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(Editor* Notfii Her*, In the third, of a aerie* on Nail por»culirm of Jew* and the Catholic churcli, Pierre J. Hus*, for eight your* chief Berlin cor* respondent of Intemntlouai Now* Service, tell* for the ltr*t time the *tory of Bishop Prince von (talon and how* he turned the tahle* on a couple ot Piut tlmg* who violated hi* inaxa.)♦ e *NKW YORK, Jan. 20—(INS)—Hormnnn soon |uid bis hands full. Mighty voices from the putjii(s of the Reich thundered their warnings, ami pastoral letters of the aged and sufforitt^r Cnuliual Fatilhnber in Munich ami Prince Conrad Prey sing, bishop of Berlin, spread the tide of indignation thruout the land.But ail even doughtier warrior of the church arose to the forefioul and led the battle against the Nazis with hitherto impreeeilented vigor. That was Count August Clemens von Galen, bishop of the ancient Westphalian town of Muenster.He had watched with heavy heart as his heloved eity ami flock suffered terribly under the hail of British bombs which began on the memorable night of July (*. JO 11, continuing incessantly for sometime, after which Muenster could be classified as practically in ruins. It was up to the end of 1011 one of the worst blitzed cities in Germany.On July 12, nccoidittg to a letter which Bishop Count Galen sent to me and to Louis Lochucr of the Associated Press in Berlin, the secret j state police (Gestapo) descended on cloisters and convents in Muenster and various church orders to confiscate all in favor of Nazi district leaders. They claimed the buildings were needed to house families left homeless by the bombings.The bishop enclosed a copy of the telegram of protest he hadent to Hitler’s chancellory, in which he pointed out that German men and women had been tin own into the street and even banished from towndespite the fact that their iola-' —— ------ —tives were fighting at the ftoiii.ltn load it astray from its Shep-Ho snM hi* had Ration a cart ro« ! hr id.ply advising him that hi* Miriam I H was ad this paint, as \*v*\\Av had been turned over to Himnilcr, ^ ho were there told me, that the for further investigation/* I nKlM Hinwnler’s (iestapoBishop Galen knew what that ■ I01;1. hif M«nd »»P and_ _ I both stamped into the middle ofmeant, and win ready to face it. ( the biond aisle. They clicked theirfS 1K llnrs llaneHe dispatched another long tele gram to Hitler direct, voicingsharp protest against wanton actsheels for all to hear, raised right aims above the love! of their eyes in Nazi salute, and both said loud-time when bomb** wimp {pannehearts a prut and warned HitlerThe congiegation sat in stony silence. 'I'hey tell me Prince vonagainst the consequences of MielJ Galen, six-foot German pal notcontinued high-handedness by the Gestapo,PRi:\CHKI) STIRRING SKRMONand able sotvatil of God, looked with quiet toleiance at the two in the aisle facing him and waited foi them to speak. The expies-Then ho onieied the majestic! ■»«» his fnec elearly said: cathedral of Gothic beauty and j “My poor fiiends, why must you preached a stining sermon to bis wait so long to muster the eour-silettl but unflinching congrega-1 age to cany out your aiders? tion. People say that on that' Please imn'cedSunday the organist icached thumicrons volumes and song and prayer rose to the vaulted dome above the colored windows of the precious glass in soul-stirring Unison.The six-foot bishop, standing in full regalia of high mass on the altar beneath the eternal flame, spoke straight to their hearts fiom there instead of ascending the elevated rostrum. His quirk eye had picked up at a glance the uniformed S. S. pair sitting in thenr.eC1.siUliktlnilatlHKCKLKRSBKRATK BISHOPBut they did not march forwnid to airest him. They had slight.lv different orders, The one who had stood up first stared sti.-light before him ami shouted:“You pieru-h here in a language of hidden meanings, aimed to stir tile minds of these Germans against the government. You talk of home and the family and children and call on us to follow thej pews a few steps down the aisle, i of lt;»«« bo is told of as a. He had been made aware, too, of!'™*1 wHmut a family of his own,accosted the Ia bachelor wandering fiom oneBNinGleVAplace t« the next but never settled long enough to establish a home and learn to know it. And whatangry men who church-goers outside and in some cases “accidentally” kicked shins ! or stepped on touchy corns. He,1 knew he was facing the answer to cm,'(i ho know of children?”I his telegrams. ^ :is t.\pieal Nazi languagej He ! of men! hit ions of mankind, and of the un-failing comfort and mercy of God, | He recalled to Ihoir minds the 1 persecutions and the patience of Christ; the blindness of men daz-hif.ll}mr«GceiciPiat114It4heoilpreached of the sufferings '■:U1 uccuihIc reflection of Ros-i that Sunday, of the tnbu- utteiances. The nude- . .ness and callousness of N:tzi',((| sneers in the face of Chi islianiiy weie amply contained in the S.S, man's words ami tone.The bishop 4n the altar, tlnv; 7.1ed by power anil glory of ijays j ^nu*' K'nz,‘d for just a moment gone by and of our days, and tht*,s,t tb'* _ heckler before him ami a ‘strums they unleashed. j slow hint of amusomimt and sni-[ Ho talked of the Rock of St. M»i't'ud over his faei-. HePeter, of the sacredness of the ■ the linger of his tight handfamilv, of the home, and of the I m,(* figged it solemnly in protest:COhi;opanthtochild and its immortal place in the heart of Christ.ATTACKKD DARK FORCESBishop Galen, tirelessly active against the creeping poison spread among the young by the bland Mini nits and seductions of Rosen-If will not have the Fnohret insulted in this house of God lt;»• hear slanders a gainst him.” he dr. chi red as gravely as pronouncing Ik ncdiction.CONG'RKGATIONSNICKKRS There weie sudden snicker sill;W 4inberg, then lashed the daik forces amidst the congregation; they tell seeking to umlermiue the author-'me you could almost hear the ity of parents mid the innocent, cheenng. ultho actually of course minds of children. j imbody did out hnal. But the blowHe reminded friend and foe in- hit home, and the S. S. men paled side that cathedra) that Christ visibly at the verbal boomerang.was the special protector .and the eternal Savior of the young in particular. as demonstrated by Him on eaith even two thousand years ago. And woe to those who harmed the body or mind of the child, or sought with false gospelsThere was no comeback possible, men if their minds had been agile enough to grasp for one, and in any ease it was dnngeious to In He with paiailels on Christ ami the Fuehrer. They were on somewhat thin ice there. No thevV\o?KiSt
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Mon, Jan 26, 1942
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