The record-union., 1897-10-24

physicians among the missionaries teS-
tify that they have treated little Chi
nese glrls and years old, who have
been bought in North China and were
taken south to be raised for vile pur-
poses, and who, when they were made
to register, would never dare to say
the woman with whom each was living
was not her mother As for her own
free WILL none of these creatures ever
had d free will, or ever will have. That
is the protection that England fur
nishes to Chinese girls.
I'VE hold that there is but one
standard for men and women and that
they are equally capable of living up to
it. We steadfastly believe that all law
should set forth the ideals; that it
should beckon to the summit, rather
than to provide for them, under no
matter what restrictions, those indul-
gences in alcoholic liquors, opium and
social vice, whereby they live upon a
sensual plane Our beloved comrade,
Lady Henry Somerset, has hoped to
reach the same result by regulations
that we propose to attain by prohibi-
ton, or not at ALL
But while we differ as to methods,
we repudiate any personal attack or
severity of language toward our belov-
ed comrade, whose zeal has been that
of a flaming herald; whose devotion
is a household word among US, and
whose untiring work in these long
years, carried forward under condi-
tions more difficult than have sur
rounded any reformer we have known,
bind her to her our hearts with cords
that car never be broken. We admire
and trust her, and love her We be-
lieve that when she sees her plan is
not adopted in the Indian army, she
will frankly admit that, although she
put it forward because she thought it
practicable, it partoook far too much
of the impracticability' attributed to
our own methods, and she will stand
with us, shoulder to shoulder, heart to
heart, as she has done already so long
and so bravely"
After an hour devoted to devotional
services, Secretary Slack read her Off
clal report. 1t was an exhaustive an
alysis of the work throughout the
world. The United States, according to
this report, is the largest auxiliary
having enrolled 15,SSS new members,
with Colorado, Utah and Idaho show
ing the other States an example in
woman's suffrage. Nearly $4,000 has
been raised by the w. C. T. u for Ar
menia- The triennial convention held
in Queensland this spring sent cordial
invitations for the next worlds con-
vention to be held in Australia The
banner offered by Miss Willard to the
colony reporting the greatest increase
was won by Queensland. The total
membership in Australia is 6,S99 mem
bers and Ito honorary members. In
the British Women's Temperance Asso-
citation, since the last convention, 23T
new associations have been organized
and public meetings and lodging house
meetings are regularly held.
Miss Willard interrupted the reading
of the report to say that during this
convention the question of women hav-
ing a hand in law-making will be dis
cussed.
At the meeting of the Executive
Committee of the Worlds w. c. T. T.,
the officers were all reelected. as fol-
lows: President, Miss Frances E. Will
lard, Evanston, ILL.,: Vice President
at-Large, Lady Henry Somerset, East
ner Castle, Ledbury, England; honor
ary Vice -Presidents-Miss Mary Glenn
ent 1.eavitt. Boston; Miss Josie A. Ack-
erman;. Rev. Alice r. Palmer, Way
sata, Mimi; Mother Stewart Spring
field, o.; Secretary, Miss Agnes E.
Stack. Ripley, Derbyshire, England; !;
Assistant Secretary, Miss Anna A.
Gordon, Evanston Ill: Treasurer Miss