The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-22

holiness as to the highest parsonage
who, in virtue of his mission which
reaches beyond earthly things and
thanks to the high conception Of his
duties laid upon him, stands high
above the belligerent peoples and
who Is inaccessible TO all influence,
was able to find a way which may
lead to the realization of our own
desire for peace, lasting and honor
able for all parties.
Seek Blessings Of Peace.
Since ascending the throne of
our ancestors and fully conscious OF
the responsibility which we bear be-
fore God and men for the fate of the
Austro- Hungarian monarchy, we
have never lost sight Of the high
aim of restoring to our peoples as
speedily as possible the blessings Vt
peace. Soon after our accession ito
the throne II was vouchsafed as In
common with our allies, to Under
take a step which had been CONSIDER
ed and prepared by our exalted pred
ecessor, Francis Joseph, to pave the
way for lasting and honorable
peace. .... r.. ..-r
I'VE gave expression to this desire
in speech from the throne deliver
ed at the opening of the Austrian
reichsrath, thereby showing that we
are striving after a peace that shall
free the future life OF the nation
from rancor and a thirst for revenge
and that shall secure them for gen.
erations to come from the employ
ment of armed forces. Our joint
government has in the meantime not
failed in repeated and emphatic dec
larations which could be heard by all
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own will and that of the Austro-
Hungarian peoples to prepare an
end to bloodshed by peace such as
your holiness has in bind.
practical Suggestions" g..
Happy in the thought that our
desires from the first were directed
toward the same object which your
holiness today characterizes as one
we strive for, we have taken into
close consideration the concrete and
practical suggestions Of your holi-
ness and have come to the follow
ing conclusion:
With deep-rooted conviction we
agree to the leading idea of your
holiness that the future arrangement
of the world must be based on the
elimination Of armed forces and in
the moral force OF right and on the
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legality.
I'VE too are imbued with the hope
that a strengthening Of the sense of
right would morally regenerate hui
manity. We support therefore your
holiness views that the negotiations
between the belligerents should and
could lead to an understanding by
which with the creation Of appropri-
ate guarantees ornaments on land
and sea and in the air might be re-
duced simultaneously reciprocally
and gradually to fixed limit and
thereby the high seas which rightly
belong to all the nations Of the earth,
may be freed from domination or
paramountcy and be opened equally
for the use of all. ..
Fully conscious of the Importance
of the promotion of peace, on the
methods proposed by your holiness,
namely to submit international dis
putes to compulsory arbitration, we
are also prepared to enter into
negotiations regarding this proposal
Sees No Difficulty.
IF, as we most heartily desire,
agreements should be arrived at be-
tween the belligerents which would |
realize this sublime idea and there |
by give security to the Austro- |
Hungarian monarchy for its un-
kampered future development, Vt |
can then not be difficult to find a |
solution Of the other |
questions which still remain to be |
settled between the belligerents in |
a spirit of justice and Of reason
able consideration of the conditions |
for existence of both parties.
'If the nations of the earth were |
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with one another in |
the sense Of your holiness proposals. |
then peace could blossom forth from |
them. The nations could attain COM |
plete freedom Of movement on the |
high seas, heavy material burdens |
could be taken from them, and new |
sources of prosperity opened 20
them. r@
Guided by spirit of moderation
and Cancellation we see in the |
proposals of your holiness a suitable
basis for initiating negotiations with
d view to preparing peace just 20 |
all and lasting and we earnestly |
hope our present enemies may be |
animated by the same ideas. In this /
spirit we beg that the Almighty may
bless the work Of peace begun by /
your holiness" ...
German Reply,
Your eminence has been good
enough, together with your letter of
Aug. 2. to transmit to the kaiser and |
king, my most gracious master, the
note of his holiness, the pope, in
which his holiness. filled with grief |
1T the devastation of the world war,
makes an emphatic peace appeal to
The heads Of the belhgerent peoples.
The kaiser-king has deigned to /
acquaint me with your eminence's
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