Connecticut western news., 1896-04-16
BOOTHS SECRETS OUT
THE TRUE REASON OF THE SALIVA
 TON ARMY CONFLICT.

BaiIinxton Says His rs,hsr Spoke slight inTiy of America and Exhibited rreIu-
 dice Against the United stats.-Ths,
 Led to the Commanders Withdrawal.
 NEW YORK, April I6-when Railing. ton Booth returned from inaugurating tho Volunteer movement In tho west, he found thnt efforts were being made by English Salvation Army officials to undermine his new organization. Personal attacks, he said, were being mado upon him and hia wife In London. Gnrhled extracts from his letters were being shown. he snid. and false constructions were put upon his ao- tions.
 The situation SO aroused him and his wife that they determined to break tho silence which they b~Se maintained as to tho family disnRreomonts that caused them to leave the Salvation Army. They Issued n statement giving the inside his. tory of the revolt They alleged;
 That on Jan. 10 they protested against their removal on tho ground of the feolinR toward England then existing in thia country, the heavy financial responsibility of their new building and their unfortu- nate relations with General Booth from whom they had received no oommunioa- ton for six months.
  tenn of governing the Army here from n foreign country was unwise.
 That rules and regulations for the Army here, evan as to minute details wore made in London without consulting thenL
 That they were not consulted ns to im- portant appointments, promotions and changes of policy affecting the Army in the United States.
 That the resignation of William Evans as chief secretary was forced and tho ap- pointment of an Englishman in his plnoo was insisted upon In London.
 That s rule made by thom forbidding the use of tobacco by enrolled officers of inc Army in America was vetoed by the London authorities and they-tho Bal- lington Booths-were ordered to abrogato it They refused.
 The Primary Cause.
 Hore arc other parts of their statement,
 "Tbe generals visit to this country was the primary cause of the disagreement he tween us. From first to last he impressed us with his displeasure and his dissatls- faction with us personally md with our method of administering affairs. We loved and understood this country. He exhibit ed prejudice and misconoeption of 10 and its people. Ho objected to the display of tho nAtionsl flag upon our badges and In our halls and in our homes. He said that the timo had arrived to ooaso carrying the stars and stripes at tho head of our pn- rndes. He objected to tho use of the eagle upon our orosts and insirnias md oon. stantly spoke deprocatinply of the ooun- try. It's people and It's institutions During his last interview with us In | America tho general stated that he wished us to assist tho struggling work in Cana da by giving up certain portion of the United States to be annexed to the domin. ion. We expressed our willingness to fur | ther assist our comrades In Canada with money thaving already hoiped them nnan. ciallyl, but that the annexation of Ameri- onn territory to Canada was quite im- practicable and would damage the work. | Their Protests unhsedcd.
 "om arguments onrried no weight and tho general considered them unrea- sonsble When hc spoke of tho national feeling, he closed the controversy by draw ing his finger down tho map of North | America in thrco sections, declaring that | ultimately he Intended to cut tho country in three joining oAoh to section of Can ada to break down any national feeling existing. We said such division would ruin the work in thls country, whore the broken union of tho states mcans so much.
 After the generals return to England | NNEENrlohuohot iohVNVtt ih which we gave number of reasons against this annexation. Though they could not carry our judgment. they forced us to make the annexation, and at the | present. time the Army work i'm Dakota. 1 north Montana and north Washington Is governed from Toronto, and we hays been told that the offioors hardly dare Co let tho citizens of these cities know that their money goes to tho Canadian headquarters. It was Intended upon our removal from command to divide this country.
 "The unjust manifestos and unohristian assertions made by the lenders of tho Army and their representatives in this country, particularly tho unrehuked and excused assertion hy one of their trusted staff officers, that (Ballington Booth) am Insane. md the most abominRble reiieo. tions upon the private character of Mrs. Booth which have proceeded from another staff officer Rivo us sufficient reason for refusing to entertain any suggestion of returning to the ranks of the old move ment."