The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-09-26

bepn received ny thS
cy of the Church;
Liverpool, England, Sept 10, 1914
President Joseph +. Smith and Co'h-
selors.
NIv Dear Brethren
your very instructive and most wei
oor,e letter of August 20, was receiv-
oil day before yesterday. 1t was read
and re.read with a good deal Of at
,ortion and thoughtfulness. If | have
,ot said in a previous letter, ! will
.oc NOW. that before leaving Switzer-
land | advised that all the elders be
Gathered as far away from danger as
,rssible. and that they remain to.
co,her where they could be reached
opckly. At Paris ! instructed Pres
idu. nowells, to, at once remove all
Ills missionaries into Switzerland.
Thi, he promptly did as far as he
.ould reach them. Belgium at this
Elmo had become already a raging
hattie field and was entirely cut of
from communication and we were
gresty concerned about the elders
,aboriug there. reached Liverpool
an August p. aud was very much re-
lieycd to learn that all the brethren
who had been laboring in Belgium,
save three, were safe in London
These three came day or two later.
The cablegram referred to in your
letter reading thus: Release elders
Won cannot use. Think German and
French missionaries better remove
switzerland. Letter follows" has not
becn received up to date, neither has
the letter. | had already acted, how
ever in accord with your wishes as
EXPRESSED. Upon receipt of your ca
bic OF August 2S advising to release
all German and French missionaries
and to use discretion in transferring
all missionaries from neutral coun.
tries to United States missions,
Immediately complied by wiring the
release of all the elders in German
and French missions, and ] instructed
the presidents of the Netherlands,
Scandinavian and Swedish missions
10 release all elders who had practi-
cally completed their labors. also all
elders who were in any way iniirm
and all women missionaries. On &C
=
count of the difficulty of reaching
President Valentine direct, ! request,
ed Presidents Howells and Richards
to wire him in addition to my own
MESSAGE to him. President Howells
acted promptly and as a result OF
all the French missionaries here in
England except one. Brother How
ellis sent him several letters and also
telegraphed him, but for some reason
unknown to US he has failed to ap-
pear as yet President Valentine
got my message and replied as fol
lows: instructions received, are they
unconditional" | Immediately wired
Instructions unconditional: have all
elders leave" With President lie
Grande Richards help "a few elders
from northern Germany have reach
ed Holland, and two have arrived
here. do not understand why the
German brethren are not coming
away more rapidly. | have wired sew
eral times to find out the reason but
have received no reply. | am sure
they could find their way out If they
have been instructed by Brother Val
entine to leave and providing they
have the means. There is sufficient
money in the German mission and
feel sure Brother Valentine will dc
all he can to provide the elders with
what they need. This morning ] re
ceived your letter Of August 20, con
tanning your telegraphic correspon
dence with Senator Smoot. The cable
oil Secretary Bryan to the American
consuls abroad had already been
brought 10 my attention through the
united States consul here at Liver
pool, who has been exceedingly kind
To u.s. interpreted Mr.. organs cable
TO refer only to such Americans At
might be touring o. visiting temper
ariiy in foreign countries. That Am
orleans who had no particular bust
ness here or reason for remaininl
ought TO return to the United State'
Without delay Mr.. Washmgton--th,
consul here at Liverpool did no
mink it applied to such as we, VIII,
are IN no sense anxious to return
from you. letter, however, the sec
'e'aly Of state is undoubtedly of tn,
opinion that all our missionaries
ought to return to America. You, al
Ter quoting Senator SHOOTS Telegram
Se'tng forth his interview with. Sec
l'tdfN Bryan. conclude Vour Ipttnr al