therefore, the Catholics of the whole world to approach
the throne of Grace and Mercy, each and all of them, and more
especially the clergy, whose duty furthermore it will be to make in
every parish, as their Bishops shall direct, public supplication so
that the merciful God may, as it were, be wearied with the prayers
of His children and speedily remove the evil causes of war, giving
to them who rule to think the thoughts of peace and not of
affliction.

From the palace of the Vatican, the second day of August, 1914.

PIUS X. Pontifex Maximus.

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THE POPE'S DYING WORDS.

Pronounced by Pius X. at the Vatican, Aug. 20.

In ancient times the Pope, with a word, might have stayed the
slaughter. Now I am impotent and forced to see the spectacle of my
own children, even those who yesterday worked here with me, leaving
for the war and abandoning their cassocks and cowls for soldiers'
uniforms. Yesterday, although belonging to different nationalities,
we were here studying in sympathetic companionship. Now we are in
different fields, armed against each other and ready to take each
other's lives.

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GERMAN KAISER'S PROTEST.

Addressed to Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, Aug. 7.

I consider it my duty, Sir, to inform you, as the most notable
representative of the principles of humanity, that after the
capture of the French fort of Longwy my troops found in that place
thousands of dumdum bullets, which had been manufactured in special
works by the French Government. Such bullets were found not only on
French killed and wounded soldiers and on French prisoners, but
also on English troops. You know what terrible wounds and awful
suffering are caused by these bullets, and that their use is
strictly forbidden by the generally recognized rules of
international warfare.

I solemnly protest to you against the way in which this war is
being waged by our opponents, whose methods are making it one of
the most barbarous in history. Besides the use of these awful
weapons, the Belgian Government openly incited the civil population
to participate in the fighting, and has for a long time carefully
organized their resistance. The cruelties practiced in this