[English] BRITISH BOY SCOUTS. THE KING'S HOPE.

BRITISH BOY SCOUTS.

THE KING'S HOPE.

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)

LONDON, September 6.

Major-General R. S. Baden-Powell has reviewed 30,000 Boy Scouts at the Crystal Palace.

The newspapers comment on the remarkable growth of the three-year old movement.

His Majesty the King sent a message in which he expressed the hope that the Boy Scouts would do their duty as men should danger threaten the Empire.

Source:

1. Page 4, "China Mail", 23rd Day, 7th Month, 1st Year of Xuan-tong

   • 23rd Day, 7th Lunar Month, Ji-you Year

   • Tuesday, 7th September, 1909 Common Era

2. Page 2, "Hong Kong Daily Press", 23rd Day, 7th Month, 1st Year of Xuan-tong

   • 23rd Day, 7th Lunar Month, Ji-you Year

   • Tuesday, 7th September, 1909 Common Era