New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 29, 1917, Page 9

AMERICA'S REPLY T0 POPE’S MESSAGE Fresident Explais Why Terms of Note Are Not Acceptable Washington, Aug. 29.—The follow- W% is President Wilson's answer to t{"‘ peace proposals of Pope Benedict KV. To His Holiness Benedictus XV., Pope: In acknowledgment of the com- munication of your Holiness to _the belligerent peoples, dated Aug. 1, 1917, the President of the United States requests me to transmit the fPlowing reply: Every heart that has not been blinded and hardened by this terrible war must be touched by this moving appeal of his Holiness the Pope, must feel the dignity and force of the humane and generous motives which prompted it, and must ferventiy wish that we might take the path of peace he so persuasively points out. But it would be folly to take it if it yss not in fact lead to the goal he roposes. Our response must be based upon the stern facts, and upon nothing else. Tt is not a mere cessa- tion of arms he desires; it is a stable and enduring peace. This agony must not be gone through with again, and it must be a matter of very sober judgment what will insure us against it. His Holiness in substance proposes tQ=t- we return to the status quo ante-bellum and that then there be B general condonation, disarmament, and a concert of nations based upon an acceptance of the principle of arbitration; that by a similar con- cert freedom of the seas to be es- tablished; and that the territorial claims of France and Italy, the per- pjexing problems of the Balkan states, and the restitution of Poland be left to such conciliatory adjustments as may be possible in the new temper of guch a peace, due regard being paiqd to the aspirations of the people whose political fortunes and affiliations will be involved. It is manifest that no part of this program can successfullv carried out unless the restitution of the stauts quo asfe furnishes a firm and satisfactory basis far it. The object of this war is to deliver the free peoples of the world from the menace and the actual power of a vast military establishment, controlled by an irresponsible govern- ment, which, having secretly planned to dominate the warld, proceeded to carry the plan out without regard either to the sacred obligatians of fore, that no peace can Trest securely | upon political or economic restrictions meant to bénefit some nations and cripple or embarrass others, upon vin- dictive action of any sort, or any kind | of revenge or deliberate injury. The American people have suffered intoler- able wrongs at the hands of the Im- perial German Government, but they desire no reprisal upon the German people, who have themselves suffered all things in this war, which they did not choose. They believe that peace sould rest upon the rights of peoples, not the rights ‘of governments—the rights of peoples, great or small, weak or powerful—their equal right to free- dom and security and self-government anad to a participation upon fair terms in the economic opportunities of the world, the German people, of course, included, if they will accept equality and not seek domination. The test, therefore, of every plan of peace is this: Is it based upon the faith of all the peoples involved, or merely upon the word of an am- bitious and intriguing government, on the one hand, and of a group of free peoples, on the other? This is a test which goes to the root of the matter; and it is the test which must be ap- plied. The purpose of the United States in this war are known to the whole world—to every people to whom the truth has been permitted to come. They do not need to be stated again. We seek no material advantage of any kind. We believe that the in- tolerable wrongs done in this war by the furious and brutal power of the Imperial German government ought to be repaired, but not at the expense of the sovereignty of any people— rather a vindication of the sover- eignty both of those that are weak and of those that are strong. Puni- tive damages, the dismemberment of empires, .the establishment of selfish and exclusive economic leagues, we deem inexpedient and in the end worse than futile, no proper basis for a peace of any kind, least of all for an enduring peace. That must be based upon justice and fairness and the common rights of mankind. We cannot take the word of the present rulers of Germany as a guar- antee of anything that is to.endure unless explicitly supported by such conclusive evidence of the will and purpose of the German people them- selves as the other peoples of the world would be justified in accepting. Without such guarantees treaties of settlement, agreements for disarma- ment, covenants to set up arbitration in the place of force, territorial ad- justments, reconstitutions of small nations, if made with the German NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1917, AMERICA A UNIT IN RELIEF WORK Nation, Rich and Poor, Subscribe to Aid Unfortunate New York, Aug. 29.