Disorderly Scene in Tokio Tokio, Nov. 14.
An anti-Christian demonstration occurred in the Salvation Army Barracks here to-night. The major portion of the audience at a celebration of the silver jubilee of the Salvation Army in Japan refused to allow the meeting to proceed, shouting, singing and destroying the decorations in the hall. The mob sang the Japanese national anthem, Salvation Army members, including the pianist, joining in, until the meeting was thrown into complete disorder and the programme had to be abandoned. Previous meetings have been much disturbed and to-night's, trouble came as a culmination.
Commandant Duce, of the Salvation Army, in a statement, remarked that the special meetings held by that organization recently had apparently revived anti-Christian agitation. He could not, he said, understand the Japanese police allowing such demonstrations. The day for that sort of thing had passed. The present attitude of the anti-Christian Buddhists was difficult to understand in the light of the recent Buddhist message to the Sunday School convention.
Despite the recent disorders, the meetings are continuing on Monday and Tucsday.—Reuter.
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