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In the current number of the Quarterly Review Mr. SIDNEY DARK contributes & mordantly brilliant article

од "The Religion of America." It is nominally a review of several books bearing on the subject, including Mr. SINCLAIR Lawis's Elmer Gantry, which shows certain phases of American religion in as unfavourable 4 light as GEO. G. SANDEMAN CARODOS Eviss did that of Wales.

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Taikoo Chish members are holding their annual ball to-night.

- St. Peterḥs Church. Young Men's Club held a succesfil whist drive at the Cathedral Hall last evening.

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Ona Chinese ease of enteric and Indiaro case of carebrospinal! fever were reported on Wednesday,

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Mrs. Soma Belilios,, of King Edward Hotel, Victoria, Hong Kong formerly of Calcutta, Ieft property in England valued at £43,

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SECOND RIOT PLANNED.

FRUSTRATED BY AUTHORI

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Canton's Reds planned

She gave 1,000 rupers to the Margan Dawid Synagogue, Calcut. second riot, which they intended th, and 25,000 rupees to the Talmud should take place on the night of Torah (Teaching Houses) for hous. the 2nd inst, Chinese Now Year's ing, clothing, and educating poor eve. Jewish children in Victoria, Hong

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Year. terrupted.

Mr. DARK mitee the Arierican Minister hip and thigh. He de- lights particularly in exposing the veiled lasciviousness" of the Rev. BILLY SUNDAY, a popular revivalist., and the aeraewhat uncouth at- tempts to brighten up religion" practised by certain churches. It 13 an article calculated to make Per Case. Per Bot. Englishmen chuckle but to instil n'

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HONG KONG, JANUARY 20TH, 1996.

LITRARY MISCHIEF

MAKERS.

It is very regrettable that a large number of leading English authors should choose the present time for a literary offensive against America. Mr. H. . WELLS, who might be described as the Lloyd George of letters, recently warned America

nations is "unthinkable." The phrase like most populat catch- words, is a misleading as it is illiterate. A great many people are thinking that if the present antagonism, which is mainly the work of a few ill advised indivi iduals, should continue and develop,

The exchange balks will be closed to the transaction of public, bumi news on Monday and Tuesday, the 3rd and 4th instant.

The first and second rounds of Recreation

Club tennis tournament (handicap events) have to be completed to-day.

The grocery department of Lane, Crawford, Led, will be open from 8.30 am to 10.30 am for Pass book orders, on Tuesday, January 24th.

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The following postal arrange- ments for the Chinese New Year Holidays are announced by the

General Post Office.

On Monday, the 23rd inst.. the G. P.O...and Branch Post Officer will be entirely closed, and on Tuesday, the 24th inst., the (F.O. will be open from 8 a.m. to noon, and the Branch Post Offices from 8 am, to

J.17.

will be one collection from the

d.P.O. at 9 c.m.

The Money Order Office will bể

tirely, closed during the holidays.

CANTON BOATS ON MUD BANK.

ARRIVALS DELAYED.

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The Reds" meant to employ a large number of unemployed and to organise a corps of "dare-to-die " comprising 200 men, and to start incendiary firee throughout the city,-

Fortunately, their plans were dis-. covered by the authorities, and a vigorious search is now being, car ried out in order to prevent the recurrence of such lawless action."

THE PRESS IN THE BALANCE.

DEBATE AT THE Y.M.C.A.

NEWSPAPERS - RAISE

INTELLIGENCE."

The Press had to undergo a running fire of criticism last night, in front of a fall house at the before it eventually Y.M.C.A. energed triumphant by 14 votes, 10. 8.

The subject under. debate was: that "the modern Press has raised the standard of "intelligence? the motion being supported by Mr. R. H. Hollis, and Mr. W. L. Walker, and opposed by the Rev. J. P. Murray and Mr. P. Sande. Mr. P. S. Cassidy was in the chair.

war between the two nations will be given in all rider main districts. On Tuesday, the 4th inst.. there: in a few years' time become a very Monday, on account of the China real possibility. Those who have New Year Holidays, #tudied warand its causes-sub- ject far beneath the notice of the literrateurs will eagly detect in

relations Anglo American

many similarities to the early phases of the Anglo-German rivalry. It was not so long ago that war between England and Germany her tradi-

Both the 3.5. Taishan and Zung tional ally was "unthinkable."

