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THE CHINA MAJI, MONDAY, MAY 8, 1960. A

Communism and Christianity

Communism is a Christian horosy, said the Rev. Charles C. West, speaking at the wookly moet- ing of the Europaan YMCA Armchair Group yesterday,

Rosary

Church bazaar

badmap Inclement weather"!

falled to affect attendance at the special bazaar held in aid of the Rosary Church Extension Fund at the St. Mary's School compound, Chatham Road, yesterday m In alle of the Intermitten rains hundreds of patrona, old and young. flocked to the tale throughoin the day. By 4 pm. it was estimated that 2,000 people had visited the bazaar. M

“It «(Communism) is a ter ligious faith in its essentials. It is not a scientifle, materiellet philosophy. It asserts, ha hay

A hundred

years ago

Tales told in

in, "Ching. Mail" files."

Christion truth; which the Christian Church of its time the Editors (first referred to had forgotten. For this reason (in' this column a week ago) it has much to teach. But it is sulla heresy. It is a faith which continues:

PERSONALITY PARADE

No. 10--Acting Chief Justice

Not many people begin their his title as Assistant Attorney to David Copperfield and the General was changed to Crown Boadla refused Uliver Twist his rise in the course of time to Counsel. Eleven years later he second helping of grudi, acting Chief Justice. How was appointed neling Chief Jus- ever, Mr. Justice Williama tice, and assumed the same role in 1947 when the then Chilet| does not belong to the or- Justice was away on lenvan exte dinary rank and file.

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When Sir Leslie Gibson, the Chief Justica of Hong Kong, went on leave two months- ngo, Mr. Justice WUliams, the Benfor

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Research into law

A studious man, he still pus In 1935 he served on the Exe-sues resourch into old bomen an cutive and Legislative Councils ns low. He devoids considerabio D11 Omelal member

time, to preparing hier judgments, and writes most of them down by Mr. Williams married in 1935) hand before dictating to his when he was on leave in England. Secretary,

Mett #soft-spoken atid retiring, he Invariably declines the limelight. Few officials have been, photo- graphedus seldom.tus: he. Ho attends all the omelok functions, but Hong Kong hostesses have a hard time persuading hum to at tend private cocktail parties. Al- though he is not an abstainer, he thinks drinking quite unneces sary,

Pulsne Judge moved into his all heresies, certain aspects: the controversy between Chambers. To bận, this traps His daughter, now 14 years of

Country at schoola, 10 The fac ference of duty was compara-nge, is at present in the Old tively simple thing. He had bean acting Chief Justice on two pre- He is a tall, courtly Irishman, vlous occasions, in 1940 and, with greying hair and a small 1947,

muustache. A very fresh com- plexion is heightened by expres- sive blue eyes.

is not as good as the Christian | Wo. have much pleasure fu faith in its wholeness-ngh as publishing, principally for the satisfying, not as complete its infarination of the Editor of the God la, the dialectical. overjong Kelis Register a letter ment of material things in hier tory,” the epcuker declared, In a denouncement of Communism as on idealism which hides full reality from believers

Mr. West was giving a study of Communism In Relation to Christianity thru

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He brought to the office ex- perience gleaned from stay.of more than 20 years in Hong Rope All during that time he moved from office to office, from resid- ence to residence gathering dato and knowledge which he is now putting to good uso,

Ernest Hilton Willems was born in Cork, Ireland, in 1800, He went to school in Dublin, and finished his education at Trinity He was a brilliant College.

