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MR. HERBERT FARJEON,
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17. 1919.
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE FRAWLEY. COMPANY,
MR. VERE MATTHEWS.
MR. GORDON BLYTH.
MR. EDWARD HARFORD.
MR. TAYLOR-GRAVES.
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Marshal Foch taking his first rest for years, hore-hown with his grandchildren in front of his chateau on his estate at Plovjean in Brittany.
TOMMY'S RELIGION,
FAITH UNDER FIRE.
The conclusions arrived at by Dr. Cairns in his report on the religion of the soldier, have aroused much interest throughout the old Country.
A feature of the Juarez celebration of Mexican Independence Day was the prize float of the parade, entered by the Juarez Japanese. It represented a big battleship. Japanese and Mexican flags were intertwined and a banner bore the words, Viva Mexico."
LADY DECIFIS
A recent photo of Lady Decies, who says Ireland is the most prosperous country in the world and would be all right but for agitators.
BUYING THEM BACK,"
GERMAN PURCHASE OF SURPLUS STORES.
of the more thoughtful there was,
that the enormous stocks are not "The experiences of padres the line. The night before we they were taught in childhood and is some realisation that the varied. The best type of chaplain, had a regimental dinner. After were holy. But they have a pro-
offered in a way that would dis- suffering was the outcome not of made converts to Christianity dinner someone told story in found scepticism of all dogma
courage industry. The way in The adju-land
which we sold Ministers Rolls- the will of God but of the wrong-every day by his example. He very doubtful taste.
3 frank contempt some doing and wrong living of men never failed to get crowded ser tant, a man of exquisite tact, more so than others, but all in
Royce cars the other day shows that we are alert to the need for who had broken away from that vices. Those chaplains who went to the piano and sang. He some small degree--for the clergy which they were meant to be. I found lukewarmness on the part chose something from In a and ministers as a class; at The Treasury has benefited to catching the market. The motor- have known men who. to the of the soldier should have looked Persian Garden":
for the men themselves, but the extent of £168,359,448 as a cars and vehicles which we have. casual observer. wculd not to their own weaknesses to sup-
"Myself when young did eager-
mainly because of their profes-result of the work of the Surplus already sold have realised very have appeared at all religious. ply the cause, and not attribute
"Water craft have recently been tary of the Royal Navy, Army, and the still greater one that in all the course, no soldier cares to pasado beard great Argument.
The Rev. J. H. Bateson, Secre- who have shared this idea, and it to the apathy of the soldier. Of frequent Doctor and Saint, and sional disputes and jealousies. Disposals Board up to the end of satisfactory prices.
which bring down the great and August. Only 20 millions of this insoluble problems of life to the sum have resulted from the sale handed over to us by the Ministry Air Force Board of the Wesle san welter of slaughter God somehow his religious beliefs before his About it and about: but ever-level of a debating society. The lof dumps of Army supplies in Shipping. In fact, the work Methodist Church, has given his was with men sharing their comrades, but I never found & more.
soldier is religious, and it is France, Belgiem and Egypt. The done by the Surplus Disposals views on the subject to the Daily sufferings and ever seeking to man who was really religious. Came out by the sanse Door as because his religion is big and dumps in Belgim are now being Board up to date is generally Next
belp.
Before he would express his in I went."
real. that be unconsciously re-valued in order to be sold to the admitted to be so satisfactory that the suggestion has been made "My experience is that the
But after all are we going to faith, however, he made quite "The easy Oriental fatalism of Tolts at the seeming tleness of Belgian Government. soldier has a real religion," he get much good from mere critic-sure that the listener was really the words made a great impres the goody-goodies.***
Recently a transaction amount-in responsible quarters that the said. "It is proved by the general ism Churches are only made up sympathetic.".
The Rev. I W. Pichance, Waring to 65 million marks was Board should be given a messUTE cleanness and high moral charac-of human beings, very liable to
An ex-soldier, writing on the sion on us all and I think
remained with mast of us. And den of the Church of England carried through in Cologne, the fof confiscatory power. At present It is due to this
Germans buying back er of the men.
war we cannot sell until the War this is not surprising, feeling as Soldiers and Sailoss Institute,
Admiralty, or Air that there has been no blot on our err. Would it not be better if the subject, says:
critics altered their tactics and "Organised religion has suffer-
has wacked material and stores taken from Office,
them in the war. The material, Ministry has declared stores, fag. It is also proved by the began to help to remedy weak-ed a great setback through the we did then, that we, toa, might| Aldershot, who
soon be like Omar Khayyam's among the troope for unselfishness, kindness, and bro-
Church parade' is largely foolish prophets
himself as it is understood, could not have we frequently have to contend years, expresses therliness of the men, revealing esses they are so ready to point war.
