Show Of PRESIDENT WilSONS WilSON'S REPLY TO m THE mf POPES POPE'S PROPOSAL FOR PEACE FOR THE 3 SPOKESMAN SENTIMENTS ALLIES S MEET MOST t HEARTY ENDORSEMENT w REPLY TO PROPOSAL OF POPE jno no in the German j spent ment but bat Says the Peo Peo- Treat for Pence Peace 5 ping 5 Is the f full text of Wilto Wil- Wil to the popes pope's peace proTest pro pro- Test Te of Note feet Or of the note follows r t 27 1917 To His H Holi- Holi H- H YV XV Pope a of the corn com of your holiness to the t n l peoples dated Aug 1 I ie president of the United me to transmit the thel l reply fr heart that has not been t- t land hardened by this terri terri- must must be touched by this tills appeal of his holiness the cast sl feel the dignity and force I man and generous motives prompted it and must a 7 r tish h that we might take the i peace he so per persuasively ly out oat nt But it would be oe folly It if If it does not in fact lead lead i if goal f p goal al he proposes 0 Our ur re- re re-I re I oust be based upon nothing i I f Ilis Is not a mere cessation of desires it is a stable nad B peace This agony must not not f e through ugh with again and andi i If 1 be be a matter of very sober I t t what will insure us against 0 l f 1 I That What Pope Pro Proposes oses I I 3 holiness in substance pro- pro I i I t W we e return to the status f and that then there emal condonation disarm disarms disarms- I i da idA concert of nations based Acceptance acceptance of the principle anon on that by a similar con- con Edom edom of the seas be and that the territorial of f France and Italy the per- per r problems pr of the Balkan sad aid d the restriction of Poland J tto ato to such conciliatory ad adjust adjust- Just Justus II us may be possible in the new t such a peace due regard I the aspirations of th the thel l hose political fortunes and CM I will ivill be involved manifest that no part of this a can be ye e successfully carried as e the restitution of the theao yao 1 ao o furnishes a firm and sat- sat 7 basis for Cor it it The object of cy 5 r lis is to deliver r the free peoa peo- peo a the world from the menace r 1 a factual actual power of a vast mill controlled b by an ah f government which hav hay planned to do dominate the Proceeded to carry carry carry- the plan out regard either to the sa- sa sa sa-I ti l of treaty or the I I wished fished principles of I action and honor which chose J Ime for the war delivered n fiercely and suddenly stopp- stopp stopp-I stopp I lito Ito f barrier either of law or of oft I swept ept a whole continent with I I tlde d. d of blood not blood not the blood bloods J ers i s only but the blood of in- in 1 f Omen nea and children also ands and I I I less boor and and now stands stand I B 11 1 Ij hut but not defeated the enemy fifths of the world I I i I Power Dower ow r Is is' not the German It Is la no business of ot ours I fit 11 l neat great people J Ople came cani under I ol of or submitted with tamS tern tam j i S f to the domination of it its it itt t Pit but ut It H is our business to see t the history of the rest of i ls is is no longer left t to Its han- han I II Only Aid Germany deai 11 WIth such h a power by uj i uPOn the plan proposed e l bf th the pope would so su 1 try ta ca nS Pace involve a si S K raon 1 t Its str strength and a renew renew- rO renew renew- U Policy Dailey J would make it to i 10 create a Permanent hostile fc k Don n of o nations against the J U h a eo Oe who are its in tru- tru tal J newborn ra Would auld result In abandon abandon- Russia to the In- In I M d the manifold subtle l- l certain counter r IM I'M hi th h 1 would It ga b be a attempted hy by by byall all o JI n Influences 3 to which the g ost d t st J has of late ac- ac 1 I 1 the c world orld DO r b na can peace be bea to r o oto n a restitution ot of Its pows pow- pow 1 I s er n or upon any word word of hOll honor r it would pledge in a a treaty of settlement settle settle- m meat ment lt and accommodation Responsible sible statesmen must n now now w everywhere see if they never saw before that no peace can rest rest est se securely securely se- se upon political al or economic restrictions re restrictions re- re meant to benefit some nations nations na nations na- na and cripple or embarrass others others oth OUI- ers upon vindictive action of or any any sort or any kind of or revenge or deliberate deliberate deliberate de de- de- de liberate Injury The American people have suffered intolerable wrongs at the hal hands ds of the imperial Ge German man government but they desire no reprisal upon the German people who have themselves suffered all things in this war which they did not choose i I i I I I I I I i I i I True Basis of Peace Pe I They hey believe that peace should i rest oest upon upon the rights of of peoples notI not I the the rights of governments the governments the governments the l rights of people g great eat or small weak or po powerful their powerful their their equal right to freedom and security and s self gov I and to a participation upon fair terms in the economic opportunities opportunities of the the world the German people people peo- peo ule of course included if if they will willI accept equality and not seek domina domina- tion I The