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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

WORLD RECONSTRUCTION,

(Continued from Fuga Z3

Social Unrest.

Dr Hodgkin proceeded to discuss 1be unsettlement sociat

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

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AN OPTIMISTIC NOTE.

London, Oct. 5.

6. 1921.

NOTICE.

Mr. John Drum, President of the American Bankers Associa tion, sounded a new and cheerful note regarding industrial condi- lila and the con>nlera trop of fundamentals on which tons, at Los Angeles Mr. Drom, basing his statement on reports from a thousand tankers all over the country, said there is nothing a batter social order was to be built. He drew attention to either in the domestic or foreign situation to justify the pessimistic. threa of the causes of unreal. Fira, conclusion that the "the world is riding to rain." A symposium of tin of wealth. The fact that there deterring restoration rensist of delayed adjustment of labour, which of transportation, were vast numbers at people who prevents lower costs; secondly, the high cost tlived on the edge of paversy, preventing the natural moveinent of commodities to market; thirdly, ji! not actually in poverty, was the unsound system of taxation which is diverting working capital one of the great facts that led to He says there have been undeniable signs of a slight improvement social revolution. Could thara be during past months. any settled state of society as long sa they bad this ill-distribution of wealth: The second underlying cause was the imperial standards:

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THE KUKLUX KLAN.

New York, Oct. &

The decision of Congress to investigate the activities of the Kuklux Klan has led to an amazing outburst by adherents of the Members of the. Senate Klan against the forces of law and order and House of Representatires who dared to denounce the "invisible government" report that they are daily receiving dozens of abusive Even the attorney-general is not immune and threatening letters.

Sessions Judge Beaumont, of Texas, de- from these attentions. manding true bills on a charge of murder against the entire mem- bérship of the local Klan, said there were members of the He defied them. If Klan in court who threatened to get him. any of them acted suspiciously in court he would kill them mediately.

THE FUTURE WAR DANGER.

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shing worthy of pursuit. Dr. Bodgkin did not believe there were many people who really thought that.

did. but

people Bome They were concerned mainly gave them power, liberty, choice of what they should do with their DWO lives. a

lusurias sad pleasures not possible to those who had not wealth. la the struggle for wealth they neglected the higher values of bucaan life, the values which gave to realib ite very real meaning-human power of the

New York, Oct 5. person to

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Lord Bryce in a speech, said, he was of opinion that the danger fuodamental thing than the thing* which be enjord. Thirdly, I of future war lay in Continental Europe instead of the Pacific.

a great forward Hodgson thought. the danger to hailed the Washington Conference as

from towards international relations. modern civilisation AYOSE lack of purpose. The danger was that they were drifting terribly hard and yet not quite seeing where they កងដង going. Had there rot been a certain lak of purpose in the development of the great industrial revolution which had swept through Europe and America and bad to a great extent begun to affect the nations of the East? If they had not an adequate ideal of purpose in civilisation, was it any wonder that modern civilisation had suffered anch great rifts as they were reminded of in a period like that of the great war or the Russian revolution?

The first daty of statesmanship. the first duty of leaders of ment was to help to give men a sense of purpose so that they could move together towards something worthy of attainment.

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TURKS WANT PEACE.

movement

Constantinople, Oct. 5,

Izzet Pasha has voiced the growing Turkish disposition in favour of peace, declaring that the Turks desired to see the Sultanate and Khalifat strengthened and the administration of Turkey deve- loped on strictly constitutional lines. He declared that Turkey had ne vet made an official request for intervention, but Izzet applauded outside efforts in this direction.

NEW U.S. MINISTER TO SIAM.

Washington. Oct. 5. Brodie has been appointed American

Mr. Edward to Siam.

PACIFIC CONFERENCE.

Minister

Washington, Oct. 5.

It is understood that status of Belgium, Holland and Portugal

at the, Conference will be similar to that of China.

AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY.

Budapest, Oct. 5."

Hungary has signed a protocol agreement to transfer Bargec- land to Austria and has thus cleared the way for an Austro- Hungarian agreement in conformity with the decision of the Coo- ference of Ambassadors.

A Revolutionary Spirit. Human life was roughly divided into two classes-those who pas- sionately desired revolution and those who felt that the present order while it needed a certain amount of change, must be chang- ed very slowly. It was somewhere! between these two classes that the truth might lie. It might be that they required to get more of the spirit of revolution themselves! and less of the spirit of revola- tion in those who were prepared engines.

