PRUSSIAN PULPIT TALK.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 276, 19 November 1914, Page 4

PRUSSIAN PULPIT TALK.

The Prussian Court preachers have taken the field. If only by way of contrast with the tone of the declaration of British theologians published in "The Times" on Wednesday, one may note a letter issued by the Emperor's Chief Court Preacher, Dr. Dryander, the Superintendent-Gen-eral in Berlin, Dr. Lahusen, and the Director of Missions, BTerr Axenfeld. They write: —"We will utter no criticism upon the Russian Mongol-Asia-tic policy of brigands, nor on the passion for revenge fostered among the French notwithstanding all our efforts to make friends with them. But we must say plainly that towards the English policy and those who are responsible for it we can have no other feelings than those of deepest wrath and moral contempt. It was in their power to prevent war. Without the very show of an ideal reason and solely for money's sake they fell murderously from behind upon a friendly nation to which they were united by ties of race, faith, and culture. They stamped upon their own moral worth by spurring on heathen Japanese to a campaign of robbery, and by leading African niggers against us." No better answer to these lying shepherds could be given than that of their own countryman Herr Harden, who boldly says: ' 'Let us drop the miserable attempts to-excuse Germany's action. Not against our will, and as a nation surprised, did we hurl ourselves into this gigantic venture. We willed it. We do not stand before the judgment seat of Europe. We acknowledge no such jurisdiction. Our might shall create a new law for Europe."