Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-02-09

this fresh gift of fatherly care which
you, holy father, always bestow on
all peoples without distinction, and
from the depth of our heart we greet
the moving exhortation which your
holiness has addressed to the govern
ments of the belligerent peoples. Dur
ing this cruel war we have always
highest parsonage who, in virtue of his
mission, which reaches beyond earthly
things, and thanks to the high coneep-
ton of his duties laid. upon him stands
high above the belligerent peoples and
who is inaccessible to all influence,
was able to find way which may lead
to the realization of our own desire
for peace, lasting and honorable, for
all parties.
Always for 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
Hungarian monarchy, we have
never lost sight of the high aim of re-
storing to our peoples as speedily az
possible the blessings of peace. Soon
after our accession to the throne it
was youchsafed us in common with our
allies to undertake a step which had
been considered and prepared by our
exalted predecessor, Francis Joseph.
to pave the way for lasting and hon.
orable peace.
We gave expression to this desire in
a speech from the throne delivered at
rath, thereby showing that we are
striving after a peace that shall free
the future life of the nation from ran
cor and thirst for revenge and that
shall secure 1t for generations to come
from the employment of armed forces.
Our joint government has in the mean
time not failed in repeated and EN-
phatic declarations, which could be
heard by all the world, to give expires
sion to our own will and that of the
Austro-Hungarian peoples to prepare
an end to bloodslled by peace such
as your holiness has in mind.
Conclusions Reached.
Happy in the thought that our de-
sires from the first were directed to-
ward the same object which your holt
ness today characterizes as one we
strive for, we have taken into close
consideration the concrete and prac-
teal suggestions of your holiness and
have come to the following conclus-
sions:
With deep rooted conviction we
agree to the leading idea of your holt
ness that the future arrangement of
the world must be based on the elm
ination Of armed forces and on the
moral force of right and on the rule
of international justice and legality.
We too, are imbued with the hope
that strengthening of the sense of
right would morally regenerate human
ity. We support, therefore, your holt
tween the belligerents should and could
lead to an understanding by which,
with the creation of appropriate guar
antees, ornaments on land and sea
and In the air might be reduced sim.
| ultaneously, reciprocally and gradual
ly to a fixed limit and whereby the
high SEAS, which rightly belong to all
the nations of the earth, may be freed
from domination or paramountcy and
be opened equally for the use of all.
NIL .>ft h1.i Inn, ta ~
the promotion of peace on the method
| proposed by your holiness, namely, to
| submit international disputes to COM
| pulsory arbitration, we are also pre-
| pared to enter into negotiations re-
| garding this proposal.
Sees mo Difficulty.
If, as we most heartily desire, agree
ments are arrived at between the bel
| ligerents which would realize the sub
lime idea and thereby give security tC
| the Austro-H Hungarian monarchy fol
its unhampered future development, II
can then not be difficult to find a sat
| isfactory solution of the other ques
| tons which still remain to be settled
between the belligerents In spirit OF
| Justice and of n reasonable considera
ton of the conditions for existence OF
both parties.
If the nations of the earth were to
enter, with desire for peace, into
negotiations with one another in the
sense of your holiness's proposals
then peace could blossom forth from
them. The nations could attain com
plete freedom of movement on the
high seas, heavy material burden:
could be taken from them and new
sources of prosperity opened TO them
Guided by a spirit of moderation
and. Cancellation, we see in the pro
posals of your holiness suitable
basis for initiating negotiations witt
Il view to preparing peace just L
all and lasting, and we earnestly hops
our present enemies may be animated
by the same ideas. In this spirit W.
beg that the Almighty may bless tn,