Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-04-07

be banlshed or n they had anything
agalnet me. 90 al of which questions
he answered with shug OF the should
cra. / told him I couldn't get out In
two DAYS. ANA asked for more time.
Hc seemed 90 take the suggestion Ia
vorabiy and called iu the head man 30
decide the matter After humming and
having Tor o while they concluded 90
give me two weeks. at The end of which
time ! was TO be out or pay a fine OF
iitty marks. Z asked him III &c was be-
cause / was n Mormon that / was be-
ing hanished in answer Go which DE
merely told mo my presence was unde-
sirable and that ] had 20 go.
Just at this iuncture % the conversa-
tion Bro Cannon who was next ON the
list. came in. exactly one hour after
/ had arrived. His medicine was just
The same as mlne. only that he
preached 20 them for awhile and I was
unable 20 DO that An hour after Bro
Burton came and we were all presented
our Punishment papers.
I'VE BID them am a very afectionate
adieu and lefL After dinner we went
20 the consul so see 10 De could DO any
thing Tor u.s.
AMERICAN CONSUL POWERLEss.
"He received us very pleasantly. much
To- our surprise ana said Doe would be
more than pleased 60 do an he could for
u.s. This I regret 90 say was nothing
Germany reserves the right Co Danish
anyone With or without cause. whose
presence may be Objectionable be told
u3. The most under any CilCum tances
that he could do for as was perhaps %
get our time extended for week or two
If we would promise during that time
20 do nothing I'm q religious way This
Of course was no advantage. 80 we de-
clined.
1T IL only a repetition Of what they
have done with several Elders who
have worked here IL as. as ! said IN
my last letter, not a very serious thing
to be bonished from Prussia. The only
disagreeable feature SIS that one under
those circumstances cannot return FOR
any length of time, unless De does Il
secretly and then he runs a chance of
rettir caught and being thrown into
Jail or fined This is not very pleasant
TO contemplate. but there are other
countries than Deutchland. though
these worthy subjects OF the k0isers
seem 90 think otherwise.
There is one other authority Co whom
we might take our case 100 the person Of
the Count Of SchwerIn. Tie o. the head
OF this police department here. and is
presumably the instigator OF our trou-
bic, so we think 10 win DO no good 90
go 90 him.
where We viii so after we leave
Hamburg I cannot say. but more than
likely we viii be sent 10 south Germany
There we may have o little more free
dom"
ELDER CANNON WRITES TOO.
Elder Clarence Cannon, son OF Presi-
dent Angus NJ. Cannon, writes his faith
er on the same subject as follows
1T has been some time since !
last wrote you personally and
take this chance of writing YOU a
few lines. ] am pleased 20 report my
health as very good ] am very sorry
TO have 10 report that with Brothers
Burton and Clawson have been ban
ished from Prussia and must leave this
city inside OF two weeks. DO not az an
get worried over me. for ] am an right.
They have been watching our move
ments Of late with detectives and found
out we were missionaries and sent as
notices TO appear at the police head
quarters. We We're all told we must
leave this land OF az least Prussia At
first they wanted as 20 leave In three
days. but / asked for two months and
they only gave me two weeks. the same
as the other brethren. This means that
II / am caught I'm Prussia again living,
/ may be fined one hundred marks or
suffer "a days imprisonment. ! asked
their reason for banlshng us and they
replied they did not need TO give us
any. except that we were "MormOns,'
and that our presence was not wanted
and undesirable. / asked for a chance
20 say a word or two and began by ask
ing them n they remembered the walks
Of Jesus Christ and how He was treated
and finally killed; Of how Paul. the
Apostle. was banishcd AT times. and %
how the early-day Saints were logged;
I also asked him II he remembered how
Martin Luther was once used. etc. To
this he replied yes. ] then asked him,
II II is not written IN the Bible that we
should love our enemies. He said. yes.
Then, said T. why do you hate US. when
you call us your enemies? Then why
do you hate US? He did not know what
10 say In answer 10 me. ! was bearing
my testimony 20 him but he would hear
no more. In taking my stature, color
Of eyes, etc, / asked him II he could
see anything bad In them and he said.
No: ! believe there r. nothing In them
but good. / afterwards told him / held
no ill win against him; that some day
we would stand before the bar OF jus
tlce. and he would know then what our
people are. ] also told him. II he ever
visited my country, to call on me and |