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conference in Japan. The natives were to have fifty-four of the 100 representatives and the missionaries were graciously given thirty-four and the rest were to be "cooped," which means more natives. The missionaries wore to pay two-thirds of the expenses. A budget of 30,000 yen was proposed for office expenses alone. You will perhaps not wonder that the missionaries are not showing very much in terest in this baby organization left in .Japan by a "missionary statesman." Another movement now on which also gets its encouragement from abroad is known as "Cooperation." "Cooperation" is. a technical term on the foreign field. It means the control of the work done by the missionaries by the native churches. In its final analysis it means the control of the use of funds secured in America by a few leaders in the native church es. The use of foreign funds is perhaps the weakest spot in the native Church and perhaps no greater eurse could come to it than to have control of funds the missionaries now admin ister. A Church that uses funds for which she has made no sacrifice, soon becomes a parasite. This desire for the control of mission funds leads the Church to do extravagant things. Think of a church with an income of ten thou sand dollars for its home mission work, spend ing five thousand to send a delegate to America to lobby with the home Boards so as to be able to put over their plans. The missionary now turns over all work, as soon as it becomes self supporting, to the native Church and cares for the weak work. The new plan calls for pool ing all the funds used by the Missions, some thing like 225,000 yen with the 20,000 yen pro vided by the church and placing the control of the funds in the hands of a committee of six teen members, eight of whom are to be Japan ese. This means control will be in the hands of the Japanese. It is very important that the American churches maintain a clear distinction of the funds and keep the control of the same in the hands of the missionaries. Missionaries should also be required to retain their connec tion with the home Church courts. We need a period of rest on the foreign field. Deliver us from the visits of "mission ary diplomats." Help us get rid of the burden of the heavy machinery. Let the little group of "leaders" take a holiday and they will not be missed. Then the native Church will have a chance to have a natural, spiritual develop ment. The natives will then get away from their visionary "great plans" and the mission aries will have a chance to preach the Gospel. Then the church organization will take care of itself. DELIBERATE AND PRAY, BEFORE? By Rev. R. L. Benn. Opinions respecting the action of the Fed eral Council of Churches in condemning the Ku Klux Klan differ very materially. The writer entertains a kind feeling toward the Federal Council and is disposed toward a large degree of charity. But it seems rather unusual that so representative a body as the Federal Council should take such strenuous action, ap parently, upon so limited knowledge of the tenets and spirit, the purpose and object of an organization like the Ku Klux Klan. Seemingly strange things are taking place these days which, however, lose their strange ness the moment certain other events come within one's purview. Ts it true, as it was re ported through the foreign news agency this past August, that officials of the Federal Coun cil. while visiting in Belgium, tendered King Albert, a Roman Catholic, the honorary chair manship of the Federal Council and that his majestey accepted the honorary position?* If so, then considerable light is focussed upon the action of the Federal Council in its attitude toward the Klan. Rome is the avowed enemy of the Klan, just as the Klan is the most out standing opponent of the hostile incursions and intriguing methods of Rome. Whatever Rome smiles upon and treats friendly, Rome uses, lias the Federal Council become Romanized? The Ku Klux Klan and the papal hierarchy are so diametrically opposed in spirit and pur pose that they can no more mix than oil and water, or to put it more graphically, than pow der and fire. The Klan stands for the absolute separation of Church and State. Rome is the implacable foe of such a separation. The Klan stands for the freedom of con science and religious worship, freedom of speech and press. Rome is the bitter antago nist of such freedom. The Klan stands for the sovereignty of the American Republic as embodied in its Consti tution. Rome stands for the sovereignty of the Roman Catholic Church as the infallible expression of an infallible man seated in the Vatican on the banks of the Tiber. The Klan stands for the perpetuity and im provement of the public school system. Rome is the tireless enemy of the public school sys tem and is using every available means and agency ? politicians. Catholic teachers, the press and pulpit and money, to discredit and vilify and disorganize the public school sys tem. The Klan is opposed to distorting and cor rupting the facts and incidents of American history. Rome is skilfully and energetically