The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-20

Ous nc 0lQ NOT leave Mantua until q L
year later. owing to conflict between II
the Italian government and the Holy |
See. over the right of the house Of II
savoy to be consulted before the APP
pointment OF a patriarch. the govern
ment having inherited the rights of II
the republic Of Venice: The dispute
was cut short by King Humbert also
appointing Cardinal Sarto as patriarch
Of Venice
The patriarch's relations with the
mouse OF savoy were always most cor
oial. Every time that their majesties
OF the princes visited Venice he paid !,
them visit and presented his homage.
ne was one of Queen Margherita'sl
coniessors, and only few months |
before the death Of Leo XIII he was /
next to the Count Of Turin in public.
when he (the patriarch) blessed the |
Iounoat1on stone Of the new Cam
the candidate of Leo XIII as his s,1c-
cessor. but he SO little realized the flu
ture that when he left Venice in July. !
1919. Tor the conclave in Rome, he |
bought q return ticket.
Veto OF Austria.
In the Conclave the struggle was for
and against Cardinal Rampolla. Leo
Ills secretary of state. whose
chances were lost when Cardinal
Puxyna pronounced the veto of AUSTRIA
against him. which veto was supposed |
to represent the Triple Alliance. Then. |
needing compromise Pope. all eyes
turned to Cardinal Sarto, who at first |
refused. but was after induced to ac-
cept the high position. being elected |
Stunning the title of:
POPE Plus x. Bishop of Rome and
vicar OF Jesus Christ, Successor of 81.
Feter. Prince Of the Apostles; Supreme
fontiff OF the Universal Church, Pa
triach OF the West, Primate of Italy: |
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roman Province and Sovereign of the
temporal Dominions OF the Holy Rom
an Church.
The Pontificate Of Pope Plus x. was
characterized by that spirit of modesty
which never abandoned him and by that
strong religious feeling which made him
choose as motto. ITO restore every
thing in Christi The day after his
coronation he was asked to give orders
Tor his private apartment In the Vati-
can, and while he urged the then
young Monsignore Merry del Val, his
pro-secretary of state. to occupy the
gorgeous Borgia apartment. he himself
cnose -FOUR small rooms in the low-ceil-
1nged suite above the state apartment
OF the Pontiff. which under Leo XIII.
mad been occupied by his private secre-
tary. Mgr. Angeli.
Devoted to His Work.
Plus x. desired to give himself nm
entirely to his work. In SO doing he
did not spare any fatigue. anc giving
audiences, admitting people to large re-
ceptions. celebrating masses. preaching.
giving communion, reached such a
point of exhaustion that while in the
exercise of his priestly function in the
Pauline Chapel. crowded with people,
ne tainted. and thus started that re-
port which pursued him ever after
that he was. liable to faintfng fits,
which was quite untrue. as that was
the only occasion on which he suffered
in that way. and it was entirely due to
the heat and the vitiated air of the
Chapel.
That was the first opportunity for
the officials Of the Vatican to step in.
and on the pretext of protecting the
ropes health. attempt gradually to iso-
| late MIN from the world. However
they were not always successful One
OF, the yearly American Pilgrimages had
left the United States at the beginning
OF July. 1903. On their way to Europe
Leo Kill. who should have received
them. died. SO that they were in Rome
| during the Conclave, and the dav on
| which Plus x was elected and descend
ed into st. Peters to give his first
| benediction they were in the Basilica.
with two American flags waving above
the Immense crowd assembled there
and Joining their ringing hurrahs to
| veneer.
able figure. Some days after the same
American pilgrimage was in the vati-
| can gardens when suddenly. the work
of the officials having already begun.
they were ordered away as the Pope
was seen approaching With true
American determination they objected
| that they did not want to leave Plus
x. who understood something of what
was going on. inquired, and Cardinal
| Gibbons, who was among those who
accompanied them, explained that 1t
was pilgrimage Of his countrymen
who desired to pay homage to the Holy
Father. They had asked for an audi
ence and were waiting for the ap-
pointed day. The Pontiff Immediately
said there was no necessity to wait,
and that he would receive the Ameri-
cans at once in the adjoining Museum
Lapidarium. Thus Plus x. received the
first pilgrimage of his pontificate. held
in his hands and blessed the two
American flags which are still pre-
served. one In Rome and one in New
York.
| His Italian Policy.
Plus X. did not intend to change the
substance Of the policy which his two
His protests against the loss Of fhe i tsg.
poral power, however, lost the vehemence
and bitterness which formerly charac-
The strongest Of his protests on this
subject was issued when President Lou
bet disresardins the prohibition to all
Catholic rulers and heads of states -
visit the king OF United Italy in his cap
ital. was the first. with the exception OF
Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria, since 1870
| to go as guest to the Quirinal.
| This. however. was not only caused by
the feeling towards italy but much more
by the state Of religious war with France,
which was the most remarkable event IA
the last pontificate. and Of which many
have attributed the responsibility to Plus
x. while the hostilities had already be-
gun under Leo XIII.
France found imitators in Spain, which
passed IN parliament bills against tho
Religious Congregations and the Clergy,
leading to the recall Of the Spanish am
haa dxa,.a iked Il, IIal.=