SALVATION ARMY BILL.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20316, 15 August 1931, Page 11

SALVATION ARMY BILL.

COMMITTEE'S FINDING. "*** 0« OWJT CUKRESI'O.NUEM.t ej . LONDOX, July 10. (yS™ 6 * Committee of Hie House the Salvation (*hich gives legislative Ntiul c °nstitutioual changes following the deposition of i^g^*® w ell Booth) has decided hfc^fr-Preamble of the Dill aS (nL * . ' I**'"® this decision in the •Wis last week, Lord *fi» chairman of the Comifoat thev wished to say '■ l' <0 O PW° n the promoters * liill ii* clsoiee than to-proceed iii * fc* doea t interfere with Jiiiwwi ?."y Wa - V either direcllv the doctrines of the Sal- | d dov. - n ia the trust I in no v> ay provides for an y control whatsoever s of Great Britain SkL 'WHtitution, organisation, 0r doctrines of the Salva"wmt3iri3 no - pi'ovisions... lIbSJJw* with or affect, either - w adirwtly, ths> oonetituJl,

tiou or organisation of the Salvation Army in any country outside Ureal Britain and "Northern Ireland. "The Committee trusts that,. in making tliis statement." he added, '•'it mnv allay the anxieties and remove the misunderstandings wnicn bavc arisen over this Bill. . "The Committee would therefore wish to say that they regard the presence of the petitioners as having.bee" of the greatest value. The er,' opro ition lias been conceived from the highest conscientious motives, ana their loyalty in opposition,, both to tii Salvation Anny and their Geneiai, has been most conspicuous. '■Equally the Committee been impressed by the smgle-imnded desiro of the General to do what is best for the Salvation Anny The existence o this loyalty of tho Petitioners™, the one hand, and tho devotion of the General on the other, emboldens the Committee to feel confident that no this matter has been, decided the ration Army will: go forwaid as J united body in the furtherance ot their great work." ... . .