The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-08-30
Pope Appea] for Peaes
Asks Nations To End War
ey Asaociated Press.

BY Associated Press.
London, Aug. 1.-THE foreign office
has issued the French text Of the letter
from the pope to the king, inclosing Q
| copy of his appeal8to the tne
belligerent people, aAs +s
Your majesty, the holy father, NIX
tous to do everything he can IN ordeT
to put an end to the conflict wtich TOT
the last three years has, raNaged the
Civilized world, has. decided to submit
to the leaders of the belligerent peoples
concrete peace proposals exposed IN a
document which l have the honor to at
tach to this letter. May God grant tnat
the words of his holiness will this time
produce the desired effect for the good
Of the whole of humanity.
THE holy see not having diplomatic
relations with the French government
or with the government of Italy or the
United States, l very respectfully beg
have handed a copy Of his holiness'
appeal to the president of the French
republic, to his majesty, the king OF
Italy, and to the president of the Unit
ed States. | also. beg to add IL other,
copies which i request your majesty to
be good enough to hand to the leaders
of the nations friendly to the allies.
with the exception however, of Russia,
Belgium and Brazil, to whom the docu-
ment has been sent direct.
4 III expressing To your IaltiJCSty MY
sincere thanks for this extreme kind
ness I am happy to take the opportun-
ity to offer you in homage and senti-
ment a very profound respect. with
which I have the honor to sign myself
your majesty's very humble and devot-
ed servant Gasparri."
The Pope's Proposals.
The appeal follows:
ITO the leaders of the ~belligerent
nl0nfaS. Sjnra tho hnOinni1p NJ nYlr
pontificate the horrors of a terrible
val having been let loose on Europe,
we have in view, above everything.
three things to. preserve: Perfect i'm
Partially towards all ~belligerents as is
suitable for him who is the common
father n who loves all his children
with equal Affection; continually to at
tempt to do all the good possible, n
that without exception of person, with
out distinction of nationality or re-
ligion as is dictated to Us by the uni-
vefsal law of charity which the supreme
spiritual charge has confided toSus with
Christ; and, finally, as our pacific mis-
sion also requires to omit nothing as
longsas It is In u power which might
contribute TO hasten the end of his Ca
lamity by trying 10 lead people n
their leaders to more moderate reso-
luton to hasten a serene deiibaration
of peace just and durable.
Declares imparliaiity.
"Whoever has faliowed our work
during thesetthree painful years which
have. Just passed has been able easily to
recognize, that il we had ALWAYS re-
manned faithful to Our resotye of abso-
lutte inpartia1ity and to our attitude OF
beneyolence we have not ceased TO
exhort the peoples and the beligerent
brothers again to become brethren.t all
though publicity has not been given 70
all that we have done to attain this
very noble aim.
Towards the end OF the first year
of the war we addressed to h nations
In conflict most lively exhortations, and,
more, we Indicated the partst be fof-
lowed TIC arrive at a stable and honor
able peace for all. Unfortunately our
appeal was not heard and the war con-
tinued desperately for another two
years with all it's horrors. II became
eve more cruel and extended over the
earth, over the sea and in the air, and
one saw desolation and death descend
upon the cities without defense. upon
peaceful villages n on their innocent
population, and now no n can imagine
how the sDfferings OF all would be Sin-
creased and aggravated il other months,
or, worse still, other years are abou to
be added to this sanguinary trienniuIn.
Intervention implored.
SIS this civilized world to be nothing
more thar a field OF DEATH And Eu-
rope SO glorious and SO fo~urishing.4is il
going, as il stricken by a universal
madness. Is i Is the abyss ard l.
lend its hand to Its own suicide?
In such d terrible situation as in
the presence of menac SO serious WI
who have no particular political aim
and do not listen to suggestions or TIC
the interests Of any OF the b~elligereni
parties hut are solely compelled by .
sentiment OF our supreme duty as tht
common father Of thefaithful, by the