New-York tribune., 1920-11-28
Salvation Army
General Would
Conquer W orld
Booth Calls for 1000 Doc
tors, Nurses, Writers and
Preachers for Service in
India, China and Africa
Visits N. Y. Headquarters
Officials of Many Nations
Now Hospitab.e, He Says;
Sister to Remain i'm L. S.

The Salvation Army has embarked
on policy of world wide expansion,
according to General Bramwel Booth,
commander in chief of the Salvation
Armies of the world, who visited the
New York headquarters yesterday for
the first time since 1918 General
Booth called for one thousand mission
airy doctors, nurses, newspaper writer's
and preachers to serve in India China
and Africa.
The white-haired general, with his
twinkling brown eyes and hearty hand
shake. was the hero of the greatest
breach of discipline the old headquar
ters at 100 West Fourteenth Street mas
EVER seen. For thirty years the Saliva
tionists have preserved army discipline
in the old building. but Yesterday the
lasses deserted their tambourines and
the captains their desks, and all con-
gregated in the corridors for a glimpse
of their famous leader. The general
is sixty-two, but he has the fair skin
and the buoyant manner of a college
boy. He did not seem tired by his trip
around the world, of which this Amer
lean tour is the last lap, and spoke
nonchalantly of one day when he was
in Ceylon and mot long ago" when he
addressed high school boys and girls
in New Zealand.
Denies Transfer of Sister
One item on his program yesterday
was the denial that he had any inten-
tion Of transferring his sister, Evan
gehne Booth, from command of the
forces in the United States.
"No change will be made for the
present" he said, with smile. II am
glad to hear that America loves her
so we'll. but other countries may love
her, too"
General Booths talk touched nearly
every portion of the globe, from Ire
land, where he said "lamentable mis-
takes" had ben made, but conditions
. we're not so bad as pictured in the
press reports, to South Africa, where
he is much interested in the workers
IN the diamond mines.
THE blacks working in the diamond
mines earn very large wages he said.
They come from all parts of Africa,
generally on foot and they work just
long enough to accumulate a little
fortune. Then they so back to their
villages in the interior and buy land
nT cattle. The Salvation Army has es-
.ablished workers in the centers where
these workers are lodged at the mines.
and tell them the message of Christ.
When they return to their homes they
carry the message to their people"
General Booth declared that the Sal
vation Army was entering on a new era
in its relations to nonChristian peo-
pies Heretofore, the Army had had to
invade hostile territory and make its
converts with no help from any one
Now. he said the officials of many ma
tions are hospitable to the ARMY, and
there is more opportunity for work
among the heather than there are men
and women to serve. There is great
need of doctors and nurses as we'll as
spiritual leaders, he said.
Teachers Also Needed
"We need teachers. too" he said. an =
dear father, who founded this organi-
zation, was always opposed to educa-
tional work, saying that We should con-
vert the parents and they would look
out for the children. Our new expan-
sion in heather countries puts a diff
ferent aspect on this question, however
The first requirement of the converted
man is the Bible. He needs it as a
daily guide for conduct. Against oul
win, therefore, we have been obliged tc
teach the natives to read, loath as We
are to spare any time from the great
business of saving souls"
As a whole, General Booth declared
&c believed the world was growing
better, in spite Of the war.
y am an optmist," he said. "Thi.
very unrest which is causing us 81
much worry is sign of new if
emerging. The war left many evi
things, it is true, but l believe tina
the good that was in peoples heart
is stronger and more vigorous for tn
var. Men who had little faith befor
the war have been disillusioned. bu
hose who had real faith have bee
strengthened"
General Booth will speak to-nigh
at the Lexington Avenue Opera House
He will return to London in about on
week, and from there viii start earl
n the year for tour of China an
Japan.