The Cordova daily times., 1922-01-23
POPE BENEDICT
 PASSES AWAY
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late Emperor Francis Joseph of Aus tria asking him to shorten the war" and likewise sounded the then En- peror of Germany as to the terms upon which he would lay down the gage of battle.
 In May, 1916. Monsignor Bonzano, papal delegate to Washington, de- livered to President Wilson a mess- age from the Pope in which he is intimated that America might volun- teer to conciliate the European bel ligerents. The note came at a time when the United States and Germany were in the midst of a di- plomatic crisis and MT. Wilson. in his reply, did not respond to the pontiffs suggestions for bringing about peace. The next communica- tion from the Vatican to the White House came on January 16, 1917, and contained the approval by Bene- dict of the Presidents peace note. Three months later the United States herself had resorted to the arbi- trament of arms and entered the struggle on the side of the Allies.
 On August 8, 1917, still hopeful of saving the world from a veritable cataclysm, Pope Benedict issued in his own handwriting his famous ap- peal to the nations, exhorting the belligerent rulers to end the war for the sake of humanity.
 One passage read: "As to the damages to be repaired and as to the 1 war expenses, we see no other means | of solving the question than by sub hitting as a general principle con- plete and reciprocal conformation, which would be justified, moreover by the immense benefit to be derived from disarmament, so much so that no one will understand the continual tion of similar carnage, solely for reasons of an economic order" The Pope. however, recommended the evacuation of Belgium by the Ger mans, self-determination and free dom of small nations. Earlier in that year 191O he had warned the German and Austrian rulers that a ruthless submarine policy would alienate the sympathy of all neu- trals. When Berlin put out one of her innumerable peace feelers, :" Benedict, in reply. insisted Germany must stop her deportation of Bel gian civilians and repatriate all ex- .| lies. In September. 1918, the Vati- can finally announced it would take steps toward bringing about peace only when invited to do so by both groups of belligerents.
 Pained by the shelling of Paris by the German long range guns in the spring of 1918. Pope Benedict sent a protect to Emperor Charles of Aus tria and to the Berlin government against what he characterized as "a Wanton massacre"
 The Pope's qualification over the capture of Jerusalem by the Allies under the British General Allenby caused bitter comment in the Ger man press. According to the Rome Messagero on December IS. 1917. a few days after the fall of the Holy City, he warned Christian states against aiding the Turks in recaptur- ing it.
 Pope Benedict's attitude toward the peace conference of 1919 was said to have been one of fatherly solici- tude. Early the previous December, ill a letter to President Wilson, he pleaded for aid on behalf of op- pressed nationalities and later con- mitted the church of which he was the head to do all in it's power to support the decisions of the delegates at Versailles In all of his messages and addresses he expressed the hope that peace would be based upon Christian principles.
 While the people of every land were suffering in some form the r!gors of war, the Pope personally observed all the rules for food con- servation formulated by the Italian authorities and with his own hand ordered the Vatican on food card Ta- tions which continued until the end of the conflict. Always abstemious in eating and drinking Benedict XIV observed even greater simplicity at the table during the troublous days of his poJtificate. Visitors have said that he lived as plainly as the poor