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threshold of gth 1frar of Conflict . . Sees growing aversion to brutality of total war Is continuation of hostilities reasonable & justifiable? Vatican City. Following is the complete text of the official English translation of Pope Pius XII's Radio Address to the world given on Wednesday, September 1, 4th. anniversary of the outbreak of
war: This is the fourth anniversary of 'that horrible day on which was launched the most formidable destructive, and devastating war of all times, a war which appals everyone who has a heart and human feelings. Foreboding this universal disaster, which then menaced the great human family. when but a few days separated us from the outbreak of hostilities, on August 24, 1939, We addressed to the rulers and peoples a fervent appeal and a suppliant warning: Nothing, We said, is All can be lost by lost by peace. war. Our voice was heard: but it failed to enlighten the intellect or penetrate to the heart. The spirit of violence triumphed over the spirit of concord and agreement-but that triumph was a defeat. To -day, on the threshold of the fifth year of war, even those -who then counted on speedy military achievements and on the rapid conclusion of a triumphant peace, as they cast their glance on the scene within and without their own country, feel only sorTo row and contemplate only ruins. many who remained deaf to Our apspectacle peal, sad experience and the that meets their eyes to -day show how closely Our warning and Our forecast corresponded with the reality that was to be.
Our words on that occasion were inspired by impartial love for all peoples without exception, and by a vigilant anxiety for their welfare. The same love and the same anxiety move Us in this grave and troubled hoer, and bring to Our lips a message which is meant to be of benefit to all and hurtful to none, as We earnestly implore Almighty God to open a way for it to the hearts and the counsels of those men whose hands hold the destinies of afflicted humanity. Issues Approaching Clbnax. Through colossal struggles, the external issues of the war are approaching and converging on their climax. Never was the Scripture exhortation, "Re -
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after so many outraged agreements, after so many broken promises, after so many contradictory Shifts of purpose and action, confidence between the nations has fallen so low as to weaken and discourage every generous
resolve. Therefore. We turn to those whose concern it is to encourage meetings and arrangements for peace, and with an appeal that comes from the depths of Our sorrow -stricken heart We say to them: Strength Can Be Generous. Real strength need not fear being generous. It always has the means to secure itself against any misinterpretation of its readiness and will to make peace, as well as against other possible repercussions. Do not shatter or smother the people's yearning for peace by acts which, instead of ceive instruction, you that judge the promoting confidence, rather give new earth' (Psalms II, 10), more invoked life to the fire of hate and stiffen the will to resist. or more urgent than in this hour, when Give all nations the well-foundld the tragic reality of things speaks to hope of a worthy peace, which shall all. Everywhere men are entering into not offend either their right to live or their sense of honour. Make clear themselves to meditate, their eyes fixed on the ruins. It is true wisdom to beyond all possible doubt that your conclusions agree honestly with your encourage and sustain them in their trials. To discourage them would be principles, that your acts respond wholly to your declarations for a just In every land, men's fatal blindness. minds are . being alienated from the peace. Only thus will it be possible to ceecult of violence, as they see in the horate a serene atmosphere in which the rid harvest of death and destruction its peoples less favoured at a given modeserved condemnation. In all nations there grows an aversion to the brutal- ment by the fortunes of war can beity of the methods of total war, which lieve in the rebirth and growth of tend to pass beyond every just limit a new sense of justice and comity and ever norm of divine and human among the nations, and can draw from this trust the natural consequence of law. More tormenting than ever, there a greater confidence in the future, (without having to fear lest they comcomes to soften the minds and hearts of men the doubt whether the continu- promise the survival, the integrity or ation of hostilities-and of such hada the honour of their country. ties-is and can be said to be still in Blessed are they who, with disinconformity with national interests, or terested resolution, help to prepare the reasonable and justifiable in the light soil in which may sprout and flower, of the Christian and human conscience. grow and ripen the sense of internaAfter so many violated treaties, tional veracity and justice.
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no less impartiality and with their gaze fixed on reality, collaborate to overcome the deadlock in which to-day the fatal balance of war and peace is
halted. Blessed are they who ktep themselves and their peoples free from the restriction of preconceived ideas, from the influence of unconquered passion, from inordinate selfishness, from unlawful thirst for power. Blessed are they who hearken to the suppliant appeals of the mothers who gave life to their children that they might grow up in the faith and in generous endeavours, not that they should kill and be killed. Ble,ed are those who listen to the anguish -laden pleadings of families stricken to death by forced separations, to the ever more insistent cries of the common people who, after so much suffering, privation and mourning, ask for nothing more for their life than peace, food and work. Blessed, finally, are they who understand that the great task of a new and true order among nations is not possible without raising our eyes to God and keeping our gaze fixed on Him Who, as the Ruler and Guide of all human events, is the Supreme Source, Guardian, and Judge of all justice and all right. But woe to those who in this tremendous moment do not rise to the full consciousness of their responsibility for the fate of peoples, who feed the fires of hatred and conflict among nations, 1who build their power upon injustice, who oppress and torture the unarmed and the innocent (Jeremias, xxii, 13) behold the wrath of God has come upon them to the utmost (First Thessalonians ii, 16). May it please Our,Divine Redeemer, from Whose lips went forth the cry: "Blessed are the peacemakers," to ea. (Continued on Back Cover.) ;
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