Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-04
Y.M.C.A. WORKERS
TELL OF ACTIVITY
Businessmen Explain Scope
of Work in Foreign
Countries

A delightful parlor meeting was
held at IL o'clock this morning with
Mrs. John II. Weiss, S25 North Front
street to hear Louis E. Lachlln, rep
reSenting the Y NJ. G. A. work III
Fou Chow. China, and E. j. cooper
Il prominent businessman OF Mlnhea-
polls, who has generously given up
his business interest for one year
in order to devote his entire time
10 the magnificent work of the In
ternational Y. NJ. c. A. Mrs. Paul A
Kunkel, of the Woman's AuXlllar!
Board of Y. NJ. c. A., introduced tie
speakers. explaining that the women
of Harrisburg having this tne op-
portunity to hear these men through
the courtesy of Robert b. Reeves
secretary of the local Y. NJ. {. a..
Mr.. McLachlin captured his audi- :
ence with his first sentence. He salu
in substance that every reason whlch
exists for having Y. NJ. c. As IN
Harrisburg exists also for having
them in China, with a score OF addl-
tional reasons, also. In the cities oil
this country there is some foreign
prejudice. superstition and ginor-
ance with which to contain, but IT
is infinitesimal compared with the
awful ignorance of China.
Little Education
out of 400.000,000 inhabitants
only 100000 were in schools 1--WE
years ago. To-day there are 5000
600 in the schools, but while that is
an advance, it is nothing compared
to what it should be. Education is
one of the crying needs Of China.
To-day a women is merely a cnat-
tel there; she is often sold for as
small sum as 80 cents. Ideals.
education, spiritual enlightenment
must be given new China.
The Y. NJ. C. AS are planned 10
he -propagating A model as
soCiation is formed in the capital OF
The province, and the government
and management of the associatio
are placed. as soon as practicable,
in the hands of the Chinese them
selves.
Two months ago, the speaker said,
the wife of the President of China
was baptized and the leaders OF
Chinese thought are demanding
Christian teachers. The number
now is insufficient: at least six lead
crs must be sent this year or Amer
ica will lose her grip on this oppor-
tunity. America cannot, dare not,
fail in this crisis.
Mr.. Cooper opened his remarks uy
paying a splendid tribute to the Wo-
manhood of America. He said:
I'VE must see this war through.
We must win. We shall. But we
must conserve every atom of energy.
The Y. NJ. c. \. is conserving energy:
it is one of the potent factors fer
righteous and justice and victory
i'm this world war"
Mr.. Cooper left his business ON
nloying 5000 men, at the request Of
Sherwood Eddy and John Z. Mott.
and took a leading part i'm raising
the SS5. 900, 900 for the Y. NJ. c. \.
Foreign work-work in Latin
America and in China-must not he
neglected to-day despite war condi-
'ions. Thirtyethree trained men from
India. South America and China
have heen called and sent to the
V. NJ. c. A. work in France. Hence
their places must be filled and we
must realize that home and foreign
work is now ineXtricably mixed and
there is no foreign work any more.
when tho army from Brazil or from
India goes home. shall it not find
there tho Y. NJ. c. A. which minis
tered to it in the trenches? We must
keep the home fires burning for
those boys when they return.