The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-26
Presbyterians
Praise Wood
Forbes Report

Des Moines, Ia. May 25.-The
Wood-Forbes investigation in the
Philippines, the situation in China,
Mexican and japanese relations, the
non-co-cperative movement in India.
and the Near Eastern question were
touched upon in the report of the
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Mis-
s;ons, which was presented here yes
terday to the Genera! Assembly of
the Pre- 5yterian church in the
United Sites of America. Rev. DR.
George Alexander is president of the
board.
The Wood FORBES report was de-
clared,, despite its Recommendation
of making haste slowly. a tribute To
the good sense. the desire for knovI-
edge and the idealism OF the Flip
pino people" The report Of the
mission board asserted that the Four
Power Treaty would help solve 'S0ne
OF the larger difficulties that c,s.i-
front the Philippine program. z.
the danger of aggression by other
nations. Speaking OF the Filipino
people. the report continued, Their
course of active cooperation in The
administration of the government Is
III great contrast with the non-co-
operative campaign of the nationalist
in india:
While deprecating the nationalist
campaign in India, expressing con-
idence in British generosityi and
USC1dIILIS that q vast number u
leading Indians are counseHng mod
Grafton" the report also quoted
letter from a Christian worker in
India which expressed admiration
for the spirit of the nationalist
movement, as follows:
THE pledges of the national vol
unteer corps. which the government
has declared unlawful, take one back
to Covenanter days in Scotland.
"We cannot but admire such
spirit as this, nor would it be hard
for Us to discover the source from
which they proceed. The like has
never before appeared in India, and
would not have appeared today had
not the Gospel message come here,
the true meaning of which perhaps
people of India may help the rest of
the world to understand. AT the
close of a lecture delivered recently
chairman, Hindu. said: rs it not
remarkable that in the whole world,
the only country where a great ma
tional movement. with many miscal-
culations and grievious failures. no
doubt, has based itsef avowedly on
Christ's central doctrines of non-re-
sistance to evil. should be India, a
country which does not profess
Christianity
The pledges referred to, as quoted
in the letter. included a promise of
service to 1.-The submerged classes,
and contact with them The letter
dlSO pointed IIdL equal
women and abolition of caste were
endorsed at the annual gathering of
the Social Reform Association at
Ahmadabad.
In China, despite banditry, corrup-
ton of officials which has never
been worse and revolution. the re-
port stated. 1.-THE life of the average
Chinese, mostly villagers. is jogging
along about as usual Strained re-
lations with Japan. it was added,
'.h9Ua hpan y1ntiPaah1u jroT7rnUnd
the Washington Conference"
THE Washington Conference was
also credited with dissipating much
Japanese suspicion of America.
In Korea an Improvement" over
conditions of a year ago who ascrib-
ed to the program of Governor Gen
eral Saito, but the report added that
some of the lower officials and police
were mot in sympathy with his kind
purposes"
A plea was made for harmony
with the Spanish American republics. |
A playground in Mexico City given
American community "at the sugges-
ton of one of our missionaries was
said to have strengthened friendly |
relations.
The allies were censured for per
by apathy, opportunism and |
timidity, the Nationalist Turks prac- |
ically to dictate terms. in the Near
East. The latest decision of the
Allies" the report added, (which ap-
parently leaves the Armenians under |
the sovereignty of. the Turks seems
to be shocking betrayal of Justice. |
Nor can the United States escape |
The plea that she |
must avoid entangling alliances does
not warrant her refusal to insist on
fair play, when a helpless and be-
seeching sister nation is being bru-
tally attacked. robbed and thrown |
put to die