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cause. oven though I am by profession
"A soldier. | do not like war or It's
far reaching consequences to nations
and individuals
but IL seems t. me that so often
very trivial excuses are made FOR
terrible conflicts. You do not Kill
man because he happens to cross your
land. or because he Is more prosperous
III business or because he Is more init
mate with some OF the neighbors than
he is with you. But great nations
make things which are relatively of
no greater sometimes or
no Importance whatever. such as
wounded vanity or injured pridc-eN-
Cuses for tho slaughter of thousands
of men. the burning Of homes ana
cities ana the expenditure of noun
tains Of wealth.
II cannot understand this European
war. OF course | have been told
many things about ii by friends ana
/ officials who are acquainted with some
/ of the causes underlying the conflict.
/ l,ut what | mean IL that ! cannot
understand how great nations VIII al
/ low themselves to bc brought INTO
| such butcherN.
! II am glad tho United States IL
/ la n WAY involved | think the Amer
lean nation is establishing STANDARD
that will have great effect in all IN"
iutur. history If the human race. and
il IL my earnest wish and hope that
I when this war is over the nghtin-
nations will ask the great American
republic To take a leading part in
negotiations that VIII bring a last
ing p.ac" upon the world
I.evcrting again to the many points
difference which hav. apparently
arisen between tlina and Japan IN
tthr hs' half year President Yuan
Shih-k't ~pul" in an informal way
of EnglauG'S attitude. lie said that as
soon as war WAS declared IN Europ"
b." learned that intense activity pre-
vailed in all If the military and naval
stations of Japan ana u" was In
formed n what was regarded dS
liGh authority. t. 10Th RUSSIA and
f.n~land wcr" about tn give japan =
frrer hand IN tn" Far East ON con-
uitii that 500. 900 Japanese soldier
he sent tn Europe.
Some of the japanese garriS ms I'm
Manchurlu were largely increased, no
: said. and when the Chinese Govern
ment asked Toxic the meaning of
this the reply came that Japan in
: t"rG"d only +" Increase her forces il
! Manchuria until such tim" as these
same troops should DO sent overland
| t. Europ".
The President was asked If to his
knowledge amy japanese troops Ia,
been sent forward over ~" Sibcria'
. railway. II" ropli d:
Not Japanese soldier was 81
transported. although thousands wer,
added t. the gurrisrnS in China"
Are they still there"
Some Of them. hut a large mum
> her have been withdrawn, and TO-DAY
, | have Cabl" messages from both
Washington and Toxic declaring tina
= only the normal force as agreed upoI
= will be left in our territory"
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Rut tho oratorical and physical out .
bursts verc reached by artistic pro-
gr"ssinu. While the first two hymns
Of the day were being sung Billy, then
,almueSS itself, LEFT the highest part
~ the pulpit platform. turned his hacN
on the audience. climbed down a stcp
o. two and sauuter"d tor ATTY feet
over 10 the newspaper boxes.
He passed up and down the close set
newspaper benches. shaking hands with
the ucwspaper men from philadelphi,,
he knew and greeting the new faces
of New York reporters in tho press
seats.
AN From THE Sun" cried Billy
amid the roar OF the thousands n'
hynu singing voices. and he elected
TO pay especial attention 10 THE SrN
by putting his arm around its repre-
sentativc's shoulder and assuring him
that lie knew Charles \. Dana
When he had met tho entire pres
gallery on the right side Of tho plat
form he looked IN upon the others.
The Rcv Wilson r NJ, Bealc, q
Presbyterian clergyman OF Paterson
dcsvepd the opening pr;ty"r, whicl
concluded with an Invocation that me
Almighty grant that when these scr
vices shall h. ended this city will h'
go blessed that the angels viii lool
| down upon us with favor
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-05
billy In Gymnastic FcttIc.

As Billy. following tn" preliminary
prayer. the hymns and Mr.. Arnold's
speech OF Introduction. gradually worked
up to oratoricai gymnastics, he flashed
back and forth across the platform and
pounded the pine desk in front OF him.
a desk. 10y the way, from which II Is
said a part NJ the original upholstering
had been removed on orders. because
when Billy bangs the desk he wants the
banging heard.
Minute by minute the Billy sunday
face grew more hectic. Soon the great
beads Of sweat stood ant ON his brow
and almost constant handkerchief work
failed to keep B!l, brow dry. Cords
stood out on his neck. lie would shoot
his right knee nigh, until II was ON a
level wi'h his slight waistband, or his
right leg at other times would he thrust
forward until his patent leather shoe
was fixed rigidly IN air out beyond the
edge vt the platform.
Ills words ratified ont with almost ur-
belieVablc ra9iditv as he dashed across
the platform aud back again. And he
kept his ,'halr and desk climbing aero
battles tu ;hc last ur ~h.n oratOriCally
he out-coharcd George ". hy unfurlinc
the stars aud stripes, Kissed 10y the
brcczes. the flag Of the greatest country
on G;od AlmIghty's earth. my friends.
Whercupon he jumped w aud then
banged his sole leather ever higher upon
the top Of IN. higher pine desk itself
/ Their" Was bit % rihHld laughter when
! Rilly had climbed - thc desk top
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CHINESE TO SEND FUNDS HOME.
.Inmnicn colony Plans Ala tIRinst
Jnpnncsr AggrcssiOn.


