New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-26
5000 Delegates from All
Parts of World to As.
semble in London.
BRAMWELL BOOTH TO
PRESIDE EVERY DAY
Oversee Contingent, 1000 Stroro
Will Give Occasion Unique
Character.
tFrom The Tribune correspond.n,1

AFf'm ~ lflDuWe 'crre sDrnfsrf
London. April Bone of the mos, ..
markable gatherings ever seen IN Io,do.
will be assembled for three weeks In To-.
on the Aldwych site in the Strand o..
across from The Tribune Bureau r..
Salvation Army. for the second I'm.
will hold us decenniai international co,
gress there.
In mere numbers the conference NIL
be notable. for about two thousand ovs-.
seas visitors and perhaps twice that mum.
Der OF home delegates will gather gnse,
tho sign Of Blood and Fire" n is "a.
Oyersea contingent that will give ,t.
congress It's unique character. Tor ,ss-,
ig hardly a corner OF the arnys w,se
field Of labor that is not sending lie Htg.
group 10 brighten with the yaregstion Or
It's native garb the severity " Aldvyc,
and swell with It's vernacular the babel o.
the Strand.
In all thirty-four different lanzuagss
will be spoken by the congress members
and the organizers have called In the al
OF the telephone % create n second Pents.
cost and enable every delegate 10 hear
the addresses delivered in English. dlre,t
or by Interpretation. from the platform
The national representatives. Coreas.
Javanese and so on. VIII be- grouped o.
gcther each with a small receiver AZ bic
ear. while an Interpreter seated among
them will translate In low tones into the
transmitter OF the miniature telephone
each sentence as it falls from the lips II
the speaker
Behind almost every national group
some romance Of the armys conquerrg
strife lies hidden There will De Com
missioner Booth fuckers men from India
two or three converted devil dancers"
in their number-half q dozen Dom girls.
a band Of boys rescued from the famine.
and a handful Of the professional erin
inals whose reclamation the Indian gov
eminent has intrusted % the comms-
sioner and his lieutenant while some Ct
the silk weavers. saved from ruin By
new loom invented by IN army worker.
are coming. silk and ALL 70 display he
harvest Of their labor.
Corea was untouched by the army a.
the time Of the last congress. ten yeas
ago. Now IT'S delegates three highly Re.
spected native officers. are just preparing
for their tourney westward. From Java
the mingled population Of the Dutch Elsi
Indies will send its contribution, notaos
among them the leper workers, wnoE7
bride is in a certain brass band. ever
musician in IS ranks being a .eper
So the tale mounts up. with COWBOYS
end redskins and Frenchmen from Can
ada. negroes from the United state
Zulus and other dark-skinned races IRON
South Africa. West Indians. Japanese an
sikbs as we'll as coutineents Of soms
hundreds each from the different eoln-
tries of Europe. The New Zealanders are
already on the way, and the Ats.'al@'
party sets sail next week.
With its characteristic hospitality Us
army Is furnishing private entertainment
for almost all its guests. though the pIo''
lem Of discovering a suitable host io'.
saw. n Zulu or a Bhl or conver'sl
devil dancer" is not as simple as
sounds. All the commissioners are COM
ing from their fields. and General BRAN
veil Booth. whom many Of the deles4'"
have not seen. will preside throusnO-
the congress. at which practically ever,
rhase of the army's multifariou5 "O,
will be passed under careful ana ''''
review.