Members of the German Committee came to present a petition already submitted to the Vicar General Father Peter Hennaert . The title "trustee" is objectionable to Hafkenscheid. His dealings about the German church are with the Vicar General, not the trustees. The accusation that Father Peter Cronenberg Croonenberg would not take any pay until after all debts were paid is a falsehood. Hafkenscheid has examined all of Croonenberg's books and accounts and finds that he was exact and faithful in his administration. If he was not able to give these gentlemen as much money as they desired to pay the second term of their mortgage, it was because he had to contract debts for the church which he has paid to the last cent. If they attribute the deficit to his expenses for the altar and sacristy they are mistaken as all these expenses have been paid by gifts. If the congregation goes along as it started, in six years the church will be free. Hafkenscheid sends these lines to the Vicar General to clarify all the difficulties which the petition states and for reassurance about the actual state of the German congregation. :: III-2-i A.L.S. French 2pp. 8vo.