Evening star., 1918-02-03
Feels United States Entrance
will Hasten Such Peace as
Is Most Desirable.
PATRIOTISM MUST BE
BASED ON DIVINE LAW
No Man Can Be Loyal to Country
Unless First Loyal to Con-
science and God.
ny EDWARD MARSHALL.

IN EDWARD MARSHALL.
ROME.-The article which fol
lows is not a formal Interview
Against that form OF expression
Pope Benedict NV has achieved
an unalterable prejudice.
1t is, however, the record of a
friendly conversation OF which
his holiness granted me the prlvl-
lege in his study at the Vatican
Since | have written it it has been
read and graciously approved as
the result of my anxiety in nc
way to misinterpret his holiness
to the readers of this newspaper
There is one thing for which the
whole world may pray with an unceas-
ing earnestness." his holiness said.
slowly. That is for the speedy resto-
ration of justice and brotherly love
upon earth. Ever has injustice been
the fruitful source of human misery.
Out of the lessons of this war. this most
incredible of all catastrophes which
ever have beaten down humanity, sure
~ it is not too much to hope that there
may spring a new sense OF deter
mination to do such justice as can come
only through mutual understanding.
nation to nation; such justice as. in the
past, right-thinking men have striven
to do one to another.
Glory Of Sacrifice for an Ideal.
'There Is this about this war: 1t has
brought to millions of mems minds the
glory and necessity of sacrifice for an
ideal That is a good thing, if the
ideal be upsel6sh. as usually Is the case
with tbess indtvfduals Who do the actual
nghting- iass ware- aaestAcss h ever sls-
vatinE
Of eehef nations, will participate in the
great eomhat with this n their ami
mating inspuise thereby will gain. The
preservation Of this thought among
your men who go to battle may make
the war produce upon their souls that
effect Of spiritual elevation which will
transform them into better men. and
sacrifice among those who do not know
the perils Of direct combat. but pa
at home, may have for them the same
high value Thus. possibly, the world
may hnd, as ii were. its recompense for
all the horrors which have beset 1t and
loss the war has brought.
.One thing it certainly has proved. it
seems to me. through all the sacrifice
and all TIE dreadful effort which II has
demanded. To any reasonable mind. /
think, it would seem that II now hu-
manity can put forth such superhuman
enort to make war, in days to come IL
must be capable of such endeaydr as
1t may be that the sunerings OF this
war will lead mankind to ask itself the
question: Why should we strive and
bleed and die in comprising destruc-
tion: Would IT not be better sacri-
nee If We laid down our lives in the
service of our fellow men instead of
in their ruin:
1T has been by following this line
of thought" his holiness continued.
slowly, that I have come to see the
great necessity for imploring CONSTANT
ly that all humanity will join me in the
mighty effort to make certain that out
Of the reaction from the vast disa ster
which has stunned the world may spring
that newly earnest sense of fraternai
sympathy which alone can bring all
people and all peoples to complete fair
mindedness, thus insuring tranquil days
to come
Effect Of q. s. Entrance Into War.
do You feel / asked. that the en-.
trance of the United States into the
war viii serve the purpose of hasten
Ing or assuring that resu!:?"
His holiness sat for a moment WITH
his gaze nxed upon papers on his un-
preteniious, carefully ordered desk
vet i was sure he did not see them,
Then he raised his eyes and peered
again unseeinRly, at the gray and weep.
ing bit of sky shown through the
window which. to me. revealed the
dripping piazza of St Peter, and be-
Sord. the outline Of the Alban hills.
-. 'tainly l feel he presently re.
piled. speaking very s.owlv, "tha,
Americas participation in the great
contest Is likely to facilitate approa CT
OF such peace as that which often
nave mentioned as desirabIe-a peace
which VIII bring with it confidence o,
fuii security to all tie peoples of tht
world. - ."e
Believe Its People Unselfsh.
Yours is a great country" his bo,;
ness continued, presently, now ver,
definitely smiling as he looked at m q
4 IT is land in which intelligence ha,
deveioped spiendidly. and I believe it.
them. as the beginning of another. n,
these solemn, darkly tragic years an
proaehes. ! am most earnest in goos
wishes That the New Year for N,
United States may bring with If IN, h
restoration OF that happiness of which
with nearly all the other nations of In,
world. 1t has been deprived by the vas
connict certainly is my very earnes
wish. the more so as in the expressio,
or this wish for the restoration q
tranquility to the United States / an
tomaticaiiy must include expression o
the wish for its return to all the dis
turDed populations of the earth,
his holiness is very Interested {,
america: her people and the psycbolop,
OF ner aims in the great war. After h;
expression of his New Year wish h,
MADE some comment on the high intel
hgence OF the American newspaper
Power Of Journalism in Americ,
Nn> America said he, smiling YER,
winninsay. Journalism has become
mighty power. Probably it is a create,
power there than elsewhere You mus
reel II a high privilege to address tn,
people OF your country every weel
through their great newspapers"
Again he paused and turned his fac,
to look oct of the window. thought
fully.
The American newspaper" he pres
entity gent on. "is pulpit from Whicl
Ereat@ congregations can be reached
Eerh&os. than from any other in tn,
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