Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1919 — PASTOR REFUSED TO SERVE [ARTICLE]

PASTOR REFUSED TO SERVE

On De Valera Reception Committee, and Muncie Man Gives Reasons. The Rev. B. M. Nyoe, pastor of the First Preebyterian church of Muncie, in a public statement, announced his withdrawal as a member of the De Valera reception committee of that city, saying that he ‘‘was named without his knowledge or consent and that he wished In no way to be identified with Mr. De Valera.” Dr. Nyce said that because of the movement Valera represents it was necessary for the English government to keep In Ireland 60,000 troops during the world war when these troops were badly needed in the fight against the Hun. "My son was a soldier in that war and Great Britain was our ally,” said Dr. Nyce, "and while I would not, if I could, put a stone In the way of De Valera’s speaking bere, where free speech is guaranteed to all, I do not wish to be Identified with any movement that operated in any way to defeat the United States and her allies during the war so recently ended.” Dr. Nyce assisted in putting through the resolution before the Indiana Presbyterian synod in Indianapolis last week, urging that official recognition be denied to De Valera.