Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-01-21

lONCNCl- diih idiOif Oi i(SNNhiDNi
II. 1914. the Vatican authorities
announced the Pope's plan for n
Christmas truce was failing be
cause oi the opposition OF certain
powcr." Reports were that Rus
s;a and 1'ur':ev had reused to ac-
sia and Turkey had refused to ac-
of battlefront. following Christ
mas day, thousands Of cannon
thundered an answer to Bene-
diets appeal to lay down your
arms.
Again OH January Is. 1915,
Pope Benedict took UP the task
Of bringing peace to war-torn
world. decrceing that on Fcbrr-
ary !. priests and laity OF the
Catholic church throughout the
world should unite in services and
PRAYERS for the restoration oi un-
iversal amity and good will. The
next occasion Benedict exercised
lis humane prerogative W., on
July 2S. 1915 the first anniversary
OF the war. when he issued an ap-.
peal to all rulers. deciaring that
blessed be he who first cTtcndS.
the olive branch and tcrdcr, his
hand to the enemy III offering LIS
reasonable conditions oi peace.
In March. 1910 the Pop. againI
reiterated his prayc- !or the dawn
oi new and better day. Each
belligerent should clearly state
his desires" he sail. 'but should
be ready To make the necessary,
sacrifices ui pride and particular
interests" Previously Benedict
had written to the late Emperor
Francis Joseph. Of Austria asking
him to shorten a." var anj
likewise sounded the then i:.ilpcr-i
or OF Germany as to u" terms w
OH which he would lay down III.
gage Of battle
In May. 1910. Muusignor Bon
zano. papal delegate tc Washing
ton, delivered 10 Prc,rirnf ";
son a message from the Pope il
which he intimatcd that America
might volunteer - conciliatc the
European bclligercntS. The notc
came nj a time when the Cn.tcI
States and Germany were in TIL
midst OF diplomltic crisis. an
Mr.. Wilson. in his reply. dill no
respond To the pon;iif', >ugGes-
tions ior bringing about nracc.
The nest communication iror'
him to the White House came oG
january 10 .l9l7. and conta ned
;hc approval by Benedict OF tn"
Presidents peace note. Three
months later the United State
herself had rcSortcd to the arbi,
lamCnt of arms and entered the
struggle on the side OF the Nile. /
On August s. 1917. still hopeiul
of saving the world from 4 vcrit-.
able cataclySm. Pope Benedict -
sued in his own handwriting hi, .
famous appeal to the nations. eN-
hort ng the hclligerent rulers L"
end the war for the sake uf hu-l
nanity.
One passage read: As to tlle
damages to be required and - /"
the war expenses " csee ii" 9th
cr means OF solving the question
,han BY subm ting a a general
principal complete and reciprocal
conformation. which would be JUS
tiied. moreover By the immense
benefit to be derived from dis
So much So that nn
one will understand the continu-
alton OF Il similar carnage. solely
Tor reasons of an economic ord
cr. The Pope. however. re-
commended the evacuation nf Be
gium by the Germans, seif-deter-
minat:on and freedom cf small
Earlier iii that yea.
l9lZ he had warned the Ger
man and Austrian rulers tlat
submarine policy would
alienate the sympathy Of all neu-
trails. When Berlin put out ono
OF her innumerable peace feel
crs." Benedict. i'll reply. insisted
insisted that Germany must stop
her deportation of Belgian civil
ians and repatriatc all exiles. In
1918. the Vatican fl
nally announced it would tak~ 7
steps toward bringing about .
peace only when invited to DO soi
by both groups of belligerentS.
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