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WU TSE-TIEN AND BUDDHISM

Scholarly Lecture By Prof. Tschen Yin-koh

There was a large gathering at the Fung Ping Shan Library of the Hongkong University last Friday, when, at a meeting of the Sino-British Cultural Association, Prof. Tschen Yin-koh, Professor of Mediaeval Chinese History of the Tsing Hwa University and Visiting Professor at the University of Hongkong, gave a lecture on "Wu Tse- ten and Buddhism."

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Prof, Hsu Ti-shan presided, and among those present were Prof. L. Forster, Prof. Gordon King. Mr.S. L. Yen. Mr. Wel Tat, Mr. N. H. France, Mr. S. Balfour, Dr. F. L. Tseung, Miss Sin Yuk-ching. Mr. Li Tse-fong and Mr. T. K. Chúan.

Tokyo Paper Assails U.S. Japan Policy

FIRM GOVT. STAND

ADVOCATED

TOKYO, Jan. 12 (Reuter) Bitterly assalting the recent United States attitude towards "Japan and

GENERAL

INTENSE NAZI AIR RAID ON PORTSMOUTH

COUNTRYSIDE LIT BY FIRES

LONDON, Jan. 12 (Reuter)-Leaving the rest of England al- most untouched. Goer ng's Luftwaffe on Friday night concentrated their attention on Portsmouth. where a number of people were killed and much damage was done to houses and commercial premises.

Many fires were started but the. Efficient labour groups dealt

hand the Axis powers the Kokumintuation was well in

by promptly with incendiaries that Shimbun, one of the leading yesterday morning, after tine work tell in residential areas and hein-

ed to minimise the damage metropolitan newspapers, yesterday by the Auxiliary Fire Service. advocated in an editorial suspen- The attackers came over in two

Receipt of the communique of ston of the despatch of the newly-waves in a rald which was describ-the German High Command con- appointed Ambassador, Admiral cd as "moderately intense," but cerning the raid on Portsmouth

the attack was

over well before provides an interesting commen dawn elsewhere in England and no one Only a few bomba were dropped

was killed. London had a night free from raiders.

tary.

Nomura, to Washington.

Reason, says the paper, wou'd be the to manifest "Japan's firm deter In the course of his lecture. Prof. tional religious beliefs of

NAZI. COMMUNIQUE Tschen said that his object was to royal family of Empress Wu Tse-mination" vis-a-vis the situation.

Although the.. British claimed to attempt an explanation of the rela tien that the Buddhists were able The newspaper said "President

have shot down only two German tions between the Empress, and to recover their power and pas Roosevelt's fireside chat, the re-

TWO DOWNED`

machines, one by a night fighter Buddhism, which in turn resolved tion lost since the founding of cerit annual Budget Message and

Two enemy bombers were down- [and one by anti-aircraft gunfire, itself on these two points, namely, the Tang Dynasty, the Professor other speeches of late were noth- led during the night. one by an the German official announcement the influence Empress Wu received continued: As Wu Tse-tien assuming but a challenge to Japan. R.A.F." fighter and the other by is that six bombers failed to re- from the religious faith of her cd the role of an emperor in spite The paper added they were anti-aircraft gunk

túrn" from the attack family on her mother's side, and, of her being a female, she

was "simply rabid" and cut of the "Buildings damaged In Ports- The Air Ministry's claim refers secondly, the special privileged giving rise to an unprecedented "common road."

{mouth.included churches, schools, only to thuse certainly destroyed. position she enjoyed as 271

and entirely new phase of poli

Mere diplomatic technique, the notels, business premises, hospitals It is presumed that the other four Kokumin continued, would

never and dwellings

were so badly damaged by gun- be able to remedy the situation, Fires Ht up the countryside for fire, either in combat or from the so the Japanese Government must many miles. and firemen worked ground, that they failed to reach Ilke Trojana throughout. the their base and crashed" into the take a firm stand in order to cope with the situation,

night.

[Channel

perial consort and again as the tical development in Chinese His political head of the country...

"O1 the royal families of the period known as the 'Northern and Southern Dynasties,"" the Profes- sor continued, "the Siao of Liang in the south and the Yang of Sw! in the North are the only nouses that had the closest relation with the Buddhist religion. At the beg

two inning of Tang, these were both descendants of an over thrown dynasty. Though they had last most, if not all, of their poll tical influence, yet their religious talth. which they had inherited from generations past. was con- tinued just as in the days of Lang and Sul without any swerve or diminished ardour. In spite of their political set back.

tory.

