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Show Prussian Government Gov-ernment Takes Action. Berlin, Juue 9 Hugh J. Cannon, Can-non, superintendent of the Mormon Mor-mon missions in Germany, his wife, and secretary, were ordered by the police today to leave Prussian territory within three weeks. Similar orders are about to be served by the local fiuthor-ities fiuthor-ities on eightv-six other missionaries mission-aries in Prussia, under the decision de-cision of the Government to ex pel them all. j : It is quite unusual to serve the wives of 'Mormon missionaries with a separate notice. Mrs. ; Cannon has only , been here a month. ; No explanation was given for the action t;:keu, except that the presence of the Mormons was tn.desired. I Mr. Cannpn will move his headquarters to Zurich. Switzerland. Switzer-land. He has engaged a house .there, near the o is occupied by , Calvin Cook when he fled from ; France. From Zurich the missionaries mis-sionaries will occasionally visit ;.the Mormon birches Prus-' Prus-' si'a, whu-"i)?ire sJueuT$C fir groups of fifteen to twentv each. (TLe German pastors continue their services. j Protest has not been made 'against the expulsion of the (Mormons. Apostle Francis M. i Lyman of, Salt Lake City, now 1 in London, the Europoiii supar-: supar-: intendent of the iicrmon mis-'sions, mis-'sions, has been advised of the iactions of the authorities 'and is I waiting to see if . Washington j wili take up the cases of a few jwho were ill-treated. Through these cases it is h'ped the Prussian Prus-sian Government may be led to ; reverse the expulsion decree, .and that severs 1 German states. notably Saxony,, tlesse and , 'Wurrpmb'jrg may also reconsider reconsid-er their decree, expelling Mor-imon Mor-imon missionaries. |