Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-10-27
CALL ON BISHOPS
TOPREVENT SPLIT
BELIEVED LIKELY
EpiscopaIian Dignitaries to APP
peal Decision to Send Dele
gates to Panama.
BISHOP LINES VOTES WITH
MINORITY AGAINST PLAN
Opposition Based on Christian
Unity and Desire Not to
Affront Catholics.

NEW YORK. Oct. PA special
convention OF the house of bishops of
the Protestant Episcopal church of
America win probably be called in
the neal future i'm an effort ito pre-
| vent the Episcopal board of missions
from carrying out its intention of
| sending delegates to the Panama in
terdenominational missionary CON
gress. to be held in February, accord
ing TO Right Rev Reginald II. Weller.
bishop of Fond du Lac Wis.
Bishop Weller was one of the five
church dignitaries who resigned from
/ the board of missions when the board
at its On arterly meeting yesterday.
refused To rescind former resolution
authorizing participation in the
| Panama congress. Neither Bishop
! Weller. nor Right Rev. Alfred Hard
ing, bishop Of Washington, d. c., and
! Rev. DR. William T. Manning, rector
of Trinity Church. New York city
( two of the others who rendered their
designations, attended the board meet
/ ing today despite efforts made '-' -
er members to effect a Withdrawal of
! the designations.
! The board of missions. al today's
! first session, adopted resolution
concerning instructions TO be given
! the delegates to the Panama congress
which read in part:
Resolved, that our delegates go
| for conference only and with no pur-
pose, authority or power of commit
/ ting this board to cooperation"
Bishop Edwin S. Lines, of the dio-
cese OF Newark. and Rev. Alexander
| Mann. of Boston, who declined cleo
/ tion as suffragan bishop of the New
ark diocese last spring, were on op-
posite sides in the breach last night.
Bishop Lines was one of thirteen
who voted to rescind the vote of last
May that the board participate in the
Panama interdenominational mis-
sionary conference, which many of
those present declared will be solely
a declaration of war by one part of
Christendom upon another.
The others to vote with Bishop Lines
We're: Bishop Alfred Harding of
Washington, ID. c.; Bishop Reginald
! III Weller. OF F'on du Lac. Wis.
Bishop G. Mott Williams, of Mar
auette. Mich; Rev. William T. Man
| ming. rector of Trinity Church, New
! York: Dean Selden p. Delany, of the
Cathedral. in Milwaukee, who will be-
come rector of the parish of st. Mary
| the Virgin. in New York city. next
month; Elihu Chauncey, New York.
Charles G. Saunders, Boston: Bishop
I Rhinelander and Rev. John S. New
bold, of Philadelphia: Bishop Nelson
and Robert G. Pruyn. of Albany, and
Bishop Perry. of Rhode Island.
The first five named resigned from
the board after the vote. when
twenty-six of their associates voted
against them. The disposition Of the
designations will be one of the later
problems of the board.
Included in the majority with DR.
Mann were Bishop David II. Greer,
Bishop Arthur s. Lloyd, Rev. Henry
Anstice. Rev. u. n. Stires, Rev The
odore Sedgwick, Julian r. Davies,
Henry l.. Morris and George G. King,
of New York; Rev. Reese +, Alsop, of
Brooklyn Bishop Talbot. of South
Bethlehem Bishop c. *. Nelson, of
Atlanta; Bishop j. NJ. Francis, of In
dianapolis: Bishop T. d. Bratton, of
Mississippi; Bishop r. r. Mlspaugh,
Of Kansas. and Bishop Keator, OF Los
Angeles
Bishop Lines also led in the move
to have the sessions open to the gen
eral public. A move had been made
to not allow reporters at the meet
ing. Bishop Lines objected. He said
the DQDlt was tlllllltu W hIlOW VI
the business of the board. He then
offered a motion to permit the news
paper men to attend. The motion was
seconded by Bishop Greer, who de-
clared there was every reason for
permitting the work of the sessions to
become public. He felt sure, he eX-
planned. that he would not be afraid
of seeing in print any statements that
he might make.
The controversy over the question
of participation in the Panama con-
gress was continued today. but the
issues which brought about the con
trOversy were more clearly defined.
| The general opinion of the meeting
was that there would be no harm in
the board participating in the Pam
anna congress if the delegates merely
entered with delegates of other de-
nominations and did not take part in
any legislation or action looking
toward cooperation in Protestant
missionary work in Latin American
countries
Although Bishop Weller did not at
tend the meeting he held numerous
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