KISCsToN. JamIiri, April i--The
Chinese colony here. which is large.
has organized 10 rais' funds to help
the chimes" Government to combat Jap
anvse agGrcssions. II is also proposed
20 hoScott al japanese goods.
The Chinese colonies Of other West
Indian Islands are taking similar ac-
ton
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"You let som, blatant old beer soaked
rummy laugh you out OF your faith
You're mean contemplate. srurrilotis
derogatory and urderhtnd. No APP
plausc. You Cri"vc the spirit Of God
hecaus. YOU are false alarms. even
though you've been hapt ized. sprinkl"d
and immersed every fifteen minutes
lSigns everywhere that folks We're be
ginning TO cheer up = bit and smile
Amen :" cried man down in front
Of Rl,y's fists.
"Yuu'll have 20 cut that out" snapped
billy to the fervent one. Two can't
windiam at once. Please lot me do the
talking here.
This rum soaked whisSev cursed
gambling, rum sodden. marriott ridden
world is going t. hell So fast it, break
ing the speed limit billy resumed IN
casual tones. upon quoting the now
crcstftli-u old gentleman who had in-
sisted upon interrupting with an amen.
You ara not Christians II You turn
your backs ON Christ ~ I've outlined
| don't know whether or NOT you minis
icrs over there he added, 80 he irji-
Gated a group of clorgym.n ON the plat
form. agree with mo and ibang or IN"
deskl don't care whether you do or
not. It's not gospel Ill' ha."
Billy took M Joshua then. and told
81 the Lord holding the sun and com
manl'ng IL 20 stay where 1t was TN.
20 Joshua gives you IN" righhsll"
so Joshua went right ahead" RMS
continued, land l.ck"d thu enemies o'
Cod to fra22r and tool, his time ~
the Job"
you're not a child Of God" he ycl'e#
AZ the congregation I'm general You r.
creatures Of G"d Bur 50 ia a hog ear
ing slop ou' OF q rough And II cu',
Me- ic" witt IN" Lord whether You ar,
rich or moor, foreigner OF native born
. II you don't 1.-Two right. youll get ~ -
I the neck
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There was room enough on the back
drop' wall above their heads. how
ever 10 show Rlly'S favorite notices
IN mighty signs Of red and white New
Jersey for Christ. Christ for New Jer-
sey." Get right with Cod Saved Tor
service"
IN front ~ the first row Of women
choristers stood the big grand piano
with chairs near by for Billy and his
party and the local oftc,ais OF Nnt
campaign association.
ON either sid" Of Billys portion OF the
platform stretched press seats crowded
VITA reporters from local papers ana
from newspapers and press associations
Of New York. Philadelphia. Boston,
pittsburg and other Eastern cities. For
as Ma Sunday said In the address OF
greeting she delivered before Billy TOOK
up his text, Right along the reporters
continue 10 increase in numbers as
Billy's work brings him into new fields.
When George Arnold. head Of the
Paterson and North Jersey Evanglsttc
Association, which brought Billy here.
conducted Billy and Ma and their entou-
/ rage onto the platform and the cracking
! but brief applause told Of above mad
cea sed Billy threw of the new $1,000
coat the price locally has gone up 10
$1,000 to-day, by the way) and came
! forward To- look things over In general
| II was At this moment that Billy gave
I his ''kick 'er of order to start things
Ana once the preliminaries were over
Paterson and North Jersey saw not q
bravny athlete but trim man oi
middle age and growing thin haired
dressed Lattiiy In cutaway coat OF
dark material, deliberately pressec
trousers " the pin-striped variety. eN
cessively new and shiny huttoned shoe'
OF patent leather and dark cravit fas
tened with a diamond stick pin. JUS
beneath which n gold watch chain ths
didn't try to hide it's light was strctche,
faulty across the dark waistcoat
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AS to mining concessions: The very
rich mines of China, only a NEE
fraction of which have been worked n
all are largely the property of the
state, and the ancient traditions of
our country forbid that property or
this nature pass into the hands and
ownership OF individuals or COM
panieS. Bankers of London and Paris
have long since expressed themselves
as willing TO advance large sums in
loans to China il she Was willing Ia
give them mining lands as security;
that is allow them long term conces-
siOns, But We have declined TO do
anything Of this kind, and for two
very excellent reasons: Tradition for
bids and our commercial sense tells
, us that it Would he poor business.
"In one province alone We hay"
more than $4,000 square miles OF coal
lands. These lands hold enough fucl,
according to surveys made by Ger
man Government engineers nine years
ago, TO supply the entire world flr
twenty centuries. In some of the
western provinces recent surveys
have Indicated many rich deposits ul
gold. silver ana COPPER II would not
he right for the Government 10 sell
or to give perpetual leases of such
properties, and personally | Will OPP
pose any such propositions with all
my strength"
The Chinese President was asked
his opinion as to the present war, and
his first thought was that it might
! lao oil o. "A
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would need nurses and doctors before
She reached the war zone.
I'm time our Governments own IN
qulries will show up this whole enNru.
omed attack on Swoboda for what ii is.
Th' thing can't he hidden and the man
'railroaded now"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-05
Tells Collections I'urpos-.

