The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-12-25
MARIA PA RETURNS
TO HER OLD HOME

Rome, December 24-(Special. )-Another
daughter, Maria Pia, of conqueror Victor
Emanuel, has returned to this country.
her native land, to end her days, after
having been chased from Portugal, and
seen her son and grandson murdered. 1t
is strange that the daughters of the king
who made the pope a prisoner In the
Vatican, are sanity women, who devote
their lives to prayer, doubtless thinking
that they cannot pray enough to expiate
their fathers policy against the church
Maria Pia has gone to the palace of
Caserte, a castle which formerly belonged
to the kings of Naples. AS many other
places, this one was copy of Versailles,
built by the ambitious Charles III, king
of Naples. who boasted that it would
What experts consider the prettiest and
most originally-designed geological gar
der is now nearing completion here. 1t
has been built on what Is known as the
"cageless" principle. Lions, tigers, Loop
ards, panthers, hyenas, bears and other
wild beasts are seen in natural caves and
dens, with nothing between the ami
mails and the public in the way
of iron bars or cages to interfere with
the view. Although the animals appear
10 be at liberty, they are ingeniously con-
fined to their rightful quarters by the
employment of bitches and other cunning
ly concealed devices. But the beauty of
these gardens is the natural habitation OF
wild life obtainable from various parts
of the grounds.
The twentieth National Catholic Con-
gress closed at Modena after five days
discussion, in which the modernist ten
dency, represented by the young Christian
democratic party, triumphed.
In consequence of the victory of the
progressive Catholic forces at Bologna in
1908, under the presidency of that out
spoken democrat, the late Cardinal
Svampa, the Vatican forthwith dissolved
their organization and has vetoed the re-
assembly of the congress for seven years
past Pope Plus x gave permission for
the holding of the congress for the pur-
pose of reviewing the state of the Cath
Ollie forces after the long series of in
structions issued during his pontiface re-
garding the attitude to be followed on
social and political questions. The result
has caused displeasure here and clerical
organs announce that the Pope will pub
lish a note OF censure forbidding future
congresses of the Catholicity, unless they
agree in advance to adhere to questions
of faith and morals
The king is much interested In the In
ventions and discoveries. Wireless teles-
raphy is one of his hobbies, not only be-
cause 1t originated in the brain of a ma n
of Italian and Irish decent, to-wit. Mar
conf. Recently he was one of a party
who. at Pisa, saw Marconi receive wire
less messages from Canada and Masso-
wah on the Red sea, where an italian
colony Is located. He was ELUSIVE in his
congratulations to Marconi. who is num-
bered among the kings friends.
The last socialist congress at Milan has
shown that the party is divided into two
almost equal sections, the revolutionists,
with whom the integralists are closely al
lied. and the reformists. The net result
Of the congress has been to emphasize
the cleavage between them, and to en-
bitter the personal relations of the lead
ers.
youth named Battinelli. the spend
thrift member of a prosperous Naples
family, has just turned brigand. Bat
tinelli was disowned by his people on the
score of his idle habits. Recently he and
two confederates held up a train and stole
about $4,000 and then jumped off a short
distance from Naples. A waiting automo-
bile carried them away. They were ar
rested and were awaiting trial.
Nv Afhons