D.C.A. ALUMNI COMMITTEE RETRACTS NEAR EAST SUPPORT

Unsettled political conditions in Turkey caused the Alumni Committee of the Christian Association at its last meeting to temporarily remove the support which it has been giving the Near East project. Attention was brought to the committee by Dr. W. E. Strong '82, who is familiar with conditions in Turkey, of .numerous incidents which made it advisable to abandon the work there, at least until such time as the political situation Should again become favorable for the carrying on of American educational work. The closing of an American College in Turkey, which was attended by W. Wiley '18, and the expelling of Americans from that district were instrumental in causing the committee's action.

The support which was given the Near East project will be transferred to a piece of work in North China which is being carried on by H. W. Robinson '10, who is personally known to two or three members of the committee. This support consists in paying a portion of Mr. Robinson's salary, and in starting several primary schools near Pao Ting Fu, where there art at present no school facilities.

Mr. Robinson, who went to China in 1915, and located 150 miles south of Peking in the village of Pao Ting Fu, has charge of the educational and evangelic work in connection with the North China Mission of the American Board.