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THE NATIONAL MISSION. Before coming to his subj-ot] THE DEATH PENALTY. The case in which' a' ChinORO

| for khe evening, there was sackbac firm hae `bona, summoned":for

Bishop Norris Replies to His subject he wanted to mention. In

A Conscientious Objector | obutrmotion has its special interest:

Critics.

one of the newspaper in Hong-

in Francë, for the ordinary Hongkongite în

The Chamber of Commeros kong it had been suggested, with that it raise the quaation of the

London, Oct. 29.--The stoc y of powers of the Police. It may not

Room at the City Hill was again all the surosem at the writer's HOPE THE BEST FOR YOURSELF. filed last evening on the occasion God was puniabing them for who was scanned to death in command, that the massage that in Enfield conscientious objector, be easy for the lay mind to see

of the second of the men's meti- how Mr. Wood could have offered

their sins in this war was a mont France and is now undergoing any other decision than that

|ings being held this week in osa- published in last night's Tele

of Repentance and Hope. The Bt. nection with the National Mission couraging message for them the commuted sentence of les toond from Hongkong years' penal servitude, was told graph; but unfortunately this.

to those who were fighting|yesterday in the course of a cAP. Rev. F. L. Norris, D. D., Bishop gentleman has acquired some Siberian Maillons per ..in North Chinn, was the speaker. for them at the front. He hoped at Middlesex Sessions. Hachert

Sinking at 3 p.m. to-morrow. On the previous evening he had they did not thick for ous Banham Brown, builder, of Ea

member of the No- to the Police, and thus, in spite of

dsalt with the question Why God moment that he had come to give field, a

them a mesenge to send to those Copscription Fellowship, who had oneself, oor is apt to appromob The opening rate of the dollar does not stop the War" and s many of his judgments almost on demand to-day was Ɛs. 3.13/16d, there were several criticisms of the fighting at the front. He had been fined $50 for iraing with prejudice. As usual, the To-murrow's Anniversary,

opinions then expressed, his come with messge for the circular held to be contrary to real fault lies with ourold friend To-morrow is the 101st anniver Lordship replied to these before people of Hongkong, who were the Defence of the Realm Art, the Hongkong Government. Our eary of the shooting of. Marubal dealing with the subject of the pot at the froasthough some of appealed against the cɔnviction.

them wibed they were. Sup- The objstor was_uppollant's {evening. legislators know perfectly well Ney.

He said he had one question posing they did want to send a friend, G. H. Stuart Bestie, who thas there are certain peculiarition attaching to the every-day life Mesure. Benjamin and Potte sent him, which was practically meege, he could not help think-had been smsted as a conscript; of this Colony, and that it cannot advise of that the Ayer Tawah su,follows:-- Are you quite sure ing of two sorts of manager they and appellant's offending circular be run satisfactorily on the lines Rubber Co., Ltd., his dealared a that war is not an evil in itself?; could send. The first was that reproduced a letter which: Beavis paraned in

one-horse final dividend of The, 2.00, and for you appear to answer 'No, they could say all wu going very mat from Francs so his mother town

at Home, or even in the Alms Estates, Lid., a final War is not an evil in itself, well here, and that they were The letter wid:

because we are learning through getting a nice lot of money for We have been warned- to-day Lindon. They know that the of Tis.0.90. Ohinese can only be handled

suffering and trial the excellence the war fand by concerts and by that we are now within the war efficiently by men of experisnos An amıb, living at 266, Queen's of the individasl. We bere in • x-be did cot know if it had gone, and the military authorities

been done here on the Pari- bave abcolate power.“ and resolution, and that there Road East, was sent to the Go-Hongkong do pot anffermatal at Race Hostinge so that by obediencs may be followed by ought to be left a tolerably wide ernment Civil Hospital yesterday community all divi attending roos they were doing very severe penaltics, and very discretion; and yet they piously suffering from movers injuries to dosis suffered bereavement and

but not others good work and had raised a total possibly the death penalty, so I refrain from conferring faller the bass of the skull, caused by anxiety, Correspondents are requested to observe the rule which powers on

were suffering in the tranches at of 65,000. It made him feel sick jast drop you a line in case they the Police. Our falling dowDulaire. requires them to forward their names and addresses with Police system in itself is excellent;

ihe front. It was a fact that the that the Stewards should have do not allow me to write. after los communications addressed to the Editor, not necessarily for it is under the control of an ex-

We would remind one readers suforing was borne fas and thanked the public for helping the morrow. Do not be down-hearted. good work by going to the Row. If the worst comes to the worst, publication, but as an evidence of their bona fides,

official, who is well supported by publication in the Telegraph your ground that war is not an

