THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
SATURDAY, JULY
1926.
TARIFF PARLEY,
CHINA ANXIOUS TO RESUME.
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CRITICISM
IBY THE REV. GEO. E. ARROWSMITH, M.A.]
JAPAN RESENTS BLAME.
Interviewed by press representá- Matt. 7. Judge not, that yet So wrote Byron, who was to suf- tives in Peking on the 9th inst; be not judged." As a psychold for much at the hands of morni Mr. Sun Jun-yu, the Chief Secret- glat our Lord was far ahead of II critics in later days: how true are generation. Many of His pithy his words. He who delights in Bry of the Cabinet, stuted that the Bayings about human nature might making others stand at the bar of Chinese Government is expected have been taken out of one of the his own judgment will be caress- "shortly to ask the foreign Power suigrice fudge not that ye based and fawned upon perhaps, bat modern text books on" mental od and fawned upon perhaps, but concerned to re-open the Tariff not judged," what is that but one he will really inspire feplings of Conference. Its idea is to appoint of the procosses of what psychol- dislike and hatred. 12 now delegates to the Confer-ogists call "projection" expressed
ence, including Foreign Finance, Agriculture and. Commerce, and Communications Mintaters. Direct pra General of the Tobacco and Wine Administration and of the Revenue Council Dr. W. W. Yen, Mr. Llang Shih-y, and Dr. Wang Chung-hul
JAPAN ANSWERS CRITICS.
Tokyo July 8-Commenting on the suspension of the Chinese Tariff Conference, the Tokyo Nicki Nichi, in its editorial to-day, ac- cased the New York Herald and the. London Observer a British paper, of their shifting the responsibility for the suspension of the Confer- The journal ence upon, Japan. continued.:
"Judge not." yes, but it is not
his recent book on Psycho-Analysis There are times when we should In popular language? Hunt In always possible to keep quiet. speaks about the self reproach that makes itself felt in a man's open our lips boldly and say what mind when conscience grows ne our minds with neither fear tive, "This, of course, is a state of altogether; contrary to the teach- nor favour. Fault-finding is not affairs that nobody can be expecting of the "Sermon on the Mount." ed- to appreciate," he says; "as 2 refuge it therefore becomes more Jesus Ilimself was continually
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our own self-reproach in a man-it is, right to speak out, when it her which causes us the minimum is our Christain duty to hold up of inconvenience, and indeed in before others a mirror in which some cases affords us a certain to see their sin in its true colours, ameant of positive satisfaction." but we should be very careful how In other words if I criticize an- other person's conduct harshly, um probably "projecting" my own faults and failings on to his shout- "It was the change of the atti- ders, and, in giving judgment First, it should be done Privately tudes of certain Powers that has against him, I am in reality pro-"between thee and him alone" brought a deadlock to the Confernouncing my own condemnation. says Jesus. Parents and tench ence and not Japan, who, on the That is the considered opinion of Lers would do well to remember contrary, did ber utmost to ve modern Psychology, but Jesus this." Children are shy, self- up to the letter and spirit of the Christ new all about it back in conscious creatures, and public Washington Conference from first the year 30 A.D., when He said, reproof in ao humiliating to them "to last.
Japan, therefore, is the "Juge not that ye be not judged." that too often it leads to sullen- most qualified to talk about res Those who would condemn the noss and bad-temper instead of to ponsibility. We consider that it Bible of-hand is a collection of penitence. And the same princi- js rather a silly thing to try to seientific inaccuracies would do ple applies to our criticism of the ahirk one's responsibility. Such on well to note that over and overfallgrown. Go on the house-top act is not the way to benefit our again in recent times the voice and bellow it forth and the only selves or Chinn."
of the scientist and the voice of effect on your victim will be to the Christ are substantially in embitter him against you. But agreement. In the case under speak to him quietly in private, Tokyo, July' 3.—“Personally I consideration the only difference as man to man, and maybe you am not discouraged. besiuse we is that whereas Jesus was an will save his soul alive and hide have not found a panacea for all adept in mental psychology it has a multitude of sins. our ills in the Pacific in eight taken us over nineteen centuries
In the second place, necessary months, declared Mr. K. D. Sie to catch up with His knowledge.
