Evening star., 1925-01-31

Surprising information on how
the other half lives" new light on
world progress, anecdotes. humorous
Incidents, and gripping person ex-
periences. have come to light in every
session of the great missionary con-
vention at the Washington Auditorium.
| 1t IS declared the convention has
| brought together the largest gather
ing of missionaries, authors. clergy
mon and lay workers who have ever
| met at any similar convention any
| where in the world.
I'VE hear a great deal in this country
about The Yellow PERIL" declared
Rev. DR.. Herbert Welch, bishop of
i the Methodist Episcopal district Of
/ Japan and Korea But in Japan they
talk of The White Peril They have
been exploited by the white races
until the white peril has become
| extremely real to them. They have
| seen the white races conquer the red
race, the brown race and the black
race, and feel sure that there is now
| definite movement on foot by the
| white people to subdue the yellow
people of the world.
! From the time of the discovery of
America and the discovery about the
same time OF an ocean passage to the
Far East, exploitation Of eastern people
was carried on until the Russo
Japanese War. That was the first
| successful step made by the Japanese
to prevent the Joss Of their territory,
their trade and their civil right.
THE waves of the seas formerly
separated the continents. Now they
link them together. am not in
favor of admitting great numbers OF
| japanese to the United States. but
to prevent trouble in the future, there
| M ri a
between these two great nations. The
future peace of the world depends on
| just that relationship"
Bishop Welch stated that the mis-
! sionary movement was growing
steadily in Japan and Korea, and sur
| prised his hearers by adding that a
| great many of the principles of
Christianity are now being embodied d
in the religions of the Far East.
They are copying what they consider
to be better than what they now have
| but at the same time are holding to
their own faiths.
Bishop Charles II. Brent of the
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of West
ern New York, who has just returned
from the international Opium Con-
ference at Geneva, drew tremendous
applause from the convention when
tions. While making an address re-
| Gently 1 was amazed to find that only
about per cent of my audience had
! ever read the covenant" said the
| Bishop. Il told them frankly tina
| they had no right to oppose any
! measure which they had not even
read.
Il am convinced that the strongest
oppo ition to the covenant of the
league is due to ignorance and in
difference Bishop Brent added. THE
covenant may not be perfect. 1t is
not perfect. But il is the greatest
attempt ever made to bring about
amity between the nations of the
world. Until something better is pro-
duced 1t is worthy of support of the
entire civilized world.
The World Court is the next best
attempt ever made to bring about in
ternational brotherhood. The third
great effort toward the same end is
the Geneva protocol. In this coun-
try the church and state are separate
They are separated but not divorced
They should not be divorced. 1t is
the duty of religious people the world
over to take an active part In politics
Citizens all over the land should
write, telegraph or see in person their
Senators and register their opinions
I
these letters are thrown into the
wastebasket. They are not They
are studied very, very closely" the
bishop asserted.
Bishop Brent is convinced that the
only two things worth living for are
a closer brotherhood between nation:
and church unity. He says both viii
take time, but both are coming. Dur
ing the last war he was member
1f n oh nj
in Europe and came in very clos,
contact with the American soldiers
But he insists that law, rather thar
, war, must settle future internationa
disputes.
} Prof. John Jesudason Cornelius
J a native of India, who is now study
ing at Columbia University, charmed
the convention with his address or
|! Movements Toward Christ in India.
, He declared that in some sections o.
India there have been as many a:
| 1000 converts week for 80 years
He paid remarkable tribute Il
Ghandi and his application OF Christi
principle of overcoming evil by good
by soul force. He asserted tina
Ghandfs non-resistance policy hat
prevented untold bloodshed and chao
in his native land.
Prof Cornelius gave some startling
comparisons in denouncing war ant
its costs in lives and blood. Let M
use some hgures to show the res
cost of the World War" he said. "Th
total cost of the war in money u
. equivalent to the expenditure o
$40. 900 per hour for every hour sine
the birth of Christi
, "And what of the cost in human
life? Let me take the sinking of tn
Lusitania, which so startled the en-
tire world, as an example. To brinl
, about the loss of as many lives a
were wiped out in the war 1t woul'
. be necessary to snik Lusitania ever!
, day for 20 years.
Rev. DIR. william. Axlins, statione'
| in Japan, recalled events just afte
the earthquake. One Japanese docto
| came TO his church and asked to d
something to aid the sufferers. The.
turned the upper part OF the churcl
into an emergency hospital. In eigh
months the japanese doctor treatet
$4,000 medical and surgical cases, an,
at the end of that time died from
the strain. Never during all tina
time did we ever once stop to thinl
of our difference in race or color,
concluded DR.. Axling.
Rev. Watts o. Pye, a missionar.