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Show I Has Spent Eight Years in the Country and Reviews Conditions. DES MOINES, la., May 14. Bishop McConncll has had charge of the work of tho church In Mexico for tho past eight years and recently returned from a trip through that country. He declared de-clared that the revolution carried I through by Carranza and Obregon has been successful In the senBo that 'it established tho main principles for which it was started, and conditions had improved in Mexican in the four years just past. No Cause for Intervention. Bishop McConnell said that in his opinion no sufficient cause for Intor-... Intor-... f vention by the United States In Mcx- I Jco has ever yet appeared. "If Am- I oricans have been abused in Mexico, I Mexicans have been abused in tho ! ' United States," he asserted, rf ; If intervention comes, It will bring It! to Mexico nothing but physical bene- k. fit better roads, bettor sanitation, i, better school buildings. But the abyss Bj between tho Anglo-Saxon and the Lat- in minu win De ueepenea, lunner ui-fort ui-fort at Christian advance will be handicapped, han-dicapped, suspicion of the United ;: States will extend to the tip of Cape Horn, and a legacy of hatred of the United btales will be bequeathed to Mexico, In Bishop McConnell's opinion. opin-ion. r w . He reported that on his last trip to fiIiikp Mexico he found just twice as many ' missionaries in the field as when he r. first visited the field, and that byco- ' ' operative agreement among the va rious denominations at work in Mexico, Mex-ico, a scheme of division of territory has been devised, and is being strictly strict-ly adhered to, so that there Is no duplication du-plication of Christian work. Bishop's Plan for Future. Bishop McConnell's plan for the future fu-ture is to help Mexico help herself, and to encourage Mexicans to work out their problems in their own way, with self-support on tho increase. Ho stated that it is his hope that the time will soon come when, if advisable, all tho American missionaries can go to some other field, and allow Mexico to work as a self-sufficing unit. Works Way Home as Stoker. Bishop Frank "Warne, of Lucknow, India, who was forceu to work his way as a stoker aboard ship in order to rcich Des Moines in time for the general gen-eral conference, stated that there have been more revolutionary changes in India in the past iour years than in several previous generations. Home ' rule is making great differences in tho social conditions. The move to jgbsL. -abolish alcohol, which is participated in by Mohammedans, Hindus and Christians, is sure of success. ' The . American mission, which has entered ' a new field, in tho giving of agricul-jj agricul-jj tural instruction, is making rapid strides. The movement toward Chris-Wm Chris-Wm tianlty among the people of India cou- BM tlnues to be the greatest evangelistic I movement in the world s history. Refining Oil in Mesopotamia. Bishop Warne came by way of Mesopotamia, Mes-opotamia, where he states that they are refining a million gallons of oil i per day, and can go on at that rate for1 , a thousand years. A determined effort has beon made : j at this conference to consolidate some of tho Christian advocates, which are . tho official organs of the church, and 1 -j of which there are now eight, pub- r'j Hshed in different sections of tho v,. . "United States. However, after conaid-, conaid-, erable debate and deliberation, the l ' commltteo on book concerns has de- !& ' termlned to rccommena to tho general B conference that all of these weekly JP papers be continued during the ensu- MjL Ing quadrennium. All are oporating at ml a loss, which is absorbed by the Meth- odist book concern. fmrT Report of the committee of Episco- 'M ' pacy, recommending election of four- Si , teen bishops, and establishing sev(en am' new Episcopal residences. was present- K od to the conference today. Action was deferred until tomorrow. |