met with the same fate. Three out of four of His brothers were killed. He himself had been several times severely tortured by the Manchurian soldiers, who demanded gold as blackmail. When one had been satisfied, smother would come forward to make the same demand. He therefore took refuge in a heap of rubbish to pass away the ill hours. His wife made her escape and concealed herself in a coffin. She was dragged out and forced to yield to the outrageous wishes of the Mau- churian soldiers. She and her husband pleaded earnestly to set her free, saying that she was progonat. She was not set free till she was andressed and examined. Haring the groens and ories of the butchered, the heart was broken. The burning flames at night time cast a strong red glare on the sky and made one to tremble. On the tenth day he was very hungry and thirsty. He had narrow escapes several times and yet survived. If he could successfully pass the tenth night, he had hope of life. He therefore bore all the hardship till the fifth watch, when some voices were heard near, that an order of wrapping up the knife was given to pacify the people in the whole city. As he had made good his escape from the mouth of the tiger, he was anxious to make a record of the sad occurrence to let it be known to the people in future so that we know something about it at the present day. Such sad occurrences were not only met with in Yeung-chow alone, but Kwangtung also met with the sime futo at that time. Two Manchurian princes, who marched with soldiers to Kwangtung, met with some opposition. They consequently gave orders to butcher all the people within eighteen po[=34 miles]. Happily the people who were smart enough at that time numbered and named the streets after Po, so as to save many, many lives. Reflection of such sad accounts is very painful. If you say the present dynasty is kind and beneficent you are quite mistaken. We should all understand that for the people of alien blood to be sovereigns over us is not right. We should wake ourselves up. If we want to revenge old sufferings, we should overthrow the present pretending dynasty and drive away all the Manchurians,
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THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
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With
DAY OF INTERCESSION AT
December 5, 1903.
administered the sacrament of confirmation to 1000 converts. Here in Hongkong, in Kowloon, and on the mainland of China, congregations of native Christians were springing up and becoming self-supporting. But there was a wide field, and aid was needed to go further to reach those farthest away from such light-thệ aid of prayer, of funds, and of sympathy, and these were being asked on that day in all the churches in Christendom.
RECLAMATION WORK ON
PRAYA EAST,
WORK C MMENCED.
420
Shau-tsoi surnamed Wong who was a personal | therefore should wake ourselves up for inde sufferer was the relator of the sad occurrenos.pendence, raise the standard, and seize back His family consisted of nine members, who all our old territory for the honour of our country, so that the people of a land 4,000 years old will no longer be looked upon as a nuisance in the world. Still, those who propose a limited monarchy government want to regard themselves as Tartar slaves and as Manchurian horses and cattle. They should ask themselves, Does the Manchurian Government ever think of a limited monarchy government? sbe able to carry on a. limited monarchy government? A limited monarchy govern- ment gives the right to the people to suggest the rules of government. regard to the Kwangsi rebellion and questions of Russia and Manchu agreement, It has long been decided to reclaim that large the scholars in Japan who spoke about these portion of the harbour lying between the pier have been regarded as rebels, so that from this jutting out in a line with Arsenal Street and we know that to adopt a [Manobu] limited the west end of Causeway Bay. This will monarchical government is most absurd. In indeed mean a big addition to the City. The fact, those Reformers who propose such a limited east end of Hongkong will be changed beyond monarchy are the real offenders who ruin the recognition. The now water front, commanding Chinese Empire.
a view of the harbour, may be shut off by rows of stately buildings. Storage godowns, finding themselves in more or less inconvenient situa tions, may move their premises. Perhaps, even, S. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL.
