The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-07-19
VATICAN is PLEASED
WELL SATISFIED WITH TURN OF
NEGOTIATIONS.
RAMPoLLA REPLIES TO TAFT.
ACCEPTANCE OF HIS PLAN MAKES
CARDINAL HAPPY.

His Note Highly Complimentary to
Secretary Root and Also to Gov.
Taft-The Appreciation of InfIu-
ence of Holy See in the Matter. as
shown by United States, Receives
Highest CONNIE acknowledgement
tative of Vatican in Archipelago
Will Be Given Instructions as to
Points Indicated by Mr.. Root.
Rome. July 1S.-The following note
from the Vatican was presented to
Gov. Taft tonight:
Il hasten to acknowledge the receipt
of the letter by which you kindly COM
municated to me the cablegram from
Secretary Root. answering my note OF
July 9. which explained the counter
project of the Vatican for the regula-
ton Of religious affairs in the Philip
pines. While thanking you for this
important communication l am happy
to assure you that the Holy See has
learned with the liveliest satisfaction
of the high consideration in which Mr.
Root, in the name of the government
of the United States. holds the fitness
of the measures which the Vatican,
INDEPENDENTLY of the solution of any
economic question, designed taking to
ameliorate the religious situation in the
archipelago and to cooperate in the
pacification of the people under Amer
lean sovereignty The measures are
indicated in my memorandum of June
q and my letter of July g. These de-
clarations of Mr.. Root do honor to the
deep political wisdom Of the govern
ment of the United States, which
knows how to appreciate the happy
influence of the Holy See for the re-
ligious and civil elevation of the peo-
pie, especially Catholics.
Mr.. Roots OFFER TnISen Up.
with equal satisfaction. the Pontifr
has taken into account the assurances
of Secretary Root that the American
authorities in the Philippines and at
Washington will put forth all posi-
bic efforts to maintain the good I'M
Outstanding happily established with
the authorities of the Catholic Church.
On his part, the Pontiff will not fail
to give the apostolic delegate. soon to
be sent to the Philippines, the most
precise instructions according to my
former notes.
THE main lines for future negotia-
tions. indicated in the notes, having
been accepted by Secretary Root, the
representatives of the Vatican In the
archipelago will enter into relations
with the authorities in the Philippines
on the four points indicated by Mr..
Root at the end of his cablegram
THE Holy See does not doubt that
mutual confidence, combined with the
action of its representative and that
of the American government, will
easily produce a happy solution of the
pending questions, inaugurating for
that noble country a new era of peace
and progress.
Nice Words for Gov. Taft.
1T is my agreeable duty in ending
this letter to be able to render hon.
age to the very great courtesy and
high capacity with which you have
filled the delicate mission which the
government and President of the
United States confided to you. Will
ingly l add that the favorable result
of the negotiations must be attributed
in very large part to. your high
personal qualities.
while flattering myself that this
first success will be a guarantee of
the happy issue of Interior negotia-
tons in Manila, l have the honor TO
be, etc, RampolIa."
Gov. Taft was informed tonight
that the Pope had fixed July q for
his farewell audience. Gov Taft will
start Saturday for Vallombrosa, near
Florence. where he viii stay with his
family until Monday, when he win re-
turn for his audience with the Pope.