THE NEW YORK TIMES DECLARES EDITORIALLY YESTERDAY THAT THE CAMPAIGN OF NAZI LEADERS TO DESTROY CHRISTIANITY IS “CREATING A SERIOUS BREACH IN THE REICH” AND THE NAZI PROGRAM OF PAGANIZATION IS “ENDANGERING THE UNITY OF THE STATE.”
AS PROOF, THE EDITORIAL QUOTES THE PASTORAL LETTER OF COUNT KONRAD VON PREYSING, OF THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF BERLIN, WARNING THAT “IT IS A FATAL MISTAKE TO SUPPOSE THAT THE NATION’S WELFARE CAN BE PROMOTED BY THE DESTRUCTION OF CHRISTIANITY” AND THE MEMOIR OF THE PROTESTANT CHAPLAINS OF THE REICHSWEHR CAUTIONING THAT “A FUTURE WAR WILL FIND THE GERMAN NATION IN THE MIDST OF THE BITTERNESS BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CHRISTIANITY AND NATIONAL SOCIALISM.”
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