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WEATHER REPORT.

Yesterday's weather report, fore- cast and remarks, issued by the Royal Observatory at 6.20 p.m., stated:-

Local Forecast:-SE. or variable winds, light to moderate, fair to

More than 1,000 employees of the Tos Jute Mill, including the day and night shifts, have struck work demanding a reduction in working

gotten. Against monotheistic re ligions there is nominally, no quarrel, and no attack is officially made upon Christianity, Buddhism, Mohammedanism, or Taoism as ours taught originally by Lao Tea, though | the superstitious accretions" of is reported to be making prepara-

Wenk anticyclones remain over the lower Yangtze Valley and to the east of the Bonins, Pressure in relatively low over the Philippines that faith come under the ban. In and the Pacific to the eastward..

actual fact we know that spoliation of temples and monasteries of all kinda and accusations of misconduct against priests and nuns common to-day in China as they, were in England when HENRY VIII. dissolved the English religious houses.

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IRRATIONAL RATIONALISTS

ENGLISHMEN have an instinctive fear of meddling with people's religion, which is expressed in the quite untrue epigram that only those without religion argue about it. Having a fairly keen historical sense, we remember that the strict abd sometimes grotesque pictism of the Commonwealth led to "the excesses of the Restoration," and that the Indian Mutiny was caused by greasing the sepoy's cartridges with fat from the cow, which to the Hindi sacred animal. Our axiom is that every man's religion, no matter what it may be, is entitled to respect, and interference is only justified if there are practicca that impinge upon the common law re- garding humanity, decency, and the maintenance of public order. This principle bas met with such prac tical success in the administration of the British Empire that we have come to regard it as one of the axioms of government.

It is, therefore, with some alarm that many people have read of the activities in Canton and Kwang- tung generally of the Society for the Amelioration of Customs and Beliefs. The Society appears to include in its membership import ant officials and, while not a part of the Government, seema to enjoy the patronage of the authorities and to be permitted to arrogate to itself I recently

considerable powers. succeeded in extracting an official edict banning the celebration of the Maidens Festival," with its very harmless rites that bear some re- semblance to the obsolete customs of St. Valentine's Day and St. Agnes' Eve in our own country. The observances were said to be on the wane, and the zealous Society evidently considered that they could be knocked dead by an official clout. The effect appeared to be not to kill but to stimulate to new life. The commercial interests concerned with marketing the paraphernalia of the festival complained that they CHINA, SIAM, STRAITS had got: in their stocks and the SETTLEMENTS, MALAY oficial edict, coming at a time of STATES, NETHERLANDS great economic stress, would mean INDIA, BORNEO. THE not only heavy loss but in many PHILIPPINES, Etc.

cases bankruptcy. Canton's tactful Chief of Police let it be known that

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tions for the laying out of a park on the banks of the Yangtze at a cost of $10,000.

It is understood that the time for the departure of the Shanghai-Nan king air mail and passenger planes will shortly be changed on account of weather conditions.

Automatic telephones are to be installed by the Chinese Telephone Administration in various sections. of the Municipality of Greater Shanghaj before next autume.

Mr. J. J. Mantell, Adviser to Minister of Railways, has arrived in Tientsin accompanied by his wife and daughter. His secretary, Mrs L. Kidd, was also of the party and they are staying at the Astor House Rotel,

The hearing of a charge of in- decent assault against C. J. Atchim was of the Cosmopolitan Dock, concluded before Mr. T. S. Whyte Smith at the Kowloon Magistracy. was taken in camera, on Saturday when the defendant, whose case was sentenced to four months' hard inbour.

The Ministry of the Navy is re- parted by the Sinwanpao to have entered into an agreement with the American Government whereby 20 naval students will be sent to the United States annually for train ing.

These young men will be selected from 60 students recom. meaded by the Chinese Shipowners Association.

