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VOL. LI1. “AND ¥R SHALL KNOW ttt® TRUTH, AND THE CHARLOTTE, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1930. A RELIGIOUS PEACE CONFERENCE Plans are well under way foi the convening, within the nexi two years, of the widely herald c d Religious Peace Congress The Secretary of the Interna tional Committee of Arrange' ments, Rev. Henry A. Atkinson on his return to the Unitec States from an extensive around-the-world trip, reports that the leaders of eleven 'of the world’s living faiths are en thusiastic in ftheir sui|port of the proposed conference. “Everywhere I went,” says Dr. Atkinson, “I felt a real hun ger for fellowship based on a genuine consideration of the meaning of brotherhood, and a willingness to co-operate in ev ciy yian wiucn promises secur ity and liberty. This was indicat ed by Government officials, re ligious leaders, teachers, preach ers, business men, travellers— men and women of all types and all kinds. The progress and de velopment of our plans must be pushed to completion. “The proposal to hold the World Conference for Interna tional Peace Through Religion is timely. It gains a response from every group and every in dividual to whom it is present ed. The call for the projected Conference is in accord with an almost universal movement. At least a dozen different groups ni different parts of the world are feeling their way and try ing to secure co-operation in some similar enterprise. All of these groups are willing to join in the plans for the World Con ference. “The holding of such a con ference will bring about an in creased interest in the struggle for world peace will help nations ' arid political leaders^ 'and win give to the agencies such as the World Court, the League of Na tions and similar organizations i V»e moral backing of the united religious forces of the world. “A great deal of intensive promotional work needs to be done in China, for, no matter how completely the religions of the world may be represented, unless there is strong represen tation from China, the most important country at present in its influence for peace or war, the rest of the world will be neglected; and on the other hand, when China finds herself her religion will become a dom inating factor in the whole Pa cific basin. “Arrangements should fye made to send deputations to the various countries for establish ing friendships and points of contact, and it should be ar ranged so that these visitors will be received by the various religions and will have the op portunity to speak in the uni versities and colleges and to meet with smaller groups for the carrying on of discussions by means of a question and an swer. Moreover, a new litera ture needs to be developed which will deal with the whole question of religion as it relates to international affairs. “The principle reasons that the religions of the world find themselves so often in opposi tion to each other is because they have only a limited oppor tunity of coming in touch with each other and therefore re main strangers. The reports that are given are usually made by those who are interested in propagating their own faith; consequently very often the outside world only knows of re ligion by its worst manifesta tions. Its failures are written large, its successes small; its greats achievements are un known; its weaknesses are pic tured in dramatic form. An in terchange and a world organi zation as a basis of under standing will be the prime ne cessity upon which the ultimate success of the World Confer ence will depend.” Preparatory plans for the Conference call for the setting up of six international commit tees of investigation. Commis • sion jmmfrer 4 will latudy the ; influence of war, such, for ex . ample, as economic and polit , ical conditions, social and in . dustrial conditions, racial dif . ferences, political migunder , standings and the effect of ‘ propaganda. The second com ! mission will diagnose the spir i itual resources of mankind with which the influences that make for war can he mot,. aiuch, for example, as religion,, . science, culture, education ' and- philan thropy. Commisilon number- $ will make a survey of the efforts being made by tne various reli gions, ’ religious agencies, and their adherents to further in ter-racial and international un derstanding and peace. Commis sion number 4 will suggest methods by which these re sources may bo set in motion, co-ordjhafed and. directed to bear upon the c&ii&s of war. Dean Shailer Mathews, .of the Chicago Divinity School, is chairman of the International Committee on, Arrangements. | Other members of this commit | tee include Pasteur Jules Jeze ,quel afid M. Julien P. Monod, of France, Professor S. Siegmund, Schultzfe, of Germany. Mr. Paul H. Steele, of England and Mr. A. Yusuf Alei, of India. LEBANON PUE23BYJTEKlAN CHURCH, RIDGEWAY, S. C. The funeral of Mr. Simon Prioleau, who died , Tuesday morning, March 25, after a lin gering illness, was conducted at Lebanon church, Thursday afternoon, March 27. In the ab sence of the pastor, the. service ^Nathan Smith, a friend of the deceased for many years. The funeral was attended by a host of friends and