New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 13, 1916, Page 13

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1916. PROGRESS OF ALL EUROPE IS THREATENED WITH RUIN Says Germany in Note to Entente Allies — Separate Statement Made to Vatican —Austria Defends Course ‘m Communication to the " World. Berlin, Dec. 13.—Following is the text of the note addressed by Ger- many and her allies to the neutral powers for transmission to the en- tente allies: ¥The most terrific war experienced in history has been raging for the last two vears and a half over a large part of the world—a catastrophe which thousands of years of common civili zation was unable to prevent and which injures the most precious achlevements of humanity. “Our alms are not to shatter nor annihilate our adversaries. In spite ZAour consciousness of our m Y and economic strength and our read- iness to continue the war (which has been forced upon us) to the bitter end, if necessary; at the same time, prompted by the desire to avoid fur- ther bloodshed and make an end to ' the atrocities of war, the four allied powers propose to enter forthwith ; into peace negotiations. | “The propositions which they bring . forward for such negotiations, and : which bave for their ohject a guar- | antée of the existence of the honor | and liberty of evolution for their na- tlons, are, according to their firm be- | Nef, an appropriate basis for the es- | tablishment of a lasting peeac. | “The four allied powers have been,; obliged to take up arms to defend justice and the libertv of national | evalytion. The glorious deeds of our armies have in no way altered their purpose. We always maintained the | firm belief that our own rights and Justified claims in no way control the rights of these nations. i “The spiritual and material prog- ress which were the pride of Europe ié\t the beginning of the twentieth cen- tury are threatened with ruin. Ger- many and her allies, Austria-Hun- | gary, Bulgaria and Turkey gave proof lof their unconquerable strength this struggle. They gained gigantic advantages over adversaries superior {in number and war material. Our ilines stand unshaken against over- repeated attempts made by armies. ““The last attack in the Balkans has been rapidly and victoriously over- come. The most recent events have demonstrated that further continu- Jan(‘e of the war will not result in breaking the resistance of our forces, and the whele situation with regard to our troons justifies our expecta- tion of further successes. A A of this offer of peace and reconciliation, the struggle should g0 on, the four allied powers are re- solved to centinue to a victorious end. hut they disclaim responsibility for this before humanity and history. The imperial government, through the good offices of your excellency, asks the ,government of (here is inserted the name of the neutral power ad- Aressed in e: ce) to bring this communic on to the knowledge of the government of (here are in- serted the names of the belliger- ents.)” spite Note to the Vatican, Berlin, Dec. 13.—The note of the German government, as presented by Dr. von Muhlberg, German minister to the Vatican, to Cardinal Gasparri, Papal secretary of state, reads as fol- ows: According to instructions received | T have the honor to send to your. Emi- | nence a copy of the declaration of the imperial government today, which by the good offices of the powers intrust. ed with the protection of German in- terests in the countries with which the German empire is in a state of war, transmits to these states, and in which the imperial government de- clares itself ready to enter into peace | | soaked with blood. | RENIER, PICKHARDT & DUNN 127 MAIN STREET. OPPOSITE ARCH TFLEPIONE 317.2 THE STORE FOR YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING in } STILL. ANOTHER . LOCAL CITIZEN PRAISES HIGHLY Mr. A. Howells 32 Cottage Place, This ¥ Is Another One of the Many I Lax-a-Tone Boosters. ““Well,” said Mr. Martin, “you can see that I told the trmth that local people are endorsing Lax-a-Tone. cal as to the virtues of this tonic to simply investigate and find out as to the truth of our assertions. We are New Britain advise you as to whether this remedy has the merit.” Mr. Howell, over his signed testi- monial, says: “I find Lax-a-Tone a remedy of great merit. 