be done wart, British delegate to the Cus "Judge not that ye be not judged," fault-finding should
are toms Conference, referring to the said Jesus: "Speak not against gently. difficulty with which the Powers one another, brethren," said the has been confronted at the Peking apostles. Over and over again Conference, during the course of a censorious spirit is rebuked, for his speech at the weekly luncheon to judge another is to usurp of the Pan-Pacific Club, yesterday. I Divine The British delegote's speech in part is as follows:-
NOT DISCOURAGED.
Authority,
* “le speaketh against a brother,
k judgeth
Gentle methods always the best, and sometimes n reproachful look (such as Jesus bent on the erring Peter after his denial) will be more effective than that a whole wagon-load of spoken
or censure.
brother, speaketh And then, lastly; fault-finding against the Law and judgeth the should be undertaken very very Law." Generally, then, we would humbly. We should take heed to do well as Christians to avoid con- ourselves leat when we have demning the lives and characters preached to others we ourselves of those around us.
We are not should become castaways. I am
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"When the Conference opened last October we found ourselves in the position of being fourteen dif- forent countries or about that num- ber with all sorts of different in terests to consider. One thing we in a fit position to criticize their convinced that a great many souls NORTHERN TUPAN'S ACTION. had in common, however, and that conduct for we cannot see the moare thrust dowr, yet deeper into was a determination to give China tives governing their actions; it
the "slough of despond" because fair play. I think we were all is only God who can try the heart of the tactless manner in which bit suspicious of one another be then let us leave all judgement to Christiana try to draw them out. cause none of us could guess how Him, and if we cannot find any The well-meaning rescuer points the others felt about events in thing good to any of others we can out all the faults and flaws, but China. These feelings soon wore at any rate keep silent. Far bet- he does so in such a merciless and off as we were able to get better ter to be a deaf-mute than to in-unsympathetic manner that he acquainted with one another, and jure another's character with an only wounds where he wishes to I really think that the more we unfeeling tongue.
be in all humility test haply the heal. If we must condemn let it knew each other the better we liked one another. That, at any
Recording Angel turns upon us rate, was my feeling and I think
and says, "Why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, it was fairly universal,
and perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?'
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PACIFIC PROBLEM.
"I suppose we all feel that the problem of the Pacific lica chiefly
hit;
"Fear not to lie, 'twill seem a lucky Shrink not from blasphemy,
'twill pass for wit; Care not for feeling-pass your
proper jest, And stand a critic, hated yot
curessed,"
in China, and we felt we were I think the Conference made good
given the task of trying to go a step along the way towards solving
this problem,
"
QUR VISITORS.
The customs conference is in
progresa."
"It cannot be solved finally with- the nature of a Commercial Trenty, out Ching herself having a hand though not quite the same thing. in the solution, and, if I may say. so, this is one great element of If you will look back and see the difficulty.
"After the delegations had been
length of time such treaties have in Peking some time and settled taken to negotiate in the past even down to work, some roain princt-between two countries I think you ples began to emerge and we be-will find the time is often counted gan to form little unofficial com-in years rather than months. mittees to discuss and exchange "If seems to me nothing would
views.
TAKES TIME
be worse than to produce some sort of treaty that was no remedy at all and left things worse than they "The Chinese were anxious to were before. We are earnestly seek- raise more revenue from the Cusing a solution and so far as any toms and a small sub-committee instructions or understandings ! was formed to settle the question. have ever had up till the time I Of course, this was not easy. On left Peking, we had no intention of one side we had twelve or thirteen breaking off the Conference. Of countries and on the other side course, I do not know about what China, and we had to agree. To has happened during the last make it as simple as possible we month, but it would take some con- settled upon how much China wish-vincing mo that anything like this ed to raise and at this time we was in the mind of the British Gov- mada fair progress. We came to ernment." aq unofficial agreement with China
about the sum which ought to be
"In looking back at the work
aimed for and then the Americana, done I think I can say that at the
Photo shows officers of tho visiting Japanese naval train- ing ships landing in Hong- kong. Left to right: Vice Admiral Yamamoto, H. Į, H. Prince Yamashina, Capt. Steele, A.D.C., and Flag Lleut. Mizuno, (Photo: Mee Cheung).
