The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-12-27
WORD PICTURE OF INDIA
IT. WAS WELL PAINTED BY
REV. F. M. PERRlLL
Loyalty of People To England;
Their Response TO Call
Into War

acter and only when they are brought
Into touch with the ideals of Christ"
declared Rev. F. NJ. Perrill. mis-
sionaIy form India, in his after din
ner talk at the Methodist church
parlors last evening. Rev. Perrill
has spent ten years in India and his
appearance in Mankato is the last
before he again goes back to India
to resume his work there.
people in this country are much
inclined 10 shout for home rule in
India stated the speaker, "but as
far as / have been able to observe
the people of India are the last to
ask for home rule. Whenever they
have native judge or magistrate
and have the choice of electing an
other they always choose an Eng
lishman. The oriental at present
does not trust the oriental"
Rev. Perrill gave an interesting
sketch of the manner in which India
responded to the call to arms in the
present war. He stated that they
considered they were fighting for the
government of the people of India,
not for the British, because they
are essentially self-governed peo-
pie. When the call to arms came
the old warriors of India went forth
gladly at a chance to fight for their
country
No Possibility of Revolution.
There was never a possibility of
a revolution or of internal trouble
in India" Rev. Perrill declared.
"The agents of the German secret
service system were at work with
their propaganda but / feel safe in
saying that this propaganda came
nearer to succeeding in America
than it ever did in India"
India never entered the Holy War
proclaimed by Turkey, because Abdul
the old Turkish ruler and head of
the Mohammedan church was de-
throned by the young Turks and all
India felt certain amount of en-
nifty toward the government of the
Ottoman nation, the speaker declar-
ed
Some interesting sidelights on the
newspaper reports of India that
reach here were given by Rev. Per-
rill. He stated that all reports he
received of America were of lynch
ings, terrible accidents, queer OF I'M
usual happenings or the like and he
said the reports of India received
here were the same. Only the i'm
probable conclusions were drawn as
to conditions in the reports from
there much the same as from here.
Admire Theodore Roosevelt.
Whenever Theodore Roosevelt
makes a speech, however, it is al
ways printed iE the Calcutta English
paper" Rev. Perill said. "The peo-
pie of IEdia have a great admiration
for our Teddy"
Speaking of his going to India as
a missionary Rev. Perrill said that
DR.. Cleveland, a former pastor of
the Methodist church in this city
greatly Influenced him toward the
Christian work and was probably the
cause of his later taking up the work
of missionary.
DIR. Frank Dorar, district superin-
tendent, presided at the meeting last
evening ard iI his opening remarks
explained that meetings here were
of great Importance. He said that
one of the big objects of the con
ference was to find a means of reach |
ing various communities here in
Minnesota that did not have church /
es and where TO provision had yet
been made for Christian work Dr..
Doran displayed map showing the |
communities that had not been
reanhed aid explaining how it was
planned to assist them.
H. H. Parish, stewardship secre- |
tary, spoke briefly outlining the plans
for the meetings here and explaining
who the speakers would be and the
matters that would be taken up.
Following the address by Rev. Per.
rill, Rev. H. G.. Guse of LeSueur who
spent several years in India spoke
briefly on conditions there. Rev. B.
F. Koch was unanimously elected at
this time, to the position of secre-
tary of the work of the Centenary
in this district.
across Section of World"
Following the meeting in the
church parlors, Rev. Perrill gave an
interesting lecture in the upstairs CT
the church. His lecture dealt with
the topic of "a Cross Section of the
World" and was illustrated with
views of all parts of the world where
the Christian work is being carried
forward. Rev. Perrill stated that the
world had thrown down a challenge
" ILLS ScnSIdllOH W carry IOTWdrQ
the work of Christ in all lands.
Views of the conditions in the
factory district of New York and
Boston, of the colored people in the
coke burning districts of Pcnnsyl-
vania of the MeXicans who had emil
grated to this country and lived in
squalid surroundings and many other
1ews showed the need for work in
this country. South America, Korea
and japan were all pictured as coun-
tries that are leaning toward the
Christian faith and only need teach
ing and assistance to be won to this
cause. The last views were of India
and the work which is being done
there. Rev. Perrill sang several In
dian songs ard told of the ready re-
sponse the natives make to the mis-
sloraries when once they come to
understand the Christian faith. In
closing his remarks he stated that
he believed the time was ripe for the
Methodist church to carry out the
great Program that had been plan
ned ard to play a big part in win
ming the world for Christianity.
The Conference convened.
AT nine o'clock this morning the
conference re-convened, DR.. Frank
Doran being in charge of the meeting
REV. B. c.. ellis of Window led the
devotional service. Following this
Rev. Perrill gave another address on
lnd1a, speaking on the MASS Move