New-York tribune., 1903-07-31
IS RAMP0LLA BARRED?
rtustria EViu, 1t Is AHeged, Veto the
Election of This Cardinal as Pope.

tTian Go'eI'.li eIs,rsi Rampola. 1t is secret that
e.ecSlOH t,n % Of Leo Kills grave illness some
o. 'l'' -, ,vben his death appeared TO be fmmi
+ he late Cardinal H. <AIciiplSnop OF
ilei.l 'Ho ne Intrusted by Emperor Francis Joseph
F'-aga-- va a. exercise in the event of conclave
S~''h pow, !, veto against Cardinal Rampolla. The
- 'is'. 'is. n the Court or Vienna and of the gov
sentiments y ..stria and Hungary have not
erraen.s .ce then with regard to the Secretary of
Chaneeo - XIII and II IS understood that Cardi-
state "a = the Prince Archbishop of Vienna. has
mai o".-s5ved from his monarch the same instruc-
now Is0 use formerly confded TO the late Cardi-
~ Archbishop Of Prague
.+ea 70 be due TO political we'll as to per-
= reasons AS Secretary OF state Cardinal
sS.,o1a has persistently favored France and es-
IaIIv Russia, at the expense of Austria. He
1u-eu1se caused the Nuncos at Vienna 10 take
N Ito mart in opposing measures OF the Austro
Es,ngarian Government, especially In connection
- the matter Of education. marriage and birth
Iteration that created very serious difficulties
Gov The administration IN the execution or the
+ws And then too. Cardinal Rampola is credited
y-ftb having shown himself in a particularly un-
fr;endv and unsympathetic light to the House Of
Hapsburg ut the time Of the tragedy OF Meyerhns'
uheD obstacles ssCribed 10 him and whlch were
-,oe+ distressing TO Emperor Francis Joseph were
orlv removed by the latters personal and direct
appeal 10 the Pope in behalf Of his Inflated son.
Nowhere will the issue Of the conclave beginning
+o-dav be watched WITH profound interest
than in Spain where it is realized that King AL
fonso and his mother. the widowed Queen Christina,
have lost in Leo XIII their most powerful sup
,,crter and that inasmuch the majority of the
Sacred College were notoriousIy averse to the
Spanish policy of the late POntif his successor is
unlikely to continue 10 act as a bulwark of the
yourg Kings throne against the Carlist movement
Few people in this country realize the extent to
which Queen Christina and her have been in
debted 10 Leo Mi for paralyzng, so TO speak the
activity of the pretender, Don Carlos. and of his
son prohibiting with all the energy of his charac-
ter the Spanish episcopacy and clergy, well as
the religious orders from giving any support en-
couragement 10 the Carlist Yet the latter is
identified with the of the monastc orders and
OF the clergy the pretenders. both father and son.
being pledged 10 restore TO them in Spain all the
power, preroga and possessions which they en-
!oyed previous TO their being deprived thereof by
the Liberal administration during the reigns Of
Queen Isabella II and Don Alfonso XII. OF course
this has caused the clergy and the religious orders
IN Spain 10 be most pronounced in their sympathy
with the Carlist movement: and if they have re-
Trained from openly championfng and promoting
the interests Of the pretender since the birth of the
present King. who is godson Of the late Pope it
has been merely in reluctant obedience to the
peremptory command Of Leo XIII.
Should the Pontif decline to intervene anv
longer IN behalf Of the present occupant of the
Spanish throne against Don Carlos and his party
and assume neutral attitude in the matter very
grave blow will be dealt to the solidity Of the
looked for
II IS impossible TO make any predictions as to the
oHapon OF the conclave- That which elected
Plus VII, in 1879. lasted month and tWentv-threa
days The one which elected his predecessor
Leo All In 1873. occupied a month and three days
On the death OF Clement " two years and nina
months passed away before the choice of his sue
oessor, while in the case of Gregory XVI ia 1881.
X. nd Len in
Euhced. There seems to be. however a general
impression that inasmuch a good deal Of the
negotiation between the champions Of the rival
candidates for the tiara has been taking place in
the last two weeks. it is quite possible that they
may have already come to some agreement which
the conclave will merely be called upon to ratify
and that the official choice Of a successor TO
Leo XIII and the proclamation Of his name will
take place by Sunday.
Sir Edmund Antrobus has through Lord Edmund
Fitzmaurice, chairman OF the County Council OF
wiltshire, made a definite offer to sell Stonehenge
ana eight acres of the land occupied by these mag
nihcent Druidc ruins 10 the English Government
IoT S6O00, on the understanding that they will be
preserved for the nation. Some yePrs ago Sir Ed
fnund made an offer TO dispose of Stonehenge and
twenty acres Of the land which the great stones
stand for $4,000 any who was willing TO
pay that price and great alarm was expressed
'eS' some American mult-millionaire might pur-
chase the celebrated megalithic monuments and
carry them of 10 the United States But this fear
bas not been realized
Sir Edmunds desire to get rid Of stonehenge is
IA no email measure due TO the annoyance to
"alch ne has been subjected in the last few wears
n connection Herewith. It was shortly after his
accession TO the baronetcy and estates on the death
o. MS iather in 1893 that he determined to surround
'olelelse which forms part Of his property. with
barbed wire fence, and to charge an admission
Zee OF . cents his object being 70 nrotect the
stones from the injurious treatment to which thev
we're oeihg subjected by people without anv rev
e"0e 1oi the hoary past. Moreover as some of
Zones were in danger of falling he feared that
-H me event OF anybody being injured thereby he
might ne held financially responsible
EAcepuon, however, was taken 10 bie st+i+ud,
vas salo mat inasmuch Stonehenge had lain
Cp9H 10 az the world since English history hogan
- - - Eao acquired right Of way through
H.eIy Po1uoa OF the grounds on which the s+ones
STOOD and likewise a proprietary ,nteres. a. -,
et'ts7 themselves Then too. it was noir+ed on.
1"at aiythlhg In the shape OF a modern inclos,,~a
eS"0yeo me speA created by the aspect of tbose
immense stones standing along In s+r ~,
Tar from human habitation in +ba .5..se ise circles
open, rolling plain. And the result , -. = ~ %
only the general public but likewise w., - g -, O'
interested in the preservation of national rao,,,
fnents raised fund with the object Of tas,,r -
ms courts hot sir hdmund's proprietorship of the
ruins. but his right 10 incIose them win . IT,
fence '1'' d wire
Sir Edmund Antrobus IS known as ~ r,,,,.
1u-d' County RoKburghe. this name .,of -
flrd" being added to that OF Antrob,s on ,,e e
Sion of the first holder Of the Antrob,,s ,.'
purchasing the Rutherford estate beIorgIn -. - ,
Scotch barony of Rutherfu1d which heco9 " z 80
snant in 17A and 70 which there are in Ar,artao
people who have very strong claims, among tbon.
tAe Rutherfurds 81 New-York, whose arms ara tba
same MARQUIsE DE FONTENOY.