Show I. I Plans to Bar t r ormon Missionaries Propaganda Has Been Appearing Recen Recently r in I Periodicals ICa is But So Far Senator Smoot Has I Be Been Able to Have Pass Passports Ports ti reee d Francis G. G Matson atson t n herald MII COrr Correspondent t D. D C. C Aug g SO O.-Ir O. If Iff government can have c f th the e English Ush J 7 in the tho without of- of i way war 1 C offense to the U United States will bo ho denied Mormon rmon miso mis- mis port PetS orts t aries tie bona bound d for tho o British Isles or empire possessions possessIon 1 y of oC tho the i of London newspapers pers and pes pe- pe t tot Of late lato s have havo been full tull of or anti anti- Mormon anti stories 6 and this fact has bas panda td 4 n a tendency to make It Jt difficult to touro uro p passports sports for missionaries k sine this country c for Cor an any of oC tho the t gUsh poss possessions Thus far Senator 4 got Ot working In close harmony harmon withe with d C e British embassy here has been ablee able 1 obtain passports for all ini 1111 missionaries Iho ho Do have ha left loft The embassy officials inclined to iso all tho the pa passports ports re e 8 Canted anted these missionaries but I if the da continues It is II simply a n. of time it Is said salt until the 1 British parliament will take e up the and pass legislation barring barring- ormon orman missionaries from any of ot tho the possessions Herewith I is an example o of the propaganda ganda anda which is being published In ini This particular article ap- ap i red In n a New ew ew York dall daily newspaper UY I HED it n 11 I tl London Jondon JAn on Aug 16 The The latest case caso at ow street when an attractive c girl girl o of was ns bound over on a charge of ot male mak- g j false falso statements to secure a pass- pass rt to Utah has again brought up tho of or Mormon Monnon Influence In our e cr have o th the ciders elders arrived arrival In greater numbers than at present when th male malc arid and female ml missionaries are Ing ling shipped t to Great Britain to obIn obIn ob- ob In converts for tor their polygamous lih I The Thc le hea level headed ed citizen will naturI I 1 says Why hy is anyone anono anyone s so PO o sm silly as 3 I lIste to these thee people In reply I J uld Quid ask Have Un you ou ever er met a aarm arm ermon 0 n 1 Mormonism is a a- avery ver very cleverly erh forked fraud rJ 11 t Its representatives arcU arc are 1 ell rell U skilled In bluff bluer and know kno how toach to toach ach each the simple classes with inducements induce Induce- ments to attend meetings and teas of or distinctively convivial nature A Avery er very attitude altitude is adopted For in instance In- In stance lance a newcomer comer to a service is fished shed at nt immediately b by a look good jg g man with an nn outstretched d hand cady ady ad to o ogle lc and convert herI her I 1 knew a young oung woman of oC attended attended at- at who ho recently ses appearance ten tended cd a Mormon l service and nd not liking tho the my mysterious air of oC the place she hurried out before beCore the tho rest of or the congregation congregation con con- ha had l risen from Crom their knees But a man spotted her and ho he w wa ae up the street on her track like lightning begging and praying her hoe to return return- She reluctantly allowed herself to be bo persuaded and trembling at her boldness bold ness even II ventured into tho dim precincts precincts precincts pre pre- o of a vestry where other elders to told It her hor of the th number of or girls waiting wailing to go 10 to Utah Propaganda Spreading Mormon propaganda andi Is spreading because nothing is done to restrain Its work among the young oung and Ignorant Parliament is 13 bus busy with oth other r affairs an and l this is the very cr moment for or theelder the theelder elder to escape observation atlon Ho Ito Is a foe Coe to family life lIe when he calls with his bun bundle lo of oC tracts which claim calm that poly polygamy am Is Js no longer lonser practiced or taught this claim But Dut the facts are against In the latest l edition of oc a volume the Mormons arc careful not to show how to tho the uninitiated that polygamy is set forth as 18 n a divine and permanent institution Once tho the conversion con is made te and tho the girl Irl has hns left her parents' parents roo roof to travel across the seas her morals are undermined undermined undermined under under- mined and the in in process begins Too late she discovers ers the awful awful aw aw- aw- aw ful CuI degradation awaiting aw her Girls arc are not the only onh victims Many a young oung married woman has hasben been ben encouraged d to a husband who is a godless Gentile and Join the saints fn in Utah without his knowledge It Jt never ne transpires in fn En England land that the creed reed is Ss sensual and devilish de and md few Cew here know kno that the church Is 15 merely merely mere mere- ly h a a. strong tron political organization to tr try to overthrow tho the United States goe gov go SO I e When English girls get Jet to Utah the they I are arc either taught that plural ml marriages ts t's arc are sacred and that they must rover rever r reverence cr ence the po polygamous elders ciders as ns' ns the tho married 1 in anointed of or the Lord or Ignorance Ir only to o er