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CHINESE STUDENT

DINNER.

"STATE OF TRANSITION"

IN CHINA.

London, Boo, 10.

At the annual dinner of Chinoo students in the Hotol Cecil there was an interesting company, in-

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH;

ALTAR BUILDING.

By the Hov., G. R. Lindsay. M. A.

Every man expressos himself soil, but. suddenly fortuno cluding the Japanese Ambas and the trend of his life, in 'some changes. Rapide are ronchod sador, Baron Hayashi, Sir John joharacteristic act, The reason and the current is too strong, Jordan, Sir Donnison Ross, and why wo repeat certain sins and suddon sickness, mortifying dis- General Sir Noll Malcolm, as well find our thoughts raverting to the appointment, things wo povotod so the Soviet charge d'affaires same current, le this truth of our eoom clusive and the road soome M. Rakovsky.

soll-oxpression in somo charao- to wind uphill all the way. How Mr. Chao Hsin-chu, referring toristio not.

shall we moat those? Shall: wo to the opium discussions at Abraham expressed his inward drift away, become faithless, Geneva, urged the necessity for passion in building altara. Ho morase and bitter? Or, shall wo world-wide co-operation to combuilt nothing diso. What is the como back to the place whore wo bat the drug evil. He opined meaning of this altar building? It reconsecrate our vos to tho

ΠΟ nocoaeity

was not only the medium of bis Lord?

there Was

for

anxiety or pessimism as regards covenant with God, it was the John Bright sat in despair the political situation in China,place of the reconsceration of his when his wife lay dead after two which WOH in 31 ported of life. This act of the patriarob's years of happy married transition. Events should take explains an universal religious Cobden called upon him and their natural course. Reuter.

PERSIAN OPIUM.

lifo.

necessity. We are no longer call urged him to put his moral ed to mark off any spot of earth passion into repealing those as holy ground. God moots with laws through whose operation us wherever wo draw, near to thousands of wives and mothora Him.

wore starving. Bright returned "Whore're they seek Thee, to the altar and reconsecrated Thou art found

his lifo. Or, think of Miss "And every place is hallowed Waring, who, when given the

Fontonce of death by ground."

her But in different periods of life, physician went quietly to hor The Persian delegation to the in times of great need or great room and ponned the worde Opiumi Conference has prosented opportunity, we need to recon- a memorandum with regard to socrate our life again, as Abra- the production of opium in Persia.ham built his attars.

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A MATTER OF CONCESSIONS.

Goneva, Dec. 19.

It states that curtailment will

Think of one of these occasions

Wo

'Pathor, 1 know that all my

Tifo

Is portioned out for mo

And the changes that are suro

como

I do not foar to soc

But I ask Thoo for a presont

mind

Intent on pleasing Thee.

That is the issue of conscoration.

be subject firstly to a loan of ton at the great changes that occur in All lifo is full of million Tomans, for twenty years; one's life.

Sometimos

havo Bocondly the granting of a change, moratorium by the Powers having long terms of monotony, but "claims against Persia; thirdly the changes are sure to come." When romoval of the prosent rostric- we leave youth, and begin our tlons on l'orais with regard to careers for life, when wo take Not everyone has to pass through another porsonality into our own such searching change. Not on everyone may be able to respond The proposals will be considor-intimato lifo, when those

havo, loaned pass to the call with such arresting ed at the rosumod sittings of the whom wo Conference in Janusry, for which away the way to meet those words and deeds. But overyone vicissitudes and the principal Persian delegato, things is to roconsecrate our life. had his own Arfaud Bowlch. in remaining | Again, some seem to have a they are the occasions for tho calm, unrulled son on which to reconsecration of his life to God.

customs and tariffs.

horo. Reuter.

THE OIL AGE.

CONSERVATION.

U. 8. STUDIES

Washington, Dec. 19.

The President has created an

JAPAN AND THE U.S.A.

DISCUSSION.

FURTHER CONGRESS

Washington, Dec. 19.

MR. GOMPERS' MANTLE.

New York, Dec. 16. The Ohioan Mr. William Groon, secretary and treasurer of the Unitod Minoworkers, has been Japanese-American relations elected president of the Ampri-

can

Fedoration of

Gompers.

Labour Mr. Reuter's

Oil Conservation Board consist- were again discussed in the Houso ing of the Secretarios for War, for of Reprosentativos, members in succession to the late the Interior, and Commerce, to offering much advice to one an- Bamuol study the question of Government other and the administration American Service. rosponsibilities with regard to all [officials, conservation.

The plan for manoeuvres by the

The Board will seek the full fleet off Hawail in 1925 was al-

KONGMOON NEWS. co-operation of the oil industry. tacked by the Democrat Mr.

The commission which was George Huddleston, as "inadvis

BANDITS STILL ACTIVE. appointed in March last to study table and tactless," in view of the the future of the fuel oil supply state of public opinion in the (Our Own Corespondent) for the Navy's work will also co- United States and Japa operate.

The Democrat, Mr. Wingo, told

Kongmoon, Dec. 19. President Coolidgo in latters to the House that however Pro- When one happens to travel in the Secretarios Fays: Thosident Coolidge and Mr. Hughes the Hokshan district at the pro- development of aircraft indicatos were handling American foreign sent time, he will surely find a that our national defence must be affairs in a dignified and sensible contrast in conditions there as supplemented, if not dominated, way and the best thing Congress-compared with those prevailing by aviation, and it is. ovon men could do was to keep their six months ago when Mr Li Yat- probable that supremey may bomouths shut-Reuter, determined by possession of the available patroleum. Reater's American Serrier,

NAVAL ARMAMENT.

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EXTENSION TO THE EAST.

London, Doc. 19,

ak was the magistrato. No fower than five magistrates bave come and gone since the out-going of Mr Li, but none could look after the district nearly as well as ho. Only three days ago, a man was carried off for ransom from a village near Tai Ki Tau, the land-

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Washington Doc. 19. Britain has formally prosented her views on the question of gun capi ships-Renter,

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