The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-05
POPE WILL FIGHT
FOR RECOGNITION.
Contest in France Clearly lndi-
Gated by His Speech to
French Pilgrims.
WAR AGAINST CHURCH IS
WAR AGAINST CHRISTIANITY
This, the Pentiff Declares,
Was Proven by EXpulsiOns
of Orders.
BY CLEMENT ]. BARRETT.

Special Cable 10 The Tribune.
ROME, Dec. 4.-That the pope has
by no means given UP the fight for the
recognition of the church in France is
clearly indicated by his speech TO a
number Of French pilgrims recently. ia
which he declared that the war against
The church was in fact u war to elmin-
ate Christianity from France This
was proved, he said. by the expulsion
Of the orders, the trials aud condcuna-
tions inflicted upon Cardinal Andrien
and other bishops, ard the threatened
laws which would extend official pro-
lection 10 irrclieious teachers and bring
about 4 state monopoly of schools. That
the church is prepared to fight is indi-
Gated by report that the word has
been passed that all good Catholics
should vote for deputies favorable to
the restitution of the rights OF the
church. and 10 make their influence felt
as effectively as possible III all elcc
tiuns.
The will Of Prince Pierre Strozzi, a
member Of one OF the most famous Flor
cnce families. which has just been
proved is document of historic in
terest. Concerning the PalazZo Strozzi.
the prince stated in the will; ''[ now
come TO the ancient palace of my family.
around which public fancy has of late
been taking Pindaric flights. the future
Of which has always been. and is now
more than ever. my serious preoccnpa
tion of thought. 4 palace. snch as the
Strozzi palace, with which are connected
so many historical traditions Il have
always thought, cannot be considered
as ordinary private property, and that
1T should not be disposed of ms one DIS
poses of an ordinary dwelling or of q
farm. The history of the town aud
the. Inhabitants of the town have over
these monuments rights which I intend
to respect and protect He then stat
ed that he bequeathed the palace 10
the city of Florence or to the state,
10 be maintained as a national monu-
ment. He went on 10 say that, owing
10 the fallen fortune of his house, he
charged the gift with any claim az to
The rights of residence of his wife or
III respect of any dowry moneys. and
With the payment spread over four years
of $4,000 He did not anticipate the
total OF these charges exceeding
$2S0.000
Italian Railway Finance
The balance sheet of 1905 1909 shows
that the Italian railway finance is very
LaE from improvement Tho official
lOINN.'sb u A''blptS iOI Tue NC3T WAS
S92,400,000 the actual receipts have
been S90,600.o00, or 81 100000 less. The
estimated expenditure $61 100000, OK
elusive of extraordinary expenditure;
the actual expenditure 500 1000, 600. In
all q difference of S4.200,000 TO the bad
on the official calculations. The fallinc
of in receipts is attributed TO the Garth.
quake, which disocatod all the good
traffic; the passenger traffic seems to
have held Its own. An attempt is also
made to attribute the heavy expendi.
ture TO the same cause, One cannot
help believing. however. that mismsu.
agcment is chiefly at fault
Baths to Be Restored
The baths of Diocletion are 10 be re.
stored King Victor has approved the
plans Hnd work is soon TO begin It
will be done after plaus made BY Mich.
ael Angelo, who adapted the ancient
ruins TO the present church instead of
building a new facade. as originally in
tended Thus the ruins will remain up
touched. The sum OF Sl60000 has been
provided 10 meet the expense Of the
necessary work, which the king recon-
mendcd be initiated soon.