The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-05
JAPAN Menace
TO PEACE OF
Entire WORLD
Seeks Domination Of Orient.
DisIikeS 0Ccident-k -korea's
Situation Without Hope.
China Needs Outside Aid.

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Not since the organization Of Methos
dism has the church OF Jesua Christ
undertaken such noble task as 10
embraced IN the centenary tanrk klais
Of the Methodist church ss5 ,00o, 200 feg
the support and extension OF mt*gacaiH
within five yearR--declared Bishop Wills
liam 4. McMurry In his address on
The Claims OF the ORIENT" at the
Friday evening session.
Never in the past has the churUa
had tho faith to undertake SO great e
task, j have vet TO hear one note sk
dfkCouragefnent from any source as to
tie success Of the campaign. NO nAn4
can ovefe$timate the need for the wQsiE
that the success OF this campaign waal
make possible. | trembe for the &f~
feet on tho mission field that its fAsla
ufe would mean. But 1t viii not fAlI.
Tn every hand | fiifd the greatest on
| thusiasm, EVERY CHURCH Ia alive 10 the
| opportunity, the sentiment OF the chuTc&
In unanimous for the success Of the
great campaign"
Tho blshop reviewed the smisssoa
| fields in Japan, Korea and China, wheEs
the womans missionary council OF tAA
Methodist Episcopal church, South, II
supporting strong organizations WhiHA
the bishop said were doing n most sE@
| fectlve work. The workers IN every tit-
| stance are intelligent, capable and core
| acientious and reflect great credit npuH
| the organization which has sent thetn
| here,
Pagan Imperialism Indicted.
The people Of Japan are calculated
| to make trouble In the Orient, which
| means trouble for the world, the bish-
op said, "They are not u wel-disposed
1 people, They are not well-diaposed
toward the people Of the Orient, They
are not well disposed toward the pe0-
pie Of the world, | indiet their pagan
imperiaistic ambitions, Japan neets
| the gospel as much as any people 4
know. II the doctrines OF Christianity
are not instillcd into their hearts, tue
armies OF the world may be needed 10
meet the menace OF japan"
Christianity Ii flourishing In Japan.
Our churches are fun and our schools
are full Wherever you go In Japan
to tctgch or to preach the people arr
i there to hear yuu. Th6 people are
great readers, Everybody YOU see Ii
reading books and newspapers. EAgilAA
hooks are widely read All the book
stores Of Memphis would not supply the
demand for English language books In
| Iapan. &F
oKreans Broken Heatred,
''The people Of Korea are broken
hearted under the heavy hand q JAP
anese oppression. Japanese spies are
everywhere, The missionaries can nae
even hold conference without the
presence OF Japanese secret service
men, They determine what the nds~
sionaries may do and what they may
not do, and dictate In regard to the
Japanese teachers in the schools. No
man knows what may be going on In
Korea tonight. The secret service men
OF Japan watch every man. Even tnr-
elgners suffer the most hnmillating In
dignitles IN coming and going about tsse
country. You are questioned IN tfA
most minute detail In regard to the
most personal affairs every place y0n
20. II must all be written down, ana
the next day II must all be gone over
again.
Korea can succeed The Japanese cons
troll the railways and the hiRhwaya ana
the schools, and you may rest assured
that everything In handled In the lh~
terest Of Japanese control and ahsotr~
ton, No Korean ls allowed a weapon
Of any kind, even In his home. IL In
not true that the Koreans favor Jap
anese control. as mas been stated In
some papers,
"China offers the greatest field fOF
missions In the orient" Bishop Me-
Murry said. The Chinese are the
l
siderlng their handicaps, 1t might Ne
said that they are one Of the greatest
peoples In the world
"ifhe very fact that China is yet Ia
tact and hopeful is great credit ~
the race Their response 10 the gospel
Is wonderful, and the field is most
promising. If there was ever a. tins
when one nation needed the strong arm
Of another, that nation is China. X
the peace conferences fails 20 stop. the
rascality OF Japan in China II will have
failed IN one OF Its greatest responds
bilities
Lack OF buildings and facilities for
carrying on the work is the greatest
problem 10 China today. As a part
In the centenary campaign, all ths
eongrcgatlons Of China have pledged
within five years. TO carry out this
plan 20 per cent Of the funds for their
support will be withdrawn each year
and devoted to extending the work In
other places"
: Women Enjoy Rights.
The story Of tho long battle for full
= laity rights, and the final triumphant
victory won by the women Of the Meth
odlst Episcopal church, South, featured
the session Of the Woman's Missionary
Council at the First Methodist church
! Saturday.
The campaign for lasy rights fos
women was launched BY Miss BesI
Bennett LII D., president of the cfasK,
ell, and waged vigorously By that Or,
ganlsatlon, In spite OF determined Op.
position and most discoufagin& odds.
With success Mt hand, tho counei
celebrated the victory by devoting vir-
, | utally all of one entire session Of the
! annual convention to reeounting the
achievement.
! For the first time the completed vote
: | from the various conferences was pub.
9 ncly oanvassed, and there was Ereal
7 enthusiasm manifested when 1t was an.
| nounced that the adoption OF the amnd.
ment had been unanimous by the 81
, conferences. majority vote of as pei
cent In each one OF which was necesA
3 sary to make the grant OK laity riahss
to women constitutional s
After long, hard fight the genera
conference Of the church held AT At
! lanta last May adopted the amendment
= subject to the ratification by the an.
: nual conferences making UP the church
The campaign them had to be waged
! In each Of the SS conferences, and that
: requirement that the measure must bs
! | supported by three-fcurths majority
!, vote made the issue doubtful on ..n.
meFous occasions, for IT, IN h@fAW M
church did not surrN9 wv
ereignty without u sf M
The greatest oppn
a the East, where m
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