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At the Roman Catholic consistory. to be held early in November. 1t is reported that seven now cardinals will be created, and the one held at present in what is called 'in petto" proclaimed. It was ex- actly a year ago that Pope Plus x cre- ated the very unusual number of 1T at one consistory including the two American ones. But no fewer than six have died within the year, leaving the present num- Der 59, of whom s4 are Italians and p of all other nationalities. The traditional number in the Sacred college Is 70. after the number of disciples whom Christ Is recorded to have had at 0 particular time, but the college is never filled completely. and Is at times depleted to 45.
 Pope Plus X Is less anxious than some of his predecessors about the Italian ma jority in the college. At present the ma- jority Is nine. but year ago, at the time Cardinals Farley and O'Connell were pro- claimed. it was only seven. The Pope is said to hold that tradition can be re- lied upon to continue the papal line to Italian prelates, and also to feel that the New World, to which he looks with hope for Catholic progress such as Europe cannot offer, is entitled to honor above small Italian jurisdictions. In this feel ing he Is said to have the sympathy of the Curia, or local governing body
 Prelates mentioned in Rome at this time, . month before the date of the consstory. include the Most Rev. Dr. Paul Bruchesi, archbishop of Montreal; the Right Rev. pr. Thomas F.. Kennedy, head of the American college in Rome, and Monsig- nor Paul Peter Terzian, the Armenian patriarch. Monsignor Tonti, former nuncio at Lisbon, whose name has been withheld as already mentioned. will be proclaimed. There are at least two Ital- ians one of them the present assessor of the holy office, who will be named. The number of Italians will then be 36. or perhaps ST. according to the demands of the Curia for men to assist in it's work, and 2S to 30 not Italians, according as the Pope's desire to honor growing parts of the Catholic church is gratified. He is understood to be particularly desirous to honor the Armenians, in part because Of their struggles and in part to encour- age the eastern inroads into the Greek world
 If further American cardinals are named, and there are reports that two more may be, the prelate said most car- tain to be honored is Archbishop Quigley of Chicago. There is no mention of Arch bishop Ireland, but this is not due to any lack of sympathy with him and his work felt by the Pope. It Is wholly a matter or numbers. treat as ndS been Cdtnoltc progress in the northwest, numbers of Catholic there are barely a quarter of the number in the diocese of Chicago. and far fewer than in the great jurisdic- ton of Philadelphia, New Orleans and St. Louis. Archbishop Prendergast of Phila- delphia has but just been instituted, and his name is not heard in the rumors. But the names of Archbishops Clennon and Blenk are heard along with that of Arch bishop Quigley.
 One thing seems to be known. It is that. if the present Pope's life be spared and he remain of the mind he now has, Amer ica will soon have at least two more cardinals. The reason is the wonderful progress the Catholic church has been of recent years In America, and is hoping to make within the next few. The vatican is much impressed and encouraged from America