Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-06
FOREIGN WORK IS GREAT
 OPPORTUNITY FOR Y. M A.

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 General Secretary Edwin Hill of the Young ,Meniss Christian association nas received. the following letter from G. Sherwood Eddy of the international
 committed who has been in charge of l the foreign work of the association in l all fields:
 i My dear Friends ;As return to i this country after my, journey across l Asia and Europe, I am impressed by 1 the present. world situation as a nor 1 al challenge to America. I found | Japan at the parting of fsthe ways, fac- l ing the second great crisis of her 1 history. In Korea and Shantung she must make her choice, between au- l tocracy and democracy, between mili- 1 tarism and freedom. The Japanese
 are one of the three great expanding and dominant races of the world. The bS0 S0.000,00O of the yellow race, or nearly % per cent. Of the worlds population, may become q yellow peril, but they are today our golden ! opportunity to Christianize the Far East.
 China is facing her darkest day po- litically but her brightest day re- ligiously. The government is in dang CT of breaking down. One of four i things will happen to China. There is one last chance to save the country rom within, or second, the govern ment, may fall, or third. Japan and other nations may try to divide China upon the spells system, or she may pass into a temporary receivership under the control of a Isearue of Ma tions or a group Of powers. This is our supreme opportunity to raise up
 morai Christian leadership which alone can save the nation and give it
 lasting foundation for personal and nationl lifo.
 India, divided between. eight grest religions. 147 different Ianguaees's and
 2000 different castes, is being united
 into one burning unit of a new na-
 tlonal consciousness. She Is now eiI-
 tering upon q new era of responsible. government. Hinduism and the non-= Chrlstlan religions cannot furnish a
 lasting foundation for na tionala life.
 Now is the time to raise up tie Christian leadership which alone can save India
 l found the near East still the danger zone Of the world I found
 Egypt in unrest, Palestine seethins With Zionism, Mesopotamia a bone of contention between the French and the Arab Hedjas Turkey awaiting ue NuotG Near East Is under the shadow Of Islam. I see no hope apart from Christian control and civilization. The whole near East needs our help.
 Crippled by the war, I found Ell, rope suffering from under production. through vast areas of destruction in dastry is paralyzed; transportation both by land and sea has partly broken down. there is a serious coaI shortage which has left many conn
 tries in Europe without sufficient fuel or food to face the coming winter
 With the lack of raw materials. the disappearance of credit, and the de
 struction of markets, industry is threatened over wide areas. These to- gether with demoralization of labor. the high cost Of living. and lower mo- raIe aas the result of the war threaten several countries in Europe with bankruptcy. famine, or revolution The government of Poland with it's tWenty-four millions is in imminent caNger. Russia. is in Welter of bol shev sin. Germany and Austria are largely bankrupt and demoraIized. Italy is rent and divided in her in dusrlai. social and political life, and over the difficulty of Plume is on the thin crust of q volcano The position or the Jugo- Slavs and the Greeks is pFecarious. If America could quicklv place four or five billions in credit 't would start industry and save sey- eral countries from bankruptcv. Every country. I visited is facing a