GERMAN HAPPENINGS

Greymouth Evening Star, 14 May 1934, Page 7

GERMAN HAPPENINGS

CHURCH DISPUTE. [BY CABLE —PBESS ASSN. —COPYBIGHT.] BERLIN, May 12. The church dispute has flared up again. Bishop Mueller has summarily suspended two to three hundred pastors who are forbidden their pulpits to-morrow. All have arranged to hold services in hired halls and private houses. Secret police are busy raiding houses of recalcitrant pastors, and preventing them entering the churches. ESPIONAGE TRIAL. BERLIN, May 12. It is officially denied that Countess Von Berg and Captain Von Sosnowski have been sentenced (the former to death and the latter to imprisonment) for espionage in regard to the German Army in the interests of Poland. They are awaiting trial on an espionage charge. TUGBOAT TRAGEDY BERLIN, May 13. While berthing the liner Albert Balbert Ballin, the tugboat, Merkur fouled the bows, and sank. The captain and five of the crew were rescued. Later, the tug re-appeared floating bottom upwards. Tappings were heard in the hull, in which eight others are imprisoned, including the cook’s wife. Rescuers unsuccessfully tried to liberate them by means of oxy-acetylene burners, and hope has been abandoned. PASSION PLAY. BERLIN, May 13. For the first time in history, the Oberammergau Passion Play was broadcast, and relayed to the United States, to-day.