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...charge was religious persecution. It was made by Treasurer-elect Daniel M. Pattison of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (Northern) in a letter last week to U.S. Senators and the State Department. Objects of the charge were the supporters of the Conservative Party now in power in the South American republic of Colombia. During the past year or so, said Pattison, the Roman Catholic Conservatives had been systematically trying to drive the Protestants out by beatings, bombings, arson and intimidation...
...Pattison listed a round dozen "recent" incidents, gathered in a week spent in Colombia inspecting hospitals, schools and other works of the 39 Presbyterian missionaries now there. The Presbyterians, he said, had not been the only ones mistreated. Wrote he: "The Lutheran Church, which, with the Presbyterians, has the largest United States mission representation in Colombia, is ready to add its expressed protest to the religious persecution being experienced by Protestants under the present regime. The Scandinavian Alliance missionaries have been forced to leave-fleeing to Venezuela. Smaller groups have experienced at least as severe persecution...
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...These acts of persecution," concluded Pattison, "might be multiplied 100 times if one took the time to collect the details. Sworn statements from those who have suffered can be obtained if it is so desired...
...final rebuttal, Pattison admitted that the Revolution was a turning point, but questioned whether that made it necessarily good. The U. S. "plundered" the continent, he claimed, and added that American Democracy had its roots in Locke and the British revolution of the 17th century. Even Watt, he said, "was neither Russian nor American...