Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-02-09
KAISER HOPES PAPAL
APPEAL SUCCEEDS
GARY REPLY TO poPE'S PEACE
PROPOSALS.
No Terms Are Set Forth in Either
Answer, But Emperor Charles Con-
cedes Permanent Peace Depends
Upon Law Observance.

of Pope Benedict, copy of which mas
been received here, "cherishes lively
desire" that the appeal may meet with
success. Emperor William, the German
note says, has been following the eff
forts of the pope toward peace for a
considerable time with high respect.
The reply adds that the effort of the
pope to pave the way to an understands
Ing might most surely be reckoned to
have sympathetic reception from and
the whole-hearted support of the Ger
man emperor since he has regarded 1t
as his principal and most sacred task
to preserve the blessings of peace Tor
the German people and the world.
German Reply.
The text of the reply follows:
Herr Cardinal Your eminence has
been good enough, together with your
letter of August 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 peoples.
The kaiser-king has designed to ac-
quaint me with your eminence's letter
and to intrust the reply to me.
His majesty has been following for
4 considerable time with high respect
and sincere gratitude his holiness's eff
forts in spirit Of true impartiality to
alleviate, as far as possible, the suf-
ferings of the war and to hasten the
end of hostilities. The kaiser sees in
the latest step of his holiness fresh
proof of his noble and humane feel
Imgs, and cherishes lively desire that
for the benefit of the entire world the
papal appeal may meet with success.
Always for Peace.
The effort of Pope Benedict is to
pave the way to an understanding
among all peoples, and might more
surely reckon on a sympathetic recep-
ton and the whole-hearted support
from his majesty, seeing that the kali
ser since taking over the government
has regarded 1t as his principal and
blessings of peace for the German PEG
pie and the world. In his first speech
from the throne at the opening of the
German reichstag on June 20, 1888,
the kaiser promised that his love of
the German army and his position to-
ward 1t should never lead him into
temptation to cut short the benefits
Of peace unless war were a necessity,
forced on us by an attack on the EN-
pire or its allies. The German army
should safeguard peace for us and
should peace, nevertheless, be broken
1t would be in position to win it with
honor. The kaiser has by his acts
| fulfilled the promise he then made in
twenty-six years of happy rule, despite
| provocations and temptations.
In the crisis which led to the pres
ent world conflagration his majesty
efforts were up to the last moment di
rected toward settling the conflict by
peaceful means. After the war had
broken out, against his wish and de
| sire, the kaiser, in conjunction witt
| his high allies, was the first solemnly
| TO declare his readiness to enter int
eace negotiations. The German PEG
| pie supported his majesty in his keer
| desire for peace.
Germany sought within her nationa
| frontier the free development of hei
| spiritual and material possessions ant
| outside the imperial territory unhin
dered competition with nations enjoy
ing equal rights and equal esteem. The
| free play of forces in the world IL
peaceable wrestling with one another
| would lead to the highest perfectins
| of the noblest human possessions. Dis
| astrous concentration of events in the
year 1914 absolutely broke off all hope
| full course of development and trans
| formed Europe into bloody battle
arena.
Amsterdam.-Peace would CONF
| from the recent proposals of Pop
! Benedict If the belligerent nations
would enter into negotiations in th'
sense Of the pontiffs suggestions, En-
| peror Charles of Austria-Hungary say
in his reply to the vatican note. Tn
text of the reply follows;
Holy Father: With due veneratiol
and deep emotion, we take cogni2anc
of the new representations your holi
ness, in fulfillment of the holy offic
Intrusted to you by God, makes to u
and the heads of the other belligeren
states with the noble intention o
leading the heavily tried nations to