from Mr. W: H, Mitchell as in his ditorial, today the Editor of the "Register" seemed of be ignor ant as to whether or not his Sub was a Beocon, By reference to the letter the Editor, will and he is not a Deacon in any sense of the word, but only a Bachelor of Mars he spoke to that Arts, And further let the Editor Marxi

the speaker; said; that ↑ (Mary's) belief that rejoice, Mr. W. HaMitchell will scholar, especially in the thorny The function, the object 149077 ||

some time, 80 that no now he won a gold medal. He also arn, merg, reflections arrangements will be necessary, secured a distinction in expori- Rosary Church Extension Fundy of the production ralations no We hope this will be quite satis- mental sciences. At that time,

and was officially opened by other words, the social class in factory to the Editor. It is so to mathematles and the selences in Henry Valtorto, Catholic Bishon which the world is divided. So ho ourselves, and we trust the public terested him mostly, and he did of Hong Kong, who expressed did not

not consider taking up law ng à profession. visitors would stay and gener ously support the bazaar.

which was to raice $50,000 for all thought continue writing for the paper for subject of mathematics, for which

t: The Editor of the "Register"

wish that in spite of the weather act any direct, al-f will be equally gratifled.

e balloved that religion would | compinina that while we discuss disappear when the classless 10- the causes which led to Mr. W. Stalls, some of which were cloty, free of oppressioned this H. Mitchell's appointments, we

to

wus ***

forced

Inside move

the tablished. Lenin

say nothing of his qualification He believed that the for the bench, and overlook the echoal when rain began to fall altitude.

morning. In the

were well Communist Party should concen patronised. The stalls included traite, first, on changing the society Question of economy which would have been effected by raising Mr. and

recon- May to that dignity and putting shooting gallery, dart throwing.] through revolution hoopin, shing pond, wishing

religion only the pulice under charge of Mr. struction, where they could weli and other áttractions.

identify it with

with Caldwell.

The Editor over the

they

were try-captious. On the morning of last Itefreshments were provided by ing to

secondly, on Friday we had not the slightest intention of noticing the matter at all, and the paragraph In Baturday's paper was merely an introduction of a couple of ex- tracts received the day before publication.

to

A. S. Watson and Company educating the people in a scienti Hong Kong Boltlers, Federal In- Be meterialist philosophy in which corporated, USA, and Nestle's and religion, would have no place. A

Milk Angle Swits

Products for religious worship, leave it Llimited.

alone, and let it die gut. This har been with some

variation, the policy of Communist governments ever since."

The 16th, 18th and 19th How Teen Boy

the 7th Scouts, and Hong Kong 2nd, 5th and 6th Girl Guides were in, at-

Kowloon tengarico.

Andy Hidalgo and his Hong Kog Musician's Union Band, and the St. Louls Industrial School by Mr. de

Band conducted Groat contributed greatly toward the success of the bazaar.

The Feverend Father H. De Angelis, Rector of Rosary Church, Announced that prizes: left over from the bazaar will be sold at a Jumbo ale to be held at the Parochial Hall in a future date.

Ching's attitude

Experience will enable us Judge more correctly of Mr. Mit chella qualifications; one proof we hear he has already offorded by committing a man for trial he fore the Supreme Court on the suspicion of larceny. The Editor of the "Register is forgetful; months ago we recommended that the duties of Assistant Magistrate be entrusted to Mr. Moy thus saving to the colony. £500 a year,

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After happy academic years the time came for him to embark on a career, and an interview with his father induced him to try his chances the Coloplo Service. One carly December moming an envelope arrived, and in-li was-a letter from the Colonial Office In- formlug him that he had been posted to Hong Kong,

Prior knowledge

He arrived here in January 1024, when he was 25 years old. He had spent his time during the journey to read all he could about the Colony, and when the ship docked he hdd a fairly good knowledge of the place, its people and customs,

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He is modest, but by no means nondescript. A habit of choosing the right word cultivated over

Mr. Justice Williams

Mr. Williams is best described as an outdoor, mon. Bis--work- ends are never spent in the city. He developed the habit of moun- tain-climbing during the years be spent at Talpo as District Offer Today he is happiest in a pair of old slacks, cilifibing up uniraversed patha in the hills beyond Kowloon,' with the aid of a walking-stick.