A le years old Chinese boy was she were delayed for about half Germany's side admitted to the Governmen; Civil on hour yesterday owing to low Hospital suffering from dog bite. tide which caused them to touch The boy was bitten by a dog owned bottom, by Mr. Souza, of 147, Wong Nei Chong Road, which has been taken

Kennedy Town for observation, The Jan-Enn" circus having hour late in getting to Caaton.. puzzle. Daily he found the wide.

an-Fan returned from America will com- day morning, but after she has the fact that the Y.M.C.A. papers The Lungihan lelt Canton yester-appeal of the Press illustrated by to draw further parallels for it

mence a series of shows at the been under way for an hour or were propped on the breakfast is not suggested that America is Prayt East Reclamation Area on, she also stuck on mud bark threatening the world with a big January 3rd (Chinese New Year oving to low tide, with the result tables rather than being in the

But on the other hand there Day): A number of European afternoon about half an hour later

that she came into port yesterday place where they should be,- are commercial and colonial mat-bandomen and dancers have been than her scheduled time.

There came от

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certain bumptiousness following sudden commercial expansion and new found wealth, a challenge to our sea power was issued and then it was discovered that English people and Germans were person-

ally antipathetic. There is no need

stick.

tó

The Press found only one whole-

The Taishan lelt here on Wednes-hearted supporter, Mr. Walker, who day at midnight and when nearing with admirable versatility was able Canton at about 6.30 am. yester- | to, suck_intelligence from everything. day, she stuck fast on account of from the leader to the crossword jow tide. She was about half an

in

Mr. Hallie was not so full-blooded

his support. The Press primarily commercial, not educk- tive, but it would be difficult to read a newspaper without gaini ing intelligence. Still, it was inte possible to thrust this upon any- one. Some people were hora 10- telligent, some achieved intelli- At Kowloon wharves yesterday there was the unusual sight of tway gence, and some only read the

Empress" liners lying one sporte page.

on each side of the same jetty and very i

Mr. Murray showed such intimate fine the two huge white vessels knowledge of the uninteresting por- looked.

PASSENGERS ABOARD THE

Owing the approach of TWO " EMPRESS " LINERS Chinese New Year a stallholder

AT KOWLOON. and another man were dismissed with a caution by Mr. Fraser, the Taipo Magistrate on Wednesday, on a charge af cruelty to poultry. Evidence showed that the birds were tied together by their legs and hung up for nie in the market.

"CANADA,"

ters in which a clash of interests engaged. between her and the British Em pire is by no means impossible. Without goodwill between the two countries settlement becomes difficult. With a public exasper ated by literary picadors concession and compromise are extraordinarily hard even for the most friendly and reasonable "statesman. The inarti culate man's reply to written sar-To-night at 9.15 in the Star

The Asia has just "finished hertions of one daily paper that one casm is a wish for violence, a Theatre Mr. Dick Norton's com desire to "teach them a lesson pany of elever artistes, the GloManila on the, 24th. She sails for deplored the partisan spirit of the refit and the Canada is due to felt he must have given the whole start hers on her return from paper most intelligent study. He

".

3 close.

• In.

that she deserves and must expect condition that it was a "war to popular admission prices of 83, 89 the Fleischmann Company on

criticism. He proceeded to give it, with much the same brilliance that Mr. LLOYD GEORGs used to expend

end war."

Down at heart many Englishmen upon the evil doings of British have never quite accepted the Declaration of Independence. They

dukes. Mr. WELLS knows that he

he hit them on the raw. Mr. ARNOLD BENNETT taking up same strain says:-

a

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The

average man only reached Standard

the phrase buttressed by the suit Trotters, will give their revus that port to-day able adjectives. If real deadlock

"Incidents," which represents 20

The "Empress of Canada," newspapers, which were always were reached Mr. H. G. WELLE cidents" will be repeated tomor

entirely new programme.

The Canada arrived yesterday. dinning one set of ideas and one would be the first to proclaim that

and among her passengers for long doctrine ato their sheep-like pub- row night, when the company will Kong, were

lie. To make the punishment fit there must be no war." Did be bring their Hong Kong season to mann, of Santa Barbara.

