{"id":6555,"date":"2006-08-10T16:27:08","date_gmt":"2006-08-10T16:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/08\/b15-and-wwi.html"},"modified":"2006-08-10T16:27:08","modified_gmt":"2006-08-10T16:27:08","slug":"b15-and-wwi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/08\/b15-and-wwi.html","title":{"rendered":"B15 and WWI"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Germans and the Austro-Hungarians promptly accepted the Pope’s proposal, although Berlin avoided specific commitments. The provisional Russian government also welcomed the papal mediation. The leaders of France and Italy, with largely Catholic, extremely war weary populations, were transfixed with alarm. They wanted a fight to the finish but they hesitated to take issue with the Pope. The English, even more determined to go for what Prime Minister Lloyd George called "a knockout blow," decided to let Wilson answer for all of them. <\/p>\n

At first the president was inclined to say nothing. He seemed angry at the Pope’s intrusion into the war. However, as the impact of the pontiff’s appeal grew larger, Wilson decided he had to reply. The Pope was saying many of the same things Wilson had said before he opted for war. Now, as British ambassador Cecil Spring-Rice wryly pointed out, the president was doing "his utmost to kindle a warlike spirit throughout [the] states and to combat pacifists." No wonder the pope’s appeal gave him indigestion.1<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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