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IS PR0-GERMAN(Continued From Pasre One)is♦ ?our religious teachings we shall suf-~jfer it to he persecuted.e« Oppose Taking Life. je “WV are opopsed to taking life,*’ j y said Sykes. “We bring life and give j stcc.iVvtlife, hut do not destroy it.*’Sykes admitted that two membersof his church were in military serv'd fee, but declared thro their cases were Is | in charge of an attorney.10! In speaking of the three members •( ! of his flock charged will? refusing to i comply with the draft laws, and who j 1 were released from federal detention 1uifKon writs of habeas corpus, Sykes de-H I dared that they were members of thet:c»yi-igolChurch of the Living God before March, 1917. Hr denied that he bad told the men to secret themselves1 since their release, and declared that . he could secure the men in short no-1 i* . . I Jfi i ticc. He said that two of the menririte.• /• I iwere missionaries in the church. , } “We teach obedience in our church,” • said Sykes. The spirit of our relig- ' ion is to be obedient to the laws of c the people. We don’t interfere- with i ( 5 1 tlie laws, but maintain them. If my-j d I people were preaching in your city, j s.} and you forbade it, we would not in anywise interfere. The enactment of^ a* _ A m - m(i\Saricui;.ifthatllQ»r-fiea-\s-*ir-u-ir*it‘litcr,c:: ini2V:e*P:h,rsf‘Vissto,litm\e\the draft act gives us that priviligt ion combatiun.”Denies German Birth.Svkos denied that he was of Ger-wman parentage. He said that he was in American Jew, and declared that his great grandfather was English and! his grandparents on the other side ( were French. He also denied that any ! of his '‘twelve apostles,” who, with j himself, arc in full charge of the; church work, are Germans. He said that in none of his sermons had lie opposed the government. jSykes conducts services in a large'j tabernacle on Derby street. A number j of months ago Sykes aroused considerable attention when be fought court action brought against him ..by the city of Berkeley for violating an ordinance by maintaining a tent on Derby street without having a permit. The case was later, dismissclt;LThat a further investigation of the actions of Sykes will be made by the police was indicated this morning by *•110 announcement of Chief of Police Yolhncr amd Mayor Irving that efforts will be redoubled to round up all pro-German sympathizers in this; city.* . ivinrm nnrhn lit !
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Berkeley Daily Gazette
Berkeley, California, US
Wed, Nov 21, 1917
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