The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-22
GERMANY REPLIES TOPOPE'S PEACENOTE.
FUTURE MATERIAL POWER OF ARMS MUST BE SUPER
SEDED BY THE MORAL POWER OF RIGHT"
EXTRACT FROM REPLY.

able wrestling with one another would |
lead to the highest perfecting of the !
noblest human principles.
Disastrous cocatenation Of events in |
the year 1914 absolutely broke off all |
hopeful course Of development and
transformed Europe into bloody bat !
tie arena
Approaching the Importance Of his !
holiness declaration the imperial gov.
eminent has not failed to submit the
suggestion contained therein to earnest
and scrupulous examination. Special
measures. which the government has
taken in closest contact with repre-
sentatives of the German people for
discussing and answering the aues
tions raised prove how earnest II de-
sires' in accordance with his holiness
desires and the peace resolution OF the
reichstag on July 20, to find prac.
tical basis for a just and lasting peace.
The imperial government greets with
special sympathy the leading idea of
the peace appear wherein his holiness
clearly expresses the conviction that
| In the future the material power of
arms must be superseded by the moral
power Of right. We are also convinced
that the sick body Of human society
can be healed only by fortifying its
moral strength of right From this
would follow, according to his holiness
view, the simultaneous abandonment
OF the armed forces Of all states and
the institution Of obligatory arbitration
/ for international disputes.
| We share his holiness view that def
mite rules and a certain safeguard for
a simultaneous and reciprocal limitation
Of armaments on land, on sea and in the
air. as Well as for the true freedom OF
the community and high seas. are the
things in treating which the new spirit
that in the future prevail I'm interna.
tonal relations. should find first hdpe.
ful expression. The task would then
/ OF itself arise to decide international diff.
ference Of opinion not by the use or
armed forces. but by peaceful methods
especially by arbitration whose high
peace producing effect We. together
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 20 her geographi.
cal situation and economic require.
ments has TO rely upon peaceful in.
tercourse with her neighbors and with
distant countries No people there.
fore has more reason than the German
people TO wish that. instead of univer.
sal hatred and battle. a concHiatorv fra.
ternal spirit should prevail between ma.
tions
III the nations are guided bv this
spirit. il viii be recognized 20 their ad.
vantage that the important thing is to
/ lay more stress upon what unites them
20 'heir relations. They will also succeed
ln settling individual points Of conflict
winch are still undecided. in such way
that conditions of existence win be ere.
ated which win be satisfactory to every
nation and thereby repetition of tbis
great world catastrophe would apne1r
/ impossible
only ON this condition. can last.
Ins peace bc founded. which yould ,ro.
mote an intellectual approachment and
return Co the economic prosperity OF
human society. This serious and ein.
cere conviction encourages our conf.
dence that our enemies also may see a
suitable basis in the ideas submitted
! oy his holiness for approaching nearer
10 the preparation OF future peace un.
der conditions corresponding TO a sp.r.
it OF reasonabieness and 20 the situation
In Europe"
The document is signed by the inn.
perial chancellor Michoelis and is ad.
dressed 10 Cardinal Gaspam. papal see
retary of state