—A directory has been issued by the Federal Coun- cil of Allled War Charities compris- ing some 75 national organizations engaged in war relief work in the countries of the allies and showing that the funds raised by these organ- izations up to the present time and since the beginning of the war aggre- gate, In money and the value of sup- plies shipped abroad, $30,000,000. The directory further states that the organizations represented in the Fed- eral Council have a membership of more than 2,000,000 persons with 5,000 branches throughout the United States. The figures quoted above, it is de- clared, are not necessarily final, but underestimate, rather than overesti- mate, the facts. The directory contains a statement issued by Judge Robert 8. Lovett, until lately chairman of the commit- lee on co-operation of the Ameri- can Red Cross, urging that the pub- lic continue to subscribe funds to the various organizations, and to in no way lessen their activities because of the present broad scope of the work undertaken by the Red Cross itself. A foreword to the directory which was prepared under the supervision of John Moffat, executive chairman, says: “The tabulation of the organ- izations embraced in the Federal Council of Allied War Charities is impressive. It is not merely the num- ber of separate committees, the com- prehensive character of the work they have undertaken and successfully uc- complished, nor the large sums which have gone directly to the cause of re- lief through many channels. “The impressive fact is that so many distinct and separate agencies are harmoniously co-operating with the sole object of increasing efficiency and economy of operation and extending government, no man, no nation, could now depend on. ‘We must await some new evidence of the purposes of the great peoples of the Central Powers. God grant it may be given soon and in a way to restére the confidence of all peoples everywhere in the faith of nations and the possibility of a covenanted peace. trédty or the long-established prac- tices and long-cherished principles of International action and honor; which chose its own time for the war; de- livered its blow flercely and suddenly; stopped at no barrier, either of law or of mercy; swept a whale continent within the tide of blood—not the blood of soldiers only, but the blood of inno- cayt women and children also and of the helpless poor; and now stands balked, but not defeated, the enemy of four-fifths of the world. This power is not the German people. It is the ruthless master of the German people. It is no business of ours how that great people came under its control ar submitted with temporary zest to the domination of its puProse; but it is our business to see to it that the history of the rest of the world is no longer left to its handling. To deal with such a pawer by way of*peace upon the plan proposed by his Holiness the Pope would, so far as we can see, involve a recuperation of its strength and a Tenewal of its policy; ;would make it necessary to crgzfe a permanent hostile combina- tion of nations against the German people, who are its instruments; and would result in abandoning the new- horn Russia to the intrigue, the mani- fold subtle interference, and the cer- tain counter-revolution which would be attempted by all the malign influ- ences to which the German Govern- ment has of late accustomed the world. Cdh peace be based upon a restitu- tion af its power or upon any word of shonor it could pledge in a treaty of pettlement and accommodation. Responsible statesmen must now everywhe: e, if they never W be- TESTIMONIALS " FOR MEDIGINES Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine &Lompany Publishes Only Genuine Ones. The testimonials published by the | Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company come unsolicited. 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Cree ene Chicago, O., Aug. 29.—President Ban Johnson of the American league has issued orders that the ‘‘shine ball” be eliminated in the American league. In a bulletin sent to all clubs John- son says that hereafter any player caught discoloring the ball with any foreign substance will be suspended automatically for five days. Discolor- ing the ball or putting a ‘“shine” on it with tobacco or licorice is espec- ially prohibited. Under Johnson’s new orders the only thing permissible to a pitcher is to rub a little sand or dry dirt on a new ball to take the new shine off it. O'DOWD BEATS TED LEWIS. Decision Over Champion in Twelve Round Bout, Boston, Aug. 29.—Mike O'Dowd of St. Paul was given a decision over Ted (Kid) Lewis, world’s welter- weight champion, in a twelve round boxing bout last night. Lewis does not lose his title, however, for the boxers entered the ring at catch weights and the bout was not a cham- pionship affair. 0'Dowd outpointed his opponent in every round, according to those at the ringside. sets TO KEEP COVELESKIE. Detroit, Aug. 29.—Plans of the De- troit American league baseball club to release Harry Coveleskie, left handed pitcher, to Providence of the International league have been aban- doned for the present at least, it was announced here late yesterday at ths | player’s own request. Coveleskie will remain on the Detroit roster, but is not expected to pitch any more this season. NEW BERTH FOR KELLY. George Kelly, for several years a member of the Giants as utility man and recently released to Rochester, was notified yesterday that he-had been drafted for the national army and must appear before a Rochester board for examination. As Kelly is not married and in perfect condition it is almost certain that he will be accepted. Kelly has been hitting well in Rochester. FIRST CALL FOR FOOTBALL. Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 29.—Foot- ball players and candidates at Ohlo | State University yesterday were or- dered to report for first practice on September 15, three dayvs before the fall opening of the university. The order does away with rumors that Ohio State might abandon its football schedule this season. ENTER AUTOMOBILE DERBY. Providence, R. 1., Aug. 29.