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Now Rsprimands Prelates VIII Dined with
American Ambassador and Archbishop.
ITALIAN RULERS WOULD BE FRIENDLY
Courts Decide Cardinals Take Precedence
Of All but ROYAL Family.
DECORATIONS At 81. PETERS ORNATE
CommemoratiOn Of Martyrs whose
Bodies Lie In Cstacombs Have
Closed. hut Promised His
tory is Not Issued.

ROME June 1e-Cspeciai Calblegram 70
The Bee. .)-Pope Plus X Is developing a
policy Of 'frreconcilabillty" so far az the
Quirinal is concerned When his holiness
was patriarch OF Venice he was, OF all
the italian rrelates OF high rank. the one
Who was on tho most friendly footing with
the ITALIAN authorities.
The lat'st proof of the pope's attitude 10
the fts'ian government was given when
be sent severe rcprimand to certain
prelates u,,ere were, even some cardinals
ron; theull who had attended the .nner
given by the United States amha ssador in
honor OF Archbishop Ireland, The reason
fpf this is that the American Ambassador
Is accredited t. the Quir!nal and not to
the Vatican. It Is comprehensive that in
the case Of countries like Spain and Aus
tra wheFc two embassies exis; on" ac-
credited to King victor Emmanuos and
the other to the pope. that hard and cast
rule II made; but the TINTED States neVar
did accredit an ambassador to the Natlcen.
rho italian government on The oiher
hand, ia said 20 be trying TO adopt policy
Of generosity toward the church. Tho
latest roof Of this is that the Italian
law urts have decided that a cardinal, as
4 prince OF the church. takes precedence
w w y hbhN fhtfHl Aht piihftN % lAlt
blood This question came up in connec-
ton with the notorious M1rri clse. Car
dinal svampa was called as withcss. but
invoked his princcly rank and dema ndcd
that the court should come to his nalace
to tale his evidence. His right to d. 80
HIS now been upheld by the supreme cour:
WHICH declared that cardinal takes
precedence even OF the Knights Of the or.
der CT Hnnunziata. whe are called "cousins
os the hing" and have the right to ad-
dress MIN by the familiar thou" II a
tars nal should visit thc court he would
llnfc e. BE- received with .the militsry hon
uis psld TO a prince Of reignng house
rrr"ratln% ~. Peters.
s nert= the last f.w days ST. Peters has
,.heo~ ule = WORKSHOP the sound OF Tho
ht."ner cchcing through it's immense
vlil.ts ard the voices ot wnrEmen calling
- each ofhcr from great distances brcait-
isIstthe Afternoon stiffness and silence Tae
gfe1t apso 8, hung with crimson damask
drapcry adopn$d with stripes OF cloth of
apid: .n1urera0le crystal chandeliers with
Electric candles hans IN groups from the
ccilin : Tnd outi're q . sr0lt arches OF this
part @: - .1..-"' lfirc pNGtinEs rrpre-
Ss1 f. r" di ht hiugi tho in
tcCe = " rfN y sss Z, be hc1 ,lred
On 't ttt ~ le 5ila .2s A.
90 t-o @. .~l We
wi',c' t.'tt div .c r. rsl.e ls a
80 to ~ ,r' u'" riusshtny in
So b. -c.rb iIi' 3 iiytt 30 Ia,r ,s,
Of ~ !, stl y. - "a 90 "a mo st. 3 riers.
Fracc i2 -, ffho wak nc e1 IS A77t,fed.
TIC p.'s q. Io' PCS y ar . arcj 80 ys
thls :Ht4rc. .NiH so tho eutrtlcc =, n>
tie q le 81. Peters aren't Latin
lskua q a., q 49,
pl4N "a As ~ ery'h.ng in ST Peters ~
huge scale, when one sees these pScrip-
tions close. they arr seen to be gigantic
The pope himself viii assist at each Of
! those beatlEcetions
COmme mOratlOn of Martyrs.
The season OF celebrations in eommem.
oration Of the martyrs in the Catacombs
around Rome has Just drawn TO a close
The final ceremony was held in the great
cemetery or catacoinb on the Via Ardeatina
IN honor of S. Nerus, Achineus and
Domitilla.
Though there has been much Whites
bout this Catacomb by It's discoverer tn.
ate De Rossi. the accounts of II are found
IN his Bullettno. which was. as 1. were
storehouse OF finds ana preparation
for the great volume--the fourth OF ''Roms
sotterranea" which he would probab bl,
have written had he been spared The IN
seriptiOns found in this Catacomb and
many OF which are afhKed to the walls NJ
the church. amount TO over TO Thes,
require special comment and illustration
and the frescoen, which date from the firs
to the nth century, are very importan
for the history OF cataeomb art and de
mand special description. The volume OF
this Catacomb. though promised years ago
is not yet forthcoming. The restricte,
financial conditions OF the Holy See hav,
also TO do with this delay, Nevertheless
the tourist to Rome and the dweller in i
Interested in these marvellous Illuminate,
pages Of the early history OF. the churel
OF the martyrs, which the CatacOmbs fur
nish daily will experience a new intel
ectuai sensation In visiting such seem
tnAt furnished by this feast at tn
1ataeOmbs.