Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-22
AND EMPEROR CHARLES
FAVOR POPE'S PEACE PROPOSAL;
REPLY RECEIVED AT THE VATICAN

REPLY RECEIVE
Amsterdam, Sept. 2a.-Ths
German government In Its reply
TO the peace note Of Pope Bene-
DICT, O copy OF which had been
rcce lived here "cherishes o 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 q considerable time wits high
respect. Tho text Of the reply
reads:
Herr Cardinal: Your emfnence
has been good enough, together with
letter Of August Q, to transmit
the kaiser and king, my most gra-
cious master, the note Of His Holi-
ness 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 bel
ligerent peoples.
1.-THE ~kaiser-king has deigned to ac-
quaint me with with your eminence's
dIlu W II uSI lllC ICply " liz
AHis majesty has been following for
q considerable time with high re-
spect and sincere gratitude His Holt
ness efforts in a spirit Of true impair
TALLY to alleviate as far as possible
the ~sufferings OF the war to hasten
the end of hostilities. The kaiser sees
in the latest step of His Holiness fresh
proof Of his noble and humane feel
ings, Inc cherishes a lively desire that
Sorf tho nraPita of the nrfSna would fLn
papal appeal may meet with success"
The reply adds that the efforts Of
the pope to pave the way to an un-
Outstanding might most surely be
reckoned to have a sympathetic re-
ception from and the whole hearted
support of the German emperor, since
he has regarded 1t as his principal
and most sacred task to preserve the
blessings of peace for the German
people and the world.
3a Austrian Emperor Replies.
Amsterdam, Sept 22.-Peace would
come from the recent proposals of
Pope Benedict if the belligerent ma
tons would enter into negotiations
in the sense Of the pontiff's SUCCESS
tions, Emperor Charles Of Austria
Hungary says in his reply to the Vat
lean note. The emperor sees in. the
pope pedCo pan d bulIdplo DdSlS lOT
starting negotiations toward a Just and
lasting peace and expresses the. hope
that the nations opposing his own
may be animated by the same idea.
Austria-Hungary's ruler received
the pontiff's note with a thankful
heart and with an expression of hope
that the pontiff's efforts may lead to
the realization of the emperors de-
sire for a lasting and honorable peace
for all parties.
Freedom Of the seas is one Of the
peace hopes Of Emperor Charles in
order that heavy material burdens
could be taken from the. nations of
the earth and new sources Of pros
perity opened to them.
The reply, received here in a dis
patch from Vienna, was handed to
Monsignor T. Valfre di Bonzo, the
papal nuncio at Vienna, on Thursday.
The Austrian emperor admits that
the future arrangement OF the world
must be based on the elimination of
armed force and on the rule Of in
ternational Justice and legality.
Austria Is prepared, the reply states,
to enter into negotiation for the sub
mission of international disputes to
compulsory arbitration.
e The pope's idea Of negotiations be-
tween the belligerents for understand
ing for simultaneous and reciprocal re-
and In the air, by which the high
seas, which rightfully belong to all
nations, will be opened equally to the
use of all, is supported by Emperor
Charles.
Austria Wants Lasting Peace.
Hope is expressed by the emperor
that the pope's efforts may lead to the
realization Of the emperor's desire
for a lasting and honorable peace for
all parties. Pope Benedicts note, the
emperor says. was received with q
thankful heart. The text Of the reply
follows:
and deep emotion we take cogniZance
Of the new representations Your Holi-
ness, in fulfillment Of the holy office
entrusted you by God, make us and
the heads Of the other belligerent
states with the noble intention Of lead
ing the heavily tried nations to a
unity hat will restore peace to them.
with a thankful heart we received
this fresh gift of fatherly care which
you, holy father, always bestow on all
peoples without distinction, n from
the depth of our heart, we greet the
moving exhortation which Your Holi-
ness has addressed to the govern
ments Of the belligerent peoples. Dur
ing this cruel war we have always
looked up to Your Holiness as to the
highest parsonage, who, in virtue Of
His mission which reaches beyond
earthly things and thanks to the high
conception of His duties laid upon
Him. stands high above the belliger-
ent peoples and who is inaccessible
to all influences. was able to find a
way which may lead to the realiza-
ton of our own desire for peace, last
ing and honorable for all parties"
Prays for blessings Of Peace.
"Since ascending the throne of our
ancestors and fully conscious of the
responsibility which we bear before
God and men for the fate of the Aus
tro-Hungarian monarchy, we have
never lost sight Of the high aim Of re-
storing to our peoples as speedily as
possible the blessings Of peace. Soon
after III accession to the throne
1t was vouchsafed as in common with
our allies to undertake q step which
had been considered and prepared by
our exalted predecessor, Francis
Joseph, to pave he way for a lasting
and honorable peace.
Refers to Speech From Throne.
I'VE gave expression to this desire
in a speech from the throne delivered
at the opening of the Austrian Reichs-