Conferences Close

Last week the world conference of Christian Churches in Stockholm, (TIME, Aug. 24 et seq.) and that of the Zionist organization in Vienna, (TIME, Aug. 24 et seq.) held their final sessions.

Christian. After an address by the Crown Prince of Sweden, and after impassioned encomiums of the conference's work by various high prelates, chief among whom was Archbishop Soderblom of Upsala, the Universal Christian Conference on Life and Work came to an end, its many delegates returned to their several nations and churches. "We close," said Dr. Henry A. Atkinson of Manhattan, "with an emphasis on the importance of the church's making a united attack upon the gigantic evils which curse humanity. . . ."

Hebrew. Having adopted a measure calling for a uniform "chekel/- ", received a pledge of moral support from the Polish Government, elected (among others) Rabbis Stephen Wise (Manhattan) Abba Hillel Silver (Cleveland) to the Committee of Action, delegates to the Zionist Congress ended their last session at 6 o'clock of a summer morning and repaired moodily to their hotels. They had failed to choose an executive. All that night and for many days before, opposing factions had swayed in deadlock. It was finally agreed that Dr. Chaim Weizmann should submit a list of possible executives. But Dr. Weizmann was no longer in Vienna. Unable to endure the interminable altercating of his racial brothers, he had left at midnight for Geneva.

/- Unit of contribution to the Zionist cause.