The war must be was sorry to ure such strong for a worse clame. ospable abordinates--and yet should be addressed to the editor. evil in itself?

words but it made him vary) The omaler suggested that busines times when both All

communicatione evil for us who do not suffer by |it, unless we learn from it lessons

[adgry. and should be sent to the manager,

Daring the Peking readersshould write to Mr. Aequith of self-denial and unselfisho had several metagen

trouble of 1000 they and others about it, and oondlad. The rates of Subscription to the "Hongkong Telegraph" will Government collectively

For War Charities.

comed:--"Beavis and other conscien be as follows:-Daily imas-$36 par annum. Weekly insue~~~ magistrates individually sp

pear to think it a stern daly Mr. E. Belesta, the Italian artist, and unless we try to improve though and one was that the Contious objectors were sent to France $13 per sunum.

who has generously handed over to ourselves mentally, morally, as The rates per quarter and per mensem, proportional. Subscriptions to thwart

for any period less than one month will be charged as for work tirelessly in the Colony's Lady May, for the War Charities, well as physically, so as to be sulats at Tientsin was being re in handcode on May 31, 1918,

interests. We Britisbers have a she sum of one hundred dollars, more ready to serve our country painted. That did not encourage Are they to be shot?"

| them, but made them angry. The It was claimed that Brown only fall month.

Answering The daily issue is delivered free when the addressse is nocessible to 'habit of regarding a magistrate part of the proceeds from the should opportunity arise.”

other sort of message they could issued the circular in a decirs to question, art of divinely-inspired recent sale of some of his pictures. messenger. Paak wabscribers can have their copies delivered at a

Seats for Kismet." the Bishop said that to that ear-end to the front win that all was save Besvit from being shot,

Mr. Rome, for respondents, their residences without any extra charge. Os copies rent by oracle, and, be he genius or be

be an ass, he is still justified, “in Those who have reserved seats respondent he would say "Thank well here but that a great change

had come over the place. They argued that the tendency of the post an additional $1.80 per quarter is charged for postage. The postage on the weekly itens to any part of the world. 'is 81,CQ ¦ the estimation of most of us, in for any of the four performances you." He could not have 'CIPIMU") were still going to the Club, but letter was to ebow that Boris overraling experienced Police of "Kimet" are advised to take ed it better. He had mid that war Bingle Copies, Daily, ten cents. Weekly, twenty-five cents (forficiale. Such a case as that de-up their tickets, before Saturday, was not in itself an evil but the not hesging round the bar, would enffer the death penalty cided yeaurday need never have 10th it, otherwise they will be correspondent bad said, and he though the Clab would not go because of his conscientions were unbscribing to keep it going; ro Beavis had actually been Advertisements and Subscriptions which are not ordered for a fixed been brought at all if the Police old to meet the great demand (the Bishop) fully agreed, that smash because of that, for they objections, which

were empowered to take the law for pestr

war in itself was an evil if they they ware having no drinks be sentenced to death, but the period will be continued until countermanded.

isto their own hands to a

did not learn the lessons they were Lady May's "At Home." (Payable la Advance,)

So long as | There will be no tennis at meant to learn from it. He would tween meals; there was just si venienos had been commuted to greater extent.

of our officials remain Mountain Lodge on Friday, on only add ons word; and that was much bridge but not for the old 10 years' penal servitado, "which some obsessed with the notion that account of the Mission service that to his mind it was not their points-only cant points: losers he was now serving,

Major Wilkinson, Assistant the Police Department is which is being held that day duty to learn those leuons were paying bat winners were

giving the winning to a war Adjutant-General for London, . to be more ready sort of bloody inquisition which | Lady May will, however, be "Atmo

serve their country when fund; and regards Recos, well who gave evidence, was anked by only exist for the porposs of Homs" as usual on the following to tormenting the helpless and Friday.

opportunity arise, because he they were about fed up with them M. Hawke, K O., for the appel- all cled, to long will a lot of Alice Memorial Hospital. believed that the opportunity bad while fellows were dying. That last:-

** Is it prejudicial to the Army | valuable time be wasted and a lot The Hon. Treasurer of the arrived and was here now. If the sort of message they of guilty persons go unpunished. Aline Memorial and Affiliated they were learning those lemon cold wad if they wished, for it to be known that disobedi- How Germany "Fights." Hospitals begs to acknowledge now, they were serving their and he would leave them to judge and may be followed by severe Some while ago we published with thanks the following dons country, but if not, they were which of the two would be more penalties, possibly the festh

encouraging.

penalty? rumours to the ffect that the tions to the fand of the Hcapital; traitors.

