The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-24
.NORMONS MUST
co, SAY GERMANS
Severe Measures to Be Adopted
by Authorities to Stamp
Out Sect.
TEACHINGS OF ELDERS
REGARDED AS OBNOXIOUS
Persons Who Insist on Spread
ing Mormon Propaganda to
Be DepOrted.
Special Cable to The Tribune.

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BERLIN, July 23.-The police au-
thorities, it is announced, intend to con-
duct relentless campaign against the
spread of Mormonism in Germany. The
expulsion yesterday of twenty-one
Americans belonging to the local Nor
mon community is to be followed, the
police say, by such severe measures as
may be needed to stamp out the sect.
Persons who insist upon attending the
meetings of the church may be ex-
pected to be turned over to the police,
who will see that they are escorted as
far as the frontier.
Leaders Leave Empire.
This revival of the campaign is due
to the renewed activity of the Mormon
leaders in carrying their propaganda in
to Berlin, where their community, in
Guiding a number of families from
Utah, has been growing. Four hundred
persons were attending a revival meet
ing when the police descended upoi
them. The leaders. including Thomas
Mckay Of Salt Lake City, Utah. head
OF the Mormon propaganda in Europe,
Were gwen until Monday in which TO
leave the county and will be watched
until they cross the border.
Authorities Are in Earnest.
The German authorities have always
dealt vigorously with Mormonism, con-
siderlng its teachings abnoxious, So
cialistic, especially on social and ethl-
cal grounds, regardless of whether its
followers now practice polygamy or not.
The lead which Germany has taken
Will be an international movement
against Mormonism and Mormon mis-
sionaries. For several years mission
aries sent out from England and
America have been working diligently
on the continent. Recently Mormon
ism has grown to such an extent in
European countries that the govern
ment took cognizance OF protests from
various churches,
No Under Tactics.
The campaign to drive MormonisIn
out of Europe viii be sympathetic.
Those who profess to be members of
the church will not be molested as
long as their religious observances do
not interfere with the civil or criminal
laws OF the country In which they re-
side. Only the missionaries who are
accused of under tactics in preaching
their doctrine will be ordered to leave
the country.
OF the Mormon missionaries whose
expulsion from Germany was ordered
by the Prussian minister of the inte-
rior, there are three American young
main, The other eighteen will have
until Monday night to leave German
territory.
The police today assembled the Nor
mon missionaries. The three young
Americans had, in the meantime, APP
pealed to Charge d d'Affaires Irwin
Laughlin of the American embassy Mr.
Laughhn, in the absence of Embassa-
dor Hill, requested the foreign office
to cancel the order OF expulsion for the
young American students until further
investigation could be made. This de-
lay will likely be granted,
other Governments Will Aid.
Herr Dalwitz, the Prussian foreign
minister who has expelled the foreign
missionaries, did not act hastily. 1t
is understood that the French. italian,
ments stand ready 10 continue prosecu-
tion if it necessary. 1t may not be
necessary, for word from the foreign
capitals today said that a number of
foreigners. who had established them
selves AS Mormon missionaries had al
ready fled.
Mormonism has attained stronger
many Americans believe. Missionaries
first came across the Atlantic many
years ago. At first meetings of the
proselytes were held in the home of 4
member of the new church. Gradually
have been built and communi-
ties have sprung up,
Although the missionaries disclaim
the civil authorities say that
it exists to an alarming extent in some
of the Mormon settlements in America.
1t was this, with the growing power of
the Mormon church, that caused the au-
thorities to take tho action of the past
week.