We in Hong Kong, and Englieb people generally, view this icono- elastic movement with anxiety be cause we wish to see a peaceful and settled China in which we trade and invest. We do not want to see the political revolution fol lowed by a sceend upheaval in which religion is involved. We all know the primitive Greek legend of the war between the Titans and the Gods of Olympus, and how, after SUCCESSES, the some preliminary Titans were defeated and severely dealt with. We have a suspicion that the war of the foreign-educated young Titans of modern China upon this country's Olympiad may lead to similar results. We feel that much of what these present-day Titans tench and believe comes from Soviet Russia; that it is all part of the policy laid down by LENIN of keeping the "Far Eastern cauldron" perpetually seething. But this view by no means exhausts the situation. The religious institu. tions of China are being assaulted with fanatical fury by a small section who have at their command the benevolent neutrality of the Government and the ordinary forces of disorder. A brigand gang knows that a temple or a monastery is easy game, and no very arduous official vengeance will follow if such institutions are pillaged. But the mass of the Chinese nation consists of simple minded peasants to whom their religion means a great deal. If that religion is mainly ignorant propitiation of demoniacal forces, it is because people are genuinely afraid of such powers, and have a belief in them that Socialist propaganda is not goifig to shake easily. Every Christian min sionary knows the tenacity with which the Chinese people cling to these beliefs, handed down from immemorial ages and which express both the sombre grandeur of Chinese scenery and the life of the people who till the fertile places.

Mr. T. Saburi, who has been men- If Chinese iconoclasta knew antioned as successor to Mr. K thing of the history of Europe, they Yoshizawa, who until recently was would realise that wara and social Japanese Minister to China, has disturbances arise from suddenly arrived in Shanghai from Tokyo. disturbing the religious beliefs of Mr. Saburi is not new to China, Whether or having served in Shanghai in a illiterate people. the history of the Reformation and number of capacities in the consular Counter-Reformation of Europe, and and diplomatic service and 28 chief all the great wars by which they Japanese delegate to the Tarif Con- were accompanied, is familiar to ference. them or not, they would doubtless reply that China must carve out her own destiny-as, indeed, she

But we would much prefer sain peas must. to see that progress achieved with- ont introducing further discord into an already gravely disturbed nation. The ghosts and goblins will vanish from China as they have from mont parts of Europe, but reason is their deadliest enemy. The wrecking and trampling under foot of shrines and symbols merely exasperates the simple-minded without enlightening

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News and Views.

Gazette notifies that a Memorial Re-entry by the Crown on New Kowloon Inland Lot No. 457 has been registered according to law.

Silk forwarded from here by

A Chinese was sentenced to six imprisonment by Mr. months' Whyte Smith for destroying and cyprus" bushes from stealing five the garden of 320, Kowloon Tong. vious conviction for the Defendant's record showed a pre- offence. He said that he wanted the shrub to extract a herbal medicine" to cure his sore foot.

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The Chinese Press has received

to the effect that the Ministry of information from reliable sources Finance is shortly to introduce a

The Greater Shanghai Bureau of Social Affairs has issued a further

crease their interest rates. Failure order forbidding pawnshops" to in- tu obey this order will result in pawnbrokers' licences being with drawn.

The dropping of the bitterns which frequent the pine woods around Himeji Castic in Japan are supposed to be killing the stately pine trees and the authorities have given permission for the birds to be driven off. The slaughter began September 24 at such times as the last Sunday and will last till birds settle ou the trees. Japan bas plenty of pine trees but very few birds. She could spare some of the former for the sake of the latter, says the Japan Chronicle,

The recent tennis tournament at East Cliff, Peitsite, was the scene of many hard fought struggles. The tennis was of the best in both the men's and ladies' events. Mr.

A. K. Whallon was the lucky one to take the men's title. Partnered with Mr. M. H. Wheeler, he won the doubles. Dr. and Mrs. Sim son won the mixed doubles. In the ladies tennis the Wang family won both events, Mise Joie Wang and Miss Winifred Wang won the ladies doubles and Miss Joie Wang won the singles,

Sir Miles W. Lampson, H. X. N. E. B. Ezra, editer of Israel's Minister in Peking, wrote to Mr. Messenger, from Feitního, saying that His Majesty King George has received the issue of 'bia publication containing a tribute and congratu lations to His Majesty on his re- "At covery and on the celebration of his birthday. Sir Miles added, the King's command I am directed by the Secretary of State to convey 43 expression of His to you Majesty's appreciation of the kind sentiments which animated this article"

The Malayan Agency bas just placed an order for a memorial

| Church, Kuala Lumpur, in memory tablet to be erected in St. Mary's of Mr. Wm. Lance Conlay, C.B.E.. who was formerly Commissioner of Police in the Colony and subse quently attached to the Agency in London in which service he died. It is understood that the tables will comprise a plaque with a silhouette- of the deceased, and that the cost is being borne by Mr. Conlay's "col- leagues in Malaya.

