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Show THE MORMONS IN INDIA The Government Sees No Cause to In. terfere, for the Missionaries Can Make No Conquests. But If Unlawful Doctrines are Taught the Penal Code Will Be Enforced. Small-Pox Yictims in" Montreal Run-ins Run-ins Into the Hundreds Daily. TUe mormon missionaries In India Washington, October .3. Reports have been received through official channels of the apparent utter failure of the recent Mormon mission, sent ' to India. The mission consisted . of Elder .Willes .and . Messrs. McCune and Pratt. Their arrival at Calcutta Cal-cutta was reported by the United States Vice-Consul to the Secretary , of State. Minister Lowell, by direction of Secretary Frehnghuysen, called the attention of the British authorities, with a view to checking shipment of Mormon recruits to the United states. The Indian authorities," to whom Mr. Lowells communication was referred, stated that the harm done - by the Mormons had been inappreciable, and that in the opinion of the government no special measures were at present necessary, but that in case of unlawful recruiting of men or women, the provisions of the penal code would be applied. The Mormons made no converts in Caloutta. They separated and visited other parts of India, and are reported to have converted two or three persons, per-sons, but finally became so much reduced in finances that they were compelled to seek help, and one or more of them left India in a state of destitution. |