Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-09-22
Berlin Reply
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man government in reply 10 the peace
note of Pope Benedict, a copy OF
which has been received here, cher
ishes a lively desire" that the appeal
may meet with success.
Emperor William, the German note
says, has been following the efforts
of the pope toward peace for a con-
siderable time with high respect.
The text of the reply reads:
Herr Cardinal: Your eminence has
been good enough, together with your
letter of August 2, to transmit to the
kaiser and king my most gracious
master, the note OF his holiness, the
pope, in which his holiness, filed with
grief at the devastations of the world
war, makes an emphatic peace ap-
peal to the heads of the belligerent
people. The kaiser and king has de-
cided to acquaint me with your emf
nence's letter and to intrust the reply
to me.
Lively" Desire
His majesty has been following for
a considerable time with high respect
and sincere gratitude his holiness ef-
forts in a spirit of true impartiality to
alleviate as far as possible the suffer
ings of the war and to hasten the
end of hostilities. The kaiser sees In
the latest step of his holiness Tresn
proof of his noble and humane feel
ings and cherishes lively desire that
for the benefit of the entire world the
papal appeal may meet with success.
Kaiser Refers Back
"The effort Of Pope Benedict is to
pave the way to an understanding
amongst all peoples and might more
surely reckon on a sympathetic recep-
tion and the whole-hearted support
from his majesty. seeing that the kai
ser since taking over the government
has regarded it as his principal and
most sacred task to preserve the bless
ings of peace for the German people
and the world. In his first speech
from the throne at the opening of the
German reichstag on June 25, 1883,
the kaiser promised that his love of
the German army and his position to-
ward it should never lead him into
to cut short the benefits of
peace unless war were a necessity.
forced on US by an attack on the en-
pire or its allies. The German army
should safeguard peace for us, and
should peace, nevertheless, be broken,
it would be in a position to win it
with honor The kaiser has, by his
acts, fulfilled the promise he then
made in twenty-siX years of happy
rule, despite provocations and temp
The Emperor First
"In the crisis which led to the pres !
ent confiagration his majesty's efforts !
were up to the last moment directed
toward settling the conflict by peace
ul means. After the war had broken I
out, against his wish and desire, the
kaiser in conjunction with his allies /.
was the first solemnly to declare his |
readiness to enter into peace negotia- /.
tions. The German people supported
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peace.
Germany Wanted Freedom
Germany sought within her nation !
al frontier the free development of
spiritual and material possessions .
and outside the imperial territory un-
hindered competition with nations en-
joyin gequal rights and equal esteem.
The free play of forces in the world
in peaceable wrestling with one an
other would lead to the highest per-
fecting of the nobled human posses /
sions. Disastrous concentrations or
events in the year 1914 absolutely 1
broke off all hopeful course of devel-
opments and transformed Europe into
a bloody battle arena"