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Ife is also a keen tennis player, and does a bit of golfing now! and then. Some years back he main- tained a yacht, which he used to good advantage in exploratory trips to all tử nooks and crannies of Hong Kong and the New Ter- ritories.

'Mr. Williams was a member of the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps in 1941; and was interned by the Japanese when the Colmy fell. In 1943, was one of the first group of prisoners which the Japanese shipped to Jnoshima. He remained there-- until the end of the work.

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In addition to his official duties 1 he was always interested in social

a period of yeara.- now enables work. He served on various com him to decuss any subject with mittees. In 1947 he was chair- for hours man of the War Memorial Fund. remarkable lucidity at a time,

After half a lifetime spent in His judgments are delivered the Colony, he la now almost re- with force and power-bis con conciled to the peculiarities of

inevitably lever tomboyant, he is a picture mer and the charm of November. precise, the place, like the heat in sum-

of immobile severity at court, Still, he was fascinated at the but in bly chambers, and at home first sight of Hong Kong, which or at parties among friends was more beautiful thon he had he is a charming and gracious boen led to expect. He arrived gentlemen at a propitious scapon, when the school. temperature was neither too hot He decided to make nor cold. his home hare.

of the

old sedate

But early in his career he the inevitable suffered from malaria, which was one of the fow sicknesses he ever caught in his life. Whilst he lived in the New Territories he had num- Mr. Williams lives simply in uorous bouts of it, but, when he fint which good taste has beaut!- overcame the disease he entered Aed, and care transformed into the fold of the true Hong Kong' home. He misscu. the rolling habitue he became immune to green of Ireland, but makes up it from then on, for lost time whenever he fa al home by excessive bouts of gar-13

Mr. West then said that thi was most vividly expressed in Chinu, "Religious liberty is a cially

the Chines expressed in Constitution--it expressed a freedom of religious faith. The Russian constitution guarantees freedom What does this guarantee mean? of religious worship.

But though we did not intend

A year before his arrival an- In Russia it means freedom for taking notice of the palpable job

by which the Colony is burdened other young Englishman came to worship as a permitted activity in the Soviet stote. Since the war with the new official, we are not Hong Kong for the first time, and sure, that we will not enter upon also immediately fell in love with two theological seminaries hove

the subject fully in a few days. the place. He is Sir Alexander dening.. been allowed to open, whose pur-

In the meantime we deny dia- Grantham, the present Governor. pose is to train men to lead in worship.

There is a state bureau Unctly that the Editor for Like Mr. Justice Willioma, Six He reads a lot in his spare leading members of the medical

paper was ever under obligations Alexander began as codet time, mostly biographies of the and Tegel professions whose tra tor, cults and one for the Orthodox to Mr. W. H Mitchell. Mr.

carly Victorians." 'He does not ditions are exacting. We wish Church whose function is to see Mitchell, to suit his own views, that churches are given facilities

12 | stances the facts and dates are. Dities published anonymously in Mr. Williams gradually fell care for Action of any kind, al- to make it clear that in all in. fur worship and to, control them columns; for the truth of much into the routine of colonial ad though when he was at college be furnished by the subjects them. of After alx devoured grent sections of Die selvier, while the main body when they try to go into activitier that he wrote we took his word, ministrative work, which go beyond worship. There and it was in the firm belief that months doing various jobs he kens and wept secretly behind the articles in the work of our Is still no freedom for religious he did not in any degree stretch went to Canton to study Cane pillars when Micawber was mean reporter. Last evening saw Stantoy propaganda, though freedom for the truth that we gave admission tonese, and remained. In the

a further step towards

propogando it to his papers. So far from be British. Consulate, for a year. He. given in the constitue, we suffered great pecuri- of that time, but circumstances under obligations to Mr. Mit- was not quite perfect at the end

Stanley association inaugurated

Lake

keeping up with the world the

economic

when the "Chik Fung"

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officer.

