The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-27
news NOTES FROM
OLD WORLD CITIES

Edinburgh, June 27.-The recent
general assemblies of the two great
factions of the Presbyterian churches
in Scotland, the established Church of
Scotland and the independent United
Free church, will be followed during
the year by negotiations which are
said to be promising for a union of
these rival bodies, mending an histori-
cal quarrel.
Various sects broke away from the
communion Of the state church as far
back as the seventeenth century, the
secession being in protest against the
alleged low moral state Of the clergy
and the political system of the es-
tablished church. The established
church sought to mend matters in 1884
by adopting the rule that no pastor
should b thrust upon a congregation
against the will Of the people, but this
was annulled in 1S43. Negotiations for
a union were renewed in 1907, but
progress was slow until this year OF
account of the opposition of a power
full minority on Zach side. Even the
former leaders of the obstructionists,
however, are now urging union.
A constitution was drawn up by the
recent assembly of the established
church which comedies the spiritual
independence of the free church but
at the same time aims to preserve the
traditions of the state church. 1t Is
this draft that will be the basis Of
further negotiations during the COM
| ing year, and the willingness with
which leaders of both factions have
taken up the subject leads the pacific
lists to hope for success.
Constantinople, June 27.-The Boy
Scout movement has been initiated
here with the swearing in Of the troop
leaders before Enver Pasha, who, it is
understood, is to be made the Bash
bogh, or chief scout Of Turkey.
4 The movement is part Of a farseeing
plan to r~ejuvenate Turkey. On the
patriotic side, the members, with the
: support Of the young Turks, will try to
purge the language of foreign words
which have corrupted the Turkish of
the border into more or less Of a
jargon. On the military and civic
side, the government hopes not only
to ~popularize army service among the
educated classes but to develop initia-
tive and fexibility among the people
so as to compete more favorably
l with western peoples.
: 1t Is significant that in the oath
r taken by the boys the Arabic word for
: God Allah" has yielded to the Turk
ish "Tengri." All names used in the
organization, such as IZdjis for
scouts" and Oimak Begs for lead
r ers,' are pure Turkish. The word for
. leader in official use a heretofore
been hey"
3 The young Turks, and nan of the
: older men, believe that the country
/ decline a been largely due to Persian
and Byzantine influences. They hope
to teach the youth to remember the
: racial origin of the people who once
= came near subduing Europe.
2 London. June 27.-Such aristocratic
o names as the Countess of Aberdeen
Lady Brassey. Lord Courtney, Lord
Lytton, Ladye Strachy and Lady Fran
ces Balfour appear as officers in a new
n women's suffrage organization, which
is pledged to support labor party can.
= didates to parliament. It's title is the
National Union Of Women Suffrage
" societies, and it's policy non-partisar
and non-militant. But inasmuch a.
the labor party is the only one pledged
:; to the cause, Labor candidates will BIZ
supported even against tried friends
of other utilization.
The fight, according to the organ
izers, will be concentrated on the pres
ent Liberal cabinet with a view tt
: | " VI u III ~NNA NN>
k Liberals, who are accused by the mill
tants Of "torturing women in jail" will
have to face the opposition of thu
suffragettes as we'll as Of the proper
tied classes. Mrs. Henry Fawcett Il
r. Il president Of the union.
:; Berlin, June 27.-That films pre-
! senting the person Of Jesus are cal
culated to shock the sensibilities Of re
ligious people and may not be pres
ented in Prussia, is the final decision
Of the Prussian supreme court, up
holding a police prohibition Of the pic
V tpres. The film story was taken from
Klopstock's Messiah" 1t is a pre-
tentious example of cinematographi
art. The court, ruling against it, base
its decision on a former decision, hold
10 ing the Christian religion to be a par
20 Of the public order. against whose dis
" turbance the police are empowered t
act. 1t considers the. film in itself like
ly to offend, and declares a furthe
a possibility Of offense is the fact that !
le might be presented in connection wit
n comic scenes.