And now II collection will he taken
up" Billy said as he took the centre OF
the stage again. 81 suppose the same
old lie has preceded inc. lie the dovil
started. that ! would not come here
without guarantee. That's Il lie -
this with a grln-"and the liar who
said 1t knew II was lie when he said
4, The collection il to pay FOR the
heat and lgh, and railroad fares and
on, and when these EXPENSES are paid
for the collections will cease. come on
now--pay your own debt
Rodv unlimhered his slip horn and
played n trombone solo while the silver
| tinkled into the tin dishpans. Then
| Billy began his sermon on The Holy
| Ghost" taking his text from Acts {:
Have ye received the Holy Ghost since
| ye believed
! please remember I'm no, responsible
! for the plan Of salvation. but cod NJ
! mighty. ran Blly's remarks In part
! "and II you don't like il you can beat
IT, Light laughter
"Furthermore, " YOU don't want to
| hear the truth during the next Few
weeks this is no place TO poke your
| nose in.
I'm not neutral with the devil. and
don't YOU forget IL. That makes me
think OF the Irishman who went into
the restaurant and the waiter asked him
II he'd have some hamburger steak,
limburger cheese and French fried pota-
toes. How'd avn. I'm neutral yelled
the freshman. Gimme some Irish stew
and ham ard eggs lTltterings.
An angel from heaven roared Billy
suddenly. as he got UP steam quiCkl,
and shook his FISK at the congregation
couldn't come here for one week ant
live the kind OF lives you live Will
some people you trim with and get back
to heaven without being bathed, wishec
fumigated. sterilzed. washed IN com
mon soap and IN carbolc acid and
sulphuric acid. You are afraid TO stant
on the firing line for God. You're a lo
Of fouriiushers. excess baggage and fols'
! alarms
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Man, Uruu~sts Made.

Iatan. chief among other things,
desired - transfer of The lease of the
hnNrct Of kiao.Chow to her AMI the
N'"hSIuu of her military privileges
central and western Manchnrlh.
ID" RI road and mining concessions
ASKED for We're noNt in importance
and th"r" Wrr" many other requests
o. minor character.
M "u"" We regarded the Kiao-
'hoN request a. being somewhat In
NJ" nd'ur" of n demand, an agsres-
Non "'"u: aud the feelings of the
'n'h">c Government We're communt'
,,a'"i In Toxic, Washington, London,
IdrN and Prlrograd. ] myself APP
p"afHd h"for" the Japanese commits
N'lcr> and made the statement that
"'"rIlu. H. three separate ana dis
uh'l treaties made between China
ana ihr," ~ the other Powers tho
N"ou ~ any Chinese territory with
WV N" consent Of all parties 10 the
'"i'I"> would he n violation of onr
,'r" word. I'll" request went for
u'n" umm"uliunai. hut WAS again
'"a". only 10 i" hisco,lnt"nar"cd III,
'N Time hy both the United States
md rrmoc."
'T"' d"ul Yuan spoke Al length III
''eafd =" kinp.chuw. lie was for
-V'l! N.rerpy Of the province ol
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Attack Pleasing to china.