Young-Men's- Society-held-its Mr. West said that the nublish some 11 g the courage to compelled bim to return to Hong

inaugural meeting.

The associatioa is mainly

munista for

nublish-some-of-his-communica-Kong believe that a man is lions. This would never have

the purpose of promoting friend-conomically determined. "They been complained of, had he not

tara

..of

·

In most

Deakin hits Communist agitation

London, May 8

This serice of sketches includes.

Canadian

record flight

Washington, May. 0,-

He continued to study Canton ship with others through the alm to centralise control of the been silly enough to assert that ese for another six months, and under obligations to by the time that was over;

ho spoke the Southern Chinese medlum of sports. Also the Assc-conomic system in the hands of we were

him. the People's Government" so that

dialect with facility and under- clation hopes to cultivate the cul- It

We congratulate the Editor of slanding. Interesta among the young may be carefully planned. In

some places this hits the church the "Register" upon their friend

Mr. Arthur. Denkin, General- Canada's new twin jet fighter men of the village.

The inaugural ceremony was directly, as when their land of ten years standing; we would Having acquired more than a Secretary of Britain's biggest pland, the OF-100, made its in- attended by many of the village so heavily taxed that they must remind them of a homely old working knowledge of Chinese,

from elders and members of the "Kat give it up, or where no subscrip- proverb-but it will occur to the he was ready to assume greater union, the Transport Workers, ternational debut today by Fong

tion for the support of a Christian recollection of these astute Gen- responsibilitice. He became as tonight accused international streaking 365 miles

Chinese Communism of world-wide Toronto to Washington .in 48 our ald. tlemen without

Wo sistant Secretary for During the meeting Mr. H. de Institution is allowed. V. Bouten of Sa, Stephen's Coll-laces the economic pressure. Je would also assure them that we Affairs, and disposed of his duties agitation among dock workers minutes.

distinction. to further Soviet interests. indirect. In large parts of Chine

*W.A.- Waterton, The pilot hear enough of them and their with considerable ege was invited to be a private business, professions, and friend of ten years without being Later, he was posted to the New!

born -veteran of the the association. After presenting farm

farmers are so heavily. taxed, at

as at the expense of hiring a spy Territories, first a District of He said that there was constant Canadjár

at the international RAF, apologised to Andrews Field cer Regies of office to the That not to be nhle to support day pri-† to watch their movenents: cor, then Commisaloner, and lived agitation bors of the committes, Mr. disrupt the economy of offaials for being so into." "It

house to house as his positions) this 'country.

{ should have taken us only 35 congratulated the members of the wise. This economic power oven

Deakin, leader of the minutes," he said, on arriving at Association for their ope worklike small amount required to run once with which we listen to the altered.

curront scandal of society, they

Mr

the Air Force base, "But we got for the young men of the village. church, reverts to the govern would not prefer such a rkiiculous Shortly after he came out East, world's biggest single union-hia of our course."

charge. The Editors admit the Mr. Williams was attracted to Executive, represents | Luout hig speech, Mr. Bopter

lengthened vilt from their ten law, and began to study it seri-) 900,000 members--guid at a Sun

United Biplos Air Force officials for the thanked the association for bentur they gave him in

years old friend on the forenoon ously. He took his examinations derland mooting, know from sald, however, that the time pro- him in asking

of the December 23, Surely in 1930, and was cailed to the Bar international contacts that there bably was a world record for the him to be patron, of the associa

must, havo, been something very in 1935. As soon as this was is constant agitation at inter- Toronto-Washington flight. As far urgent which would call the achieved he entered the Logal national level to disrupt the as they grow, there has never been official from his office in business Department, with which he has economy of this country. * 6 speed run on that course before. hours. Gentlemen don't pay mere been connected ever since.

