The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-04-09
REDS ADVICE :.
ACTS AS spur.
Churches and Other Agencies Ex.
tend Work Among "New Amer
leans" to Foil BoIsheviki.
TEACH ENGLISH, FIRST AIM.
Foreign Language Press Drawback.
Baptists Plan Big Share in
Movement.

Five per cent of the foreign Ian
guage press advocates the bullet rather
than the ballot for bringing about
changes that its following desire. Fiji
teen per cent is Socialist and urges the
ballot as the sufficient method of
changing economic and political condi-
tons which its readers oppose."-Fig-
ures given out by the American Asso-
citation of Foreign Language Newspa-
pers.
There were 100000 adult aliens in
the United States in 1918, whose read
Ing was chiefly foreign language news
papers. Figures in survey made as
part Of the New World Movement of
Northern Baptists.
Efforts to spread the understanding
OF our language and the ability to use
1t, to define our social, political and in
dustrial ideas and ideals, to urge the
acceptance Of these ideas and of the
United States as home and to help
develop the willingness to sacrifice for
Americas ideals are being undertaken
today by government and other agen-
cies. In this big task the Northern
Baptist Convention plans to take an
increased part.
The need of vigorous action along
these lines is perhaps best shown in
the words of John Reed, Bolshevist
writer and organizer, who in New York
on April Z, 1919, urged the Bolshevists:
Never mind the old men nor the
middle age men. And don't pay atten-
ton to the American citizen. Get the
Immigrant. Get them at the impress
sionable ages of sixteen to twenty-five.
Get them ALL Organize them and teach
them as you organize"
This outspoken advice has stirred
Church and government to renewed ac-
tivity. The former is interested that
This shall be carried out in keeping
with Christian principles. And the
New World Movement Of Northern
Baptists plans to train workers, both
lay and clerical, for work with certain
races, as well as TO train the rank and
file Of church members to better I'M
derYanding Of the foreign born" Men
Of tile Baptist Church, the New World
Nov cment leaders urge, have Chris
tan duty TO assist in lettering living
conditions Of foreigners, to improve
factory conditions and to prevent the
from being exploited. They
are also urged to help enlarge social,
civic and religious oppor-
tunities Of the newcomer. Women OF
Baptist churches are urged to cultivate
personal friendships with individual
foreign born women. Children are be-
Ing taught to make friends of the chill
dren of foreign born families.
Work among New Americans" Is
specifically planned in the reports OF
the various state conventions of the
Baptist Church. Eleven nationalities
will be brought into contact with the
plans as outlined in the reports Of the
state conventions Of Maine, Massachu-
sets, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New
York, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Ohio, In
diana, Illinois, Minnesota, Colorado,
Idaho, Arizona, Washington, Oregon
and California. These nationalities in
clude French, Russians, Poles, Italians,
Hungarians, Slovaks,
japanese, Chinese and Scan
dinavians.
Twelve city mission societies, having
a standard form of organization and
operating in the larger cities, will be
broadened In scope and more such So
cial, educational and religious centers
as the present New World
Movement plans are put into effect.