COURT MAY DECIDE

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 16 January 1929, Page 5

COURT MAY DECIDE

SALVATION ARMY LEADERSHIP.

GENERAL BOOTH’S DECISION. CLASH WITH HIGH COUNCIL. {United Press. Association— By Electric Telegrapb Copyright.) —United Service). Received 9.50 -a.m. to-day. LONDON, Jam, 15. A -dramatic last minute, change in General Booth’s reply to, the High Coimeill is likely to bring .the final settlement to ithe courts. His refusal to retire, according to. the l "Daily Mail’’ was strengthened l as a result of a telephon'ei communication between the sick room and London. Owing to delay, Mrs Booth will not leave Soiuthwold with the General’s letter for the council until the morning. In the meantime there has been, ai further clash between his supporters and the council. Adjutant Herbert Bobbers, Of Kingston, addressed a letetr to 1100 field officers appealing to them to. pledge their support to General Boo.th’s proposal to establish a, new council during his illness. Directly the High Council heard of this- it dispatched telegrams costing £IOO condemning the letter as unauthorised and stating that those replying to it would do so ait their own risk. The council has summoned Adjutant Bubbers to Sunbury Court and has given him an opportunity of apologising, otherwise it states he will be transferred. Adjutant Bubbers says he is ac ting in accordance to his conscience and with the support of his brother officers.

ELEMENTS OF A DRAMA. MRS BOOTH’S DASH TO SUNBURY COURT. HIGH COUNCIL RESUMES DELIBERATIONS. Received 10.30 aim. to-day, LONDON, Jan. 15. There were all the elements of a drama in Mrs l Booth’s motor dash from Southwold to Sunbury Court this morning. She started in a blinding snowstorm to cover 126 miles in three and a half -hours. The General only added his signature at midnight to his reply to the council’s ultimatum. The car arrived at 11.30 at Sunbury Court, where an elderly woman, stepped out with a large envelo.pe_in her hand. The authorities at Sunbury Court are receiving hundreds of telegrams from all parts of the world protesting against the attempt tex remove General Booth. These were mot placed before the High Council. There is much conjecture whether Mrs Booth will be allowed to appeal to the council with the eloquence which- won over thousands, in the hope of saving her husband. The High Council resumed at 3 o’clock to consider General Booth’s letter, in which connection, am ann ounce - memt is expected at five o’clock. FIELD OFFICERS ORDERED TO IGNORE APPEAL. MILLIONAIRES PROVIDE FUNDS. \ LONDON, Jan. 15. A London Salvation Army officer has circularised 1500 field officers suggesting they send a message of encouragement and affection to General Booth during his trouble. The High Council discovered this and sent 1500 telegrams ordering the field officers to ignore the appeal. It is understood the High Council intends to place, the next general on a salary basis. The American councillors have been informer! that Mr. John Rockefeller, junior, has established a. million dollar trust yielding the Salvation Army in America 51,000 dollars annually. Commander Evangelinfe Booth comments that this shows unabated trust and confidence in the army. The New York correspondent of the “Daily News’’ states that the American councillors have been greatly strengthened- in their attitude by Mr. Rockefeller and other millionaires emphasising that they would not support the army while the present autocracy was maintained.