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CABLES.

LATEST CABLES.

[TLOCOS REDTER'S AGENCY.] THE ROYAL VISIT TO.

FRANCE,

EULOGISTIC PRESS COMMENT.

Paris, May 14th.

'« The mat of Edward reappears in his Bugust wm," these words in the fianlöix are spiral of the comments in the French Press to day. "The Press is dwelling! ananimously on the value of the King's pilgrimage to Anglo-French relations, Pe calling inpresiatively Hritain's part in

the war.

The l'ent l'arisien ways the words of the King dispelled in a flash the bad feeling engembered in many 'French eireles by the happenings at Grnoa.

"La Virtoire says that despite the exists ence of certain differences in opinion. the entente cordial will new beume - procī against all attacks.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1935.

FAR EASTERN CABLE THE WAR IN THE NORTH.OLD TESTAMENT EXEGESIS. HONGKONG TRAVELLERS EXPER SERMON BY THE CHT H. COPLEY

IENCES AND IMPRESSIONS.

NEWS.

(CHROFON REUTER'S AGENCY.}

INDEPENDENCE Of MANCHURIA DECLARED,

TINTIN May 14th. General Ching The Lia has issued proclamation declaring the independence of Manchuria.

THE PRINCE'S MISHAP.

ESCAPES WITH A BLACK EYE.

MANA, May 14th,

Except for a binck eye, the Prince of Wales was none the work for bis polo mishap, and carried out the programme for his visit,

LABOUR IN JAPAN, .

BIG LEAGUE PROPOSED.

Toxyo. May 15th.

A movement has started hy the leaders of various Lalar Unions to rombin their organisations iets one National Labour Longus, e

The fundnir states that the King's words went straight to the heart of France, and a beneficiat breeze from thes Official statistics show that there were north travelled to Genoa dispersing thể zi labour disputes in April, involving clouds which were obscuring the confer 1200 rikers. Shipbuilding hends, the ence sky. It' hopes that when Their | list as regarde "unemployed. Majesties return to Paris it wil be ta

reserat, the Anglo-French union.

་

BOLSHEVISM IN IRELAND. FACTORIES SEIZED AND RED FLAG |

HOISTED. "

1

THE PEASANTRY.

WHAT SHOULD WE DO

WITHOUT THEM.

In his Wiltshire Essays, Mr. Maurice

Hewlett writes:--

If a reinast is to be saved, let it be the

Two Hongkong residents on a tour în North China have been senifig something of the forces engaged in the war in the in vicinity of the Capital. One of them,

lotter, writes:-

MOTLE

In St. John's Cathedral on Sunday morning, the Rev. H. Copley Moyle preached from the text-

Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, will make thee an eternal excellency." Isaiah Chapter LX., vrne 15.

of Chang's Fingtien troops and they thing which the Christian religica re- were reported to be holding Wa's troops quires you to believe about Creation is and even to bave killed Wu by shell that it is the work of God. I believe fire. We started on time in train No. Gin to the Father, Maker of Heaven and with about ton." foreigners"

on board Earth."

How or when the world was including four ladies. There were quite madh is not told us by Christianity. a number of Chinese and we saw There has been accumulating during the

The thoughts which I have been putting

before you are suggested by the changed

Thak

|view which modern scholarship takes of

the last 27 chapters of Issiah. prophet exercised his ministry between the years 740 and 700 B. and the last twenty seven "chapters of the book are occupied with the captivity of the Jews ia Babylon and their deliverance by Cyrus the King of Persin, who is men tioned by name, that is they speak about the events of H. C 380. lt was a uld view that these chapters were written by iaiah, who was carried forward by the spirit of prophecy to speak of things which should happert 130 years after his time. The modern view is that they were written by a Jew in exite in Babylon at

MR. GANDHI'S ARREST. A DANGEROUS FIREBRAND All

ALONG.

