3 MAY 1935, Page 1

That, of course, is in one sense an ,internal question,

an affair of Germany's citizens and their leaders. So is t he new regulation by which birth no longer confers German citizenship, but only service to the State—in particular military service. But to the outside world these new manifestations of the deification. of force, and the constant to force in a brutal form againSt individuals, are full of menace. Of the same substance with them are the fresh attacks on both the dissident Protestant pastors. and the Roman Catholic Archbishop Faulhaber, and the official indulgence extended to the pagan movement sponsored by Professor Hauer, General Ludendorff and Count Reventlow. What is the destiny of a nation diverted to the worship of such gods ? The question cannot yet be answered. The pagan movement may have its reaction in impelling all Christian bodies towards a co-operation which will give them new strength. The fact that Reichsbishop Muller is announced to take the platform against the pagans must at least provide him with a little more common ground with the Confes- sional Movement. In that sphere unforeseen develop- ments are possible.