Evening star., 1935-07-20
VATICAN PROTEST
|OF CATHOLIC CURB
IS GIVEN TO HITLER
But Priests, Jews and War
Veterans Are Harried
increasingly.
STEEL HELMET GROUP
ORDERED DISS0L WE'D
Hitler's Whereabouts Unknown.
Actors Attacked for Poking
Fun at Officials.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, July 20.-German Catholic
circles were informed today that the
papal nuncio, Cesare Orsenigo, had
presented a note from the Vatican to
the government protesting the decree
of Thursday Suppressing political
Catholicism"
The nuncio's step followed a swift
series Of DEGREES and acts, aimed at
absolute domination of Germany, by
which Nazidom haraSsed with increas-
ing force, Catholics, Jews and war vet
eran5.
The ministry of justice today
ordered all state attorneys to prose-
cute political Catholicism" without
regard for personal position but with
calm determination and emphatic
vigor."
Interpreted as Warning.
The order to the prosecutors, is
sued on the eve of the Sabbath, was
interpreted as warning Catholic
clergymen to be careful of their COM
ments from the rostrum tomorrow on
the happenings of the past few weeks
Catholic congregations throughout the
country have been awaiting Sunday
for a guiding word from the priests
as to their conduct.
A Stettin police official outlawed the
confessional in Catholic youth groups.
Participation by a priest, he ruled, ex-
posed the young people to counsel
detrimental to the Nazi state. Catho-
lie newspapers were conAscated and
suppressed.
The governor of Baden issued a po-
lice order against Jews trying to
martyr themselves In the eyes of the
world" He accused them of inSti-
eating outbreaks and ordered members
Of the National Socialist party to sup
press the demonstrations or suffer ex-
pulsion.
Steel Helmets Attacked.
Reichsfuehrer Hitler added reac-
tionaries, as represented by the Steel
Helmets, to race and religion as foes
of the Nazi state. with the dissolution
of divisions Of that organization in
Thuringia and parts Of Silesia.
In the racial question, NaziiSm has
met with scant opposition. But the
church is fighting back, with protests
heard in the Catholic strongholds of
Bavaria, the Rhineland and Silesia.
Hitler is indebted largely to the
Steel Helmets for his rise to power
In June, 1884, he decided the organi-
zation must continue and forbade the
Storm Troops to spread propaganda
against it, similar to the sort that
preceded today's action.
No friendship existed, however, be-
tween the two formal allies, who had
joined forces only to overthrow the
republic. A year ago Franz Won Papen,
then vice chancellor, took a strong
hand in repairing the rift between the
two warning factions, which was one
of the forerunners Of the June purge.
Steel Helmets Perturbed.
Similarly today the Steel Helmeters
were badly perturbed over recurring
references to them as ''reactionaries. "
This they interpret as possible signal
for the stirring of an anti-monarchial
feeling, as several members of the
House of Hohenzollern are also Steel
Helmeters.
The sIIny,roSe;op ~ 4ha -oa+;o~,,1
divisions of the organization, conf1s-
cation Of members property in Silesia
and Dessau and the arrest of Steel
Helmet leaders in Thuringia naturally
increased the tension.
Investigations have been ordered
by Franz Seldte, leader and founder
of the Steel Helmeters and minister
Of labor in Hitler's cabinet. This
amounts to protest action, but SO
far has failed to clarity the situation.
HitIer's Location Unknown.
Apprehension is heightened by the
absence of Hitler, whose whereabouts
is undisclosed. It could not be learned
whether he planned to restrain his
AOAO"ChS OuSc fI1OTS OE 70 pursue Jkle
radical course which would mean the
wiping out of the Steel Helmets.
Hermann Wilhelm Gering, minister
Of aviation in Hitler's cabinet, is an
honorary member Of the Steel Hell
NETS
The three international organiza-
tions Of artists-Cabaret, vaudeville
and circus-also felt the heavy hand
of Nazidom. The secret police dis
solved the groups because "subversive
elements are active" in them. The
three organizations common public
cation, The Program, was banned.
The "subversive tendencies" are
understood to be the poking Of fun
at prominent persons.