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Of special significance to the Portuguese community, the Pro cession of Our Lord dos Passos at the Roman Catholic Cathedral yes terday afternoon, was attended by a very large gathering.
The function was all the more unique owing to the presence of woven Bishops, who had arrived in the Colony to attend the Chapter of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions of Milan for the purpose of electing a successor to the Very Rev. Fr. Paul. Manna, the retiring Superior General of the Institute.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26,
1934.
MAKING MEN OF SIR E. GRIGG ON
BOYS
UNIQUE EXPERI-
MENTAL FARM
A unique experiment of self- government among boys committed to their care is being carried out by the Wesley Church Mission's boys' training farm near bourne,
Mel-
KENYA
·A CORPORATIVE STATE?
Nottingham University College has reprinted the remarkable Cust Foundation Lecture which Sir
ment, complete with prime minister, year.
The boys have their own parlia-Edward Grigg delivered, late Inst their own court and their token coinage, and thoy conduct
Sir Edward Grigg begins by their own church meetings; says noting that Crown Colony govern- Austral News.
ment atili prevails throughout Mr. E. M. Derrick, an enthu-Central Africa, but has shown The Bishops present at the Pro-instic young man, who has been weaknesses in Kenya, whose prob
intensely interested in boys' wel
own
cession were the Rt. Rev. Mgr. Y. Fare all his life, la now, through em constitutes a test case..
his experiment, produting remark ablo results.
B. Auselmo, Bishop of Bengal, the Rt. Itev. Mgr. Henry Valtorta, Bishop of Hongkong, the Rt. Rev.
If a boy is a school boy, he at Mgr. B. Vismara, Blahop of
Lends the Misalon's own school and Hyderabad, India, the Rt. Rev. does his share of domestic work Mgr. E. Segrada, Bishop of each day. If he is over school age. East Burnin, the Rt. Rev. Mgr. Ehe is trained as a young farmer, Belotti, Bishop of Nam Yang, Through Mr. Derrick's methods of Honan, the Rt. Rev. Mgr. Melf-government, the boy has Chiolino, Bishop of Wei Kwei Fu, chance to acquire experience in the China, the Rt. Rev. Mgr. Bonetta, many phases of community life in Prefect Apostolic of Kengtung such a way as to equip him to meet Burma, the Rt. Rev. Mgr. Tacconi, the complicated conditions of the Bishop of Honan.
world.
The Procession headed by the. Chinesc Catholic Young Men'a Society, after which came
the Society of the Apostleship of Prayer, the full Catholle Clergy and then the Relict of the Cross, borne by the Rt. Rev. Mgr. Auscimo, wha presided over the Procession. The other Bishops followed. Then came the Angels, carrying the in-anniyse the requirements of their fellows. Each week parliament struments of the Passion of Our mesta to manage the affairs of the Lord; the Statue of Our Lord dos community. Passos, and lastly the band of the St. Louis Industrial School follow- ed by the faithful.
The
problem arises as soon as an edu- cated or active body of focal opinion asserts itself. 'Room must be found for its representations. On the other hand, Downing-street is ultimately responsible not to local opinion but to the Parliament at Westminster, and it is therefore impossible for a local executive to be subordinated to a local legisla ture without depriving Parliament of Its functions.
Sir Edward Grigg next calls at- tention to the perfunctory debatos PARLIAMENT MEETINGS.
on Colonial issues, to the un- A parliament is elected each familiarity of the average British quarter to govern its own com-Minister with Colonial questions, munity and to make laws which are and to the readiness with which expected to be kept. The boys.pick Irresponsible bodies like the Trade and learn to vote for their repre-Union Congress lay down prin- sentatives, who in turn learn to ciples of policy without studying the facts. To these circumstances he attributes the vacillations in the Imperial Government's Kenya policy, and he therefore advocates some redistribution of the func- tions of government in Britain one to give Parliament greater freedom to handle its major rea-
A court, with its bench drawn from among the boys, handles the many behaviour problems which The canopy bearers were Messrs. arise, and the correction of faults. F. H. Barnes, H. Dixon, A. F.
Should a boy fail to be a law-ponsibilities. Osmund, M. A. dos Romedios, E. Vabiding citizen, he is tried by his M. R. de Sousa and C. A. P. Xavier, peers and two boy judges hear the while the statue bearers were case. He is punished In such a
Messrs. J. G. d'Aquino, · A. B.
Barros, C. Pintos, J. S. dos Remedios, F. A. V. Ribeiro, L. L.
dos Remedios, A. J. C. da Rocha and C. Vas.
After the Procession had circled the Cathedral, a solemn Benedic- tion was held, at which the Rt. Rev. Mgr. Auselmo officiated;
A' sermon in Portuguese delivered by Fr. Jose, S. J.
The Address,
was
After the Benediction, an ad- dress to the Rev. Fr. Paul Manna, the retiring Superior General of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions of Milan, was read by Mr. H. Dixon, the President of the Catholic Mission, in the hall of the Chinese Young Men's Christian Association.
way as to make the experience as corrective as possible. Ordinarily, thrashings, it is considered, are not sufficiently corrective.
WAGES BOARD.
duties and learns to handle money A boy, receives payment for his wisely by negotiating a token coin- age in an almost complete system of banking. A wages board con- trols this scheme. To this board he may be appointed a member, thus becoming an employer, paying wages each week. A boy buys his own boots and can purchase sweets and books, and in the bank, run by two Inds, he can save his money. He pays income tax and entrance to his picture entertainments. Each week he has his board to pay and has to meet other ordinary obligations.
