General Booth's Scheme

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7948, 11 October 1905, Page 3

General Booth's Scheme

I Reasons for its Abandonment (Received Oct. Id, 9.1.1 n.m.) LONDON, Cci. II). Mr Bramwell Booth, on behalf of the General, has communicated the following to the newspapers :—As sev- | eral oi the States of Australia ate) lalarmul at !he prospect of a strt'am of emigrants unpossessed of ample I financial capital, and as it would tx .difficult to satisfy them regarding the financial status of these settlers, a section of the press raised a crythat we were sending Ihe ' submerged tenth.' No such idea cnteml our calcuUUoi.s. We believed this fear was dying, or was already d c ad, and that with a proposal to the Federal Parliament ti> aniei.d its immigration laws, emigration on a careful systematic and scientific plan would" be heartily welcomed. This, apparently w s a mistake, ami it is evident that the moment is inopportune for cmiKratioi! oi the dimensions proposed ihT.n* COnf ' r " ,c ' l ''J' a conference with the Agents-General and ot rr authorities on Australia resident in London. There does not .seen. 1 0 f ". a, V\ dls P oSltl °n on the part of Austria as a whole to accord sue 1 a welcome to the people we wisi U

(Received Oct. J* 10.43 pin ) ' „ „ LUXUOX, Or. 1,, Mr Hootft continued -'■ J,, '„„ scssed 0 f strong. convicti( , ns ?£_ w^ib ,, ZT t VT'" oflhv0b, "'"»»- vreaiui iind confidence in the Salvationists .bility to ...ppiy lhat „£, »'th a class of pwpje , vho WouW do credit to all concerned. But the direct responsibility of receiving and Placing enngr.ni, „,,„„, the States, and oonditiona do not yet prevail m tte States warranting us in proceeding with the scheme. "With respect to Queensland and West' Australia, they are exceptions as they aro preparer! to *varfilv wvl.' couid emigrants, hut onlv 'small contmgrnis of these wonW be assisted uinli-r' Hie existing regulations, though doubtless other facilities | would prtcsmtly be afforded ; but ev.n regarding these States we are strongly arlviwd to proceed with caution. \\V hone that small contingents will lie useful, and that thpv will object less as lo Ihl , ( i (1 „^ s t)( th,- emigrairts. I( a change of plan secures a heady) co-o|*Tation of .the colonials than at present seems possible, the abandonment r,f tho original schemd will bv temporary. Meanwhile, nij must simply wait anil work. "We do not wish it to be understood that we are objecting lo the all it ml,, of a large number of people in the Australian States. They aro entitled to manage their own affairs, and, while the Salvationists iluplore the difficulties! felt in welcoming a new populal ion, it is useless bewail "18-" General Pooth ih'clati*! earlier, In an intend w nii-h an Australian press irepresuirtotive. thif he rlrd not wish to say anything calculated to lead to a conflict w;th Ihe Labour Party in his statement as abovo set forth.

The Times says ihut General Mouth's conclusion that the moment is innppi nune is possibly right, hut that the grounds stated are surely inadequate, ami that it is iliflicult tn avoid the impression that something has been withheld which might explain the withdrawal.