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THE SWATOW BATTLE. 1 TRADE OF HONGKONG.
BUCCLES OF THE SOUTHERN
THOOPS.
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.
WATOW December 14th,
{THE SWATOW- BATTLE.
As far as we know the complicated
events of the past few days, the 6ghting
more than evident conclusion is that the Southerners bave won, be they have, understand, done all along the line, he retront of the Northerners, with guns,
The following statistics have been taken from the fortnightly price cut- rot and market report at the Hongkong|| General Chamber of Commerce:
COPIUM.
The stocks on December 13th were 200 chests of Patna, 103 chests of Benares,
1st chests of Malwa and 80 of Persian
DANGER OF BEING TOO
CONSERVATIVE, * RELIGION MUST BE APPLIED
NOT THEORETICAL, A SERMON BY THE REV. A. COPLEY MOYEE.
NEXT YEAR'S HOLIDAYS
It is notified in the Gazette that the following Public and General Holidays, will bo observed as Government Holidays, in 1918:
PUBLIC HOLIDAY. Empire Day, Friday, 24th May,
GENERAL HOLIDAYS,
The Rov, A. Copley Moyle, who has just returned to the Colony from leave Tuesday,
January
between the Northern and Southern troops has ended at Swatow, and and Turkish Seventy-five chests of in England, preached at St. John's Monday, 11th February.
Persian and Turkish were imported dur Cathedral yesterday morning. Taking Good Friday, 20th March. ing the interval from November 29th, as his text the words: The Saturday, 30th March. None was exported In uncertified
faith which was once for all delivered Easter Monday, lat April. Benares opium the balance of stocks on unto the Baints" and "Building up Whit Monday, 20th May December 13th was 21 cheats of Patna and yourselves on your most holy faith, pray King's Birthday, Monday, 3rd June. 240 chests of Benares, During the pre- coding fortnight 25 cheats of Benares wore
Monday, 5th August. Monday, 14th October imported, and oven chests of Patha and 27 chests of Benares were boiled by
Christmas Day Wednesday, 25th Decor- Government (opium monopoly Roo
EXPORTS.N
ammunition and baggage, was fairly derly without betraying any sign of hay ing suffered defeat. The officers went on board tha gunhcats, followed by the sol diers. ・・・ On the whole, the offerewe on
Baying quotations for Feathers AAA and NN. ore $17.50 and $16.50 per picul respectively. Outside of these two classes there has been no change in the market There is nothing doing in Ginger, no business in Galangel and only a small business in Cassin Oil: The market in Wood Oit is firm. There is nothing doing in Unit Nuts
ing in the Holy Ghost" (Jude 3 and 20); he said:
Thursday, 26th December.
It is also notifica, that the Police: Magistrates Department has been exclu ed from the operation of the Holidays Ordinance, 1912, on the 30th March, 1st April, 20th May, 3rd June, 6th August, 14th October, 11th November, and 26th DecemberN
The words of the tests bring before us a twofold aspect of the Christian faith ber every big occasion was taken by the (an
which it is well for us to remember tonese troops, although in one or two in
«The faith once for all delivered to stonces there was something like a retreat on the part of the Cantonese, owing to
the Saints, this shows us that there is an unchangeable foundation on which the lack of ammunition. They, however out-
Christian faith stands now in the 20th witted and outmatched their opponents,
contury na it stood in the first Human The bottle round about Swatów was
nature is very much the same to-day as severely contested. It has lasted from the curly hours of last Monday morning ket for Cotton Yarn, with little business has the same needs, the same weaknesses, The fortnight has shown a quiet mar. it was in the daye of Pontius Pilates it till this Friday afternoon. Euring these put through, 10% and 12, being in days business in Ewatow has been prac somewhat short supply, are steady, but the same sins, it has the same need of tically at a standstill. Most firms have 203 have declined by 88/10 Quotations a saviour from sin, the same joy in
Bre
My the love of God, the sume need put the shutters up. The inimbitants on No. 109 at 8140/178. No. 128 at bearing of not the Holy Spirit to over- $188/192 No. 209 at $185/218 Arrivals
IMPORTA
dynamic behind them, no driving foroo.... to help a man to victory. Christianity. us to live it. That student was quite... not only calls us to a noble life; it enables. right. There is no other religion that brings to men the power which Chris-
the landward side of the town have been700 bales. Balca 2,000 bales. Shipments como temptscion and lead us into the tianity gives. In all the great religions. which now or in the past commanded the subjected to the fire of the Southern il. Unsold stock 7,000 bales Bargains way of peace, the same yearning for obedience and ordered the worship of troops. It is strange that although many 17,000 bales, The Woollens market is houses were hit by bullets no serious stagnant In Raw Cottons the values of peace and joy which can only be satisfied vist numbers of people, there was always some grain of truth, some admonitions casualties have been reported among nun China Staple have appreciated to: 250/60 by Jesus Himself.
