The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-08-14

ner, in frenzy of demolition, SPAR
ing neither cities nor villages, and
spreading the ravages of death.
Appeal to Rulers.
you who before God and men are
charged with the grave responsibility
of peace and war, listen to our pray
er, listen to the fatherly voice of the
Vicar of the eternal and supreme
Judge to Whom you should give &C
count of your public works as well
as private actions.
1.-THE abundant riches which the
creating God has given to your lands
permit you to continue the contest.
But at what a price! is the answer
of thousands of young whose lives
are lost each day on the battlefields,
and of the ruins of so many cities and
villages, so many monuments, due
to the piety and genius of our fore
fathers.
THE bitter tears which flow in the
sanctity of homes and at the foot Of
affairs, do they not also repeat that
the price of the continuation of the
contest is great, too great?
And it cannot be said that the i'm
mense conflict cannot be ended with
out violence of arms. May this craze
for destruction be abandoned; may
nations not perish. Inundated and
oppressed, they tremblingly carry the
yoke imposed on them and prepare
their revenge, transmitting from gen.
Grafton to generation a sorrowful
heritage of hate and vengeance.
Suggests Arbitration.
"Why not now weigh with serene
conscience the rights and just aspira-
ton of the peoples? Why not start
with good will, direct or indirect
exchange of views with the object of
considering as far as possible these
rights and aspirations, and thus put
to an end the terrible combat, as has
been the case previously under SINH
lar circumstances?
Blessed be he who first extends
the olive branch and tenders his hand
to the enemy in offering his reason
able condition of peace
THE equilibrium of the world prog
ress and the security and tranquility
of nations repose on mutual well-being
and respect of the right and dignity
of others more than on the number
of armies and a formidable zone of
fortresses.
ut is the cry of peace which issues
from the depth of our soul this sad
day and which invites the true friends
of peace in the world to extend their
hands to hasten the end of a war
which for a year has transformed
Europe into an enormous battlefield.
May Jesus in His pity, by the in
termediary of the Mother of Sorrows,
end the terrible tempest and cause
to arise a radiant dawn and the
quietude of peace formed in His own
divine image. May hymns of thanks
to the Most High Author of all good
things soon resound
Reconciliation.
Let us hope for the reconciliation
of the States; may the people once
again become brothers and return to
their peaceful labor in arts, learning,
and industry; may once again the
empire of justice be established; may
the people decide henceforth to con-
fine the solution of their differences
no longer to the sword, but to courts
of justice and equity, where the ques-
ton may be studied with necessary
calm and thought.
This will be the most beautiful and
glorious victory. In confidence that
the tree of peace will soon allow
the world to enjoy again it's fruits
which are SO much to be desired, we
bestow our apostolic benediction upon
all those who are part of the mystic
flock which is confided to our keep
ing, even also upon those who do not
yet belong to the Roman Church. We