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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, AUGUST 19mm 1916

THE RED THEOLOGY IN THE

FAR EAST.

BY CHARLES H. COATES (JONATHAN BLUNT "OF THE ANGLO-CHINESE PRESS,).

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REAR-ADMIRAL STIRLING.

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DETAILS OF HIS CAREER.

Information has been received officially from the Admiralty by the Naval Authorities that Commodore Anselar

J.

BLASE BOYS AT LORD'S.

[ST HARTEXY, KEMBALL COOK.]

Nearly forty years ago I was taken to iny. first. "Lord's”* (“Eton v. Harrow* is, a superfluous description: there is only one

Lord's

I went in convoy of an alder and critical brother, very conscious that I must do nothing to disgrace his light blue favour, scowling heavily at everything, male or

convinced that Harrow was the abomina-

hatred for a certain A. C. Maclaren, who made a good many rous with an insolent assurance. I have expiated that hatred on many a ground since then, and so may confess that I abouki have cheered from on high. I can see him now cutting madly had vengeance descended on him the Eton bowling past third man-I can remember the hear the shouts-I can silence in our camp

This book has two sections, the first one explains and defends the Christian B. Stifling, C.B., R.N., Commodore inune, wearing dark blue, and firmly position known a Fundamentalism Charge of H. M. Naval EstablishmentsIt was then that I conceived a deadly

tion of desolation: the doctrine which brought Lenyton Tea at Hongkong, has been prometed to the hessee, U.S.A., into the limelight. The rank of Rear Admiral to date from author will have nothing whatever to do

August 9th. 1926. with "evotion" which, though the

Admiral Stirling entered the Navy in basis of all modern science, he asserts 1880, and joined H.M.S. Ve on the does not account for man's origin. ·

Mediterranean Station, his first seagoing Science may act on the assumptionship, na & Naval Cadet in June, 1991. that man evolved from the lower animals, He first came to the China Station as but the theory has never been proved Lieutenant, serving in H. M.S. Bardeur.

There may be a gradation from the Flagship of Rear Admiral James A simple cell. to the most highly complex Bruce, in 1890, and was ianded with the of animals: men, but this is not to say Naval Brigade during the Boxer Troubles that species were not fixed and deter in 1901. He was wounded in the leg mined from the creation of the world during these operations and invalided, six thousand years ago. "A new species sabsequently receiving a pension for that has an unrivalled and

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They say that Lord's never changes. --1 wish I could think so. It was a. hardsome ground then, with its new, fine pavilion and its spaces where the coaches were ranged before the building of those lamentable stands which have sprung up at the demand of the all-conquering "gate." Lord's then was more like one of the Kent grounds of to-day; no one had thought of trying to make it look like a modern league football ground. The new Admiral was promoted to the

Eren the approaches were suburban, almost countrined Was there ever rank of Commaader on June 30th, 1000, anything so delicious for a small boy as hansom, the patronising nods of those and to Captain in December, 1915. He driving, up to the ground in a jingling Olympians, my brothers friends, he served in Destroyer Flotillas, Command-thelling moment when someons ing HM. Ships Shark, Faulknor and Saumarez, throughout the War.

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This an animal by taking thought and neck by an inch, but the increment will not pass on to the succeeding generation rabbit will not mate with the hare, the and so finally produce the giraffe. The horse, when it is mated with the ass, pro duces an offspring which is invariably sterile.

Species, therefore, are definitely marked off, and always have been. Man, there fore, is a divinely created being from the very first as the Book of Genesis recorda

Moreover, the evidence for the food is clear, the fossil ivory, which is found in Siberia, adheres to the flesh of animals, which died suddenly, having been over. taken by some catastrophe-a sudder and revere drop in temperature; other wise if the animals had perished in- dividually, their flesh would bern, devoured by other living creatures. They certainly would not have died to

gether in such numbers,

have

Other similar illustrations are used to prove the same point, namely, that as some period of the world's history a catastrophe like the food, following some cataclysm such as a wobbling of the carth on its axis, occurred and so again Genesis is correct,

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pointed out as our captain, the identifica- tion of Hoare, who was going to be the best bab in England, or someone else who was certain of a century and probably was bowled first bali?

