New Britain herald., 1917-09-22
TEUTON|C POWERS
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(Continued from First Page) high peace producing effect we tOgeth- CT with His Holiness fully recognize.
 The imperial government will in this respect support every proposal compatible with the vital interest of the German empire and people.
 "Germany, owing to her geogra phi cal situation and economic require ments, has to rely on peaceful inter course with her neighbors and with distant countries No people there fore has more reason than the Ger man people to wish that instead of universal hatred and battle a concili- atory fraternal spirit should prevail between nations.
 If the nations are guided by this spirit it will be recognized to their ad- vantage that the important thing is to lay more stress upon what united them in their relations. They will also succeed in settling individual points of conflict which are still undecided in such way that conditions of exist ence will be created which will be satisfactory to every nation and there by repetition of this great world catastrophe would appear impossible.
 "Only on this condition can a last ing peace be founded which would promote an intellectual approachment and a return to the economic pros perity of human society. This seri- ous and sincere conviction encourages our confidence that our enemies also may see a suitable basis in the ideas submitted by His Holiness for ap- preaching nearer to the preparation of future peace under conditions cor responding to a spirit of reasonable ness and to the situation in Europe"
 The document is signed by Imperial Chancellor Michaelis and is addressed to Cardinal Gasparr, Papal Secretary of State.
 Austrian Answer.
 Holy Father: With due venera tion and deep emotion we take cog nizance of the new representations which your Holiness, in fulfillment of the holy office intrusted to you by God, makes to us and the heads or the other belligerent states, with the noble intention of leading the heavily tried nations to unity that will re- sore peace to them.
 With a thankful heart we receive this fresh gift of fatherly care which you, Holy Father always bestow on all peoples without distinction and from the depth of our heart we greet the moving exhortation which your holiness had addressed to the govern ments of the belligerent peoples.
 During this cruel war we have al ways looked up to your Holiness as to the highest parsonage, who, in vir- tue of his mission, which reached be-
 tD the high conception of his duties laid upon him, stands high above the bel 1igerent peoples and who, inaccessible to all influence, was able to find a war which may lead to the realization of our own desire for peace, lasting and honorable for all parties
 Since ascending the throne of our ancestors. and fully conscious of the responsibility which we bear before God and men for the fate of the Aus tro- Hungarian Monarchy, we have never lost sight of the high aim of restoring to our peoples, as speedily as possible. the blessings of peace. Soon after our accession to the throne it was vouchsafed to us in common | with our allies, to undertake step which had been considered and pre- pared by our exalted predecessor, Francis Joseph, to pave the way for a lasting and honorable peace.
 we gave expression to this desire | in a speech from the Throne delivered 1 at the opening of the Austrian Reich 1 stag, thereby showing that | striving after a peace that shall free 1 the future life of the nation from 1 rancor and a thirst for revenge, and 1 that shall secure them for generations | to come from the employment of l armed forces. Our joint Government ! has in the meantime failed in repeat ! ed and emphatic declarations which 1 could be heard by all the world, to 1 give expression to our own will and that of the Austro- Hungarian peoples l to prepare an end to boodshed by a | peace such as your Holiness has in | mind.
 Happy in the thought that our ! desires from the first were directed l toward the same object which your 1 Holiness today characterizes as one we should strive for. we have taken 1 into close consideration the concrete and practical suggestions of your Hol- | mess and have come to the following | conclusions:
 With deep-rooteo conviction we agree to the leading idea of your Hol- 1 mess that the future arrangement of 1 the world must be based on the elm-