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"This Grave Wrong
You Have Done"
LEGAL ADVICE SOUGHT
"IN
BISHOP'S
LETTER
ON
view of the grave 'wrong. which you have done to your neighbours and the Church you must not. present yourself for Holy Communion in any church or place of worship in the diocese of Chichester until further order is given."
The Bishop of Chichester, Dr. G. K. A. Bell, writes these words in a letter to Mr. James P. Bunting, the son of the Sussex curate who, with his wife, was found gassed in his Camelsdale hole.
At the inquest the jury mensured Mr. Busting for not helping The foreman his parents when they were in financial difficulties.
aid that they thought the on "acted in a very callous manner in not coming forward to see his father."
THE HONGKONG
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST TELEGRAPH.
12, 1936.
SON
"My conscienter is clear," sald Mr. Bunstítus. taken legal opinion about the letter.
He said he bodi
Holtation, in quarter turns.
From the action of the Bishop of
ling" Mr. Bunting.
Peleri:
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BANNED ..FROM
OLD
STYLE
WALTZ
UP TO DATE
This is a pre-view for “Telegraph" readers of a dance that professionais from all over the British Isles are teaching in London this month.
By A Special Correspondent
to the ball-
The dance that shocked our grand- mothers freistally held in a mon's arms, my druz") is returning in new guise,
RACE 1 returning Ufoom.
The Imperial Society of Teachers of. Dancing has determined to launch a dance which will combina
Basic movement 1, 2, 3.
Basic movement 4, 5, 6.
All the grass and gaiety of Ohl Vienna with the technique and kmoothness of modern "pocket- handkerchief" ballroom dancing.
IL is called the "New Viennese Vake" Phyllis Haylor and Charles Serinshaw, famous professional dan- vers of the Royal Palace Hotel, Ken- santon, demonstrated it 40 me re- cently:
Miss Haylon sald: The ting old waitz, fanes are returning to favour. This reason hestenes have lund at feast three o four played at their dances, bust people are afraki to at- tempt the orthodox "old-fashioned modern hall- waltz" to a crowded IMITTA
SLOWER WALTZ
"The new version of the Viennese quite simple, yet very genreful, at I predict it will be the most popular dance of the year,"
It is rather slower than le "old-Tashioned" waltz-56 bars to the minute. "Blue Danube." "Wine, Women and Song," "In Old Virana," or any Hiting waltz tune will do.
Here are the man partner's Steps, 'The woman's are exactly the reverst,
THE BASIC STEP.—Guide forward on the right fool, hesitate, and turn right on the ball of the right foot in the meantime swinging the left tout, Take a step to the left and
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"CREAT SORROW"
The Beshop's better to Mr. Panting Chichester 10 "excommunicati
"Tear Sh, 4 surate an Bishop of
the dunese in which yoti father,
should not myself madegan n
17 enktura's Jury where he
Har Pev. 11. Royne Bunting, was mad on a rider attached to fie vec- perving a tit me of hala usthonyet of death, to inform you that i have: red with great screw the account any, was not se
of the coroner's inquest.
10
man's conduct
$1200 to
An official of the Church Arurin.
The Bishop of C f have precives a personal re- the said that
also from
it whe
were cleester's netton was "almost an ex- present at the latest upon comatuntonations father ask other and I have ninted The rrier sittacheit in the verdict at the jury's request and its reference your enlloupes 19 a sun
Dich I
Jo rilor.
"Exensteallons does not really exist in the Church of Eudlaark at the pamant figur" he said, "and it is fire for anyone les be excludes From Com
am sorry to say, I mundoh appears to be fully pustied
po po not a pasar and there-
"I desire you tý take note that, 14 Tage does just come direetig under the view of the grave wrong indicated shop's edition. in the rider whet; you have done to
"With divorced persons a clergy-
your neighboures aux the Church, man wont fork, and 3 think in law you must not prrent yourself for; would te, nufiffe in escluding: tas Holy Communion in any church or from Communion, but la pertaple do phure of worship in the diocese of not usually present themselves.
15 "I do not know that there is my Chichester until further order riven.
veite of appeal for a laymann,“
The wrong witch your live clos is one that calls for much repent- ance and I will endi upon you to you have consider how gravely stoned and how necessary it is for ! you that you should repeist.
