Show rOPES POPES OFFER HELD MORE THAN PLEA FOR PEACE Pontiffs Pontiff's Document Is Mot Most Important in Worlds World's i History He Says Saya By United Press KANSAS CITY Mo Aug 25 ut Ui Ul Ulfar far tar greater moment than the cessation of war war the the mere establishment of peace th the motive behind the popes pope s recent proposal Guided by the al almighty almighty nl- nl mighty the popes pope's hand reproduced a document that will go down as the most important i In the history of ot church and ana of the world work This Is the opinion of Archbishop I Bonzano apostolic delegate of the pope I in America given ghen tonight exclusively to the United Press Yes far more than merely a a. pica plea for peace Is the holy fathers father's proposal I the delegate said saM In the providence of God the pope is appearing In the I nick of time to save the governments I from a new menace that grows more threatening at every reverberating roar 1 t along the cannon lined battlefronts Neither kings nor presidents of the battling countries should deceive themselves With every charge of the i f struggling millions as they go over I the tops tops' in battle batUe scarred fields of ot Flanders the Rhad shadow w of f danger draws nearer and nearer strengthened by every passion that war arouses Radicalism is advancing by leaps and ud bounds is the belief of the apostolic apostolic apostolic apos apos- delegate and the safety of constitutional constitutional constitutional con con- government hangs in the balance But regardless of the antagonism of politicians despite the disregard that allied diplomats are reported to be takI taking taking tak tak- I ing of the papal peace proposals the ray of hope that has cut through the gloom of war since the popes pope's plea was sent to the belligerent powers cannot but result In a decided hastening of peace the delegate believes HEED SUFFERERS The papal plea for tor the warring nations nations nations na na- na- na to lay Jay aside their arms to heed once more the cry of millions of women and children the real sufferers to re refuse refuse re- re fuse tuse to see red and restore reason where ww war w r passion now holds sway cann cannot t be Ignored the delegate de de- de- de dared Archbishop Bonzano was far from discouraged by the days day's events that seemed to Indicate failure of immediate immedi Immedi- ate T results from the holy fathers father's mes mes- sage i i I r I cannot see how the nations can f Ignore 1 nor it the delegate said If It for forno forno no other reason than the reverence tHat is js due the pope as the spiritual head of peoples it must needs be that his plea be given serious and thoughtful consideration A A note of warning or perhaps It was as apprehension at what the result of continued fratricidal warfare might be crept into Archbishop Bonzano In In- In Toe Th e hol holy ta father her ha has spoken the theof i of true democracy he continued k implored the warring pow powers rs to to taRe tale thought hought over their differences beloL before their nations are shattered be- be lr He has made articulate te the the word vord ord ot of of humanity that cries out against this awful slaughter A reminder re of Frankenstein's superman the superman the product of a ofa a creative genius which bec lle so powerful it t destroyed l 1 Us Its creator was creator was evident from the archbishops analogy TRUE DEMOCRACY The message might be implied das as a plea to the nation nations to g gIve ve to their tt peoples s a. a true democracy before it is lS too lest late late lest they take by or r revolution that which must eventually come out of this wars war's travails a travails a lastIng lastIng lastIng last- last Ing d Just p peace Picking up a paper from tram his desk the apostolic delegate laid his hla finger on an article There he s said ld is the situation ati n asI as a aI I would express it Slowly and deliberately Archbishop Bonzano read the article a a. long time the bleeding heart of the world has been torn by a mighty desire that no man dared to express Wen Men women and children looked out outer er erthe the earth saturated with human bl blo blood d. d and longed f for r the day when a ft voice olce that could command reverence would be lifted up In the cause of ot civilization civil civil- civilI i I I ruined by a monstrous war passion The day has come the prince of peace has spoken through his vice re gent the pope What effect his plea will have Is hard to sa say but th the effect on the world at large will be Incalculable if for no noether other ether reason than that his holiness has hasset hasset set et mortality over against ruthlessness I and brute force torce and challenges challenged men menI mento I ij u to choose between them H L The nation that refuses to hearken i I I to such a call writes hims f down not I as a vindicator of justice but a as a monster lustful for mens men's blood That his holiness has given the world a document I of remarkable clarity of ot otI vision and courage is Archbishop Bonzano's Bonzano's Bon Bon- zanos zano's belief The papal proposal proposal re re as to what Its Immediate re result re- re sult suit will be will be-will will be classed by itself In the history of the future he de de- de dared I de-I |