" Church Making Itself a Martyr" says Nazis

The Nazi authorities in Holland arc extremely angry with the Dutch Catholic bishops who have just issued and read a pastoral letter in all their churches protesting against the Nazis interfering with Catholic Workers' organisations. A Dutch Nazi, Woudenberg, who has recently been appointed Commissar for the Catholic Workers' Union, replying to the Bishops' protests in a broadcast, said the Catholic Church by its action, is trying to appear a martyr, Catholics, he added, are not the only body who has had these rights over clubs and associations taken away.
Going's paper Essener Nationale Zeitung reports hat the Archbishop of Utrecht, Mgr. de Jong, has been fined 400 guilders for refusing to participate in what they describe as " propaganda against pagan 13olshevisrM" " While it is not understandable, it is unfortunately true." the article added, " that all Catholic organisations in Holland refuse to acknowledge that the German fight .against pagan Bolshevism is a battle for Christianity."
So far the text of the pastoral letter has not been received in this country.