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The story of the Hanko barricades has been told already in these columns but it is an episode that will pass into history and bears repeating. The following account comes from the Vivid pen of Sir Percival Phillips, the Daily Mail apecial correspondent Writing from Hankow on in China, who witnessed the event. January 4th he says: Tragedy and force are twin elements in Chinese mob psychology. & crowd may pass in the twinkling of an eye from stolid indifference to murderous frenzy. Rago fames into action with the terrifying sudden ness of a cyclone; a puerile jest may as quickly transform vicious hate into foolish merriment.

Again the weary officer gave an order and the cordon once more went forward. Again an inarticn- late cry of fear from the crowd as it gave way rapidly, then slowly, when it saw bayonets were not being used.

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1927.

APPARITION IN AN ENGLISH CHURCH.

"RETURN" OF ST. THOMAS A BECKET.

BLOOD-STAINED MONK.

A strange story of the return, in spirit form, of St. Thomas à Becket Archbishop of Canterbury under Henty, II, is related by Archdeacon Lovett in the parish magazine of St. Thomas' Church, Portsmouth.

St. Thomas à Becket was canonis- ed two years after he was murdered at Canterbury

I wrote the story merely as an interesting experience, the arch- deseen said to a press representa

The friend who described it tive. to me is quite reliable, but I related the story from a quite unbiased point of view. It is this: My friend was sitting in the unlighted church at dusk on December 29th, the anniversary of the "murder of St. Thomas à Becket at Canterbury, when he was disturbed by a figure at the sanctuary gates.

Monk's Costume.

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The figure hesitated there for a and few seconds, and then made as if on to open the gates, but, instead,

So it wont on for nearly six hours, with rushes and counter To appreciate the difficulties ex- rushes, Chinese flank attacks on the perienced by the defenders of Bri- unguarded river foreshore, tussles tish lives and property in this dan-between panting marines gerous crisis you must watch, as I grimacing coolies, vicious warched for seven hours, the efforts slaughts with the heavy poles car-walked through them, as if they of such a mob to gain the upper ried by dockers-yet never a shot hand. Bluejackets and marines, from the hard-pressed Navy. many of them were lads, are called | upon to show greater courage and

self-control than most men show battle.

They manned the barricade at the western end of the British Settle ment. It is a wall of sandbags built across the Bund (the embank- ment promenade), with open spacos at either end for the passage of street traffic. The remainder of that portion of the Bund beyond is a paved strip in Chinese territory, perhaps three hundred yards long, ending with the Chinese Customs House. Here a moh, newly ejected from a prohibited Communist meet-

ing, angrily confronted the Navy.

It A small boy threw a stone. struck a marine on the cheek. Ee winced and wiped away the blood, but made no other movement.

De-

were not there. The mysterious visitor was a tall man of great bulk,

and he was dressed in the monk's costume of the Middle Ages.

"His garments were, however, torn to shreds, and bore the stains of blood upon them. It looked, in fact, as if their wearer had recently sleeve was almost rent away from -been party to a force tussle. One the rest of the outer garment, and it hang in threds to the floor of the church.

As be came nearer, my friend. in the centre of the church, was see the monk's arms. horrified

They were clasped as if in prayer.

The Chinese "now meant murder, if it could be done-massacre, if such a thing were possible. (A that moment a German was being stabbed to death in a side street). Still their opponents faced them steadily, almost contemptuously.

"Come out of it," said a boy in Navy blue pushing a slavering coolie back into the crowd. No London policemen could have sp-gashed. peared less moved by a harmless street throng. "Come out of it," said another, barcheaded, with a gash across his temple and one eye full of blood. "Out of it, you blighters," and without heat he prodded his assailant with a rifle butt.

more

Darkness fell. The ory of hate became shriller,

insistent. The mob was now actually sur lightedly the mob swung space rounding the Larricade on three nearer with thin, high shouts of defence. A dozen ragged urchinsides, hemming in the little gar in the vanguard volleyed more stones that clattered on tin hats and

rison.

"I cannot bold them much

Lewis' gun barrels. Nothing hapenger," telephoned the Comman der to Rear Admiral Cameron in pened. Men tentatively tried a

EMS. BA fusillade of the same missiles.

An hour of this sort of thing heartened the Chinese. They were still comparatively calm, and their offensive was largely speculative The street remained open; jinrick shar passed with indifferent passen gers; pedestrians went their way swiftly between showers of stones, The row seemed a purely personal one between the Navy and a com- pact gang of malcontents.

