Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-04
SHANGHAI
ANNEXED
LOS ANGELES Y. M. C. A. JOINS
FORCES
FOREIGN SECRETARIES TO RE-
PORT TO LUTHER
F. S. Brockman, General Secretary for
China, Describes the "Sister
City"-CIub Formed
for Work

At a meeting of the Los Angeles
Y. M. C. A. last night full announce
ment was made of the joining of the
work of the Shanghai Y. NJ. c. A. and
the Los Angeles association.
Hereafter the three English speaking
secretaries of the Shanghai association
will report regularly to D. e. Luther,
general secretary of the Los Angeles
association.
On the other hand, the Los Angeles
organization will see to money being
raised for the support of these same
three secretaries at Shanghai. the
members of the association Will pay
$3.50, the directors pledging themselves
to pay $4,000.
Thus the work of the two associa-
tions will be SO closely identif1ed that
they will be one organization prac-
tically.
To further the work of starting TINS
movement the two associations finan-
cially and otherwise a Twenty-Four
Hour Day club was formed last night,
consisting of members of the Los An
geles association and its friends, and
consisting of about sixty men or more.
The following committee was named by
Secretary Luther to nominate officers
of the club:
Committee Is Named
DR.. George l.. Lund, D. G. Chang
and d. A. Switzer.
w. e. McVay presided over the meet
ing, which followed a supper furnished
by the wives of the secretaries of the
association.
He explained the meaning of the
work in China and how President
Arthur Let's of the Los Angeles Y. M.
C. A. had committed the local asso-
citation to "a reaching out policy" by
telegraphing John r. Mott of the In
ternational committee of the Y. NJ. c..
A. that the Los Angeles association
would do its part financially in the
work in China.
At the head of the table were two
maps showing how Shanghai and Los
Angeles were on exactly the same lat
itude, the Chinese and American colors
being draped over these two maps.
F. S. Brockman, colaborer of Sec
retary Mott, and general secretary for
china on the Y. NJ. C. A. international
committee then told of the possibilities
of the work in Shanghai.
Some of the points brought out were
as follows:
The Los Angeles Y NJ. C. A., through
this taking of responsibility of helping
the Shanghai association has come into
great inheritance.
Predicts Great Future
The day is coming when Los Angeles
travellers may step on board a mag
nificent steamer at Los Angeles port
and before they know it be at Shanghai
jetty. There are many striking re-
semblances between that city and
yours. There is the same twelve-mile
ride by rail from the beautiful "bund, >
or street, whereon is the German club
house, next to the Russo Chinese bank
the most magnificent building in the
city. The Hong Kong and Shanghai
bank is another beautiful building
Street cars, automobiles and jinrick-
shas travel along the street. The city
is overseen by seventeen foreign con-
suls and is a sort of a republic. The
two sets of young men, Chinese and
Europeans, have all manner of vice
and temptation against which to fight
and therefore the Y M. c. A. has a
large field there Port Arthur used tC
| be the worst city under the Russian
| flag, but when a man or. woman be-
came too wicked to be tolerated there
| they came to Shanghai The heroic
struggle of faith whereby $4,000 was
raised to $4,000 by that association, now
in it's handsome new building, was also
related. The young Chinese board OF
| directors includes men of coming mark
| in the Chinese empire.
Chairman w. E. McVay read a letter
from John r. Mott congratulating the
Los Angeles association on having the
| best building in the world.