New Britain herald., 1914-07-11

l the executive committee last Decem- l Der. At that time Professor Sidney l.. Gulick of the American Boards Japan Mission presented the situation from the standpoint of missionaries | in Japan. Without waiting for the | final decision of the Federal Council executive committee, a temporary committee of three (Drs. Charles $.
 Macfarland, Robert E. Speer and w. B. Millar) was at once appointed, un- der whose auspices arrangem ents were made enabling Professor Gulick to speak before representative bodies in many of our leading cities CWash-
 ington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New
 York, New Haven, Hartford, Spring
 field, Northampton, Boston, Syracuse,
 Buffalo, Cleveland, Oberlin, Toledo,
 Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Du-
 luth, Superior Kansas City and St.
 Louis), several cities being visited
 more than once. Between the first of January and the thirtieth of April he
 made over one hundred addresses,
 many of them before chambers of commerce, trade associations and mems clubs, as well as in churches and colleges. He was also granted personal interviews by leading citi- zens. among them being President Wilson, Secretary Bryan, and Sen- ators Dillingham;, Burton and Smith. Special mention should be made of the courtesy of the senate committee on immigration for the opportunity given Professor Gulick to speak on Americas Oriental problem and the new immigration proposal which he is making.
 His experiences during these months show that the responsible leaders of our national life desire earnestly to place our international relations with the Orient, and just now with Japan, on a satisfactory and friendly basis. The seriousness of our Oriental prob lem due to the awakening of Asia Is widely appreciated.
 The Commission Named.
 The commission on Japan as thus far appointed consists of the follow ing persons: Rev. Charles R. Brown, Prof. Charles R. Henderson, Hamii- ton Holt, Rev Albert c. Lawson. Bishop Francis J. Mcconnell, Rev. Frank Mason North, Robert E. Speer, 1 Rev. William l. Haven. Bishop E. k. | Hendrix, Prof. Jeremiah W. Jenks, Rev. Frederick Lynch, John R. Mott, | Rev. Doremus Scudder, President | George E. Vincent, Hon. Amos P. Wilder.
 Not only has the federal council | appointed this new commission, but l it has arranged with the American board for the release of Professor Gulick in order that he may continue this work from now on under the su- pervision of the new commission of | fifteen The federal council, through 1 it's commission on relations with Jap an, proposes to study the whole ques- ton of our relations with Japan | from the standpoint of the teachings | of Christ. in order to find out what | steps if any should be taken to put | our two peoples in right relations. | The first duty of the commission is | to get at the exact facts. Only ai- ter careful examination will it at- | tempt to formulate policy or a pro- | gram, should such seem to be need- | ed.
 Only One Phase.
 The so-called Japanese problem Is | but one phase of the vastly larger ana | more important question of the con- tact of the races. The commission proposes to look at this whole ques- ton in the largest and most states manner.
 These actions of the federal coun- gil are the more opportune because l