"BLOOD AND FIRE”
SALVATION ARMY MOTTO OBJECTION BY SOVIET Special Correspondent Rec. 8 p.m. LONDON, Mar. 17. A Berlin report states that as the result of Soviet complaints that it is a quasi-military formation the Salvation Army has been refused permission to carry bn its work in Germany. The Soviet statement made to the legal directorate of the Allied Military Control Authority said'the Salvatioif Army operated on the basis of a military organisation and helped to develop military qualtiies and traditions. The Soviet also took exception to the Army’s motto, “Blood and fire.’’ American, British, and French delegates all favoured authorising the Army to work in Germany and pointed cut the humanitarian and international character of the Army. It is stated in London that General A. W. T. Orsborn. head of the Salvation Army, is going to Germany shortly to investigate the position.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26413, 18 March 1947, Page 5
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