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he merely submitted verbal report Cardinal Satolli.
 RAMPoLLA's PERSONALITY.
Cardinals Already Lining Up for the
 Battle.

Battle.
 Rome. July 24-The nearer the conclave approaches the more two distinct ten- dencies are known In the sacred college. especially among the cardinals of the Curia that Is to say. those living in Rome. but In which the cardinals from the provinces as well as the foreign car dinais. cannot help participating
 These two tendencies spring from the personality of Cardinal Rampolla, as the great struggle continues to be in ris favor or against him. Ii Rampolla finds that in the first ballot he has q considerable number of votes he will try again. If he has few votes and one of his opponents has many. he will renounce his chance and he and all of his friends will Suppor first Cardinal Gotti. with whom he now come to some such agreement. a. attempt to elect Gotti to the supreme of flee with Rampolla as an ally This would mean the maintenance of Pope Leo's policy on the exact lines and en- trusted to the same men. But Gotti in spires great distrust, because as he be- longs to the religious orders, ns would render the situation of the papacy eX- tremely difficult at the present moment considering the conditions prevailing in France. Spain and the Philippines.
 It seems therefore almost sure that if at the first ballot it Is probable that Gotti cannot be successful this section of the sacred college will decide on Cardinal Di Petro, one of Rampolla's most faithful followers. Rampola being Sicillian can count on the two Sicillian cardinals. One of them, however. Cardinal Celesia. arch bishop of Palermo. is so old Che Is al- most 90) that his relations strongly tp- pose his going to Rome to attend the conclave.
 For political reasons all Spanish cardi- nals are favorable to Rampolla, besides a dozen Italians, thus making a total of 25. But to be elected Pope it is necessary to get altogether over 70 votes, as Of the present sixty-four cardinals not more than two or three will be absent from the conclave.
 The anti-Rampolla tendency has more prominent candidates, such as Cardinals Oreglia, Serafino Vannutelli, Satolli and Agliardi, which i'll cause a difficulty in arriving at any agreement on any one of them. It is already foreshadowed that should the success of their opponents be probable this group will center all their votes on Cardinal Capecelatro, archbishop of Capulia.
 A cardinal who seemed to have con- siderable oh nee was Cardinal Sarto, the patriarch of Venice. but now he is scarcely thought of. because he does not know French and Is not likely to learn it at 70 years of age.
 It is understood that the Prussian min ister accredited to the vatican has re- ceived instructions to favor the election of Cardinal Serafino Vanuttelli. or Car dinal Agliardi Cardinal Kopp bishop of Breslau, who arrived here yesterday has been accredited to the same effect.
 Cardinal Celestia. in an interview on the spirit which should inspire the conclave in the election of a new Pope, said: Now more than ever we need an energetic pontiff. but at the same time he must be prudent. With extreme measures one cannot rule. With a middle course there is always something to gain. have ex- perienced this in my hfty-thTee years rule in my bishopric. I have never jug gled with my conscience. or the duties of my office, but have maintained most friendly personal relations and also cordial official relations with all the lay men and authorities with whom I came in contact. This is the secret of success. This was the glory of Pope Leo. With the help of God 1t will be that of his suc- cessor."