Evening journal., 1915-06-09
EPISCOPAL papers
IN A Bitter FIGHT
Living Church Is Taken To
Task By The Churchman
On Panama Issue
MISSION WORK
IS ATTACKED

A bitter fight is on between the
Living Church. published in Milwau-
kee, and The Churchman, published
in New York, the two organs of the
Protestant Episcopal Church. The
Churchman, as the champion of the
established authorities of the Church.
and particularly of the Board Of Mis-
sions. condemns the other paper for
its attack on that board and its ad-
vice to the churches to withdraw
sympathy from the board. The issue
is over the proposed missionary con-
ference at Panama by all denomina-
tions TO consider missionary work in
South America.
Feels Indignation.
The Churchman explains that It
aims TO avoid taking a stand upon
matters of controversy within the
Church. but that il cannot repress
pain and Indignation" when the
Church is misrepresented by "our ag-
gressive Milwaukee contemporary"
The Living Church protests against
the participation in the Latina Amer
ican conference at Panama on the
ground that the movement is anti
Catholic. The Churchman says:
at is not 4 question of anti-Ro-
man Catholic propaganda. Indeed,
our board stipulated that the Roman
Church should be asked to participate
in the conference. 1t is a question of
carrying the gospel more effectively
to the un-Christianized multitudes
dwelling in Latin-American countries.
This Church has never deemed it
grossly insulting to the people of
South America and Mexico and Cuba
and Porto Rico to maintain its mis-
sions in those lands. to send them our
bishops and clergy. and our schools
and hospitals. II is inconceivable,
after the blessings derived from tho
great world conference in Edinburgh
in 1910 that our Church could deprive
itself and its workers in Eatin-Amer-
lea of the information and inspiration
which must result from the Panama
conference, to be conducted on the
same general lines and in the same
elevated spirit.
"Nor is there any question as to
the canonical right of our board to
elect and send delegates to this con-
ference. If the board of missions has
deiied the House of Bishops and the
general convention as the Living
Church asserts with a positiveness
that savors of menace, we are pre-
pared to assure the board that all
that is sane and wholesome in this
Church of ours will stand solidly with
them.
Called Intimidation.
1T is difficult to read this 'deferen-
tial and courteous rebuke of the
Board of Missions for venturing to &C
against the dictates of our Milwaukee
monitor without feeling of keen re.
sentiment Of the threat that the action
Of. the Board could be made by any
party in this Church of ours the oc,
casion of terminating the united
sympathy that has been given the
Board in recent years It is unbe.
lievable that any true churchman
however keen his disappointment al
the action of the Board in relation tC
the Panama conference, could allow
his disappointment to find expression
in the Withholding of his support from
the missionary work of the Church
Any such suggestion of intimidation
will be repudiated at once by all who
profess and call themselves members
of the Church of Christ. It is a sug.
gestion which can only be character
lied as highly impertinent. Against II
The Churchman presents its formal
protest."