Mohandas Kamarchand Gandhi, whose arrest by the Indian Government is freak in memory, is, says the Daily Telegraph of: March 11th, a native of the Indian State of Porbandar, in the subprovince of Kathiawar, Gujert, in the Bombay Presidency. He belongs to the Vaishya, or commercial clama. Born in 1869, he was married at

the age of 12. After matriculating in India he came to London, and was even... tually called to the Bar at the Inver Temple. Thence be returned to India to South Africa, where he remained until practise at Rajkot. In 1893 he went to 1914, meanwhile pasing Bying visits to India and England. He became prominent in South Africa at the end of his first year by organising Indian opinion in Natal against a bill to disfranchise Indians. Three years later he was the object of anti- Indian demonstration at Durban because, it was alleged, he was encouraging Indian immigration. His work for Transvaal Indians began in earnest in 1903, after he had begun to practise as an attorney in the After the South African

been

It was argued

At Shanghai we were" told we could not get through to Peking by rail but

He said:---One sometime, hears of peo- that we might possibly be able in duple who think that we have too mach of so from Tientsin; so we came on by the the Old Testament read in our Churches. Tangehou. At Chelo there were two Such an objection is generally made by Chinese ertisers and three gun bents people who have learned acne of the waiting to pick up Admiral Sab, who sews of the Old Testament which have to be dominant amongst Bible was one of our passengers travelling income cognito.. We gathered that in the event students in the last fifty years. They have of Wu's success and a general retreat of ply the ideas of scriptural interpretathe time when Cyrus had already begun his victorious career, and that they havs Chang forges on Mukden the Navy, which their forefathers had, and as might attempt to cut off the retreat by they or that those vines are incom.been incorporated with the prophecies of Modern commentators point to patible with some modern discoveries they Iasinh.. seizing the railway at Shanbaikan. have loss all interest in the Old Testa. the fact that certain prophecies in the Wo reached Twentsin "safely on Wednes-p. They think that the story of Crea first 39 chapters are headed by the words day, the bed, and learnt that the D'am. tin and the Fall is to be taken literally the vision of Isaiah" which seem to mail to Peking would run on time and because they cannot believe these imply that some of the book cannot be no Thamday, the ith, so we decided to go stories to be historically true they give described, and that soructimes Isaiah is Transvical courts,

war an Asiatic Department had represented as speaking in the first person by that. The whole line was in charge up the Christian religion. But the only and sometimes in the third. but in the formed, which had been strenuously by them that under the British Flag last 7 chapters no mention of Isaiah isposed by Indians. made. Had these chapters come to us the pre-war policy was developed, with attached to the first 3 chapters of the object of making the Asiatica a class Issiah no one would have for a moment apart and legislated against as aliens to the Empire. The Asiatic Law Amendment Act, thought of connecting them with that 1907, was the logical issue of this principle Prophet, for they speak of the Exile and of segregation. Passive resistance followed, and Gandhi was that three times placed in aiduously to bave the disabilities suffered Jerusalem and the destruction of the geol. For eight years Gaadhi worked as Holy lazd, ur having already taken place under this enactment removed, an in long while ago, whereas in Isaiah's time 1913, in the month of June, the Union Immigration Act was passed, and this re- these things were yet in the future."

It is net necessary that we should deny pealed the Transvaal Registration Act of 1907, the measure to which Gandhi had the power of God to inspire a man to taken particular exception. Three months was again in speak of the things which should happen later, however, Gandhi the modern vio It is not a question Government. He pressed for certain cop- 150 years after his time, in order to hold acute controversy with the South Africans

actually did so. To quote the words of riages and the 23 Indian tax in Natal, Professor George Adam Smith Let us and eventually organised a general Indian understand that no question need be strike in the latter province. to inspire a prophet to mention Cyrus attempted to enter the Transvaal were started about the ability of God's spirit again arrested, and bis followers who in Jehovah as the God of Israel was very question is not could a prophet have turned back. Severe repression of Indian so inspired to which question. rioting followed. Great indignation wan similar to the views held by other Semitic question is not. could a prophet people about their Gods, and that under were it put our answer might only be aroused in India, and Lord Hardinge de the influence of the prophets higher and God is great! but the question is, was our manded a Commission of Inquiry.. The evidance of the fact? Or. on the con- able to Indian contentions, and the result in naming Cyrus, does he give was the passing of the Indians Relief becante dominant amongst the Jews. We himself out as a contemporary of Cyrus, Act, which abolished the Natal £31. know now that the ceremonial side of who already saw the great Persiat above

