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ing was held It was well attended u,a.
asked to address IT, which did for n short
une had frequent interviews with Mr.
NJ. Rldeout upon his work and upon tho
association work in Europe in many mar
uculars. He Is a choice man and true. and
Is doing good service
reached Bordeaux, France. on Decen,-
DER H. 1906, and spent two days there On
my arrival ! met the general secretary Of
the association, Mr.. Emil Pouresy. who
heartily welcomed me. had an interview
with him on things pertaining to the work
or the secretary and other association
matters in which he had more or less
ditculty. At a meeting of representa- tives
OF the association called to meet me 7
presented greetings I had with me from
different parts Of the world, then spoke 10
them Of the great importance OF the as
ISOLATION work and that true association
work could not be over estimated l smoke
particularly Of their part in the work.
Many questions were asked me, which I
answered the best I could. All nv sus-
gestions were very kindly received l think
| made clear some things that were not as
well understood as they should he. Ma
tional Secretary Sautter was present and
emphasized what I had said and thanked
me for It, I appreciated this very much,
for he Is very clear in his association
knowledge l met also the national student
secretary, Mr.. Chr Grauss who was in
Bordeaux at this time, and had different
personal interviews with him. 7 had other
interviews with the local general secretary,
Mr.. Emil Pouresy who is a good and faith
full man.
| arrived at Marseilles, France, in the
night of December y, 1906 and spent two
full days there. I called at the rooms Of
the association. The general secretary was
not In. He left a note for me that he was
To leave Marseiles for Cannes to attend a
convention and his president was to leave
also, and nothing was appointed for me 10
do. This made it impossible for me to do
anything for the association. This was
about the only real miss I had made in my
world trip, where l had expected to do
something. The general secretary after
wards wrote me a letter and gave satisfac-
tory reasons for what he had done. This
afforded me a greater opportunity to see
the city of Marseilles
I arrived in Paris from Marseilles at 10
/ p m. December g. 1905 l had calculated
to do many things during this visit in
Paris but the weather was so wretChed
that / was caught by the grippe or in
/ huenza which prevented me from doing
much OF anything l had intended to do.
/ However, I had frequent interviews with
. National Secretary Sautter, Special Secre-
/ tary Rldeout, with the president OF the
/ French association and with others But
+ I had to take care Of myself All in all I
had a good time IN France. I was sure |
had afforded the French association real
help. which was appreciated and so ex-
pressed IN word and letter | learned more
fully their methods OF work
The national committee and secretary are
doing a noble work upon the true associa-
ton basis, winning young men to Jesus
4 Christ as their personal Saviour. The ma
tional work is well organized Paris is the
headquarters of the national committee,
which consists OF nineteen persons, nine on
the executive headquarters committee in
Paris nine others representing different
/ parts Of France and one representing the
student work. The country is divided into
/ nine districts, not political divisions, each
district has lis own committee OF from FIVE
/ TO seven members TO plan the work for the
district and provide for its support There
are now three paid district secretaries and
more Will be added as fast as good men
and their support can be secured. Every
ass1Cis ton must first become a member
OF the national alliance and Is then assigned
10 a district A formal adherence to the
Paris basis is essential to entering the
alliance There are now 100 associations
belonging 70 the alliance. There are eight
college associations. Five cities with paid
general secretaries, some of them with
assistants. The national force consists OF
National Secretary Emil Sautter and two
assistants, Mr.. On. Schneider and Mr. S
Williamson, also Mr.. Chr. Grauss, the
student secretary.
ROBERT WEIDENSALI.
on Board the Baltic, Atlantic Ocean, Feb
ruary Q. 1901.