The Library of the Congress of the United State has presented fourteen volumes on the reports of the American municipalities to General Yen si Shan in return for the books on village administra- tion and rural subjects given to the library by the Shansi "provincial Not long ago the government Library asked General Yen for the Shansi Government reports. cordingly General Yen sent to America the following books -in Chinese : Reports of the Civil Administration in Villagea," "A Hand-Book for the Magistrates," "A Hand-Book for the People, in Rural Districts," "Six Principles for Rural Administration and Three Articles on Agriculture."

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Efforts by Mrs. Charles Burnett, wife of the retiring Military Attaché of the American Embassy to Tokyo and many other enthusias tie persons for the better "treatment of animals are bringing successful. results, reports the Japan Adner- tiser. Since the Humane Society came into existence in Japan head ed by Mrs. Burnett, strong sati- ment has been aroused in many quarters of the country for kind treatment of domestic animals not. only by urban but by country peo- ̈ ple. Coinciding with the seventh memorial services for those who lost their lives in the great earthquake and fire of 1923 which were beld at various places in both Tokyo and Yokohama, a mass for the repose of those animals, such as cats, dogs,

horses, oxen and domestic fowl that' perished in the disaster was per formed at the Kuboyama crema- torium in Yokohama.

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"Eugene Aram", Recalled.

The leaders of the Japanese Army General Staff Office met recently to exchange views on the War Minister's plan to reorganize the Japanese army along modern lines. At present, the consensus of opinion at the Army General Staff Office Reems to be unfavourable to the idea of reducing the Army Division or the strength of the standing nation-

Building enterprise at HarroW al army, which the War Minister

1 reaching Pinner Wood House, a has evidently in view, but as the Minister's plan to modernize the charming sixteenth-century dwell- army has the support of the Generaling nestling at the foot of Pinner Hill. This house was the residence Staff authorities, a certain measure

Lord Lytton then Mr. E. Bul- of concession will finally be made. Seeing that the final issue of the wer-Lytton and it was in the room Eugene War Minister's plan depends large-looking towards Harrow that he Aram and part of that strange of the Army Staff Office, their cotton mills to collect this and they on the decision of the authorities wrote the tragedy of

romance Gedolphin." The house future attitude is being watched- money will be used to meet the de-

is to be sold, just a century after ficit caused by the abolition of likiä.

with considerable attention in many

Lytton peaned his tragic story, and, quarters.

judging by the rows of houses which are creeping up and around the Hill, the literary associations of this charming place may be forgotten. The suggestion is made that the Hendon Rural Council should pre- serve the house-as they have done nt Headstone-and schedule the surrounding property as part of the

of Middlesex. "Green girdle

cotton goods production tax. Agents of the Ministry will be sent to various foreign and Chinese

According to a Chinese contem- pory about two dozen Paker foun- were stolen from the

Commercial Press, a book store in Queen's Road, Central on Friday. The pens were displayed in the glass show case at the door and their dis appearance was noticed at noon on that day. No damage was done to the show case. The store. did not report the theft to the police.

A report made to the police by the owner of a fishing jurk states that four zien, one armed with a revolver, raided the boat while off Sai Cheung, about ten miles from Shamun in Chinese waters. addition to taking a small quantity of money and property, the gang kidnapped the junk owner's nephew, 17. years old, and rowed their samban in the direction of Shamun.

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to the Umal Lists of Firms, an he would turn a blind eye to lapses Empress of Russia on August 21 after many weeks' detention in the i

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young moideas of the city showed a renewed interest in the festival, and though celebrated behind doors there was an unusual enthusiasm, for the celestial Romeo and Juliet in whose honour it was held.

Undeterred by this rebuff, the Ameliatory Society concentrated its attention, well ahead, autumn festival in honour of the moon deities. They appear to have met with success, and now the bakers of Canton are complaining that no one is ordering moon cakes this year.

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It is well to turn a moment to the professed. aims and objects of this zealous Society. The props ganda which it issues declares that

Park) on September 11 having been 21 days in transit.

The name of Mr. Allston Gourdin No. 6, Nathan Road, Kowloon, Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery of the University of Hong Kong has been added to the list of local medien! practitioners.

General has been not allowed to

leave Canton. Recently, he applied for permission to go to Japan but was refused.

