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22841, UCENIITAKAS □NDAN*** HONG KONG, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1931.

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Kowloon Tarmatij.

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6.48

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Tsipo Taipa

Page Fanling

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Canton

Dep. 7.58

STATIONS

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9.34 10.24 12.08 LED

2.35 4.024.42)

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9,58 10,50 18,48 1,61

9.67 10.54 12.37 1.65) 4

10.00 11.04) 12.47 2.08

0.06

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DOWN TRAINS

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12.012.50 4.45 (6.32

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Hockey Hong Kong Club "A"

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Queen's Theatre: "On With The Show."

World Theatre: Among The Soxer (Chinesa film), deve

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Star Theatre: Hot For. Paris,' Central Theatre: Romance of The Opera" (Chinese film). R King's Theatre "Three Girls Lost,"

Majestic Theatre: "A Man From Wyoming"

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(October 10.).

Chinese Republican Anniversary, Bank and Customs Holidny

Extra Race Meeting.. Interpart Lawn Bowls: Hong Kong v. Shanghai, Kowloon Bow! ing Green Club ground.

League Cricket: Second Division, Indian Recreation Club S. Sookumpoo.

DIFFICULTIES CONFRONTING THE GRANT OF SELF-GOVERNMENT.

FAITHS AND CASTES THAT ARE POLES

APART AND CANNOT UNITE.

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But Hinduism and Islam differ in their very vital Hinduism is a roligion of the forest, full of its richness and infinite variety, catho- his, embracing all varieties of helief and philosophy, subtle and tolerant. Islam is the faith of the desort, severe and simple, laying down one. God and one Prophet, giving man an easy doctrine and dogms, yet in- sisting on close adherence

It is generally known that there have been three outstanding difficul- ties in the way of the grant of self government to India the Hindu Moslem problem, the co-operation of the Native States, and the question of the Depressed Classes writes Lt Colonel E. G. Hart, D.SO., Reader in Indian History, Dublin Univer- sity, in the London Vows-Chronicle, Of the last two, that of the Native States seems rather surprisingly and

Faiths Poles. Apart, 15 suddenly to have reached 1) The faiths aro poles apart. Hin- solution at the last Round Table Conference, while that of the Deduism, with its divisions of castos pressed Classes has made such pro and sub-castes, is the essence of aris greas during the past twelve years tocracy, Islam, with its every mem thanks to the efforts of Gandhi and her, "his own soldier and priest," is great pioneering work for nearly esentially democratic Between century by Hindu reformers, that it these two may be said to die all the may well bi left for India to settle other religions of the world. for herself with a minimum of safe. An India writer of strong N

postionalist views, Prithwis Chandra |guárda, "a qa

The Hindu Moslem problem rear recently common culture is

wrote: v1/h maine. It is a heavy cloud and very unthinkable with nearly 30 per cent. black and it seems impossible to say of the population steeped in ab- when it will lift. Twelve years ago solute ignorance, divided by more it seemed to be nearly non-existent than a hundred languages and n today it is larger than it has ever thousand castes, and all drawing their intellectual nourishment from intolerant dogmas preached by fanstical pundits and road muilas."

bern,

I believe there is no parallel in history for a state of affairs such

an exists in India to-days. One can | In the post, before, we came to In- only try to imagine Red Indians dia is rulors, the problem did not having invaded China tem centuries exist, for when the sword is half out ago, and having been joined and of the scabbard it is foolish to ar augmented ne time went on by the gue. Those who wanted power and RE&more adventurous and ambitious adventure became Mohammedans: among the Chinese to form the ral those who did not, who preferred ing caste. Then, to quell tempor pence even at certain price, re ary state of anarchy, European mained in their ancient faith. So. Power stepped in and for a century the two religions do not mean only and a half kept the peace, and more or less maintained the status quo,

Queen's Theatre: “On With The Show."

World Theatre: "Soul of Liberty!" (Chinese film).

Star Theatre "Hot For Paris' King's Theatre: A Conneticut Yankee."

Central Theatre: "Romance of The Opera (Chinese film).

Prince's Theatre:" They Had To Soe Paris.

Dinner Dance at Peninsula Hotel and Repulso Bay Hotel.

European Mail-Outward Europe via Suez (Mantua) 10.30 a.in.; Europe via Siberia (Empress of Canada) 10a.m.

SUNDAY,

,

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Vital Differences...

difference of religion, as these things go in Europe: they magn differenes of temperament and char aetor-something far deeper and harder to cure or bridge over than a difference of opinions.

That is really the state of India now. The differences between the This difference of temperament Hindus and Moslems are not the has also brought about economical differences between Catholics and differences. Islam forbids usury. Protestants, but between twe utterly, and so everywhere in India Moham different cultures, one of which has medans have to borrow from Hin drained from, the other most of its dus, since the numbers of the other adventures and ambitious spirita, faiths are insignificant. Hindus, and left behind the careful, the bus-from a matter of temperament, alsn Tides: High at 8.05 and 453ness-like, the philosophical. It is a fall mure into the class of landlords Low at 1.35 and 295.

difference, of temperamenta and than Moslems, and Gandhi himself characters, not of faiths as we know gives as one of the causes of the such differences:

Moplah rising in 1921 the feeling I am aware that, as a matter of against Hindu Inndlords. Sta fact, climate and national char In the towns we find Hindus as aeter have had a good deal to say traders and shopkeepers and enti regarding the adoption of Protest-pleyers, and Mohammedans antiam by the peoples of Europe. craftsmen: it is our own problem. It was the Northern races, living in of capital and labour again, with cold and rigorous climes, who took good deal of the unscrupulousness of to the severer forms of religion, but the moneyed classes in Europe of the they took to them largely en bles, early nineteenth century repeated. nad in the middle regions of Ger- There is also a repetition of tis many and France we got the reli- feeling of Christians against the rious wars of the sixteenth century Jews: some centuries ago, when us which finally settled matters. The ury was unfashionable for Christ- differences were not really very ians.. ́deep..

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(October 11.).

19th Sunday After Trinity, Queen's Theatre: Reaching For The Moon." A

"The Soul of World Theatre: Liberty" (Chinese film).

Star Theatre: "Speedway." King's Theatre: A. Connecticut

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