future time in this sense, or at least act by common
 
accord on parallel lines.
 
     I inquired of the Pope with regard to his interview
 
Herr yon Ribbentrop. He said very definitely that
 
Herr yon Ribbentrop had been exceedingly quiet and
 
moderate in his manner, notwithstanding current rumors
 
to the contrary. He said, however, that Ribbentrop had
 
manifested only one point of view, namely that Germany
 
was determined to proceed with the war until she had
 
achieved a military victory, and that German military
 
strength was such that a complete victory would be
 
assured Germany within a short time. The Pope said that
 
Ribbentrop had displayed no hesitation whatever in his
 
insistence on this point.
 
     The Pope said that witch regard to the treatment of
 
Catholics in Germany--who, the Pope declared, were being
 
increasingly deprived (as were the Protestants) of their
 
right of freedom of worship, and of their freedom to
 
maintain their religious belief--Ribbentrop had given
 
him no satisfactory assurances whatever. On the con-
 
trary, Ribbentrop had asserted that German Catholics
 
possessed complete liberty to practice their faith, and
 
undertake their religious activities, provided they
 
did not engage in politics as Catholics.  The Pope stated
 
that this was, of course, not the fact. He said that he
 
had asked Ribbentrop whether he believed in God, and
 
Ribbentrop had replied,"Ich glaube an Gott, aber ich
 
bin unkirklich." (I believe in God but I am not addicted
 
to any Church) The Pope repeated this phrase in German
 
sarcastically two or three times, and with a smile said
 
                              that