More Active Part Urged by N.C.C, Conference he National Christian Council finished its eighth meeting on April 11. The: following resolution having been passed passed the Annual Assembly of the National Coaneil of Evangelical Free Churches on Thursday,. March 12," 1981, at. Weston-Super-Mare, was received with appreciation:—
That, this annual assembly of the National Council et the Evangelical Pree Churches offers it hing is aking for the suppress the opiam evil. It in grateful fo ina is making for the suppression the: success already atta Vie of the ferrin Stenson of effort be spared to inspire the, Chine itrespectfally urges that no Government to renewed effort The Christian Church ta this discussion of this resolu-ton it was urged that the Christian [Church ought to take a more active art in the anti-opium campaign, It was voted to urge the Churches
up an opium monopoly in China, oppose he present policy to set cxTig, cemaitation of the National final' verbal form, stion Council was accepted.
The Rev. E. C, Lobenstine a, secretary of the "National Christian" Counctl, presented a Feport. of the "work "of. the Count in. connection with secur:
a result-of urgent requests from Ing funds Yor famine elie home the Council investigated the nation" and. advised that Filet work fa possible and needed. Asa Yerult the China "Famine Relief (U'S: A.) issued In America an ape Peal for funds. The Counci arse. £4'in the appointment in Shanghai fof an Advisory Committee of Amer-teans "to distribute any mone) received, Daring. 1930," $507,000 was sani to China by this organiza tion. Most of this was distributed through the China International Famine Relief Commission, Variow experiments in preventing famine as well as of giving immediate. relic rare tied, "To important' tea ion projects were promoted, one in Suiyuan and the other in''Shensi. This latter project cost "approximately $1,000,000 Chinese currency, land is expected to irrigate approx mately 540,000 mow of land... As a result of correspondence with the National Christian Council, China Famine Relief (U.S.4.) proposes to extend its appeal for help over a period of years, There has also been manifested in Europe interest in needs of famine in, China's great, North-Central Read quarters, at Geneva, sent 300,01 'Swiss francs for famine relief' work in China, about half of which was sent to the National \Christian Council, the balance going fo, the, English, Baptist Mission, in Shensi. On January 31, 1931, Jcopresentatives of more than a dozen liferent organization, having head yucrters in Switzerland, met in Conference on famine conditions in China. As. a result, 'a Committee Was appointed to organize a general European Committee to promote cojegeration with famine relief mea [sures in China.
In addition the National, Chris-fan Council has itself during the past, two years received. an warded to. Kansu and Shensi for me relief the sum of $135,221. Chinese in China, the Europea office of Inter-Church Aid, Geneva, land. other sources. in' Europe, 'America, Asia and Africa, "The Conference elected a Chairman' for, the Bishop °C.
Episcopal "Church; as" Vice-Eh men, the Rt lev. John Curtis the Church Missionary Society, Diss Ting Shu-ching, general secret lary of the National Committee of the YaM.C.As. in China. Dr.
Hsia, Principal of Medhurst College, [Shanghai, was elected Treasurer. The Execative Committee was elect-the same time,
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