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THE

TELEGRAPH, HONGKONG

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4. 1938.

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Volunteers are in camp at Fanling for the first of four training perkids to be held this month. Inspection of Machine Gun Corps, is under way in above photograph.-King'a Studio,

JAPAN'S RELIGION

Lecture On Shintoism By

Mr. D. O. Silver

At the meeting of the Manuk Lodge of the Theosophical Society!

ROBBERY CHARGE

British Soldiers Sent For Trial

last evening, Mr. D. O. Silver gave an interesting lecture on Shin-i of $ in the evening of October 10. toism.

Sterature

The Deities

Alleged to have robbed a carpenter two British soldiers of the Royal Artillery appeared on remand before Mr. H. R. Butters at the Central Magistracy yesterday afternoon. The ee was for committal.

The

John Gunner were

Gunner Thomas Phelon, 21, and Frederick Dennis Hamer, both of the 24th Heavy Regiment. RA., stationed at Mount Davia Fort.

Detective-Sergeant J. Allen pro- secuted, and said that the victim of the robbery was a carpenter named Leung Ting. 33, who was employed by the Young Fat Lee firm of con- tractors, who were contractors to the military authorities. Leung himself worked at Mount Davis Fort, but, as October 10 was a holiday, he did not work that day.

Shinto, or Stuntoism, the so-called father than purity d the heart. The national religion of Japan, with up-Shinto Kannehi do not shave their Buddhist bonzes do, proximately 100,000 shrines, divided heads, as the into 10 meets counting 26 million or and only, wear special dress when served by 10,000 exercising their offler. They neither have monas- more adherents

from the practice celibacy or shrine aftendants, dates dawn of Japanese history and is teries. Shinto worship has an cla- intimately associated with the mythe-borate riual and numerous rules as for purification. From the earliest logy of the race, he said.

In the Shinto mythology, the first period the cull exacted scrupulous pair of creative beings were izanagi deanliness--indeed, we might say and Izanami. From them the gods regarded physical impurity as iden- of the Shinto pantheon are descended,tical with moral impurity, and into was lerable to the Rods. It has always

The Amaterasu, the sun-godde

The brother been a religion of ablutions. their first child. Her

the most pro- !

Japanese love of cleanliness has been Susano-o, is one of minent of the Shinto geds, and is the maintained, al was probably in legendary faker of the first ruler of tiated, by their religion. The most

Leung was walking along the Izumo. Shinto, literally the way of important of all Shinio ceremonies is the gods, or spirits," is derived from the ceremony of purification, o-larai,

ian Delober 18, and had reached the the Chinny Shin the "shin," god, or as it is called or the carding out of Kennerly Town Praya about 9 p.m.

doctrine. evils.

junction with Collinson Street when spirit, and "to". way or

was im When Chinese ported into Japan the prople adopted All the deities confer prosperity, he was seized from behind. lie was Hamer, blow. While many Chinese dras, laves, customs avert sickness, cure sterility, bestow turned round, and saw a European,

the pusit where it was Bered

who struck him and practices. The they se mixed literary talents, endow

prowess, and so on. Hamer held him. Phetan. it was bat It became neces- animus with with their own at name for the Besties triples to deities presiding leted, sezrched his person and took i sary to adopt a ancient native customs, which were over industries and agriculture-S from his pure Both men then ran away up leach Street and turn In consequence called Kaming michi, deltics expreially invoked by or Shinto, the word-micht being ap- prosents such

Ile made a let ught of them. plied in the same reise as tan; and Silleworms or the Weather, there ared into Belcher Street, where Loung kam because of their divine origin. to be found in almost every part of

About 5 pun, the following day, an It successfully differentiated the the country what might be called ur-repart of the altar to the police. native religion

imported pittatory temples, shrines that have identification parade was held at from the

been erected by way of cumpensation Mount Davis Fort, and Thelan was Batsudo, or "The Way of Buddha," bee

centuries this to spirits of persons who have picked out by Leun. Hamer was In the course al

fered foundation of great injustice or misfortune not identified, but was arrested as the later the saine ancestor-worship, the all civilised society, has undergone In every home there is a shrine de- result of enquiries

evening. religion. If the family bus assumed voted to modifientions,

belief, this

From investigations, continued Ser- various shapes but everywhere in profes only the Shinto

shrine, OF mitayam faugust-spirit geant Allen, it appeated that about Japan its fundamental character res inalns unchanged. The three forms dwelling), or more properly termed 7.30 p.m. on October 10, the two de- tiny model of a regular fendants left the Fort accompanied of the Shinto worship of herstors i miya, a are the Domestic Cult, the Communal temple, is placed upon a shelf fixed by Gunner Tovre. They went to Cuit

and the State Cull-or, in other against the wall of some inner cham- Kennedy Town, where they boarded tors; of clan ar tribal ancestors; and it are placed tablets of white wood Queen's Road West and Pokfulum that names of the Road, where they alighted. They of imperial ancestors. The first is inscribed with

Three tabicis sup- visited a pawn shop, but found it the religion of the home the second, household dead. of the local divinity, the third, the est tombstone. The plain grave closed, so boarded another bus west- Kot of. national religion. The family cult is stone in Shinto cemeteries resembles ward. Al the junction with

and

4

the

Gordena

are

sur!

the first In the evolutional order, the in form the simple wooden spirit- Road, Phelan and Hamer others being later developments.

Ita Precept

Properly speaking, Shinto is not af

religion, since it has no dogmas, ethical code, and no sacred books

absence of a

Is

sticks.

leaving Tovee in continue his journey. The time was then about 8.40 pan..

