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WEIHEIWEI

TAKEN

New Cruiser

Participates

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY,

TRIBUTE TO SILENT

Japanese Accomplish In Manoeuvres PATRIARCH

Peaceful Occupation

H.M.S. Birmingham, Britain's latest cruiser, is at present taking part in the manoeuvres outside Hong- kong. She left Singapore on March

Shanghai, Mur. 17.

and navy units Japanese army completed the peaceful occupation of Welheiwel on March 7. Before on her maiden voyage to the Far the landing, planes dropped a worn- ing and Chinese police, volunteers and officials left for the interior.

The Island of Ltukunglao, on which the British Navy has certain treaty rights, was not touched. The British, in view of assurances that Liukungiac would remain untouched, have taken no netian.

On March 12 a band of guerillus made an attack on Weihelwai, cap- tured a number of rifles and escaped without incident-Reuter.

PLANES RAID COAST TOWNS

East and is expected in Hongkong shortly.

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MARCH 18, 1938.

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collection,ministry of the word"?

of the

| in a power house is silent but charge ed with what force! No reader of the Gospels can doubt the place of silent prayer In the economy of Jesus: "He went into a desert place and prayed":

""He went out into a mountain to pray." Nazareth, which Father Monier came with his Superior to establish, is

is primarily house of "peace, silence, ond Father Monnier May

power house of And the

prayer. The "ministry of the word" is active, Be Oldest Of

too, but the silent ministry H.K. Europeans written word. At Nazareth is a ro

markable printing press. ing press

The print- 1 Father Monnier, of the Nazareth Lion. There works are printed in Father Monnier's crea- Carrying greater anti-aircraft Mission, is probably Hongkong's armament than that of

any other oldest European resident, and to languages or dialects: Chinese, ham is the last word in cruisers. cruiser in the world, the Birming-morrow will be the Diamond Jubilee Annamite, English, Latin, French, of his connecilen with the Mission. Laotian, Malay, Tho, Cambodien,

Portuguese, Chambrro,

Tibeinn, The following appreciation of this Japanese, Tay, One of the

six cruisers of the aged Catholic priest is written by Loio, Yap, German, Italian, Siamese, Bahnar, Kanalt. Southampton type bullt last year in Father G. Byrne, S. J.: reply to the Japanese Mogami type,

Kanao, Corean, Djol, Palati, Spanish, | Birmingham corries a main ara→ |ment of twelve 0-Inch guns mounted in four triple turrets. Anti-aircraft armament consists of wiht 4-inch high altitude anti-aircraft guns, two sels of multibarrelled pom-pom guns and a number of multiple machine guins,

ם

The pubile certainly does not know | Aino, that, in the large house with its

More than three million volumes clock and bell tower which over have passed through this press: looks part of the Dairy Farm (3,000,000). There is nothing to kindly old priest may sometimes, on compare with this in Hongkong. one of those beautiful sunset even. Well may the Diamond Jubillarian ings known to Nazareth,

glance at

look from his window, in the evening the little provender-bearing railway

of life, Capable of 32 knots, the cruiser when there were not many expert mechanical skill are in cold storage, and think of the far distant days where probably on the Dairy Farm, the records of his carries three amphibina aircraft. mechanies in Hongkong and so the but far afield to scholars as well as One of these is stowed on the launch-Dairy Farm turned to him to engineer ordinary tollers who are enjoying to- Twelve Japanese acroplanes crossing catapult and the other two are its project, Nazareth ed Kulangsu for Changchownhoused in bangars on either side of

is a silent day the harvest of books due to his o'clock This morning and dropped the foremost funnel.

Father toll. bombe in the centre of that town.

Jubilee

Amoy, Mar. 17.

A telephone message from Chang- chow states that sixty houses were destroyed, bul the number of casualties remains unknown.-Our Own Correspondent.

FOOCHOW AIRFIELD RAID

Shanghai, Mar. 17.

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house; the openi Monnier, whose The design of this type of cruiser brother priests celebrate on Saturday, n member of their Congregation his was evolved in the Autumn of 1933, 1s one of the inspirers of its allent when it was found necessary to pro- ideals, Neither Nazareth nor Father vide for the building of larger and Monnier will proclaim from the bell more powerful cruisers for the Bri-tower the facts that I disclose. tish Navy because of the size of the eruisers being built ur projected

Is Father Monnier the oldest rest- abroad.

dent in Hongkong? cannot say: feel sure that he is the oldest forelyn She Is commanded by Captain E. J. resident. He came to Hongkong in December 1884, now he is brightly walking towards, not languidly awaiting for, the 84th. milestone on the road of life. We hope to see him pass it in November.

A Japanese army spokesman said that Japanese neroplanes on Wed-Brind. nesday raided the Foochow aero- drome-United Press.

Foochow to-day. After chreling the BOMBS IN SUBURBS

city, they dropped 13 tembs in the Foochow, Mur, southern auburbs. Dainage was

planes raided Flight.—Central News.