Do

There were

sin of troups till we reached" Laofaast half century a vast store of know-Captivity, of the utter overthrow of Here, at about it o'clock, we were side ledge about the Bible and the peoples tracard for troop trains to go forward, and customs mentioned in the Bible, which was wholly unknown to our fore and WW SLW the Fengtien, infantry

fathers The Bible used to be the only machine guns and mules. also some wounded lying in the station. source of information about the people Chang's troops were very well equipped and times of the Old Testament, and Lospis. May 14th,

iu grey uniforms and putters with blue English people had come to interpret in The workmen whose wages have been

Peasantry, First to come, last to leave, of and yellow armlets. They bad Mauserries if it were an English book. We have a big them, knowing what I am talking about, I and bayonets and about 100 rounds/Tow learned so much of the history and whether God could do so but whether Hecessions about recognition of Indian war- rethesd, wized the factoring of

social conditions of many of the people condensed milk firu, în even towns in have said this much and would say more. apiece and several wore goggles, apparmentioned in the Bible that we have recast

There are dangers behind them which they the South af freland, toisting the red have not been able to aroid, whose scarsently to keep the dust out of their eyes our views of the Bible. We have learned they still carry. There are dangers before when marching. They were in great for example that the early Jewish belief flag

them which will be still more difficult to good bamour and well in hand. R The so-called General Consut of Action deal with. because they attack the very managed to get some snap-abuts. in Munster, hare issued a proclamation citadel, while the former were at the out- wark These are the dangers of prosperity,

At this station we picked up Capt. stating their intention to run the fasthees was of adversity. But I trest to two Munton, of the 103rd Mahrattas, who had

Lorien

THE GENOA CONFERENCE. RUSSIANS WILL NOT AGREE TO SEPARATE COMMISSIONS,

GENOA May Lich,

The Russian note was delivered early

this morning, intimating that the Russians are unable to agree with the idea of two

separate commissions on Russia,

The British elegantion says the Rus isos misunderstand the position and ex- perly the difficulties will be removed by explanations forthcoming after the incate ing of the Politien! aub Cofmmission to-ding.

The

He was

things Use-and-Wont, which is older than the hears task of ensuring by argumentore spiritual ideas of God gradually Prophet si inspired, does he himself offer commissionera' report was largely favour.

Stoucbeuge by a great deal, ami hat moderation which always tells them, Sleep on it. That, indeed, is already working in the better sort. They know more about the reaction of high wages than the young ones. And weight will tell.

HOW INDIGENT THE UKEAT.

.

and persuasion that the mail train was not held up for ever by troop trains

1.

He got is started again, and at 12.30 Jewish religion was in many points like the horizon! To this question, only the It will be seen from this that Gandhi accomplished sound work for Indiana in reached Lang Exig, Chang's headquar that of the religions of other peoples, such writings, under discussion can give us an South Africa. It also stands to his credit Lura. The War Lord, of Mukden was bitiştituliona as sacrifices ned purifications*

answer

behind all

the

It was

,

and incendiarism.

the appointment of the Russian Cominis would not be drawing; there would be no troup traits along the line about two me, go and take" Nebo from Israel, and ng controlling and tenomena shap-name of Satyagralia we burnt down build-

siun.

there himself, in a very bad temper, for and a priesthood and many other ritas tie we now know from the inscrip- that in the South African war and the of Cyrus that his restoration of the Zula war he led stretcher-bearers in the My lasiness was to entertain the village people for an hour-and I did it, or sot only half an hour previously Wa's forces and usages mentioned in the Old Testa Jews to their land was not an isolated field. For his services in South Africa,

act, but was part of wide spread and he was awarded the Kaiser-i-Hind medal.

The old Assyrian seemed. I suppose, as Charles II said, that had broken through and cut the railwayment are to be found in other religions. deliberate clicy.