THE QUEST AT LISBON.

Lisbon, Oct. 5.

Owing to adverse weather the Quest arrived to overhaul her Sir E. Shackleton lunched with the British Consul and

for the methods of anarchism and called at the legation. destruction. To level up the senti ments of the world was a far greater thing than levelling up the possessions of men; to level up

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Excesses were inevitably followed what he called the revolutionary by reaction. Lastly, it attempted spirit, supplied the force, the fire, The Rassian Revolution Touching upon the Russian to bring about changes by coercive the possibility, the sacrifice for a revolution, Dr. Hodgkin said they methods by forcing men into a great end. In the second place it goal for were bound to recognise the devo-new mode than by leading them supplied impulse-a

human society. Thirdly, it defined tion which had led men to sacrifice into it.

Not Satisfied With the World. the means by which that end could all personal interests for the sake

Considering whether along the be reached.

Dr. Hodgkin did not think order. They recezdised that the lines of statemanship alone it was

at-possible to proceed to the chang- Christianity was fundamentally Bolshevist revolution was an tempt to deal with the first and ing of society, Dr. Hodgkin asked opposed to the revolutionary spirit, service

of what they, saw in a new social

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the condition of It was from mistakes made in the hird causes he had mentioned-whether in the light of the enthusi-He was profoundly convinced they service that they must all live and past that they learned how best to Christianity facilitate progress and co-opera- to-day a revival of serve one another. the mal-distribution of wealth and as of August, 1914, they could needed

question of valors. He feel very well satisfied with the religion. They wanted first of all asserted that personal values were tion to-day. In the second place the lecturer brought out very thought, nevertheless, it had very world of 1921. Personally be could a revival which was essentially greater than material ones..

was not disposed to social and international, which Concluding, Dr. Hodgkin said they clearly that wealth was but a grievous failings. Examining the pot. He

He had an outlook on the whole field needed a fresh hope to be harness-means to an end, that the great failings, Dr. Hodgkin came to the blame individual statesmen.

oned to the task of making a new thing they had got to look to to conclusion that the Bolshevist thought there was too much of of human activities and bore

man one to world. He believed that if they improve the conditions of man revolution was still, at base, blaming individual statesmen. It the relations of materialistic. The Bolshevic lead seemed to him that the difficulty another. Secondly they needed ajsaw the right meaning of the re-kind was to further equality of ers had taken over the philosophy lay in the fact that the mass of revival which was scientific. In ligion they professed, they would opportunity and also to show clear."

e find that thought not only a senti ly that with equality of oppor of Karl Marx and stood condemn-men had left to individual states-the third place, they needed

went its complement, their thinking and their revival which was democratic. ment, a sort of easy-going nice tunity ed. To destroy institutions of the men

Supremacy of Moral Forces. feeling that made them feel bet-equality of obligation. It was on past, however wrong they might responsibilities in regard to those

Such a society as Jesus preached ter, but a real working thing that those two corner stones that they be, to break them utterly and start great problems of world reconstruc again, was not, in his opinion, the tion. The statesman was obviously was founded on justice. Chris-could be applied into the life of could begin to construct the set purpose and through the set par- method of human progress so far limited by the fact that laws and tianity stood for the supremacy of to-day (Applause).

pose to get a National and a uni- as history taught them. Thirdly, adjustments of human society moral forces. Moral forces were

The Chairman in thanking Dr.versal morale which, as had been the method destroyed human fel-must respond, broadly speaking, greater in the end than physical lowship and preached class war, to the state of human thought forces. They were all "members Hodgkin for his instructive, in-pointed out, was the highest of another." Economically, teresting and illuminating address, incentive to progess that they The creation of a dictatorship Human statesmanship needed some one

in said particular emphasis had could have, (Applause.) showed that they were not going claim to assistance in the problem nationally, internationally,

science, in all the varied walks of been laid on two or three great The vote of thanks having been along the lines of true revolution. of making the new world, Fourthly, all revolutions led to Referring to the Christian ideal life they needed one another. They principles. The first point which carried with acclamation, Dr. axcesses. It was easier to pro for human society, Dr. Hodgkin readed what each could give struck him was the folly of break- Hodgkin briefly replied and - the voke enthusiasm than to curb it. thought that Christianity applied Christianity, asserted that mutual ing with the lessons of the past meeting terminated..

Equality of opportunity,

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