Show APPEAL FOR arbitration CARDINALS or OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH FOR FOB PEACE A permanent tribunal of arbi arbitration tra that shrill shall insure pence is the demand of tho the age baltimore april 6 5 cardinal gibbon today grave gave out the following appeal for arbitration instead of wax war signed bv himself and cardinal 4 vaughn of westminster and of Ir clAnd thi the document Is tho the result of a correspond erico ence upon the subject between cardinal gibbons and his colleagues who names are affixed to tho the appeal find and la Is issued sued on easter sunday because or of thia th atones of the day the appeal Is as follows an appeal by tho the american irish and english cardinals cardl in behalf of it a permanent tribunal of arbitration wo we tho the cardinal cardinali cardl nali and rep of the prince of reace peace and 0 of f the catholic church in our respective countries e 0 u atries invite all who hear our voice to 10 co la in tho forma formation t ion of a public opinion which shelf demand tho the establishment lish ment of a permanent tribunal of or nr I 1 lit ration as it a rational substitute among t tho ile races for a report to t tho Is 0 bloody of war wo live are A abaro ft 1 0 that such a project la Is beset with alth p practical ra c t 1 cal difficulties we ve believe they wilt AIM not prove to lin bo if tin the desire to overcome them ix be genuine and such a court existed for or con when the nations of christendom were ero united in ono one faith and have we e not pern narn nations appeal to that samo same court for its judgment in our own on days daya A OF tho the establishment of a permanent tribunal composed mostly ot of trusted depre vea of each sovereign nation with power to nominate judges and umpires according to the th nature of at tho the that strive and a common acceptance of general principles and d 11 m ILI n the th and roat daitor ter ol 01 of such ell a tribunal create new roar anle for pence peace that could not fall to influence the whole of christendom adoro such an international c court urt of arbitration would form tt it second line of defense to lo be 10 called into requisition only after tho the ordinary resources of diplomacy had leen been exhausted it would at least pone tho the outbreak of hostilities until postpone rost reason an and d co common m I 1 ai serge hal hail formally pronounced to is a u n c he t r last word this Is IB is a matter 0 of which left the constitution and procedure must bo ba settled by govern me n Is hut its as are arc beco m t ng more and more Men mentioned tined with tho the aspirations and molded by the desires of tile the people an appeal in the ural first instance roust must bo be addicted add iced to tho the people we do not hesitate on a our u part to lift up our united voice and p proclaim to all who aro are accustomed accustom ud to hearken to our cou narlo I 1 that hat it li Is it a sign ot of a divine in cuenco at work in their mid hlll t whon hen nation naion I 1 shall lift up sword alast nation neither shall they lie he exert af sed any more on the war mar isaiah fl 11 4 for it was una written of a future time come ye yc ond and behold the work of tho the lord rd what wonders he hath done don upon tile tho earth ranking wars to cease even to tho the end of the earth psalms xiv 9 MOTIVE OP OF THE CHURCH others othera may base their appeal upon motives which aich touch your worldly interacts ink rems your prosperity your world buldo influence and authority in the airlifts of men the Cat hollo church recognizes the lefiti rents force of such motives lit in the natural order and blouses blem ses whatever tends tend to the real progress proe cs and clo Nation of the race but our main ground of appeal rests upon the he known character find and I 1 will III of the prince of peace their living founder the divine head of christendom he it was as who nho declared love for if the so brotherhood ito Is a second comm mand 11 allie it it unto the arst it was waa ho he who also announced 0 d to the people tho the eralso and reward reit ard ot of those who seek a orter pence and pursue it Dle said h he e are the peace peacemakers makers for they shall be called the children of god matthew v 9 we therefore earnestly invite all ail to unite with ith us in pr prepping esping their c convictions and desires upon th air respective governments by means of 0 p petitions c and ouch other measures mua as ire arc u iona JAMES CARDINAL GIBEON 8 archbishop of baltimore MICHAEL MI CHAr CARDINAL 10 Ul archbishop of armagh primate of all 1 ireland tl HERBERT ISERT CARDINAL VAU GIrA irAM N Aroh archbishop bishop of westminster london easter sunday A t D IS |