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O-DAY, Irishmen the world over, and not least in Hongkong, are honouring the memory of their patron Saint. And no one has a better right to that title than St. Patrick even though he was born in Scotland or, as some say, in Wales.
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THE STORY of his life is obscured yet enriched by legends.
St. Patrick's Breastplate-hia hymn on the Trinity was for long supposed by the Irish pea- santry to have the power of warding off evil.
This was presumably an ex- tension of the Saint's own power to perform miracies.
He is popularly credited with being responsible for the expul- sion of all venomous snakes from
Ireland.
On another occasion, we are
told, he emerged victorious from Druid priest at Tara. a' contest i magic skill with a
Lucetmael, the Druid, wns
by D. J. C.
The Book of Lismore tells us that when the newly born child was taken for baptism no water could be found to celebrate the sacrament until, when the sign of the Cross was made with the infant's hand, a Spring immediately gushed forth.
At sixteen, Patrick was captured by pirates and carried, with many other
able by Incantà- tions to cover the plain with snow, though be could only make it disap- pear at the same hour a day later.
"Thou canst do evil, but not good," said St. Patrick, and when he had blessed the plain the snow was no longer there.
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LEGEND APART, however, it is an undoubted historical fact that Irish civilisation owes much to St. Patrick.
His missionary work did a great deal to spread the light,
Hongkong Telegraph. persons, to Ireland where not only of Christian knowledge,
for six years he remained à in Con-
Wyndham St., Hongkong shepherd-slave
naught.
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Democracy on Trial WHAT IS clear regarding the rape of Czecho-Slovakin is that that country, whilst not perfect in its administration of minorities, suffered dismemberment and obli- vion not for its own sins against minorities, us Hitler would have us believe, but for the ambitions of other states to confiscate those minorities and the territory they
inhabit.
It was there that he first became conscious of the work in which he after- wards spent his life.
"I used," he says, "to re- main ever in the woods and on the mountains, and used to rise to prayer before day- light, in the midst of snow and ice and rain, and I felt no injury at all."
HIS
from
LIBERATION slavery canic about in peeu- liar way. An angel told him to ask his master to free him.
Czecho-Slovakia's fate was sealed His master refused to do this not so much because it was damned unless he received in payment a mass of gold as large as his head by its minorities as because it was blessed by geography that became When the angel heard this, he the target for the sort of attack said: "Follow yon boar, and he against which even, the fastrear of ["will" root-a-mass-of-gold.out.of. Bohemia proved inadequate forti- the ground, and take it with
thee to thy master."
With the gold Patrick re- "Whoever is master of Bobeminceived he was able to buy his is master of Europe." The thought freedom. was Bismark's, and every attempt of German leaders to move eastward has impressed them with the saga, city of that observation.
fication.
How Herr Hitler will be able to reconcile his previous expressions of the right of self-determination with the seizure of a land in which nearly eight million people now be- come a minority in Germany is
hard to conceive.
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TN SITTE of his great work in Ireland he is credited with three hundred the erection of churches, the ordination of three hundred and fifty bishops and three hundred presbyters-St. Patrick never really felt at home in the fand of his adoption:
"It is pathetic." writes one authority. "to read how the exile
In September, it will be recalled, would fain visit Britain, his Herr Hitler purported to desire no home, and Gaul, where he had more than the absorption of Germany friends, but feels himself many's own kin and expre His bound by the spirit to spend the claimed all intention of dum ting rest of his life in self-chosen the Czechs. How then, is the satis- banishment, to maintain his faction of that right for the Czeclis work, and especially to protect not as much n sine qua non of Euro- by his influence the Christians, pean peave us the satisfaction of the whom dangers constantly threa- rights of the German minarity. tened. His energy and undis- There is no reconciling Herr it mayed perseverance had accom- ter's solema pledges and undertak-plished a great work and he de- ings at Munich, and subsequently, cided not to desert it till death in his speech at Nuremberg, with compelled him." his actions in Central Europe and, to our shame, we have been made, unwillingly perhaps, a party to the
dismemberincit of a nation which put its trust in Dumoeracy.
