New-York tribune., 1919-03-03

conference on the subject can be held
81 hope the plan will succeed. OF
course, do not know"
Bishop Greer went to The Episcopacv
from a Low Church parish He is rated
as a Broad Churchman and is not con
sdcred in sympathy with the Catholic
movement. Lately he has been cooper
ating with Protestant bodies.
Details Are Indefinite
The Rev. DR.. William T. Manning.
rector of Trinity Church. one Of the
leaders OF the High Church party in
America, said last night.
"The dcputation designated will
visit Rome and the churches Of the
East. These churches have not. as
yet, been fully informed about the
matter and 1t is the intention of the
three bishops TO interest them, If pos
sible, IN the movement.
"Thc Roman Catholic Church, being
so large and far llung in it's octiviticn.
Is logically the first TO be approached
IN the formation OF n world. league Of
churches
1t IA impossible to state where the
conference on plans will be held after
the various churches have been ap-
proached 1t may take II year or moro
to make the preliminary arrangements,
"rhe itinerary of the dcputation as
now arranged calls for Rome as the
first stop. From there the group will
proceed to Greece, then TO Russia, to
confer with church heads in those
Countries
"in 1914, just before the outbreak of
the world war, dcputation had been
designated to make the trip. although
the personnel Of the commission was
not the same as the present one"
he Rev. Charles S. Mcfarland, pen~
eral secretary of the Federated" Council
OF Churches of America, said the pro-
posal suggested wide possibilities. but
that he could form no definite opinion
concerning its practical worth unt;l he
knew more of It's details.
II would think that such a plan
would require quite considerable re
constitutioning' before it could be car
red out" he said. eff you were going
TO INK an autocracy and democracy
together it would be necessary to dc
a lot of reconstructing in the autcc-
racy before it could join the democ-
racy.
"However, there are many phases of
the subject that would have, to be cor
sldered. do not feel that 7 can form
a judgment until | know much more
about it than | do now"
DR.; William Adams Brown, of Union
Theological Seminary. who is general
secretary of the General War Time
Commission of the Churches. expressed
interest in the proposed union of the
churches, but refused to commit him
self concerning the project in the abb
sence of all the facts concerning it.
The Rev. Ralph W. Sockman. of the
Madison Avenue Methodist Episcopal
Church, said:
Before commenting seriously on
Bishop "eller's statement I should
want to know how large a constit-
uency Of the Protestant Episcopal
church Rishop Weller represents in
his attempt. Individual efforts toward
such cooperative union have been
suggested in the pass
"As Protestant minister I am
heartily in favor of any cooperation
between churches which would insure
greater economy in church work at
homo and abroad. Would it be Bishop
Weller's idea to follow the league Of
nations proposal in letting the differ
ent churches control certain coun-
tries? If so VIC should want to make
sure that freedom of worship and
democracy Of government are insured"