too late lato i they must share sharo their husband with I another partner Often OCten the marriage will take place pl with a scant ceremony In one ono in instance In- In stance tan e I am aware aware of oC a a. man waited In n. n cowl under a tree and joined a 1 girl Irl to a polygamist in a few muttered wor words s Tho case was told toll by a II horrified relative relative rel rel- alive of or the bride yet the thc scandal was hushed up because its publication I I I would have ha exposed other plural marl marI mar- mar l I es on more orthodox lines Polygamy Continue Continues Practically all the leadIn leading authorities authorities authorities ties of oC the tho Mormon church live e or have Jived lived In polygamy and the th doctrine Is taught in the secret t prayer meetings If It English women would only band themselves cs to together to fight tight this pernicious pernicious pernicious per per- campaign n Mormonism in England England Eng gns- land would c cease ase to be a a. flourishing nourishing plant Recently at Liverpool some spirited outdoor meetings have h been held b by bythe bythe the Mormon anti society and other towns town ml might ht well follow follo this example Tho cler clergy do much by warning their congregation n. n against Mormon elders In er e every place where a meeting house of oC the Latter-day Latter Saints crops up I I fear car in the tho Innocence 0 of their hearts the spiritual guides of our par parishes have failed Called to r realize what wha t Mor Mor- means means- Often Orten the elder will fraternize with other religious leaders who are arc quite taken en In b by hl his pleasant manners ant and apparent sincerity What hat would these same simpleminded simpleminded simpleminded simple- simple minded people have hao thought If IC they the could have ha seen seon tho the late President Joseph Jo- Jo Joseph Joseph Jo Jo- seph F. F Smith who died ta a few years cars ago o driving town down the thc city ll road In Salt Lake L. with four wives In an automobile automobile auto auto- mobile Surely Sureh tho the fact that yet another polygamist polygamist po- po was elected In his place gives SI this sect tho the lie lIc when the they assure the British public that plural marriage Is Isa Isa Isa a thing of oC the past Let mo quote tho the words of oC a Mormon Mormon Mor Mor- mon woman Mrs Irn Marion Marlon Williams who gave e a tho the world her experience Ina in ina ina a Mormon lormon harem She truly says The They have robbed tho the poor tho the widow and the lie fatherless and ma made e themselves the greatest financiers In Inthe Inthe inthe the worl world The They have defied deCie-d the United States I government for Cor over o el eighty ht years At last polygamists pol criminals and law-breakers law the they have c taken an oath o of treason against tho the government go o of the United States And yet ct we tolerate them In England Eng EnS' land toda today and let these hypocrites es cau ca- ca 1 u h Jo IV c our young women omen Ana nd wo 0 never ne oven oen raise a n protest In the house of oC oCI I commons Mormonism has had llad a marvelous mar success In Utah and now it is being transferred to English soil The priests arc are well trained ant and skilful 1 an and have o throughout the tho world worM a network more intimate and C effective than the German espionage e system S yet Tot we wo calm calmly I sit down ant and do nothing to legislate against such euch dangerous Intrigue Held in High Propaganda a such as is contained inthis inthis in inthis this article will havo have little or no effect ef ot- effect In Va Washington The hl high h regard in which Senator Smoot Is held In the thc legislative an and departmental branches of oC tho the government is a great tribute to Utah ant and tho the Mormon people Coming into the Senate under a cloud so to speak Senator Smoot withstood and came out victorious in one o of the most rigid Iel In Investigations to which a member member mem mem- ber of oC Congress was ever subjected In his three terms as a n United Stat States s senator Mr Ir Smoot has haM done more to create a feeling of or trust and regard for or Utah and her people than an any other man This Is the tribute paid him by many man manof of tho the officials of or Washington Wash ash I ington and the same thing has been said of oC him b by t several of or tho ho biggest magazines ant and periodicals In the countr coun coun- tr try Tho rho fact that he has been heen raised to the position of ot one of oC the TIc pub lican party part len leaders ers is sufficient to back up irl such a statement With a n full ull knowledge of oC this the tho British embassy is er very much inclined to work in harmony harmon with him In the of or passports passports of or Mormon missionaries mis mis- mis slon rl If IC the time comes when the British government O undertakes to bar Mormon missionaries s it will be done tone no doubt over the protest of or the embassy em em- m bassy bass officials here The regard with which the they hold holt Senator Smoot Is very hl high h and tho they would not be hp Inclined to ratH ratify an any action that would be a direct affront to one of or the leading figures In the tho United States Stales Senate as well as one ono of oC tho the leading slat statesmen of the countr country |