BAP! 



law of sssofiisti 1> political societies 



mar U dissolved and their funds confiscated 

 even nonpolitieal societies suppressed unless they 

 are spedallv authorised by the Government hi 

 .< H^rnrian movement had at that time 

 thrvairiiing that waolssale arrests were 



made among the peasantry and military p. 



, ... ,-, - , - , ; . 



to 



\Vhile iii 

 greal 



*-!. in Slaronia.an.1 particularly 

 i& to great pro- 



_ of li.-in o\\ 11 eiior- 

 __ 



MO cultivators, tlMM are worse off than 

 the tenant farmer*, owing t.. the heavy mortgages 

 - to these causes a rom- 

 >4ie agrarian movi-mcni Miuilar to that ... 

 md a fertile soil in eastern BUvooia, 

 Hivrrnmriit party has a large majority in the 

 Agram I Met. luii it is opposed niinority 



whose aim is neparntiou fnm Hungary ami tin- 



1 kinu''l"in of < 



. Sia\ :. .t. halmatia, U-.-nia. 

 nixl iloraegovina. I-'HIMM-. and l>tria. 



Hours, | r-i-l.ition. i (jia-stioti of ; 



lat ing the stock andprodooeezo&uige lia- < n^a^ed 



.-trillion of tin- Hungarian (iovi-riininit. which 

 r.->4-ntativcs to invrstjpitc the con- 

 ns prvvailin:; in tin* principal bourse centers of 

 opf. Thi-n a conunis>ion was COOStitated under 

 the auspice- of llaron Daiiirl. the .Minister of ('.m- 

 linancial. mercantile, and 

 iHural itiMitiitions. tin- Reichstag, and the 



legal profession "ere represented. The I. ..U! 



Buda- Perth i- an institution through which 1m- 

 in produtv, as well as in stocks and shares, i- t ran- 

 m-t.tl. It*>inp the only estal>li-hinent of the kind in 

 Hungary, it plays an important nart in the ..M- 

 mercial and tinancial affairs of the country. The 

 hoarse cominiltee, which has imini-t ra- 



I. .1 from am. tug tin* members, 

 .tie afterward ratified by the 

 Mini Mineree. The decisions of the com- 



mittee are final after they ha\. berii reviewed by 

 officials appointed by the Government for the pur- 

 but the pOWerS Of these otVlcials are limited to 

 ting the action of the committee to its p r ,.. 

 scriln-d sphere, within which its p,.\\rr is practi- 

 cally uncontrollrd. The subjects to \\hich the 

 iimeiit iin|uirv was directed \\eiv the position 

 of the bourse in relation to the state, the composi- 

 tion of the bourse committee, Che conditions 



lating the terms of membership, and the < 

 plinary authority of the bourse authorities. The 

 majority of the commission approved the intrnni- 

 tion of the state for the regulation of the I 

 an 1 its nii-thods of business. In t he discussion of 

 nd question the n-pn-sentat : .irian 



interests proposed that the committee should in 

 future be composed partly of candidates elected by 

 the members of the bourse and partly of caml 



:iltural associations having Invct 



connection with the bourse. This latter element 



they desired to add becail-e the produc- 

 ers a preponderating inllnener ,,n a-rii-nlture 

 in general and iijion the material welfare of the 

 farmer and landowner in particular. Their opin- 

 ion was oppoxrd by the financial experts on tin- 

 plea that all corporations, agricultural and others, 

 that were in direct touch with the bom 

 titled to a voice in t he elect ion of thr- commit tee. 

 but the adoption of the proposals ,,f the agrarians 

 would subject the decisions of the commit: 

 outside control, which in the end would prove det- 

 rimental to all concerned. With regard to the 

 third question the representative of the bourse 

 committee advised the application of legal mea-- 

 ures limiting the number of member- who -hoiild 

 be entitle. 1 -id the exclusion of undesirable 



B 



BAI'I |s|x | ,Hcan Ba; rbook 



for lH97gires the followin. for the Ilaptist. 



n thr I'nitiNl States: Number of associa- 

 tions, 1.567; of churches, 40,658 ; of minister 



of members. :{.H24,038; of persons bai>ti /.! 

 during thr year. 172.434; of ministers ordained 

 during the year, 504: of Sunday schools, i. 

 with 164,431* officers and teachers and I.V. 

 pnpiN; value of church property reported, $84,- 

 080JQ99; am-unt of salaries and 'church expenses 

 n-|.rted. $8,106.769: of contributions for mi-- 

 $1.^.VVJ1 T edu.-ati.m. x ,(,- 



rflUnrinis Drifts. $2.214.682. Six hundn-d and 

 two churches were organized during tin- year, and 



.ur<-h IMH Id i ntrs dedicated. Thirty-three chari- 

 table institution* return piop-rty rained at $1 



On- hun-lred and sixt^-i, ifl are < ..n- 



docted as representatire of the Baptist .-!,,. 

 and prim-ipl^. For Baptists in the world, includ- 

 ing America, Europe. Asia, Africa, and Austr 

 are enumerated 47.363 churches, 81^25 ministers, 

 and 4^73.264 members. 



Home Mlftftlon Society. Tho wvontv-fifth an- 

 nual meeting of the American Baptist Home Mis- 

 sion Society was held in I'ittsburir. I'M.. Mav l!t and 

 -". T:.- I;- r, II. Kir;;-- I 1 . rt< r ; : - ; rl. The total 



N for tho year had been $422.42*. of which 

 $^> 7.329 were from the contribution* of dm 

 Sunday schools, and individuals. The extxniditures 

 had been $450.608. viz., $202.30* for missionaries' 

 salaries, $84.469 for teachers' salaries, and $ 



for expenses of administration. The ^rross debt of 

 the society on April 1. iv7. wa- s-ji i.;:i}. toward 



the payment of whi--: -ad 1 n specifically 



subscribed, leaving a net indebtedue-s of sl^l.- 

 761. In the missionary depart ment 1.0(54 mission- 

 aries and teachers had been employed, of who' 

 missionaries and 'Jl teachers had labored amount he 



jn p< pulatioii : 47 missionaries and -JUJj, . 

 amonirthe colored people; 17 missionaries and 'Jl 

 rs amoi.K the Indians ; 17 mi- and "> 



teachers aillonj: the M , 

 the Mormons; and 4-VJ mi i'.narirs amon-/ . \nieri- 



.onaries hail supplied 1 .77") cln. 



ami stations, and reported 4,!>H' members received 



by bapti-' iiurch members. I-'.? churches 



:/ed. 1.ir>7 Sunday schools, with a total at- 



10 of brne\olr||' 



tributioiis from the mission churches. Tt,,- society 

 aided in the support of 31 established schools for 

 tin* colored people, the Mexicans, and the Indians, 

 11 day schools for the Chinese, and 1 day school in 



Utah, and l in New Mexico. The work among the 



Indians was confined almost ex<-lu-ively to Indian 



and Oklahoma Territories. The work among the 



foreign [Hipulation- .ally a-siimin^r new 



;! of the churches called fon i-n had 



during the .,me American, dropping their 



foreign tongue and using the Knglish lan-un-e in 



all their M-rvices. Much of the work done among 



people was "foreign" now only in name. 



Probably the majority of German, Swedish, and 



