1948-08-24 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1948.

MAN'S DISORDER AND GOD'S DESIGN Axis Sally

World Council Of Churches Meeting

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Amsterdam, August 22. .

Amid the ringing of "Welcome" peals from the towers of every Protestant Church in Holland, the first Assembly of the World Council of Churches, reprosonting 145 church bodies in 42 countries,/opened in Amsterdam's historic Nieuwe Kerk (Now Church) this afternoon, Across the Atlantic, in 10,000 Protestant and Or- thodox Churches throughout the United States, bells were also pealing hourly to mark the oc- cosion.

In

More than 1,200 clerical and lay representatives are attend ing the 14-day Assembly Amsterdam. which has theme. "Man's Disorder and God's Design.”

Four out of every

formal entry into the Churclt in All Ave a colourful procession. Presistents. of the World Couneli were present-Dr, Molt, the Arch- bishops of. Chnterbury, Thynteira and Upsala, and Dr. Mare Boe- Ove mem-ner, of France.

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The service was cosmopolitan, bera of the Protestant and Or- including well-known bymus sung thodox Churches in the world, are in a score of languages smul directly connected with this mass

Oecumenical Council by member- ship of the Churches represented on it,

The Catholic Church is not a member, Soviet Russia has de clined an invitation, but Hun- garian and Estonian delegates with be present.

The Congress will begin work tomorrow and conclude on Sep- tember 4. Its Brat act will be to adopt a message to the Churches of the world as a "clarion call to all Christians",

1,450 Delegates One of the two speakers at the opening service today in the grent New Church here was Dr. Jolin American R. Moti, 83-year old former General Secretary of World Student Christian Federn tion and cite of the Ave Presidents of the World Council of Churches

Mell, a Joint Nobel Prize winner in 1940, is a veteran in the Orcumenical Movement which has led to the formation of the

Dr.

war.

taneously. It was opened with a

call to penitence by the Dutch Divine, Dr. K. H. C. The Archbishop of

led the congregation in prayers, and the Lessons were rend in French and Swedish respectively by Dr. Boegner and the Arch- bishop Eldem of Sweden,

Fateful Moment

Lyons Express Disaster

Parle, August 22,

Three persons were killed and about 40 others serious. ly injured when the Lyons- Strassbourg express collided with a goode train today nea? L'Isle Sur Le Doubs, between Desancon and Belfort, East- ern France.

Rall traffic was resumed after a 10 hour delay.

The injured passengera were taken to hospitalo at Belfort, Hericourt and Mont Dellard. An Investigation Was im. mediately opened.--Reuter.

Gale Delays Cunarder

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Cobh, Eire, August 22. The Cunard liner Mauretania New York today sailed for after being delayed 24 hours by her prevented a storm that taking

passengers from Ireland.

Brenuse Cork harbour is un- suitable for the ship, she lies 12 miles out to sea and passengers are brought out by tender.

Jerusalem Problems

FIVE-HOUR ARAB-JEW GET-TOGETHER

Jorusolom, August 22,

Meeting in a monastery in the middle of Jerusalem's 'uncosy no man's land, Arabs and Jows argued for five hours today on the question of restor- ing the neutrality of the Arab College and Jowish Agricultural School for girls. '

Nations

The Jews occupied the two points supposed to be under the control of the Red Cross two days ago.

observers while the Arabs have scheduled United who arranged the rare meeting discussions for Tuesday on whe- today between the belligerents ther to agree to an enlargement presented them with demands of no man's land.

The conference which was held that the Jews first evacuate the a Syrian

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Catholle monastery buildings within 24 hours and near the Damascus Gate, was at- that within 48 hours the Arabs tended by United Nations obser-

William pull back their positions about vers from both sides headed by five-eighths of a mile from that American General

Riley, Haganah, Egyptian and disputed arca.

Arab Legion commanders.

It began at one o'clock, Jeru salem time, and ended at six.

After discussion, the United Nations modified this demond and Insisted that the Jews pull out of the buildings first.

Punctuated!

May Stand Trial

Washington, August 22. Mildred Elizabeth Gillars, who, the Government says, operated as the Nazi radio's wartime "Axis Sally." is be- ing held in the District of Columbia gaol pending in- vestigation on charges.

was

treason

flown

The 17-year-old spinster, a Initive

of Portland, Here yesterday from Frankfurt, Germany, and promptly arraigned or a treason, charge before the United

States Commissioner.

She

was held without ball,

After

a preliminary hearing on August 31. her case will be in vestigated by a Federal Grand Jury. It she is indicted, she will be brought to trial here.

the

to the

war

Miss Gillars maintained stole calmness on her arrival at Bolling Field near here and ot her ar-

giving ald and comfort raignment. She is charged with enemy as "Axis Sally" from De- ¡cember 11,, 1941, until May 6,

1945, when

European ended.

