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The Bishop of London spoke in. The following remarks are ascrib favour of the new Prayer Book at ed to Lieut. Gen. Hamnomoto on the London 'Diocesan Conference at RUGBY, July 14th.

the Japanese reserve list, now rosid Church House, Westminster. He Mr. Bridgeman, the Chief Britishing at Mukden, who is well versed said that the main subject of their Diterate at the Geneva Naval Confront, as soon by a strategist.

in the topographic features at the

discussion was a motion for the ference, at plenary session this aftor-

Supposing the North has its fore acceptance of the Prayer Book noon stated that a large measure most line of defence from Lake presented to the House of Com- of general consent had been reveal defence might be limited to from mons by Convocation. "When I ed in the preliminary investigation 7 to 10 miles in length, granting opened the new Prayer Book in during the last few days of the that the Southern enemy advanco

Sydney last March it was along the railway. However, nOW possibility of agreeing, on definite that Sun's army has hoon shifted same Prayer Book to which I had bukling programmes and mutually from the left wing, a danking move assented in July, 1926, except that limiting construction.

ment by the enemy on his right wing would spell danger.

Again, if more elaborate rubric had been Mr. Bridgeman said he originally Chin's men at Tenochow should introduced with regard to reserva- asked for a plenary session been asemake for Tsinan, the only route tion, to explain the simpler word

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being ritinfod by gross misrepry- sentation of the British ease in certain quarters. Hederlared emphatically, however, that despite reports to the contrary the dele- gates had never lost a respect for each other's opinions or an earnest dosire to bring them into harmony:

Ile added:

It is due to ourselves to say in public that we see no reason whatever to despair of finding a solution in the spirit of goodwill in which we have always sought "it."

difficulty.

Arny may make the Grand Canal feetly well in July what was parti In other words, the Shantung But every bishop understood per

and the lake to stand them in good stead in their defence, still if the men were bereft of fight, there could be little help.

Supposing the foremost line of defence was roken, the next line of defence would be along Taian, on which the Shantung men did defeat Sun's army last your. Chang Taung Chang might be able to check the Southern onset, if he would only make up his mind to take the offen Bive.

cularly defined in March.

"Therefore let no one in this diocese feel that they have suffered any disability because their bishop wa awny. 1 range myself alongside of my brother bishops and await the halter or the crown, whatever it turns out to be. If we have committed a crime I am particepe criminis. And if we have done a fine thing I am not going to be done out of my balo. We have it on the authority of the Archbishop of Canterbury that there is no change of doctrine, and whoever is going over to Romo we had beca produced by technical quite open and exposed.

I Chiang Kai Shek should beard absolutely certain that he experts which were important as

is not." indicating a valuable measure of able to enlist support of Chin's men agreement on destroyers and sub-in his northward advance, that

would, disconcert marines and on the classification of

the Shantung Army. non-combatant vessels.

In short, the North has got to attack, secing the futility of defen cive tactics.

Fossible loss of the line of Taian During the past three weeks by would leave the distance of about trying to see each other's case eer-250 miles straight up to Tientsin tain provisional recommendations

Capital,

They had agreed also to discuss capital ships and he thought a sub- stantial step forward in a limits- __tion_of_that_category was possible.

The xishop added his belief that in a very short time the new book, owing to its intrinsic beauty and usefulness, would supersede the old. All that, the Anglo-Catholic party had been asking for had been secur ed in the new book. They should unite in accepting us a gift of the Spirit a book which was at once Evangelical and Catholic.

The Archdeacon of Hampstead moved the acceptance of the new Prayer Book, and Lord Phillimore

The Irreconcilables. Opposing the new book on behalf offensive of the Evangelicals, the Vicar of

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Largo cruisers with 8-inch guns substantial progress had yet been represent enormous superiority over nude he explained that one of 6-inch gun cruisers in offensive the main features of the British strength, a superiority of at least proposals was the prevention of two and a half to oue. Such a pro- seconded.

in offensive competition

arma-posal, therefore, put Britain in the ment by laying down the deposition of accepting not parity but finite maxima for individual ships definite inferiority in in each separate category both power unless the number of cruisers Islington said he was convinced. in tonnage-and-armament. These regarded as essential for the pro-that the bishops had erred in ap

JULY 16TH, 1927. maximum figures were in no case tection of Imperial communications, proving it, and he was bound for

A.K. Bank......$1,060 buy., 1,060/6 sa. higher than the figures now prevail was abandoned. The proposal also consulence sake to take his protest. Chartered Bank

Do., London...£116 nom. ing and in many cases considerably admitted the possibility of a huge The book muile sia lees awful than Merentale Bauk, A. B £31 uom. lower. 14 Total tonnage," said Mr.increase in the offensive strength of

it was and obscured God's plan Bridgeman, is like a pie. It may the flcets of the world over the salvation. Eighteen hundred of the E. & O. Bank,

0.19 num. be very good but it all deponds strength which exists to-day. It clergy of the Church felt as he did. ou what is inside it. There is no would he

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Prebendary Thicknesse, on behalf Cauton Lasurance.....3620 81. in building except by agreement on "It is not parity with America said the new book would not bring Union Insurance $278 buy.

