Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-14
THE POPE FEELS VERY BAD.
Prayed for Death Rather than Have His Efforts
Fail.
Shall BE No War Between Spain
and America.

London. April 13.-The Rome cores
spondent OF the Daily News says: The
pope is exceedingly upset by the latest
developments of the Hispano- American
question, which seems turning in a
way he had hoped and tried to avoid.
This morning, having said mass in the
Sistine chapel, he turned to those
around him and exclaimed: II
have prayed God with the whole force
of my being and with the deepest fer
vor to avert this war and not to allow
the pontiiical efforts to end in smoke
of battle. Otherwise, have implored
the Almighty to take me to himself,
that / may not behold such a sight"
Those present say that the aged pom
tiff spoke with such real emotion that
his words deeply touched all. After
mass, the pope and Cardinal Rampol-
la conferred TO gether for an hour and
then were Joined by the Spanish am
bassador, who was the bearer of war
like news.
/ learn that one of the projects of
the pope, If the chief obstacle to peace
had been Il refusal by the insurgents
to accept an armstice was to instruct
the bishop OF Havana to send Capu-
Gin monks to preach peace and mod
GRAFTON to the people al over the ISL
and.
The pope has sent dispatch to
Emperor Franz Joseph, in an answer
to communication from his majesty
to a message in Italian. thanking him
for his kindness and for the way in
which he has responded to the pope $
request. The pontiff begged him to
make a last trial by using his good Of
fees with the heads of other states to
spare the world the horrors of war.
1t is patent to all Leo XIII has done
everything humane that is possible, but
war is now considered inevitable, even
by the most optimistic.
STORY FROM ROME.
Rome. April 13.-The Observatore Ro-
mnno, organ of the Vatican. published
today the text OF the documents bear
ing upon the pope's mediation in the
Cuban crisis. The are prefaced by a
note saying the pontiff, seeing the i'm
mlnent danger of war between Spain
and the United States, interposed his
action with the greatest solicitude and
entire efficacy in order to avert 1t and
smooth over the obstacle"
Then follows n note dated April 9Th,
sent by the Spanish minister of for
eign affairs, senior Gullon to Mon
signor Merr del Val, the papal cham
berlain, requesting him to inform the
papnl secretary of state, Cardinal
Rampola, so that the latter might
communicate IT TO the pope, that the
Spanish government. Tin consequence
of the ardent. noble and repeated urg-
ings of the pope" had decided to order
Capt Gen. Blanco to "concede imme-
diately a suspension of hostlities for
the period which his prudence may
deem fit, with the view to prepare for
and facilitate pence"
Continuing the note reads: While
have the pleasure OF thus satisfying
the wishes of the reverend pontiff, 1t
is also agreeable to me to commune
cate to your eXcelency that the en-
bassadors of the six great powers in a
collective visit made to me this morn
ing, found their aspirations in harmony
with those of the pope, to whom, on
this occasion. we recall our previous
dispatch. with confidence that he will
watch with care. 50 that our cor
responding just demand may be salts
fled and that the prestige Of this Cath
Ollie nation may not be destroyed" The
paper does not publish the previous
dispatch mentioned above.
a third document is dispatch from