New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-15

the necessary power 70 enforce ITS
judgments is given by Pope Benedict
who declares that along with such
SPLENDID project must 20 an effective
grraG~Cncnt for reduction OF anna
Is.u.s - p point just sufficient Tor Ge-
r.rs'vc TU,poScs or 20 carry out the
1dste, OF the world court.
Il { jnconccivable, the Pope holds
thu. cay rc-manent peace can be MAIN
.o'rrs u.,a-s the various peoples are
,.i-t:c &C. esther i'm an amity tounded
,.or IGNITION OF national rights
r.. att MT 10 prevent free eeonom-
.. i'c7 between the belligerents, the
r,-c p5.a.s ca. would be disastrous
t-r-rrc-c. n, SAYS. there must be free-
fo-9 o. thu s.a, I'm all that the term ap-
riie.. Tine Toat,T declares that so eN-
.-9..yo l.. been tho injury 10 an lhe
lsl'rc.e,,s ,hat there can De no
..cYcr. row Of either indemnity or
a spir.. Of Cancellation and JUS
.fca. he says. al the belllgerents mus
srbr.t 10 see pt the losses the! ua,e
.rs.9ircI ,s.cnt IN the matter Oh 'eI
,ito-, aud hes dos these questiohs u
;,dr,,,i.y I'D rcparstion the POPE &c
r'.ros at.t rr-re TGst be no coh',!lr~
ti,, o. TIE Way ly an economic sttuE
~. for .u,lcmscy thereafter, wnlch
would lie purely cyii; col,sd
Tb;. ,,,o.s directly TO the so-cslleu
ps,is economic conference, wnlch W t
roliov,ci by one in Vienna, where the
os'oyt "a made to bind the belilgeI-
cnts on either side after the war "
have :csily no commercial re'"-
tior> ,.f-a tasir late enemies u,o
On H.. .aDcrtGnt question: o. "a
disnos;ticn OF occupied terfiIoIS Ia
Inc Territorial ambitions OF the PENS
crerts. the Pope. by way OF 49,
admits that special cases mignG; -
tifv spcciel consideration ana sun
adjusted in conformity win '"e
ciples Of equity and justice
Territorial Restoration
General proposition, he feels
that a proper basis iot us - eli
worI6 he the restoration at once OF on
.a.r;toTy now i'm enemy occupatIon'
That would involve Liberation OF per
r;ur, leaving not trace OF DeIha"
control. political or military .L.I
The same principle Of uncncumoerea
fraodor in SIS full sense. he says
should prevail iu regard TO every power
"a ration Not only must french Ter
CO. 80. roy occunied by Germany be
rsstoyed 10 France. he says, but, on
,he ether hand. all German colonies
which have Deer occupied by England;
Portugal. Belgium and Japan snoulo
ne returned 10 Germany.
The more difficult question ot iIsila
Jrrcdentia. the Pope thinks, shouio De
examined in a spirit of conclllauoh anu
fairness and that = speelai consloeia-
ton in the settlement should De given
TO national aspirations. u
Likewise does the Pope hold that me
complex questions lnYolged III IeAI
iustnert 81 the Balkan States should
IL cors;deyod N the same spirit OF
,ouitv and Justice He has especially
in mind Armenia, the Balkans and Po-
land. and he iutimation conveyed is
tha, these questions can safely be
dealt with BY direct diplomatic eX-
changes between the belligerents, once
ar agreement is reached upon the gem
eral princinles Of recognition OF ma
tional aspirations and Justice.
The one point on which Germany
might stick, diplomats feel, is the res
toration Of Alsace-Lorrsine. These
provinces, because of their mineral de-
posits. are not only necessary TO the
economic existence of Germany, they
saw. but in the hands of France again
would constitute a military menace 10
the whole German scheme on the west
ern frontier. a neutral diplomat to-day
yentured the opinion that Germany
beaten would concede all but the loss
of Alsace-Lorraine.
A submarine war. which was to have
been finished in six weeks, and Whlch
was to have brought Great Britain -
surrender within ninety days, is enter
ing its seventh month without the
nrorised result. The group hgnung
Germany has widened into world
circle Of seventeen nations, al unit
ing their resources and power Tor the
destruction Of the Germany military
sutocracy. The Imperial Government,
which entered the conflict with aims OF
world dominion, now would be satiste
with a restoration of the status before
In these events, the Allied diplomats
here see the moving causes Tor the
newest proposal of peace, and In them
they believe will be found the answer
of me Allied governments.