CATHOLIC REPLY

Grey River Argus, 13 August 1935, Page 5

CATHOLIC REPLY

TO NAZI COERCION Effective in Bavaria (Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) (Received August 12, art, 10.20 p.m.) LONDON, August 12. “The Times’s’ s Munich correspond ent says: A courageously outspoken reply to Doctor Goebbel’s attack oi. Catholicism on August 4ih last, has been delivered in Munich by the Bishop of Treves. Speaking at the seven hundreth anniversary celeb rations of rth e Limburg Cathedral. he declared tha t her glorious Cathedral?testified to the devote spirit of medi aeval Germany, which spirit was not sufficiently alive to-day. Catholics, he said, refused to be intimidated. Nazi uniforms and Swastika flags wore conspicuously absenr from the celebrations. The streets were decorat ed with the Limburg clerical banners. Almost? the entire population had prayer books in their hands. It was a remarkable triumph for Catholicism. The Munich streets remained un usually empty. <le>*pi:e an appeal to citizens to join in special anti-Catho-lie and anti-Jewish celebrations. A few demonstrators carried banners caricaturing Priests as shaking hands with Moscow leaders. Storm troopers distributed leaflets a‘ houses ordering the residents v o gather in the streets and to exhibit The flags, but few resident’s obeyed. Hitler's Speech TO NAZI ‘OLD GUARD.” (Received August 12 .at 10 p.m.) BERLIN, August 12. Herr Hitler in a surprise speech to members of the Nazi Old Guard at th > fifteenth anniversary celebrations ot the Nazi Party, at Rosenheim, declar ed: “I am convinced that the world will not be able to arttack Germany again. We want pence, as others should desire peace. If they should disturb us, they will find us a nation of men.”