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HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1931.

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ARMISTICE DAY.

dren in the objects and work of the League of Nations one bas only touched the surface of the thing,

bly urges the Governments of the States members to arrange that the children and youth in (Continued from Page 5.).

their respective countries, where

Men will only believe. In the There is no security in our such teaching is not given, be present absence of war as shown made aware of the existence and League of Nations if they be in peace and peaceful by this continued competition in aims of the League of Nations lieve armament, and by the present and the terms of its Covenant." methods. They will only believe events in Manchuria and the ex-As a result of this the League in peace if they believe in the treme anxiety with which the prepared certain recommenda- possibilities of human nature. them to And no one can truly believe in world is awaiting developments. tions and submitted

In 1927 the human nature nature without! History shows us that in the States members. past, though the majority have British Board of Education call believing in Christ, not realised it, peace has always ed a conference of Local Educa- been precarious. And this has been because men have not been convinced of the possibility of peace.

Peace can only be secure if we set it before us as a positive good to be worked for, and if neces- sary to suffer for. An annual affirmation of the public will to preserve peace is of great value. Armistice Day is the best oppor tunity for this,

Friction Inevitable.

It has been said that perhaps Ipeace in the full sense is impos- sible among nations of sinful men competing for a share in the re sources of a globe in which the population is pressing upon the That is means of subsistence.

to say, friction between nations is inevitable. Disputes are sure to arise, but they may be aettled without war if the popular will to avoid war is sufficiently strong,

It is plain, therefore, that there is great need for the edu- cation of public opinion through- out the world,

We are glad of this oppor- tunity to commend, with all the weight we can use, the League of Nations. The Christian Church is commissioned to preach the Gospel of peace, and It quite fails in its duty if it does not support the most Christian International organisation the world has ever seen.

over

In 1919 the League was an ex- periment, auspected and sneered at. To-day it is no longer an

and Over experiment. again in the past twelve years it has much more than justified its existence. Only the very unwisc or the very ill-informed sneer at it now. But a great deal of edu- tion still remains to be done be fora the League can have behind it the power of public opinion which it deserves, and which it must have if the world's peace is to be secured.

League Lauded,

A Hong Kong League of Nations Society has been estab- lished, and should be supported by all who long for peace. Its membership is still far too re- stricted. Can we not use this Armistice Day to increase its numbers greatly?

POPPY DAY.

Goa! GAS! Quick, boys! An

ecstasy of fumbling Fitting the clumsy helmets. just

In time,.

But someone still was yelling out

and stumbling

And found'ring like a man in fire

or lime,

Dim through the misty panes and

thick green light,

As under à grech aca, I saw him

drowning.

In all my dreams before my help.

less sight

He plunges at me, guttering,

choking, drowning,

The rest of Wilfred Owen's ' poem Dulce et Decorum est from which, the above lines are taken is too painful to be quoted here. The sole consolation to be gathered from it indeed is that the man in question died. Many however, did not, but are to-day hopeless invalids.

Stin others, wo were patcedh up, have broken down in later life, the victims of tuberculosis.

For these the British Legion Village of Preston Hall holds aut a hope, for while it offers medical care and attention in the best conditions it also ex- deavours to put into practice the teaching of the great dis- ciples of medicine, by making it possible for the sub-standard individual to work for his living; The prototype of Preston Hall is found nowhere else in the world. Sales of the products of its industries rose 1925-0 to from £15,882 in £71,122 in 1928-29 but fell to It is to £53,045 in 1929-30. be feared they will fall again this year.

Such ELY

enter- under for prise must not go lack for funds.

tion Authorities, and by 1929 it had become the practice of most of these to request their teachers to give regular instruction on the League of Nations.

Education.

How long must we go on say- ing that so long as human nature is what it is wars will continue? This is not only hopeless, it is blasphemous! It is a denial of God as we have learnt to know Him in Jesus Christ,

A Higher Task.

We Christian people have be fore us the task not only of urg- ing support for the League of Nations, but the far higher task of reminding men that there is a God a God of truth, a God of righteousness, a God of peace; and that when mankind decides to live and work in harmony with Him and in the power of His Spirit then peace will come upon earth.

Every year at Christmas time a wave of peace and goodwill. spreads over the civilised world. For a short time we allow the Holy Spirit of God, the Spirit of Why love, to have His way. must we lose it again with the New Year? Barriers of dis- tance, barriers of class, break down at Christmas. Is not this an indication of what the Spirit of Christ can do with human nature when given a chance? Extend this spirit and maintain it, and you have the prospect of realising, as Viscount Cecil has said, "the dreams of that long! line of poets and writers, of philosophers and theologians, of rulers and statesmen who have Been a vision of a new world in which 'nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more." " Thoughts in the Silence.

use the How, then, shall we two minuttes silence at the Ceno- taph? Surely not only in back- ward-looking. That will get ug nowhere. In Moffatt's transla tion of chapter seven of the Book of the Revelation it is promised that those who have been faith- ful unto death "shall hunger never again, and thirst again."

never

Our thoughts in the Silence may well begin with those who never again shall go through the same experiences, but we should go on to pray and resolve that never again shall! such hell recur.

Let us, therefore, spend the two minutes in genuine prayer to God. Let us shut our eyes and really pray...

Remembering the devastating toll of life and wealth and morals

Although the Hong Kong Edu- cation Department has taken cer- tain steps to keep the work of the its teachers, I League before understand that no regular teach- In constituting this Societying on this subject is given in Hong Kong has merely followed Government Schools. Could not

better late than never what this be done? There is no ques- which the Great War levied on has been done elsewhere all over tion that the future of the suffering humanity, and hav- the world. There now exist well League of Nations and worlding in mind the insecurity of over a hundred distinct League peace is in the hands of the ris-our-present peace as represented of Nations Societies. In Great ing generation. They know little by the name "Armistice Day," Britain and Northern Ireland or nothing of the horrors and and even perhaps by the troops We are surely standing about the Cenotaph, about eight hundred thousand futility of war. persons have joined the League failing in our duty to them if we let us pray that God may give to of Nations Union since its in- do not give them a more enlight- the world through all its leaders ened outlook in this matter than a true love of peace, and keep auguration.

Are we not re-ever bright in our minds the hope In connection with the educa- we inherited. tion of children there is still sponsible for teaching the chil- of the day when they shall not much to be done. In 1928, at the dren of this Colony wherein Hes hurt nor destroy in all God's holy Assembly of the League, Dame the only real hope of future world mountain, and when the earth shall be full of the knowledge of Edith Lyttleton moved a resolu- peace. tion, which was passed in the But when one has spoken of the Lord as the waters cover the following terms:The Assem- the education of adults and chil-sea.

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