Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-02-16
INTERNATIONAL CONFER
EkCE ON The NEGRO

Tuskegee, Ala.-The large number
Of accertances Of invitations to be
present at the International confer
ence on the negro to be held at Tus-
kegee institute, April II. IS and 10.
indicate that this is going to be most
successful gathering.
All the important missionary socie-
ties in the United States and many So
cieties in foreign countries will be
represented. such as: The American
Board Of Commissioners for Foreign
Missions; Board OF Foreign Missions
OF the Presbyterian church; the Bap-
fist Missionary society; the Central
Board Of Missions of the Reformed
Presbyterian church; the Seventh Day
Baptist Missionary society; the Board
OF Home Missions of the Presbyterian
church in the United States of Amer.
lea; Womans Home Missionary So
ciety OF the Methodist Episcopal
church: the American Woman's Bap-
fist Home Mission society; the Board
OF Foreign Missions of the General
Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran
church Of the United States OF Amer.
lea; the Woman's Board of Home Mis-
sions, Presbyterian church, United
States of America; the Woman's Board
OF Missions Of the Interior; the Won
ans Board of Missions of the Canadian
Congregational church; the Regions
Beyond Missionary union with head
quarters in London, Eng, will be rep
resented by one Of its secretaries; the
Svenska Missions for bundets expedi-
ton Of Stockholm, Sweden; the Evan
selical Missionary society of German
East Africa, will be represented by the
president, Herr E. v. Johanssen, Biele-
field, Germany
The Venezuelan government will
have a representative at the confer
ence. Jamaica. Porto Rico. the Danish
West Indian islands will be represent
ed. MIR. Samuel D. Bawden, manager
of the Industrial Experiment station.
Ongole Gunta district, India, has sig
nified his intention of being present.
Africa is going to be largely represent
ed. Among those who will discuss con-
ditions on that continent are DR..
Ernest Lyon, consul general Of the Re-
public Of Liberia to the United States;
DR.: Roland p Falkner, chairman of
the late American commission to Ii
IBERIA, Hon. F. e. r. Johnson, secretary
Of state, Monrovia, Liberia; Hon. s.
G. Harmon, vioe-president Of the Re-
public Of Liberia; Rev. Isaiah Coda
Sishuba, president Ethiopian church
Queenstown, South Africa; Rev.
Henry Reid, secretary Of the Ethiopi-
an church, johannesburg, South A.
RIGA; Mr.. William c. Terril, superin-
tendent Inhambane district, Methodist
Episcopal church. Portuguese, East
Africa; Mr.. o. H. Scouten, missionary,
Lumbwa Industrial mission, Lumbwa,
British East Africa, and Mr.. w. H.
Plant, Kingston, Jamaica, headmaster
of the Titchfleld school.
Other persons who will present pa
pers to the conference are: Rev.
Mark C. Hayford, native worker
from the Gold Coast Of Africa, whose
subject will be Educational Condi-
lions on the Gold Coast Of Africa" DR..
W. W. Shepherd, Twenty Years with
the Bakuba and Baluba and Zap-po-
Zap Cannibals in Central Africa" Mr..
e. D. Morel, London. Eng editor Of
the African Mail and secretary Of the
Congo Reform association; Rt. Rev.
l. Olnwole. Lagos, Southern Nigeria,
West Africa, "The Missionary and
Trader in Relation to the Native"
Rt. Rev. w. Edmund 6myth, bishop Of
Lebombo, Southeast Africa, 1.-THE De-
lights Of Real Heathenism."
In addition to all the above, the In
ternetional conference has provoked
wide discussion throughout the coun-
try and promises to be Of incalculable
service in helping forward the cause
of the native in Africa and the man
of African descent wherever he may
be found.