Show IN DARKEST ENGLAND no BOOK that has been published for years has created a greater I 1 interest or a sensation more profound than in darkest england and the way out it to is the product of general both the originator and head of the kal salvation army he proposes with a fund of one million pou pounds ado sterling to clear out of the country that portion of the british population which to is living in filth filthy squalor sin and misery convey them to africa and establish and organize them into a colony or colonies by systematizing their affairs he proposes under the auspices 0 of f his army to so im trove the condition ot the waifs waife of society that they will live in corn com tort and respectability many of the wealthy people of I 1 great britain favor the scheme and express willingness to subscribe toward the fund needed for its development among these la is the prince of wales who announces his hia intention to donate a thousand pounds toward the attainment of the object A writer in the review of reviews devotes part of an article to the subject of darkest england anil and the way out the greater portion of it however treats upon the achievements of the salvation army during the twenty tweety five years of its existence and they are certainly extraordinary the writer referred to makes thi exhibit in order to show the feasibility of general booths project for the relief of the poverty stricken masses mames of great britain we make the following extract from the article in the review of reviews the army now feels strong enough to attempt something more than the saving of the indi individual vidi ial it is entering upon a campaign for the salvation of society proclaiming a holy war against the contributory causes which render the reclamation of the lost almost an impossibility the general 14 book grapples with the question in very thoroughgoing style the first part sets out his idea ol 01 the number and condition of the classes who demand social salvation he calls them the submerged tenth there are some three or four millions ol of them agrest A great and doleful army of criminals paupers haupers pau pers prostitutes drunkards tramps the houseless the homeless in short the gi gibat eat army of despair in these men are our brethren M what at are we to do with them is his bis question that his answer in the second part of his bis book which is styled deliverance will not be lacking in comprehensiveness may be inferred from the following table of contents chapter I 1 A stupendous undertaking a the essentials to success 6 kh my scheme chapter II 11 to the rescue I 1 the city colony oy a food and shelter for every man 8 b work for the out ot of works the factory 0 o the labor bureau d the waste not want not brigades chapter III to the country the farm colony a the farm ft th the ke village M c co cooperative operative settlement cha chapter IV now new britain the colony oversea over sea a the colony and the colonists b universal emigration c the salvation ship chapter er V more crusades alt a our slum blum sisters 6 the prison gate brigade c effectual deliverance for ahe drunkard d rescue homes for lost women e searching for fast people f industrial schools g asylums tor moral lunatics cha chapter ter VIC VI help in general a improved lodging houses 6 i model suburban suburb an villages by the sea ae i operation cooperation operation cooperation co in general e i the poor or mans man bank the poor mans lawyer fir matrimonial bureau chapter VII can it be vone and how a The Credentials of the salvation army 6 how much will it cost c some advantages stated d dome bome objections met e recapitulation chapter VM VIII A practical conclusion most moat of the opinions expressed thus far in relation to general booths pro project eject have been favorable to it we find fidd however in the new york globe an article under the head of the rhe salvation army mahdi which expresses some unique views upon its possibilities As its main feature is quite striking we introduce it here the note of barnin warning conveyed in our issue of the lath of to october tober when referring to mrs booths death may well be sounded anew on the announcement no of gen booths vast scheme as outlined in his book entitled in darkest england and the way out the warning we gave was as follows if such an organization as the salvation army were to be inspired s with a martial spirit or a lust for or conquest aest it would be hard to place a limit to its powers of accomplish ment in the uncivilized or semi civil civilized portions of the globe I 1 general booths scheme made public since these lines were written demands a million pounds sterling to enable him to rescue the submerged tenth of the population of london were his efforts to end there no nn one could possibly dispute the nobility of their aim but gen booth has something more in his mind from the vast army of the destitute he be proposes to recruit and found a foreign colony in southern africa no section of the go globe 0 presents ants such an opportunity today day cpr for r ethe the establishment of a great military hierarchy as that country does doe sand and no religious order provides a parade so likely to impress the savage mind as that of the salvation army what appears to us as but the mere vulgar outburst of a Falstaf flan army would thrill the zulu savage to his inmost soul it would impress him more than the most imposing ritual of even the greek church it has all the shout and clash of cymbals of the mohammedan religion and much besides that would impress the savage mind there are probably many millions of vigorous and warlike savages within reach of a given point of south africa with such powers of organization as the salvation army has shown not only in this country and in great britain but in india china and other half civilized sections of the world who could doubt that general booth or his successors could instill into the savage african mind the fullest belief in any doctrine they chose to teach and make the stalwart warriors who cover that vast continent many instruments or projectiles to DO de uselin used in extending the influence of a vast physical kingdom general booth could carry into africa half a million of people tomorrow and at once begin his proselytism and unless stopped by armed intervention ven tion he could become after a few years a most powerful military and religious magnate before whose prowess in the field such minor chieftains as the maliadis would sink into insignificance irn in spite of the scoffs of christendom which were harder to stand than many a persecution in spite of hardship ans and even as was the ease case in switzerland of imprisonment the salvation army has risen to enormous power we do not object to it or know any one who does but according to our lights we have endeavored to indicate the paths which the movement is taking if not its precise objective point |