Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-04

| three was secured to all railway men by
| legislation in 1883 and 1856
I'm Belgium 1,SoO trains, four-fifths of
| the whole number which had been running
| on Sunday, were suppressed, and within the
| last three years all postage stamps have a
| coupon attached with the words not to be
| delivered Oh Sunday; if the sender of the
| letter does not tear off the coupon. the de-
| livery of the letter is delayed until Monday.
| There Is an association of $4,000 workmen
! for the defense of their rest on Sunday,
I and the action of this association decided
| the selection of Brussels for the interna-
J tional congress of 1897, as important ar
/ rangements concerning the workmen of
| Antwerp and Liege were under discussion.
Germnny's Action.
| I'm Germany the government followed
| up the discussion of the subject in the Ber-
! lin labor conference of 1880 by a series of
| questions addressed to all interest ed in the
| subject of Sunday labor, and on the basis
| Of the replies given to these a law was
| passed concerning trade and commerce.
| forbidding the opening of shops. with GER
| tain exceptions, on the Lords day. This
| came into force in July, 1892. Another law
prohibiting work in manufactures on Sum
| day, with numerous inevitable exceptions
was PASSED and came into force In 1895. In
the German report submitted to the Brus-
, sells congress the story of this legislation
is given and while thankfully recording
| the protection given by the state to those
| who wished to spend the Sabbath in re-
| ligious rest, the report intimates that the
| hope of the nation rests not on the law. but
| on a growing sentiment in favor of re-
ligious life fostered by the successful la
| bors of their Innere mission.
| I'm Austria one-half of the goods trains
on Sunday have been suppressed. All work
| in shops and manufactures is prohibited by
| law, with the exception that retail shops
| may be open until noon. In May of last
year a petition from the Olmutz chamber
| of commerce for the abolition of the re-
| striction of goods traffic on the Lords day,
| on the ground that the Hungarian traffic
and 1t seems probable that Hungary will
| soon follow the example OF the Austrian
| empire.
"in Holland, since 1894, 30 per cent of the
| goods trains running Sunday have been
discontinued and since 1892 women and
| children are exempted from work on the
Lords day.
I'm Denmark, since 1901. all stores must
! be closed and all work in manufactures
| stopped at nine in the morning of Sunday:
in cases of necessity. one Sunday in two
| is secured for these workmen. This law
has relieved 100000 working people from
incessant toll.
I'm France, two congresses, as already
| stated. have been held. The second of these
| In 1889 originated the popular league for
Sunday rest, through the activity of which
body an immense number of stores
throughout all France have been voluntar-
lily closed. The railway goods service closes
at 10 in the morning Sunday 1t is par
tcularly interesting to note that in con-
nection with the arrangements in 1896 for
the exposition Of 1900 the law appointed
that laborers employed on the structure
were to be given one days rest every
week. At first the proposal to fix the rest
day on Sunday was defeated, but the ap-
peal of the working men to the minister of
commerce and the chamber of deputies that
the day of rest should be the first day of
the week secured for them the boon of
| Sunday rest
Other Subjects Discussed.
Other papers on the program were:
christian Morality in Its Application to
Business" c. J. Guthrie, Q. c. Edinburgh,
Scotland: The Church and Social Cues
| tions," Rev. Dr.. Edward B. Coe, New York,
discussion; 1.-THE Preservation Of the Lords
| Day in the Interests of Labor" Rev Pres
| ident John Forrest DID,, Halifax, N. S.
i discussion.
The program for this evening, beginning
at 7:30. is: Addresses on recent historical
anniversaries-"The Founding Of the Re
formed Church Germany in the United
| States" Rev. DR.. H. M. Kieffer, Easton
Pa: THE Westminster Assembly" Rev
Prof. T. M. Hamill. DID,, fast, Ireland;
reception of the delegates at the house of
the Rev. DR.. Talmage.
The program for tomorrow is as follows:
Eleven O'Clock. forenoon: International
Question. Report of business committee:
paper on Arbitration in the Light of
burgh, Scotland; discussion. Two o'clock,
afternoon, report of business committee,
election of next president, appointment of
executive commission, report on marriage
laws in the United States by the general
secretary; paper on Marriage and Di-
vorce," Rev Prof. D. A. McCienahan,
DID, Allegheny. Pa; discussion. Eight
o'clock evening: Acdresses-work in the
churches-"Men's Work." Rev. John Pugh,
Cardiff. Wales: "Women's Work." Rev
John Hammond. Columbus. Ohio: Young
Peoples Work." Rev. DIR. B. P. Fullerton
D. D., ST. Louis. Mo.
The program of the alliance provides for
the closing session Friday evening, but it
will be proposed at the session tomorrow
morning that this part of the program be
omitted and such exercises be held Friday
morning, making that the closing session
Pr0vOkes Discussion.
The Transvaal situation formed the ba-
sis of an animated discussion in the coun-
Gil of the Pan-Presbyterian Alliance yester-
day. The controversy arose over resolution
introduced by DR.. Cyrus Cort of Maryland
urging arbitration upon the governments
of Great Britain and the Transvaal In
connection with the present crisis The
resolution was as follows:
THAT in the name of the Prince of Peace
himself we earnestly deplore and deprecate
any resort to the terrible arbitrament Of
war in the settlement of the pending diff
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