CHINESE WALL.
the In
main, however,
Sir
Edward is concerned with Keuyan conditions. He refects out of hand the policy of building a Chinese wall round tribal institutions. Even if it were practicable, young
These demands forbid the transfer Africa demands "opportunities for evolution on European lines." of full control to the white settlers. On the other hand, they, too, havo their rights, particularly as re- garde taxation affecting them- selves and if these rights are to be withheld, the settlers should be removed altogether, with compen-
sation.
Rejecting, then, the idea of a white oligarchy. Sir Edward also rejects the only apparent alterna- live the maintenance of Down- ing-street autocracy pending the further development of Western ideas of government among the Africans. He takes a leaf out of Mussolini's book and develops,
This was attended by all the Bishops, several of the Clergy and members of the Catholic Mission. Each boy receives a star to wear Mr. Dixon, in his address sald: for each complete month he keeps Your Excellencies and Reverend out of trouble. When he has won Fathers The happy decision to six-stars-ho-receives added-pri-with-humour and the caution. hold a Chapter at Hongkong in-vileges. He is encouraged to bulld stead of at Milan for the electios his life on a religious basis and is Proper to a member of Parliament,
of a new Superior General has surrounded with many influences to afforded to the Catholic Community that end. of this Colony an unique oppor
The boys get a solid grounding tunity of testifying to our most in the vocations to which they show appreciative recognition and most aptitude. They are being estimation of the admirable work given a most excellent chance in performed by the Fathers of the life, and in most unges they are Pontifical Institute of the Foreign taking full advantage of it:
ORGANDIES Missions in Hongkong since its
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foundation In 1867.
Many of the older inhabitants will remember the Mission's first Bishop, Mgr. Timoleon Raimondi, who by his tireless energy. and' indefatigable efforts in the Colony and abroad-Including special visit to California, Mexico and Australia to collect funds-was able to see the realisation of his ambition to build the present beautiful Cathedral of the In maculate Conception.
Progress By The Churcht. The present flourishing state of Catholic Institutions in this Colony, including several fine new parish Churches, colleges, convents, hos- pitals and Homes for the Aged and Blind. is a vivid testimony to the progress, moral as well as material, effected under the adainistration of the Pontifical Institute.
MEDWAY'S CRUISE.
SOCIAL AND ATHLETIC FUNCTIONS AT MANILA
Manila, Feb. 25. Aboard H.M.S. Medway, the first social affair of the British war- ships' visit here, a brillant ball, was held on Friday night and was attended by leading British and other residents.
an attack on politicians. Cannot we equip our Crown Colonies with some form of representation which would dispense with them? Sir Edward answers his question by Auggesting the appointment of functional Boards which, while at first advisory, would eventually throw up men capable of running their respectivo departments. Such Boards would not permanently from take their members away their local occupation, and would be open to all races. The Boards would be representative, so far as the activities of government were concerned, of corporation covering the economic life of the colony.
Sir Edward submits this plan as a via media between the incom- patible alternative of local self- government and Downing-street responsibility, and cites his own experience of the already existing Railway Board as evidence that it
On Saturday afternoon Admiral Uthal entertained the British and American submarine officers and their wives aboard U.S.3. Augusta, would work.
In a friendly soccer match, the a two-all Medway's team played draw. with the Philippine Olymple éleven Saturday.Our Own
#spondent,
Gor"LET MR. BALDWIN BE
THE JOCKEY"
Lord Beaverbook's Advice
That the continal and increased wonderful progress in the number progress in the religious life of the versions especially since the advent Colony is being constantly afmat of that tireless and Indefatigablo is manifest in the Increase In worker. Archbishop Costantini, the Sodalities and Societies for the late Papal Delegate to China-that young as well as for adults of both the harvest field in Chins is now sexes, and in the orgnalsation of regarded as almost boundleas, the Catholic Action and the Catholic harvest being limited only by the Lord Beaverbrook, speaking in Press,
number of missionaries available Nottingham, urged that the policy The marked progress of Mia for the work. sionary work in the fields under In conclusion we wish to tender of high wages should be made an
issue at by-elections. your jurisdiction in China, India, Bengal and Burma is also too well known to call for encomiunis on our part as it is sufficient to look at the annual reports to admire the con stant endeavoura and untiring zcal explicated by you in extending the Kingdom of Christ, a work which has been crowned by the most splendid results.
to the New Superior General, when
Through these, he Pald, they elceted, our heart felt congratula- tions and wishes for the same pro-should use the whip on the Con- greus in the mission field during servative Party, which dominated his term of offico as that which the National Government. marked the years of the past ad-
He would give a place of advice esmest minintration. It is our wielt that God's bicasing may to the Conservative Party. fructify the field for the propaga tion of the Faith and that an evor
"It is this," he added. "Don't make it necessary for us to use whip and hold up a carrot. Ride to win the race, and let Mr. Bald- win bo the jockey
It is an honour and a great Increasing number of priests may pleasure as well to us Hongkong be found to labour for the work of Catholica to give expression to our the Pontifical Institute for Foreign admiration for such achievement. Missions.
We desire also to show our Your Excellenclos, we pray your Lord Beaverbrook said that Mr. gratitude for the work which the Superior General, when elected, to MacDonald had paid £60,000 of Confreres of Hongkong have done lay at the feet of His Holiness the public money for the Codex, but here, and what more providential Pope the humble homage and heart was vory vague and uncertain opportunity could we have than the felt gratitude of His devoted chil- when they talked to him whout present of making this humble but dren in Hongkong.
restoring unemployment cuts,
spontaneous public manifestation The Ray. Fr. Paul Manna 10s Mr MacDonald might
to your Excellencios assembled here plied briefly, expressing his thanks
for the election.for the cordial reception given to the Bri
Conversions In China,
them, and appealing to the his own:0 The various Catholls Missions Catholica of Hongkong to pornovero, the Gospel
find these In China have been making such in their religion 1
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