Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-11-14 | Page 4 | Now London Hat Its Mob

NOW LONDON HAS ITS MOB. No town, no city, is free from uproar at this time. The world seems to be undoing a period of upset. In London, on Thursday, a mob of medical students broke up an antisaloon meeting which was to have been addressed by Wm. E. Johnson, an American prohibition worker. work-er. The Associated Press gives this account of what happened: "Johnson was dragged from a platform from which he was speak ing today, severely beaten and paraded through two miles of crowded crowd-ed West End streets on a plank. His assailants, for the most part, were medical students, and against them, at times, he put up a strenuous stren-uous fight, receiving a badly damaged eye and other injuries, so that, finally, owing to his weakened physical condition, he was obliged to submit to the indignity. Eventually Johnson was rescued by the police, po-lice, who, during the early part of the march, simply kept th crowd moving. He was rushed to Bow street station, wh-rc his injuries were dressed, and he was then able to go home." The average Londoner has i high sense of justice, but today no one can vov.ch for anj city, and no one can offer assurances against the Bjifi" spirit of lawlessness. M .