Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1917-09-01
TEXT OF U. S. REPLY
TO POPE BENEDICT

Washington, d. c.. August 2S 1917.
The following complete of President Wilson's
To o. HIS HOLINESS BEaEDIcrus XIV, POPE:
In acknowledgment of the OF your Holiness
the belgeren peoples dated August the President OF the
United States requests transmit the following reply:
Every heart that has been blinded and hardened by this
be be touched by this moving appeal OF His Holiness the
Pope feel the dignity and force Of the humane and
motives which prompted it, and must eveny wish that we might
Jolly take does fact lead the goal he Our
OF arms he desires stable and endur
peace This not be through with and
must be matter Judgment that against
His proposes that the
quo beum and that then there be general condonation dis
and OF nations based acceptance OF the
principle arbitration that by similar freedom OF the
be established and that the territorial claims OF France and Italy the
pereng problems OF the Balkan states and the restitution OF
be left such concatory adjustments be possible in the
temper such peace due regard being paid the aspirations the
peoples whose political affiliations viii be involved
1t manifest that OF this programme can be success lily
uni the restitution OF TIL" status quo aa furnishes
firm and satisfactory basis for it. he object OF this war to deliver
the peoples the world from the menace and the actual power OF
vast establishment controlled by irresponsible
which, having secretly planned dominate the world proceed
the plan without regard either to the sacred obga
principles and honor which chose time
delivered its blow ercey and suddenly stopped at
OF whole continent within the
the blood OF soldiers only but the blood of innocent
children also and OF the helpless and now stands
defeated the fourhfts the world This
power the German people 1t business OF ours how that
great people under its control submitted with
domination purpose but business that
the history the OF the word no longer lett to its handling
deal such power by way peace upon the plan
posed by His Holiness the Pope would
recupeaon OF its strength a policy would make
necessary permanent hostile combination OF nations
ganst German people who instruments and would result
abandoning newborn Russia the intrigue the manifold
subtle and the certain
attempted by all the magn influences which eean govern
has of late accustomed the world Can be based upon
word OF honor could pledge In
a OF settlement and accommodation!
Responsible must everywhere see II they never
before political economic
benefit nations and cripple embarrass
upon vndve action kind OF revenge
injury The American people have suffered inoeabe
wrongs the hands OF the Imperial German Government but they
the German people, who have themselves SUI
things this which they did choose They believe
should the rights OF peoples not the rights
rights peoples great small weak powerful
EQUAL right freedom and and sefgovernment
participation fair the economic opportunities
the wordhe German people OF course included they VIII ac
cep equality and not seek domination
The ore every plan of this it based up
the faith all the peoples involved merely upon the word OF an
free peoples the other hs test which goes to the root
the and is the test which must be applied
The purposes the United States in this known to the
whole woro people to whom the truth has been permitted
They do be stated We seek no material
kind We believe that the ntoeabe wrongs done
this brutal of the Imperial German
sovereignty peoperaher vndcaon of the sovereignty
that weak and OF those that strong Punitive
dsmembmen the establishment OF sehsh
leagues deem nexpeden and the end
futile proper basis for kind least OF all
enduring That must be based upon justice ana FAIRNESS
rights OF mankind
take the word OF the present ruler OF Germany as
OF anything that to endure unless explicitly supported
by such conclusive evidence OF the VIII ana purpose Oh te German
other peoples the world would be us
fed in accepting Without such treaties OF settlement
arbitration IN the
Mace of force territorial adjustments reconstuton of small nations
German Government man. no nation could now
nepd on We must await purposes the
God be given soon
the confidence all peoples everywhere IN the
faith nations possibility OF eoyenaned peace
lSpned) ROBERT LANSING
Secretary Of State of the United States OF America
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