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Show Kaiser's Attitude ! Toward Offer of Pope Is Revealed By S. D. WHITER (International News Service) BERLIN, Jan. :8. Details 0f form-! er Kaiser Wilhelm's attitude toward Pope Benedict's peace action In J !M 7 Were revealed here tonight by Brail Ludwig, prominent publicist, writing I I in the ' Achtuhr Abendblatt." ' The pope Is not doing his dut.v J scolded Kaiser Wllhelm, when N'unclo j Paoelll presented the pope's offer of' intervention to 1,10 then German em-' peror "Tho pope should order all clergymen to preach peace from their pulpits." tho kaiser said. "His holiness cannot risk a rebuff,"! said the nuncio In reply. 'His holiness holi-ness Is a pesslndst on this question." A man of the church a pessimist V shouted the kaiser. "When I order aa I operation on the battlefield i donl know how It will end. The main thing is to act " Ludwig made public lottcrs which passed between himself and Herr Von ! Kuchlmann, se r. tary of state for foreign for-eign affairs In the old German government govern-ment in which Ludwig charged that the government w.i purposely putting,' obstacles In tin- way of tho pope's pea " steps in an effort to put the 'hure of failure, on the allies Von Kuehlmann In reply, claimed that tho kaiser was sincerely supporting support-ing the pope. . |