Shanghai, May 25. UMU Jacks occupied conspicuous positions on most of Shanghai's buildings yesterday in commemoration of Empire Day-On the river warships and merchant vessels were dressed, and local observances included a parade of Boy Scouts, Girl Guides, Wolf Cubs and Brownies, who, later, attended a service at the Holy Trinity Cathedral where they were addressed by Dr. E. The celebrations were organized by the United Services Association, The observance of Empire Day com= menced with the annual flog raising ceremony. in the grounds of H.M Consulate General, "where over 470 Boy Scouts, Git! Guides, Wolf Cubs and Brownies were drawn up. in parade formation awaiting the arrival of Mr. Herbert Phillips, HM. Consul-General. Promptly at™ 8 an, Mr. Phillips arrived on the parade ground, and as the Union Jack was slowly raised to the peak of the Consulate flagpole by two Sea Scouts to the strains of pipes and drums of the Ist. Battalion Seaforth Highlanders, the assembly came Into the general salute. do his duty," which was flown at the Battle of Trafalgar 133 years ago. That signal is as true today as on the day it was frst made, Your King sends a message today, "Your King expects every man, woman, and child to do his duty." All this can be sum~ Imed up in the one word "service."
When I mention the word "service" it will help you to understand if 1 make a reference to the Army. The Empire, of course, will expect you to ght for it, but that is not the service wanted atthe present moment. We know what war means and we pray that none of you will experience it, Accompanied by senior officials of the scout and Guide movements in Shanghai, Mr. Phillips inspected. the parade, and at the conclusion of the Inspection spoke to the children, He recalled that he had been present in 'Shanghai when Lord Baden-Powell the founder of the Scout movement, Inspected the Scouts in 1912, and since then he had watched, with joyous feelings, the growth of the movement locally.' Mr. 'W. 'C. Cassels, District Commissioner, iberi called for three cheers and a "tiger" for Mr. Phillips 4s representing His Majesty the King, and giving full power to their lungs the assembly gave three lusty British cheers, Headed by the pipes and drums of the Seaforths the parade marched past the Consul-General, "who took the salute, and by way of the Bund to the rounds of the Holy Trinity Cathedral Where the observances were continued.
Here, to the rousing music of Scot-and, those who had taken part in the flag raising ceremony were served with breakfast, after" which the children moved' into the Cathedral for the Empire Day service. othe ce 'The service arranged by' Dean Trivett and the lesson was read by Mr. Hugh Middleton, Chairman of the United Services Association.
The hymns were those traditionally connected with Empire Day, "O God Our help in ages past," Kipling's "The Recessional," while the choir and con rogation joined together in singing Land of hope and glory" and Parry's "Jerusalem," The lesson was taken from IK Timothy i, 1-18, "Thou. therefore, my. son, be' strong in the. grace that is in Jesus Christ In his address Dr, Gauntlett said that he was very proud to know that at the same time as he was addressing the Boy, Scouts and Girl Guides of Shanghai, who had gathered to cele-librate Empire Day, his three sons would be taking part in similar cere monies at school in England.
'The boys and girls present in the Cathedral had done their share In the Empire Day celebrations. "You have seen the fay of the Empire raised and have saluted it. 'Then you marched past Mr. Phillips and saluted him, and In' so doing you were, in reality, saluting His Majesty the 'King, 'The 24th, of May, although celebrated as Empire Day is also. the birthday of one of our greatest monarchs. Queen Victoria was born fon May 24th, 1819, and her glorious eign lasted' for' sixty-five. years. It is only fitting that we should cel rate Empire Day on this date, as dur-Ang that long reign the Empire grew find rose to the Power it is today.
The British Empire extends over "one-quarter of the surface of the world, and comprises in area about 14 million square miles. Tt includes nearly one quarter of the human race; {n-all. about 480 million people.
Why are we celebrating Empire Day? Not to boast of our great passes-sions, but to commemorate those men and women, who In the past, laid the foundations of this great Empire. "Men ko Wolfe, Clive, Livingston, Rhodes, Nelson, Lord Roberts, Earl Hal Jellicoe and Beatty. T advise all you children to read about these men, their lives' areas instructive "and fascinating as any of your books.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.