relatives. Interment was in Lebanon Cemetery. The pastor, Rev. J: R. Dun gee, and Elder Millard Williams represented Lebanon church at the Spring meeting of Fairfield Presbytery which was held at Cood Will Presbyterian church, Mayesville, S. C., March 26-29. As retiring Moderator* Rev. Dungee preached the Presbyte ry’s opening sermon. On the trip to and from Presbytery the pastor and elder were accom panied by the Rev. J. T. Wright, D. D., of Rock Hill. They report a very enjoyable session. Sunday morning,, March 30, the pastor preached from St. John 4:34, “God is a Spirit, and they that worship him must worship him in Spirit and in Aruth.” The sermon clearly pointed out that one’s religion is not determined by his place or mode of worship but by its genuineness. God is everywhere and may be worshipped in any place and His worship may be as fully and as sincerely ren dered by the soul which keeps reverent silence in His holy temple as by the soul which makes a joyful noise unto Him, and vice versa. It is the sinceri ty and not the mode which counts. No individual or sect is justified in ridiculing or con demning another on account of differences in modes of wor snip. In the afternoon an appreci ative audience of Ridgeway cit izens assembled at Lebanon church and were very pleasing ly entertained by a glee club; composed of young people from '■ome of the prominent, church es of Columbia, whose appear ance in Ridgeway was spon sored by Elder Williams. The program was of a high order, consisting of many delightful numbers. Especially pleasing were a violin solo, “March of the Priests,” (Mendelssohn), rendered ‘by Mr. Rosmand, and a vocal solo, “Enter the Gates of the Temple,” rendered by Mr, Bailey. It is hoped that these voung people will soon come to Ridgeway again. •••••: ■ PUBLICITY COMMITTEE. THE REVOLT IN L INDIA Waahfeflpt&n.—While the Loti don Confeience has been occu pying a leading1 place in the in ternaticnl news columns of the hour, events of far-reaching importance have been taking place in India. Gandhi’s march to the sea, and the campaign of civil disobedience, are the out ward signs and manifestations of a disturbance that cuts deep jinto the social and political life of the Indian people. What the ■future has in store no one can predict, for in Asia we deal with factors and forces which no westerner can fully understand. That India is in a state of deep unrest, no one can deny, and ;the turmoil and unrest give the British government one of its .biggest problems. For India, in jt he past, as in the present, is 'the keystone of the imperial arch, and if India were to break away completely from the em pire, the international repercus 'sions would be felt the world over. Gandhi, the seer, the politi cal leader, and the prophet, is the personality that dominates the present independence move ment in India. Only in India per haps, the. heart of Asia, could such a man as Gandhi arise to wield the influence over his countrymen which he today ex ercises. He is not the “man on horseback” whose military ex ploits have been identified with so many nationalist uprisings in the past. For Gandhi is stout ly opposed to the use of milita ry force, and in the methods which he and his followers have U8ed.in.tbe paak and propose to Use in the future, force finds no place. Non-co-operation and civ il disobedience are his weapons cf attack, weapons which may disarrange the political organi zation of his country, but which are hardly apt to lead to any spilling of blood. Independence Gandhi’s Aim What does Gandhi want? The answer is, the independence of Tndia, or at least a far greater measure of self-rule than the Indian people have so far en joyed. In 1919 and 1920, it will be recalled, the British Govern ment held out to the Indian peo ple a definite promise of domin ionhood, though no date for the change in status was fixed. The General promise wa? much like the pledge of eventual indepen dence which is incorporated in the Jones act, the organic law of the Philippine Islands. India has rendered notable services to the British cause during the World War, and the promise, in one sense, might be considered as a reward for the loyalty, of India to Great Britain during tne war. - Though the promise was made, the responsible heads of the British government have been firmly of the opinion that Tndia was not yet ready to launch the dominion bark upon the high seas. Compromise measures have been tried, as a stop gap, such as the system of dyarchy. Under this plan, now in effect, the Indian legislature, and other Indian political agen cies, share with British officials ■n the work of administering the affairs of India. Dyarchy has given the Indians a greater share in the management of their own affairs than they have ever had before, but they are still a long way off from the full Dominion status which Cana da, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia enjoy. A few months ago, Lord Irwin, the Viceroy, reiterated the promise cf dominionhood, a promise which was • interpreted as re fleeting the policy of the new labor government headed bj •Ramsay McDonald. Gandhi and his followres— and his movement numbers mil lions of sympathizers—have nol