The Methodist Episcopal Mission received a telegram on Monday, saying that Bishop L. J. Birney will be returned to the Shanghai Area.
The General Conference, which met during the month of May. at Springfield, Massachusetts, elected two new Bishops for China: Dr. Wallace Brown, formerly Pastor. the University Place Methodist Church, Syracuse, and Bishop George R. Grosse, formerly President of De Pauw University, Bishop Grosse has been appointed to reside in Peking - and Bishop Brown has been' appointed to Foo chow. Bishop F. T. Keeney, who was the resident Bishop in Foochow during the past four years, has been assigned-to the Omaha Area:
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