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Father Routeille, having laid aside the office of Superfor General of the Paris Foreign Missionary Society, embarked, via Indin, for China. He was looking for recruits for pioneer- ing work.

Toll? Yes, there was toil and the courage of a great toller. In those days Chinese characters for printing were expensive, and Nazareth, like so many missionary efforts, rose on a foundation of

faith

and an overdraft, Father. Monnier set to work to cast the blocks

for the

the characters and-letters, a total of 67,080 dies; thus divided:-Chinese 25,451; Latin 20,231, Annamite 7,426, Tibetan 600, Cambodian 931, Laotian 941, Lolo 145, Tal 575, Chunom, 1,202 Bowers and bordering 1,001,

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THE OLD DAYS -Hongkong is for ever changing its population. In those early days of population, especially its European

was well known to Hongkongers, and which I have spoken Father Monnier to H, E. the Governor of the time, "whose visits to Nazareth expressed his admiration and served as an encouragement.

All these old friends have passed.

he wrote home, From India have found the man I want." The man he wanted a young mis- sionary priest planted for great work in India, but to be transplanted for greater, it less spectacular, work in Hongkong. Thus did Father Monnier come here. Thus was created Power House on the Pokulum Road -Nazareth. He who speaks of Nazareth must speak of Father Monnier; and he who watches Father Monnier at work sees Nazareth grow.

A POWER HOUSE

one

Few how know the name of Father Monnier, Does this mean a cold blank in the life? By no means. He sees the fruit of his work in the zent of his younger colleagues. I the energetic days have passed when he himself turned the handle of the first primitive printing press, we know that Father Monnier is more active than ever at the big work of Nazareth, the spiritual work of A Power House? But where are

prayer which is its ratson d'etre; as the cables? The cables are between a Power house in the Far East. His earth and Heaven. The accumula-eyes are fixed on the Eternal Hills, tors are prledieus in unpretentious and, man's life is pretty empty if rooms. Whatever view

may hope offers no vision of hills that are take of Christianity, one must admit eternal, and if human progress be that it has been, and still is, a force naught but a march to destruction. of world-wide

Ide activity. From time

I know that any reader who may to time appear on the market books with such captions as "What's wrong with me to congratulate the silent OK glance over this page, would like with the Church?" If there be any-Toller, who still toils, at 84, in the

amiss the answer is

very

clear:

car: Power House of Nazareth. "somewhere there is

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a want of prayer." "Watch and pray that you (P. S. May I say that no one has enter not into temptation"; and the suggested to me the writing apostles had learnt the lesson, sadly lines. On my own responsibility I these perhaps from the denial of St. Peter, have ventured to suggest that Hong that they should "give themselves kong is, for I am sure it is once it continually to prayer and... to thej knows the story, proud of its ministry of the word." (Acts, VI.4). [octogenarian hero, and that, with me

I have said that Nazareth 15 at greets him for his silent house; the accumulator zoom Jublice.)

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Epidemic Fear In Shanghai

Infantile Paralysis

Incidence

Shanghal, Mar. 17. The possibility of an epidemic shortly of cerebro-spinal meningitis (infantile paralysis) is envisaged in the February report of the Shanghal Municipal Cound Health Depart~ | ment published to-day.

The report states that, 09

cases

were notified in February and that as the maximal incidence of the discase is normally March and April, crowding of the resident population it is possible that the extreme over- may shortly produce epidemie figures. The report announces that the clearing of corpses in the western It is arca is continuing unabated,

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vicinity of the Settle- ment as all that the Council

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attempt with its staff is to clear belt of sufficient width to ensure reasonable safety for the Settlement area.-Reuter Special.

WHEN YOU FEEL-

"ON EDGE"

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cause of the nervousness.

Rest is the correct thing for purely physical fatigue, but nerves are mainly mental, and some sort of distraction, or soo- ting or absorbing occupation, rather called for.

is

here, as elsewhere, one man's ment But, again, temperaments vary,

is another man's poison. Rest may trial. happen to suit one person. Give it a

Knitting to Steady the Nerves.

Another "unodyne" is knitting, but forward work, which can it should be some simple, straight- be done without much mentul effort and with- out much physical movement such as trying on, measuring, and so on,

Some simple, straightforward, sew- ing also answers comfortably and easily whether knit- the purpose. Sit

ting or sewing; this is very important.

Intense concentration is another with most people, requires a little first-rate antidote to nerves, but this,

uitial training, until the habit is per- manently acquired. The "antidote" is this. Fix your eyes on a tiny point-either a mark, a sign, or the minutest of objecis—at the far corner of the room, and stare fixedly at it for five minutes or so.

Do not remove your eyes from it even for the fraction of a second, and the result will be a steadying of the nerves.

These few methods of counteract- help, when you feel "on edge," ing nervousness should be a distinct especially if you can accustom your self to use them all, in turns, since one method done" to "death may lose its power, but variety keeps each method fresh and effective.

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