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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1955.

CHINA Protestant Churches

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SERIOUS DANGER WARNING ISSUED

Belgrade, Feb. 27.

The Serbian Orthodox Church has launched ju drive against what it calls the serious danger of proselytising activities by Protestant sects, who are winning over many of its believers.

! Its leaders, representing the largest church in Yugoslavia with over 6,000,000 members, maintain that any further split in the ranks of Christians ander the country's atheistic regime is deeply to he regretted.

Protestant churches, such as the Episcopalian Church The danger in their view comes not from the big in the United States, the Church of England,

or the

Lutherans, but from less numerous sects like Nazarencs Mail

and Adventista.

Serbian Orthodox Christiana, According to Orthodox priests,

not prepala a beaking tee in fact, enjoy friendly_relations the Adventists are much more

of 50 contain charged.

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landowning Anserien. Despite this, they feel peasants, They make converts

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their not only among the Orthodox efforts to withstand Communist population but piso

among atheism than for example, does Mostems in Bosnia. 4314414

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2 Indk Middle East, Afrion, Great Destin & Europe, ..

No one would suggest that the Advenusts were in any way pro-Government. Nevertheless. They have been able to obtain some significant favours from the civil authorities, id Ther church ofetals describe ¡tions with the Government

un the whole satisfactory,

Adventat schoolchildren art allowed by Government decree

school mern-to lay away from

Saturday, their day of worship. An order to the armed forces, signed by the Foreign Minister, Mr Koce

In Popvic,

The days

wor Chief of General Staff, lella with commanders to exempt Adven-land. 1 p.m. their relations

conscripts from

parades on

Today Adventist Church off cials clain about 30.000 bers with 320 churches through- out the country

The Orthodox Bishops are not in open conflet with the Com-

on

maust Government us is the when, S Colonel-General, he

Itoman Catholic However,

leadership.

the Government are fur from harmonious

tist

and the Orthodox Saturdays whenever possible.

Foreign Bishops have

observers believe that tu refused

Government, the Government-the

in order to recognise

weaken religion as a whole, is sponsored priests' associations,

favouring the At recent meeting of the interested Orthodox priests near Belgrade smaller churches of the expense the

Serbian of the larger ones.-Chan Mail Patriarch

of the Church, Vikenuje, said that the Speeni. prosely using

activities of Pro-

testant sects had become a very

serious problem.

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SCELBA

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CRISIS

A threatened crisis

Rome, Feb. 27.

in

Scelba

Antiquated New York Laws

New York, Feb. 27.

The repeal of antiquated New York State laws which date back to what he calls the "civil war and hoopiskirt ern" is being sought by Mr Thomas Desmond, Republican Senator of the State legislature in Albany.

Mr Desmond, who is Chairman of the State Senate's Committee on 'Affairs of Cities, declared: “The statute books are loaded down with laws that are century

obsolete, laws which were adopted half A ago and are now forgotten, and laws that provide antiquated restrictions on cities, valuable only to slick lawyers in search of loop-holes."

cities.

The statutes which Mr Des- 3. A 73-year-old low forbid- mond is seeking to end affect❘ ding anyone to urge a worker not to work for or to leave the employ of a rallway because it requires that they shall wear a uniform.

CLEAR THE BOOKS

• He began his campaign when the 1955 Bersion opened by Introducing bill. "to

clear the booke" of these "outmoded” laws:

Buffalo,

B. A 45-year-old law banning the sale or transfer of tickets of the People's Institute, a pubile forum group, reported to have

years ago.

1. A 62-year-old law requir-gone out of business at least 20 ing New York City, Albany, Rochester, Schenectady, 9. A 24-year-old law requir- Yonkers and ing buildings of two floors or free Troy

establish

public more to have illuminated floor baths with running hot water, numbers on each floor, a re and open 14 hours a day.

quirement widely ignored.

