Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-02-21 | Page 4 | Fanatics to Kill Children

I FANATICS TO KILL CHILDREN. Religious fanatics are as difficult to understand as people mentally defi- J clent. In British Columbia there Is a religious body known as the Doukho bora, with leaders who urge that the I children b thrown into the Columbia river and the acd and sick be nlaiigli lered in order that the middle aged be freed from encumbrances in their desire de-sire to escape taxation by becoming L wanderers on the face of the earth This is a reminder of the biblical Btory of the king's command to kill all the male babies born of Jewish par j entage. The Doukhobors have given the Canadian Ca-nadian government much trouble. It is I related that on more than one occa Ision they have made midwinter pilgrimages pil-grimages while both men and women were absolutely nude One of the duties du-ties of the Royal Northwest Mounted police in times gone by has been to chase these pilgrims, wrap buffalo robes around the women and bring them back to their homes, Almost any small disaffection has been known to cause such a pilgrimage Men and women, with mind? so warped by religious mania, should b1 restrained. They have lost their men lal bearings and should be guided Oft .