Censorship and Annual Mission Offering

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 24, 1914

Censorship and Annual Mission Offering

Evidently coming through official sources, the following notice appeared in a recent issue of the Washington Post: “Americans writing to their friends in Turkey should be careful not to write anything about the Turks or their government, according to authoritative advices reaching here yesterday from the Ottoman Empire. The Turkish authorities open most letters, it was stated, and Americans in Turkey may suffer inconveniences as a result of unneutral statements.” While this caution is applied here only to one country at war, the suggestions made certainly apply to correspondence with all countries involved. With the modern mail system affording such quick means of communication, any nation at war must watch the mails, so all communications going to countries involved in this great struggle are subject to censorship.

The annual offering for missions, taken up on the last Sabbath of the week of prayer in every church, is depended upon to give a strong lift on the mission funds at the close of the year. A year ago the annual offering in this country was $44,453. With the extra pressure of need this year, we hope last week's gifts will bring a yet larger sum. Isolated believers, or those who were denied the privilege of meeting with others on this occasion, may take part still in the mission offering. Send the remittance to the church treasurer or to the conference treasury.