The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-07-31

Of the Danube which she had received
after the Balkan war. and agreed 70
rectificttiou 81 her western frontier
Economic concessions also were made
under pressure from the Teut0nic all
lance
Peace Tentatives
The period between December !, 1917
ana March J.. 1918. may bee called the
period NJ peace teuiatiycs. ~ ~ true
that before the end OF the summer Pope
Benedict made AN appeal 'o the war
ring nations fu enter into peace ncgOti-
atiOns. the basis foI pourpallfrs being
the restoration of Belgium and Serbia
and the return % Germany Of her lost
colonies The appeal. made on August
i3. WAS answered los President Wilson
ON August 80 when the President an-
uounced that the German government
ls constituted could not be believed,
and that the nitrd States was ready
90 enter into negotiations wnen the
German people showed they desired.
peace ana when they spoke through
4ny authority that could be rcpresen-
titlve ~ them.
The German answer 10 the p0pes
appeal reached the Vatican on Septem-
Der 81. II expressed hope that further
warfare could be aycrted through the
go0d offices ~ the Pope bat declined
10 enter into any engagement 20 meet
What the Allies had declared 10 be
their minimum war aims.
German Peace Offer
German efforts - secure peace
which would leave 70 Germany ail the
fruits ~ her victory gained through
kussia~ collapse, and with belgium
ana large portions ~ France 90 he used
ls unwus az the council tnble began
with fhe address OF Count Czefnin the
Austrian foreign minister az Brcst-
Lituysk. ou December % The keynote
90 tha address vas general peace with
eut lndtmnlties or anneNatiuns
ON January :. President Wilson. ado
dressing Congress. said that tho United
States must know Tor whom the Ger
man rulers were speaking The address
was e com nlsnient ga the address uu
ianuuf- 5 hy David Lloyd George. thu
British Iaemier
To these addresses rcpiy WAS made
hy Imperial Chancellor Won Hertling
~ Germany and Count CZsguin. The
after Was paciic and gontilatory 81,
tome. wlslle The fermcr alluding 10 the
good German sword showed he was
.pcakins fof che mllnarists 81 the
Ccgmanlc powers
-Four Prineiles" Euuneiased
To these replies there WAS rcjo!ndcI
by President Wilson who. on February
10. egniu addrosslns Congress, laid
town what have como to ht Known Az
thc Pour Principles Upou which pence
can lee based. Briefly, these principles
We're.
Final settlement must be based ou
essential Justice.
Peoples and provinces arc not 20 ht
hartcred about like ChHttlcs
Every territorial settlement must Ia
/ Tor the benefit and in the interest OF
fAe populations concerned.
! Nh Well lc.sued national aspiration.
shall Peg mel with the utmost sNtlsfac
tion consistent with future pnace.
I iopc Benedict, ne "a PASTORAL letter
I issued az Faster nude another appeA
I for concord among the peoples OF the
( wpria, hut IL brought forth no urgi.
Z HE results. At the pupe's behest. play.
ers for pence were offered In caihloi,
churches throughout ttc wprld on 81
Peters Day Juno g.
Ia April thcrc came revelations from
Paris that Emperor Charles OF Austri.
had written letters 10 Prince S.Xtus a
Bourbon a relative. In these commit
niCstious the Austrian monarch con
ceded the claim ~ France TO Alsace
Lorraine aud limited that peace over
lures would be welcomed.
Assistance for Russia
Since the collapse OF RusSia. the Al
He'd nations have sought to find a wa,
20 assist the people who are being ex
plotted by tine Germans, French, Brit
ish and American forces have bee
landed On the Marman or kola PENN
} sula on the North. They have not ac