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"In July 1910, Mormon missionaries were expelled from Germany amid allegations they were recruiting women to become polygamous wives in Utah. That move prompted the British Parliament to wonder whether England should follow suit.
The politician assigned to oversee the investigation? A young man named Winston Churchill.
The future prime minister took to the task with his usual aplomb and thoroughness, but the final report was lost — until it was unearthed recently by Utah researcher Ardis Parshall.
"Churchill did take seriously the request that he investigate Mormon missionary practices," Parshall explained in a paper during the recent Mormon History Association conference at Snowbird. "Churchill's inquiry took several forms. First was an investigation of actual Mormon proselyting activities in England. How extensive were those activities? Who were the men who conducted them? What did they teach?"
He instructed the police to contact missionaries' landlords to ask about the preachers' "habits and visitors," she said in the presentation. "They interviewed mailmen about missionary correspondents. Both lines of inquiry seem aimed at learning whether the elders corresponded with or entertained young women. They collected missionary tracts, counted the number of Mormons in the neighborhood and asked how aggressively elders pursued proselytes, and how many of those proselytes were young women."
Detectives attended Mormon meetings, Parshall said, to listen for sermons on polygamy or whether the missionaries urged emigration, especially by single women.
In the end, Churchill's inquiries produced no reason to expel the Mormons."
http://www.sltrib.com/blogs/4028652-155/churchill-yes-that-churchill-
The politician assigned to oversee the investigation? A young man named Winston Churchill.
The future prime minister took to the task with his usual aplomb and thoroughness, but the final report was lost — until it was unearthed recently by Utah researcher Ardis Parshall.
"Churchill did take seriously the request that he investigate Mormon missionary practices," Parshall explained in a paper during the recent Mormon History Association conference at Snowbird. "Churchill's inquiry took several forms. First was an investigation of actual Mormon proselyting activities in England. How extensive were those activities? Who were the men who conducted them? What did they teach?"
He instructed the police to contact missionaries' landlords to ask about the preachers' "habits and visitors," she said in the presentation. "They interviewed mailmen about missionary correspondents. Both lines of inquiry seem aimed at learning whether the elders corresponded with or entertained young women. They collected missionary tracts, counted the number of Mormons in the neighborhood and asked how aggressively elders pursued proselytes, and how many of those proselytes were young women."
Detectives attended Mormon meetings, Parshall said, to listen for sermons on polygamy or whether the missionaries urged emigration, especially by single women.
In the end, Churchill's inquiries produced no reason to expel the Mormons."
http://www.sltrib.com/blogs/4028652-155/churchill-yes-that-churchill-
Amyjo Wrote:
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> In the end, Churchill's inquiries produced no
> reason to expel the Mormons."
Winston was a way up mucky-muck Mason as were the Mormon apostles who dispatched elders to England... so... case closed.
No reason to expel a brother.
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> In the end, Churchill's inquiries produced no
> reason to expel the Mormons."
Winston was a way up mucky-muck Mason as were the Mormon apostles who dispatched elders to England... so... case closed.
No reason to expel a brother.
Then compare this to the German news in 1910 the British based their investigation on, looks like the Germans weren't as congenial as the British to the polygamous Mormons:
"GERMANY EXPELS MORMON LEADERS
Missionaries at Meeting in Berlin Taken Into Custody by Police
TO BE ESCORTED TO FRONTIER
Americans and English Must Leave, but Germans Are Allowed to Stay
[Associated Presul BERLIN, July 22.—Herr Dalwlts, Prussian minister of the interior, on recommendation of the political police, has signed orders for the expulsion of twenty-one Mormon missionaries, most Of whom are Americans or Englishmen, Did they will be conducted to the frontier today. The missionaries had assembled from various parts of Germany at the Mormon headquarters on the east side to meet Superintendent McKay, an American residing In Switzerland,
They were holding services when an agent of the political office, who was seated In the audience, rose and declared the gathering dissolved. At the moment several members of the criminal police appeared and virtually took ili- congregation In custody. The women were asked to leave the place and the men were examined as to their nationality. Those found to be German subjects were released, while the others were requested to accompany the officers to the police presidency. There, after further examination, they were permitted to go to their lodgings to await the issuance of warrants for their expulsion.
The status of the Mormons in Germany was taken up in exchanges between the foreign office and the American embassy in lOn:!, when the government took the position that the teachings of the missionaries were subversive of morality. It was then arranged with the Mormon superintendent, through the American embassy, that all Mormon missionaries should withdraw from the country within a month, transferring the middle European headquarters from Berlin to Switzerland. Subsequently 140 foreign leaders departed, leaving the German societies, with a total membership of 8000, in the care of German pastors.
