Letter of the Bishops of Belgium to the Bishops of Germany, Bavaria and Austria-Hungary (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Letter of the Bishops of Belgium to the Bishops of Germany, Bavaria and Austria-Hungary A committee of French Catholics published "La Guerre Allemande et le Catholicisme." A German Committee published an answer: "Der Deutsche Kreig under der Katholizismus. Deutsche Abwehr Französischer Angriffe." A Committee of "German-American Catholics" saw fit to send an English translation of the German reply to all the Catholic clergymen of the United States, giving as their reason for so doing "the old juridical principle: Audiatur et altera pars." Whilst the answer of the German Catholics is presented as a reply to the French Catholics, the main parts of it are attacks against Belgium. For that reason it is only proper that the Belgian side also be heard. The French Committee has several Cardinals, Archbishops and Bishops among its members. The German Committee decided not to solicit the membership of German Cardinals, Archbishops and Bishops because "purely political aims and polemics regarding Catholicism and the World War are irreconcilable with the dignity and tasks of the Episcopal pastorate." The Belgian Bishops personally and under their own exclusive responsibility took up the defense of their country and gave their reasons for so doing. Whilst they emphatically deny the charges brought against Belgium they demanded a fair and impartial investigation. In the letter of the Belgian Bishops you, as well as all who have read it, will admire their manly courage in denouncing injustice, their calm protestation of innocence and their logical and eloquent demand for a fair investigation and adequate reparation. The Belgian Bishops, writing in Belgium, under German rule, were not in possession of all the documents published in Germany. Neither did they know all that happened in Germany. They ignored the sentiment which ran very high among German Catholics on account of the accusations against Belgian priests and religious. The latter were constantly accused in Germany of having excited the civil population and even of having led the snipers and set them the example. German Catholics decided to investigate these charges against the Belgian clergy. Among several others, one of their organizations, the "Pax-Informationen" of Munich, which is directed by German priests, made investigations with the assistance of the German military authorities. The result of these investigations appeared in several Catholic German papers, among others in the "Koelnische Volkszeitung" of Cologne, of September 20, October 2 and 28, November 10 and 27, December 31, 1914. These investigacious show that the accusations against the Belgian clergy published by the German press and contained in a proclamation of the Kaiser posted in Belgium in September, 1914, as well as in the Kaiser´s telegram to the President of the United States, were made without any foundation, according to formal declarations of German military authorities and German Doctors and were solemnly retracted under oath by the very soldiers who had pretended to have been witnesses of them and had taken part in bloody reprisals against Belgian priests. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of su
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