Another Decree Will Curb Political Agitation Berlin, July 1.
Two new decrees by Herr Hans Kern, Minister for Church Affairs. will unify church finances and prevent houses of worship from being used for propaganda purposes in the forthcoming German church elections.
The first decree sets up a finance department in every chancellery of the German Evangelical Church with executive powers and control over the salaries of pastors and church officials.
The second decree obviously seeks to prevent political agitation. Pastors or any others, by talks from the pulpit or by leaflets, will be fined or punished with imprisonment for contraventions.—Trans-Ocean. te
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