"Should you have anything toj My as to why you should not be thus repelled from the Holy Cum- munken I am ready to hear it. the meanime, this order stands,
1 am,
Yours faithfully,
George Chichester,"
"GROSSLY UNFAIR"
Mr. Hunting gate---
in
WHAT THE BAN MEANS
ACTION IS A MINOR EXCOMMUNICATION"
Mt.
The Bishop's action against Bunting in what is known as “minor
Jexeominunication." Major excominu-
meation, which requires
usenteness
pronounced by a judge, by not now-
Reverac movement.
days practised in the Church of Fing-| COMMONS DEBATE OTTAWA
!land.
Under a rentener of excommunica-
"It is all grossly unfair! I can. ap-tion, against which an appeal would sioner ever, lie to the King, an oflender would not parently the bijutest Even murderers are not excommuni-only be dried all intercourse with olher members of the church, but 1
cated
1 nowadays, #m tuld.
"This is all being done without an would be refused the rite of burial in attempt being made to tint out the
fall and a true state of affairs. They have not even bothered to inquire into them.
conscurated ground.
There is no much intention “behimar the step taken by Dr. Well, which is merely the disciplinary action pro-
"In the past it may be that I was vided for by rubric and is tantamount a naughty boy, but there are los La suspension from church member- of sons who have been naughty ship. A free church could take a boys. My father's letter explained similar
the true circumstances and I can by the urge, but only after a vol
responsible
Only
ble church officials.
warns m The Bishop
Mr. Bunting honestly say that my conscience is
against presenting himself for Holy clear.
The Bishop's letter was terribly Communion. This phraseology servosi
sympathy to define his action, since it is a warn eur and it contains no whatsoever. I understand my ex-ng against attendance and not a de
privation of the Sacrament. impart In the rel communíention' from the Roman Catholic Churrb, for under a sentence of major
munication can the Sacrament legally alarit 100 years.
"The Jeller my father left for the be withheld from a Church member. coroner explained the position and! the extract Our son has had the bulk of cur money' was governed by an explanation.
MAKING GOOD
"I am not going to quibble about the money i riclved. I had between £3,000 and £4,000 from them, but my father, in the letter, plainly stated that he did not attacli any blame to me because I had pulled up in recent months and was now setting out on a career upon which I was making good and had started to help them.
"1 had given theni about £600 in the last few months.
"I would have thought that in a letter so personal as the one I re- ceived that the envelope would at least have been addressed "Confiden-
al' and the letter itself would have been written. Instead, there was no
excom-
COLONIES AND THE
"OPEN DOOR"
By A Parliameutory Correspondent
Do the Ottawa agreements one of the first results of the Protectionist policy of the Government-stand in the way of a fair distribution of raw materials and the prospects of world peace?
This question was raised by Liberals in the House of Commons recently and drew an indignant denial from Mr. Ormsby Gore (Colonial Secretary).
After Mr. J. A. de Rothschild (Lib, Isle of Ely) had stressed the importance of the open door, and Mr. D. O. Evans (Lib, Cardigan) had recalled that Mr. Joseph Chamberlain when Colo-
|MADE A LINER niai Secretary had insisted that our colonies offered
HIS HOME
MAJOR OBLIGED TO FIND NEW SHIP
"the same open field to foreigners as to our own subjects and on the same terms,"
blame?"
You close the right foot to the left. have thus made a complete turn.
Next, Jake #gliding step back- wards with the left foot, close up the right foot, and, without transferringt the weight from the left foot, pivot rou until you face the progressive direction again.
That completes the basic slep. You can go on doing this step all round the ballroom.
THE REVERSE STEP-Gtkie for- ward on the left fool, and turn to the teft on the ball of this foot. Step to the side with the right foot, then crosu left foot in front of right.
Pivet on the heel of your right foot
Lo the left. swinging the other foot round to join it, and you are facing the original direction.
THE "SCISSORS"
variations There are several permissible; such as the man taking a long gliding step to the outside of the partner, and then swinging round in a complete lurn. Another 13 11 graceful swinging step called the
"scissors."
The woman takes a long-step to the right, closen up with her left foot, makes a hesitating step, and then swings her right foot over. She heat- tates and then swings her left foot
Mr. Ormsby Gore surprised the indignantly: "But are we at all to over. House by asserting that the question of the open door in the Empire was raised only by "the
This is repeated several times. Through the movement the man does Sir Archibald, knowing, of course, not move his feel. He stands with
old Cobdenite group."
Life Sailing TO NO CHECK ON
.