lIr'avrrrcd that China was pleased
when Great britain and Japan de.
tcrminri Jointly To- attack The Gef.
man stronghold.
This WAS II step directly IN line
with the prosecution of The war upon
the German Empire 10y these nations.
Ia that respect il was directly no CON
Germ of thina's. For the time being
Kinu-choW. while belonging Ia China.
was not under our government. But
after taking the territory, from Ger.
many would II have been right for
either Great Britain ar Japan or both
| of them to retain kiao-cliow a> their
own: Would not that have been HS
| If they were making. war upon China:
| Both of these nations. England and
japan. had years ago declared that
Germany'> taking of kino-chow was
! ineNcu>ahlr aggression. Was Japan
! consistent when >h' asked while her
! troops occupied tn" territory that
she he given Il lease Of H.
A. to railroad concessions asked for
10y Tia" japanese the PrrSld, ut said:
There i very great uc,-l of rail
roads in China. In fact Shoots ami
railways are among those things mo~i
essential tu the immediate develop.
m"nt of our country. schools are
needed Ia open our minds. the minds
of our millions of children: ana rail
ways are lreJrd thar we may prop.
crly develop 'thr great hidden re-
sources of the nation. We will wei,
come in tn" future, ~ "" hay" wei
coined in the past. III" investment ri
foreign capital i'm china. aud "" are
ready Ia Grant liberal concessions I,
railroad binders l,ut We are moi
: willing tn lot foreign Government,
build AMI own railroads with the id,T
that they are cNtrat"rritoriai propcrt,
and must be guarded by foreign
troops.
'Iu fact II i not desirable that for
"ign troops be scattered over the re-
public. whatever the excuse may he
There are hundreds Of millions of do
lars already invested by foreigners Il
China in enterprises other than rail
roads ANA 10 one ASSERTS that Ia,
local AM hority l. not sufficient I,
safeguard every dollar We have
troops ana police and law abiding citi
zens everywhere. and foreign lives an,
foreign properties are equally safe
Why should any foreign nation ask Il
have railway concessions AMI ~ th
same time request that these "oncc~
sionS In"lud" the right TO mHintail
| military stHtionst
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TABASCO TOWN,
BILLY SUNDAY
DUBS PATERSON
Continued from First Page.

however, no, a vacant Kitchen chair
nor pine bench seat was TO he seen.
There we're men and women IN
Easter fincry and hundreds upon hum
dreds of others who couldn't anord
new Easter iinery. Shank's mare or
the Paterson trolley cars labelled
This car to the Tabernacle" brought
most Of the crowd. but from l o'clock
on automobiles, from the astnmatic 1908
model f,iyyer up to tremendously i'm
pressive foreign built lmousines. rolled
along broadway to the Tabernacle
doors
The most raptly appreciated parties
pants In the opening services. the men
and women choristers 1000 strong,
were in their appointed places back or
the pulpit desk early. Tier upon tier
they rose. sopranos and altos ranging
back In rows from six I" "A dozen deep
the dark clothed tenors and bassos
massei behind the women singers a.
most to the caves.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-05
Paterson u tn In 500 Town.

81 had been led to suppose that Pater-
son was conservative" said Billy after
an introductory warning that Paterson
must do its share In the campaign and
not leave il all to him and his party,
"Hut I've never run into 80 much ginger,
vim. iabasco sauce and pcpperino AT a
first meeting" Laughter
lie told of the changes wrought II
Philadelphia 10y revival work. spoke
again Of Paterson having produced his
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-05

"old side kick Mike Kelly. the greatest
ball player that ever crawled into q
uniform" and added, amid more
laughter. before introducing the mem
bers of his party, that he would
preach twice every day except on Mon
days. Mondays being washdays. when
the men have to work"
The Misses Miller. Gamlin and SAKE,
Mrs. Asher. Mrs. slower "our SON"
George sunday, MIR. Welch. Mr.. Ackley,
Jack Cardiff, who always sits on the
stage when he isn't rubbing down Billy
and gazcs at his boss raptly from the
first word to the last. and Rody. all were
introduced, Rody. with the trombone
under his arm which he plays when not
leading the great choir. speaking from
the platform. acting as secretary or
singing solos in "A high barytonc voice.
\ versatile chap IL Rody. And. like
the king ut Galilce." as Eilly put II.
"who saved the best for the last he
finally introduced Ma Sunday.
Ma told the hig crowd about her
children She described herself as one
with no job In particular except to "act
as buffer" between billy and the com
pany of reporters gathering about Billy.
MAS my cleanup hitter" broke in
BILLY, and Ma retired to the background
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-05
sunday Made -. y. Again.