MACHINATIONS IN INDIA. my nonsense suited their nonsense.... Mynt Fengtai. By 1 o'clock we had reached Compare the ideas underlying this in Kings had endeavoured to break the nations they had conquered admission had to be that such as I was, I Wan Chuang where we saw the Brat seription found on a stone dating from by removing them from their own lands, that date he been a source of trouble to

spirits of the

He returned to India in 1915; and from was not possessed of exses knowledge of

retreat which was well the time of Omri with the Jewish ideas and this policy had been continued by signs of the any subject whatsoever and that con-

British. Two years later he was stir- to carried out, wr sequently I did not feel entitled

were put into a siding of Jehovah. "Inta Mesha King of Moab: Babylonians who conquered the Assyrians,ring up trouble in Champaran (Bebar and

but Cyrus who ecoquered the Babylonians "address" them. "Not a man, not to allow Red Cross and baggage I made this high place to Chemosh had a deliberate policy to win the regard Orissa). His definite opposition to Govern- a woman, boy, or girl there but was more trains to

ment began with the agitation against the us. Several waggons cause he had helped me against all that of subject patines by restoring them to 13 valid in their world than myself

their own lands and by encouraging the Rowlatt Act. On February 28th, 1919, who, put down in a cottage and faw lugga

on the Red Cross trains were full of attacked me, and has caured me to see

We were given to understand my desire upon all my enemies. Omri worship of the national Gods, so he hoped Gandhi started his Satragraha (passive

to establish his Kingdom on the of garden-ground, could not within a month straw.

grati-resistance) movement, and he fixed April have been keeping himself well, could nos that this was got fesider, but a covering King of Israst oppressed Moab long be-tude and goodwill of the subject nations. 5th, 1919, as the Satsngraha Day. The con- RUSSIANS HEFUSE COMMISSION within three hours have got some sort of for the dral who lay beneath. At 1.30 as Chemcsh was angry. And the King So hire again there or lean of the mira, sequence was disorders; vistence, looting.

Ges, May 14th.

meal on the table. You say, were there

of Israel had built Ataroth attacked the Cyrus than used to be thought. we were informed that owing to severe

On April 14th, 1919, "{{ ̄s"reported that the Russians bar pen and some ink at hand, so coul

you. I don't mean that at all. Before fighting on the line two or three stations town and took and exterminated all the the work of God, but He was working, as Gandhi, speaking at Ahmedabad, said

does," natural means. I bare said times without number that potifed Signor Schanzer that they I had sat lown to my counterce with ahead, our train could pot go through me of the town, a pleasing spectacle too the modern view teaches us to look as Satyagraha admits of no violence, no kout 1.45 we started to return slowly Gheinosh, and others I dragged before the and less for the miraculous and is see pillage, no incendiarism, and still in the refuse to accept the 'propord "terms for the inkpot I should have been starved out.

The cold would have pinched me, the fire, but

ઉન્હેં God working were soon stopped by a block of face of Chemosh, and Chemosh said to thing in the pot, and nothing to put in it. hundred yards apart. One of these con- I took it and killed all things for I had of the Bible and particularly of the Old wires, killed innocent people and plundered has come about that sorting. And so is ings, forcibly captured weapons, extorteil critical study money, stopped trains, cut off telegraph Could I keep pig? Good God, could I failed a large number of fresh troops vowed them to Chemosh.” Further we Testament which was at kill him?. And even if I killed him-say, who detrained and extended behind us, have learned that most of the Old Testa- to be hostile to the Christian religion has shops and private houses. If deeds a loose

Fat one time thought with a hand-grenade and a slow natch evidently prepared to act as a delaying ment books are compiled from various brought real kain to the Christian Church those would save me from the prison houst what the deure should I do next? I id-force in the event of pursuit Streams sources, and that the books are of by familiarising us with the naturalnces or scaffold, I should not like to be so suren der at the thought of what that might bare of villagers crossed the line from South ma

kinds. many

It used to be thought of the methods Ged uses, and 80 teaching In preaching non-co-operation, Gandhi ̈ to North with their baggage frcing be to be. Well then, could I el a hen, plant fore the forces of the advancing Wu. of History and Poetry caly, now

Old Test:ument consisted us to look for Him in all the everyday advocated the renouncement of titles, uk potatoes, dibble in my gabbages, make a

we things of ordinary life. We are to thinking Government servants to give up their Manton went along the line to one of believe that it contains shme history of God, not as showing Himself in won-posts under certain conditions, withdrawal padding and immediately eat it, take a swarm of bees, sweep a chimmey, draw a the other trains and, after an interview some dramas, (as the heck of Job), som: der and miracle, but in the ordinary of police and military (a distant goal),

Chapters of

of ways of nature. To think of God

On May rabbit, skin it, buke or boil it? Not one of with Chang, managed to get us moving allegories (as the early those things could I do to save my life again and we reached Lang Fang about Genesis and the book of Jonah). We have always showing Himself in miracle and suspension of payment of tazes.

