Show ni ELDERS having HARD T E IN scotland yard En glands great se sc ci ciet et service hit his been ot dered cd to Ilo doctrine and practices pl lct biccs much trouble trouble is looming ahead for mornion mormon missionaries in ili england according to newspaper paper clippings sent home from england by Q david hansen of the first war who is laboring in ili the town of blackpool brackpool Black pool england so great is the agitation and so violent tile onslaught of the opposition against the elders that the attention of the government offices has been called to it and the home secretary corresponding to secretary of state in ill this country has taken the matter up and a rigid examination tf sf the doings and doctrines of the mormons cormons has been ordered through scotland yard glands En age old secret dentice ser sen ice tice I 1 the london daily mail one oi a the i lending leading and most influential newspapers 1 of the british isles published publish edi the following front from a special corres continued on page eight I 1 mormon elders continued from page one cue in january the home secretary lias has ordered scotland yard detectives to make a thorough investigation into the allegations made against the mormon missionaries in this country revelations are likely to follow upon the mass of testimony which the detectives have obtained tile the evidence now in ili the possession of the authorities all goes to prove that the anti mormon campaign has been justified up to the hilt the real object of the mormon elders is to gain possession posses bion of young and attract attractive ivo english girls for slavery and worse in utah the reports are now nov in the hands of the home secretary 11 in the steps he will take he will be guided by the advice that will shortly be forthcoming from the law officers to whom he has submitted the facts blahos Bla BisI hop iop herbert savage the chief mormon in this country with others of the movement has hag been summoned to the home office where lie was mas submitted to a searching c ross examination at the hands of IN sir I 1 r edward shortt and asked to leave with the authorities copies of tile the mormon bible and articles of faith not N that tile the are to ie e hoodwinked by mere printed copes of the tenets and beliefs of the mormons cormons Mor mons too much is already know n of the real objects which the mormons cormons have in ill view to much is known of the secret doctrines which they practice for the home office and the police to lie bo bluffed in this way the leaders of the anti mormon campaign 11 in this country men and ornen ornell who have actually bcd lived amongst the mormons cormons in ill ut utah a ii have been sent tor lor by the author authorities itle S a and nd have been submitted to tho the most searching cross examinations it is useless for men and women when giving evidence as to the act activities i of tho the mormons cormons Mor mons or as to their methods and doctrines in utah as apart from this country to make mak e wild and indefinite statements and charges every statement ala made de every ever charge levelled bevelled level led has to be substantiated by fact in this way the investigation now being conducted has been narrowed down donn and there has been collected a mass of evidence proving up to tho the hilt that those responsible for the anti mormon crusade have been justified in their actions the authorities have displayed no greater readiness to accept the mere word of dishop bishop herbert savage than they have done in the case of those who have been the most active in the crusade against the mormons cormons Mor mons bishop savage has been asked to produce proof that what lie says hays in defence of the mormon doctrine is absolute fact he has replied by presenting to M shortt a beautiful bound copy of the I 1 mormon bible on the covers of which is engraved in ili gold presented to the right hon edward shortt K C bl P this printed ii word ord of their supposed faith and creed seems to be the only eviden evidence cL the cormons mormons can offer they have also been asked to supply a list ot their so called missionaries here an editorial comment under the caption now mr shortt reads thus the cormons mormons stand self convict ed as undesirable aliens and the home secretary should apply the aliens act without hesitation of course mr bir must be to defend his action Is that difficult mormonism is organized sensuality it strikes at the sanctity of marriage and tile the home it is luring innocent girls to a life of misery and degradation from which is no return Is that not enough parliament will certainly uphold the count rys resolve to rid itself of this unclean propaganda we shall get no blame from tile the united states for giving the mormons cormons their marching orders the united states itself would be only too glad to see the last of them they aie not wanted here several other columb long iong articles appeared in the paper telling the most audacious lies about utah her people mormon beliefs and teachings that the most lurid brained movie scenario writer ever thought of winifred graham is one of the contributors who tells a wend tale of the life of women in utah this dame claims the authorship of some wild tales entitled ezra the mormon and judas of salt lake L ko city she harps on oil polygamy and the horrors of such a system declaring that it is still practised practiced here and gives a lurid description of the temple ceremonies the stories display such dense ignorance and maliciousness one wonders that such stuff can call gain a hearing through any self respecting newspaper and yet there is danger of a government mandate excluding mormon missionaries from great britain such is glands En boasted freedom apparently most apropo gandis ts can incite the people but the teachings of a religion in accordance cor adan dance e with the king james bible translation will not be given a hearing |