There were lob bowlers in those days, and I can see a mighty smiter in a light blue cap

ing a lob to the leg boundary.. running half way down the pite and "cart-

He commanded as Captain" (D) the 12th Destroyer Flotilla of 18 destroyers at the Battle of Jutland being himself in H.M.S. Faulknar. "He delivered the most

Oh, yes, there are changes enough. In one successful destroyer attack with his Flotilla on the German Battle Fleet, y, I thought, there was an improvement last time I went to "Lord's; we used to be inflicting considerable damage and sink tride shamed of our womenfolk except ing the German Battleship Pommera, as during the lunch parade. They did give a man away with their absurd comments on the Fleet were endeavouring to escape on

the game, generally reserved for some period the morning of June 1st, 1915. "For his of silence when their voices seemed to ring services on this and other occasions dur-round the ground, and we looked, in shame and anger, to see whether any Harrovian ing the War, he was made a Companion had dared to titter. Women understand of the Mort Honourable Order of the cricket now.

Bath, Military Division, and decorated with the French Legion of Honour and Russian Order of St. Anne with swords.

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But something has gone from "Lord's" The powers have decreed the odious "perfect little gentleman" attitude; they have put down the old scrag in front of the pavilion; they have made it bad form to cheer s At the conclusion of the War Admiral dropped catch or to jeer an unlucky bowler. Stirling was appointed a Commodore 2nd None of that nonsense in the old days. For those two days Harrow hated Etou and Eton Class as Chief of Staff to the Commander-hated and (at least) affected to despise Harrow. We were very glad indeed when in-Chief at Portsmouth, and later.com.

Harrow missed an easy catch in the slips; The writer then proves to his own manded the large Aircraft Carrier we were glad, and we took care to let satisfaction that the Bible record is ub-Argus, which was the pioneer of Aircraft Harrow know that we were glad. When sa solutely correct literally and historically and must be accepted 13 every detari, carriers-as-at-present known, and carried ton man made fifty. we became delirious;

don't think that any modern Test match It is the infallible authority which man out important experimental work in her. Lever produced the volume of sound produced discards or ignores at his peril.

On conclusion of his term of appoint by the downfall of a Maclaren in the old One cannot help sympathising with the ment in B.M.S. Argus, he was appointed days when it came! authur, who is obviously honest, and directly to command the Atlantic Fleet transparently sincere. He belongs to that small and diminishing group to Destroyer Base at Fort Edgar in Scot whom certain views of the Christian re- land, which-waa specially constructed during the War to accommodate the ligion are absolutely necessary to salva Grand Fleet Destroyer Flotillas; amount- tion. The type that begot the misatorying to over one hundred destroyers. clauses. of the Athanasian creed. stands for the faith once delivered to From that appointment Admiral Stir- the saints without any accretionarling was sent to Hongkong as Commodore OCEAN COMPREHENSIVE POLICY diminutions, and for the interpretation in Charge and would have completed his uninfluenced by the discoveries associat two years of service here at the end of ed with Copernicus, Darwin or any of this year. He enjoys the distinction of the geologists and anthropologists who having been continuously employed as assert that man has existed on the earth & Captain since his promotion in 1915, an at least half a million years, and that experience which few Captains have en- the earth itself is not six thousand years joyed since the ruthless reductions which CONSIGNEE NOTICES. old, but some millions of years in age. have been effected after the close of the

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He is pleading for the dignity of man, a

It is anticipated that Admiral Stirling dignity which requires a special creation for man is so immeasurably above the will continue to serve at Hongkong until beasts of the field or the forest, to which due for relief about December of this lever he fears the scientists have degrad-year. ed him.

to

CHINA COAST OFFICERS.

CHANGES IN THE

Our eyes were glued to the match; we could have told its story afterwards ball by ball. Boyhood had not begun to learn to be

self-conscious.

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Not long ago I went to "Lord's" again--and wished I had atayed away. Once or twice I fancied people were looking a little oddly at me when I cheered the fall of a wicket; on the were strolling, SP outskirts of the crowd boys in light and dark blue favours, Parently uninterested in the game; the a pale mockery of the Coaches old memory of them; there is little room for coaches at Lord's nowadays. And was it only fancy that the old shrill volume of the cheering of forty years back was mated now to what is expected of the perfect little gentleman "Daily Mail.

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WEATHER REPORT.

Last night's weather report, forecast and remarks issued from the Royal Ob- servatory --

Pressure is high from the Bouins to PERSONNEL the Leochoos. A typhoon may be form- The following changes in the officering to the cast of Luzon. Local forecast :-East personnel on the China Const have taken winds, light, fine. place:

Captain D. Lupton, of the Taming, is

on reserve.

Captain J. Pringle, from reserve, has gono master, Sunning. Captain J. E. Clark, of the Sunning, is on reserve.

