Show more english girls lured to utah protest by passengers on board a liner it mr robert W i T self who recently crossed the atlantic on board the steamship laurencic Lauren tic ot of the white star line writes to the express from the ship protesting against the mormon propaganda and showing that english girls are still being lured to utah the letter is also signed by seven other passengers on board and reads as follows to the editor odthe of the espres sir I 1 am sending you a letter to protest against the propaganda carried on by the mormons cormons ln in england we have read several letters by elders who openly declare that not only are young girls sought but persons ot of both sexes se aes it if only the people of england could see the conduct of these degraded beings on this boat they would rise up in arms against them there is a party of about fory foray on board halt half of whom are young girls between the ages of 16 and 22 ostensibly ably on the way to utah but many ot of these will be abandoned and left destitute before ever reaching the state the girls are afraid to be seen speaking to any one other than a mormon and are completely under the control of these scoundrels As the ship was leaving liverpool it it was quite heartening to see a young girl between two of these men the way in which she turned her pitiful glances towards old england and the way in which these men were endeavoring deavo ring to soothe her anxieties by spacious words and ogling egling looks would have aroused the anger ot of any right thinking person these poor young girls are being lured into destruction st and every one on board is alive to the fact act that it Is nothing else than white slavery under the thin disguise of a fanciful religion nor are their evil machinations confined to their sojourn in england even on the ship they endeavor to get into conversation with any young youn g girl who happens to be along it is useless for them to try their practice on american girls as the evil of mormon ways is too well known it is high time that glands En legislators awoke to the fact and forbade absolutely such pests even to step on the shores of our good old motherland 1 I give you the signatures or of several passengers aboard who are una with me in protesting against such trickery robert W F self A P hayes chaplain J E druer 71 D rev james lawson J L colbeck mrs S N white miss jenny M render son james E goddard on board steamship laurencic Lauren Laurel tic itic slay may personally I 1 do not believe that tho the chaplain or the doctor or any other self seir respecting person on that ship signed that letter it they had they aou 1 I on their arrival at montreal ilava nave notified the immigration officers both of the united states and canada and eem demanded a thorough investigation and sa saved saed ed those alleged young girls from the clutches of their so BO callad mormon captors both canada end and the united states have very rigid laws in regard to such above alleged cases and they would have sifted the thing to the very bottom it if there had been one word of truth in the letter that some young girls and old ones for that matter turned pitiful glances toward old england I 1 have no doubt is true united states canada australia and other countries that have been laidely settled up by En glands sturdy stock y and there have been many tears shed and many longing glances to old england when the mothers sisters daughters and wives left her beautiful and pleasant shores and further to show we the inconsistency and untruthfulness of 0 the above letter that about twenty girls between the ages of 16 and 22 were lur ed cd away by the mormons cormons Mor mons I 1 saw the register of that mormon party that sailed on the Lau laurentze on may ath there were 37 in the entire party 22 males and 13 15 females six of the males were ie turning mormon missionaries sion aries I 1 herewith give a list ot of the possible marriageable females of the marriageable females from england one was as 49 years old one 24 and one on 17 from scandinavia one was 35 one 17 and ono one girl of 15 with nith hel hei father there were three single german women one widow of 68 and two single women momen one 34 and one 35 all of the other females were married women the above figures can be verified b bv the records kept by the white star steamship company the english are among the very best emigrants to utah sensational stories like the above have been circulated in england tor for the past six months and have almost stopped slopped english iett settlers lers to utah with the exception of the mormon converts I 1 have been sent to england by the business men of utah and I 1 carry with me credentials from the governor and ex governor of utah senator sutherland of utah the bear river land company the cole banking co the he manufacturers association of salt lake city mr john P meakin mr win 11 capwell and others all of the he above are non mormons cormons except the present governor ot of utah and I 1 now say to nil all who believe that girls are being enticed to utah for immoral purposes or for plural plura I 1 wives by mormon r elders that when you know of such a case arrest that mormon on the spot and hold hod the girl as evidence against him one conviction in an E english court will do more to stop such practices than ill all the bombast falsehoods and red fire that can be be put in all of the newspapers ot of great britain I 1 am not a mormon I 1 never have been and I 1 never expect to become a member of that church when the anti mormon agitation was on in the eastern part of 0 the united states six years ago I 1 was sent through that portion by the same parties that have now sent me to england I 1 published booklets which I 1 distributed there with the following guaranteed rewards in them it if reason albe proof can be made k 0 show that even ev enone one plural marriage has hag been performed or sanctioned by the mormon church since september 30 1890 1 I will pay 1000 for such information or it if it can be shown that joseph F smith since he became president of the mormon church has hag dominated or with in any way the political actions of any individual or party I 1 will give 1000 tor for such information I 1 not only distributed the above rewards in booklets but I 1 caused them to be published in nearly alf all ol of the leading newspapers of the united states up to the present time no one has made any attempt to claim the above rewards these rewards hold hod good today not only in the united states but in england and the remainder of the world I 1 will further say to the people ot of england that it if reasonable proof can be given to show that mormons cormons or mormon elders are importing girls or women into utah for plural wives or immoral purposes I 1 will give 1000 for such information ind a nd I 1 will further say to all anti utah ulah and to ill all anti mormon agitators that it you do not come forward with some show of proof and claim the above rewards I 1 hove have offered you will be branded as the worst gang ot of slander ers and roll religious ious anarchists the world over saw provo prove utah september 12 1906 1905 1 I have carefully read the above re wards offered by mr V S peet and if the proofs are made such as he dc demands I 1 will guarantee guar antic their payment signed C E LOOSE state senator and republican na donal committeeman of utah air clr loose Is a wealthy non mormon and there are thousands of other people in utah of every religious denomination ot of every business and all political parties who will stand behind mr loose in the above guarantee the people of utah know nothing ot of the alleged conditions as stated by the above preachers lecturers agitators and newspapers it if the stories are true the good people ot of utah want to know it and are willing to pay tor for the information it if they are not true those utah slanderers slander ers should be exposed yours very truly V SPEET S POET lord ord nelson hotel liverpool eng |