Arizona republican., 1919-11-30
By @. 8. EDDY

NEW YORK, Nov. zs.-As I return to this country after my journey across Asia and Europe, l am i'm pressed by the present world situation as a moral challenge to America. found Japan at the parting of the ways, facing the second great crisis of her history. In Korea and Shan tung she must make her choice be- tween autocracy and democracy, be- tween militarism and freedom. The Japanese are one of the three great expanding and dominant races of the world. The 630,0o0,000 of the yellow race, or nearly 40 per cent of the worlds poulation, may become a vel low peril, but they are today our gol- den opportunity to Christianize the far east.
 China is facing her darkest day | politically but her brightest. day re- ligiously. The government is in danger of breaking down. One of four things will happen to China. There is one last chance to save the country from 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 l pass into a temporary receivership ! under the control of a league of na- 1 tions or group of the powers. This 1 is our supreme opportunity to raise up moral Christian leadership which alone can save the nation and give it a lasting foundation for personal and national life.
 India, divided between eight great religions, 147 different languages, and 1000 different castes, is being united into one burning unit of new na- tional consciousness. She is now en- | tcring upon a new era of responsible government. Hinduism and the non Christian religions cannot furnish a lasting foundation for national life. Now is the time to raise up the Chris tian leadership which alone can save India
 found the near east still the danger zone of the world. I found Egypt in
 unrest, Palestine seething with Zion
 ism, Mesoptamia a bone of contention
 between the French and the Arat
 Hedtas Turkey awaiting her fate. The whole near east is under the shadow oi
 Islam. see no hope apart from g Christian control and civilization. The whole near east needs our help. Crippled by the war, I found Europe suffering from production Through vast areas of destruction in dustry is paralyzed; transportation both by land and sea has partly broken down; there is a serious coa shortage which has left many coun- tries in Europe without sufficient fue or food to face the coming winter With the lack of raw materials, tn, disappearance of credit, and the de
 struction of markets, industry i threatened over wide areas. Thes, together with demoralization of labor the high cost of living, and lowe morale as the result of the wa threaten several countries in Europ with bankruptcy, famine, or revolu tion. The government of Poland witt i it's 24,000,000 is in imminent danger Russia is in a welter of Bolshevisn Germany and Austria are largel
 bankrupt and demoralized. Italy
 rent and divided in her industrial, so
 cial and political life, and over the diff
 ficulty of Plume is on the thin crus
 Jugo- Slavs and the Greeks is pre-
 carious. If America could quick
 place four or five billions in credit
 would start industry and save severs
 countries from bankruptcy. Ever
 country visited is facing a grea
 crisis, either industrial social, politi
 cal or military.
 For the whole distracted world toda
 there is nothing but the Christia & solution adequate to meet the preseI - world situation. There is need of - united church to face such a divide