The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-23
POPE FEARS WAR
KILL ALL MANKIND
OVER THE EARTH
PRESENT CONFLICT COULD IN
FEW YEARS SWALLOW CIVIL
IZATI0N Is BELIEF.
BLAMES DRAFT LAWS
POntilf Gives Out Plan for World
Peace. Main Feature of which Is
Agreement of All Nations to SUP.
press Obligatory Military Service.

Rome, Friday Sept 21-uDelayed.D- D.
Cardinal Gasparri, the papal secretary
Of state tonight emphasized TO the As
sociated Press the views Of the vatican
regarding a solution of the war by the
suRDression Of conscription. and also q
Joint commercial boycott of any nation
which refused TO disarm. the occasion
being the publication in the Italia Of
Milan Of an article on the peace plan OF
the holy see.
Il is evident from the articld that the
vatican aspires 90 suppress German
militarism by securing peace treaty
requiring the permanent disarmament
of that nation
II was made evident in the Italia arti
Gle that the vatican did not hope for a
period when there would be no more
wars, hut that it believed it would be-
possible 10 limit them
Regarding the present war the news
paper maintained that the contending
parties would be obliged to come Ia
some terms other than those directed by
the force Of arms, otherwise in the
course Of the next few years the man
hood and wealth OF the world would be-
swallowed up
Practical Plan Alleged
The Italia declared that the Holy See
in the call for peace, out OF "a feeling
Of delicacy towards the belligereut pow.
ers, would not indicate practical means
with which 10 obtain and maintain dis
armament, leaving the nations To decide
the means, but Cardinal Casparri said
the holy see is convinced that among all
the plans suggested so far the only
practical and possible one is the fol-
lowing:
BY an accord among the civilized MAJ
tions including neutrals o. suppress
obligatory military service. t1 institute
am arbitration tribunal. and as guar
antee TO direct general boycott against
nations which again attempt TO intro
duce couscription or which refuse Co.
submit international questions 10 arb
tration or accept It's decisions. guar
antee which Lord Robert Cecil British
parliamentary undersecretarys for FOR
eign anairsl has shown would hsv,
great benefits
Denounce, ConscriptiOn
10 Was pointed out by tho cardinal
that tine holy see had always condemned
the "ut.arous effects of couscriptior
ass war breeder. that in IT, own do
minions it had refused to use compul
sorry military service, and that Napoleon
had adopted this idea. Conscripuon. IN,
rapal secretary said. led to many wars
the governments always having ready o'
hand "a fighting instrument
10 was further explained hy tine ear
dinal that the recent examples of Grea
Britain and the United states prove,
conclusively that voluntary militor,
service really gave the necessary con
tinFcnts for the maintenance OF public
order. bat did not supply the monstrou
armies needed by modern warfare au,
which tempted their governments Z,
make use of them Therefore. Doc ar
gued. by the suppression Of conscription
big armies great munitions plants am,
militnrism automatically would Dee do
stroyed. aud the energy and money con
sumel In these ways could hc used 10
paying off the huge costs of the pres
cut war