Major and Mrs. Max C.. Fleisch the crime" he felt that newspaper nat only Ecense the last on the

Booking at Moutrie'a and the Star Theatre at the former is chairman of the board of men should be made to read a through file after file of their own and $1.

visit to the Orient and return.

!productions. Mr. John Arnold, of Hong Kong, the Secretary of the Hong Kodg,!

Mr. Sands expressed a preference A Chinese girl living at 257, Canton and Haeng Steamboat Com for the rack of old rather than the" Des Voeux Road West, was admit pany; returning from vacation in Fress of the present day. With ted to Hospital suffering from compound

the Government Civil England and Canada.

Mr. and Mrs. P. Bell and daugh. Mr. H. G. Wells' support, he an- is widely read by Americans and like to think of the United States fracture of her right ankle. The ter, who were prominent Victoria nounced that the intelligence of the

AL daughter nation." An girl was following a coolie up the residents on a trip to India.

stairway of the above address, when Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Gowen, of VL of a Board School. To ensure errant daughter perhaps. but one a chest of tea which the coolie was Seattle, an architect on a tour of th

its public the Press had to keep that may eventually be reconciled carrying on his shoulder, slipped the Far East.

and struck, her.

Dr. G. W. Leavell, a prominent down to this level, for if the intel- into some sort of partnership." "And is it not universally agreed, The "coinship" is stressed and

Canton physician, returning from ligeace of the masses were to be An attempted armed robbery vacation in the United States. further, that

concord between the similarity of language

revealed in the police reports of Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Hall, of the raised, they would realize the

A Chinese woman, L America and

yesterday.

Canton Insurance Co., Hong Kong. isiquities of the Prees, and tur Britain depends phasised. In actual faet America widow, aged 69 years, was removed Mr. F. W. P. Zwagers, of Shang and read it. upcu Britain maintaining towards

18 foreign nation with only a com- yesterday morning, suffering from and Japan Lijn.

to the Kwong Wah Hospital early hai, the agent of the Java Chins America an attitude of unmixed paratively small proportion of cute on her throat and hands, which

Not only the Press but pressmen Col. W. L. F. Gordon, Comman came under the lash of several admiration. America is entitled to English stock: Negroes, Slave, Ger- are alleged to have been inflicted daat of the Shanghai Volunteer tongues. They were described as criticise, and with an earnest de mans, Latin races and Jews are in house at Ha Sha Po village, near

by a man who attempted to rob her Corps. sire for the betterment of humanity the aggregate more numerous "than Kowloon City. she does criticise the domestic the older type of American-the affairs of other natione. But does type largely killed off two genera WEATHER REPORT. This justily other countries in tions ago in the Civil War and making remarks about America? now swamped by, an industrialism Yesterday's weather report, fore- Certainly not." There is, of course, which calls for intense financial cast and remarks, issued by the

Mr. and Mrs. J. N. MacLeod, papers also came in for severe more in the same vein, amusing acumen and an application to stan etated:

Royal Observatory at" 8 p.m., well-known Manila broker, return handling.

ing from a visit to the United On the other side, the good in- stuff that any practised author candardised work which are not quali

Blates. The anti-cyclone over China has dictate at high speed to his secre- ties often found in the sea and strengthened lightly.

Mr. Julius 8. Reese, President vence and the universal grasp of tary and the British public, having open-air loving Baxon. We may along the S.E. coast of China, and

Fresh to General Manager, Manila Trading the Press was stressed by Mr. strong zuonsoon ay be expected Co.

Walker, and the moderate cinime been well worked upon by many not like many things that. Ameri- over the North China Sea.

Mr. F. V. Walker, of Kobe, similar articles, is in a mood to still in Socrates' definition of justice cans say or do, but there is wisdom

Director of the firm of Clifford Wil finally put forward for the Prese Local Forecast-East winds, kimson Tansan Mineral Water Co.; were enough to bring it through as minding onbrown's business." fresh, cloudy, some rain later.

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Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Botelho, of underlings, servile" myrmidons, Botelho Bros., Shanghai.

slaves of the tyrants of the "Yel- Prominent through passengers low Press," and go-betweens be-

were:-

Mr. H. R. Cooper, "of Manila, tween news, fim the raw and the General Manager, Far Eastern die public ia the dressing gown. trict, Pressed Steel Car Co. On a Journales and the aims of "news- visit to the Orient.

ion a trip to Manila.