Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-06-26 | Page 17 | Sect Loses [Illegible] in Armed Clash

i l LOSES f 1 ll IN IF A ARMED Mf CLASH lA Israelites Under M Mod l lIf If Prophet Ousted by Bri Brij ish Government I CAPETOWN June 2 23 A 2 A A sect which calls itself th the thi under a a. prophet jm jm ria Enoch who refused to evacuate land at near Que town Cape Colony has been fort for ejected losing killed an and wounded in a fight with mount mounted d police 9 For some years past the go go ment had permitted the celebrate Passover on a comon each year a a. growing number of t grims remained behind on wh tj called hol holy ground until a vilIa some 3 0 huts had sprung up P. P Th The e forbade anybody to enter the g to recognize an any authority except ders from Jehovah the God of as interpreted by Enoch the pro The government go some time ago ago to register the settlement nt the police were obliged to avoid bloodshed a Peaceful efforts by the native affairs and others to Israelites to withdraw failed failed steadfastly refused to go ip ill Finally a force of mounted lice moved mo from to o oI I mand the surrender of the vil vII With shouts of Jehovah says sars w wr J I fight natives charged the lice with swords and assegais women urging on the men with religious chants The police l let tt t come on until within thirty yards ards then fired with the result st Thereupon the Prophet Enoch Enoch rendered and the village villaga is to be p The affair has caused some Cape house of f assembly pr Pre Smuts declared that in view o of f natives' natives obstinacy there was noTe noTo way to make male them understand J they must obey the law