The campaign of Herr Werrl, Reich Minister of Church Affairs, to crush all opposition in the church has now been carried a further step forward.
Provincial synods have been appointed with authority. to deal with all the church affairs of their respective districts, Only two provinces, the Rhine Jprovince and Westphalia, will retain their independence, which was grant-fed them a century ago by the thea ruling Prussian kin Meanwhile, the Evangelical Bishop, Kaenker, and Paster Jacobi, head of the Council of Bishops at Berlin, were suspended from office to-day by order of Herr Kerri. Disiplinary proceedings will be opened against
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