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She fights to ssure the integrity of her frontiers and the liberty of the German nation, for the right which she claims to de- velop freely her Intellectual and economic energies in peaceful com- petition and on an equal footing with other nations. All the efforts of thelr enemies are unable to shatter the he- roic armies of the (Teutonic) allies, which protect the frontiers of their countries, strengthened by the cer- tainty that the enemy shall pierce the iron wall, “Those fighting on the front know they are supported by the whole na- tion, which is inspired by love for its country and is ready for the greatest sacrifices and determined to defend to the last extremity the inherited treasure of intellectual and economic work and the social organization and sacred soil of the country. “Certain of our own strength, realizing Europe’s sad future if the war continuues; seized with pity in the face of the unspeakable misery of humanity the German Empire, in accord with her allies, solemnly re- peats what the chancellor already has declared, a vear ago, that Germany is ready to give peace to the world by setting before the whole world the question whether or not it s possi- ble to find a basis for an understand- ing. “Since the first day of the Pontifical reign his Holiness the Pope has un- swervingly demonstrated, in the most generaus fashion, his solicitude for the innumerable victims of this war. He has alleviated the sufferings and ameliorated the fate of thousands of men injured by this catastrophe. In- spired by the exalted ideas of his ministry, his Holiness has seized every opportunity in the interests of hu- manity to end so sanguinary a war. “The Imperial Government is firmly confident that the initiative of the four pawers will find friendly welcome on the part of his Holiness, and that the work of peace can count upon the precious support of the Holy See.” but Austria’s Statement. London, Dec. 13.—An official Aus- trian statement referring to the peace offer, says: “When in the summer of 1914 the patience of Austria-Hungary was ex- hausted by a series of systematically continued and ever increasing provo- cations and menaces, and the mon- archy, after almost fifty vears of un- broken peace, found itself compelled to draw the sword, this weighty de- cision was animated neither by aggres- sive purposes nor by designs af con quest, but solely by the bitter necessi of self-defense, to defend its existence and safeguard itself for the future against similar treacherous plots of hostile nelghbors. “That was the tack and aim of the monarchy in the present war. — In combinatian with its allies, well tried in loyal comradeship in arr the Austro-Hungarian army and fleet, fighting, bleeding, but also assailing and conquering. gained such that they frustrated the intentio ‘me enemy. The quadruple alliance ENGRAVING FREE. not only has won an immense series of victories, but also holds in its power extensive hostile territories. Un- broken in strength, as our latest treacherous enemy has just experi- enced. “Can our enemies hope to conquer or shatter this alliance of powers? They will never succeed in breaking it by blockade and starvation meas- ures. Their war aims, to the attain- ment of which they have come no nearer in the third year of the war, will in the future be proved to have been completely unattainable. Use- less and unavailing, therefore, is the prosecution of the fighting on the part of the enemy. “The powers of the Quadruple Al- liance, on the other hand, have ef- fectively pursued their aims, namely, defense against attacks on their exist- ence and integrity, which were planned in concert long s‘nce, and the achievement of real guarantees, and they will never allow themselves to be deprived of the basis of their exist- ence, which they have secured by ad- vantages won. *The continuation of the murder- ous war, in which the enemy can de- stroy much, but cannot—as the Quad- ruple Alliance is firmly confident—al- ter fate, is ever more seen to be an aimless destruction of human lives and property, an act of inhumanity justified by no necessity and a crime asgainst civilization. This conviction, and the hope that similar views may also be begun to be entertained In the -enemy camp has caused the idea to ripen in the Vienna cabinet—in full agreement with the governments of the allied (Teutonic) powers—of making a can- did and lofal endeavor to come to a discussion with their enemies for the purpose of paving a way for peace, “The governments of Austria-Hun- gary, Germany, Turkey, and Bulgaria have addressed today identical notes to the diplomatic representatives in the capitals concerned who are in- trusted with the promotion of enemy nationals, expressing an inclination to enter into peace negotiations and re- questing them to transmit this over- ture to enemy states. This step was simultaneously brought to the knowl- edge of the representatives of the Holy See in a special note, and the active interest of the Pove for this offer of peace was solicited Like- wise the accredited representatives of the remaining neutral states in the four capitals were acquainted with this proceeding for the purpose of | informing their governments.” “‘Austria and her allies by this step have given new and de e proof of their love of peace. It is now for their enemies to make known their views before the world. “Whatever the result posal may be, no 1 11 on the Quadruple Alliance, even before the judgment scat its own beoples, if it is eventually obliged to | 1continue the war.” of its onsibility can | pro- 351 MAIN STREET When a Feller Needs a Friend By BRIGGS N\ N N\ T UG EUANNSSSNNR = 77 DA TS VA TR MR i IR 0\ A \ AX ! 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