Tokyo, Feb, 25.
The Japan Methodist Church is calling a conference of the Executive Committee comprising representatives of all denominations and all missionaries in Japan to decide a common attitude regarding the order issued on February 21 for the withdrawal of all missionaries from Japan, Korea and the Japanese-occupied areas of China, by the Board of Missions and the authorities of the Methodist Church, the "Asahi" prominently reported this morning, According to the paper, a wide divergence exists among American ionones, whether "to obey Christ or Roosevelt." The journal reported that Bishop Yoshimune Abe of the Japan Methodist Church called a meeting on February 22 to discuss the order issued by the Board of Missions, but no decision was reached, Tt was pointed out by the "Asahi" that a refusal to comply with the Board's order will mean that financial support to the missionaries will be severed, The paper stated that Bishop Abe on February 15 telegraphically informed the New York according to qualified obthe withdrawal of mis-ionones at the present time was not necessary.—Domei.
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