Bomething had been made

Dealing with his subject. “In *No; perhaps not,” he replied.” Germans are deliberately infect Sir Robert Ho Tang, $100;

"And, as a matter of fact, in pablie about what he had mid Christianity Played Oat ?" the ing their prisoners with direase. Ho Fook, $25.

The Wanderer's Returo. before, and he was glad that it Bishop drew an analogy from this osss it was followed by the We merely mentioned these

"Yes." as ramonre, for no confirma- A Chinese was found in Robin had been pointed out to him that cricket, saying that when it was death penalty ?” tion was to hand. The other son Rosd yesterday in possession he had made a mistake about saked years ago if cricket were

Majör Wilkinson explained the day, however, L'Echo de Chine of a package of pepper. In con- the editor of John Bull, who, played out it was found that it was set our doubts at rest by the plain sequence, he was charged before as they all know, was Horatio not only that they had forgotten circumstances in which the desth to play it properly. Cricket penalty might be inflicted at the The longer the war continuse, the more miserable a figure does and unhesitating assertion that Mr. C. D. Melbourne, at the Police Bottomley. It was sometimes

the same with Christianity. Be a necessary road 15 miles bakind Greece, the only Balkan nation out of it, ent in the eyes of the world, "the French Government is in Court this morning, with possess difficult to make one's meaning was not played out, and that was Front. If a man refused to mend All the way through she has halted and hesitated, waiting to see which / possession of documente froming the pepper for an unlawful clear, and he admitted he was could not prove that it was not the firing line and thus prevented.

very clear on Sunday which it transpires that the purpose. On this charge he was not side it would pay her best lo-come in on. She has broken solemn | Germana sto so inoculating their discharged, but as it was proved night. He did went to stand up Played out but he could bring it being used for some time; or if plodges to thore with whom she is bound by Tresty obligations;

The that he had been previously for his friend, the man in the willer. The gallant men who by refmaing any task he waisted the bus played the Allies false, and failed to plssss the Central Prisoners with disease,

dossier composed of theme banished and had returned before a rest. When a man was told that had fought in Flanders, France, the enemy or jeopardised the lives of his comrades, he might Powers; and now she finds herself in a hopelessly confused stats, în

documenta will only be he ought, he was sentenced to 12 we were fighting because God had Gallipoli and alsæbere the grip of a grave crisis, with not a friend to count on in her day published in its entirety when months hard labour and four taken the opportunity of panish- eloquent witnesses. The greaten suffer the death penalty.

heroes of the Indian Mutiny, tha Mr. Moptagus Sharps (who is of trouble. She har, through the pass to which she has been once the war is finished and when hours stooks.

ing them for their sins he did not brought by a double-dealing Monarch, forfeited all claim to the moment has come for the A Costly Mistake.

call it "tosh and nonsense." The Crimean War, Florence Nightir member of the Middlesex Ap pathy and lost the respect slike of her hereditary friends and her settlement of accounts."

A lakong on search duty at the man in the street went home and gate, and all the others won peal Tribunal): Conscientious traditional enemies. Such sro the fruit of the backboneless policy Shanghai contemporary proceeds Danton Wharf yesterday 'saw a thought about it and did not witnesses. He admitted that ohi-ctor' claime are the most were trying to disagreeable tasks I ever had to which she has chosen to follow at a time when, had she the courage that the French Good Chinese leaving just prior to the burst into strong language about wh of her convictione, she should be reaping satisfying rewards,

ment has established the authen- departure of the boat, and, as the it. He (the speaker) was rather play were playing badly. some deal with. After hearing a large Grace made a fatal blender when she failed to discharge her ticity of the documents, which man was carrying a basket, asked concerned for the man in the had almost forgottes how to play, number of them I believe the obligatione to the placky Serbiane when the latter found themselves disclose the antal fact shot him whoes it was. The man said street and did not believe that but that did not prove that it wu majority are not conscientions objectors, but use this means u a at the mercy of a bullying, brow beating enemy, and since that day already fifty thousand French it was his, but it was proved later that

his attitude. He played out.

subterfuge to escape military The Bishop went on to urge a out ín the bas, under the cloak of a benevolent neutrality, been playing men have been artificially infect that it had been taken from the believed a double game with the Allies in generel. She saw nothing ed, without reckoning hundrede boat and that it belonged to a man the outposts of Empire had better playing of the game all service. If you heard some of the irregular in banding over large quantities of war material to the

who had gone on board. The the conscience of the world is round; the making of Christianity arguments used end the minel- laneous quotations from Scripture Central Powere, while King Constantine did not allow bir conscience

of any basket was found to contain $27 their keeping, and he also be by all a positive and not a ncgi- to trouble him in the least when, Faving epontaneously cff.red to The infecting, we gather, take and a quantity of clothing. When lieved that when the plain ord: Live religion; zeel worship of Son would probably agree compensate the Allies by a like grant, he went back on hie word, place in secret camps, not one of Charged before Mr. :0. D. Mol-inary man woke up to that fset God in shareh, and-not a mere \ that it is most dimgreeable, but Mr. Hawker I can understand

thus precipitating the pressat orisis. Then, too, the Greek authori- tien gave a guarantee that disturbances should be prevented, but which has been inspected by the bourne, at the Palics Court this he would de bit best to thick conforming to a ceremony. P*^) when a real conscientious objector soos] and unsahamed prayers as his disim disallowed, 'is be authorities of any mental nation. morning, defendant's exonun was about it.

