Evening star., 1942-08-15

in the Cathedral of Munich last New
Year eve. Making no reference at
that time to attempts to establish "a
national church separate from
Rome" the cardinal, however, ac-
cused the Nazis of waging "a veri-
table war against Christianity and
said that intensified propaganda ef-
forts were being developed among
lower workers to get them to
disavow the church.
At that time, also, he declared that
Nazi booklets attacking the church
had increased beyond measure"
while publication of religious text
books and other church publications
were forbidden.
Dissolves Church Council.
Dissolution by Premier Quisling of
the temporary Church Council this
week may mark the end of the policy
of conciliation toward the Norwe-
gian Church which the puppet gov
ernment has lately been following.
The Church Council was set up at
the end of July and manifesto was
issued to all local church boards and
clergymen urging them to continue
their activities independently of
Quislings state. Churc h m n
throughout the country were called
upon to obey the higher, non-Quis-
ling church authorities. The regular
bishops, who resigned their Offices
last February and were subsequently
dismissed" by Quisling. were grant,
ed full power to wear their bishops
robes and to use their title of bishop.
1t is not likely that Quislings latest
decree will soften the resistance of
the church.
In Holland, several leaders of the
Dutch Reformed Church have been
arrested by the German authorities
and sent to a concentration camp,
while Dutch Catholic and Protestant
leaders who have opposed Nazi per-
secution of Dutch Jews were warned
that if they continue their opposi-
ton they will suffer the same fate as
the Jews.
Among the Protestant leaders
known to have been arrested were
Prof. Hendrix Kraemer of Leyden
University. DR.. K. H. E. Grauemaier,
secretary Of the synod of the Dutch
Reformed church, and DR.. de ZWaan,
professor of New Testament at Ley
den University. Another Protestant
leader, Prof. Scholten, chairman of
the Advisory Council of the Dutch
Reformed church, has been exiled to
village in Limburg.
Asks India Conference.
The Anglican Bishop of Calcutta
stepped into the Indian picture this
week and indorsed a proposal for
an immediate conference of Indian
leaders and, presumably, British
representatives. The proposal had
been made by Sir Tel Bahadur Sa-
pru, Indian liberal. The bishop said
Mohandas X. Gandhi had declared
his willingness to visit the British
Viceroy and participate in such
conference. That force has been
employed must not be allowed to rule
such a conference out of court, the
bishop said
The bishop had made futile at
tempt to prevent the clash between
Indian Nationalists and the British
government. On August he issued
strong appeal for arbitration of
the controversy, but he did not indi-
cate who the arbitrator should be.
Meanwhile, an official of leading
American church body has received
a cabled appeal from an official of
British religious group urging Amer
ican action in favor of the Bishop of
Calcuttas proposal, Also this week,
President Roosevelt was in receipt
of an appeal by the Rev A. J. Music,
secretary of the Fellowship of Recon-
citation. a religious organization,
urging the Chief Executive to offer
his services as mediator in the IN
dian situation your action in this
capacity to be based on the asSump-
tion that India's longing for inde-
pendence must no longer be denied"
Mr.. Music also urged the President
to Immediately give assurance that
no American soldier will be used to
commit any act of violence against
the people OF India In the con-
troversy over their independence.