17th, 1920 the Turkish peace terms were learned that early Jewish writers had wond And I had been asked to "address" thos" They wero fresh, hut not in the same very different ideas nhout writing book wonders tends to make us think of announced in India, and on June 2ad the

oks as separated from the world, to regard experts in the art of living!

So far, humour that they had been in the mara to our ideas, they would not hesitate to Him as usually working by natural means I have been able, by any wits, to hire pering: still they paid the hawkers for the incorporate in their books long extracts tends to make us realise that He is work Rons to do those things for me which 1 bus and dumplings that they ate from other writers, and often without ing in the world to-day and is controlling cannot attain untospecialists, experts Munton, in his tireless endeavour to get any mention that they were quoting and ruling everything all around us.

Another

is change which characteristic in the domestic arts. Yes, it has so far the mall train on the move again, was

That surely is a great gain. boen so, and to my mind there is &theatened with revolvers and hit over the modern views of the Ribe as compared with those of fifty years ago, is that we reproach for me in that also. How hond with a rifle. In the event-which many times have I not felt like saying did not happen of our being left there are less inclined to explain an occurrence to the maid who lent her grace and all night, we visited the station of the miraculous than people used to be. The old idea of making religion a matter of The conuming Powers have agreed to nimbleness, her spirit and her youth, to Railway police to arrange for accom- continuous miracle had the effect of mak Mr. Lloyd George's proposal for the awaiting at my table, making my bal, or modation there.

We remained the lasting the people and times of the Old pointment of a mixed commission of ex- Brushing and folding my clothes, My train in a long standing queue Testament seem rather artificial and un- perts on Russian affairs to meet at The Hague on June 16th. Representatives of dear, you put me to shame, since surely about & when a troop train brought in real, and unrelated to modern 11. It a force of very weary defeated troops is a very great blessing to have gained all the Powera at Gepon will meet at/it is I rather who ought to be waiting upon and some wounded. By this time Chang! the greater sense of reality which the mission, which will be required to report from that, which is perhaps high doctrine, there is this also, that the maids are not

EARLIER CABLES.

IMPROVED SITUATION.

GENOA, May 14th. The situation may be regarded as very much improved, as all concerned sem auxions that the conference shall not terminate without some definite accom

plishment. The question of a rupture

may now be discarded.

The couvening Powers are meeting at the Villa d'Albertis today to discuss the composition and powers of the pro posed commission of experts on Russian affairs and presumably the reply to the Kamdan Note.

MIXED COMMISSION ON RUSSIAN

AFFAIRS.

CENOA, May. 14th,

Here were trains full 3.40.

troops.

that

the

MISSIONARY INTEREST IN

WANCHAL

WESLEYAN SUNDAY SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY.

an

All-India Khilafat Conference adopted a non-co-operation resolution. On August 1st non-co-operation was started, with results that are familiar to everybody.

Gandhi was responsible for the rioting and lawlessness at Malegaon and Malabar, and latterly the Bombay riots, after which he indulged in one of his periodical fasts as an act of penance. How sincere this was may be gathered from the fact that within a few days, he was encouraging his followers to active prosecution of his civil disobedience campaign, involving fur-

The Hugan to appoint the mixed carn you"? Fifty, a hundred times. But apart had made up his mind to return to modern There was a tendency of the cid reminiscent of home in the service held accompanied by losa of life, the brutal

within three months.

now to be had. Where shall I be, and where

As the Rev. C. Clouston Porri remark-ther acts of violence, intimidation, and study of the Old Testament brings ed on Sunday, there was something revolting crimes. The violence at Madras, Mukden, and our train followed in the with it. wake of the others. At Laola, Munton commentatora to make the men and at Wanchal Wesleyan Church on Sunday and cold-blooded murders at Chanri- it in further agreed that the non

joined his post and got into touch with women of the Old Testament appear evening when the Sunday School anniver- Chaura, are direct results of Gandhi's aggression truce should reciprocally ope my sultanate then Down with sultans, Peking by telephone. We remained there rather like puppets pulled by strings than sary was celebrated.

