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Show China last year, and denied the statement of Bishop John McKlm, made before the Episcopal conference in Detroit yesterday, yester-day, favoring the Shantung clause'of tho peace treaty, to the effect that Japan ahvays keeps her promises. The convention indorsed tho inter-church inter-church world movement for tho second time tod:iy- The merger of the foreign society into a uniied society nas voted almost unanimously. This must he voted upon again before binding the denomination. de-nomination. Opposition to these two features caused the organization of a "restoration congress." which held its sessions separate from the convention two days. HIS' IHCUE KESJMEST Episcopal Convention Delegates Dele-gates to Force Definite Stand on Treaty. Pact Supporters Protest "Colorless" Plan Proposed by Bishop Brewster. DETROIT, Oct. 15. Determined that the triennial general convention of the Protectant Episcopal church shall take a definite stand on the league of nations issue, southern delegates are marshaling their forces against the resolution adopted by the house of bishops that the United States enter into a "covenant of nations." na-tions." Dr. Gordon Smeade of Jackson, Miss., characterizing the resolution, which was fathered by Bishop Chauncey B. Brewster of Connecticut, ns "spineless, colorless and meaningless," declared today that he will wage a fight to prevent its adoption in the house of deputies. With him are aliened the southern delegations, almost solid, he stated. Dr. Smeade has before the house of deputies a resolution indorsing indors-ing the league of nations'covenaut in its present form. Ostensibly to prevent delay in legislative legisla-tive action of the house of delegates because be-cause of the heavy program yet untouched, un-touched, a proposal that there bo no debate de-bate on the league of nations was made and auproved today. o07 to US. Presentation Presen-tation of further resolutions, however, will be permitted. Called Dangerous Precedent. Dr. Smeade declared this action "established "estab-lished a dangerous precedent in muzzling f reedom of speech," and said the league issue is above politics, "the greatest issue before the world today, the greatest document docu-ment that ever emanated from the mind of man." The board of missions today asked the convention to authorize a campaign among the church membership for pledges to finance the church work extension program, to cost an undetermined amount that probably will reach 100.000,000. The program interprets the work of the church in this country in relation to ; five major groups cf people, the Indians, negroes, isolated mountaineers of the Ap- ! palachians, people of the rural districts and foreign born and their children. "Church member" is to be defined, if a Proposal to consider as members all persons per-sons baptized in the church, made in the house of deputies today, ie adopted. It is stated this would increase the record membership of the church perhaps from l'j to 50 per cent. End Sessions on October 24. The house of bishops adopted a resolution resolu-tion to close the convention on October Octo-ber 24. Suffragan bishops elected by dioceses will hereafter be given a vote as well as a seat in the house of bishops. Provision Provi-sion was made by the house of bishops for shorter Old Testament lessons, and action of the house of deputies providing that three tables of scriptural lessons be placed on trial with the next convention was concurred In. These are steps toward a settled lectionary. The conference contemplates the expenditure ex-penditure of Sl.7-10.S-t5 for negro work. The convention was told one-half the rural population of fifty million people are without religious affiliation and measures to stimulate them are being planned. It is proposed to spend $1,500,000 in Americanization work in cooperation with the federal department of the interior. This includes practical projects for reaching reach-ing each of the alien nationalities in this country. Community centers, experimental experi-mental stations, classes in "patriotic education" edu-cation" and development of social service are planned among them. Educational Work. For educational work it is proposed to expend more than $3,300,000 on new buildings, build-ings, college equipment, theoioeial schools, scholarships and work am'i;g students. It is proposed to spend another ti'iO,O0O to meet the present social unrest. un-rest. Two million dollars will be spent in extending ex-tending La tin-American church work, including in-cluding a campaign against "existing evils." More than half a million dollars will be spent in Brazil and the same amount in Cuba. In Porto Rico it is proposed pro-posed to spend $370,000; in Haiti and Han Domingo. $1 00, 000; in Mexico. $250,000, and in the Virgin islands, $35, 00. : Xine and a half millions will be expended ex-pended in other foreign fields, including Alaska, China. Japan, the Philippines and . Liberia. Nearly $4. .100.000 will go to China and $4,150,000 to Japan. Hundreds of schools, hospitals and mission buildings are projected in tho?e lands. Saloon substitutes for men, housing and socia I centers for girls and women and vacation homes will call for the expenditure expendi-ture of $1.-00,000 in this country. Work for Seamen. Extension of social, religious and educational edu-cational work for seamen is on the program. pro-gram. In the United States alone lrjyj new projects are planned at a cost of more than $20,000,000, in addition to which a large a mo tint will be used in increasing increas-ing preachers' salaries, according to the plan. The house of deputies today authorized the appointment of a commission to consider con-sider the recognition of the ministry of healing and the nned of its revival" in connection with the visit h'-re of James M. Hick son. Church of En eland exponent of apostoiic healing of disease by "laying on of hands." Disciples in Convention. CJNCrN.VATL Ohio, Oct. 15. The He v. A. McLean, president, was re-elected a n officer of tho foreign Christian Missionary Mission-ary Fociety for tho thirty-fifth consecutive consecu-tive year at the international convention of Disciples of Christ in Music hall today. to-day. Dr. William K. Mack I in. thlrty-H'-rf-n year3 a medical missionary in China, told tho delegates Japan Introduced Intro-duced $40,000,000 worth of opium Into |