THE WATCHMAN
Courtesy of the
Christian Herald.
effort to enforce the Chinese regulations
against its sale is meeting with many ob-
stacles, one of the chief of these being
the cost of carrying the law into effect.
The attitude of the British government
toward the traffic, from which it derives
an annual income of $20,000,000 is still
far from satisfactory.
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A New Religious Movement
It 1s announced that “a new religious
movement has been started in Philadel-
phia by ministers of various denomina-
tions, having for its avowed object the
removal of creed and denominational
barriers, and the establishment of a
forum where men and women of all
creeds can meet on common ground and
discuss matters pertaining to religion
without regard to church or denomina-
tional differences.” What its method
of procedure will be for the accomplish-
ment of this end, we have not yet learned.
The accompanying picture shows the men
composing the executive committee of
The Leaders of the New Undenominational Religious Movement
the movement. In the top row, reading
from left to right are shown: Mr. Spicer,
Quaker; Rev. L. G. Batman, Disciple
Church; Mr. Dawson, Quaker; Rev.
Geo. H. Ferris, D.D., Baptist. In the
lower row, Rev. Joseph Krauskop, He-
brew ; Rev. Henry Wilbur, Quaker; and
Rev. J. Clarence Lee, D.D.
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Labor Union Government in France
AccorpING to the following press
statement it appears that the victory of
the strikers in the late postal strike in
France was a most significant event: —
Paris, March 27.— While it is admitted here
on every hand — or perhaps it is better to say,
while it is truthfully claimed here on every
hand — that the result of the postal strike is
a complete victory for the mutineers, there
is little or no appreciation, either by the pub-
lic press or in private conversation, of the
immense scope and significance of the defeat
which the government has suffered. What,
in fact, has been going on in France for the
last two weeks is a duel between the regularly
appointed officials of the government and the
labor union leaders.
The labor union leaders have won. They