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THE HONGKONg Telegraph, Saturday, DecEMBER 24, 1938.

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Nativity

NEARLY two thousand years.

They saw

the

same

rising

THE FIRST CHRISTMAS:

"AE SHALL FIND the Babe wrapped in swaddling clothes lying in a manger.

"And subicaly there we with the angels a aniiiteide of the heavenly host preising God and saying, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth pree, gundwill turard me.”

age a beautiful Child was born, and laid by His mother in a mangor because there was on room in the inn. Thirty years or so passed, most of them tell nothing of what He did.

Then the brief life passed on CHRISTMAS, 1914 (quoted the hill of Golgotha. The Man

"The Story of from with Dangerous Thoughts was)

Christmas" by R. J. Camp, hinged; along with Iwo eri.

bell): minals on a wooden cross, in the fashion of executions in those days.

by

IRENE A. SHORT

Hon. Secretary, Hongkong Group of the Peace Pledge Union

No Man's Land, Christmas 1914. The unofficial truce."

star

mulirectly, will 1 support or santelion tion of Soul Settlements in Wai another."

Chang Street--thereby seeking by

toke Pledge Union, for which cane tigh and Chinese.

better understandlink

between Dri-

This marked the beaming of the alleviating distress to bring about a

a Surpjand devoted the last two

ments will be having a Christmor

dinner.

If every man and woman in the Mong would try, if possible, to help at level one person who is in distress to have a real happy Christmas, it would go a long way towards bring- But about that better understanding amennst our Chinese brethren.

Much being done, but much gom could be done.

COULD WE ALL start this Christ- Das time and carry on through- ut the years ahead," remembering that we are at urothers?--whether we be black, yellow, white er red. When we have learn, as Dick Sheppard dif, that Love is the law of life, then we shall have learnt to Bve a Jesus Christ taught us to Lee, for

" Christ there is no East or

West Fu Hm no South or North. year of his life, and which now At the Chri-tea-ide there

But i..

great fellowship of numbers JOVET 135,000 me! and much we can do,

Lorn On Carisin Day: the children

Throughout the whole wide Dark Sheppard's Poure Pledge, and other lemants at Social Settle- earth." "N CHRISTMAS EA 1914, 1

was on sentry-go in a trazen Bivolved far more than the absten- Pegel on the out durts

"Putin of War Cert Wol

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CHRISTMAS DAY WITH

THE (H.K.) NUDISTS

Brrrr!

The Bare Idea Makes Me

Shudder!

ALWAYS THOUGHT there was a close season for nud- ism, but it appears I am wrong. At any rate, the cold weather has no terrors for Hongkong

·by- GEOFFREY SUCKLING

Not the least of the sorrow

I want the creation M that Jesus felt was when He

"under of things-not "Peace at any Leve." but "Love at all costs." This foresaw what men would do in my

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how under involves peace together His

From Nume. Probably

174th

the weh Bucal Reforms, Economie re- more paret

Ypres salient, came the getal rime forms. Penal reforms, reforms iu blood has flower in the Name of artillery and the distant clat laws and health. The basis of these of Jesus, the Gentile, than ater of machiné quas.

reforms is in the Individual, for in- dividuals make Society, Earls W dozen of the great killers of the Towards midnight, from the Gel-

man or woman must do his or her world could claim. Alexander, man trenches arose the strains of a

best to help bring about this new brass band playing carols.

order. Jenghiz Khan. Tamerlane, Nu-

tantly all ire crused on Gur polean--they did damage only sector while the Shepherds watched WHAT CAN WE DO in Hongkong? when they lived. Mahomet was their Bucks' and 'Good King Wences- There is in the Colony a small hody of men and women who have the cause of a very great deal las looked out,"

signed Dick Sheppard's Pledge, and The music went on throughout the who have, during the last year. been of slaughter, both in his own; right, and at stand-to next morning working quietly to help bring about time and afterwards. But the came cries of Merry Christmas, this new order. Christians have benten all creeds Tommy, from the German trenches Reference has already been made nudists.

