Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-09-07

washington. President Wilson has
rejected the peace proposals Of Pope
Benedict XIV at this Gina
In note sent to the pOpa be de.
clares that the United States must con-
1inue to fight until Il rs satisfied that
3 peace treaty would BE more than
another scrap OF paper to be torA by
GermanyAs rulers at will
The text of the note follows;
'fais Holiness, Benedictus XIV, Papas
In acknowledgment OF the commun-
acaticn Of your holiness to the belliger-
ent peoples, dated Aug l, 1919. the
president OF the United States requests
me to transmit the following reply;
Every heart that has not been
blinded and hardened BY this terrible
war must be touched by this moving
appeal Of his holiness, the popa must
feel the dignity and force OF the hu-
name and generous motives which
prompted 1t, and must feTventiy wish
chat we might take the path Of peace
he so persuasiVely points OUT But it
would be folly to take IT II Il does not
In fact lead 10 the goal he proposes.
Our response must be based upoa the
stern facts and upon nothing else. It
Is not a mere cessation Of arms be de-
sires; It is a stable and enduring peace.
This agony must not be gone through
with again, and it must be matter
Of very sober judgment that viii In
aure US against Il
"TIis Holiness in substance proposes
that we return to the status quo ante
bellum, and that then there be o gem
eral conformation, disarmament and a
concert of nations based upon an ac-
ceptance Of the principle OF arbitra-
4ion; that by similar concert free
dom of the seas be established; and
that territorial claims Of Franco and
ITALY, the perplexing problems Of the
Balkan states, and the restitution Of
Poland be left to such conciliatory ad-
sustments as may be possible Of the
peoples whose political fortunes and
affiliations will be involved
lnsincerlty Suspected.
cit Is manifest that no part Of this
program can be successfully carried
out unless the restitution OF the status
ono ante furnishes q firm and salts
factory basis for IT, The object Of this
war is to deliver the free peoples Of
The world from the menace and the &C.
tuai power Of vast military establish
anent controlled by an irresponsible
government which. having secretly
planned to dominate the world, pro-
ceeded to carry the plan out without
regard either to the sacred obligations
OF treaty or the long established prac-
ices and long cherished principles OF
international action and honor; which
chose it's own time for the war, deliv-
cred its blow fiercely and suddenly;
stopped at no barrier, either OF law or
Of mercy; swept whole continent
within the tide Of blood-not the blood
of soldiers only, but the blood Of inho-
cent women and children also. and OF
the helpless poor; and now stands
baked. but not defeated, the enemy OF
sour.fifths Of the world. This power Is
mot the German people. It is the ruth
less master OF the German people It
a no business OF ours how thai great
people came under it's control or sub
mitted with temporary zest to the DOM
snation of its purpose; but 1t is our
business to see to 1t that the history Of
the rest of the world is no longer left
co its handling.
siTo deal with such power by way
OF peace upon the plan proposed by
his holiness, the pope, would, 50 far as
We can see, involve q Eecuperation OF
its strength and renewal Of its pol
icy: would make II necessary to Gre
Ate permanent hostile combination
of nations against the German people,
who are its instruments; and would
result in abandoning the newborn
Russia to the intrigue, the manifold
subtle interference and the certain
xounter-reyolution which would be at
tempted by all the malign influences TO
which the German government has Of