The chronicle=news., 1913-05-27
Bis CHRISTIAN
CITIZENSHIP
CONFERENCE

Rev. X. W. schmidt. pastor of the
German Lutheran church IN this city
adm president Of the Int"rant tiona al
Students Alliance. has been named
II delegate to the second Worlds
Christian citizenship conference to
he held at Portland. Ore. June :ath
tn July 9th. Mr.. schmidt expects
to atincd this important meeting.
Randolph Cook Of the Christian
church WAS also named as u delegate
hut will not be able To attend.
The executive committee OF the
National Reform association. which
II arranging for the conference.
Portland. Oregon. June 30. To July &.
1913. reports "a rapidly developing
interest In this world assembly. Al
ready tn. interest Ii such as To make
necessary the holding of simuliah-
cous sectional conferences the fore
noon Of each day. Ten such confer
cncc, have To date been decided up
on. on the following themes: The
Family. ,ineiuding mnrriir. and d.
..orc.I. MoI,monism. Social Purity.
and Labor. Immigration and EniisrA-
Ilou. Peace. The Sabbath, chris,ian.
iiy ard Public. Educatioa. At least
Two. po.sibi. three or four such con-
fcrcnc.s are To In held each day.
Governor West OF Oregon u TO be In
charg" Of III. conference ON Prison
Reform: DIR. Thomas Addison of san
Ftancisco In charge of that on capi-
tai and Labor: Dr. Thomas W. coch-
ran of Philadelphia In .harg. Of thar
ON Public Education: pr, :. \. Slew
crt Of S-nitl" In charge Of that on
Social Purity. Bishop Charles scad-
ding OF Portland In charge Of that on
in,.mp-rancc. Others, specially
qualified. have been chosen to have
/, In charge the other conferences.
Addrcs-cs ON subjects OF public in-
,crcst with which government Is con.
s,antiy dealing Will b. given each al
tcrnoon and evening In the auditor
ium by eminent speakers from this
and other countries. Those listed tn
speak from abroad nrc DR.. Robert j.
Patterson. Belfast. Ireland. Dr. John
| i.amond OF Edinburgh. Scotland. DIR.
Charles Merle d'AubiEnc OF Paris.
France: Prof Thccphii Mann Of Ger
many: Prof. Dc ltougcmont Of Swift
xcrinnd: Prof. SiRnor Dnviic Bosio
Of Rome. Italy: DIR. Armcnag Haig-
axian Of Turkey: zig. Poon Chew Of
China. and Drs. X. lbuka aud $. Mo-
icda of Tokyo. Japan. Among th'
Canadian speakers are Dr. T. Albert
Moore aud Editor Jhmcx \. AacDOn-
aid. of Toronto. Heading tho list ol
speakers In this country are Prcst.
States Vice President Charlie, w.
Fairbanks. \ total OF nifty or more
speakers are listed for addresses.
Christian, moral reform aad patriot
ic organizations generally nrc mp
pointing delegates To attend the Con
ference. Thousand have already bcra
appointed and the number liz being
constantly Increased.
Commissions are octng appointed
specially to investigate and report on
each of the above named topics or
themes for the Sectional conference
~. There reports are to t'c prepared
from u world viewpoint and are cx-
pcctcd to suggest world remedies. \
com mission is at work on the prcpar-
alton Of "a practical. workable plan
for the solution Of those mora
probicms with which the government
of every country IL dealing and OF
necessity must continue to deal. This
plan In to be submitted for adoption
by the world assembly. which Is to