._ Wpon her, A "geographical position" i i SATURDAY, PECRUARY 7, 1680, King Alfonso Desires To Improve the Position Of Spain as World Power BAILLIE LELEIPLEI00H HATEVER maybe thought | X / of Bpain's attitude during the war, and it is not a |° guention which the world can afford lightly to forget, there san be no doubt that the onset of the great struggle interrupted a tremens dous bid which Spuin was making to | fmprove her international status, Cire cumstances had tended for some years previously to thrust prominence had compelled twd great powers, France and Great Britain, to take Spain very much into account in set- tling the Moroecan question in 1911 and 1912; whilst, in 1013 and betors | the war broke out in the following | year, Spanish statesmen were dream- { ing complacently of a great Franco- | alliance, and were occastos- | dreams. Spain was, | at to climb back to her old posi- | tion of a great power, and who should say how great she would be? | 80, In May, 1913, King Alfonso paid a state visit to Paris, and, in the following October, all Madrid flocked into the streets to see the French President return the visit, The entente seemed to be deepening | a8 rapidly as could be desired, Then | l | KING ALFONSO. came the war, and with" ft an end | to the great development upon which Bpain was so well embarked, State etes, and gala performances came to an unceremonious end, and i tween nations took the form of deeds. | How Spgin met, or rather failed to | .meeét. the demand is too well known | to need any recounting. It was a! sorry business enough, and yet not! 80 sorry but that Spain, the moment | the armistice was signed, felt safe in launching a tremendous campaign to | secure the rehabilitation of her pres- tige with the victors. It cannot be said that, so far, she has been very successful, but she continues her ef- forts with energy unabated, and | is something curiously interest ing in the fact that one of her great projects should be a rapprochement | between herpetf! and the Argentine republic, Alfonso, it is report- ed, is to pay a state visit to the re public before many months have, Now a frank review of the facts should not involve anything but the most entire good will toward Spain. But Spain must learn, a8 all the world must learn, in so far as it has not learned it, that the days of make- believe in its widest sense are past, | - or, at aay rate, are and that the demand for deeds, so | imperative during the war, still con- Boa shan oa" npr a rgen learn this lesson, and by the time King Alfonso reaches Buenos Ayres EI88583 8 A % F Representing the Simultanebus but Independent Forward Movements of the Anglican, Baotist, Congregational, Methodist and Presbyterian Communions in Canada ¢ -- ~SRITISH WHIG -------- ~ od * - . fa. ¥ A ER SCA Wr = wr 'orward Movement > "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on Him should not perish but have everlasting life." tainty 'just ended, the people of Canada have prospered. Yet, pee the four years' fury of War, and the year of uncer-~ spiritual glories revealed to us in the great Conflict are being clouded by drifts of class-hostility, mutual suspicion and cynical materialism. - i The world is troubled. Old conceptions are giving place to new. Yet, the Kingdom of God remains, firmly grounded on the great principle of love. It has the one remedy for a world diseased :--"Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved." Five Christian Communions--Anglican, Baptist, Congrégational, Methodist and Presby- terian--call their various constituencies and the whole nation to a livelier and more sacrificial Christianity. They are making a great financial appeal. It is fitting that the public should know the reasons. The sharp rise in The Decline prices the world over of the Dollar has affected injur- iously the position of every man working for a fixed salary. Mis- sionaries are in this category. Stipends that were ample in 1900, and nearly ade- gunate in 1912, are utterly insufficient in 1920. There has been no general increase in these stipends. There cannot be, until the Canadian people scale-up their giving to balance the decline in purchasing-power of the Canadian dollar. . 5 International exchange has been unstable. Money for ex has been subject to heavy dis- counts. In view also of the increased cost of materials and of labor, any new building pro- gramme abroad has been out of the question. But the need for new buildings is imperative. Some missionaries are living in clay-floored huts. New Standards Se, nt Gan are Necessary 'ue 'Congres. tional Union, the Methodist Conferences, and the Presbyterian General Assembly, have set new standards for the salaries of Clergymen actively 'engaged in Canada. But, for the Missionaries, and for the Su- annuated Ministers, no increases have eh possible. One of the aims of the Forward Movement is to show the fine-spirited, Jeiiertus, Christian peo- pie of Canada that the old standards of giving for issions must be revised. It is impossible to main- tain existing stations, even on a pre-War basis, without more men and much more revenue, Coincident with The Call this financial difficul- 4d from Abroad ty, new and glorious portuni ties for the extension of Christian teaching have ap- In India, literally millions of "outcastes" are pleading for Missionary eachers and doctors. In China, a new ational spirit has been born. Missionary teachers are urgently required to help form- ulate the Na system of educaiion. Hospitals, Missionary nurses, doctors and dentists, are heartily welcomed by the peo- ple. From Japan, Africa and the Islands of the Sea, comes the same story. United National Campaign 3 he Home Here in Canada, sip the work of evan- esponsibility eelizing Indians and Eskimos must now be undertaken wholly by the Canadian Church. The rapid growth of our cities, the expansion of the West, the great immi- gration of the last twenty years, and the depopulation of rural areas, make a four- fold pfoblem which can be solved only by radical readjustments of policy and greatly increased resources of men and money. : Finally, the de. The Pressure on cine of the dollar has created difficul- the Colleges ties in financing the : Colleges and Uni- versitiés established and maintained for the train« ing of the Clergy. Last yeat, one College which had been able before the War barely to subsist, faced an additional charge for coal alone of $1600. 'All other expenditures have risen in like proper. _.tion. , Christianity has been the mother of Higher 'Education. A thoroughly trained Ministry is the great need of the times. The men of faith, filled with the Holy Ghost, . who proclaim the Gospel story by the frozen Cop- permine, beneath the cone of Fujiyama, along the banks of the Yangtse and the Ganges are the pro- duct of our Canadian Colleges. There the Vision first appeared to them. The Church must stand behind these institutions. z These are the of facts. Faced with such conditions, "The Uni Faith and P Frayer the Church lead- : ers, at first, were appalled. They went to their knees, first in sep- arate denominational groups, then in company. Putting aside for the time being differences of religious temperament, considering only their common belief in the Everlasting Father, the Almighty Son, and the eyerpresent Holy Ghost, they prayed together. en they arose, thrilled ' ik a a of the wonderful Missionaty o portunity, to Lege forthe to the whole body of Christians in ad a You are a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, and The Greatest in the Gospel He pro- claimed. our country of All Gifts has become great through + Christianity. The hope and love of the Gospel have warmed your heart and illumined your life, Next week you will be asked by the representa- tives of your Church to show practical proof of " your convictions. Be prepared--not to give a trifle out of your abundance, but to taste the full sweetness of Sacrifice. a Ee RTI TY IS -- Lill PERLE TE FT TRF LF Ta National Peace Thank-Offering Simultaneous Every-Person Canvass by Each Communion _ February 9:14 PAGE ena casael Four Good Reasons for a National ZL at ha ---- d ' 5 1 EE A A UE -- A -------------------------- -------- Sco -- ---- -- : : Er "5 \ : - : : o Sle hs - a i | ure Bacs wanteD (| Owing to th York funds, Telephone 703 we win pay Bighest prices for an Kinde of Jute Bags. Get 10 TELAPHONE 708 J. 0. A. SPEIZMAN 0 QU. 7. KINGSTON