Lutheran Ire

Of 26 Lutheran synodical bodies in the U. S., 17 are united for executive purposes in the National Lutheran Coumcil of which J. A. Morehead is Director. Offended by the scheme (TIME, March 17) to induce Lutheran ministers to speculate in francs as retaliation against France, Mr. Morehead issued a statement: "The effort to involve the Lutheran Church in the promotion of speculation, religious antagonism, national hatred, is abominable." A similar sentiment was expressed by F. H. Knubel, President of the United Lutheran Church.

There are some 3,000,000 Lutherans (of German and Scandinavian extraction) in the U. S.