Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-17
SEES SPREAD OF RELIGION
Speaker at Presbyterian Council OPP
tomistio Over Conditions.
HOMES FOR THE AMBASSADORS
Zionist Says Jews in Palestine VIII
Have Representation in New Tur-
kish PnrIiament-Other News
of New York.

NEW YORK, June l6-A distinguished
booy Of e~clesiastics and laymen attended
the ninth council OF the Alliance OF Re
formed churches Of the Presbyterian system
here today. OF the more than 300 delegates,
nearly one-third have come from Europe.
The opening sermon was delivered this
afternoon by DR.. James u. Moffett, presi-
dent of Washington and Jefferson uni
versity. and was followed by the business
organization.
In addressing the alliance tonight, Or.
Dykes, the president, commended efforts
Of c~lergymen II keep pace with the times
and changing conditions. He touched upon
the labors in the missionary field, advis-
Ing a combination of all Christian forces
in the work. IT,
The five years since our last confer
ence IN Liverpool, has brought many
changes" said DR.. Dykes. silent changes
have been passing over the face. of the
world and the altered social conditions call
foI novel applications of the old thought.
There has been a material revolution
Through scierce the world has contracted
before our eyes. Along with this there
has come q moral drawing together Of
man to man and a q~uickened sense of HUI
man brotherhood. All this pressages re-
suns ullOIbceH diu ullo HCtdhAt aAlh AiaS
be interpreted as the universal spread of
Christianity. But we need the unity and
cohesion of all Christian forces. only by
this means can our dreams come true"
After Or. Dykes address a reception Of
the delegates was held in the chapel of
the church, closing the first days aciv-
tiles.
f. Clarence Jones, president Of the re-
Gently formed American Embassy associa-
ton, an organization of New York bank
ers and business men, when hopes to per-
suade congress to buy suitapre residences
for the country's ambassadors in each of
the greater European capitals, sailed on
the Kron Princess Cecilie today for a tour
Of continental Europe.
In the course of his trip he plans te
ascertain how far the average living ex-
penses of American diplomats abroad e&.
coed the salaries and to learn the approxi=
mate appropriation necessary for the pur-
chase of adequate ambassadorial homes in
each capital. In a statement issued be-
fore starting. Mr.. Jones said:
1T is well known that nowadays, a man
Of moderate income, howeve well he may
be fitted for a diplomatic post, is unable
to accept the honor. AS a result it some
lines appears that a mans only qualifi-
cation for these posts is the extent of his
bank account and his influence at Wash
ington. We need a different type of a
man. Our country is too vast and influ-
entail to nave its affairs entrusted to car
pet knights whose entertainments smack
of a vulgar ostentation OF wealth. The
Embassy association is convinced that the
mercantile interests Of the country are
suffering under present standards"
ZiOnists Chose Officerso.
The twelfth annual convention of the
Federation of American Zionists ended to-
day with the election of the following of
ficers: President, II. A. Friedenwalder,
Baltimore; vice president, j. L.. Magnes,
New York; honorary vice presidents, Max
Heller, New Orleans; p. c. Pessels,- San
Antonio, Tex; b. L. Leventhals PhilAdel-
phia; DR.. S. Schaffor, Baltimore. and Jacob
De Haas, Boston. .
At today's session Or. j. L. Magnes de-
clared as soon as the Jews in" Palestine
were organized they would have for he
first time a representation of the Jewish
nation in the Turkish parliament. DIR.
Magnes advised such changes in the pol