working to Romanize the history of the United States, and the Knights of Columbus are spend ing one million dollars in a desperate effort to achieve that end. The attitude of the Klan is eminently pa triotic, thoroughly Protestant, and, therefore, highly commendable. Its membership includes a vast number of the leading men of the coun try and it will include vaster numbers if Rome does not desist in its encroachments upon the rights of free institutions to live. The fact is that Rome has its hand upon every nerve, artery and agency in this coun try. It has its hand upon the movies and upon politics and upon the press. It is a rare oc currence that patrons of the picture show fail to see the priest and nun and crucifix and con vent exhibited in the most favorable and ap pealing light. The "political potentate" in nearly every State is a Roman Catholic, or the tool of this politico-religious machine. The news of the country is all Romanized and were it not for some such publications as The New Age, The Protestant, The New Menace, and a few religious papers the great mass of the American population would be in the dark and woefully misled relative to the movements and activities of Rome through fawning politicians, bossy priests, the Knights of Columbus, and the National Catholic Welfare Councils, of Men and Women, one and all, united as its zealous emissaries. It is quite obvious that there is a great re vival of Romanism. A genuine revival, the coming of which the late Dr. R. W. Dale, in his "Essays and Addresses," clearly foresaw, the enemv and relentless foe of all Protestant in stitutions. Befoi'e playing into the hands of Rome and aiding its avowed purpose to "make America Catholic" by condemning an organi zation like the Ku Klux Klan, any Church, council, convention, confederation, which ap preciates and prizes the free institutions of Protestantism, should deliberate a long time and prav a considerable longer time. T am not a Klu Klux, but I am speaking from personal knowledge. Uniontown Ala. (?This, we are informed, is a mistake. ? Ed itor.) CAMPAIGN OF EVANGELISM IN TUSCALOOSA PRESBYTERY. By Rev. A. G. Irons. One year ago at the fall meeting of Pres bytery a campaign of evangelism was pro jected for the whole Presbytery. During the winter months conferences were held by pas tors and laymen looking towards the hearty cooperation of all the churches. At the spring meeting of Presbytery the organization was compeleted and the campaign launched to con tinue to December 1. A central campaign com mittee of fifteen was organized to manage the campaign,. Sub-eommittees were appointed to give emphasis to the following necessary features of every successful campaign : Per sonal work, evangelists, singers and singing, finance, publicity, executive. It was the purpose not merely to have a week of preaching and singing by the evangelists, but a work of earnest, prayerful service by the church. In order to secure such service four things were insisted upon as essential : 1. The services must be advertised. 2. There must be a prayer circle for impor tunate intercessory prayer. 3. There must be personal evangelism upon the part of members. 4. Members must give the services the right of-way. Out of fifty churches possible forty-three meetings have been conducted of one week each. Two students, preparing for the min istry, were secured for the summer months to organize choirs and lead the singing. These students, Mr. M. B. Dendy, of Columbia Semi nary, and Mr. M. C; Dendy, of South Carolina Presbyterian College, did magnificent work and sang their way into the hearts of all the people with whom they labored. Twenty meetings were held by the Presby tery's Field Secretary, eleven by pastors and evangelists from without the Presbytery eleven by pastors within the Presbytery, one by the ever-ready and efficient leader of our Laymen's Missionary Movement, Captain P. L. Slaymaker. At all the services, the attendance was large and the interest and cooperation good The general committees did very effect ive work in getting the church and community ready for the campaign. In all the meetings the sole reliance for re sults was placed upon preaching the Word of God, intercessory prayer and personal evangel ism. It has been a great campaign. Our churches have been greatly strengthened. Many have been added to the churches upon confession of their faith in Christ and many by letter. From reports received it seems certain that our nor mal increase in the Presbytery will be doubled this year The conviction upon the part of pastors and laymen seems to be that we have struck the master key this year, and, more over, we have only done something that can be done every year. Forty of our churches have services only once each month. An evangel istic campaign of one or two weeks, with pas tor, evangelist and singer, can do large things toward upbuilding the church and extending the work. Our churches are better organized than they have ever been and we are giving more than we have ever given. We recognize the fact that our weakness is in the lack of prayer and personal evangelism. There is not