Evening journal., 1913-04-18
POPE LEAVES
BED AFTER
QUIET NIGHT
POntiff So Much Improved
That He Will Sit Up
Again Today
MAY BE RESTORED
TO HEALTH WITHIN WEEK

by The United Press.
ROME April lS-Pope Plus X was
said to be much improved to-day fol-
lowing a night in which he slept tram
gully except whom disturbed by
coughing
Prof. Marchiafava and Dr. Amici.
on their first visit of the day. issued
the following bulletin.
"fho Holy Father passed tranquil
night, and today there is no fcvcr His
temperature is 97.S
The bronchial affection has been
lameliorated. and his general condition
is improved
BY noon, the Pope had clatcd with
his sisters, Maria and Anna sarto,
his brother Angelo. aud Mgr parolin.
of Venice, his nephew, aud he was al
lowed a little nourlahmeni consisting
of weak chicken broth aud a piece oc
dry toast
lie insisted ca leaving iiis brr aEain
but by the physicians strict orders.
the attendants persuaded the ponur
TO lie stll at least until the aftcrnoon.
when he was told hc might sit up
little while il his condition aud tho
weather continued favorable.
The rally of the popc 10y NO means
restored confidence at ihc Vatican.
thought 1t chcercd the people OF Rome
not a little. Cardinal Merry del Val
and the doctors admitted that IL would
take a week of such days as ycster-
TO so restore the Pope, that his prcs-
ent attack would not have "a fatal
Termination and even then he might
never be able to actively occupy tho
throne Of st. Peter again.
While the influenza has almost en-
tirely disappeared and the bronchial
trouble that threatened pneumonia is
improved. the Pope has hourly iniec-
tions OF drugs to strengthen his lag
ging heart and he Is very weak The
physicians make no attempt to dis
guise the probability that another re-
lapse almost surely would kill the
Pontin and they are doing everything
IN their power TO make him obey their
orders
Though the Holy Fathers bronchi-
It's is better, it is known that he is
gaining no strength The cardinals
today declined to poin Cordinal Oreg-
las proposed rebellion against those
surrounding the Pope The venera-
bic dean of the Sacred College. an
gered because he was not called to
the bedside and because he hought
he was not getting accurate informa-
ltion, formally invited the cardinals
to join him i'm an open protest Tho
other cardinals, though, called at tho
Vatican as usual this afternoon. in
quiring as to the Pontins health.
They were not allowed TO go near tho
siclsroom
Hourly requests came from the
Quirnal for details of the Popcs
condition and this coupled with tho
visit of royal princess. lady-in-
waiting to the Dowagcr Queen Mar
gherita. strengthened the rumors OF
secret alliance between the Vatican
and the Italian government to frus-
trate any possible movement to name
as Pope cardinal OF some nation
other than Italy. in the event or
Pope Plus death. Thirty-tWo of the
cardinals OF the Sacred College are
Italians. Ireland, Austria-Hungary.
France, Germany Spain. Portugal and
other nations outside Italy have "A
representation of "a. In deadlock.
il is regarded as not impossible thai
7 an effort might be made TO select a
foreign Pope. and this would be ex-
7 tremely distasteful 10 the Quirinal
| Those repeating the story point out
that the government, unofficially. Of
= course, is paying more attention 10
} the illness of Pope Plus than it ever
paid to any Pope before since the
! estrangement of church and state
E half a century ago.