The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-21
CROWN PRINCE OF SIAM
son OF A NOTED BUDDHIST TO BE
DINED By 4 PRESBYTERIAN.
His Father Friendly Toward Chris
tim Missions-General Booths
Coming Visit to America.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

NEW 1ORh, sept. EO.-ITluce SOTnO6ICn
Chowfa Maha Vajiravudh. the crown
prince of Siam. is due to arrive in this
country on Oct. IL. and is to be welcomed
by a dinner in New York. given in his
honor by Mr.. Warner Van Orden, a we'll
known banker. the representative of the
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions.
The visit Of the crown prince is of inter-
est because the present King of Siam, like
his predecessor. is most friendly disposed
toward the Christian missions that have
been planted in his country. This is re-
markable, since the King is the actual
head of the Buddhist religion. 1t is said
that he favors Christianity on common
sense and Buddhism on political grounds.
Several daughters of the King attend the
Presbyterian school at Bangkok, and the
crown prince has just completed eight
years study in England, first under private
tutors and latterly at the military school
at Sandhurst, and finally at oxford. He
is to make a tour of the United States. The
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
has a number of stations in Siam, with
somewhat more than thirty workers. The
Rev. Dr. Arthur ]. Brown, one of the sec
retaries of the board. recently returned
from Siam where he was greeted by the
King with marked attention.
General William Booth. the father and
founder of the Salvation Army, will reach
America on Oct. 4, and is to be greeted in
lower New York bay with feet of four
teen steamers. The following day he will
preach three times. and during the sue
ceeding week there will be held field coun-
1f olro
reports. There is announced one public
meeting in New York, over which Mayor
Low will preside Following his arrival the
general will make a tour of the country
as follows: Buffalo, Nov. 81 Columbus, o.,
Nov. IL, and in Chicago during the five
days beginning Nov. 10. The tour then
takes up Minneapolis, ST. Paul, Grand
Forks. N D., Kansas City. and Denver.
Sunday, Dec. IA. Four days later he is to
be in Los Angeles, and will spend New
Years in San Francisco. His date in St.
Louis is Jan. 10. remaining over Sunday,
and then southern tour is to be made that
takes in Birmingham, Cincinnati, Wash
ington and Baltimore. A visit to Worcester
and Boston will close the stay, and he Sails
for home about the middle of February.
Vast preparations are making by the army
everywhere to greet the general.
Official announcement is made that the
visit of General Booth to this country is
one Of routine. There will be, it is stated,
repeated consultations with the workers,
and incidentally, and because General
Booth is first of all an evangelist as mai.y
meetings as possible designed to convert
the meek and lowly to Jesus Christ. 1t is
said. unofficially, however. that the reason
General Booth failed to come two years
ago. when this same itinerary was an
nounced. was that army conditions in Eng
land were so precarious that General
Booth dared not be absent The same un-
official source has it that the forthcoming
tour of the founder of the army is essential
to prevent disintegration and possible dis
aster to the army in America. 1t is certain
that a great number of workers have
quilted the army within the last twenty
months. and that the old snap of the or
ganizaion, the old life and vim, are gone.
1t is also known that some men formerly
friendly to the work and supporting it
financially have withdrawn such support
The impression may be groundless. but it
obtains in many directions that General
Booth has a large task before him to pre-
vent the Salvation Army in America, at
least, from going to pieces.
A commission of about twenty persons
all identified with Sunday-school work and
representing the international lesson COM
mittee. will make a tour OF the world i'm
the interest of Bible schools Details are
not yet arranged, but the present plan is to
start about one year hence, and on the
tour attend the worlds convention of Sun
day-school workers TO be held at Jerusalem
In May, 1904. Among those who are to go
are the Rev. DR.. B. b. Tyler, of Denver
president of the commission; DIR. W. A.
Duncan, Syracuse, long identified with
Chautauqua; Professor Hamil and Mrs
Hamil, of Nashville; Secretary Semelroth
and Mrs Semelroth, of st. Louis; Professor
Sampey, of Louisville; Bishop Warren, of
Denver; the Rev. DR.. Worden, head of the
Presbyterian Sunday-school work, and Mr.
w. N. Hartshorn, of Boston.
XXX
The International Young Mems Christian
its annual meeting. reports no less than
IS. 100000 now in association hands to be
expended for new buildings. The total an
ludi HlSOulc cASccucu ny any pre-
vious year. 1t was announced that the num-
ber of men introduced to membership in the
churches has doubled. According to Of
fetal reports of association secretaries these
numbers have not, heretofore, been large.
Six new secretaries are to be sent to the
foreign field making the whole number
now thirty-three. Thirteen new buildings
for railroad work are assured New build
ings for general work are demanded at once
in Havana and Manila. An enormous num-
ber of members are registered in the
athletic department, but of these many are
Jews and Roman Catholics. In some cities,
most largely represented in association
membership is the Roman Catholic. 1t is
announced that the $1.000,000 endowment
fund for the interna tional committee has
now been pledged. Last year was the great
est in association history, and next year
presents louder demands for men and
money than were ever made before.
The selection of the archbishop of ARENA
the Most Rev. Diomede Falconio, to be
apostolic delegate at Washington, in sue
cession to Cardinal MartinelIi, gives i'm
mense satisfaction to American Catholics
generally. Mgr. Falconio, now delegate at
Ottawa, belongs to that class of ecclesi-
astics OF whom Archbishop-nominate Far
ley, of New York. is an example, namely,