Ecclesiastical Affairs

P:Lincoln Cathedral, England, is cracking. One hundred thousand dollars more is needed to save it. Forthwith to this country has come the cathedral dean, T. C. Fry, calling to "educated lovers of the great old memorials, which after all belong not only to England but to the English-speaking race." A meeting was held at the home of Mrs. James J. Goodwin, Manhattan; the patrons included John W. Davis, and Mesdames E. L. Baylies, G. Whitney, W. B. Cutting, B. Brewster, H. L. Satterlee, H, F. Osborn. A. B. Hepburn.

P: In Manhattan, Unitarian Potter defeated Baptist Straton in the debate on the Virgin Birth. He has now won two out of three debates and has two to go. Both debaters referred to the biology of parthenogenesis. But the Baptist's best argument seemed to be that Presidents Wilson and Harding believed with him, to which the Unitarian countered that Presidents Taft and Eliot believed with him.

P:Frank Munsey, buyer and seller of newspapers, gave $100,000 to the building fund of the nave of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, seat of the Bishop of New York who is now Dr. Manning. A potent committee under Franklin D. Roosevelt and Elihu Root seeks further funds to total $15,000,000.

P: Archbishop Zepliak, head of the Roman Catholic Church in Russia, convicted and once condemned to death, was released from prison. He will be banished. This action follows strong representations made by the Pope to the Powers.