English Translation

- 3 - other cath. associations and associations with disintegration measures. Thus, a major official of the Lanesbe- höherd in Brno expressed his view that according to the articles published in the press against the priesthood also an action against the church property is to be expected. The Germans, however, would not do anything against the cath. Church - in general, but rather seek individual reasons for confiscation of larger church assets. In places one has oneself in kath. In this context, it is important to note that the DTI (Teschechischer Arbeiter- Turnverband) , which has a much richer past, has so far been spared from similar measures. The reasons which led to the dissolution of the "Orel" are different. While in some circles the lack of a positive opinion in the "Orel" is admitted - it has also been expected in many cases that church dignitaries, who were largely active in the „Orel", were arrested because after the dissolution of the "Sokol" many members of the Sokol had joined the „Orel" - one sees in the measure only a disadvantage of the kath. Church, which is thereby to be weakened in its influence on the population. From the Catholic circles distant people even agreeing opinions have become loud. Thus, a priest of a Bohemian Brethren's congregation in Par- dubitz said that the dissolution of the "Orel" by no means alarmed him and his congregation, that he had always regarded in the "Orel" the juxtaposition of nationality and the question of faith as unhealthy, that it was a blasphemy if, with the help of an organization representing chauvinist principles, the number of church followers was sought. The Czech was less interested in religious ties than much more in national slogans, for which, to a large extent, especially the younger priests, - 4 -