Most commercial airliners on non- Idle visits to Gentlemen at that

"Stoppages have taken place lo stop

flights take about three time of the day.

the transport, Industry in many hours,

in re-establishing the association

tion.

ment,” the speaker sold.

He promised he would do SS.

his utmost in alding the progress

of the association. He added that

sport

was a good medjura by

which contact can be muda with people of other districts, "Ro

ss. Champollion sailing today

Tho us. Chimpollion of the

First postparts of the world Australia marked that Sinnley Village lack- Cic. Des Messageries Maritimes Viewing the men, the place of

New Zealand, France, Italy, and ed a playing held and continued is expected to sail this morning mesting, the circumstances under His first post in the Depart- other places designed to further, that Mr. D. Ruttonlee was at PID from Hong Kong for Marseille: which they meet and subsequent meat was Assistant Attorney that polley which International sent applying to the Government

and Saigon with events, the mind is forced to the General. In 1910 he became Communism regards up essential for a vacant piece of land to turn via Manila

conclusion that on the 22nd of potins Pulene Judge. Later up to further the Intereals of Soyle. it into

a playing field for the more than 200 passengers on

December 1838 Me board

of the same year he was appointed Russia, Reiter. villagers

luded between acting Crown Solicitor. In 1097 The committee elected

The French ship arrived here off lance was concluded com-

the Hong

Government Kons

and Mr. Mow Lang-fat 8 am, yesterday from Marseilles the Independent, Mr. Lee Yi-cheune. With de gasgensere on board. Ding maculate. "Hong Kong, Register".

Mr. William. whether them landed in, Hong Kong It has since been duly ratified Witchell's boasted powered of Mr. Cheng ary; Mr. Mow

M while

Dassen the

gaye patronago Invective could entice ping, Treasurer: Messrs. Cheung gers en route, fo

gave all it had cross the boundary which sep- Bing, Cheung Tse-sans, Mow MayAmong the 150

fam, and Yu Chakekwing, com are expected to embork to patroni arajes public from private life.

mittee members.

SIKH TEMPLE-

OFFICIALS

At the Antuiat Cloners),

at the Sikh #Temp)

the followli

abuse

to which

morning are Mr. and Mrs."?

It was recently urged upon Quins and their. 19. months old ternis of amjily-promised ((a byl is.... Corramendent that baby, and. Mr. and Mrs.

Leder perfectly voluntary promise cor- press: was, bound, to expos Cry, Quino (s a British diploic talny) stan treat on Pasionis gross legmoralities of public matic 'ancial in Japan returning wühe gentlemanly, courtesy At but we do not kubi to England on home leave.

The same time, the sul editor did 1 opinion starther"

|_ Mr. R. Ledez fr the manager at threatens up with powers of extended to,

MM's Shanghai often.

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davestive?, for which ha is "second public: nature. (Th to none in china”, The, publier. paar; buta úpon planter this letter inay seitig the Yani, The question of ausiliiention for ast office. We'religrate

we have

up to

Somo, meakin

ved for years

Australian U.S. naval talks

Sydney May. 6. Becret talks have been held in Canberra,....... Reconting

Bunda) noy Parnowspaper

to 55 plan bitween the American and Royal Australian rigvils in the sport of

Arthur Radford

Chla

Th The Jet plane-the newest . Canadian contribution to the

airpower North American was brought to the United Statia for k: demonstralion bo- fora United, Blaits Air Fores officiala on Tuesday. The Secre

Mr. Louis tary of Defence, „Johnson, in "expected" to "be" on hand, for, the showly, PageSh

Navigator Michael Cooper Silp- per sald “We got mijes off our course, u, because of the overcast.. He said he and Waterton (nelly found themselves West of Harpers- Ferry, about 40 miles West of the

Tashington course they pital And a Pavizhpy, Built by the A, Y. Reg Compensal taxonto, it was

dignated for the Royal Canadian---

Foren-ha, a-long-range-all-.

Setghter for North Fair defence-United

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