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even allies [of Germany]. But to cap it all, the Federal Attorney-General declared: “Trading with them is prohibited.” This amounts to a systematic eradication of all commercial ties with Germany, and still they want to make us believe that England is not in this war to protect its trade!
A few days ago, the Catholic pastors who were interned with us departed for L., from where they will be discharged to Germany via America. They were all very polite and intelligent people who will be sorely missed, at least by me. I have to admire the Catholics for what they managed to achieve, because for some time now, we have had a
Protestant priest in the camp, Pastor Steck, an inspector of the Rhineland Mission in New
Guinea, who could not effect his discharge despite his utmost efforts. The representatives of both faiths, by the way, got along well with each other and held alternating services. Pastor Steck also is the Protestant army parson, as Dr Pothmann was the Catholic army parson in Southwest Africa. Both are