29 NOVEMBER 1930, Page 3

The Salvation Army

The conference of the Commissioners of the Salvation Army which has been discussing constitutional reforms in the Army ended on Tuesday, and General Higgins made an announcement, A- very considerable minority

favoured "radical changes," but a majority carried the day in favour of continuing the personal powers of the General. The Army, in fine, will still be conducted on the lines of an army. Against this decision there is the rational argument that the Army is now a world-wide institution and that a single personal rule has become quite unsuitable to it. Tradition, however, has won, and it need not be doubted the decision will be loyally acted upon.