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January 3, 1930 WILMETTE peace . conference in London. He is one of the f~w men who have the distinction of ~eclini~g an ambassadorship, that !lf the post. 1~ Tu~key during the Mc~mley admtmstratton, to which Prestdent Angell of Yale was appointed upon Dr. Barton's recommendation He. has lived or traveled abroad as th~ h.ead of American missionary, educational and relief activities since 1885, returning to the United States to undertake the active direction of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. He has been the chairman of the Near East ·Relief from its organization and is in charge of its program of · its overseas LIFE Desire American Leadership for Near East Work American leadership will be sought by most of the Balkan and Near eastern countries during the next ten years declares Dr~ James L. Barton greatest American authority on Nea; eastern problems. I~ a report to t~e American people on tts overseas ,phtlanthropic and educational work during the past decade which will be published shortly in book form, Dr. Barton reviews the American contribution to postwar reconstruction, and sums up the revolutionary changes which have taken place in Turkey, Greece, Russia and other countries during this period. " "All of . these countries,". he says, are entermg upon new penods of intellectual, social and economic development. They are breaking with the conservative, hampering traditions of the past and . are seeking new methods of modern education, social health and econoJTiic betterment. Manv enlightened leaders are coming forward from among these different nationals to welcome recognized and trusted experts in the various lines of progress. These experts are necessarily largely to be drawn from America. And the Near eastern leaders and governments arc ready to cooperate with them in promoting the higher interests of their people. Want Service Continued "Foreigners, especially the people oi Eastern Europe, have observed the disinterested service rendered by organiz~tions such as the Near East R~ lief in the fields of education, social service. and health. And their hope for the future lies in a continuance of this American service, with the opportunitv · which it offers to backward peoples of realizing higher ideals and higher economic standards. "The situation in the Near East toda_ v is epochal. A new generation of leaders is rising up, who have never heen guided hv and who do not know the age-long ·traditions that hitherto have prevented social. moral and religious progress. · Mam; of them are thoroughh· educated ·in modern methods of ag.r iculture and industry an·d in the use of modern tools. While thev are of the East and produced bv the East. in their thinking and in their outlook thev are Western and progressive. Most of these new leade~s are the products of American philanthropy, through education and relief which has been so generously poured into these Bible Lands since the war. Children Take up Task "The children who have felt this American influence are today in a position to become, in the society of their native lands, a mighty element of leaven for permeating that entire society with new. inspiring and constructive ideas. Yet there is stilt a danger. in view of American training, that they w'itl be overwhelmed bv the dead weight of the stolid life -about them, at the very time when they are in a po~;ition to become a mighty force throughout ·alt their countries. "This is the question which Near East philanthropy is facing today. There is a call and a demand for further efforts throughout the entire area of the Near East. Americans already have the satisfaction of having carried to completion the greatest emergency task in history. But there is a supplementary catt for further assistance in a far more constructive task. There is an eager desire in these backward countries for American leadership, and there are expanding opportunities for constructive aid. What wilt the next chapter be?" Pioneer in Field Dr. Barton was the advisor of the American government on Near eastern problems at the Lausanne peace conference. and official reoresentative of minority peoples at the preliminary emergency wor.k. ... His forthcoming book will appraise this work and make formal recommendations for the continuance of certain reconstructive phases of the work which he believes should be carried on until they can be turned over to local agencies as permanent contributions to the welfare of the respective countries. CarrieS. Roberts Mnnber Woman's Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Teacher of Piano and Musical Theory Cl1111 and Priwte Lmon· CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICE. .. 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