Religion: Warlike Episcopalians

More than 36% of the Episcopal clergy want to enter the war right away. Of those who do not, 79% favor armed intervention if a German victory cannot be prevented otherwise. Such was the return of a mail poll of 6,000 clergymen (of whom 50% answered) conducted by the Anglo-Catholic Living Church. Only 10% reported themselves pacifists.

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