HONG KONG DAILY PRESS
YORK CONVOCATION
Dr. Temple On Arms
And Peace
The Archbishop of York (Dr. Templet discussed foreign policy in his presidential address to the Joint Synod of the Convocation of York recently, says The Times.
Dr. Teniple said that the general situation in the world was a. source of profound anxiety and disquiet. It was not only an anxiety concerning what the future might bring, but a restlessness of con- selence. He did not see how any Christian could contemplate the recent record of Europe, and especially in relation to Abyssinia, without shame and dismay. It might be that we had reached a point where acceptance of the evil done as an accomplished fact was preferable to any practical alternative,
That, bus Lord- Halifax hnd ↑ justice and, if need be, enforce law. insisted, was a judgment, not of This, which he believed to be moral principle, but of political ex-sound, deliberately accepted force dis- as an Instrument. And if force pediency. And even if he agreed with the action of the was to be used., the available force Government at this stage-as in must be adequate. fact he did. not he would ΠΟΥ think Convocation the place to express his criticisms.
What he was concerned aboy was the process. mental rather than historical, which had led to a situation where the only alterna- the were calamity on the one side and humiliation on the other.
TROUBLE ACUTE
SIR M. HANKEY
TO RETIRE
A Director Of The
Suez Canal
The following announcement was made from No. 10, Downing Street recently:
"The Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasiry has nominaled Colonel Sir Maurice Hankey, G.C.B.. G.C.M.C., G.C.V.O.. ILD., D.CL. for appointment as Director of the Suez Canal, with eflect from August 1 next. In place of the late Sir J. T. Davies. K.C.B., c.v.0.”
of
'A' GREAT CIVIL SERVANT
Sir Maurice Hankey, who thus vacates the triple position He could not help thinking that Secretary to the Committee of Im- these two methods had been con-perial Defence, Secretary to the fused in out national policy with Cabinet, and Clerk to the Privy disastrous results. We went far in Council was born on April 1, 1877,
others were He received his first commission disarmament when taking no steps in that direction. in the Royal Marine Artillery in 1895. and five years later, while (serving as a captain on the Medi-
USE OF THE LEAGUE
If we sought the establishment terrancan Station, came to the of justice and enforcement of law notice of Admiral Sir John (later
nations
must We
first Admiral of the Fleet Lord) Fisher.
among
The trouble became acute when abandon the claim to be judge in When Fisher became Second Sea the Western nations failed to take our own cause, and to that extent Lord in 1902 he took Hankey to the such action as was possible about repudiate for ourselves the claim Naval Intelligence Department at the aggression of Japan in Man-to external national sovereignty. the Admiralty. chuda. He was himself persuad- Meanwhile
an inducement to any other would- be aggressor to test his fortune. The case of Abyssinia was nearer
home. The League of nations did take some action.
TWO METHODS
cern of the Christian as such with this whole matter was centred
De
ners.
We should estimate He was selected in January, 1908.
GENERAL
DEFENDING TONGKAWAN
A Chinese sentry at Tongkawan. In the Chungshan District,
near Macao. (Photo: C.MP.9.).
Porcelain Manufacture Is Still Thriving Industry In Kingtehchen Centre
TWENTY THOUSAND WORKMEN ENGAGED ON 120 FURNACES
Although the war may have swerved the aesthetic apprecia- tion of many a Chinese into more serious channels, the furnaces in Kinstehehen, the famous porcelain manufacturing centre in the Central China Province of Klangsi, are still burning as brightly as over, dally turning out beautiful pieces of chinaware which "symbo- like the nation's 4,000 years of civilization.
A stroll around this historic town leads the traveller into the happy imagination of visiting "Alice in Wonderland." Here and There he is fascinated by the finest specimens of porcelain from fancy snuff bottles to benevolent-looking buddhas; while the streets, piles of rice bowls and blocks of bewildered eyes.
tiles appeal to his
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World Search For War Officers Who
Escaped From Germany
A world-wide search has begun Mr. Bennett says that of 29 who for 27 British ex-officers, who took made the attempt 19 were captur- part in the most spectacular escape the frontier.
ed but the remainder passed over
of the war from a prison camp at Holzminden, Germany.
ed that our own share in that mat- what was certally practicable at to be assistant secretary of the The fallure to present in international fellowship. Committee of Imperial Defence. ter was calamitous.
On the retirement of the secretary act in that case of aggression was and stand for that.