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North China lus.........Tls. 149 buy. the maximum size of each type

that is troubling us. We have not

a settlement of the difficulties. and a mere fixing of the total ton.

raised any objection to that. Nor nage or ratios is perfectly useless

are we troubled by the proportion unless it is accompanied by in-

to which Japan would be entitled dividual limits in every class. It

It is our own security with which must be remembered that the object

we ate concerned and aux power of the conference was to prepare

in future to protect our sea com- the way on naval matters for a

munications against hostile raída general agreement on disarmament

of whose disastrous effects we by the League of Nations which

had suth bitter experience in would comprise other countries be-

Ur. If the British scheme is sides the three now concerned..

adopted we three great nations 400 PATRIOTS BETRAYED TO Waterbosts Without such limits no country clin

shall have set an example to the know with what force it has to world in arresting the increase in compete, because one country can

offensive strength of all ships and ane its tonnage for building large

making competition in shipbuild. ships which if numerous would have

ing impossible between us, and aggressive character and

we shall have saved the tax-payers impose upon others the necessity

of all countries many millions of of doing the same. If the British

pounds in future." proposals are accepted a definite reduction in offensive power every type of vessel would be established for. the future:

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The rubrics about reservation were not acceptable. The Anglo-Catholic view was ignored.

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the cost of their maintenance and could be embodied in the conference occupation. of Transylvania after Hongtoriale. ********

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R. Dealing specifically with craisers maximum individual tonnage, Ited the secret of a plot to rise Ewo Cetions

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************** T, 1.40 buy. British delegates offered to agree what was the most that the other the whereabouts of vast stores of Shanghai Octious (old)...I'ls. 1 sot. to the Washington ratio for capital could build and the characteristics arms concealed in ancestral vaults. Do. ships being applied to cruisers of the different ships up to the of the Hungarian aristocracy. 8-inch guns, and bad offered to time when a revision of the Wash refrain from laying down any new ington Treaty had to take place. cruiser of this size until that ratio is It would be a form of limitation reached and afterwards to stop most elearly resembling the scheme building any more of these large adopted at Washington and it came cruisers. In smaller cruisers they had near to the original British idea not disputed the claim of the United that they could agree on cach States to an equal number with others needs if they were frankly the British or of Japan to such a stated. He was glad to think that number as were necessary for her the preliminary investigation of the defence. But they desired to limit plan had revealed a large measure their size and their armament to of general consent and he hoped LONDON SELLING AGENTS guns so that they may be that before the next meeting they

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In reply to this they were asked Lord Jellicoe's Opinton.. to accepts limit of total tonnage Lord Jellicoe, the New Zealand to which they had no intrinsic ob delegate, pointed out that Britain's jection provided they knew how other countries were going to use in lines of communication mea- their tonnage. They were, however, sured 80,000 miles on which were alarmed when at one time the average of 9,500,000 tons figures of twenty-five large 10,000 British merchant shipping. The re- ton cruisers with 8inch guns was quirements of the Empire had been given as seventy cruisers for direct suggested as a possible requirement trade protection. Assuming twelve for America with the possibility of

of these to be refitting or refuelling a further number of smaller cruisers, there would be one cruiser to every with 8-inch guns,

2,500 miles on the lines of communi- Britain desired to fix the lowest cation. Such figuros, showed the possible tonnage compatible with British Empire delegation that it security but as numbers and not would find it difficult to reduce the size were important for her purposes number, particularly when recent the greater the number of large experience showed that the 114 craisers which other countries recruinera possessed by Britain at the quired the more difficult it was for outbreak of war did not prevent Britain to roach a low total tonnage. an immense loss inflicted by a few

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ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL, HONG KONG.

JULY 17TH, 1927, 6th Sunday · After

Trinity

Holy Communion at 8 a.m. Children's Service at 10a.m.. Mating at 11 a.m.:

Freacher-Rev. H. Copley Moyle. Holy Communion at 12 noon

Holy

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Hymns: 92, 146, 554 and 679, Preacher both Morning and Evening:--

Bev. J. Kirk Maconachie. WEDNESDAY, July 20th, at 8.15 p.m.

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