Through the darkness hurried a motor-car. Six hours after the British authorities had repeatedly appealed to the Chinese to restore crder their Chief of Staff appear ed. Evidently they had waited un- til the last minute, haping the Navy would create the incident they do sired as a new and sorely needed slogan.

but the forearms were bruised and,

The crown of the skull had been

sight was too much for the un injured by a blow. The ghastly willing witness. His courage was not sufficient for him further ca satisfy his curiosity, and he held his hands, before his eyes. He was terrified test the tortured mons should lay his hands on him.

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"So they remained, the past and present, together-praying:

They prayed for some time, until my friend was forced to raise bis head at a sound coming from "It was the verger, who had come the other end of the church. to prepare the church for evensong

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Up on the sandbagged parapet went the pudgy Chief of Staff in It grew steadily. More stones,

his trim field tunic and peaked better aimed. A bluejacket stagger ed, his arms bent across his bowed Russian cap. He shouted, and the head. Another was staring steadily din of Babel answered him. He into the seething mass of natives, shrieked and they shrieked for a full 3

quarter of an hour. Then the the blood streaming down his face. tumult faded, and the general's Wearily the officer in charge gave raucous voice could be heard pacifi- cally assuring his countrymen. As un order. The first line of marines he talked the bate died in the dark moved forward with deliberation, ness" Hia argument was charae teristically Chinese. You are fixing bayonets as they went.

The mob scampered in fright, and right," he ashouted, "and they are right. Everybody is right. It is paused, snarling, at the Customs over. Now you will go back House. But the marines also paus- bond the next street, and the ed, at the edge of Chinese territory British will go back to the corner and so courage returned to craven behind. Then you will go away." hearts. Again the Chinese went

He looked down inquiringly at forward with the high-pitched cry of hate, behind their screen of small the shadowy forma behind him boys. It took then twenty minutes The Commander nodded grimly to arrive within 2cft. of the cordon. and gave an order. The bluejackota Closer they came, and the khaki and marines fell back a hundred The mob slowly melted. line fell back. With a yelp of feet.

them as managera. triumph the barrage of stones in- Face" had been saved.

Lord Halsbury, for the Crown, WITHOUT PURE BLOOD HEALTE IS IMPOSSIBLE. Another quarter of an hour and creased.

Student-orators behind the mob its elements were once more aimless, stated that another indictment re pouring out incitements to impassive Chinese in blue cotton mained on the file for alleged con murder. Thus is a mob prepar- gowns, scrolling quietly and un-version, but he could not say that for its work. Go og challenged into the Settlement like that would he proceeded with. shouted the craters, waving their wondering children, with an occa Kill them!. The Settle sional sheepish grin as they looked ment is yours! Go on! The British at the carpet of broken stones on

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· Mr. Langman, for Hughes, said that he was a traveller for whisky and brewery concerns. The allega- tion was that he advertised for managers of public-houses and ob- tained sums of money in deposits from persons wanting positions by representing that he could appoint

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"Never before was there anything like it, nor are its marvellous properties

Lord Hewart said that there were likely ever to be equalled in diseases arising from impare blood. It sear

18 counts, and the scheme was to chew out sad expais, from the vital current every lurking trace of poison- vus matter, curing blood wat skin diseases, sortukoan and glandular

charge Hughes alternatively with

false pretences and larceny. The swellings, bad logs, abscesses, aicers, eczema, goat, rheumatism, goitre jury found him guilty on all theer Derbyshire Neck, etc. It improves the general health and quickly charges, which, absurd.

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BRAIN AND NERVE FOOD.

A ten-foot layer of pure ash, mixed with bones of buffalo, zebra, various species of buck and smaller animals, was found in the cave, which is thirty-eight feet deep and * sixteen feet high.

Child's Skeleton." ; Mr. F. W. Fitzsimons, director

This kitchen refuse heap was dug of the Port Elizabeth Museum,

The judge allowed the indictment well you something else for extra profit do not accept it. Insist on South Africa, claims to have con- out, and the searchers found a few firmed his theory that the strand-bane and stone implements, and to be amended, but the court, wasaving VETARZO. The genuine has words "VETARZO REMEDIESTM

of opinion that it would be a badan Government Stamps Bold by ESLDING CALE CERMINTS. loopers or coastal bushmen who in- part of the skeleton of a child.

Mr. Fitzsimons has excavated precedent to pass an amendmeas habited the shores of the Cape in early times established "hunting early rock shelters on the coast, and that altered the fundamental in- boxes some distance inland. has always found numerous bush-gredient of the charge preferred.

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weapons in a layer of animal and This belief is substantiated by the fish bones and ash No effort was discovery of a rock shelter at High-ever made to keep the caves clean. would enter into recognisances to DR. LE CLERC'S A Mr. FitzSimona estimates that appear at the next aasizes to DR LE CLERG'S ADEMIA, PYIN SA lands, near Grahamstown, about fifty miles from the const which the cave has not been inhabited for answer the other charge that was

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