and doctrines which made for goodness,.. combatants. The battle was waged
But there is a danger of our being too but it was not till Christ came into the distance of a mile-and-half from Beatow per picul and a small businday has been
transacted, while Indian proper. The gang of the Northern ally quoted at 350/gian Cotton is nomine conservative in our religion, of our op world that men received the power which
ere directed away
they need, the power to bo, in some mea troops were
from the town- while those of the Southern troops ware business to report in the Metal Market posing new aspects of truth just because sure at least, what they were taught that. directed towards it.
812.50 per picul January/February ship bear always in mind the lesson of the which is needed in the world today, The Southerners, unlike the Northerners, ment. Tinplates locally are much firmer, building up yourselves On the un To-day we stand at the threshold of & used no heavy artillery. Had they done Stocks are becoming exhausted, and are changeable foundation of the Catholic new era, and if we are Christians who so the damage to Swatow would have unlikely to be replaced for some time. faith the Holy Spirit of God is gradu- believe in our religion, we must work
stly. During last night heavy is gon wins Bred at regular mbarval from The trade in Ychlow Metal of nominal. ally leading them into sus fruth." 16.vo and strive to stalp the new era, with The Northerners duets. The Sugar Market is steady. It must not mistake the customs and inter- the ball-mark of Christianity. And what pretations of any one age for the is that hall-mark? The Cross. The Cross used search heramer
is considered inadvisable to quote for Christian faith When St. Jude speaks of moans self-denial. Lf any man will by
stock is about 250,000 sacks. Quotations are: American Fatent, 84.83 per Back: Japanese And Patent 89.93 per sack Japanese Straight, $3 per sack; Shang- 33.34 per sack. ha Float, $3.05, and Australian Flous
tra houses were reign as well as except a small sale of Steel Rods at they are new, and so we shall do well to the oughts to ba "And that is the power.
מנות
oruiser in the which Ianding Coal The Flour market is dull. The the faith once for all delivered to the coma after, me let bim deny himself and
annoyed them up in the darkness when their allies. In
take cover very wall they
all the
out, it is holy and continu Japanese 3rd Patent, $2.90 per sack it was not till some centuries after tho ness. The tide of progress advances like
indood. Not-
that the total heavy The Northern troops have casualtics on both sides have not been lost more owing to their methods of warfare. They deploy during the day. time in the open, which the Southerners never do.
The Bwatow Consular Body have we believe, dons excellent service in keeping the belligerents at some distance from tho town. and in hastening the conclusion of the battle, and have probably succeed
in socuring & dafe departure for the Northern troops who fought in the im mediate neighbourhood of Swatow. T
What the fate of Chhau An is we have
not yet learned. A battle was hotly con tested there for several days. It has beer taken for
that defett of victory Chhau An
granted at
would termine at Swatow
this result
con We clude that the Chhan An battle has
gone
Jike
seeming madness. The general fooling to-night is that we can breathe and sleep in comfort and blessed quietness!
saints he does not wish us to undertake up, his cross daily and follow me," stand that the faith was completely said our blessed Lord. The orcsa is, or understood by those who first received it. ought to be, the expression of ungelish- faith had been delivered that the logical the tide on the set-shore, Sometimes it outcome of the teaching of Jesus and his seems to recede, but soon another wave apostles about God's nature found expres- comes which carries it farther on. Tho sion in the orced which we generally call world seemed given over to selfislines be- The Nicene. Just as a student who fors the war; men lived and thought for has been well instructed in the principles self and selfish interests, the cross was too and practice of astronomy and has the key often, only the symbol of a inf-denial which opens to him the knowledge of the which, was no longer practised It was stars, will find new facts, new constella. the age of individualism each man for Swatow is now in the hands of the tions, new phenomena gradually reveal himself and then there came the reac Southerners
ing themselves to his careful and pains tion. Belf was sacrificed on the altar of taxing search, so the Christian revelation taty Home and position and wealth has given us a knowledge of God and and comfort and case yen, life itself- His character and His love for men were sacrificed at the call of the coun- which will gradually lead us to ses new try's need. The cross was taken up, and the truth of the paradox of our blessed truth about God and about ourselves
A student who, after some years study, Lord was once again manifested" Whoso has acquired a knowledge of the French ever will save his life shall lose it, but language would not think he knew all whoever will lose his life shall preserve
Deceraber 16th.
