Evening star., 1919-10-15
FUND. !.
CONVENTION TOPIC
Church Body in Detroit Also
Discusses Shantung Issue
and Latin America.
By the AspoeiatIA Prees.

ny the AboOcioteo FfVo0s
DETROIT. Mich. October 15.-
Plans for the nationwide campaign
for funds occupied the general con-
vention Of the Protestant Episcopal
Church today. Meeting again in Joint
session. the bishops and delegates
heard lengthy explanation OF the
program for church extension work ard
maintenance Of present activities the
coming three years.
The exact sum aimed at in the CAM
paign has not been made known and
depends entirely on the completion
Of survey Of the chufeh's needs
and opportunities now being made.
Early in the convention it was said
$40.000.000 would be needed, but in .
day the sum Jumped to $4,000. 900.
and the figures were still mounting
Americanization Work Planned.
A great program of Americaniza-
tion work among immigrants to hold
them to their religious afhliations: an
educational campaign to make them
good citizens: extension Of religious
work into the rural districts as we'll
as the densely populated cities at
home and abroad-these are but a
few of the points being made in the
plans for the next three years work.
morning gave an snihusi sstic ressp.
tion to the exposition Of the cam.
paign BY Lewis b. Franklin Of NSk
York, its general director. 1t ID pro.
posed to reach every individual mem
weekly or monthly pledges to~srd
the financing of the new church Pre-.
gram. the campaign to culminatS on
prior to the joint session this Morn
onsideration to revision Of the
church hymna1.
Sees shantung Subject Of Barter.
Japan. would, within tive years, Sc
bartered to some other nation. De.
clared Bishop John Mckibh Of Toxic |
to the convention yesterday, during
discussion Of mission needs abrqaa,
Chinese government is corrupt and
untfustworthy. ana that there Is no
stable government TO which Japan
could return shaAtung.
1ishep McKlhn also said he belteved
Japan had some tood reasei, for hold.
turn shantuns 10 chins," he esntia.
uad. "and Japan .aiways keeps her
word. wish could say the same fer |
the United States government"
On questions from thA Moor touch
ina tss shf b. ase sa.s ef 1ssin:
BRING up such pSiitical chickering's
when the s.sats:.. nan s,is..s e tad x0i]a tss
world has ever knewn. 10 on nis ciek
for the cause Of peace and civiliza.
tion."
Church and 1fsnros Dtstsias. /
Christianity ana the American
churcb's activities q the moral pro:
tsctof6 Eof the Aqhroe -aeeffine wee
discussed before the eonvention BY pr;
Aissaf Mssi.e cfsy 81 Sss 2ms,ies - s Hs DE-
ciars9 that upholdlng OF tho 1Snfcs
Showing tk4, world ihAt TIE inttrsets
Of the GATED statee tn Lntin Amcsiesa3 s3
q material, and that the doctrine 10
not merely something for the pfstec- |
tiefi of Investment.
New Diocese Favored.
Both the house es p!sheps ,sa fnd ,shs ths |
70 ss';s ..p.rsss = s:p'iss from ths s.ssss. 81
southern vifSiniA the th!fty:two
western eouhtries, With S.ooe eStn.
sissss: II. sss ass = erssss sse... sesii
itG own bishoS ana eA4oSt : name ~
its Arst aioeesaA eehy2htleh.
ass s.sss1s. sss ssss:' M.E sss esssss e
RRsiISnsi RaH osufeh wets saad 7. ilst
Kan Il A hddfS1h ~ Df. william
chsfiss Anass,en 2! ssisecs, s4tA AZ |
Joseph 4. vahee et pstssil tttSA:
ssntink the Pfes1yesfian Shnseh> Dr
crai cesncii 81 chufeAss Of Christ
u" t,r' II. 81 choriey ef Garrison. y. 8.
waS 6lsStsd hietefietfapAsf 81 the
cOnventi0n.