been satisfied with the way the British Government has'rarriec }oJt its pledges. Disregarding jtnp responsibilities and inter ests of the British Government, thp independence group have keen vigorously pushing for ward their program which in visages complete home rule. (Haying refused to follow force,' they have been employing the (well-known policy of non-co-op ieration. Indians have shown themselves adept im carrying out this policy, as for example, in, the boycott of the.Simon I Commission which has visited J India twice in the past year or I so to study how India can best I he* driven an increasing measure j of* Self-rule, Rfogram Has Five Fingers ' But Gandhi is more than a political leader. He has a very denote program for the social amelioration of his people.. Swa rn ji or home rule, is the great objective which he is working tor., Aside from this his pro gram has five “fingers,” each) which has a significance all its owh, and meets a special prob lem; of the Indian people. Hindu | Moslem unity is one of the things he stresses. Out of the population of over 300,000,000, the fMoslems number 60,000,000, and! in the past htere has been n sharp line of cleavage between ■ he Moslem minority and the Hindu majority. The cleavage has caused a divided household, [and Gandhi proposes to bridge 'it, if he possibly can. | Prohibition of all drinks and drugs is the second “finger” of the five. Opium and other drugs, [as well as alcoholic liquor, have been a cancer in the flesh of In dian society. Thirdly, Gandhi ■proposes to give women equal ity Mth men—presumably both social and political equality. F°4rag ha y^ants to remove the attaches the [“untouchable” class—some 50, [000,000 or 60,000,000 in all. These unfortunate beings are [the pariahs of society. No one [knows precisely when the un touchables came into existence as a pariah class, but it was probably hundreds of years ago. Though Gandhi does not favor the abolition of the caste .system altogether, belidving it is best suited to the require ■ments and habits of the Indian [people, he does advocate a policy which will bring the “untouch ables” back into the pale of re spectability. | Finally, Gandhi emphasizes Khadder—that is, home—spin ning and weaving. He wants the 'people in 750,000 villages to learn how to make cotton cloth 'themselves, thus causing in j creased employment and the 'consequent cutting down of pov erty, and the attendant spectre of famine. He has offered a prize of $37,000 for the best spinning machine suited to household use. Great Britain, of course, has great investments in India, and trade with India is a most im portant asset on the British In dustrial ledger. AID told, Brit ish capital has been invested in India to the amount of 800,000, 000 pounds sterling. The capital [is well diversified, going not onlv into government enterpris es, but into railways, planta tions, factories, etc. Britain must gaurd this capital very closely, and this is why every British government, conserva tive as well as labor, must not do anything which will jeopard ize this great investment. Not long ago the Indian government moved to increase the duty or |imports of cotton cloth. The ! situation was regarded as sc I serious that the home govern ment took the almost unpre cedented step of appealing, di jrectly, instead -of leaking) the matter up through the India of Jfice. This is significant for two [reasons. In the first place, it re [veals the intimate relationshi] which exists between the In dian market, and the pocke . hook of the British textile man . ufacturers. In the second place ; it reveals the British govern j ment dealing with the Indiai 1 (Continued on page 3) A CAPITAL N FOR NEGRO New York, March 28—-A poll conducted by the National As sociation for the Advancement of Colored People among edi tors of loading white dailies throughout the United States, and book publishers, shows th t sentiment is overwhelm ingly in favor of the use of the capital N in printing the word Negro, and that many editors and publishers a;have adopted this style in response to the re quest of the N. AY A. C. P. The first Week’s fireplies re ceived by post cards and letters at the N. A. AC. P. National Office, 69 Fifth Avenue, show the following startling results: Now using capital N in print ing Negro* or endorsing this use editorially: 114. Will use this style henceforth, acceding to N. A. A. C. P. re quest: 28. Do not use capital N: 7 deluding among those who have adopted this style at the N A. A. C. P. request are Bren ano’s, Publishers; G. P. Put nam’s Sons; Boston. Evening Transcript,.: Albuquerque Jour nal, Paterson • Evening News, New York Evening Post; Har vard Law Review, Cornell Law Quarterly and Safi- Francisco News. Roscoe Conkling Bruce, who has been vei^ractive in this campaign for some time, in forms the N. A. A. C. P. that H:ughton Mifflin Co., and the Directory of Social Agencies, pu dished by the Charity Or ganization Society have adopt ed the capital N. Among the pioneers in the the Standard, \in New Bedford, Massachusetts, which has used this style for fifty years, and he following publications re port that they have been capi talizing N in Negro for one or more years: South Bend Tri bune, Indiana; The World To mo row; Louisville, Ky., Times, Birmingham News, Alabama; Norwich Bulletin, Connecticut; Columbus > Enquirer-Sun, Geor gia; Peoria Journal and Trans cript, Illinois; Register and Tri bune, Des Moine, Iowa; Cap per’s Weekly; Lousiville Couri er-Journal; Lowell, Mass., Cou rier-Citizen; Worcester, Mass., Evening Post; Duluth, 'Minn., Herald; St. Louis Post-Dis }>atch; Paterson, N. J., Press Guardian ; London, England, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Times; Better Times, New York; Vanity Fair; Troy, N. Y., Record; Troy Times; Elizabeth City, N. C., Independent; Har risburg, Fa., Telegraph; Johns town, Pa., Tribune; Columbia,) S. C., State;, Nashville, Tenn., Banner; Norfolk-Virginian Pilot Richmond News-Leader, Va.; 'Clarksburg Telegram, West IVa.; Evening Telegram, Sujpe jrior, Wisconsin; Japanese Amer can News. San Francisco. Besides these, the leading magazines arid publishers of the | country including the publisher of the Saturday Evening Post i are using or have adopted this j style. The seven replies to the N. A. A. C. P. from editors who do not capitalize Negro, come from Texas (3), Louisiana (1), Mississippi (1), and Missouri (1). These are all States with a high lynching record. Many Editorials Commend Capital N. Upwards of twenty editorials 1 from all parts of the country commending the capital N havt 1 been received toy the N. A. A. C. P., from which the following excrepts are forwarded: Altoona, Pa., Tribune: “The N. A. C. P is right in its cam ■ paign for the capital N and th< > readiness with which newspa ■ pers and other periodicals have • agreed to fall in line indicates ■ that there was no intentiona: i slight in the usage of the smal ■ letter. And it is a source of prid< i to the Tribune that this news paper does not need a remind® I of the justice of the capital fF. The number QfSouthern news papers which use the capital N is extremely Interesting', The success of this movement is one more indication that the, effort to relieve the acuteness of the racial problem is thoroughly sincere,” . .Des Moines, Iowa, Tribune: “The list is (N. A. A. C. P.) publishes is an imposing one, and it must be particularly sat* isfying to the Association to see how many such papers are in the South. And of course it promises well for the future of race relations in Southern States to find friendly publish* ers there.” Providence, R. L, Journal: “The matter is an interesting one and it is regarded earnestly by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People There is no reason for opposing the desired capitaliza tion. inasmuch as ‘Negro’ is the correct form and ‘negro’ is in correct, there is good reason for a general compliance with the rganization’s request.” Macon, Ga., Telegraph: “The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People announced this week—not with out pride, it is to he imagined - the names of a number of newspapers and magazines, a number of ; ,t^em from the' South, that have adopted the use of the capital ‘N’ in the word Negro- The Tele graph used the small letter for a great number of years, but -or sevelral J/earf, now it has been using the capital letter, because there is no good argu ment against its use.” Other editorials have ap peared in the Columbia, S. C., State; the Troy, N. Y., Morn mg Record; The Chattanooga, Tenn., Times; Kingston, N. Y., F|e|:man; Hopkinsville, Ky., New Era: Petersburg, 'Va*, Prpjgress-Iiir e’ex; Grafton, W. Va., Sentinel; Catskill, N. Y., Mail; Paterson, N. J., Call; Brunswick, Ga„ News; Allentown, Pa., Chroni cle News; Springfield, 111., State Register; Jackson, Miss., News; Dalton, Ga., Citizen; Bristol, Va.-Tenn., Herald-CourieV, and many others. FAITH PKESBYTEK1AJN CHURCH, ABERDEEN, N. C. Sunday being the fifth Sab bath of March, our church held a special service conducted by the officers of the church as the last effort towards raising our benevolence quota. The service was opened by the reading of the Scriptures, St. John 8:1-10, by the Rev. P. N. Toney, and the singing of “Oh, for a faith that will not shrink.” The speakers spoke very in telligently from a full heart. Elder Utley, who is always very good in taking the initiative, and whose actions always excel his words, gave some very in spiring remarks. He said: “If any among you are found with 1 out sin, let him cast the first ’ stone.” He said: “The past year has been very good, but let us start today to make the next vear better.” | Elder Thomas then took up the strain by saying: “What am I doing to make the church better? We must begin to co operate as Christian workers must do.” Elder Davis, in his usual good way began by saying, “Are we craw-fishing our brother ? When he reaches the top do we pull 1 him back ? We will have to co operate; not ride on the back of the wagon while the few in front pull. We must work to gether and begin in time. As for me and my house we will serve 1 the Lord.” Deacon Dock Ray then spoke from a heart full of good thoughts. He said, “We must be like a city that sits on a hill, land let our light shine. We must Vhave the love of God in our (Continued on page 4)
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