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MOTOR ACCIDENT.
CAR LEAVES THE SHATIN
ROAD.
American system of giving pas-ear occurred on the Shatin Road A nasty accident to ก motor sengers a dollar for every minute on Thursday night and resulted in late in arrival is not in existence a Chinese "mctor 'driver being with militarists interfering with of the Duro Garago, in China, says the Shanghai Times. seriously hurt and Mr. W. Curtis. communications, and every little minor injuries
receiving
get his own private train, the day Mr. Cartis had travelled into non-commissioned officer able to
It appears that earlier in the railways would go worse than the New Territories by train, in- bankrupt.
The special express running be- Butek car.
tending to return in a two-seater tween Tientsin and Peking. for telephone message was received! In the evening a which a special rate is charged, from him at Taige stating that was held up thre. hours recently the cat had broken down and owing to interference by one of asking for a tow. the northern war-lords, who hap-
pened to be passing at the time. In response another car was The No. 6 exprees, for which set out to fetch the Buick in. a special fare of 60 cents for a The cars were linked up satis the jour 3rd clask ticket, $1.20 and $1.80 Factorily and started on for 2nd class and 1st class res-ney back. While going along the pectively, and which is supposed straight plece of road at Shatin, to claim precedence of any other with a Chinese driving the car, train, caught up the military train scems the tow rope somehow carrying Tapun Chu. Yu-po at got round the front wheel of Buick and snapped. The Langfang. According to regula-the
cor took it tions, the railway officials shall impetus of the arrange for the express to proceed without warning, over the edge of to 'the rocks without the least delay, but in the road and on this case the military flatly refused below. The hood of the car was down at the time and both Mr. to allow the express to precede
Cartis and the Chinese driver were them; while the military train was thrown out and it seems likely the stopping at every station to review cat turned one or two complete the troops, en route, wasting about somersaults, for it "nally landed on half an hour in each, the express the wheels on the had to follow its wormlike way the ses ghore patiently...
The driver recolved severo in- One full hour was, thus wastedjuries and was almost anconscious. at Yungtingmen, where a number Mr. Curtin had a very bad shak of impatient passengers detrained ing, but appeared to be not and went home by ritshas. Owingsenously hurt
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to the congestion at Chienmen an- With difficulty the driver was other half an hour was wasted in carried up to the road and put shunting work before the express into the other car and brought was able to reach the platform, in to the wook Wah hospital, arriving shortly before midnight. "Now, gentlemen. I must thank
Ottawa, Canada, June 11.—Lady | The Buick had to be left where Japanese and ourselves were told time I left Peking the foreign dele-you for the attention you have Willingdon, wife of the new app was At the time the tide to get our advisers together to Béations were approaching agree-paid me and I shall ait down, 1 Rointe, as Governor General of was low; otherwise Mr. Curtis and if we could make suggestions that ment on many important points. hope, with a feeling that I have Ennada, je known to booklovers the driver might have been thrown "All of us have had to modify convinced you that the delegations throughout Dominion as the into the seh As it is, it is would suit everybody, which we did or rather which suited nearly our views, and nothing is more lif of all the powers at this confer "Marid" yho gures in her mo- expected that the car will be everybody. At this time we had cult than to detail answers to ence are enrnest in their intention ther's famous book, "The Voyage covered at high tide. A break- Chinese delegates to work with and questions when you have to guess to do their best to solve the prob- of the Sunbeam." She is the down gang went out yesterday to
how the question will be put. lem before them."
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