CONDITIONS IN GERMANY

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 100, 1 May 1935, Page 6

CONDITIONS IN GERMANY

A PASTOR'S IMPRESSIONS. ( Per Press Association. ) PALMERBTON N., April 30. Observations relating to conditions in Germany and schism in the church in that country were made by Factor •I- W. C. Legaard, of the Lutheran Church, Brisbane, who is now on his way tu after a lengthy visit to Lu rope. In an interview during his visit here, he said; ‘‘l felt that I could not breathe freely in Germany and I was greatly relieved when 1 went over the border into Denmark or France. After three visits, each of a week's duration, my personal opinion, though it may be wrong, is that there is an atmosphere of nervousness and a cloud of depression —not —hanging over everything. ‘' Regarding the Lutheran Church, I’asior Legaard said that Herr Hitler hud sought to use the church for his own ends. His followers broke away to establish the Reich Church. Those who had. resisted Herr Hitler and had refused to throw in their lot, had remained staur.ch adherents to the confessional, ur true. Lutheran Church, but the,v were being sadly oppressed. Propaganda work was proceeding on , an extensive scale. Hitlerites came to ■ the doors to sell .ickets for certain oh- I jccts. R’cfusil meant that, one’s name i ami address were taken by what was i really a spy organisation. The house holder was reported to the authorities ami jilaced on the black list. ’The German national policy was carried to extremes in the border districts, the need for propaganda being far greater there than in Berlin itself. The cost of living was very high. Militarism was to be seen c\ery where. The opinion wa> expressed by Pastor Legaard that, despite Germany 's military spirit, there was not an immediate ■ danger of conflict, but her policy was ! : causing a lot of worry and pinpricking on borders. Though there was little danger of war at present, he would not bo surprised if the situation changed greatly within two years. The Polish Corridor (piestion was a constant source ■ of irritntiou. Heir Hiller's pala-’e was i heavily guarded. PATENTING IS A MATTER FOR EXPERTS i The hundred ami one legal points in- i . ohc'l in the patenting of a device are t jest entrusted to a qualified patent i iltorney. Consult us fully ami confid- [ Hili.'illy about YOUR idea. Henry Hughes Ltd. (Directors: \Y. E. Hughes 1 mJ J. T. Hunter. Registered Patent i \.ttorne> si, 214-217 D.I.C. Buibling, i A'el ling I on. Adv I.