The Washington herald., 1909-01-12

which the association Il held abroad.
Il was walking down the street In
Calcutta with Lord Curzon one day he
said. when we passed near the associa-
ton building. Lord Curzon turned TO me
the United States
Mr.. Barrett then spoke Of the growth
OF the branches in India South America.
Mexico. China. and japan. giving inter-
esting anecdotes and stories OF each place.
While telling Of the association in China.
Mr.. Barrett stopped to speak Of the cause
Of tbs Boxer uprising, saying:
7 wish to here try and set Alright
wrong that has existed in the public mind
for some time. The popular conception
has been for some time that the Boxer
uprising was started by the aggressive
ness Of the foreign missionaries Such
was not the case. Il was because Of the
agressiveness of the commercial men
from foreign countries. The church rep
resentatives were not to blame IN any
way. It was the commercial men who
went into the empire and tried 20 grab
everything in sight"
Refers to Roosevelt
Mr. Barrett then referred TO the good
4OAtS ~ Ni-c EACSAAE44AF NANSAaA6 ~ ms
There is no personality that looms on
the horizon as such a strength and power
for good as the rugged. clean, strong per-
sonality Of the President OF the United
States"
Mr. Barrett added that the present
tendency OF the people OF the Orient was
20 atheism. Atheism" he said, is the
great peril of to-day
At a meeting OF citizens called by Com
missioner Macfarland. al the Chamber OF
Commerce on November p, 1875, com
mittee Of five was appointed. consisting OF
George ". ?. Swartzell. A Lisner. Adds
B. Browne. George TTuesdeI and Gist
Blair. with Instructions 10 organize a
citizens committee to assist in planning
a celebration OF the tenth anniversary Of
the moving OF the association from the
old building on New York avenue 70 the
present site II was this committee which
met last night
Defines Indebtedness.
Mr.. TruesdeH read the report OF the
committee. saying that the young men Of
the association have undertaken TO raise
S25.Oo0. and the older men are 20 raise
S51O0- In defining the Indebtedness Of
the association. the report read:
Approximately S5o.ss had been the current IL
penss deciencss = the period Of Eve yczrs. during
which tine the community vas drawn up0n 70 the
fuiless possible extent for the building fund and
when il WRs not desirable n prosecute TIE usual
canvass for c7lrrent sarp-c-t Txeuty thasan6 dol
lars NON o. he indehtedness was due % the -
modelling G. the cd tr-ildins. ID order that 4
might he 8 suitable and usahe structure f1T the
bgs' department Tbs ilcuce from dGTuit0Tos
PLACED IN tie boys buIding b. this improvement Is
more thar S.09 yss-) A further sun q 500
Il the Indebtedness Vas due % the shrinksgs IL
The building fund pledges
The committee TO arrange for the testi-
moniaI dinner 20 De given Mr.. Woodward
on February Is. is composed Of the fol-
lowing:
John ". Poster. Chairman: Thonas Il. Andersen.
Job Barnard. William J. Board1zn Adds B.
BToEne r. Bradlry DaIidson - J. Darlington.
John joy Bdsoa. William ". FiaIey. Da-4ei Fras-.
W. +. Gude Geo-Es H HErlss. Hsnnen Jennings,
Rudolph Kaufman. 4 Lise-. Th0nas p Moran
Arthur G Moss. Carsncs r. NoTLsnt- Gi1or3
PinCiot Thomas Nelson Page. L S0utazrd Psrkrr
". Richardsnr- George L Stenbe-g. J. HsnJ
Small. IT, Thomas ". Smith. EdElr D. SHAW.
George TrlesteI. Henry 4 weSt Stanton !.
PceIls GeTUe W F. SEaTtZeu B. II. WarneT.
DT. Richard KiHEzlsu. Arthur p. MARKS. and
Joseph z. Th-7pP
Il was voted 10 appoint John ". Foster.
former president % the association, and
former Secretary of State. chairman OF
the committee
The report further says:
TIE committee reconmsnds that NIr. Genre ". r
Srsrtzeu be designated ss Chairman q :he EsnerzI
citizens conai-tee, witk NJ. 4. LSner and NJ.
Cs1na II. 2udolpA as noe chsir-reu-
Tie oommittep further recommends that Rs S0C-
as pussbis fhc chairman Il the citizens committee
appoint slhcuuittees ~ assist the SIMILAR cozl-
nttees q .hs bard o. directors of the assoczti0a
N tbs PREPARATION = souvenir and The planning
of the inau-izl czrrass
Following few short remarks by Com
missioner Mscfsrland. the meeting ad-
jOurned.