24 May 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
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Submitted by brian edgar on Tue, 2015-01-27 22:50
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Sun, 24 May 1942
The Rev. Frank Short preaches against 'our insolent national arrogance'. He instances the use of insulting terms for black people and the Chinese.
Next Sunday the Rev. Mackenzie Dow will deplore the 'lack of moral fibre' in pre-war Hong Kong, and suggest that they were living on the 'submerged' nine tenths of the population. He will claim that the community has been brought low to be 'chastened' and call on his congregation to 'repent' - to adopt new ways of thinking, a different view.
It seems that new attitudes to race and social responsibility are being promoted by Stanley's clergy, pondering on the lessons of defeat and deprivation.
Source:
Sermon notes in the MacNider Papers, 'Sermons, Loans, Repatriation', 49
