DOORS WELL GUARDED

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 561, 14 January 1929, Page 9

DOORS WELL GUARDED

ARMY COUNCIL HALL TWO OFFICERS SUSPENDED (United PA. —By Telegraph — Copyright) (Australian and, Press Association) Reed. 9.5 a.m. LONDON, Sunday. Although the majority of Salvation Army High Councillors were absent from Sunbury, uniformed officers most closely guarded the doors over the week-end. The telephone authorities were instructed to refuse all calls to General Bramwell Booth’s Southwold cottage. Inquiries there elicited General Booth is making no statement until the High Council again meets. The "Daily Herald” says two high officers were summarily suspended by the anti-Booth party and disciplinary action will be taken in regard to several more. “It is apparent that the anti-Booth section will fight to the bitter end in the struggle for supremacy." The opening words of the 46th Psalm, “God is our, refuge and strength,” were the keynote of the proceedings as the members of tire High Council of the Salvation Army listened to the reports and impressions of the officers who visited General Booth, according to the official report of Saturday’s assembly at Sunbury. EARLY DECISION The report says the interview was of a most intimate nature. The General fully understood the purport of the visit, and promised to give his decision without delay. The council adjourned until Tuesday morning, when the decision is expected. Dr. Herbert Hart, one of the oldest members of tlie Salvation Army, who was private secretary to the first General Booth, drove up and asked to see the members of the council, but bis request was refused. He told interviewers that he wanted to suggest that instead of being dismissed the General should be made a fieldmarshal.