PEACE

BY NORMAN ARKAWY AND STANLEY HENIG

We bid you welcome, Earthmen! Take your rightful place beside us, share our peaceful existence. By your endless struggles you have earned it.

[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, October 1954. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]

Peace Communique No 1.—Abilene—April 1, 2049

The war is over. Iverson is safely exiled on asteroid 14, and the other leaders of the aggressor forces—Cartwright, Briande, Remberg, Kiang and Risofsky—are all in confinement on their respective space islands. Peace has been restored to the system: on Rios and on Nwad.

(signed) SER GULLA Sup. AC Rios Adm.

AC Pamphlet PIE Rios No. 1-1-1 10 APR 49 RT

REPORT TO THE PEOPLE OF RIOS

On March 29, 2049 (Rios Time), the Rios-Nwadian war ended.

This report on the recent conflict has been prepared by the Bureau of Public Information and Education, Rios Branch, for the purpose of enlightening the inhabitants of Rios about the War, its causes, and the proposed policy of the Nwadian government concerning the administration of your planet.

In order to provide for full understanding by the people of Rios, Riosic terminology shall be used wherever possible in this report. Thus, Rios shall be called 'Earth', Nwad shall be designated 'Venus', and all dates, measurements and other data which are different on the two planets shall be indicated according to the Riosic calculation.

The War ended on March 29, 2049 when the last Earthian troops surrendered to the Venusian peace forces.

When did the War begin? The first battle was fought on December 18, 2048, but the first 'incident' that led directly to the conflict occurred in November, 2042. And even before that date, many years before, officials on Venus knew that war between the two worlds was inevitable.

Space scientists of Venus have been observing Earth for hundreds of years. The first space ship to reach your planet and return to Venus made its voyage in the Earth year, 1891. From that time on, explorations were made 

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