friends... open to sympathy. and argument. I feel, somehow, that Mr. Halliburton gilds: the lly. Perhaps, Instead of pirates, the villains were but impove rished robbers, travelling on the ship as was also Mr. Halliburtön.
The virtues of these pirates are singularly few; they are excellent navigators and unsurpassed seamen. They achieve more speed from clumsy craft than seems humanly possible. As to their home life, frankly, I do not know. They doubtless would “ protect their wives, daughters and general offspring. In sp- pearance, they are terrific, appalling; skin almost black, cloth- ing consisting of worn and stained garments, bells sagging with the weight of knives and pistols, In my life, have never glimpsed a Chinese pirate. I have often wondered what I would do, if, while crossing to Macao, the steamer should be met by - them. I'd probably be as gentle as a lamb and meekertjent je In the old sailing ship days, when Yankee clippers and trad ing schooners made their way through the Dutch East Indies In search of those fabulous spices and treasures of the Orient, the local governments of the Chinese mercant cities were not opposed to tipping on the pirates as to the location of cer tain heavily laden ships on their return" voyages to Boston. When, under this treacherous circumstance, a ship was captur- ed, half the cargo went to the pirates and half to the arm with which the transaction had, just been made.
* These outlaw people nourish in places far removed from America, often becoming to wealthy that they retire in great
The Late Mr. G. H. Potts
The funeral of Mr. George Hatton Poits, whose death was reported in our issue yesterday, will take place this evening at. - Happy Valley. As x-mark of respect the Hong Kong Stock Ex-
change of which he was Chairman, will be closed to-day.
POPE PASSES
FAIR NIGHT
Condition Remains Stationary
Vatican City, Jan. 8. The Pope passed a fair night. His condition remains stationary, Reuter's Bulletin Service,"
CONDITION OF HEART, UADSES ANXIETY ·
Vatican City, Jan 4,
GERMAN FLAG INCIDENT
Dutch Government's Viewpoint
The Hague, January 4.0 A note of the Dutch Government. cealing with the allusions in the German press to various incidents which have taken place in con- nection with the forthcoming marriage of Prince Bernhard von, Princess ppe-Biesterfeld and Juliana, was handed la at Berlin on Monday, according to an an nouncement by the Dutch press.
It is officially announced that the Hocal disturbance from which His Holiness the Pope is suffering
The Dutch Government, it is add- can gradually continue to improveed, has taken note of the request
or can even be completely remov
received - from the German Göy- ed, but that the, condition of his
ernment that all possible steps heart counsels prudence and judg should be taken to suppress für- ment, owing to the very nature of
ther. demonstrations which could Its condition and the Pope's age.
Le interpreted as a diaparazement The fundamental causes of the or the German flag and anthem.. Pope's illness are described as a The Dutch Government however, condition of arterio schlerosis," continues the government" press with prevalent miocardiac localisa service, while appreciating that tions and a disturbance of the the German
Government. was rhythm of the heart.
acting in good faith had “some The Pope's condition is reported | misgivings. since the request re- as unchanged and it is understood ferred to incidents about which that Dr. Achille Bonanone, the the German government”, was. Rome specialist, who performed a inadequately Informed, and the slight operation upon His Holiness request showed a misunderstand- some months ago, will be called in ing of the character of the forth- for consultation to-morroW.
coming marttage.
The first oficial bulletin, issued earlier in the day, confirms the gravity of the Pope's illness.
Frum the very beginning it had been the Queen of the Nether lands wish that the celebrations
The state of his heart; it is ad-should bear the character of a. mitted, renders the Fope Hable to a fatal attack at any moment.- Reuter..
CONDITION "UNCHANGED
family event in every respect. In this connection the Dutch Govern- ment bad informed the German - Government that the only flag, other than the Dutch national Rome, Jan
flag, to be displayed will be the family colours of Prince von The Pope's condition remains un-Lippe-Biesterfeld, and not the changed although in spite of the flags of the former principality seriousness of his illness he is still of Lippe-Detmold. There was that in full possession of his faculties.. no occason for the display of the In the first detailed statement | German national flag from official since the beginning of the Pope's | or private buildings, and the same. present illness the Osservatore applied to the playing of the Romano" declares that the con- German national anthem. It le dition is due to arteriosclerosis further pointed out in the note, which is gradually weakening the that the Lippe-Detmold song - has heart. In view of the advanced never been played on any omelal age of the Pontif cinsiderable | occasion,
anxiety is felt in Vatican circles. | Tranaogman News: Bervice.
In spite of his critical state of health the Pope received Cardinal Becy and Pacelli on Sunday as well as three church dignitaries. iricfud-| ing the Archbishop Boughertof Philadelphia who will be the Papal delegate at the Eucharistic Con- gress in Manila,
It is stated here on reliable in formation that should the Pope overcome the present crisis he will not be able to assume the full duties of his office for a considers able length of time
·Tenhsoizan Newa Service.
ROYAL "ARTILLERY DESERTER
* Manlia, Jan, 5. William Gould, deserter from the - Royal Artillery"- Hong Kong, WHO stowed himself away on the stes mer Nankin and thus ranched this port, is being returned to the 11- tish Colony to-day,
He ty aboard the CP, Empress of Canada.
p Router.
luxury and richness ....... and in that fashion, so Chinese, great respectability and dignity!?
Be cautious and careful when you anticipate going to Maci for a bit of gambling," going there might loose your reserve finances; in returning. It- you've succeeded; you might forfeit your winnings; then, agdiri you may never as much as hear of a pirate funk for all the days and nights you're travelling across that curious sex in the stifling heat or the bitter cold