The complaint alleged that dur ing those years she did "unlaw- The whine of rifle bullets and fully wilfully and treasonably ad- The Araba asked that the Jews also consider the withdrawal of thud of mortar shells were plain here to the government of the their side to a distance of aboutly heard throughout the meeting. German Reich, an enemy of the

Tell Bey, United States". De Mott sald the Assembly and

300 yards. The Jewish repre- Lleut, Col. Abdullah

Commander of the Miss Gillars told reporters that met at "one of the most fateful

Attempts to take the possen-sentative Captain Moshe Dryan Jerusalem of the life of the

gers on board' last night were of Haganah, said he would have Arab Leagion and Lieut Col. Ah-as far as she knew she had no moments

of the relatives in this au-med Bad Aziz, chief of the

She WBS country. world not only in point of dan-

abandoned when henvy sens buf- to refer to higher Jewish

Egyptian forces in South Jerusa- surprised, but apparently not too ger, but also of opportunity".

frted the tender and prevented it thorities.

Informed that The second speaker was the getting alongside the her,-AS- A second

meeting tomorrow lem, proceeded to the conference interested, when

At the Do- she had a hair sister, Edna Mae Reverenti Danlet T. Niles, 3101

will present the Jewish decision in an armoured car. evangelist

mascus Gate, accompanied by Herrick, living in Ohio.-United Methodist

UN observer and preceded by a Fress. Church of Ceylon, who is Choir- man of the Youth Department of the Worki Council of Church and a leader in the World Christian Student Federation. He said: "The world to which we are sent is a world where the Christian Faith is dispossessed of its hold" on' the people.

of

the

"It is a world that hes sought

sociated Press.

CROCKFORD AND THE ATOM BOMB

London, August 22.

to destroy the Church, and now. Atomic bombs were dropped on Japanese cities be- cause of a Japanese threat to massacre all war prisoners if on invasion of the home islands were attempted, according to an unverified re- port to be published by the 1948 Crockford's Clerical Directory.

World Council of Churches, dee hus set the Church the task of cided upen at a conference in building peace without providing | 1987 but postponed because of the fit with the material either of re- |

pentance or of faith.

work! seemed to be set for steady progress. The Church was full of the stories of triumphs lin any lands. And then, in one

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"Today, even after the noise of the guns has ceased-and it has not ceasert in Chinn, or in Greece,

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The

report was discussed in a sermon today by the Rev. Percival Gough, Rector of Acton, West London.

the

large white flag, they walked the

remaining 130

to yards Catholic Church area.

the VAMPIRE DOWN IN

RUSSIAN ZONE

Jewish and Arab leaders shook

and began the discussion

Before long, however,

Luebeck, August 22.

The Royal Air Force recovery they were accusing each other of unit, which entered the Soviel truce violations.

zone with Russian permission yes. While the talks were in pro-terday morning, had not returned Kress, UN observers reported that

by 3 p.m. GMT today. mortar

Are

struck a mosque

The unit, consisting of severel south of the Dome of Rock, vehicles, had gone to salvage a

Soviot

In the Arab Legion headquar-"Vampire jet fighter which made tera later, Col. Abdullah said he

A forced landing in the had learned that a UN report had zone on August 1. It was on a been made

That the Jews and training flight from the RAF base violated the truce in their recent

hore, Russian snurces reported occupation of Gavernment House, that the pilot Peter Jordan was which is close to the Arab Col- unhurt and the plane only slightly |lege.-Associated Press.

damaged. Associated Press,

BHOWING

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Ob.

He said circumstances of the cordingly, the two Governments decision to use the bomb were were faced by an appalling pro- revealed in an introductory blem. Was there any means by: an which the war could be brought directory, article in Oxford University press pub-to an end without landing."

viously the only possibility was lication, listing clergy ol The

the weapon which science had Church of England.

The directory editor did not just placed in their hands.

Time To Speak

For Horizons "However, thuge whose exex sean the far horizon): speak of The glow of a coming day, but vouch

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"This dilemma was perhaps the

when? The future is our heri roport but asked anyone able to tance, and while we do not usk 1Provide verification to speak up most awful which Christian men when the final consummation will "to relieve the conscience of the had ever had to face. The decision was made and the outcome prov- world,"

The Rev. Gough quoted the en successful. mediate prospect. To what end

"There must be a few people directory as follows: "We have is our witnessing?

"Will it be petice or war? And seen it stated that when the Ja- both here and in America whe What must Christians do about Panese saw that defeat had be really know whether this is true rome inevitable, they Informed or not. We think that the time โ Majesty's Government and for them to speak has now come. Many answers to this question.

of the United If it is true we think the tender- the Government are possible, but no answer

that neither States through a neutral power est conscience would be relieved true which forget

121 If a landling were attempted premanently from all scruple and munnor nations nor churches can ป кт Ardo",

organise an escape from the con. any part of their territory, the doubtfulness."

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except way of repentance and an amend would be massacred Jane ment of life.

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