| Show Torn Strife World Longs for Peace i B By International News Service A world still wracked with bloodshed and strife turned to the message of Christmas Saturday for reassurance that peace on onearth onearth onearth earth may yet be achieved Political and religious leaders solemnly pledged themselves to work for international accord amid dismal reports of continued fighting in China Palestine and Indonesia and unrelenting friction between international communism and the western world President Harry S Truman Truman his his stature increased immeasurably through his astounding election victory victory told told the world that Christianity's Christianity's Christianity's Chris Chris- teachings are the best hope for peace To Work Vork for Peace Speaking from his home in Independence Independence Independence In In- dependence Mo the chief executive executive executive tive pledged himself to work for peace and declared that America traditionally Is sympathetic to the underdog the oppressed of all lands for all who bear heavy burdens That said the president is part of ot the American spirit Pope Pius XII in his annual Christmas eve broadcast called for tor a peace pla plan based on the proposition that nations which violate violate violate vio vio- vio- vio late the peace be banished in disgrace to solitary confinement by civil society The supreme pontiff of ot the Itoman Roman Roman Ro Ro- Ito Ito- man Catholic church also attacked the Soviet dominated Russian orthodox orthodox orthodox or or- church which he charged is subservient to those who are trying to wipe out all aU religion The holy father called for in international international international in- in pro protection t e c t ion of the shrines of Palestine where the discordant clamor of war mingled with prayers for peace War ar Planes Roar At the very moment that the Ule ancient bells of the Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth pealed their message an air raid siren wailed walled and unidentified planes roared over the town where Christ first preached A tiny group of ot Christian pilgrims pilgrims pil pil- grims plodded through hills and I mud to reach the church of the nativity in Biblical Bethlehem where Christ was born and preached Moslem guards of the Trans- Trans Jordan Arab legion stood by as the procession of ot Christians entered entered entered en en- the church and not far to the south Jews and Egyptians faced each other in the embattled Negev desert In the far east two world forces international communism and European colonialism kept colonialism kept millions millions mil mu- lions of people locked in combat For much of western Europe Christmas 1948 was the happiest and most bountiful since the end of World War Var II Although still a far cry from the abundant yuletides of prewar days Saturdays Saturday's c celebration e I e bra t ion brought families in Paris Brussels Brussels Brussels Brus Brus- sels London Berlin and Rome a good deal more to be thankful for largely because of the generosity generosity generosity generos generos- ity of the United States Food stores In France showed more varied displays than at any anytime anytime anytime time since the war but prices were high Austerity still ruled the day in Britain hit but the irrepressible irrepressible irrepressible irre irre- English still found cause to rejoice over the holiday y season a a season made doubly joyous through the recent arrival of young Prince Charles who may some day be king For Germans in the western zone and for west sector Berliners there were added ratio rations s and the encouraging fact that the allied air lift is there to stay U. U S S. troops throughout Europe got the day off save the men who fly the aerial bridge to the Soviet- Soviet blockaded city Air lift pilots and creWs ate ale their Christmas day dinners on the run between flights to and from Berlin |
