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And Nazi Reich Ministei(By N.C.W.C. News Service)Lisbon, Oct. 3—Herewith are presented three amazing documents comprising correspondence between Most. Rev. Clemens August von Qalen, Bishop of Mucnstcr, Gernu ny, and Dr. Lammers, Mn istei* of the Reich and Chief of the Reich (Chancellery, m w,hitch the prelate denounced the persecutory methods employed by the Gestapo, and the Nazi official made known that the protest had been referred to the attention of the head of the very organization against which it w slodged:Telegram, July 14, 1911Minister oftheDr. Lammers,Reich, Reich Chancellery, Berlin.“Because the enemy has been attempting to destroy the city of uenster since July 6 by frightful attacks, the secret StateJuly 12 to con-nightPolice began onfiscate the monasteries and housesorders in the cityof (religious) and environs and to take possession of them, with furnishings, for the benefit of the government of district (Gauleitung). The blameless German mentheinmates,and women, honorable members of German families, some of whose relatives are fighting for Germany as soldiers, are being robbed of their homes and their property, thrown into the street, and ban- j ished from their home province. I beg the Fuehrer and Chancellor of the Reich, for the sake of justiceof the homeAs far as I can judge, the consciousness of the ‘national community of interest’ with those circles has been destroyed for most of us beyond restoration.“When I say ‘as far as I can judge,’ 1 venture at the same time to remind you that I am not only a son of this State, German to the core, and of a family that has lived here for centuries, but also, aspastor and Bishop, very closelyconversant with the mentality of the local population. As head of a diocese and bishopric containing almost two million German Catholics, I believe that I have a right to speak in their name and to petition the highest officials and be heard by them!“Therefore I am taking the liberty of stating to you, honored Mr. Minister of the Reich, with manly frankness, that the content of theand the solidarity front, for protection of the freedom and the property of Germans from the arbitrary action of the secret State Police and from robbery for the benefit of the district firovemment.reply of July 17, 1941, not only has gravely disappointed me, but has filled me with the greatest anxiety for our people and fatherland.“In my telegram of July 14, T941, I asked the Fuehrer andChancellor of the Reich, throughIv* • » - • •• • w ♦ #*.v • • • • • • •_ *L . • • •.mt. • .‘.V.'.v, .V.V.V.’v • i • •... . .. ,vXv/ wv.v.*.*.* *. •v.v.w v.v.vtv v.vv.v.y\v v • • • * ...:UNVEILS FOUNDER’S STATUEFollowing Pontifical Mass in the Church of Mount St. Sepulchre, Washington, D. C., on the Feast of St. Frauds of Assisi, ArchbishopAinleto Giovanni Cicognani, Apostolic Delegate to the United States, blesses tlie life-size statue of Rev. Godfrey Schilling, O.F.M., founder of flic famous Franciscan Monastery in the nation’s capital. The work of Juan D’A niello, the statue portrays Father Godfrey seated with Ids Rosary between ids fineers, as he is remembered by thou-By CourageouswGerman Bishop(Continued from Page One)prelate embrace a sermon he delivered from the pulpit of St. Lambert’s Church in his See city, andcorrespondence of protest which |he has had with Nazi officials. The letters indicate that Bishop vonGalen has received no satisfactionIfrom the Nazi leaders.Priests Dragged From Homes“Already a number of times, and again quite recently,” the distinguished Bishop said from the pulpit of St. Lambert’s, “we have heard of the Gestapo imprisoning irreproachable and highly respected German men, without judgment and without defense, depriving them of their liberty, driving them from the country, and interning some of them. In recent weeks twoof my private council. Canons of the Chapter of our Cathedral, have been dragged from their homes by the Gestapo, transported out of Muenster and exiled in places far from where permanent residencehas been assigned to them.“To my protest made to the Ministry of the Reich, I have received absolutely no reply. But at least this much has been established through telephonic information from those close to theGestapo: neither of the two Canons was charged with either a suspicion or an accusation of punish-
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