Mr. Wang Pei Chun, Minister of has requested Communications, Dr. C. T. Wang to approach the The Gazette notifies that at the new Japanese Minister with a sug- expiration of three months from gestion that all Japanese post and September 13, The Les Wing Co.,telegraph offices along the South Ltd. will, unless cause is shewn to Manchuria Railway the contrary, be struck off the re- abolished without further delay as gister and the company will be these are not only encroachments dissolved.

on China's sovereign rights but they are contrary also to the resolutions passed at the Washington Confer-

Kowloon Inland Lot No. 2230, at the junction of Tai Nan Street and Cadar Street, Tai Kok Tsui, will

the advancement and enlightenment be sold by auction at the Crown The of China is retarded by supersti- and Office this afternoon. tion, and that it is seeking to area is about 9,500 feet, the annual strike off these shackles. It points rental is 8110 and the upset price out that immense sums, in the 916,660. aggregate, are wasted upon wedding and funeral celebrations, upon

Tenders for the Construction of " jossing," the demands of the Aberdeen Upper Dam, must be spirit world and upon sorcerers, handed in the Colonial Secretary's fortune-tellers and charlatans of Office by noon to-day. The work every description. It has declared comprises the construction of a that the temples to the nature gods concrete dam approximately 425 of sen, sky, and rivers, and to local feet in length and 110 feet in deities must be closed, and the height; approximately 900 feet of names of these mythical beings for catufwater and contingent works.

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Looking Back 25 Years..

At the busy junction of Wing Lok Strees with Des Voeux Bond is. Victoria Jubilee Fountain-1887." It is (now) an old iron affair with alenky trough, but that does not matter, for water never flows now from its rusty taps, and, even f it did, a coolie would think twice- before drinking from the corroded cups. A lamp, or what it left of une, surmounts it. The glass is. At night time broken and dirty. there is no light. Beneath the bowl. shaped trough are broken bricks, fruit skins, and other garbage. Its. chief use now seems to be that of a. It "dossing ken" for coolies. should either be made presentable removed.-Hong Kong Daily Press, September 18, 1904. Looking Back 50 Years.

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A plan to divide India into separate Hindu and Moslemn spheres and to convert the seventy million people in Izdia comprised in what the depressed are known as

equally to Hinduism and Mohammedanism was mentioned by the well known nationalist lender, Mahomed Ali, when giving evidence before the Committee which is en- quiring into the disturbances which broke out last February in Bombay between the Hindus and Mahom. medans. Mahomed Ali said the plan originated with the Aga Khan, the bead of the Ismaili abom medans in India, whose followers at Ahmedabad and elsewhere, acting on this plan, were converting men, women and children. Mahomed Ali ect with Gandhi, who remarked. said that he had discussed the sub-fuel no surprise at its contents. He

It is doing a religious thing in an irreligious way,"

A Holiday Tragedy.

A reply bss at last been received to the resolutions passed by the forwarded to the Secretary of State public meeting in October last and We have been for the Colonies. favoured with a perusal of Sir Michael Hick-Bench's despatch, and

admits that there was good cause for alum among the residents, but feels assured that that cause will be removed by the aetion of the local Government... The despatch can. How a girl was killed whilst her not be considered satisfactory by lover's arm was round her, through residents. It utterly ignores the greater part of the complaint, and a piece of rock crashing down on them from Countisbury Foreland, treats the colorists like a flock of over 300 ft. above, as they sat to startled children. Clearly it is gether on the sands at Lynmouth, little use for the people of a Crown was related at the inquest recently Colony, to protest against the acts. should be on Miss Lily Muddiman, of Brook ar policy of their Governor. Un- fields, Birmingham, Evidence was animity of the opinion on their given that Mr. Joseph Fowkes, part counts for little; proofs of their statement are of no effect; Miss Muddiman, her brother, and his wife, were sitting on the beach, the Colonial Office must not be and later they moved under the troubled with such small matters. cliff oving to the incoming tide. The Crown Colonies must accept the Mr. J. Haydon, who was also on officials sent out to govern them the beach, saw the rock falling, and and acquiesce in all their crochets,. shouted a warning to the party, but bear the grievous burden of their the sound of the acs drowned his costly experiments, put up with the voice. Mr. Wilfred Cheeseman said results of their famous blunders, he saw.two lambs gambolling at a but never be guilty of the crime of spot on the clifla whence the rock complaining, or they will risk a fell. It was stated that the day of polite anubbing from the Secretary the inquest was Miss Muddiman's of State. Apparently nothing short twenty-sixth birthday, and she and of bloodshed would induce the her fiancé. Mr. Fowkes, who is in Colonial Office to intervene between Lynton Hospital with a broken the Governor of a Crown Colony,. arm, were to have been married and these unrepresented citizens shortly. Saying it was a very and over whom he exercises despotic au-

September 16, 1879. case, the Coroner returned a verdict thority-Hong Kong Daily Press, of accidental death..

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