And From
Australia
RAW MATERIALS
that it was not only a question of crossed feet, swaying slightly to his export, but also of import restric-partner's movements. tions, replied at once:
"Certainly! Of course this Gov- ernment is to blame-because of the Ottawa agreements, because of im- port duties imposed under agreements and the quota restric-
these
Gaol And Fine
ons placed on Japanese goods." For Not Flying
Church Flag
FATHER Alels Eckert, a priest, was sentenced at Frankfort to three months' imprisonment and a_fine_vf_284 for aut Aying the Swastika flag on his church when 120. anniversary of Herr Hitler's unsuccessful Munich putsch seas celebrated.
He was amazed, he protested, at the suggestion that there was
Such restrictions made it more anything in our colonial policy
Germany and *other which interfered with the freedicalt for
countries to sell their goods und supply of raw materials to Ger-countr
therefore made it more dificult for Plymouth, Aug. 1.
wanted. (Hear, heur). confidential or private mark on the MAJOR W. E. Long, formerly many or any other foreign them to buy the raw materials they
of the 4th Queen's Own Hus-country.
Liberais attached the utmost im- envelope and the letter was typically
He claimed that the "narrow
of the business in character, having been sars, who nearly a year ago de-
economic nationalism" of other coun-portance to the reassertion typewritten."
cided to spend his years of retire-
tries was to blame.. The whole dif-principle of the open door in the in-
the findterests of the Colonies, the restora- culty of our colonies was lo markets for their produce because ion of world trade, and the preser-
vation of world peace. other countries imposed quotas, turilfs and other restrictions on everything we wished to sell them.
Tin, he said, was the only' volontal product subject to any export restric tion. With that single exception Germany, or any other country; could buy as freely as we could.
Mr Bunting said that he had noment travelling in a liner between intention of challenging the right of Britain and Australia, has had to the Bishop.
find a new home.
BISHOP'S COMMENT
"I wrote a letter to the Bishop this morning in reply to his, setting out broken up. my explanation, but I have now de-. elded not to send it," he added.
“I feel that no good will ever come from writing to him."
The liner, the P. and Q. Barrabool, is to be withdrawn from service and Last August, when he left London in the Barrnbool, Major Long std:
"I huve decided that this ship henceforth be my home. I
shall
Dr. Bell, asked to comment on Mr. think it is pathetic to see the number Bunting's statement, said:
of retired men who spend their lives "Mr. Bunting has no business to in stagnation. This is by far the give the letter to the Press. The re-most enjoyable kind of life." cipient of a letter cannot publish it | He arranged to have the same without the consent of the writer." cabin for three consecutive trips, and
He declined to comment further, beyond saying that the letter spoke for itself.
DR. BARNES IS AGAINST BAN
Dr. Barnes, the Bishop of Bir
furnished it with his own pictures, bureau and chates,
Major
Long sald last week: "I am not worrying, although I shall miss the ship. I have already made ar-
Sir Archibald Slachair, the Liberal tender, protested at once against the Minister's. reference to the "old Cob- denite group," and pointed out that Mr. Morgan Jones, carlier in the de- behalf of bate, hnd stressed, on Labour, the Importance of the open door in the interests of peace. RESTRICTIONS BY
OTHER COUNTRIES
Mr. Ormsby Gore Interrupted to
rangements for new home, and I claim that it was not British colonics
shall move my belongings Hner Mongolia.
the
Australia on Aug. 7, and I shall live The Mongolin leaves London for mingham, said that he wished on board until I die or she is broken to dissociate himself-decisively up."
but those of other countries which had imposed restrictions on exports. Sir Archibald agreed that other countries must share the blame with us, but this did not antisfy the Min-! ister. He jumpet-up again. tonsk
The King's First
Parliament: November
July
King Edward will open his first Parliament in state in November,
According to present plans, It is intended to adjourn Parliament on 31, and resume on October 27.
The new session will be opened some time in November.
Because the King is a bachelor, the selling of the House of Lords -where the Royal opening lakes place has been altered. There fa only one throne on the gilded and crimson dais, instead of two, and ornate chair on which the Princen of Wales used to sit has been taken away.
th
The King will read a speech from the Throne outlining the Gov- ernment's programme for the new session.
Before lie, does to, as this will be his first appearance before "the Lords and faithful Commons, in Parliament assembled," he will take an oath of loyalty and determination to carry out the duties of his offer.
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