, 1922-01-21

Ooutrrea arom PAR u
-ssn-ed 70 R~cauisce- Along :
.Lc-,..ra m1es q battlefront b ioi-
r.-5,r CHRISTMAS day. thousnds 81
800, thuudered a. Rnsver TO benr
dIct's aupsai to lay down your arms
,,,n on January Is, 1915 Pope
7-.sIc. took Up the task q bringing
n..oe 20 a ~ar-torn word. decret
,r,t m February 7. priests and lnS
- re Catholic church throughout he
world ehorid unite IN services sno
r-nrrs for The restoration OF n
r.-.ai nmity and good vii The next
--rson Reaedlc. exercised his hu-
800 was on July IS 1873
~. nr1t anniversary o. the war, when
y. ISSUED an appeal 10 all rulers &c
.l,-,r th.t blessed be he who nrst
Tend. the olive branch ard tenders
~. h,nd 20 the neny in offering his
r.nsunabie conditions OF peace
In March. 1915. tho pope again ret
lated his player FOR b dawn OF a
,ow and better day. Each beliseFtnt
sSo,,ls clearly state his desires ne
IA .but should be ready TO make
~. necessary sacrifice Of pride anu
-a-.,suiar interests" Previously Bene
AZ. rad written 20 the late EmpSvor
r-anris Joseph OF Austria asking nm
- ashortcn the war" and hkeNise
-.,,sas che then Emperor Of Germany
:. % .be terms upon which he would
Law down the gage Of battle
7, MAY. 1915. Monsignor Donzano'
U.nsi aeiegate to Washington, deliver
"a 70 President Wilson a message from
80 no,e in which he intimated a a
America might. volunteer TO eonciliate
re European beIliFerents. The note
Ame At a time when tho United
states and Germany were in the MIDST
~ a diplomatio crisis and Mr.. wilson
a. his reply, did not respond TO inc
uonuff's suggestions Tor orl
sbos,t peace. The next communication
from the vatican 10 the White fious
came on January 10, 1871 ana con
inined the approval BY Benediet OF nc
presidents peace note. Three mohth
Ia.er the United stAtes herself hao re-
sorted 20 the arb,trament OF arms
and entered the struggle on the SIDE OF
on AuE1st s. 1917. stu hopeful Of
saving The world from a veritable
cataciysm. Pope Benedict issued In ms
ovn handwriting his famous appeal
10 the nations exhorting the oeliger-
on. rulers to end tbs war for the sake
OF humanity.
ON. massage read: "As to the dam
..s 10 be required and as to the war
mpenses. we .es not other means OF
solving he question than by submit
ting the general principal complete
and reciprocal condonation, which
would Re justified. moreover by the
Immense benefit TO be derived from
disarmament, 20 much so that no one
VIII understand the continuation OF a
similar carnage, solely o reasons oil
an economic order" The pope. how
ever. recommended the evacuation oil
Belgium by the Germans
mination and freedom OF small nations
Earlier in that year Q9l0 he hac
warned the German and Austrian rul
err that n ruthless submarine policy
would ALLEVIATE the sympathy OF oil
nertraIg. When Berlin put out one
OF her innumerabe peace "feelers,'
Benedict. in reply, insisted Germany
must stop her deportation Of Belgian
civilians and repatriate all exiles. In
september. 1918. the vatican finally
announced IL would take steps toward
pri.=lng about peace only when in
yited to do go by both groups OF belig
erents.
Panied by the Smelling of Paris by
the German long range guns in ths
spring of 1918. Pope Benedict sent q
protest to Emperor Charles Of Austria
and TO the Berlin government againa'
what he characterized aa "a wantor
massacre"
The pope's qualification owe th'
capture Of Jerusalem BY the allies un
der British General Aiienby caused bit
ter in the German presa
According 20 the Rome Messagero OF
December, 1917. 4 few days after the
fall OF the Holy City, he warned Chris
tian states against aiding the Turks
in recapturing It,
Pope Benedict's attitude toward the
peace conference % 1913 was said &c
have been n Of fatherly solleitude
Early the previous December. in let
ter TO President Wilson. he pleaded for
aid on behalf OF oppressed nationals
ties and later committed the church OF
which he was the head to do all in
its power to support the decisions Of
the delegates at VersaiIlea." In all
Of his messages and addresses he ex,
pressed the hope that peace would be
based upon Christian principles.
While the peoples of every land
were suffering in some form the rigors
Of war. the pope personally observed
all tho rules for food conservation
formulated by the Italian authorities
and with his own hand ordered the