A party of 115 Mennonite men, women, and children from Manitoba pauses briefly in the Twin Cities on the way to Mexico. Among the first of an estimated 20,000 members of this Protestant Christian denomination expected to leave Canada during the next three years, the travelers arrive by rail in passenger coaches accompanied by twenty-two stock cars full of provisions, livestock, farm equipment, and furniture. They plan to live in self-imposed isolation in order to practice their centuries-old religious beliefs and pacifistic way of life. This had caused difficulties with the Canadian government, which required school attendance and, during World War I, military conscription.