If the nations could not (Admiral Sir Charles Ottley) in
relled upon to put sane-March, 1912, the Prime Minister Lions into force. let ца not|(Mr. Asquith), appointed Hankey to pretend that they would, nor stake the post at the early age of 34. the security of others upon our
Two years later, when the War hope that they would, but openly broke out. Hankey became secre abandon the policy of sanctions tary of the War Council, and in until further notice, while trying | 1916, when Mr. "But it was said that we were not
Lloyd George to create the public opinion that formed a small War Cabinet, Sir equipped for war-cur disarma- ment had gone too far. The con- would reintroduce it with effective-Maurice Harkey, who had been
They made their escape through GEN. VON FRITSCH created KC.B. In February of that Yonder he beholds hundreds of by the workmen with -very mixed a tunnel 150 yards long, which But let no one suppose that that year, was appointed secretary.
took them 10 months to excavate.
Berlin, June 18. chimneys steaming from dusk to feelinga.
The former Commander-in- involved the death of the League.
the dawn. At present, there are about Some consider it as a definite A further Innovation was
Two of the officers are dead, 10 Chief of the German Army, Gen- upon the establishment of justice. The social, economic, and medical establishment of secretariat to 20,000 workmen engaged on the trend to popularize the world use are in England and the rest are eral von Fritsch, who it will be the increase of good will, and the work of the League was invaluable, the War Cabinet with Sir Maurice
120 furnaces. At one time. In the of porcelain by uniforming and scattered all over the world, harmony of all peoples in on and co-operation in those spheres as its head. Sir Maurice also acted good old days, it was recorded enlarging the production; while
recalled retired from the service family of God. "If we pursue
Mr. L. J. Bennett, late of the Air in February, was granted the those high purposes with confused prepared for
a secretary during the meetings that on less than 1,000,000 people others, consisting of the majority Force and now a member of the honorary title of Colonel-In-Chiet minds," said the Archbishop, "we diplomatic co-operation which was of the Imperial War Cabinet, and were employed on the 500 for of the old hands, believe that the Air Force Club. Piccadilly. is or- of the 12th Artillery Regiment in
so much difficult. are unlikely to attain them.
after the Armistice was chosen as
naces. The value of export sales mechanically produced chinaware ganising a search with a view to Schwerin by the German chancel- But also It WIS open to British Secretary to the Peace Con- then was estimated at close to can never compare with the inviting the escapees to London to flor yesterday, in recognition of his There are. 25 it seems
US to use the League: inference in Paris.
£500,000 annually.
handmade articles in dexterity celebrate the 20th anniversary of distinguished services in develop- tt me. two methods open creasingly as the arbiter of treaties Of those at the conference he
their escape on June 23, to the Christian citizen
Kingtehchen one of the most and smoothness-—(CIC); -
ing the army of the Third Reich. and pacts, and the" focus of the statesman. One is the method of moral judgment of the nations.
was said to be the only man who famous towns in China, is situat complete pacifism, which would
had attended every political anded along the Chang River and is Meanwhile the Church Itself result in total disarmament. For must exhibit the spiritual fellow-inter-Allied conference held during flanked by high mountains. It
the War. In recognition of his a profound respect. ship which surmounted all divid-many services Sir Maurice Hankey der an Emperor this I have
was established in AD, 1,004. un- of the Sung though I think it is mistaken.
ing barriers. Christians in different
was in 1910 advanced to GC.B.. | dynasty. Today, it has added im- The other method was that of nations. even in. warring nations.accorded the establishing an International so-must be united in common inter-Houses of Parliament, and made a
thanks of both portance as one of the leading centres on the main highway riety of peoples so RN LO secure cession.
grant of £25,000.
from the eastern war front to the
rear.
and
YORKSHIRE TAKE
FOUR POINTS
EIGHT WICKETS FOR LEYLAND
An Interesting struggle for the 'lead on
the first innings look
place at Huddersfield recently,
when Yorkshire won the four
points at stake by the narrow
margin of 14 runs.
the political and
NUDES CAUSE STIR
AT EXHIBITION
.
AFTER THE WAR
t
On the dissolution of the Wär Cabinet and Home Affairs Com- mittee in October, 1918; a return was made to the older sys em with Sir Maurice as Secretary of the
Cabinet.
