OCR Text |
Show MORMON OFFICIALS MO SURPRISED SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH. July 22. Some surprise was occasioned among officials of Ihe Mormon church by the Berlin dispatch telling of the expulsion of missionaries from Germany. Ger-many. When similar action was taken three or four years ago it was said that the church would place Its propaganda In the hands of its German Ger-man converts and make no further effort to Introduce American missionaries mission-aries until. the government was persuaded per-suaded to Change its attitude No intimation of a change In this policy has been given. The presence of foreign leaders at the Berlin meeting meet-ing may be explained by a letter fnuu President Thomas K. McKay of the Swiss and i German missions written lu Zurich May 31. President McKay said that while passing through Berlin Ber-lin he stated to the police authorities authori-ties that general conferences of the Mormon missionaries were held in different parts of liurope and that he desired to hold Mich a gathering In Berlin early In July. The reqm-st was put iu writing and presented to the acting president of police, who promised to submit it to the president presi-dent of police when the latter returned re-turned to his duties. Joseph F. Smith, the head of the Mormon church, Is now euvoyagu to Kurope aud may make an effort to pej-nre modification of th hostile attitude at-titude of the German government. |