responsible, for church going was
beer satisfactorily utilised by the with a disinclination on their part Government.
to make the necessary 'declara- thus the true spirit of Christ. I
"The conclusions of Dr. made a matter of discipline, andAnd their months are stopped appalled by the utter ignorance of soldiers in Christian know-
Lord Inverforth, whose business tion. would go farther, and claim these
officer who not of faith. I well remember with dust." Christian qualities as the direct served in the 7th Division, are the revulsion of feeling when I The opinion was expressed by ledge. It was not at all uncom-
ability is widely recognised, is harvest of the years of Church not those which my own personal saw, in the early days of my one of the most active officials of mon to meet soldiers who did not the chief force in the Department work, not only among these men, experience lead me to hold. In service, an officer reading the the
Discharged and even know the Lord's Prayer, and
Howard Frank, Lient-Col. Buck- BETTER THAN OLIMBING. but among their mothers and the hour of danger most men lessons on Christmas Day, 1914. Demobilised Soldiers and Sailors it was an exception to find one and he has the help of Sir
Berne.-Mountan climbing is fathers and among the genera-instinctively appealed to God for He read of the Prince of Peace. Federation that the attitude of who had a real knowledge of the ley, Major Philip Dawson, Sir W
H. Ellis, Bir Sydney Henn, and not what it used to be. Landing places are being levelled on Alp- Already there is an organisa-protection. It's true they parad- and his sword clanked against the soldiere and sailors towards principles of the Christian faith.
religion is the attitude of the
There was very little difference Sir L. B. Peters.
"Bales by auction gives us a line peaks and now the tourist tion at work for keeping in touched a belief in fatalism; but they the lectern as he read."
vast majority of men of all classes between the officers and the men,
ay reach the summits by plane, with the discharged soldier. One did it merely to cloak their own
"Can you wonder at trench in this country. "Deep down in and he ascribed it to the vagueness good basis for "fair prices," an man sees is the Padre. He scade cent of those who called thern- religion being, touched with their hearts," he said, "they are of religious teaching given to the official stated to a member of without the hardship and diff- of the last people the demobilised religious feelings; and 20 per
selves fatalista bad never heard Eastern fatalism? In 1916 we fundamentally religious, with a young in the public and ele- The Daily News staff recently caly of climbing over the ice and
but we bave to take care szow. of Omar Khayyam.
were a new battalion going up to sincere reverence for such things mentary schools.
tions that are gone.
in to headquarters the man's name and address, and we send that off by return post to the minister of the man's parish. The minister can then welcome him home, and make him feel that the Church really cares what becomes of him.".
"For
Dr. Patos, head master of the Manchester Grammar School, giving his opionion said he in- clined to the view that Dr. Cairns generalised too widely in his con- clusions and suggestions. instance," said Dr. Paton, "fatal- ism in the soldier, as such, is no. product of this war. The idea that every bullet has its billet ie as old as the bills. From the days of Hector every soldier has been more or less of a fatalist and the fact that this is still true has no bearing on the main issue.
"Take another point. Would it not be wonderful if in face of the horrors of the war men had n sometimes been afflicted with oubt as to the existence of an omnipotent God who is all love?}
Satar to me there is ev
out?"
Cairns," says an
An ex-officer asks:
DOINGS OF THE DUFFS.
"
"TOM, I DON'T BELIEVE THIS DRESS LOOKS QUITE RIGHT FOR AN AFFAIR ÜIKE,WE'RE GOING TO TONIGHT, DO YOU? GUESS
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I DON'T THINK "THIS LOOKS
VERY GOOD EITHER-DO YOU?
·GUESS THE PUT ON MY LACE
TRMMED DRESS
WHY, THE ONE YOU
HAD ON FIRST WAS ALL RIGHT -
OH TOM LOOK HERE A MINUTE! YOU COME IN AND TELL ME HOW THIS · HERE AND HELP
DRESS LOOKS -
ME DECIDE SOMETHING-
BY ALLMAN,
MY KARDROBE IS JUST AS MUCH ·
OF A "TRIAL AS YOURS -
HELP ME DECIDE WHICH
·RECKTIE. I SHOULD
WEAR--
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