The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-10-11

Milwaukee, Wis, oct ll.-'Ihe An
rual Survey of the Missions was Ire
scented at today's session of the AmerI
can Board of Commissioners for For
c,gn Missions which is holding lis an
rual meeting here, by Rev. James J.
T.. Barton. D. D., Of Eoston, the foreign
secretary OF the board,
After referring to the eight honoreo
mis-, .onaries OF the board who nave
died during the past year, Secretary
Barton began his survey OF the heIJ
with rsyicw of the outstanding po
utical events of the year; the rrNolu
lion in Mexico: the difficulties of the
rcw regime in administering the TURK
i,h Government; Chinas rapid step
forward towards representative gov
eminent and The change to republican
government in Portuguese West AZ
RIGA. All these changes, he affirmed,
have made conditions for missionary
work brighter. \ larger religious 'i3-
crtv is looked for in Mexico with more
emphasis put upon education. Liberty
of the press, freedom Of travel, an !
freedom Of speech have been cOntin-
ued in Turkey though under some per.
haps necessary limitations The rapid
suppression of the opium trade and
the advance of other reforms in China
dugur well for better conditions in that
Empire And if the statement of Por-
tuguese omcials can he relied upon,
missionary work in Portuguese Africa
viii receive more lbcral consideration
in the future, than in the past, The
relations between the natives and the
government in Natal have also been
greatly improved under the new gov
ernment there.
ReadjustmentS in mission fields and
in other management become neces
sary from time to time, as in the case
OF all living and growing bodies. DR..
Patton's visit to several of the mission
fields this year and the sending OF a
commission TO Turkey next year for
conference of all Turkish missions
to review their interests together and
to decide upon new plans and policies
are an indication that the board is en-
deavoring to keep its work well in
hand, and adopted to new conditions as
they arrive. In the interest of mis
sionary comfy and efficiency certain
transfers of missions have been made
or are contemplated. The mission at
Guam has been passed over tU ,ht
General BAPTIST Foreign Missionary
Society of Indiana, negotiations are
in progress with the Methodist Epis
copal Church, North, with refereTce
to passing over the American Boatd 5
work in Spain to them, as that body
is especially well equipped foc work
in European countries. Certain
changes in the Micronesian Islands
and in some parts of Turkish missions
looking toward better cooperation
with other missionary societies are
still under consideration.
As one looks over the fields to note
the more conspicuous events Of the
year, attention is called to the decis-
ion to transfer the Pangschwaug Sta-
tion to Techou in North China only
eight miles away, but on the railroad
and Grand Canal wide awake and inn
portant location which offers a bet 90"
center for missionary. In West Africa,
plans are maturing for the organiza
tion OF a training school for young
men to provide preachers and teachers
for the work of evangelization in thai
country In the MadNra Mission the
new plan of giving into the hands of
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