Tho great choir. with Billy's secre.
tary and musician, bentley u. Ackley.
at the piano. sang an anthem in stir
ring STYLE while "Rody," as trombons'
and choir leader Homer Rodeheavcr is
Familiarity called ny Billy and party.
conducted with waving arms.
Then George Arnold stepped Tor
ward TO introduce Billy ana incidentally
To- add the u. u. degree to Bill"'s name
which Rlly's autobiography "onfers
,pou him in who's Who" hut which
the head Of tho college who's Who
moutirns as having given the degree Il
Ellly has denied in q letter Ia THE SrN
was ever added 10 Billy's namc by the
Institution.
at is my pleasure said MI Arnol'
In part, TO have the honor ot intro
ducjnr to YOU one for whom thousands
of u nave been PRAYING not that h'
needs any introduction, FOR the earnest
ness of his preaching has commando,
the attention of the civilized world
His likeness" added Mr., Arnold proudly
has appeared upon the front pages o
the best magazines and newspapers %
In. country. 1t affords me very grea
pleasure 10 present TO YOU my esteemed
friend Rcy. william Ashley Bill!
/ swung around sharply and grinned II
| the 'Ashley"l Sunday. ID. D.
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RurIrsuues Church Services

Billy here pictured q drunEard. ny
going into the physical effects Of too
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-02
REV. NETTLE's FAREWELL

With the current issue Of The
Southern Christian Advocate. Rev. S.
a. Nettlcs sewers his connection with
the paper, turning it over To Rev. W.
ID. Kirkland who will be the new ed
itor. The period OF time in which Tho
Southern Christian Advocate has been
edited and published by Rev. $. A.
.Nettlos has been an important period
for the Methodist church in South
Carolina. lie has had anything but Il
smooth sea for his journalistic career.
and there has been no lack OF interest
ing happenings In the ranks of Metho-
dism. Being Il hard fighter and a good
writer, Rev. Ncttles has kept his paper
before the public. and has %contended
for what he believed to be right. with
fearless ability. He could have ad-
opted an easier and more popular
course, but such was not his concep-
lion OF duty.
The valeiictory which Rev. Ncttles
has written is mild. and expresses his
pest wishes for the new management,
and for the new publishers. as we'll
as for the Methodist church. His
strongest opponents can scarcely find
anything In this farewell word which
will be criticized by them.
Thus passes from the religious
press a man who has made n strong
fight for what he believed to be right.
fe has left his impress upon South
Carolina Methodism.
His successor. Rev. W. y. Kirkland,
is q gifted and fluent writer, and the
Hntithesis of - former eliitor in
many respects. That he will ably edit
The Advocate goes without saying. and
the conference could hardly have chos-
en- a better man to bring together the
factions in the Methodist ranks. An
derson Is glad to have the privilege
OF publishing The Advocate.
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-02
ANDERSON COUNTY'S EXPERT

While II is almost reasonably sure
that the Anderson county delegation
will authorize the expenditure of the
$500 asked for by Hon. w. WI Long
to supplement his fund for a county
farm demonstration agent, 1t would
have been better for the assurance to
have been given definitely at the
meeting held here Thursday. Similar
requests were made by Mr.. Long of
the G%reenville and Spartanburg dele
cations and they Immediately SUBJ
scrihed the amount asked for, 30 their
expert farm demonstration agents
have been assigned. and they will
Immediately go to work. The work In
Anderson county Is Just as important
as 1t ia in G~reenville or Spartanburg
counties. and we should have Just as
good q nan
We were informed by Mr.. Long that
no had an exceptionally good man
whom he could place In Anderson
county, II the delegation acted favor
ably upon his petition. Since this was
not done, We doubt whether or not
Ms. Long viii he abie TO keep this
expert Cor Anderson county, IL some
ether 7ounty takes advantage of this
proposition. Let us hope that the de-
lay by the delegation will not work
to the detriment OF the agricultural
work In Anderson county. SO import
ant Is this work and this decision by
the delegation that The Intelligencer
hopes some way may be had by which
the delegation a be polled before
the meeting of the Legislature. II this
cannot be done, We trust Mr.. Long
Will hold off from sending the expert
he has in view to another county.
Anderson county cannot he behind
another county in matters pertaining
to her agricultural development.
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-02
The Weather.
South Carolina: Fair, slightly warm
er Saturday: Sunday fair.
FOL STREET PAVING

II IL could be known hat Ander-
son would spend 100000 in street
paving In the near future. 1t would
20 q long way towards making for
n better feeling OF security on the
part OF the people OF the city. In adj
dition 20 this 1t would be an oppor-
tunity for the poor people of tho city
to secure employment when o Job
counts for something. 1t would also
mean @ great saving for the city on
account Of the cheapness of conRtruc-
ton.
This applies with equal force to n
bond issue for roads In the county.