The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-11
ITALY IS ONE OF SLOWEST NATIONS An World in Respect of Polit-
 ical Advancement q NEW ARCH DIOCESE
Is Announced by the Pope for simla ES Hindostan---New Diocese Is Announced in Rec Negro,
 Brazil

Rone. December 10-(Special )--Despite , its pretensions to progress Italy is among one of the slowest nations in the world in respect of political advancement. The average Italian politician seems to re- gard attacks on the church, even Christ ianity, as the acme of statesmanship. There are a few of them, however who think there are worldly institutions which need change, even radical reform. The Senate is one There are some splen- did, brilliant men in the upper chamber; Augusta Pierantonio, who recently vis- fled the United States, for example, but taken as a body. it is almost as useless and as stupid as the British House of Lords. I believe that if an idea should find it's way into the heads of the upper chamber that august body would be des- troyed from spontaneous combustion. It is proposed to amend the constitution of the body so as to make some members elective.
 Pope Plus in the Sistine chapel recently attended the formal presentation of the gift sent to him on the ocasion of his sacerdotal jubilee by the Prince Re-
 
 of the large glass windows expressly made for the twelve windows of this chapel. These replace the older ones, which go back to the middle of the nine- teenth century. and which were of opaque glass of a pale tint, and not very attractive.
 Baron von Guttenberg, who repre- scented the reigning prince, made an ad- dress expressive of the joy he felt in being charged to present. in the name of the Prince Regent of Bavaria, the jubilee homage which the royal family offered to his holiness in these artistic windows. The serene light which. miti- gated by these windows, diffuse an air of peace and sweetness in this chapel, was a symbol of the devotional and pro- found sentiment which the Bavarian Catholics. its reigning house, and he himself as their representative, cherished for their faith and the head of the church.
 Replying, the Pope said he was grate- ful to the Prince Regent, the royal house of Bavaria included, by wishing to all the blessings of heaven.
 The visitation of cholera comparative
 
 checked travel by foreigners and paral- yzed for time the commerce of Naples. 1t is not easy to calculate the loss which this country has suffered up to the pres-n and still more difficult to calcu- late the proximate losses it Is likely to encounter. The tide of tourists to Rome and other Italian cities has been serious ly affected, and no one can conjecture when 1t will resume it's ordinary bulk.
 The Pope has announced the founda- tion of a new arch diocese, that of Simla. in Hindostan, and the erection of a new vicariate of Kilima-Njaro in Eastern Al rica-this last name which came. into history but a few years ago. The erec- ton of a new diocese is recorded in Rio Negro, Brazil. Thus the Pope says he finds consolation in the progress the church is making in her countries. where liberty of worship Is better understood than in this country.
 According to the Concordat between Portugal and the Holy See, the Patriarch of Lisbon has formal right to receive the Red Hat at the first cardinalitial consistory following his appointment.
 One thousand American men and wom- en are said to be preparing for operatic and concert careers in this country. In Milan alone, their number Is 500 Before they left the states many were favorites in concert or oratorio and not few had given up church positions at home pay ing them good salaries. They left theii former successes because they hope to win the greater glory and cash of ope ratio stars. They are happy at their work, but keep one eye open and are looking way across the Atlantic to the goal of every ambitious artist-the Met ropoltan Opera house. Some of them xxrll perforce doomed to disappointment l -fa