Utica, Syracuse,

the government of Pre- 2. A 48-year-old law requir

10. A 50-year-olți înw requir« mier Mario

aping mayors of second-class cities

ing second tiasa cities to appoint averted

cabinet meetings of peared

tonight to call

district health oficials who heads each month when the quarrelling department

must give free medical treat- Italian Liberal Party in and keep minutes of such meet-ment to those recommended by

averseers of the poor, would accept dicated

1. A 43-year-old law pro- abolished decades ago. Signor Scelba's settlement

viding

for establishment by explosive land cities of colonies for inebriates.

of the

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"Continued study of state lawn,"

Desmond Senator wald, "indicate far MOTO antique laws

then were previously uncovered. There amazing amount of Legislativo litter' lefs on the

Valetta, Feb. 27. Maltoso, in their beat clothes, went to Sunday the polls in a carnival-like

4. A 54-year-old law requir atmosphere today on the

of second

the island'a Meeting in a stormy Nation-ing police natrons to three election days.

al Council here to debate the commended by at least "twenty

women of good standing." Women wearing hoods and proposed land reform contracts, capes queued on one side of the the 173 delegates

the 5. A 39-year-old law fixing booths. Men In

and their best

strategic little Liberal Party at the salaries of Aldermen sandals formed

by Zea-waistcoats, and

Mayora

state law at 500 showed

signs up on the other in accordance first

dollars to 700 dollars (about with Melta's traditional segrega- knuckling down under a loom- £170-E240) for aldermen, and

Banner-decked

cars spering crisis in the govenument.

5,000 dollars to 5,500 dollars past the polling stations releas

(about £1,000 £2,200) Finally, an order of the day Ing showers of coloured elec-

mayors. tion leaflets most of them collect was drawn up proposing accep- ed by small children. They are tance of the Scelba project. It 6. A "fugitive slave" law of person not allowed to stop within a contained

face-saving civil war origin barring the sale certain distance of the stations clauses and appeared to selisty of services of a kidnapped slave

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everyone-United Press.

or other kidnapped person.

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MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN

from

retreat he

DARNED IF THAT LOOKS LIKE IT SNAPPED. MORE LIKE IT WAS OUT!

SOMETUINO EXCLUSIVE. Collee declared. Stating that

hat sects are LUTA packets ut assorted staan "recruiting members with the South help of ald parcels of food and China Morning Post Ltd Wyndham clothing

from abroad, the Street and Salisbury Road, Kowloon, Patriarch adited that the poor and also people distressed by NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES family quarrels and mishaps are

singled out as likely converts

At the same ume, he told priests not to be aggressive in their opposition to Christion sects.

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CONFERENCES

to

The meeting decided Institute regular three monthly conferences to dia- curs progress in the drive sgainst what 11 esila "scetarianisin."

Bishop Vasilje of Banja Luka in Bosnia, at 47 оле of the younger and more energette Church leaders, complained in a magazine article that Orthodox priests are merely passive observers of

this proselytisation.

process

of

This

propaganda is sprend among us with great curining. We do not take any measures to For the SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST and the

forestall or counteract the dis- semination of this sectarian CHINA MAIL, 48 hours before date of publication, spiritual poison," he declared.

Special

priests

in

Orthodox

must be their visiting Announcements more active and Classified Advertise parishioners at home to keep monte as usual.

their Orthodox faith, alive.

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FROZEN PEAS TODAY

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statuto books decade doende."

after

which to

Other "cobweb" laws

Desmond will try Senator repent include a 74-year-old hw authorising cities to licenso rotailing goods from boats along the canal; a 44- your old law requiring that all cornices shall be run straight Lue

ald bureaux

and smooth" in the buliding of tenements, apartments and public buildings; and e. 35-year- old law Betting up munici

provide hand-outs for indigent people and to list all unemployed, job now done by local welfare departments and state employ- ment service offices.

"This drive is part of 'Opera- tion Home Rule said Senator Desmond. We plan to try to clear this legislative refuse, which needlessly restricts cities, off the statute books, Relics of the gas-light era, products of the

hundin-bar. whers Date moustaches were in vogue, these statutes are now obscured by the cobwebs of time.

This 'Repeni Law" movement la long overdue.. Emphasis in continually on. Casting ner. statutes laws. And while now aro often needed to keep up with modern day problems, there is equal need to remove the

obsolete laws of a bygonu

era.

.:

USED TO EMBARRASS

"Antiquated laws, to tally out of step with reality und present-day living, are stiil law nonetheless. Sometimes they can be used to em- barras municipal officers or to disrupt the orderly ad- ministration of the governi ment and justice, "Almost alwaye they violated and enforced. Wholesale

Ignored,

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bf an unenforceable law lends to lessening respect for law and law enforcement agencies. Need- Icss laws should not be carried on the statute books for over. If we do not intend to enforce them, they should be repcated".

China Mail Speetal.

MAGIC Radio Hongkong.

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