Cheyenne record., 1917-09-27
CLEAR WAY FOR PEACE.
GERMANY AND AUSTRIA READY
\, FOR sETlEMENT or WAR.
RsplIes 70 Vatican Express Hope That
All Bsllissrsnts VIII Come 70 View !.
Pontifrs Prepesai ~ Basis for
Negotiations.

Western Nswspspsr union News Service.
Amsterdam,-The German, goysfn-
ment in its reply to the peace note Of
Pope Benedict, q copy Of which has
been received here, "cherishes, . live
~ desire" that che appeal may meet
with success. Emperor William. the
German note sayss has been following
the efforts of the pope. toward peace
for q considerable time with high }rs-
spect. So,
The reply adds that the effort Of
the pope to pave the way to an I'm.
derstandtng misht most surely bs
reckoned to have >. sympathetic recep-
tion from the whola,hsarted support Of
the German Emperor. since he has ~
garded it as his principal and most
sacred task to preserve the bleasings
of peace for the German people and
the world.
The text of the reply reads:
Herr Cardinal: Your eminence has
been good enough, together with your
letter of Aug. 2, to transmit to the
Kaiser and King, my most gracious
master, the note Of his holiness, the
pope, in which his holiness, filled with
grief at the devastations Of the world
war, makes an emphatic peace appeal
to the heads Of the belligerent pso-
pies. The Kaiser.King has deigned to
acquaint mo with your eminencs's let.
ter and to intrust the reply to me.
His majesty has been following for
Q considerable time with high respect
and sincere gratitude his holiness ef'
forts in . spirit Of true impartiality
to alleviate ~ far ~ possible the suf.
ferings Of the war and to hasten the
end Of hostilities.
1.-THE Kaiser sees in tho latest step
Of his holiness fresh proof Of his noble
and humane feelings and cherishes .
lively desire that for the benefit Of
the entire world the papal appeal may
meet with success.
pave the way to an understanding
amongst all peoples and might more
surely reckon on sympathetic recsp
tion and the whole-hearted support
from his majesty. seeing that the
Kaiser, since taking over the, govern
ment, has regarded It as his principal
and most sacred. task to preserve the
blessings of peace for the German pso-
pie and the world.
"In his first speech from the throne
at the opening Of the German Reichs-
tag on June 26, 1883, the Kaiser prom
ised that his. love Of The German army
and his position toward 1t should
never lead him Into temptation to cut
short the benefits Of peace unless war
were q necessity. forced on us BY an
attack on the empire or its allies.
(. "The German army should safe
guard peace for us and should peace.
nevertheless. be broken. 1t would bs
In q position to win 1t with honor.
The Kaiser has. by his acts, fulfilled
the promise he then made In twenty
SIX years Of happy rule, despite prov
ocations and temptations.
I'm the crisis. which led to the pres
snt world conflagration. his majesty
efforts were up to the last moment
directed towards settling the conflict
by peaceful means. After the war had
broken out, against his wish and de-
sire, the Kaiser, in conjunction with
his high allies, was the first solemnfy
to declare his readiness to enter into
peace negotiations The German peo-
pie supported his majesty In his keen
desire for peace.
Germany sought within her na-
tional frontier the free development
Of her spiritual and material posses
sions, and outside the imperial terri
tory unhindered competition, with ma
tions enjoying equal rights and equal
esteem.
"The free plsy of forces in the world
in peaceable wrestling with one an
other would lead to the highest per
fectinK of tho noble human posses
sions. Disastrous concentrations Of
events in the year 1914 absolutely
broke off all hopeful course of devel-
opment and transformed Europe Into
a bloody battle arena"
Amsterdam. = Peace would como
from the recent proposals Of Pope
Benedict II the belligerent nations
would enter into negotiations in the
sense of the pontiff's suggestions, En-
peror Charles of Austria Hungary
says in his reply to the Vatican note.
The Emperor sees in the pope's peace
plan a suitable basis for starting nego-
tiations toward Just and lasting
peace, and expresses the hope that
the nations opposing his own may be
animated by the same idea.
Tho Austrian emperor admits that
the future arrangement Of the world
must be based on the elimination Of
armed force and on the rule of inter
national justice and legality.
Austria-Hungary's ruler received
the pontiff's note with . thankful
heart and with an expression of hope
that the pontiff's efforts may lead to
the realization of the emperor's de-
sire for lasting and honorable peace
for all parties.
Freedom OF the as is one OF the
peace hopes of Emperor Charles in or
der that heavy material burdens could
be taken from the nations Of the earth
and new sources Of prosperity opened