The Washington herald., 1911-12-17
the carpets they will go to places of
Objectionable entertainment for their
pleasures"

Church in America itself ceased to be a
missionary one and was put upon the
same level as the Catholic Church in
| France, Spain, and Catholic countries OF
Europe. Lately. as everybody knows, it
| has been accorded new cardinals, and Is
not unlikely to be accorded one or two
! more soon. With this new outlook, ef-
| forts are to be made in America and in
! England tc secure vastly more English
| speaking priests, nuns, and lay workers
| in the foreign fields of Africa and Asia.
Rapidly increasing it's gifts Of money
| from American Catholics for work in
| foreign fields is the Society for the Prop
! agation of the Faith, with headquarters
in Lyons, France, and supported in
largest measure by French Catholics. It
is one Of the great missionary societies
OF the world, with receipts Of upward of
s., 900 a year. Within the past few
years American Catholic gifts have
! reached 100000 h year. or a little more.
This society is to continue its money
raising in this country. the new Foreign
Mission Society. with its new seminary,
conining its work to enlisting, training,
and support of missionaries. Close CO.
operation will be had between the two
organizations.
Difficulties continue between Russia
and the Vatican. After Gar Nicholas II
issued his decree of tolerance, things did
not improve as II had been hoped they
might do. Rome has been and still IS
displeased. 1t is stated in Rome that re-
ligious functions under Roman Catholic
direction in Russia have been suppressed
when they were attempted in mixed
populations. Professions and pilgrimages
have been prohibited in many instances
or where permitted flags and music were
n Tof holt
churches cannot be built unless half of
the building money is deposited in the
hands Of the authorities.
Religious orders in the Roman Catholic
Church have been expelled from Russia,
or, in the few instances where such ex-
treme measures have not obtained, monks
have not been allowed to assist parish
priests outside of the mOnasteries, and
nuns are forbidden to teach or carry on
philanthropic work. In 1910 expulsIons
of Redemptorists and Franciscans were
begun. AS long ago as 1870 Jesuits were
forbidden to enter Russia without spe
cial permission of the Gar. and such
permission has been granted only three
times in ninety years.
Roman Catholic authorities believe the
Russian government to be using its pow
er TO make the union between Russian
Catholics and Roman Catholics impos-
sible. The government treats directly
with priests Of all grades and ignores
bishops. Recently the government order
ed all documents. books, and even pri-
vate letters of Roman Catholic bishops
and other clergy in Russia to be ex-
amIned, without regard TO secrecy or con-
science. The holy see at Rome has
shown its indignation. but matters are
very far from settlement.
Pertinent to the petition for a commits
sion on vice for the District Of Columbia
is the present anti-vice crusade and po-
lice investigation OF Chicago, and the
comment OF DIR. Frank Gunsaulus in
last Sunday mornings sermon at the
Auditorium is striking. Said he:
Give to the mayor of Chicago your
support in every way you can. All hon
or to Mayor Harrison for what he Is con-
sCientiously trying to do. AS black slav
cry went down half a century ago, so let
our powers concentrate until white slav-
cry of to-day is run hack to the hell
where ii belongs. Every man of you has
until the whole Middle West is made to
see and know that our Chicago is not a
Cesspool of iniquity. Crush the traffic
out See to 1t that no penny comes into
your Golfers through the rentals of the
places of infamy. Refuse bread pur-
chased with money from such a source"
The Rev. Dr. Robert S. Macarthur, of
New York, has just sailed for Russia on
a mission unlike any which an American
citizen. certainly an American divine,
ever entered upon. He is the new presi-
dent of the Baptist World Alliance, and
in a real sense represents Christian peo-
pie by the hundreds of thousands, even
millions, as might be possible in no other
religious body. His mission is first to
Russia. but it is even broader than that
He goes bearing letters to world rulers
from President Taft, and letters from
Secretary of State Knox to Ambassadors
in all countries in Europe and Asia which
he expects to visit.
The alliance presidents mission to
Russia is to ask the Car and the Rus
sian government for a larger measure of
liberty for all peoples of all
faiths within his vast empire He will
present, he says, written statement and
will back it up with an oral one in case
he is permitted to do So He is famous
throughout the Roman Catholic Church
In America for having preached and
spoken many things against 1t. He says
that now, however. he will ask the Car
for larger liberty for Roman Catholics in
Russia, of which there are many thou
sands, and especially for better treat
ment for Jews.
Just before sailing President MacAr-
thur admitted that his mission in Russia
Is a difficult one. New England Puri-
tans have treated Baptists as badly as
ever Russians treated Jews" he OBJ
served, "and suspect the Gar of all the
Russias knows it. The American people
have been cruel to the American negro
and 1 suspect the Gar knows that too
We exclude the Chinese, and 1 am sure
that all Russia knows that and knows
how unjust we are in this respect Never
l believe that with full confess
sion for American fa!lings on my part,
may be able to accomplish something
On Russia's part"
The Rev. DR.. Macarthur has succeeded
in raising from American Baptists a |
sum of money with which |
TO complete a Baptist Church in St. |
He win assist in this |
rhurch's dedication while there and will |
visit Moscow, where are other Baptist !
churches. He will not visit Rome where |
here Is a considerable Baptist member |
ship, but Will go to some other Europeon |
,enters. where Baptist strength has much |
increased of late. Then he will continue |
around the world visiting especially |
Baptist missions in Burma, where for |
sign missions from America had one i'm |
Dortant start, and finally, reaching San |
Francisco, he will inspect home mission 1
work on the Coast and in the Rocky |
Mountain States.
The world trip, lasting a year, means |
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