The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-22
TWO RED HATS.
Promised to America by the
Coming Distribution
Of Princely Titles by the Church
of Rome.
JEALOUSY AROUSED.
Austria and France Have Candi-
dates For Places.
Two Are Not Enough to Go
Around in This Country.

New York, Nov. pa Herald dis
patch from Rome says:
a very strained condition of feeling
exists between the Austrian representa-
tive of the vatican and his holiness It
concerns the coming distribution of car
dinals' hats
The Austrian government has of late
been urging with much persistence that
the archbishop of Prague should receive
the coveted scarlet The See OF Prague
is considered by Austrians, for historical
and other reasons, to be of premier rank
and has been held by a succession OF
dignitariss OF princely title 1t is now
occupied by Baron Seribnitz.
The pope. however. has just given
final decision, which is negative, on the
ground that the archbishop is too young.
Furthermore there are other disap-
pOintments in view. These viii touch
French aspirations as the number Of
cardinal hats expected by the French
church viii not be granted
This last decision is due TO the grow
Ing Importance attached by his holiness
TO the increasing development of the
Roman Catholic faith in the United
States. to which country in consequence,
TWO new appointments OF princes Of the
church have been decided upon.
This appointment of two additional
American cardinals may cause JEALOUSY,
but it is only in keeping with the
amount OF support which the Roman
Catholic church in the United States is
other nations
Commenting upon the above the Her
aid says:
Gossip will be set going at a fast
pace by this announcement that two
red hats are to come to the United
States one solution OF the ecclesiastical
friction that has existed between the
east and the west used TO be that both
ArchbishOps Corrigan and Ireland
should be raised b5 the sacred college
and thus all rivalry equalized but fac
tor has appeared on the scene in the
person Of Archbishop Chapelle Of New
Orleans. the delegate apostolic 70 Cuba.
Porto Rico and the Philippines.
This is a most important Office and
as Mgr. Cbapelle seems to be meeting
its many requirements successfully he
viii no doubt receive the customary re-
ward of the rec hat that Rome bestows
on her successful diplomats This would
dispose Of one Of the ne WY PROMISED
digEities. Then who is TO get the Other
Such course would leave the old tr0u-
bile unsettled. Archbishop COrrigan and
Archbishop Ireland have been in Rome
this summer and both were received
there with the highest honors. Arch
bishop Corrigan made a report to the
pope of wonderful prosperity and pro-
grsss in his diocese of New York But
this point is balanced by the high hon
Ors paid To Archbishop ireland in
France ana his un6oubted repute as 4
political force Of even International
weight.
Another idea is the recently mooted
topic of a cardinal de earia. or resident
in Rome for the TEited States H
would be specially charged to lock af-
ter the affairs of the church here For
this Mgr Martineli, who VIII un5Oubt-
edly soon be made cardinal. has been
spoken of but ii is not thought he would
do. because he is really an Italian and
not American. though so long resident
here