In almost every kitchen there is Both the defendants were dressed in either a tiny shrine, or

n written civilian clothes. charm bearing the name of Kojin,"

the God of the Conking-range.

In

What They Told Comrades

almost every garden, on the north About 3 p.m. on October 11, it was

the

having descended from" elinations direction from which, according te he had heard of anything. He then

(gods), have no evil

code of morals side, there is a little Shinto shrine, alleged that Hamer spoke to Gunner accounted for by the innate perfet-facing what is called the Ki-mon, or taxter in the Fort and asked him if tion of the Japanese people, who Demon-at-that is to

Informed Baxter that he and Phelan the Chinese teaching, all evils comes had held up a Chinese the previous such as Occidentals have, to over and these little shrines dedicated to evening at Kennedy Town Prayn and come, und whose manners and cus-Shinto delles, are supposed to pro- had taken $6 from him. Humer also lams need no reform. Since there is teet the home from e

evil spirits. told the same story to Tovee.

robbery, charged with no doctrinal system, the faith does Almost every deity mentioned has a When

Itself

about future shrine

Fanewhere; and hundreds of Phelan said: "I have nothing to state. The precepts of the different others have their temples, Numbers

of robbing him. I had no CO 1 sects, whleh differ only in a few des or temples have been dedicated to Say." Hamer said: "I had no inten-| tails of ceremony, are: "Follow the historical personages to the spirits money and was in a temper, impulseror."

of your

and obey of great ministers, captains, rulers struck him."

In In evidence Leung said Phelan scholars, heroes, and statesmen. Shintoism aims at the happiness fact most of the great inen of Japan's was dressed in a white

Was able to "shorts. He of earthly life, and assumes that the history have had temples erected to khaki

recognise him because he had often souls of the departed can essentially them.

not concern.

your

nature

shirt and

aid in zreuring It. They are cun- The offerings made to the principal seen him on duty in the guard rooms ceived, the

therefore, to be present and delties of the shrines consist of water, at the Fort. summoned by those who come trice, sall, Bab, birds, vegetables, etc. Gar. A. II. Tovec, R.A., said that them, by clapping hands, a bell, As a rule these are placed in Uny he went out on October 10 with the Porcilain saucers and set before the defendants. Phelan was dressed in a

drum, etc.

The Shinto gods are by no means the pure and exalted forms which Buddhism prevents to us, saints through the overcoming of arnsuous? pleasure but affected by all humani feelings and weaknesses, and taking pleasure in everything, that odds en- joyment and amusement to existence.

shrine,

Missouri River Partial

blue shirt and grey slacks, while Bamer was dressed in a white sports hirt and khaki shorts. When they told left the Fort, both defendants him that they had no money on them." Witness paki the bus fares. He als related the alleged confession madr The Missouri river is showing; by the second accused. Accordingly their workshippera seek declifed shift from the South Daicota

festivals

Yankton, S. D.

Gnr. J. W. Robinson, I.A., raid he to delight them on their not only with meat and drink, bute to the Nebaku banks, accord. saw the accused leaving the Fort with an- to army cacheers. They said Tover, and saw them returning to the also by theatrical processions, pan-

to be nortnal tominies, and so on, and do not think the shift, if it continues, is not alarm Fort about 10.20 p.m. on October 10,

Ing, but may eatine trouble. Lieut. Both oppeared

Pit

it obsectionable that streets leading Willem Whipol's survey, made 10 ober,

and

to certain of their shrines con determine possibilities of the Gavin's Gnr. J. P. Baxter, R.A., also zako tain housen dedicated to the worship

(Continued on Next Column.) of Aphrodite. of the servants of the Point river dam project, showed the of the conversation Hamer had with kami, purity of the body is required change.

No. 3

Company.

JAPANESE TROOPS AT T HE ENTRANCE to the Provincial Government Headquarters in Canton. This photograph was taken from Canton to Formosa by air, telephotoed by radio from Taikoku to Osaka and then returned to Hongkong by plane and steamer-Osaka Mainichi" Photo,

Baxter denied this, Bdr. A. Findlay, R.A., sald he was present when roll-call was made at the Fort at 10 pan. on October 10, and Humer was absent. Phelan was not on that roll-call.

Before his Worship rose, Phelon could be placed in asked if they milltary custody.

Sergeant Allen replied that he did. nut think so, as committed prisoners Evidence of arrest was given by were usually kept in gaol custody.

Asked if they had any special hum in the Fort before the identifien- Sergeant Allen, after which both tion parade.

accused were cautioned and asked if reasons for the request, Phelun said they wished to give evidenec. Both that they did not get enough food in declined to do so, Phelan saying, 1, and could not shave.

His Worship fold them to bring am guilty of the charge," and Hamer.

their complaint before the proper "I have nothing to say."

Both defendants were then co-authorities, but Phelan said it was no no notice was mitted to stand trial at the November use complaining, os Crimim Sessions,

Acrissed Man's Dental

Asked if he had questions to put to the witness, Hamer denied telling Baster of the alleged robbery and asault, and raid he had merely ask- ed Baxter where Phelan was, and wiat all the commotion was about.

talen.

U.B.

Sinnor Sins Again

Oakland, Cal.

A sinner admitted that he robbed a poor box in church. Later, he felt so badly about it that he decided to go back and pray for forgiveness. On entering the church, he saw on- other poor box. The temptation was too great, so he went out and bought pair of pliers, opened the second bax and robbed that, too. The judge decided to put him beyond tempta- tion and forgiveness.

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