Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-08
HAD SPECIAL GUESTS
Y. M. C. A. DINNER
IN HONOR OF TWO VISITORS.
Addresses on Work Of Organization in
Russia and Japan and Round
the World"

The Washington Young Mems Christian
Association gave a dinner last evening at
the Ebbitt House to Richard c. Morse.
general secretary of the International COM
mittee Of the Y. NJ. c. A, and John r.
Mott, president OF the Worlds Student
Christian Federation. The principal theme
of the addresses was the work OF the asso-
citation in Russia and Japan. Mr.. Mott,
who related the story of a recent trip
through the two countries now at war.
gave the credit of doing nine-tenths OF ths
Y. NJ. c. A work there to America
Mr.. Mott also declared that great infu-
ence could be had the people of Japan
through Y. NJ. C. A. work. He said that
as the japanese were intensely interested
In military things Christian societies in our
navy would be followed by excellent re-
suits. Continuing. he said:
We may speak of keeping the Chinese
out of the United States by exclusion laws.
but the young Chinese men cannot be kept
out of the sphere of Christian influence. L
second time. recently. I saw with grateful
ness that the American flag was a mucn
more common sight.
And American commerce and christi
anty follow the flag. The pressing ques-
ton for the patriot today is. Shall our
young go to the orient to become adj
dicted to the enervating vices of the eastT
If | were not Christian | would believe in
the Christian work being done in the east
for commercial reasons l believe that the
future freedom of Russia rests upon the
Young Mems Christian Association idea.
In Russia there is a student body of 30
900 men. They have rejected the Greek re-
ligfon and are now floating without rudder
or sail on the sea of agnosticism- When
| endeavored to hold meetings in Russia
was obliged to do so between the hours OF
midnight and O'Clock am. L did not won
der that the nihil1sts are recruited largely
among the students.
Other Addresses.
Comm oner Henry b. f. Mcfarland,
vice president of the Washington Y. M. &.
A., presided at the table. During tie
evening Mr.. Morse was called upon to
speak and recounted inc,dsnts in his re-
cent "round-the-world" Christian work
Representative Henry Kirk Porter OF
PittSburg also spoke.
Among those present were the follow ng:
Archibald Greenless. William linda l.
George b. Welch. Rev. Teunis s. Hamlin.
F. A Miller DIR. Z. c. Rec, w. A. Wilbur.
j. s. Diller. william r. Turner, William j.
Zeh, Dr. D. G. Davis, c. b. Bayly, Rev.
Wallace Radcliffe, John s. Blair. c. b.
Rheem. George Truesdell. e. w. Grafton.
Andrew Burga. c. C. Cole. II. c. Ober-
holser F. NJ. McClelIand. DR.. Richard
Kingsman, E. 8. Wescott, J. c. Fay. s. 4.
Brown. w. H. Hoeke. Joseph T. Kelly. Il.
P. Hanna, G. f. Walker. G. f. Williams.
c. F. Weller. C. Thompson. s. J. Prescott.
John Parson Arthur Copeland. Mr.. II. *.
Porter. Major Richard Sylvester. Robert N.
Harper John L. Freeman. p c. Claim, l..
l.. Hayes, T. p. Ssibold. H. K. Alexander.
Richard Morse. II. o. Williams. Henry Is.
F. Mcfarland, John r. Mott, J. IL. Hall,
George +. Mutt, William H. Pope, II. q.
Jacobs J. K. Depew. e. B. Bagby, Lester
A Barr Rev. S. H. Greene, E. Berliner.
John l. Weaver. w. P. Kellogg, b. f..
Johnson, F. d. Power III. b. Armes, An
drew B. Graham, II. c. Grove, A. b.
Browne F. G. Carpenter. Lewis ]. Davis.
p l.. Webb. Major John Tweedale. F. W.
Vaughn. M. NJ Shand, H. G. Doud G. a.
Aspinwall A. T. Ramsey, C. w. Pimper.
Rev. d. B. Macleod. c. r. Burr, S. Fl.
Greene, jr., W. r. Stuart. A. T. Stuart. e.
L. Harding, Frank Upman. Charles Ray
Dean. II. o. Hind, J. c. Hatton. Duncan
Street, c. o. Bohrer. A. S. Fiske S. W.
Woodward, A. NJ. Lothrop. A. 8. Taylcr.
Daniel Fraser. B. Fl. Warner. J. b. Larnsr.
Dr. John Taber Johnson. G. W. +. Swart-
zell and r. n. Libbey