The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-08-20
POPE Plus
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riration Sc
ur. Marchizfava as abe 20 leave
he vatican FOR q tine oWlnE % the
arneiioration % symptoms he sAid
hat nothing early In the morning had
Indicated The grave crisis which bad
come On rapidly shortly after BE
ieft. DR. Amici examined ne patient
Z He explained that the sudden collapse
eas due % the Ponurs age and The
equity affection which slvays combine
% give bronchial catarrh OF ca acute
nature most serious character.
Difficulty IN Breathing.
A. times during the day the Pore
had difficulty IN breathing lie sur.
Tered much from headaches and in
ability 20 rid himself ~ the accuulu-
lation IN The lungs Stimulants we're
Injected and Oxygen administered
Several times the ponur revived
and seemed much better he would
then speak % those about him and en-
ast that his desires BE- executed In
one % these Intervals he asked for
Aonsignor Rosa. who vas recently sp-
pointed secretary % the consistorial
congregation MousiEnur Rosa had
been an intimate friend ~ the Pope
since the ponuA va bfshop OF Ire
yiso.
A. soon - he was notified he
rushed 10 the Vatican and Was ad
mitted Immediately 90 the apartment
whore the Pope Was lyinr
] The Pope's last illness began al
most coincidentally With the great
war IN Europe. Those close 20 him
believe that grief over the situation
brought on the anal crisis and 30 over.
whelmed him that be vas unable IN
his eiChueth year 20 Withstand stlll
another attack % his old enemy equity
catarrh
lll Health For Years
m health had been Che Pontns lot
/ for many years. and internationally
the attacks have been 90 serious that
| the world was prepared several times
20 hear % his passing During the
summer there had been numerous DE-
malls from the vatican that his In
disposition was serious A. late as
August 10 last. upon the occasion OF
the eleventh anniversary % bis cor
onation, Pope Plus granted numerous
audiences
Two days later ~ became known
that he had cancelled practically ali
engaeements His attendants report
I'd that be was unable 20 work and
/ that he sat llstless and silent TOR
I hours. evidently brooding over the
| clash % arms IN Europe
His physician. Dr Marchlafsva or
dered His Holiness 10 bed on Aug
ust Is. when ~ was announced that
/ the war and the intense heat In Rome
had combined 10 depress him I'm bed
he continued 20 dream % the conflict
BY nipht and 20 discuss 10 by day
! shall not cease 20 implore God 10
| put stop 20 this inhuman butchery 20
! he declared His physicians had 20
I deal with this mental condition a. well
as physical suffering Arrangements
were made by which Cardinal Merry
I Del Val. the papal secretary OF State.
would render His Holiness a daily re-
! port on the war situation The Pope
desired 10 see some way In which he
] might exert his influence 20 check the
bloodshed. and he was the more AFFECT.
I ID because any action seemed use
+ less
Called for Prayers.
81 the commencement OF the Euro
. pean crisis he had addressed an ex-
hortatlon 20 an the Catholics Of the
world. asking them % uft their souls
toward Christ who alone was able
TO aid. and be- called upon the Clergy
90 Offer public prayer
Tho break between Austria and Ser.
Via from the frst became a source Of
great grief % him. for the Vatican
was most friendly toward both ma
tons Pc was inexpressibIy shocked
no said a. the assassination 81 Arch
duke Francis Ferdinand. tho heir 20
me Austrian throne who Ike an the
HspsburEs was an ardent Catholic.
and was sympathefic toward little Ser
via. with which the Vatican had but
recently concluded friendly con.
cordat
The Pope view NJ peace embodied
ln an aIIorrr0n delivered a. the con
siFtory az which be created thirteen
new cardinals last NAV. contributed
such a remarkable document that the
Carnegie Peace Union. founded in
February by Andrew Carnegie with an
endowment Of 81 900 900 decided 20
begin among the clergy o. the Roman
[ Catholic church Co., educational actIv.
tiles in behalf OF disarmament and ar.
bItraton by sending 20 each % the
$4,000 priests OF The United states
and Canada a copy n this aIlocution
In DO the Pope referred 90 Men %
disf.rfon srd force planning achemeu
Tor preventing tho calamfIes Of revo-
lutone and slaughter ~ war and for
inEurirE f1e blessing Of peace which.
coupled with the fact that he spoke
A. length with me three American
cardinals Gibbons Fsriev and O'Con.
nrII was Interpreted ar referring 20
fre efforts % President Wilson ana
Secretary M state Bryan fn behalf of
universal peace
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