shipyards, engine-works, etc., not finding it essential for the welfare of their business to Last Sunday was the Day of Intercession have their works centrally situated, yet finding appointed to be observed in all the English it very expensive, to say nothing of their being Churches throughout Christendom. Accord. a long way from a water-frontage, may shift ingly special services of intercession were
further out. Messrs. Geo, Fenwick and Com- beld in S John's Cathedral. The Lord Bishop of pany's big sheer-legs, for instance, will soon be Victoria preached the sermon, taking for his useless as now situated. Ab King's yacht an- text S. Paul's Epistle to the Romans x. 13 15. [chorage will be all dry land. Who knows but The Right Reverend preacher said that 31 what another Queen's Builling, will take years ago the Society for the Propagation of the place of that primitive little matshed the Gospel, supported by deputations from other backing the slipways? Where now the ship. societies, waited
upon the Archbishop of wright is busily employed putting the Canterbury, with a request that he would set finishing touches on littlǝ Chinese-built apart a day for special Intercession services steamers, where the newly daunched hulls for foreign missions. In accordance with this are towed to receive their engines, where happy- request His Grace appointed the 30th of go-lucky sampan people dry matchwood picked November to be observed for that purpose in all up from the harbour, where oraft that answer English churches. On the morcing of that day, the purposes of cook-boases, dwelling-houses, in 1872, the Iondon Times in a leading article passenger-sampans and-fishing boats, tieup, will made these remarks on the subject of mission, be all dry land. Hongkong Island will have aries: "Who is there who can number among grown in useful building land both internally his personal acquaintances a man who has done and externally: now useless hilly property will years, or a single year, of Church Missionary have been levelled. The Bowrington Canal work in any field? An ordinary Englishman will have grown in length. Probably it will be has seen almost every human or binte native of a centre for the completing of small steam-boats. foreign climes, but few can say that they have All this we may look forward to. Work in Another of the articles complained of is a5 seen a missionary or a Christian convert." Such connection therewith has been commenced. follows:-
oriticism as this, remarked the preacher, display. Coolies are now employed raising the road China cannot adopt a limited monarchy go-ed the greatest ignorance of the truth, and such two feet on Praya East. For some days a sign
been vernment. The whole territory of the Chinese newspaper criticism was most unworthy, and has
that exhibited giving notice tha road is blocked between Empire will soon be lost and the whole number such as no newspaper ought to lend itself to, as
Qaron's of 400,000,000 Chine e will soon be all slaves. it would not, certainly, do now. But though Road terminus of Arsenal Street and Ship It is very pitiful that we are to meet with such there is a great change now, there are many
Street. The Public Works Department seem a terrible fate. Some enthusiastic people then found to criticise, which many more tako
to be working as they never did before; the laying commence to say that China should adopt a but a very languid interest in missionary work, of the electric tram-rails has hastened matters. limited monarchy government, which only can for they do not study the subject, and do not It would have been seaseless to put them down save China from being broken into pieces. The know that missionary work is the primary when, in the near future, it would have been Manchurians, who have taken possession of the duty of the Christian Church. Bishop Hoare found necessary to lift them again in order to whole Chinese Empire and rule over 400,000,000 then touched upon the object of missions, raise the road. But talking about raising the Chinese, are now exceedingly weak and power pointing out that the Gospel of Salvation, road, at first sight one would carry away the less and are in obedience to the white people. which we all knew, the heathens and infidels impression that, after it is raised, heavy storm Though the governing body were composed of and the ignorant had a right to know also, and
waters will cause serious floods, perhaps even able people who were even much cleverer than it was the Church's bounden daty to go to all collapses of houses. It appears from a casual Bismarck, it would be very difficult to find parts and preach that Gospel. Peopl were found glance that the houses on the present water-front means for the remedy. We can at once tell to say that the Chinese religion was good enough, willsimply be inundated. Carefulenquiry into the how hopeless it is to make China powerful as This was true, and there was much that was
matter, however, discloses that no want of fore- the officials are at present people of no brain admirable in Confucianism and Confucianists, thought has been displayed in this direction. and no warm blood. Instead of finding means but there was in it no hope, and the erring sinner Water-ways nearest the houses are to be provided for the remedy they try to butcher the had no one to pray to, nor to hope for inter- with efficient drains capable of giving an ontlet réformers and effect the capture of the
cession from. Some, again, valued missionary to all that is likely to come their way. These scholars in Japan, who fought against work only as a civilising agency.
True it was
storm-water discharges will go under the road, the Manchurian concession. They only sit so, but salvation, to S. Paul, was the greater
As the road is raised, electric car-liues will be down with folded arms to see the partition of object. Throughout the Gospel the ruling China by the natives of Europe and America. command was to carry "the glad tidings to all," They care nothing for the people and only seek that all might know that this world was not the to protect the name of the present dynasty end-that there was a life beyond. But there was permanently. They fail to see that China, a great laxity in the interest shown in this work though large, will be soon all eaten up bit by by those who called themselves Christians. Here bit. The people, we are afraid, are still ignorant in Hongkong, what is done for this work? that the partition of China will have terrible asked the preacher. Schools, choirs, and church effeols and that the so called Reformers, who works were supported, and even generously propose a limited monarchy government, still supported, but what did Hongkong do for believe that the Manchurian government can missions? Too little. People were too prone be relied upon. The Manchurians, who seised to ory, Bat what is done by missionaries ?' the opportunity of the rebellion in the Ming The Bishop went on to say a few facts would Dynasty, have taken possession of the Chinese show what was done. The results were in Empire for over 200 years. They are now reality very great. To take the province of going to sell the whole territory and the Fukien alone, in the past year there had beer 400,000,000 people to the foreign countries. over 1300 baptisms of converts, and in the They are really nor great enemies. We eight months since his return he had
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laid. Rickshas will be at a discount. A large army of coolies will find other employment. More than likely many of them will be employed filling in the reclamation. Raising the road, after all, only preparatory to this. Trams will be running long before the reclamation is finished. In fact, they will be running in a matter of months; the reclamation will take a few years.
Mr. J. Carey Hall, M.A, 1.8,0., who has for many years been British Consul at Kobe, has been presented, on his transference to Yoko- hama, wi h an address by the residents of Kobe congratulating him upon his well-earned pro- motion and upon the distinction recently con- ferred on him by the King in recognition of long and meritorious service.
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