The authorities state that In recent years the Mormons have disregarded the understanding of 1903, and from time to time individual missionaries have been apprehended and expelled. In such Instances they have not applied to the American embassy for relief nor made a protest against their expulsion.
MORMONS AT SALT LAKE SURPRISED BY ACTION
President Smith on Way to Europe; May Ask Modification
SALT LAKE CITY, July 22.—Some surprise was occasioned among officials of the Morman church by the Berlin dispatch telling of the expulsion of missionaries from Germany. When similar action was taken three or four years ago it was said that the church would place its propaganda in the hands of the German converts and make no further effort to introduce American missionaries until the government was persuaded to change its attitude. No intimation of a change in this policy has been given. The presence of foreign leaders at the Berlin meeting may be explained by a letter from President Thomas K. McKay of the Bwlsd and German mission, written in Zurich, May lit. President McKay said that while passing through Berlin he slated to the police authorities that general conferences of the Mormon missionaries were held in different parts of Europe, and that he desired to hold such a gathering in Berlin early in July.. The request was put in writing and presented to the acting president of police, who promise! to submit it to the president of police when the latter returned to his duties. Joseph F. Smith, head of the Mormon church, is now envoyage to Europe and may make an effort to secure modification of the hostile attitude of the German government."
http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH19100723.2.60
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/28/2016 06:40AM by Amyjo.
"GERMANY EXPELS MORMON LEADERS
Missionaries at Meeting in Berlin Taken Into Custody by Police
TO BE ESCORTED TO FRONTIER
Americans and English Must Leave, but Germans Are Allowed to Stay
[Associated Presul BERLIN, July 22.—Herr Dalwlts, Prussian minister of the interior, on recommendation of the political police, has signed orders for the expulsion of twenty-one Mormon missionaries, most Of whom are Americans or Englishmen, Did they will be conducted to the frontier today. The missionaries had assembled from various parts of Germany at the Mormon headquarters on the east side to meet Superintendent McKay, an American residing In Switzerland,
They were holding services when an agent of the political office, who was seated In the audience, rose and declared the gathering dissolved. At the moment several members of the criminal police appeared and virtually took ili- congregation In custody. The women were asked to leave the place and the men were examined as to their nationality. Those found to be German subjects were released, while the others were requested to accompany the officers to the police presidency. There, after further examination, they were permitted to go to their lodgings to await the issuance of warrants for their expulsion.
The status of the Mormons in Germany was taken up in exchanges between the foreign office and the American embassy in lOn:!, when the government took the position that the teachings of the missionaries were subversive of morality. It was then arranged with the Mormon superintendent, through the American embassy, that all Mormon missionaries should withdraw from the country within a month, transferring the middle European headquarters from Berlin to Switzerland. Subsequently 140 foreign leaders departed, leaving the German societies, with a total membership of 8000, in the care of German pastors.
The authorities state that In recent years the Mormons have disregarded the understanding of 1903, and from time to time individual missionaries have been apprehended and expelled. In such Instances they have not applied to the American embassy for relief nor made a protest against their expulsion.
MORMONS AT SALT LAKE SURPRISED BY ACTION
President Smith on Way to Europe; May Ask Modification
SALT LAKE CITY, July 22.—Some surprise was occasioned among officials of the Morman church by the Berlin dispatch telling of the expulsion of missionaries from Germany. When similar action was taken three or four years ago it was said that the church would place its propaganda in the hands of the German converts and make no further effort to introduce American missionaries until the government was persuaded to change its attitude. No intimation of a change in this policy has been given. The presence of foreign leaders at the Berlin meeting may be explained by a letter from President Thomas K. McKay of the Bwlsd and German mission, written in Zurich, May lit. President McKay said that while passing through Berlin he slated to the police authorities that general conferences of the Mormon missionaries were held in different parts of Europe, and that he desired to hold such a gathering in Berlin early in July.. The request was put in writing and presented to the acting president of police, who promise! to submit it to the president of police when the latter returned to his duties. Joseph F. Smith, head of the Mormon church, is now envoyage to Europe and may make an effort to secure modification of the hostile attitude of the German government."
http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH19100723.2.60
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/28/2016 06:40AM by Amyjo.
The mishies all supposedly had that Ghost Gift so how did it do in helping them discern that the detectives were under the tutelage of Churchill and his inquisitors?