Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-08-10 | Page 1 | Revolt Stirs Reich Clergy

REVOLT STIRS REICH CLERGY Protestant Opponents Declare Hitler Seeks to Place Self Above God Cod BERLIN Au Aug 10 Many IV-Many P Many clergymen clergy clergy- men are rebelling against swearing fealty to Chancellor Hitler Hiller declaring he the German ruler seeks to place himself himself him him- self sel above e God and the church A law requiring churchmen to take an oath of oC fidelity and obedience to Hitler is on one of several l enacted yesterday yes yes- erday by the national synod It is part of the nazi nad program am of t a l ed Protestant church Representatives of the Bavarian and Hanover state churches es protested passage of ot the thc 1 Jaw a v. aMany Many of or them said flatly laU today today to to- day they would not take the oath Some clergymen men already are under suspension for opposition to the he chancellor and his church lieutenant lieu lieu- tenant tenant Ludwig Mueller Those who refuse reluse to take the oath face the same fate late v The oath which the clergymen are ordered to take reads in substance I I swear this oath to God that as asa asa asa a truly appointed servant senant of or the church I swear fidelity and obedience obedience obe obe- to der fuehrer of ol the German German Ger Ger- man people and md state Adolf AdoU Hitler and that for the German people I Ivill will vill make mak every sacrifice ice and render every service due from a aG G German evangelical angelical man That in accordance with the duties du- du ties and ond prestige assigned me me I will conduct myself in accordance with the rules of the Evangelical church and andI I will scrupulously observe lions ions addressed to me in these rulings rul rul- ings That I shall serve m my congregation tion ion through the Evangelist Shep Shep- herd The opposition maintains the oath mixes things spiritual and temporal and makes it possible for Mueller to castigate every refusal to obey bey his orders as disobedience to Germanys Germany's dictator Hitler Hiller BERLIN Aug 1 IW Chancellor Chancellor Adolf Hitler henceforth will vill be mein fuehrer fuehrer my my leader leader to to each member member mem memo ber of ot the German army instead of merely der fuehrer the fuehrer the leader The change was announced toda today by Werner von van Blomberg minister of or defense upon the order of the chan chan-