That the new union and alignment} is not dissociated from the nation-tendencies of modern China is not denied, bat he. General Conference is without political ten-doneies and has no afliations with {the Nationalist Government, is the assertion of members of the executive committee, As a matter of fact it-was started on Wednesday. distinct attempts to bring politics into the sphere of the conference were made, but they were courteously, but firm. ly, averraled by the The principle of the new organization as stated on Wednesday t0 a re= Presentative of the "North-China Daily News," by committee members [was to support the indication of desire on the part of the Chinese! to learn administrative methods, and Ju so doing work with foreign mi sionaries ce-operatively and effec tively. The time now had come, ju their opinion, for the Chinese to fhct_ in a senior capacity, Having: become capable of administrating church affairs, the Chinese,—with Western advisors, would attempt to reconstruct the Church of Christ, fand adapt it to. Chinese conditions: and psychology, rather than continu attachment to foreign customs and habits.
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