New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-08
No Starving
Poor i'm Erin.
Minister Saws
Wages High and Savings
Banks Filled i'm Ireland,
Belfast Delegate T ell 5
Christian End cav orers
LOO Visit Chinatown
International Cow ention
Is Here in Full Swing;
New York Officers Elected

The sixth worlds convention of the
christian Endeavor Society was in full
srtjyitv yesterday There were meet
.nrs and lectures throughout the day
!. tho fist Regiment Armory, the CON
rention headquarters; the Marble Col
lsriate Church. the Brick Presbyterian
church ard the Collegiate Church of
& Nicholas. Every one OF the com
psny rooms at the armory was given
aver TO the lectures and exhibits. In
she late afternoon there was relief
rom the tedium of business in the
farm of two dinners and an Oriental
tes in Chinatown.
Az the evening session the Rev. DR..
Yobn Pollock. of Belfast, ireland. who
js Scotchmau by birth and is presi-
dent OF the European Christian En-
isaYor Union. discussed with consider
able frankness the situation in Ireland
Ireland would never be permitted to
leave the empire, he declared. DR.. Pol
Jock said that present conditions there
we're the result of too many alterca-
.ions and a lack of firmness There
vas no occasion, he said, for the ra;s-
ing Of a relief fund, as wages were
high ard savings banks deposits grow
ing steadily
Il want to say tonight" he con-
tinued, "some things that / should not
ike to say in Dublin, some other
things | dare not say in Belfast and a
few things l would be equally afraid to
say in London. can say them in
New York.
Irish Problem Soluble
a believe that the Irish problem is 8
problem that Is soluble. l should be
very sorry to utter a syllable tonight
that would delay the solution of tina.
problem.
Before the uniot. Ireland was mis-
governed. cruelty misgoverned, ter
Iibly wronged, robbed and cheated.
Since the union there has been a great
Improvement. What Ireland has suf-
fered from is perpetual alterations
sLd concessions without firmness''
we never will permit Ireland tc
leave the empire any more than YOU
would have permitted the South to
leave the Union. believe the time is
near, If 1t has not come already, when
the idea of separation from the great
British commonwealth will be aban-
doned.
There are no starving poor in Ire
land. Savings banks were never so
aush and wages were never so high as
Ut the present moment
DR.. Pollock said he looked forward
with anticipation to sitting under the
crossed German and British flags at
the next Christian Endeavor confer
enee at Bremen.
At the Central Y. w. C. A. ESQ Inter
mediate Christian Endeavor workers
attended dinner at which Paul Brown,
national Intermediate superintendent
dal - J Al
Adams Memorial Church, in East Thir-
tieth Street.
Under the leadership of Dr. Francis
Clark, president, and E. P Gates,
secretary, 1000 delegates descended
upon Chinatown at in the afternoon.
they filled all of Che restaurants and
after partaking of tea and Chinese
eatabies went sightseeing through the
streets, lavishly decorated by the
Chinese merchants for the occasion A
Chinese band was provided and the
children Of the quarter presented
tableau in the Church of All Nations
III the maze of crooked streets about
3OO young women got lost and tele-
phoned the armory for searching
parties
At the meeting OF the New York dele
gates, held in the Marble Collegiate
Church in the afternoon, these new
officers We're elected: President, Will
ham H. Brown, Rochester; first vice
president, William H. Boyd, Ithaca;
second president, c. F'ayette Law
ence, OF katonah; treasurer, Earl
Howe, Syracuse; secretary. Agnes E.
Baker, Buffalo; junior superintendent,
Grace Brewster. Liverpool; intermedi-
ate superintendent, the Rev George H.
NcnfiafI iorbf +honrao3 IL
gates attended
Pennsylvania Delegates Meet
The Pennsylvania delegation held a
meeting in the Collegiate College of
st. Nicholas, with Bert E. Rudolph,
stats. president, presiding A program
Tor the coming year was arranged.
At the general convention session
Yesterday morning DIR. A. r. Cory de-
clared that if the churches had main
famed united front the Dempsey
Carpenter bout last Saturday would
not have taken place. He said the talk
L prIzetghts were permitted to con-
tlnue, the church leaders themselves
oVrh. to be arrested.
Twenty thousand delegates. eleven
loats, seven bands and company of
i9o marching singers for each section
will take part in the big Christian
citizenship parade on Saturday. There
vii be plenty OF picturesqueness as
delegations from New England and the
niddle West will march in costume.
but one flag will be carried
There are not few in this city of
AIoreign BIRTH" said Captain William R.
rrearn, grand marshal, "who place
european politics first, and would
not have any OF our young Endeavorers
Missed or otherwise insulted during the
march"
At noon to-day there will be a meet
ing IN front of the Sub-Treasury, at
n mall and Broad streets. DIR. Clark, DR..
foiiack and DIR. John Mcneil will
speak, and Homer Rodeheaver viii sing
- music provided by the Salvation