The age-herald., 1900-11-23
AMERICA MAY GET
 NEW CARDINALS The Pope Will Favor the Ap-
 pOintmentS. DISTRIBUTION OF RED HATS. Gowth of the Faith in United States Recognized by His Holiness Who Will Get the Prom
 ised Dignities. lAszE 
DISTRIBUTION OF RED HATS.

New York, November PA dispatch to the Herald from Rome says:
 "A very strained condition of feeling ex- ists between the Austrian representative of the Vatican and his holiness. It con- cerns the coming distribution of cardinals 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 con- sidered by Austrians, for historical and other reasons to be of premier rank, and has been held by a succession of dignatarles of princely title. It is now occupied by Ba- ron Scribntz. The Pope, however, has just given a final decsion which is negative on the ground that the archbishop is too young
 Furthermore there are other disappoint- ments in view. Three will touch French as pirants, as the number of cardinal hats ex- pected by the French church will not be granted. This last decision is due to the growing importance attached by his holi- ness 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 1t Is only In keeping with the amount of support whicA the Roman Catholic church in the United States is giving to the holy see as compared with other na- tions"
 Gossip will be set going at a fast pace by this announcement that two red hats are to come to the United States. One so- luton of the ecclesiastical friction that has for years existed between the East and N est used to be that both Archbishops Cor rigan and Ireland should be raised to the sacred college, and thus all rivalry equal ized; but a new factor has appeared on the scene in the person of Archbishop Chap belle of New Orleans, the delegate apostolic to Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines. d44ls is a most important office, and as Mgr. Chappelle seems to be meeting its many requirements successfully, he will no doubt receive the customary reward of the red hat that Rome bestows upon her successful diplomats.
 This would dispose of one of the newly promised dignitaries Then who is to get the other? Such course would leave the old trouble unsolved. Both Archbishop Corrigan and archbishop Ireland have been in Rome this summer, and both were re- ceived there with the highest honors. Arch bishop Corrigan made report to the Pope Of wonderful prosperity and progress in his diocese of New York. But this point is balanced by the high honors paid to Arch bishop Ireland in France and his undoubted repute as a political force of even inter- national weight.
 Another idea is the recently mooted topic of a Cardinal de Curia or resident in Rome for the United States. He would be specially charged to look after the af- fairs of the church. For this Mgr. Marti- nelli who will undoubtedly soon be made a cardinal, has been spoken of, but it is not thought he would do because he is really an italian and not an American, though so long resident here.'