[FROM AN OCCASIONAL CORLESPONDENT.]
SWATOW, December 12th. Rifle shots and the report of heavy guna on Monday gave the indications of the gravity of the situation. No sooner had the internal fire during the whole of that day been moderated than it again
Cantonese, cantonede office pred points of operations, bullets (and ̈
Bath
FAILL
The
inhabitant are said to have treated is still going on, and it was reported of philosophy, and history, and every who is working in the hearts of men. Let
military
Mokroportetred:
. troops..
of defeat
that
they
in
in favour of the Southerners and that read in intensity, from-6 p.m. till that the language had to teach him. He is. Individualism has had its day, and 2 a.m. the next day After that it died would feel that he was only at the begin has gone--we hope never to return. The the Northerners have capitulated. I down. Yesterday there was more and wing of what the langungo had to teach selfishness of the individual, the selfish- hita. He had acquired certain facts ness of class, not only must these ease, think their retreat was well-nigh impos renewed artillery fire from the four which would not change rules of gram- but the selfishness of nations must come sible, because they were surrounded by
to an end, the real patriotism must never the
prob who greatly them.
predahly pieces of shraunel, too) fying in all mar, words, and so on, but he had yet rest till it leads us to the federation of bahayed hitherto with moderation,
have directions in the city and around Kialat. to reap the rich barvest which his know- and we hope to hear of
of the
hinders that. But selfishness can be over.. treat
On Thursday a heavy engagement took ledge of the language would give him the world. It is only selfishness that ment of the vanquished by the victors place near Chaochowfoo, where the fight in the realms of literature and romance come by the power of the Holy Spirit
well, excepting cases that the Cantonese troops were defeated branch of knowledge. Se the Christian where orange-groves had been destroyed, by the Northerners under General Mok who has learned the faith" once for all pray that we may realise. His advent. God has come to us now to judgment. and those who remonstrated are said to herners expect strong rein- dose that he can understand God Of This is indeed the day of the Lord. Let
roughly dealt with, ending forombats, and when these arrive a pose or CX- heavy damage to private property by the definire battle will use, the villagers, plein all the socrets of the universe. He curselves and the world more worthy be
is an exodus of heavy guns is not known, but big as principally from the district of Kialai. God is the sum total of all that man must not suppose that what he knows of
of His presence have penetrated the walls of the Angle Many have gone to the troops, bullets tende; He need not think that Christianit must be applied. The selfishness which Religion must no longer be theoretical; Chinese College, and as the College wa
Hongkong. As a result will ever know of the Divine Omnipo of the reckless fiting find you in open daylight it indicates and their way into several residential faith had reached its zenith in the first is at the root of the opposition between certain amount of carelessness on the part of the Northern troops. While a quarters outside the scope of the century or the middle ages of the Be Capital and Labour must be done away
Ειχειρ good deal of fighting took place in the fato the AP.Co.'s instal Christianity is still growing and expand Church, I do not mean the clergy but the
inadvertently
formation or even in the 19th century, with. The Chureh--and when I say the vicinity of the school, at no time did the Southerners, make use of the school lation (in Kindat), and the manager there ing The words of Christ and his whole body of Christian-must say to buildings.
narrowly escaped being
One
night while watching the apostles are seen in every age to have Capital and to Labour Sir, ye are The strategy displayed appears to heveless cannōunding from my vorandah fresh meaning and to be capable of new brethren, Why do ye wrong one to been more scientific on the part of he
bullet
We are still far from another But if we so speak are we application, Southerners
flew past me This may be owing to the an
General having plumbed the depths of the know not falling into the fallacy known to fact that their geographical knowledge
For thats Jedge which Christ has shown us, and it logicians as a cross division ? was more accurate. They were able at
would may well be that we shall not, grasp the Capital and Labour in the homeland an early period of the fight to saver the the event connection between
fulness of the Christian revelation till after all consist of individuals who are Swatow Bod Chhan Analronds smouldering. There is a Japane
sat Aro to the place. Several villages are the jutellect of every nation has been for the most part professing Christians, by outting the railway and, of course, the telegraph wiree General Mok had the ese destroyer in port to protect the brought to bear upon it. That alone signed with the cross, bearing the name misfortune to have under his command for
and foreignera. Shipping is much interrupted would be a reason which ought to make of Christian, but too often repudiating Southern men whose entiments were far for the time being. Ships, both inward every Christian earnest in helping mis the duties of the Christian. Most of us ourable to the Cantonese and whom he and outward bound, are unable to load sions. It needs the spiritual intelligence may be classifed either as Capitel or could not, therefore, trust Thus bis or unload, and no cargo boats and labour of the Hindu to fathon some of the Labour. In the days of limited com- fighting force
was much depleted are available.
