The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-16
FUNDS FOR MISSION WORK.
GENERAL MISSIONARY COMMITTEES
OF N. T.. CHURCH MEETS.
Entire Afternoon Devoted to Re-
ceiying and Acting Upon the RE-
ports Of the Committees ON APP
proprfatl0ns for Mission Fields.

NEW YORK, Nov. 15--In the morning
session of the general missionary COM
mittee of the Methodist Episcopal church
the consideration of the proposed reduc-
ton Of So 900 In the money for the foreign
missionary field was taken up. 1t was
decided to make the reduction so as to
distribute 1t over the entire appropriation
for home and foreign fields, which Is
about $l.s00,coo. or this latter amount
the foreign field gets 81 per cent, or
about $3.50 TIE balance. or abous 5 ", Us.
goes to the home field.
There are FIVE districts In the foreign
field. namely. Europe. South America and
Mexico. Southern Asia, Eastern Asia and
Africa.
In the afternoon the whole session was
spent In receiving and acting upon the
reports Of the committees on appropria-
lions for mission fields.
For Southern Asia 1t was voted to de-
vote these amounts; For North India,
5000; for Northwest India. $4,000; for
Bengal. sl2.soo; for South India, $4,000;
for Bombay $3.50; for Malaysia; sio.2so;
5000. with the recommendation that
5000 in addition be asked for out OF the
thank offering: also 5000 for North India
out Of the thank Offering.
Bishon Hurst asked: Els this fund to
tie distributed from home or abroad
From Manila? And what does Manila
mean? 1t Is under the United States flag,
and when Bishop Warren, or any other
bishop goes there 1t is not as a bishop but
as superintendent. He Is simply a citi-
zen. President Mckinley himself has or
dered the Philippines Put down as a
part OF She United States on the maps.
and so 1t cannot be a foreign mission
field
After several bishops hal spoken to this
question 1t was finally decided that the
matter Of jurisdiction was something for
the general conference to decide. Bishop
Thoburn, Of India, said before the dis
able psw. that the United States In ten
years will be governing l0o,0oo,00o China
men,
south American Report.
The report on South America. which
was adopted, was: For the South Amer
South America conference, for Chile, $19.-
2.52:i for Lima. s9.713,
Il was voted to apply 5000 Of the entire
sales Of the property in Brazil to the re-
ductior Of the debt. and to turn over 4,
the board an overdrawn account Of 5000
After some discussion involving the re-
spective rights Of the committee and the
board, II was decided to turn over the
mission work in Brazil to the Methodist
church south. The reason for this wss the
uguese missionaries. while the Southern
church has few others In South Africa.
rfsAop PartyeiI mads Diea for the
adoption OF the report for Africa. which
recommended a large increase over the
appropriation for last year. He spoke of
the great possibility of the continent
which he called New Africa
Liberia he said. rs going TO have a
political future of some Importance. 1t
is paying on its debt, and is making
closer. connections with England and
America"
Tho committee voted to give Africa
$29. S26. divided ax follows: Liberia. $9Ss6 !;
East Central Africa. S10625: West Gem
trail Africa. $9.3Ss. II was voted also to
add tn this amount $1,000 provided that
IL could be raised.