Captain A. McDowell, from reserve, has gone master, Suiyang, Captain H.

In the second part of the book, he attributes no small part of present chaos in China, to the desertion of this old cstablish faith on the part of those mis. sionaries whose business-it-is-to-impart the Christian principles, pure and having arrived, Consignees of Cargo by bar undiluted, as he understands them. He are informed that all Goods are being landed at their risk into the hazardous and condeins what he calls the modernist Godowcs of Holt's position, which allows each to interpret The faith for himself, and which leads to Wharf, whence Delivery may be obtained.

No Claims will be admitted after the Goode compromises, and such dilution as have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining make the Christian faith unrecognisable.

These are the Red Theologians. andslivered after 15th August, 1926, will be.

There are some, he asserts, who see no- subject to Bent.

All Claims against the Steamer" must be thing more in ancestor worship than the presented to the Undersigned on or before ordinary Christian's reverence for the Fisher, of the Suiyang, has gone master, 22nd August, 1996, or they will not be dead, and who would seek a reconcilia-Taming. recognized

tion between Tsing Ming and Easter. Mr. D. C. Cameron, second officer, All broken, chafed and damaged Goods areThis he denounces in vigorous and ut- Suiyang, is on reserve. be left in the Godowas, where they will be sparing terms. The educational estab

officer, examined on any Tuesdays or Fridays, belishments, which were meant to be tween the hours of 10.45 and Noon, within arciliary to the spread of the faith, have the Free Atorage period of One Week, No Fire Insurance has been affected Bill of Lading will be countersigned by

THE BANK LINË, LTĎ.- General Agents." Hongkong, 9th August, 1926.

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having arrived, Consignees of Cargo by her are hereby notified that all Goods are being landed at their risk into the hazardous and/or extra hazardous Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co, Lt whence, and/or from the Wharvas, Delivery can be obtained.

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remain ing undelivered after 13th August, 1926, will be subject to Rent

All Claims must reach us by 15th Angust 1926, or they will not be recognised

All damaged Packages will be examined by Messrs. Goddard

ani. Douglas : (Marine Surveyors) at 10 am on 1th Angast

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Mr. R. Atkinson, second Taming, has gone second officer, Chillk

Mr. R. K. Powrie, second officer, Pakhoi, has gone second officer, Taming.

now dominated the latter, using the Dewly acquired freedom and power of the Captain W. Field-Hook, of the Foo mind to criticise and, if possible, to shing, has gone master, Laisang. Capt. adapt the Christian principles to the A. Huchen, of the Laisang, is on native tradition and create something reserve. congenial by a sort of crona fertilization.

The result of auca attempts has been confusion of thought among the Chinese, a disregard for authority, and a great loss of prestige as far as the Christian Gospel is concerned.

Mr. J. McCabe, third officer, Fatshing, has gone 'second officer, Lieniking,

Mr. E JA Porter, chief othcer, Fanshing, has gone master, narze ship. Mr. G. Clarke, from reserve, has gone chief officer, Fooshing

The writer probably exaggerates the Mr. O. R Harris, second officer, Kum- influence of the missionary on the Chinese sang, is on reserve. Mr. J. A. Gow, from mind. Young China is too busy grasp reserve, has gone second officer, Kumsang. ing at the substance which a knowledge Mr. Fairfax from reserve of modern scientific method puts within gone third officer, Kwaitong.

Mr. G. J. Lawson, second officer, Hop one's reach, to be troubled very much by the shadow of the ethical or spiritual seng, has gone second officer, Luenho. ideals that would check and guide the Mr. J. J. McLeavy, second officer, Luen unrestrained pursuit of that material ha," is on reserve.

end. But the number of those who can. Mr. F. Dunstan, from reserve, has gone see any hope in China's present methods, second engineer, Tatshing. Mr. J. Burns, is like that of the Fundamentalists, second engineer, Yatthing, is on reservE. small and diminishing.

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Mr. T. C. Malcolm, from reserve, bas It is unfortunate that the author did gons second engineer, Tingsang, Mr. J. not model his literary style on that of Fry, second engineer, Tingang, is on the Book which he himself reveres so reserve. much, for while there may be some differ Captain J. B. McCaw, from reserve, ente of opinion about the historical has gone master, Lok Sun, S accuracy of the Bible, there is none what Mr. W. Spence, second officer, ever with regard to its literary excel- Halvard, has resigned. Mr. R. H lence. The Red Theology would then Wetherell has been appointed. second have been an easier and pleasanter book officer, Halvard. Shipping and En to read.

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