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HE DIED. In 461 at Saul in County Down. Legend tells us that for twelve days after his death there was no night, and Democracy's diplomacy has lium that angels "kept guard over his eatably failed against the Totalitar body, and diffused a fragrance fans. Firstly, forgotten Haile us of wine and honey when re Selassie could at least have been turning to heaven." Emperor of a considerable portion Down-patrick claims with of his country had he broken faith Saul the honour of being his with the nations who broke falth Inst resting place at any rate with him. Spain would not have there is a stone there which has inced the threat of vassalage to acquired Importance as the Romo had Democracy insisted that Saint's tombstone. the Non-Intervention policy which The same atono indeed is re- it framed had been carried outputed to cover two other saintly Democracy undoubtedly has failed remains, for there is an China,
couplet which runs-
The record, in fact, is one To talitarian States will view withi satisfaction and historians with contempt.
old
"In Down three saints onc Lomb fill
Patrick, Bridget and Colum- cille.'
hut of the civilisation and cul- ture that went with it.
He bridged the gap between the Irish and the Roman churches; and in the strength his organisation gave to the scattered
Christian communi- ties of the country did Ireland the seeds of her future find greatness as a land of "saints
and scholars."
YOUR HEART Forget It
HAVE you ever been to your
doctor to tsk for thorough overhau!? If so, I wager you heaved bigger sigh of relief on hearing his "Nothing wrong with your heart, anyway" than t thing else.
any-
People worry about their hearts: "too much, and if it isn't their licurts
it's their blood pressure.
I remember a
man who led
A
GRIN AND BEAR IT
By Lichty
"Don't forget to check the auti-freeze and put a blanket on the
radiator, and let the motor warm up before you drive.
and don't you catch cold!"
BRITAIN PREPARES-IV
NATIONAL
SERVICE
EDITOR'S NOTE: In the next war Britain, for the first time
In in 900 years, will be in grave danger of armed invasion,
The danger now is the past the navy kept her shore intact. from the air. To meet this modern perll, Britain is organising her civil population. Every able-bodied man and woman will have a job to do. This series of articles, which concludes to-day, tells the story of Britain's army of "passive defence", and of the hundred-and-one other ways in which Britain is preparing for war at home. ALONGSIDE the general Gov- ernment plan, local authori- ties, public utilities, and private firms are doing their own bit for Britain's defence in the next
war.
In the case of local authorities, while they have more or less a free hand to decide their own means of defence, they are controlled by the Government to this extent; that the: national exchequer will loan from 60 to 85 per
cent of the cost. It is estimated that this means an expenditure of about £8,500,000 a yeur over four years, with a continu ing cost of 70 per cent. of that paid by the-local-uthorities.-
sedentary life in town, and reaped H
its usual fruit in extra fal, a bluish complexion, a tendency to bronchitis, and shortness of breath.
I took him to one of the greatest heart experts in London. And this is what the specialist said to him: "I wouldn't change hearts with you for worlds. Yours is simply overted and under-exercised. Go up to the mountains and give it rome better work to do than just pumping blood through
that unnecessary encum- brance of fat. Go and slim your- self."
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So the man climbed a hill or two daily. The result was that his heart,
Inbouring through overtired nourish excess tissue, recovered its full strength. He is now the most active man of his age I know.
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VERY doctor is famillur with the worried pallent who says "I want you to have a look at my heart; I've been having such pains there lately." The doctor finds in almost every caso just what he expects: # normal heart, but a stomach overburdened with flatu- Jence.
scared Adults are terribly easily about their hearts. When they are uverworked or worried their hearts every now and then give a beat out of rhythm. They feel this like a sudden pounding, and get alarmed.
Httle ex- Yel all they want is a planation, the possibility of getting the aid of a better sleep with sedative, and the hope. even of a
hollday.
Blood pressure is another great phobia. I used to know a clergyman of 81 whose son was a doctor. The son was very proud of his father's blood pressure, which reached the astronomical height of 230, yet never seemed to interfere with the old boy's habit of going out into the garden to
new flower-bed in 1 lay out a morning, and going for a row on the lake in the afternoon.
