Salvation in America.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 105, 9 April 1885, Page 2

Salvation m America.

(European Mail.) The "United States have been in-vaded-by the Salvation Aruiy, and , aye' beginning to foel tho annoyance of that energetic body. At Plymouth, m Pennsylvania, a riot has takea place which might have occurred at Worthing 1 . The only difference is that m the States the authorities hare none of thai nervous tear of responsibility which characterises our ova | magistrates, and the police do not put j up with nonsense. At a meeting of i the Town Council at Plymouth it wits resolved that these processions were a nuisance to the inha itants of the t«»\vn, and an order was thereapou issued that the street parade on the following Sunday should not be allowed to take place. With their usual serene indifference to the law, the Salvationists marched .out ag u<ual, headed by their captain—* Miss Smith— who was followed by a female member playing the tain* \ bourme. The police formed across | the street, and refused to allow them to pass. The "captain" paid no attention, but pushed on. She was arrested by the police, and called upon the ;*.* »u my" to rescue her. This they prepared to do, but the police drew their revolvers. The tamliourineplayer, relying perhaps on the gallantry of Americans, broke the tambourine npon the helmet of the inspector, but her male companions thought, discretion the better part of valor, and the "captain" was cenveyxid to the lockup. The place was kept m tumult by the Salvationists, and their opponents for the lest of the day. Toleration m religious matters is absolute m the States ; but, as a conteinpoiary remarks, a line is very properly dtawn afc a handful of fanatics destroying the rest and quiet of the community at large.