A large congre movement. rale: pending the commission's labours by all means; but perishing is another till 6.15 and then continand our journey a real living men and women; and one gation assembled and the scholars took a

Mr. Gandhi's arrest was canctioned by No parse agreements are to be con affair; and since I am to all intents an hack to Tientsin which we reached at 18 felt too often on reading the Bible that considerable part in the service, Marjorie cluded temporarily with Russia. armless man, somebody must be dug out a'clock-13 hours after we had left it. God does not work in that way row. Hansen sang a solo, one of the boys read Mr. Montagu some time ago, but the Gor- who will kill my pigs for me and put mor-To-day (May 5th) there are no trains for The modern view shows us how God has the lesson, another gave a rocitation, and ernment of India came to the conclusion. sels into my mouth or there's an end of Peking as the line is congested with been gradually revealing Himself to man- the junior and senior children sang then that it wuld be inadvisable to place me. These are very serious reflections- Chang's retreating troope. It looks as if kind and it makes us realise how the special hymns

bim in gaol. Subsequent events have, In the course of the proceedings the however, rendered bis incarecration in but at last I have made a clean breast it will be a day or two before the fine one purpose of God was working through- of them.

be general and so far in good order. though chiefly amongst them, but also Sunday School Superintendent (Mr. A. prison an absolato necessity.

A. Kirk) presented a report which show- I do not anticipate anything very much amongst all nations. The old view, tandeded that the children have not been weary

U.S. TO BE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE.

-

It was decided to adopt Mr. Lloyd George's proposal to sound the United States as to whether that Government will participate in the commission

SOVIETS ATTITUDE.

LONDON, May 14th. Leuter's correspondent at Gonos ascer Lains from the Russian delegates that they do not object to Russia joining the puck for non-aggression.

They will not-feel-bound to abide by the findings of the commission which is to study the question of debts, credits, and private property if they are exclud- ed therefrom.

GERMAN ́AMBASSADOR

ARRIVES IN U.S.

FIRST SINCE THE WAR.

NEW YORK, May Ith. Wiedfeldt, the first German Ambassador to the United States since the war, arrived aboard the steamer Amerjen.

Dr.

is, clear again

The retreat appears to out the Ages, not only amongst the Jown,

D & counter-attack by Chang Tao Lin.

sums of money for minionAPY CLUBES.

in the way-of-a-pursuit-by-Wa-Pei-Fu, to make men think that God had only in well-doing but have raised considerable cared for the Jews and left all other The latter passed through Tintain from astions to their own ignorante, we nee Lang Fang at Gʻlast evening and is rontlocs as well. The Jewish footlier

now that Ho wis

roligion was

In introducing Mrs. Hickling, 0.B.E., who was to give the address, Mr. Clous ton Porri said the children had been very

THE PRESS AND THE WASHINGTON CONFERENCE.

President Harding, in a letter read at

ported to day to be back it drak, not peculiar and unique bot wait anxious to hear a real live missionary the aorual, banquet of the Association of whither I export he will withdraw his among many similar troops, but as there are beter 50,000 and received ite-high-lofty and spiritual tone -100,000 of them, the operation-may-take from the pronhes It is on the founds some days.. The victory of Wution which they laid that our Lord built, which appears to be complete and deci-and so we may say that the teaching of sive, should profoundly affect the polis the Jewish prophets is the foundation of tical situation in Canton.

modarn Christian civilication.

Mrs. Hickling modestly declared that she Foreign Press Correspondents in the was only a" has been" in that respect United States, declared that the co-oper bat she gave a interesting account of the tion on the part of the Press at the medical missionary work in which she recent Washington Conference was one has been engaged in Hongkong, especially of the potent clemente in bringing about the results that have been so gratifying.” amongst the boat people.