The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-06-11
|LVATIONISTS
F ALL NATIONS
IEET !NLONDON
loo Voices Will Open Interna-
|onal Congress With "0n-
ward Christian Soldiers"
EOUNTRIES HAVE
DELEGATES PRESENT
Languages Spoken
ReligiOnists Who Gather
in Albert Hall

|NDON. June H. ~ Onward
5ian Soldiers" viii be sung by
| o voices at the Royal Albert hall
|ht when Gen Bramwell Booth
Tally welcomes the delegates to
|decennial international congress
h. Salvation army The meeting
mark the Inauguration OF the
cosmopolitan religious assem-.
| OF modern times. Since the
|ress Of 10 years ago, also held
|ondon, the banner OF Blood and
has penetrated 20 the uttermost
hrs OF the world Thirty-four diff
IL languages are spoken and 5S
tries represented among the 2,l00
| On delegates sent TO the present
hess. All have brought their own
bctive flags any many are attired
|laiIit and picturesque native cos
8
WAS planned that a special ser
would be held either before or
|g tonight's opening meeting. as
butte to the memory OF the mem
OF the Canadian delegation who
down to their deaths OH the Ill.
Empress OF Ireland, on which
were coming here. All grades
|Nlizat.on and society have been
n upon from red Indians OF
|Eh Cnlum bia and reformed drunk.
OF New York 10 educated Japan
bnd cultured Koreans, from for
| Sun worshipers and devil dancers
Ihcials OF the British government,
converted criminals 20 authors.
5 and university professors. The
| 81 contingent, some 5000. comes
the British Isles The United
s is next with 500 delegates. in
| ion 10 four brass bands and
party OF friends and sympathiz
| who came over on the Olympic
barge OF Commander Eva Booth.
hg the other countries represent
With the number OF delegates
each, are Holland, psf, Ger
l. l75; Denmark. l50 Sweden,
italy and Ceylon, 50; Norway,
Finland 40 South Africa 26:
b. II; Korea, II. and South
|ca, 10.
regular daily meetings OF the
hess, which will continue for two
| 5. will be held beginning tomor-
afternoon, in huge iron and
structure erected for the pur.
on the "Aldwich Island" in the
bd, holding 5000 persons This
was leased to Gen Booth by
London county council on condi
that the building was TO be con
tied. used and demolished within
fpace OF three months, A little
than six weeks was required 10
t.. a unique feature OF the con
will be a battery of telephones
he stage, manned by a corps OF
~ interpreters. for the transmits
OF the speeches and proceedings
b. various groups OF English
King delegates distributed
|ghout the hall Sectional meet
will also be held in outlying dis
i OF London. In all more than
meetings are scheduled, 40 OF
b will he conducted personally by
|ral or Mrs Booth II will be the
| time that many OF the foreign Of
i OF the army have met the new
|ral here, and the occasion will be
led for a number OF STAFF gather
at which plans for future work
be formulated On next Saturday
/ will be a monster procession OF
oates and visitors, led by so brass
Is, from the Embankment 10
/ park, where speeches will be
+ from a dozen different plat
s There will be an "all-day
|tiyal OF praise" at Crystal palace
he 23d. when the delegates. re
iced by $1,000 Salvationists from
|arts of the United Kingdom and
|mpanied by 5000 bandsmen, will
reviewed by General and Mrs
III. Following the close OF the
|ress, which will be signalized by
|rewell demonstration IN Albert
Jure 90. 10 days tour Of the
|inces will be made by 800 spe-
h selected delegates representing
be different phases OF Army life.
Ig which meetings will be held
|ardif. Bristol. Birmingham, Shelf
|, Manchester Edinburgh, Glas-
and other cities.