They have been taking advan- in the record of their blood-pesite and one or two venturesome in the Press to the National Petition

heads began to show themselves. which has been drawn up to be pre- tage of the recent spell of sunshiny letting. There has seldom been

sented to His Majesty's Government "Half suspecting a trink, we kept asking for World Conference to weather to make hay (speaking much call to urge Christian under cover until some of the. Ger- soldiers onward.

mans climbed on to their parapets, ing peace.

small island they have "annexed" indefatigable-indefatigable in the They were warned to throw down All who are genuinely seeking off the Castle Peak Road, and they right word-president of the local And

Christmas comes their rilles; and as soon as they had Peace, whether they are signatories expect to continue their activities society. again with its old, old message) done so, the two opposing armies to the Peace Pledge or not, have an throughout the winter.

rushed forward to meet with hand- opportunity to sign this Petition, and

Mr. Lauepart, it will be remem- of comfort and hope; and the shakes and Christmas greetings in in that way, can help to further the

They will celebrate the Christ-bered, introduced the seed of in puris naturahtlus to this Colony over six beautiful legends that have No Man's Land.

mas festival in their birthday

years ago, and it is only through his nils. grown up about

"Souvenirs were exchanged, tinned the Nativity,

untiring efforts that it continues to of the cattle kn ting in

Christmas puddings for sausages, jam

This information was imparted bloom in a soil that one night im- the for sauerkraut; cigars and cigarettes

agra to be far from congenial for so byre beforu the Prince of All changed hands. Photographs of

exotic plant, Creatures, are told again, as the shown and politely admired.

wives, sweethearts and children were

birds sing joyfully in heavenly "Them up spoke the genius who choir on to-morrow's

nrurly stopped the war, He suggest- morn, ased that we should play the Germans the bells ring-in the greatestat football in Armentieres од the birthday in all the universe was received with as much enthu- :

following afternoon. The suggestion this foolish, greedy, suspicious simum by the Saxons as by our own planet hears the deeper orches. Then, and steps were taken in form tra of cannon and of bombs. "That match was never played. I War rages in its newest dress stopped on Boxing Day. 1914. But

had been, the war would have: of horror in both halves of the the man who muggested it ought to globe.

Is it the

vaster tragedy?

the teams.

If

have a statue erected to him at the pretude of a Wembley Stadium."

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Is there a hope that this cupŋTHE WAR that was to end War of bitterness will PARK from mankind?

dranged on until November 11, 1918. But did it end wur? War can never end!

What do we find to-day--Christ-

1948?

Yes. There is hope. The forces of peace are strong; the

We od Spain in the grips of vast mass of mankind knows ghastly Civil war-Germany, perse about war-and hates it.

cuting the Jews-China and Japan waging the most terrible struggle for Most of our fears in this life existence ever known. prove to be only shadows, The

Every nation is suspicious of his next door neighbour; all are fever- shadows pass, and the

sun ishly arming for the next War. shines again.

Can we hope that some "genius" Two laws only Jesus laid felts this Christmas, and that the will suggest a truce in thes: battle- down for the conduct of life. New Year will give us fresh hopes Love God. Love your neigh, of a lasting peace? It seems ton bour as well as you love your-prepared to do something towards it much to hope for unless we are all self. The cheating, lying, thier-now. ing. killing the selfishness, On October 16, 1034, the late meanness, cruelty, viciousness Canon Dick Sheppard wrote a letier which distinguish

to the Press asking for the signatures world would not be here if those two stribe to the words,

of men and women who would sub- "I renoutice War, and never again, directly or.

Inws wore obeyed,

our

discuss methods of obtaining a fast-figuratively, of course) on the to me by Mr. H. E. Lancpart, the

rause of peace.

The Group in Ilongkong has also recently taken over the administra-

GRIN AND BEAR IT

"We have casse

By Lichty

DIRECTO CONFERENC

to be worried, prutlemen! The office force chipped in and hir an efficiency expert,"

CURIOUS TO LEARN something of

cult that fins established no Brin hold in Europe, I accepted with pleasure an invitation to attend one of the meetings held in the pre- sident's residence every Saturday be tween 7.30 and 9 p.m.

No formalities are necessary at thep

hese gatherings; anybody genuinely interested in nudism is assured of a

the

corelingly, I presented myself at meeting place at the appointed hour last Saturday, with some little trepidalton, I must admit, at the thought of the possibility of being suddenly confronted with a room-full of naked people. Now to barge in such

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darty, still clad in jacket trouser, would. I imagined, cause far more embarrassment th it one turned up, say, at a funeral

fancy dress. But my fears were soon put at rest I found normal bunch of people, fully clothed, sitting round a table on the verandal of the first Ilor.

when

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Provided with a seat and endea- youring to comply with the presi- dent's injunctions to "get acquainted". I rion found myself cracking pea- nuts and sharing an orange with a choring young lady typist who was sitting next to me 151 my right, whilst, on my left, a member of Majesty's Forces was poring over an album of photographs taken during some of the society's "outings",

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[AD BEEN expecting something

HAL

of a trip-teose nature to occur.

I would have been quickly disillu (Continued on Page 1)

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