that be bad picked up the bankst It seemed rather difficult for the making of personal rules to ro far from carrying out this undertaking, we see the Government In one of them, a German doctor, by mistake. His Wordip senten- soms to reconcile the two points, regulate against excesses; and than an objector or is ha not? belpless to keep its own soldiery within bounds, and the culminating hiring methodically mixed tuber- point has been reached by the shedding of Allied blood in an attack calar patients with others, raced him to six weeks hard labour, that they were right in waging the consist expression of a live which Lord Robert Cecil rightly describes a treacherous and unmarked; “Thus I also make war

Conflicting Stories. this war and that, at the same religion. provoked. No wonder is it that the British and French Press are-but after my own fashion,"

A man was seen on the Praya time, God was using the oppor At the conclusion of the addres urging (hst such measures shall be taken as will bring the King and When the disease has established faining quantity of pig iron. sine. He believed them both. to, a few questions were naked, and not professing Christianlig

yeaturday carrying a basket con- tanity to punish them for their which was attentively listened hi Government to their senses. King Constantine and Palace cirolce are very much mistaken if they think they can play daoke it grip, the sufferer is sent out On the belief that it had been un. At the time of the Boxer one being whether the fact were being daily hurried into

of the country in order and drakes with the Allien... It is rather prem :ture si yet to talk of

lawfully obtained, the man was ontbreak in 1900 he was thatTM Obristian peoples were Eternity. that be the resumption of normal relations between Greece and the Allies, infection far and wide. And pointed to another man, saying it right to do his best, to help destroy each other did not prove lengthy answer, pointed out that may spread the arrested. The later at onos in Peking and ho baliarad using wientific discoveries to The Bishop, in the course of a The fact that two pro-German officers have been brought back in the nation responsible it had been given him to carry by beat the enemy, make Loop holes, that Christianity, or its present God was gracious and mercitat

for such work that wo to power as head of the General Staff is not a ressuring sign: bidden "not to humiliste"; it is P. W, D. roadman. Both men when he thought about the causes

and that file would take into *** that mis—who proved to be a dig trerobes and so forth, but { day substitute, was a failure. may even naxi hear that Greece has decided to throw in her lot with

The Bishop's reply was that sccount the man's life and the our enemies. At any rate, the Allies on afford to take no risk in they die on British soil after deal-Melbourne, at the Police Court he was by no means alone in that destroy each other but to win the death, the cause for high he men of such a nation who, when were charged before Dr. O. D. of that outbreak he believed and reience was not being used to tence of it, the cause of his case like this The situation needa very careful watching, The tragedy of it all is that the Greek people are, at heart, all for the g out destruction with this morning, the P. W. D. man belief that they was being war, to win the war and Sght died, and how he tied Allies. They know that the only hope for a realisation of their funeral

mili-danying he had given it to the punished for the mistakes they for what one fats so be right tras coală tem God to do sig national sepirations lise in the victory of those who are championing Government at Home may choces oslled, and said he saw the first to us the names of their curches saionos to win the war did not those men went to Haw the cause of the small nations, and they know also what Ger to do about allowing Germans to condens give the iron to the and their influence in Lawsuits, prove that Christianity was played but they did know that Go manised Greens would mean. The unfortunate nation has born return to Britain after the war second, bat zoad foreman of the When the outbreak was over col.

had given His Only Son to brought to its present anhappy state solely by reason of the falsity we should not like to prophesy P. W. D. spoke to the first they put their feet and the intriguing of a despicable Monarch and a trassonable milite but we are unwilling to believe defendant only being at work on that he was told now asked what the Church had to indge them in Hi

The Hon. Mr. P. E. Holyo away the sine of the ary oligus. These are the dangerous elements on whom a sharp oye thas the men of Hongkong will will have to že kopt. And if Greene is made to pay dearly for her stand by and see a single one of discharged and the second £ned two such views, but he had found when

thera: The frui defendant was that it was unpractionl to hold ssy about the man fyonz sins of omission and commimion, thres will be the men on whom

them re-enter this Cólony.

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