CONFUCIAN CREED

knew

If she wished to justify her special position, she

that

be such justification could not found from the Confucian creed and canons. This being so, it follows

The journal added: Though we

have, tried every possible means in rder to improve the strained re- lations it seems too late for suc- cess now."

R.A.F. "BLITZ” ON ENEMY 'DROMES IN NORTH FRANCE

LONDON, Jan. 12 (Reuter) — Protected by an escort of over 100 fighters British bombers crossed the French coast in daylight on Friday and bombed nerodromes in the north of France, and ma- chine-gunned aircraft on the ground at low levels, says the Air Minis- try news service.

that when she came to change the

into of Tang clans dynasty

Chow, she could not but have recourse to the Buddhist prophecies found

40 U.S. AIRCRAFT in the Buddhist sutras for a pre

actions. It FOR CHUNGKING text of her political should be pointed- dut here that,

SHANGHAI, Jan. 12 (Reuter) according to the original teachings The Chinese press, quoting wel of Buddha, the female "was,

informed sources, yesterday stated fact, much looked down upon. that over 40 American panes were In course of time, this idea, shipped from Manila and delivered however, changed, and in the later to the Chinese Government re-were dropped on A nearby rail- stages of development of the rell-cently.

way station which was left gion; we even find in the scriptures

veloped in smoke.

GAIN UPPER HAND

"Buddhism was suppressed by the Emperor Wa T1 of Northern Chow, and it was only revived by Emperor Wen T of Sul after he had overthrown the former nous As Tang succeeded Sul, it was na- tural that Taoist priests should gam the upper hand, by virtue of the fact that Lao-tzu was of the same surname as the dynastie Rouse But Emperor Tang Tai tsung was a shrewd monarch and he seemed also to believe in the

Buddhist teachings.

After the overthrow of Sul. it was natural for the followers of Buddhism ta try their best to regain their lost positions."#

that

in

Included in the shipment were of the Mahayana School theories also 100 cases of aeroplane parts

according to which predestination may be conferred upon the female

Ta

and accessories.

Another Chinese press report to become a cakravarti and finally says it is learned that the United a Buddha. This is,. Indeed, a very States is sending a "Deet of 1ght extraordinary doctrine. The so-warships" to the Far East to pro- called Mahamegha Sutra, or tect American interests. yun-ching, which Empress Wu Tse- tien caused to be published and distributed all over her empire in order to substantiate the prophecy of her 'divine mission', is one the sutras belonging to the Maha- yana School. But the fact remains that the original of this sutra was from India and not a sham pro-

duction of China.

MAIN CAUSE

of

The lectures pointed out Just as in the case of the descen- dants from the royal of Llang, theThe fact that Buddhism after be

In conclusion, Prof. Tschen said.

descendants of the royal house of

ing superseded by Taoism at the

Aircraft dispersed on the ground the ground in the corner Of a.n in the forest of De Guines 'near aerodrome and were heavily "ma. Calais" were attacked and fires chine-gunned by a Polish pilot were started in the woods. High | who new across the aerodrome at explosive and incendiary bombs ground level to deliver the attack. As he climbed away he sighted en-two Messerschmitt 109's below him at 200 feet.. Singling cut the On the return flight a section of nearest he attacked it and after the fighter escort made a low three bursts of are saw it

crash level machine-gun attack on gur to the ground, posts and troops in the neigh bourhood of Vissant

A number of Nenachel Army | Co-operation aircraft were seen on

GROWING U.S. ARMY IS DEADLY SERIOUS ABOUT ITS ABILITY

· WASHINGTON, Dec. 27—The U. S. Army is confident of its ability to meet any emergency that could confront It now and.. likewise, any future emergeney.

That is the opinion of offi ers working long hours in army posts throughout the country to convert millions of peaceful men and billions of the taxpayers' money into an efficient. hard-hitting army.

