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Show POPE ASKS AID IN ENDING IR AMERICA URGED TO JOIN WITH NEUTRAL NATIONS AND BRING ABOUT PEACE. Cardinal Gibbons Calls on President Wilson and Presents Confidential Communication From Benedict XV Asking Aid of Americans. Washington. Cardinal Gibbons came to Washington on Thursday with a message of hope for peace in Europe to President Wilson from Pope Benedict. It was a cablegram praising the president's attitude and indicating a belief that the United States might be in a position to help in bringing the European war to an end. After reading the message, the cardinal car-dinal remained for half an hour with the president, discussing the possibility possibili-ty of peace and the world situation generally. He emerged smiling and walked over to the state department for a conference with Secretary Lansing. Lans-ing. Later he announced he had talked peace with the president and told him of his gratification over the apparent success of the negotiations with Germany over submarine warfare. war-fare. He spoke cheerfully of the situation, situa-tion, saying the prospects for peace seemed to be brightening. The text of the pope's message was not made public, nor was there any formal comment com-ment on it from the White House. I'uofficially, however, it was said that tli e president was much pleased with the message and with the interview. It was understood that the pope made no definite suggestion as to a peace movement and that his message was purely a personal one to President Wilson and not addressed to the heads of other neutral governments. The visit of the cardinal created Hie deepest interest in official and diplomatic circles. |