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Show oo METHODIST PASTOR ' IS UNPATRIOTIC LOS ANGELES, Cal.beo. 11. Rev. Dr. E. P. Ryland, a district superintendent, superin-tendent, Methodist Episcopal church, will be removed from his post next Monday and assigned to some other duty because of his unwillingness to support the church's patriotic attitude, atti-tude, It became known here today. Bishop Adna W. Leonard, D. D., who announced the change, said tho decision deci-sion was adopted when Dr. Ryland found himself unable to assist In a proposed series of patriotic addresses. Dr. Ryland concurred in tho step. "Inasmuch as the bishop nnd I do not agree on the present attitude of the United States in the great war, it is perfectly proper that I be relieved of my office," he said. x : r.- -ii.jji.ai,. .nap-. |