E. H. ADDINGTON

ON FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE. 13
dress that the Craft had had a prosperous year. The balance in the
treasury had been reduced some four hundred and thirty-four dollars.
But the grants for benevolence had been increased by over four thousand
dollars.
There is a good deal of correspondence quoted by the Grand
Master anent a case of invasion of jurisdiction on the part of a Lodge
subordinate to the Grand Lodge of Michigan, to wit: in going into
Canada as a Lodge and performing therein a burial service. Complaint
was lodged by the Grand Master of Canada with the Grand Master of
Michigan, and he was requested to explain the act of invasion, and to
take such measures as might be necessary to prevent a recurrence. The
Grand Master of Michigan replied that he was unable to find any law
violated by the Michigan Lodge. The Grand Master of Canada in a
further communication held that he could not discriminate between
Masonic ceremonies; that no ceremony of a Masonic character not
authorized by the Grand Lodge of Canada, nor one performed by any
Masonic Body not of its register, could be permitted within its Jurisdiction.
The Grand Master of Michigan stood upon his original declaration.
The Grand Master of Canada urged a disavowal of the act of
invasion; and after a delay of seven months felt constrained *to resort
to the only resource left him to maintain the jurisdictional rights of his
Grand Lodge, and issued an edict of non-intercourse with the Masons of
th^ Jurisdiction of Michigan. After a while the Grand Lodge of Michigan
convened and sent a deputation to visit the Grand Master of
Canada. After a full discussion, the Michigan deputation admitted the
invasion and expressed regret for it. The Grand Master of Canada
then visited the Grand Lodge of Michigan, and received a hearty welcome.
The edict of non-intercourse was withdrawn, and peace and
harmony restored.
We are heartily glad that the incident is closed. It is best, we
think, to refrain from comment. But this we feel constrained to say,
that every Masonic Lodge should know that it cannot work in any way
outside its own Jurisdiction except at the request and as the guest
of a Lodge of the infaded Jurisdiction; and that this applies to the
Masonic burial of its own members as well as to any other kind of
Masonic work.
The Committee on Fraternal Correspondence advised against affiliation
with the Bureau of the Grand Lodge of Switzerland.
The Grand Master reported a case where on ballot two black balls
appeared, but there was one ballot more in the box than members voting.
This was after the candidate had been declared rejected. The surmise
was that some Brother had deposited two black balls. The Grand Master
wisely decided that the declaration of rejection could not be disturbed,
but sagely admonished the Master to count the balls on a ballot before
declaring the result.