So don't worry about the blood pressure or the hardness of the arteries either ill your doctor tells you to. Before anything adverso that line there happens to you in are likely to be great discoveries made. They are on the way now;
you about them and I shall tell
shortly.
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ERE ARE some of their schemes; The Port of London covers an
lias a
An
area of 45 miles of docks and quays
of river. It and 70 miles
of 20,000,009 with population radius of 100 miles of the river. average of 1,000 ships puss through it every week, and it has an actual population of 60,000, 20,000 of whom work on the river.
To protect this vital source of sup- plies, the balloon barrage and anti- aircraft guns will be particularly closely clustered in the port
area.
In addition, the river workers are being trained in special A.R.P. work, und the stevedores are learning to load and unload at night in
minimum of light.
Shelters and decontamination and first-old huts are being built. Trenches are being dug, and at some: places barges will be used as shelters." It is planned that there will be cover few hundred of some sort every yards,
Four
thousand volunteers needed, and it is estimated that 2,000 have enrolled already.
nre
The seventy miles of river as far Ba Teddington has been divided into
have! 25 sections, and it is planned
dort of re-fighting tugs., and barges with re-pumps towed by motor-boats. Another idea is to have scores of fast motor-boats as dis- -patch riders.
The heads of the heavy industry concerns have been in conference, and have drawn up plans to put it on a wartime basis at 24 hours' nolice, The iron and steel industries have a plan of co-ordination that will enable a turn-out of 14,000,000 tons annually - gure never yet achieved. Tho engineering Industry is ready to munitions. Com- switch over to mittees of supply for lobour mntorial have been appointed.
made ar- The coat Industry has rangements to prevent the rush of miners to the army as they did in the world war,
factories are over to airplane
Tho motor-car geared to switch construction.
and
oll
installed. Special evacuation plans have been drawn up, and high.walls and deep trenches have been dux around the tanks to prevent fire from spreading. At one depot a huge concrete saucer has been built around the tanks to catch the burning liquid. In addition the motor car industry las instituted a national register of its own, and it alreay knows the capacity of 20,000 garages in the country. It has divided Britain into areus and districis with lists of n owners and operators of commercial vehicles, but not private cars, Local officers will
have power
to com- mandeer in an emergency.
The electricity concerns have de cided to form a national reserve of -equipment. --It-will-cost-about-£3,- 000,000, and they hope the govern ment will pay half. The remainder will be raised by a levy on authorised undertakings, but not at the expense of the tax-payer.
FAVHE METROPOLITAN WATER BOARD, some time ago, decided to spend over £400,000 on defence. of which the government promised to provide £165,000. The board has already spent £300,000, and
is getting a little worried about the government grant
The money is being spent on portable pumping plant, units For sterilizing fouled mains, steel plates for windows and mols of pumping stations, fire mains and hydrants, and shelters at works, pumping stations, and in the basement of the head offlets. The key personnel of 27,000 has been trained in A.R.P.
Under the direction of the British Medical Association, the co-ordina- tion of all medical services under single body Is being arranged. A national register of doctors nurses is being prepared.
and
this series
AND TO CONCLUDE
here are Bome random items showing how Britain has adopted the scouts motto: "Be Prepared":
Sir John Anderson has stated that
and 500,000 men
women will be needed for A.R.P. work in wartime. He also said that under the national
service scheme recruits will be in- stracted less in antl-gas preciutions than in incendiary bombs and high
were approximately 1.100.- 000 volunteers for A.R.P.--720,000 men and 380,000 women-at the end
of Jamiary.
Southport, Lancashire, is the first district to put out the "house full" sign for A.R.P, work.
Sandbags are being manufactured at the mute of 2,000,000 a week. During the crisis 3,000,000 were available. A total of 275,000,000 - Is scheduled.
One of the organisations under the heading of national service is the Territorial Service for WHILE THE government Inbora- Auxiliary
women. They are the successors to teries are experimenting in methods of propulsion for plant, the famous war-timo W.A.A.C.'s, and vehicles and fuel, the oil industry is they will perform non-combatant 'duties with the regular and ter- also malting its own arrangements.
At the oil and gasoline reserves, ritorial armies and the Royal Air the Thames, Force. A strength of 2,000 officers along particularly
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