Commissioner W, Eadie, head of the Salvation Army's activities in Western Canada, and one of the outstanding leaders of the movement on this continent, has gone to Japan. He will plan and carry out a new and large programme of Salvation Army work in that country. He was accom panied by his wife and small daughter. For the past year Commissioner lie was in Scotland recuperating from an illness. Speaking here, Commissioner Eadie claimed for the Salvation Army, some credit for the breaking down of the geisha compound system. He also lauded Col, N. Muse, of Tokio, whose franslations of the New Testament into the language of the Japanese masses had, he said, run into its 20th edition.
Aieccgmpanying Commissioner Eadie part of the way was Col. Travers Newman, who was route to Peking to make a sanitary survey of several new projects being undertaken by the Chinese Union Universities. He was chosen for - this work by the American executive committee in view of his valuable experience as Sanitary engineer with the Near East Relief. He was also sanitary commissioner in Smyrna under the Greek High Commissioner of Occupation. During this post-war work he was also head of the Armenian Boy Scouts.
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