The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-04
FIGHT MORM0NS
Emigration of Girls Stirs Brit
iSh to War.
Cult Gains Ground Quickly in
English Capital.

| London. Jan. 4.-Some startling facts
recently issued by the New York Coun-
ell for Patriotic Service have resulted in
the formation here of the Anti Mormon
League, the founders of which hope tc
put an end to the activities of the Nor
mon missionaries within the British
Isles.
AS set forth, the aims of the league
: are:
ITO form a vigilance circle all over
the country to watch the work of Nor
mon missionaries from Utah; to con-
/ duct Investigations and inquiries in To-
calities where the Mormon church is es-
tablished; to protect children and
young people from being enticed into
the erroneous beliefs of Morrnouism,
/ to the danger in their midst with a view
Of obtaining their support and CO.
operation to combat the evil"
So far as London is concerned Nor
monism has gained ground much more
quickly than most people imagine Five
years ago Mormon elders began to
preach and deliver tracts and pampl1-
lets in Tottenham, a northern suburb
of London, and in that short time they
have succeeded to such an extent that
/ they have been able to purchase land
and to erect a handsome building
Now they are negotiating with a view
to building another temple in South
London.
100000 Leaflets Distributed.
Figures published by their own or
ganization show that last year the Nor
mon missionaries out of Utah distri-
buted more than 5000. 900 leaflets; their
activities are carried on in England,
Scotland, Ireland, Denmark, Switzer-
land, France and Belgium.
The emigration of patches of young
women goes on regularly under the
charge of one or two elders. who OBJ
tain the tickets, cecure the accommoda
ton and travel with the band to the
other side
One of the head Mormon missionaries
in Europe who forwarded the converts
to Salt Lake City was found to have
several wives in that center. The elder
who met the converts in New York
owned three interesting households His
duty was to receive the converts, shep-
herd them from boat to train, and then
on to the settlements of the Saints out
West Invariably these converts were
young women
The organizing director of the new
league is Mrs. L. T. Norris, who is con-
Quoting her operations from a small
office at AZ Victoria street.
For some time" she explained, "I
have been conducting investigations in
London alone. but I intend to make the
vigilance circle take in the whole coun-
try We know the Mormons are partic-
ularly active IN the North, among the
mill girls of Lancashire, and in York
shire, and We think it is time the public
should know what Mormonism stands
for
Il have been to their meetings and
Sunday schools. and. after what 1 saw
and heard. I decided it was time to
speak out and save the girls and wom-
en- who are marked down as the prey of
the Mormons. Only recently I heard of
case where q married woman had
left her husband and gone off to Salt
Lake City to join the main community
there.
From all over the country I am re-
ceiving letters from friends and SYM
pathizers volunteering to help. In Lon
don we have sixty voluntary workers,
whose duty it is to keep alive to the
movements of the Mormons, and in
vestigations of cases are taken up when
a report is presented to our Office