—Louis Chevrolet, Ira Vail and Peter Hen- derson are among the entrants for the 100 mile Derby automobile race to be held on the Narrangansett park | speedway on September 1. Four oth- { er races will be run, including one [ of twenty-five miles. the widest and largest possible meas- ure of relief to the war sufferers. “The federation of these organiza- tions into a central body constitutes strength ~which could not otherwise have been realized. It has created, furthermore, a ‘feeling of confidence in each organization and in the or- ganizations taken collectively. This has resulted in an increased flow of contributions to the individual organ- izations, and has done much to create a basis for effective co-operation, with the American Red Cross, which could not have been achieved had each organization aoted for itself. “It is doubtful whether, in the his- tory of the United States, so many persons of prominence have before been banded together with a common charitable object in view as are repre- sented upon the committees con- tained in this directory. The high standing of the individuals, the fact that they have volunteered their ser- vices without other motive than to assist the unfortunate victtms of the war, constitutes a glorious chapter in the annals of American Philanthropy.” The directory gives the names of the officers of each of the 75 commit- tees and contains an outline of the work they have accomplished, to- gether with a statement of the funds }aised and how they have been ex- pended. It provides an intimate view of the many phases of . war relief Which have been undertaken by Amer- ican societies in the United States as well as those who have gone to labor in France, Great Britain, Serbia and elsewhere. _ The directory is the first compila- tion in one volume of the many ac- tivities represented by the 75 organ- izations. Tt is also virtually a direc- tory of the public spirited men and women of America, whose hearts have been touched by the fearful plight of the war suerers in many lands. The following are organizations con- cerning which directory gives detailed information: American Ambulance in Russia, American Auxiliary of the Women’s National Hecalth associa- tion of Ireland, Inc., American, Brit- ish, French, Belgian, Permanent Blind Relief, American Committee for Training in Suitable Trades the Maimed Soldiers of France, Amervican Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief, American Committee of the American Ambulance Hospital in Paris, American Comittee of the In- ternational Reconstruction league, American Fleld Service in France, American Fund for the Heroes of France and - Her Allies, American Fund for French Wounded, Afneri- can Girls Aid, American Students Committee of the Ecole des Beaux Arts, American Women’s Hospitals, American Committee Collecting the War Charities of the Queen of the Belgians, American Women's War Relief Fund, American Ice Flotilla ~ Committee, Appui Aux Artistes, Brit- ish American War Relief Fund, Brit- sh Section of the Belgian Official Committee of Help for Refugees in France, British War Relief Associa- tion, Inc., ' Charite Maternelle de Paris, Chelsea War Refugees Fund, London (American Branch: Belgian Refugees Knitting Yarn Fund,) Com- mittee for Men Blinded in Battle, Committee of Mercy, Duryea War Re- lief—Secour Duryea, Edith Whar- ton’ i & ; ALL KINDS OF JOB PRINTING First Class Work at Reasonable Prices | Eastern Weekly Publ. Co. 53 CHURCH ST. New Britain, Coni.. gency Aid of Pennsylvania, Council Delegates, tors’ Fund, French Bureau, Tuberculosus War Victims Fund River War Relief Committee, triots of America, Lady Fund, La Fayette Fund, League en, Le Bien-Etre Du Blesse, Gens de Lettres Francals, Charles Beresford’s Fund, Jersey, Militia of Sutherland Ambulance, Mercy, Federal Franco-American Committee for the Protection of the Children of the Frontier, French Ac- French , | America, Needlework Guild of Amer- Hospital Under Three Flags, Hudson Joint Distribution Committee of the Funds for Jewish War Sufferers, Junior Pa- Helmsley's of the Allies, League of Catholic Wom- Les Lord Mayfair War Relief, Mercy Committee of New Millicent The London Motor Volunteer Corps, National Al- lied Relief Committee, National League for Woman’s Service, Na- tional Special Aid Soclety, National Surgical Dressings Committes of ica, New England Italian War Relief Fund, P. S. D. Fund (Physicians,’ Surgeons,” and Dentists,’ Fund,) Po- lish Reconstruction League, Polish Victims Relief Fund, Refugees in Russia Fund, Roumanian Relief Com- mittee of America, Russian War Re- lief Committee, Scotish Highlanders Rellef Association of Highland Socie- ties in Edinburgh, Serbian Distress Fund Boston, Serbian Hospitals Fund, Serbian Relief Committee of America, Secours de Guerre, Secours National for the Relief of French Wo! Children and Belgian Re Shamrock Fund, Stage Women!' Reljef, Trench Comfort Packets: U. S. and the Allies, U. S. A, Sag of Committee for Relief of B Prisoners in Germany, Vacation Relief Committee 6f the Vacation sociation, Inc., Venetian Fund, Babies Cradle, War Relieg - C] House for France and Her Mention is also made of the for coming Allied Bazaar to be under fhe auspices of the League ] the Allies, at the Grand Central P ace, New York, in November and which more than fifty commift will participate. 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