Show AGAINST AMERICANS elder J W darou of millard mallard 05 ou anty uty and W A Beeg of devier county have arrived home borne from f botn a minion to the society iolande la Is lande abey brlas the information that abe latr tty daty saint ant antt other amerl cans on the islands are forbidden to engage in religious worship there here notwithstanding the treaty with francis france which americana full religious toleration able arbitrary and ancl unlawful action ban baa been taken by the french Co governors vernora against the protest bf the american ansul the following irona from the son san francisco call gives a fair statement of matters touched upon therein further information la Is given in our car editorial columbe colum ni ne people are getting to be very unsociable on tho th soo society bety Jola islando Islan nap df the ones oies who we are suffering are the mor moab for over forty years yean they hey have had a large following lei in tahiti and to la ine group now the franos governors gover noro are working wor jiing to suppress the and are ashing their ends enda through threats of fine im rod and banishment four mormon arrived yesterday on the schooner tropic bird rhey were J W Da damron larou W A and acting elder T t janser abe abb dourth was wu jr A gilbert a Jesep bite or of member of tile reorganized ot of jesus abrigg of latter day Sa tutie bobb the mormon church atel aiu being persecuted with equal severity everl ty ga dur troubles U began last november aid mf damron the world should ii know of the of then french gover goverton sort yet I 1 hesitate beai tate to tell you the he story for fear that it might ine increase rea the severity everley everl ty with which wy my brethren are ar being treated 21 he bolda held A hurried with mr Semi bergmiller Beeg miller lieT and mr janea he then hen decided to wl tell of om of the air but boon became so 0 o indigo indig nant and coln 0 o in earnest that hat be hedi disclosed lod lk bla is W whole bole tale of W woe ow we have labored the me natives fortt IOUs time in tool aoki governor the executive officer of the group encouraged us u as ai be said aard the natives who were wage under the mormon teaching were more reliable and ad less glen given to drun kenneM than the he others but algut a year ago lat IW may the french government changed the gov ernon coors aw and J put in governor lo vernor papi no at tahiti and anck Gove governor took martin at aaka rava the capital of the he gio group up up to so abal time the laor cormona mone had bad grown rown in during forty years year then ben a change came the two gover nore non were not openly hostile ai flatt but they gave little evidences of unfriendliness by their heir discourteous te re as caption aion of the mission arler aben when I 1 he E Eva aella arrived last laet november opposition belo became amis open ahli w drought brought from tan san francisco by the reorganized branch of the he church who are known in as aa the latter day sainte they to use it to carry ml aio sla narlee narles from one island to soother another governor martin manin forbade the vessel verel to carry the he french flair which cally prohibited it going among the islands the american consul interfered and the abe governor had to withdraw from his position he issued an edict first though that the vessel should hould not be used in transporting missionaries from island to island again he was forced by the american sul to revoke bill bia ort orden lere of cauree incensed governor martin bigay he then prohibited bald holding aluir bellou llou re or teaching ft chool sib 06 fab aft ak of foule is n friant and tat that t IS li abe ionti abate of today mr dairou declare that hat the reabon of the persecution la Js that governor governor Mar martin titi who it is by governor papino dewire to have only the protestant and anaf catholia Oat Cat holit religion taught to trio the native rb he may ay that when his ha people ts governor martin with a petition oo asking the liberty to worship too the governor told him he could nut not recognize any oj faith not recognizer I 1 to la frabee fi acce mt amid thin thia is the only excuse he would sive give for his hia cruel notions he haj bai against our people except that thai they ewsii were and there are only catholics and jew to lo prance france we have hare always complied with the laws when I 1 first went want to the ibe islands I 1 asked ked governor for bustruc he ae told me ins not tu to marry people till they had been first married by the government As tor for and each 10 ff he be said bald for we me to go ahead so BO long as aa I 1 did not interfere with any established seat beet these instructions I 1 luve have alwy always with nevertheless I 1 have been treated harshly and us justly when anen I 1 have ex postulated expostulated I 1 have been insulted and it has haa been impossible impo nible for my people tu to obtain justice we are not the only sufferers sufferer though there has also alo been trouble for the seventy doy they bad a school in connection with their ml mis sion ion the school woke was in a very condi condition tiou not only was wa their preaching topped stopped but they hey were ordered to discontinue their school the reason given was abe same aade that we had received the closing of the was wa opposed by mr dambrov he says saye that tie went to governor martin and asked if they could not continue the a hoole la in their dwellings with their own fitilis as the teachers the answer was wag we know it he abt the I 1 asked that we be allowed to till a petition we bad feena to the tn e president of francs france could be beard from able wag wad de nied aled ui we were weirs told that it if we opened our school we did it at out our peril I 1 why bevera were ordered to got get out they were given three months in which to OMNI comply they were assured that it Is the order was not obeyed they would cold be fined and imprisoned im and then ban label the great injustice came on april oth from all the abe islands the saints batata bad aad gathered at tamaroa taharoa for their an nual dual conference this they had bad done for forty bearr and during the time of preparation there was no intimation that there would be any objection object loo at the last baat moment a letter was waa re ceia forbidding the holding of the ference tue police and acting governor were ordered to see aee that it was waa not hold held and were told to report the names ot of those who might take partin part in it it was also alao announced that the american folders who participated droum be hold buld responsible for or any disobedience mr damra said that the went ment would have hare been imprison imprisonment meat and banishment he wat thai he be was waa not banto badi hed shod but that he be had been relieved by the home beard tram from his work rork and returned to america it war for him to in anything when atel in id private I 1 dwen dwelling ings were forbidden foad don the rho iB island landera were ate originally nail voil averted to Protea then inen we the cormona arrived and obtained amny the catholics and latter day sainto came later the Morio Mormon dons ft suffer from the disadvantage ot of a doo doc tribal dav in the Tua motti group to mr damron there therb are areu bont cormons mormons Mor mona mons 11 1 1 I or latter day sainta saint 1000 catholics Catho lloa and protestants in ID the nati veit be said eaid are mostly protestant nw mr damron and his hia two assistants are all men of marked intelligence mr damron was waa born in utah he to la a haud haudie Bime man with a luxuriant bard bright black eyes ejea and sits an earnest janoer ma noer they are going back to utah in a few daye |