SEA SCOUTS.
Interesting Address by Captain Streatfield.
BOOK WORLD.
Modern Christianity and
*Its Failure.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1913,
“AN ENDURING
CHEAPNESS".
The rise of prices in the last fifteen years or no has been þ An address was given by Cap- "In Christianity, a Colossal phenomenon of far-reaching im tsin Streatfeibt, R.N., M.V.O., of Failure?" This is the title of portance. World-wide in its HMS. Triumph, at St. Joseph's a shilling edition, the ork of range, it has adversely affected Collage, last night. His rdship an anonymons abor styling wage-earners everywhere, writes Bishop Pozzoni was pro ent, and him-elf "One of the Bees," Mr. Chiozza Money, M.P., in the others who attended included published by Stacey Pul and Contemporary Review, and he Major Bowen, A.P.D. and Mr. de Co., 31, Eanex Street, Strand, enggests this explanation of the Martin (Inspector of School ), London, W. 0. 13. general rise: What between catural Bishop Pozzoni presided, and appearance is somewhat decop.increase of population, a rieing in introducing Captain Streattive, for. from the coloured standard of life all over the feild, said. Ladies and Gentle-cover, boring the picture world, and a great smigration: men, add Boy Scouts: "Greater of a well-preserved diprified from low wage to high” wago love than this no man hath then clergyman gizing at countries, the time soon came a mao lay down his life for his a company of gaunt-faced, pover when world exploitation, although friend." (St. John. Chup V. 13)ty-stricken individuals, to the rapid and continuous, ceased to Those are familiar words to you as numerous illustrations in the body keep pace with the world's de- they are to 10. I quote of the book depicting the wretch-mands for many important com- them with a certain amount of ed los of many of our poor, one is worities. appositeness to-day, as I have the prepared for a vigorou onslaught What of the future of prices? I honour of introducing to you this on the Christian religion and on think we may rely upon soientfic evening a distinguished member ita failure to uplift the masses of endeavour to be equal in the of the Service to which the hero humanity. That expectation is long run to the production of an of Trafalgar belonged ind to encouraged by the frequent re enduring cheapness. The weapons which Lord Charles Beresford-ferences in the early part of the of science have not yet been taken the First Commissioner of the book to England's claim to be a up in earnest by the nations of Sea Scouts-belongs. I introduce
men. It is no more that haphazard to you Capt. Streitfoild, of His
and careless effort which has been Majesty's Ship Triumph, now in an attack-is not on Christianity applied to the world's resources. this harbour, It was Earl Nelson itself. The book is an elaborately Men in a hurry to get rich have the patron of the 8th Portsmouth extended argument of the failure despoiled territories and wasted ("Lord Nelson's Own") Troop of professed Christians to amel-natural wealth in so far as the law who quoted the words of Our iors'e 'the lot of the lower classes. of the conservation of wat Blessed Lord in his message to It is really the lack of Christianity ter has permitted them to waste. the Sea Schule "that you love (as taught by Christ) which is the There can be no reasonable doubt, 000 another." (31 John, basis of the writer's contention, however, that the production of Olap. XV. 12). The injunction He holds that modera Obristianity organic commodities, whether * of that commandiment was most does not represent the teaching of foods or materials, will be so tragically exemplified the other Christ, and he makes it greally magnified by scientific, day when the Mirror-the fine clear that he does to seek to thethod that the men of the fature training yacht of the Sea Scouts detract from or disparage the will produce ample supplies of branch of the By S outs Associn- Christian religion, but, in his all necessary things of this kind tion was run into a Tilbury own words, rather to arouse the with little labour. and one assistant Scoutmaster lethargic and unthinkingly in- As to inorganic supplies, we and three Sea Scouts met their different to a sense of the high may have faith that science will donth like little heroes. About responsibilities which to-day also show a way to the practical, the Mirror and the training which attaches to them as Christians." employment of low grades of ore "it was designed to afford in all
The book is full of terrible which cannot now be commercial- branches of seamanship, we hope facts about the lot of "the subly employed. The economic em to hear from Captain Streatfeild merged tenth" and is written in ployment and perhaps the this evening. My duty ie limited plain, unmistakeable language, colonisation of tropical lands to that of introducing him to you, concluding with "a final protest may, it is quite probable, add
Christian country.
The attack, however-and it is
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also be instructed in morse and semaphore signalling and in the way to steer a ship.
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Scouts paraded about 50 strong, The College corps of Boy
under Scoutmaster Edwardes.
of consumable goods.
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MOVEMENT8.
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Singaporo on the 28th last, san. and may be expected here on or about the 3rd January, a.m
I think it was Captain Streatfeild and a straight talk to Ministere enormously to the world's supply who first organized the Ses of Religion." Scouts at Devonöort, and I hope he will be the first also to get together a troop of Sea Scouts in this important eeaport of Hong kong. You, boye, who, I am sure, are better acquainted with Scout literature than I am, must have seen a full page illustration in the official organ of the Boy Scouts for the first week of May last year. It showed Captain Streatfeild. who was thon Assistant Commissioner for Sea Scouts of the Plymonth district, taking the "salute from a body of the Scouts on board B. M. S, Doris at Devonport. He had invited the 3rd and 5th. (Sea Scouts) Troops on board at King's Park Rango on the
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hia ship, where be (n- rolled a number of rioruit. So that he is no utter stranger to us.. Koight To-day, we are privileged to listen A. H. Bishop to his informal "Talk" on the A. J. J. Brock Bubject of Sen Scout-a subject | K. McLennan that is extremely fascinating. J. Lyon
"There's chum und 1 ea
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the term 'Scouting,'
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A splendid one, too, you may
guess;
It is not the flag-waving or
shouting.
It is not the smart outfit or
dress;
'Tis the spirit that Scouthood is teaching,
The spirit to fight the good
fight,
To stand up for truth and
the right,"
J. Hutchings
J. D. Danby
T. Hamilton
F. Brown
R. Stewart
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Of all this spirit and more we hope to hear from the experiences which Captain Streatfeild may
J. D. Danby be good enough to recount to us J. 8. Livingdon
R. Stewart to-day. (Applause.)
Captain Streatfield, said be al J. Hatchinge most felt like an impostor, be-4. Whitelaw cause, although he was a Com-F. A. Brown missioner of Scouts at Home, he W. Davies had to resign his commission on coming out to this Colony Con- B. Branch sequently he held no official com-A, Whitlaw mission at all, but he had written A. H. Bishop to the authorities asking them Lewingdon to re-instate him, in order Grimebaw that he might be able to enrol Hutchings. Sea Scouts, and teach them. Franklin
He intended to give instruction W. Dobbs on board ship. He had W. Budge already tried to organise H. Knight' instructors, for signalling. McLennan kaotting and splicing, and A. J. Brock the Scouts would be instructed J. A. Lyon in Naval phraseology generally. W. J. May The Scouts would have nothing R. Stewart whatever to do with gun nd Elaon torpados. The organisation was T. Fawcoit created simply to make them J. Gas better citizens and more useful. Jackman They did not pose as fighting A. Smith men at all. The Scouts would. O. H. Cale
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