Evening star., 1933-08-01

Complete domination Of German
sources of opinion Is observed as the
aim of Chancellor Hitler. when he ex-
tends his dictatorship to the Protestant
churches Of the country. 1t is held
that there is doubt of his ultimate sue
cess in holding all branches OF ma
tional life under his banner. and pre-
dictions are made that factions within
his own organization will endanger the
chancellor's position.
BY seiZing control of the Protestant
Church" according to the Miami Daily
News. he has embittered every sincere
churchman of that faith. and by his at
tempt to interfere with the Roman
Catholic Church. strong force in South
Germany, he has completed the job OF
setting the entire religious world against
him" That paper also remarks that
by his persecution of the Jews. from
whom Protestant and Catholic alike de-
rive their basic religion be aroused
international enmity." The Daily News
concludes: The compulsory salute of
the church to Nazi authority may easily
prove the most costly tribute ever pur-
chased to satisfy his vanity"
There must be perpleNng days for
the devout citizen of Germany" thinks
the Chicago Daily News. declaring that
reSentation and control of the organs
of public information which brought
Hitler to power, the German or Hitler
Christians won control Of the German
Lutheran Church and are in process of
converting it into an arm of the state
like the press and the RADIO The
Daily News concludes: For the mo-
ment, all seems to capitulate before tri-
umphant Hitlerism. but history records
the fall of many such attempts Of states
to dictate the religious beliefs of citi-
zens and there is no reason to think
that the German scheme will prove an
exception to the rule Whether q new
church will rise from the blood Of Ger
man martyrs remains to be seen. Ger
tainly a people like those OF America,
who scrupulously divorce the state from
the church. have much to be thankful
for as they contemplate the spectacle
OF German Professionalism under Hitler" ;"
The Nahs," says the Fort Worth
Star Telegram, ARE going extensively
into the church and state business.
Chancellor Hitler emitted an epigram
on the subject. The church expects
protection from the state, which. in turn,
is entitled to expect allegiance from
the church. he declared "A church
which is unable to support the state
is just as worthless to the state as
state which does not protect the
churches is to the church. Henry VIII
said practically the same thing about
it, except that nobody was protesting
except Henry. The Nazis' protest when
the sign of the dropping swastika is
used as gonfalon. Henry had little
but list of church officials when he
started his church and state Campaign.
Hitler reverses the motion. He created
a congregation by counting the votes
Of those who voted according to orders.
Then he announced that approximately
100000 elders would be elected" The
Star Telegram asks IF Henry VIII
wasn't piker."
An amazing object lesson in the
doc1lity of the German people" is seen
by the New York Herald Tribune. and
that paper makes the comment: "The
only conclusion that we can draw from
Christian Germany's reaction to Nazi
pressure is that most of the Germans
actually like the dragooning that they
are getting, that they like to be told
when, why and how to think, move and
have their being. and that the rest do
not very violently dislike it. Once we
have reached this conclusion, we must
further conclude that gratuitous SYM