The New York herald., 1922-01-22
POPE IN THE WAR FIRM FOR
PEACE, FOE OF ANARCHY
Continued from First Page.

OF all Wherever he .rrns his eyes
| from the Vatican he sees his children
| locked III deadly strife.
1T is not astonishing. then, that the
| Holy Father. lifted above the noise and
the strife Of world politics. has con-
! stantly and consistently worked for q
just and enduring peace. 80. Like
I his Master. he rules not by the sword
D.! but by love. J;e is the universal pastor.
AS such he cannot become 2 participant
| in the strife. And though he should
condemn. and actually has condemned
all violations of the laws Of war, yet as
far as is consistent with religion and
morality he must hold the balance of
an equal Judgment between the contend
ing parties. \.
Scarcely a month of his pontificate
passed without some word OF warning
from him. some appeal for the prisoner.
the war sufferer; some protest against
the horrors and injustices OF the fratri-
cidal struggle. 1t has been raid
again and again that Benedict XIV. had
forgotten Belgium, that he did not speak
up for her IN hsr .iovr Of betrayal by
the superior forces OF her invaders.
When Benedict XIV. came to the throne.
Belgium had already been invaded by
the German armies and a considerable
part of her territory ovsrrCn. The flag
rant injustice had already been COM
mitted. -. On coming TO the
throne the new Pope did not wait long
to let the world know Of his sentiments
with regard to the violation Of Belgian
territory. He spoke at first with pru-
dent circumspection, for not all the facts
were in his possession. But he soon
learned the truth and acted comformably
to 1t. According to the letter written
by the Papal Secreatry of State. Car
dinal Gasparri. TO M. Van der Heuvel.
Belgian Minister to the Vatican, "The
violation of the neutrality of Belgium
carried out by Germany on the admis-
sion of her own Chancellor, contrary to
international law. was one Of those in
justices which the Holy Father in his
Consistorial Allocution Of January 22.
strongly reprobated." And the Ham
burger Fromdenbldtt (January 20,
1870, in allusion to this, complains
that 'the one belligerent Power against
which the Vatican has spoken Is Ger
many Writing to NJ. Laudet editor OF
the Revue Hebdomddaire. in July. 1915.
the Pope also protested against the
martyrdom of the poor Belgian priests
and so many other horrors on which
light has been cast He also protested
against the Belgian deportations, and
had hundreds of victims of these cruel
measures returned to their homes.
His Holiness has also protested
to Russia against the violence to persons
and to conscience displayed during he
early occupation of East Prussia and
Galicia. He has labored for the
prisoners of war, for the crippled ana
the blind Of the worlds countless battle
fields. His conduct toward the
Italian Government has been marked py
such a spirit of conciliation. Justice and
y toll
ment officials have praised him ana
those under his jurisdiction. The SHY
and cowardly slanders recently brought
against his patriotism by radicals are
90 gross as not to deserve refutatioa.'
Protested to Kaiser.
So Cardinal Gibbons reviewed the war
work of Benedict XIV, presenting thus
briefly it's essentials with their spirit
and their results. 1t is necessary TO
add 10 this, perhaps, only the facts that
after the torpedoing OF the Lusitapia the
Pope telegraphed to the then Emperor
William his abhorrence of deed which
had shocked the world, and that when
the Germans began sheling Paris with
their long range guns he sent a protest
both to Berlin and to Vienna against
what he characterized as "a wanton
massacre"
His qualification over the capture OF
Jerusalem by the Allies under the Brit
ish General. Allenby, caused bitter COM
ment in the German press. and a few
days after the fall of the Holy City he
warned Christian States against aiding
the Turk to recapture the city.
Among the final words of the tribute
and defense quoted from Cardinal Glib
bons occur a suggestion OF another Inn
portant phase OF the career of Benedict
XIV. his achievement in ending the
isolation of the Vatican. dating back
to the days of the Garibaldi wars and
the creation OF the Italian State. In
the last two years OF his pontifcatc he
made a new departure when, in view
of strenuous political conditions in Italy.
with the grave prospect OF complete
revolution in Government and with Boil
shevism threatening Italy. he encouraged
Catholics to participate in the elections.
n thing they had not done since the
practical imprisonment of Plus Ix.
The result was that the Catholic and
democratic cause triumphed and Italy
was saved from the menace of Boil
shevism No recent Pope has maintained
such friendly relations with the Italian
Government, and under Benedict the
bars or many years were lowered.
Took stand I'm Labor Affairs.
A letter addressed by the Pontiff In
March. 1920 to the Bishop of Bergamo
created a sensation throughout Italy.
since It was tho first time that a Pope
had taken direct stand in labor dis
putes. That the Roman Catholic Church
must use its influence TO oppose Boil
sheyism and to maintain friendly rela-
ations between labor and capital was
strongly set forth IN this letter. ana
ticpate actively In labor movements
with a. view to moderating the demands
of labor, regulating strikes and oppos-
ing anarchy. Pope Benedict warned:
"rt is not with the violence of direct
action that she cause OF truth and
Justice is served. These are double
edged weapons which in the end will
gravely wound their user. Agitation for
violence Is essentially an economic mis-
take and an equally disastrous social
error. In relations with the workers
the wealthy must not be guided by right
alone. Justice must literally and gen.
erously temper all relations
Against Socialism he was most de-
fnitely in antagonism. lie accused the
socialists Of using bitter language to
incite the masses TO violence. He bla mod
them for preaching among tho working
classes that happiness can be achieved
by the conquest of worldly goods with
out regard to the means employed or
the spiritual things of life. In a COM
munication dealing with this subject,
tho Pope wrote:
against these people tthe Sociaiists)
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