| Show WILL APPEAL TO THE EMPEROR President Hugh J Cannon tannon of the German Mission So Decides IN MATTER OF m EXPULSION former speaks Of or Iu to unit ld hut Ni The lilt Minister Are Berlin April Apri 26 Hugh h J Cannon the thu Mormon missionary Intends to ap op appeal peal pol to Emperor William WIlam Cor slon sion for Cor tire th Mormons to remain In it Prussia hoping that his iris policy olcy of at religious tolerance may In the tire Mormons In his petition petton Mr Cannon sets fets forth the the morality of Mormon lormon doctrines and refers to the Inability of ot his iris adver adversaries Ider saries to cite cie any airy example of oC the he Mor for Mormon mon teachings which iras has his been sub subversive subr r le of the tire laws of the Iho state or of ot orderly citizenship He lie le declares also allo that by the command of the supreme head of ot the Church polygamy Is not taught taught Mr Cannon last Wednesday sent cent to the and the empress copies of the Hook of ot Mormon In German If I no J old Is I extended to the Mormon mis missionaries by Emperor J William and If Ir the orders order of or expulsion are enforced nil the tire missionaries ml will lt leave ve quietly al Mr Cannon expects the United l States to Intervene In cases where missionaries have Iio been maltreated ns as for tor Instance In the affair at nt Of nab ruck Prussia last lust when two missionaries were iere dragged dr ged through the tire streets of ot the tue town towns And Imprisoned for Cor three days do They were deported to Hanover where whore they were again l aln placed In jail jal Jai and later rent Fent on our to 10 Hamburg Affidavits of these thes occurrences have been ireen forwarded to Senators Kearns arid and Smoot who It is stated here have hav asked Secy Hay 1 to 10 demand an apology from Germany German In this nuttier matter Ilter on out the ground that American citizens were treated brutally Among monK the converts to Mormonism made In Germany ore are Ire several police policemen men Inca ten who were ent sent to observe the rule Ils meetings Whon Wiron shown hown the tue above nuovo today loday Elder Rider Arnold H U president of ot tint the rold German Getman mission million from roar said that thaI during Mi iris hl administration nIl there thieve were nine banishments from Prussia Pru la labut but that no cases of ot violence had been ben reported The maltreatment above re referred reo referred to 10 paid he lie hI occurred as In January Januar ferr last lal hen viren two missionaries were handcuffed and anti placed pi 1 re In Jell Jail Jai further Elder 1 said paid Tire The TI truth of tire tho matter mater Is the op we have had irad to contend with In Germany has all al come from om the tire minis ministers minister tens a greet great real many man of ot whom are mem memo members hers bers ter of ot the tag and therefore able bes to C do io Just about as irs they please The expulsion lon order Is IR such that If IC en enforced enforced forced It will work a great hardship on our people as ns It will wil exclude our mis missionaries from corn by b far Clr the greater part pat of ot the German empire When hen we taos moved mo ed eti 11 our headquarters from tron Hamburg to Berlin In August u 1900 19 ice o 0 were Werl required to submit copies of our tracts books pamphlets for or government scrutiny examined very ery carefully These Threse were sieve with the tire report that nod later returned wih tha we were at liberty I to 10 establish had bad quarters In Berlin Herlin as ag there was ices noth nothing nothIng ing lag In our teachings that in anywise conflicted with tire the laws of or that coun coon country countr lh tle order try tr As I lew It the expulsion practically nn end ot or the te work InGerman In InGerman InGerman German that Is I to so far as the preach preaching log ing of ot our belief Is I concerned And Anti if the Lire order or Is II carried carrie out It will still wi only he ire heB irea B a short time tiara until the other provinces province will have caught tire the fever anti and they too to 1 will Issue orders ord rs to the same Came lame effect t doubt whether wh ther Emperor William can be b LIe prevailed upon to 10 afford us any an re te relief te let lief We WI have ha f met with wih wonderful SUP rue u eM 1 r In northern northern Germany and this tir I cel take tak It very ery ef largely laKI for the present prent attitude of ot the gay gov government go UTAH APPEAL APPEL The Th sent 10 tp If Secy Seey Se of oC State Hay na by b Senators Senator Kearns anti and Smoot Smoot asking for or an investigation and anti railing calling upon upen the German ambassador to Took look Ilk Into it It will wi doubtless do cIa much mitch mich In open often openIng OpenIng Ing lag up UI the way to a satisfactory solution tion ton of oC the entire entre problem Se SI Secy y Hays Ia reply was as aM follows WI Your dispatch received and rom corn to ambassador In Germany German who Is la instructed to 10 report and to u I use hit his hi offices In behalf of our citi elti citizen tit zen seas Ut JOHN lIAr HAY 1 |