Four years
MANY CONTRASTS
Kingtehchen during wartime is
of full
Interesting contrasts. Heavy military trucks roll along the broad thoroughfares, side by side" with the wheelbarrows loaded later r Almeric with china. Modem women with National Fitness Campaign or FitzRoy resigned the office of Clerk shapely legs and high-heeled shoes ganisations caused a sensation at Maurice Hankey, who was
of the Privy Cound, and Sir well disported in the modern slit the Empire Exhibition in Glasgow,pointed to succeed him, combined skirts who now and Kingtehchen by expressing resentment at the from then onwards the duties of hectic days in cities near the front a sanctuary. vividly recount their presence of three nude feminine that once with those of the secre- studies in the advisory council's Committee of Imperial Defence.
taryships of the Cabinet and the to native girls in the traditional short jeckets and baggy trousers. pavillon representing Industria)
He had been secretary of the
poses.
Imperial Conference of 1021, and in November, 1922, accompanied the British delegation to the Was-
ap-
ANCIENT CHINESE ART
On the rain-drenched pltch
The manufacturing af porcelain An official of the Fitness Cam Hampshire lost their 10 wickets for
or chinaware is an ancient Chi the addition of 162 runs in a little paign refused to allow members hington Conference as secretary. nese art. Porcelain differs from
to dance in front of the nudes. He was created G.CMG, in 1929. ordinary pottery. In its trans
its superior Aneness. The controversy was ended by G.C.V.O. in 1934, and he has the lucence.
honorary degrees of N.C.L. (Ox-whiteness and "solidity.." over the screens ord).
Birmingham, and Edinburgh,
under two hours and a half. Ley-
land with his left-hand spin
bowling proved the destructive casting paper force, He cannot have bowled fronting the figures.
better in his career, and his eight wickets cost only 63 runs in 28
Overs
Leyland's bowling often has proved useful, but few outstanding feats have fallen to his credit, his previous best being seven wickets for 57 runs against Lancashire at Bradford nine years ago.
Against the Hampshire batainen he was nearly always the complete master. He turned the ball on the responsive pitch, and he was the
trouble.
and L.LD. Cambridge, Workers at Kingtehchen, most
MAN INNOCENT OF MURDER NARROWLY ESCAPES HANGING
Declaring that an awful miscarriage of justice had been pre- vented, the Ontario Court of Appeals recently freed John Comba, 30, University graduate, after he had been sentenced to death on # charge of murder. “
On August 3 last year Ethel Hedderick was found murdered in the woods near Renfrew, Ontario,
WASHED TROUSERS
Another incriminating feature
and Comba, who was spending a was that some time between the
of whom have learnt the secrets of their trade through their an- cestors are in advance of their brethren elsewhere in China in the colour and finish of their pro- ducts which earn them the re- putation as being the best pores- lain manufacturers in the world. Some of their masterpieces won wide acclaim at the London In- ternational "Art Exhibition in 1:35-6.
HEATING PROCESS
Although most of the furnaces only bowler who caused any holiday at a neighbouring farm. hour when the crime was com- turning out objects of art from found the body in circumstances mitted and supper time, Comba cement, clay, Jasper quartz and The only stand of note was which led to his arrest.
had, washed the trousers he had other ingredients still stick to a that" between the left-hander
been wearing.
traditional process of heating. Pothecary and the hard-hitting He strenuously protested Inno-
imitating and glazing, the whole Budd for the seventh wicket, which (cence, but was convicted and sen- His defence, was an alibi, which industry was, however, invaded by realized 68 runs. Budd batted for tenced to be hanged on February showed that he was miles away at
an innovation several years ago. 40 minutes, and in addition to an 12. His friends secured a review the probable time the murder was
The Klangst Porcelain Works on-drive for 6 off Leyland he hit by the Court of Appeals.
installed scientific equipment for. five 4's Pothecary in his stay of 80
Comba's conviction hung a good Comba is the first man convicted the manufacturing of procèlain. minutes scored his runs out of 95,
deal on a chance remark made to of murder ever to be completely The workmen of Kingtehchen, for and was ninth out at 165. Hla chief hits were a pull for 6 over a woman neighbour during the or-freed by a Canadian court after the first time in their age-old trade, began to feel the pressure the square-leg boundary off Ley.ganised search for the girl. land and three 4's.
committed.
4
conviction.
At a certain point he said, “I Court officials declared that in When Yorkshire batted a second think we shall find something near the entire history of the British time 50 minutes remained for play, here." He turned at right angles Courts, Comba's is only the second and in that time Mitchell, Barber, into the bush and Immediately case where a man has been pro- and Leyland were dismissed by shouted that he had found the nounced innocent and set free after
being sentenced to death. Hill's spin bowling for 24 runs.
body.
of their mechanical competitor.
MIXED FEELINGS. The Introduction of machinery in Kingtehchen's porcelain manu facturing industry was received
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