Show J f r f s- s i tV- i V V V h PERSECUTION N IN ENGLAND The Salvation Army Needlessly and Brutally Attn Ata Attacked eked by bythe the Police Salvation The trouble between the Army Te and the authorities at Eastbourne England resulted Sunday in ia a riot of oIlia- oIlia unusual un- un usual violence or E tor a longtime past there thero For the Sal Sal- warfare between has been open wa tre authorities the latter and the in their unnecessarily severe having been treatment of the Salvationists During the tho forenoon the palce broke up a meeting offenders to drove the on the streets and their thet barracks however sixty of the the In the tho afternoon sity army again sallied fr from om their barracks A Athey As they wound their wiy wy to tho the beach they l crowd who wore were followed by nu menaced them with with all al manner of ill i treat treat- treat ment mont Once upon the beach the Salvationists Salva Salva- knelt down clown cm on O the sands In la prayer As they did so 10 they linked arms the better betterto to repel the tho assaults assaults' V of f the Irregular mob should the latter take take- it into their heads beads to charge upon them while at their devotions As the tho Salvationists s prayed the mob h hooted booted and yelled and nd finally made an 11 ugly ly rush upon the band Some of the latter latter- latter were thrown to t the tho ground but they ibey immediately resumed their kneeling position tion and continued continue their prayer Several times tho rushing vas was repeated but the Salvationists paid no more attention to io their assailants than they were absolutely compelled to In order to avoid being seriously ser hurt hurtA hurt V A number of police were present present durig during these rushes and the mob nb reviled them in ia emphatic language for not dispersing the Salvationists As soon as the praying was concluded the Salvationists rose to their feet This ed to be tho the sf signal for a a na struck M t immediately swooped I The us them V seemed to especially excite t a mob and the persons bearing them were singled out for more than the usual brute brutal i treatment treatment The mob got possession of th the e instruments and after smashing the them ou out out Vt of shape threw them into the sea sea At this poInt of the tho disturbance a de do detachment detachment de- de of mounted police took a hand band it in inthe inthe 0 the proceedings Under orders of 01 their thel r ot I commanding officer they charged upon th the e crowd like a squadron of cavalry The They V VI made mado no distinction between n men and I women They rode down the crowd trampling the rowdies males and females female B alike alke under the feet of their horses Many Man yS y of ot tho the crowd were severely hurt by the tho mo iron S shoes shoos of the horses borses The Salvationists declare t that hat the tho police I Instead of ot protecting them delber deliberately te V Vr struck them and rode over them Their Thel r clothes were torn tor and their lost lostA lost A number of women lost their skirts am and j jackets in the wild rush following tb the tha I charge of 01 the tho police those garments being beig I I torn oft off of of them in ia the tho desperate struggle I Ito to horses escape being beig trampled upon by tb the i I |