It is distressing to read that new differences are cropping up in the upper circles of the Salvation Army. Of recent years the affairs of that most admirable institution have been too much before the public eye, and while confidence does not appear to have been greatly shaken by what has happened in the past, the greater prominence such matters receive in the public press the greater will be the damage done. On the brief report carried by Trans-Ocean Kuomin, which quotes the "Evening Standard," it appears that officers of the Salvation Army are demanding from General Eva Booth a clear statement that she will retire next year on reaching the age of 73 years. It would Seem that the lady in question has given enough of her life to the cause, and there. will be few who will deny the great services she has rendered to the Salvation Army. In those circum-nees she might with all dignity accede to the request which has been made, though if she feels fit and able to continue the work she is doing there is every possibility that her wise guidance might still prove of assistance to the movement. With her retirement it is possible that the dynastic rule of the Army will come to if it is that which the other leaders about, they might be better sed to await mortal inevitabilities than precipitate a scandal which can be averted by the flux of time. There are still many who believe with Catherine Bramwell Booth, that General Bramwell Booth was unduly hurried towards abdication, and if personal loyalty to General Eva Booth creates another section of discontent the present agitation may not be wholly productive of good
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