test therefore of every plan of peace is this Is it based upon th the faith of all the peoples involved or merely upon the word of or an ambitious ambitious ambitious am am- and intriguing government on the one hand and of a group of freer free people on the other This is a test which goes to the root of the matter and it is the test which must be applied r i Uit d t The purposes of the United States States' t tin in in this war are known to the whole world world world-to to every people to whom the truth has been permitted d' d to come They do not need to be stated again We seek seel no material advant advantage ge of ot any kind We believe that the in intolerable intolerable intolerable in- in tolerable wrongs done in this war warby warby warby by the furious and brutal power of the Imperial German 0 government ought to be rep repaired ired but but not at the expense of the sovereignty of or an any people rather rather a a vindication tion of the sovereignty both of those that are weak and those that are strong Punitive damages the dismemberment dismemberment berment of empires the establishment establishment establish establish- establishment ment of selfish and exclusive economic econom econom- and andIn andIn andin ic leagues we d deem em inexpedient In the end worse than futile no I I I j i I I proper basis for a peace of any kind I least of all for an enduring peace That must be ba based ed upon justice and and i common rights of fairness and the t mankind Word Vold Germanys Germany's not take the word of the We c can n present rulers of Germany as a guarantee guarantee guar guar- antee of anything that is to endure supported by such unless explicitly conclusive evidence of the will and purpose of the German people themselves themselves them- them selves as the other peoples of the world would be justified in accepting accept accept- ing Without such guarantees Deities settlement agreements I t of covenants to too sett set i ifor for disarmament arbitration in the place of force up UT the German government no man no made with If adjustments orial ration lation could now depend on V We evidence of the he must await some new of the gr great t peoples of the It may mayb maybe maybe God grant Central l powers b be given soon and in a a way to r rE restore store the confidence of all peoples nations everywhere in the faith faith of of possibilities of a and t the e peace ROBERT LANSING Secretary of State of the United States States- of America Editorial comments on President I Wilsons Wilson's reply to the popes pope's peace proposal l follow i York Staat Z it ng Ger Ger- N New w man American Pr President man President Wilson has rejected the popes pope's peace peace propos propos- rejection was to b be ex ex- This als ls The event had cast its shadows shadows shadows shad shad- of utterances before in a l number coming partly from sources in this from abroad broad The country partly rejection is however neither brusque brusque brusque brus brus- unconditional The German German German Ger Ger- que nor man people must speak The nation nation nation na na- na- na tion itself through its representatives tives must must make itself heard must u a I speak speak to the the theother other peoples people of the world d its voice will find a hearing what it says will count Thus peace will be possible New Yorker Herold German- German American American The The extremists in our war l party arty have always demanded that thet the must go that no negotiations will 1 be e possible with them The president now intimates intimates inti inti- mates that the extreme aims which are arc often attributed to him are in fact remote from his mind To Mr Wilsons Wilson's view all issues at stake can be he quickly settled as soon as there ther exits a certainty that a democratic Germany has been born born Events in Germany appear to indicate that there influences at work that may now believes New York World World President V Wilsons Wilson's Wil Wilson's Wilsons it sons son's reply to the Vatican peace t proposals proposals pro pro- ro- ro can be compressed into five words No P peace ac with Prussian au au- au- au The president makes that Issue fundamental sweeping all o other other oth oth- her h- h er questions aside Everything can be left to and adjustment adjustment adjustment adjust adjust- ment except the safety and antl security of civilization There must be guar guar- for that Again has the president president president pres pres- ident proved proved himself the great spokesman and interpreter of modern modern modern mod mod- ern democracy y His note to the vatican vatican vatican va- va is a n new W emancipation proclamation procla procla- mation emancipation mation emancipation for the German German Ger Ger- man peoples themselves If the they will accept it it t J Washington Herald Herald Herald-A A more terrible terrible ter ter- indictment against a government government govern I ment was never penned than in is I President Wilsons Wilson's words in reply that to Pope Benedicts Benedict's fervent plea peace be restored to a bruised and battered world It puts the bra brand of Cain upon the brow more clearly than anything tha that h has 1 yet Iss issued from the White House I r 1 |