deeper writings of the Apostles. The late panies with their long list of share Among his officers, too, there were defec
Bishop Westet suggested that we should holdors many are capitalists who have tions presenting has ended Cantonese troops launched six desperate till India was converted. Let us, then, responsibilities to those whose labour During the night of the 12th inst, the never fully understand St. John's Gospel hardly ever realised that they have any disastrously for
Swatow harbour was crowded with re-attacks on the forts at Kialat but were be prepared to welcome new aspects of earns their dividends. Why do wrong fugees to day
Bootloads were seen repulsed with some losses.
Early next truth from whatever source they come, to another?" The unselfishness departing
carrying with them their morning, they again attacked violently and and let us not fall into the snare which which Christ taught and practised a
this time the Northern forces were goods and chattels. They looked pitiable unable to withstand them. On the same has so often proved the undoing of must teach and practice too. We must objects, for it began rain rather heavily. Now it appears that, with a day a cruiser and a guabout opened are religion, e, the habit of locking upon overcome our petty prajndices our out
all ideas as heresies and new prac- or customs, our more the in the mained quiedy and paremight have re ceased after a question, and to theclive sides en criminal juries, mud: The Pruth wise, to se God, fulfilling inseamnans homes and saved the big sums of money
practice. The Northern troops evacuated is so great that we can only see a part ways of which we never thought.
The old system of life hea in ruips they were forced to pay for bouts. Swatow secretly between the night of of it at a time, and therefore when some« .........
Throughout the day it
the 13th and the me remarked was that the hopes
behind a morning of the 14th, ang else sees a part of it which we have to-day because it rested on principles at leaving of the Northern troops
plentiful supply of rice not seen we think what he has seen in variopes with the nature and command necessaries. The Northern not the truth at all, of God. Who is Love. It is for us to build moted evidence and panicky feeling. On some of Jetties and piers. several
Wholesale knows. ocuples
sa andis retail loot church in modern tinies is the action Lord and Master, Jesus Christ. An (Northern) marched up and
down
ing reigned supreme and was par and power of the Holy Spirit. We ve selfish world mist be composed of un- Fonded rifle
Limpated and when
în by General Mok's de Berters. These desertere are a motley in the Christian not as an inside force be composed of unselfish classes, and dispensation of the Spirit. He is ech nations, and unselfish nations must orossed a certain invisible line these HOJ diers fired upon them. The shouting was crowd. Some wear grey uniforms bad, I mush say for I do not think that wear rags, some are hatless and some and not merely as an external side selfish classes must be composed of und Gae was hit, alt
although the target was of
an have hats of different patterns. They entry dwelleth with you, our Lord said to his selfish individuals, and you and I can easy one That the cartridge blank
were
proper Cantonese forces took place discipks before Pentecost, and shall be overcome the celfishness to which we are
Spirit of God. I can deny, for I kay the poor boatmen yesterday afternoon, when a Japanese in von referring to the time after so liable through the power of the Holy
Pentoonst cruiser arrived and marines were landed at we are apt to hear them
The words are so familiar duck
and
| the bullets strike the water,
without realising a hundredth part of all that the reason for this strange pro- Ports but w
they involvo: God the Holy Spirit in un It man that we have power. A Chinese beautiful religions in China tasching the loftiest, morality, but they have no *(Continued at foot of neas Column.);
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· 01 & Very extraordinary harbour whither no one not been sufficiently emphasised by the unselfishness, which is the spirit, al qur
ffor
the out
calm One could not to o safeguard foreign interests and pro-
t- we learned afterwards that Last night, a big fire occurred in the
Let us begin to day, "building up your yes on your most holy faith, to be less seja, less eager to have our own way, men, so shall we do cur part towards the as anxious in be seen and known of
Christ, our Master, shall be reflected in the lives of all who prefers and call them, selves Christians.
no tampasis were allowed to leave the city, and numerous houses were destroy. barbour in case they should bring hacked. Some say the looters were respon student recently said: “We have some hastening of the time when the life of Southern soldiers. After all, therefore, sible for this there was a military reason for their
the place is quiet, but the At present (Continued at foot of nesi Column,)
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