Sui too inherited the religious beginning of the Tang Dynasty, belief of their ancestors. and as was able, at the time of Wu Tse- Empress Wu Tse-tien's mother,

Their confidence is reflected in fighting to maintain its place tien, to restore" all its former in the high morale manifested at despite the alarms Lady Yung-kuo, was a direct des-quence was indeed due to a com- various posts visited by this cor i branches that the day of the horse sulle other cendant of the royal house of Sui.plexity of causes; nevertheless, one respondent and other defence has passed. Officers there point- recent army- jed out that many areas - prevent

it would not be surprising to find of the main causes was undoubted-writers during a her a devotes to Buddhism. He also

ly, that the teachings in

NATIONAL ARMY

showed that Lady Yung-Kuo nad Buddhist scriptures could supply inental defence establishment.

the sponsored air tour of the con- any use of tanka and that horse great influence in the imperial

and horsemen can carry a great the woman monarch such a con-

fire power over difficult terrain venient theory for her political The new national sing that is at a remarkable speed. To clinich ends as she had been unable to being worked into shape gave the their argument, these veteran find anywhere else,"

impression that it was deadly officers -- ask, "how do you know

court with her daughter. female Emperor.

the

After proving that It. was through the influence of the tradi

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The lecturer was thanked by serious about its job. In many where the next war. Wu

ways the army of today presents fought?"

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On a fair, day the

Proi, L. Forster,

The speaker at the next meeting, of 1917. The officers and men are cadets work long hours with their s different picture than the army At Randolph Mela, Texas, young on Feb. 7. will be Mr. T. K. Chuan, Editor of the Tien Hsta Monthly yet there is no lack of discipline. rushing from class to class to get more castial in their relations, comparatively few training planes. whose subject will be "The Tag The salute is na brisk as ever and the last minute of training service with a Luminous. Nose."

the air about the camps is thick from them. |with "yes, dir," and "no, sir.” kkies over those Texas Dialne Throughout the area covered by roar as one class swoops down POLITICAL ARRESTS

the survey-from Fort Bliss, after Its lesson and another one Texas, to Fort Benning, Ga- takes off. IN FRANCE

barracks were sprouting from the VICHY, Jan. 12 (Reuter) - A

Imud and dust, as they did "in fresh wave of political arrests iz 1917. But there is an sweeping over France, it was stated form to the expansion programme yesterday.

COMPANY STREETS Company streets are laid out to another. Their mobility is in- Some 40 have been arrested in with greater efficiency. Sometimes credible to world war doughboys. Paris during the past few days the equipment is inadequate. but under a decree providing for the it is kept in tip-top shape. At internment of persons, dangerous Fort Sili, Okla., to public security.

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where the new

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streamlined Infantry division at Fort Sam Houston demonstrates how quickly it сад move foot soldiers from one point

*ARMOURED DIVISION

At Fort Benning, the second 349th Held artillery regiment is armoured division works out tank manoeuvres in steep ravines and

In other parts of the country a being formed with negro recruits, wooded hillsides, through rain and round-up of such persons résulted the 155-milimeter rifles made in

¡dust, Parachute troops tumble.

planes, their number and exact equipment a secret.

In 10 arrests on Thursday alone. France in 1917 are polished until dily from low-fly'ng and 86 as a consequence of recent they are as police activity.

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At Fort Knox, Ky., young men with a fair for machines are ad--

All of these, men and all of this army's plying their genius, to modern, activity represents the

of lessons learned armour-plated tanks that go tear-adaptation

BCROSS the broken ravines from modern war. The two most along the Ohlo ziver at 50 miles important army lessons learned so LISBON, Jan. 12 (Reuter)-Allan hour, firing cannon at targets ar, the veteran officers indicate, foreigners are barred from enter (The officers of this new armoured are to get infantry into the breach ing Portuguese flying schools or corps know and they, tell their at the front more quickly than ang aerodrome in the country. men. that they are but one part before and, secondly to even private ones, according to s of a team; that the tanks then more heavily so that it can strike new.decree of the Portuguese selves cannot win wars but must harder on offensive or in repelling War Ministry, issued yesterday. use their tremendous striking a counter-attack.

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Evading intense anti-aircraft fre he flew right back across the Channel at sea level and landed safely despite a jammed throttle which made it impossible for him to shut off his engine,

Another returning pilot attacked four patrol boats off the coast and sprayed them with machine- gun bullets, and later shot, down a Messerschimtt which he saw attacking a Spitfire.

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