The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-02-10
Still NEEDS
ONE DECISION
COUNT BONI MADE REMARKABLE
RECORD BEFORE VATICAN IN
DIVORCE MATTERS.
Seemed to Have Been Able to Gel
Prompt Decision in His Favor
Against Duchess of TalIyrand.

| ROME, Feb. 10.-The success of Count
Boni de Castellane with the high law
courts of the Vatican has developed in
to seven day wonder at Rome. Boni
began his suit for divorce from Anna
Gould in 1911 Although the first de-
cision wen against him he has since
been able to ring up three successive
decisions in his favor, these being rem
dered both by the Rota and the Seq
natura tribunals. AS result of this
success, Vatican wiseacres have no
doubt that in the end the Duchess of
Tallyrand will have to worry along
with only one husband, the Prince de
] Sagen, instead of two as she is now
! trying to do
The first decision OF the Rota tribu-
nal in 1911 declared the marriage be-
tween Boni and Anna Gould legal. I'm
mediately thereafter, Boni came to
Rome, and it is declared made it pub
lie in the Vatican circles that having
been an intimate friend at Paris of
the new president of the Chinese re-
public, when the latter was a student,
it would be possible for him to secure
very favorable concessions for the
Catholic missionaries in China.
China Opened UD.
Whatever the actual status of this
may have been the fact remains that
the new president of the Chinese re-
public has opened up the country to
Catholic missionaries on a basis they
never had before and it is equally a |
fact that since then Boni has been |
most successful in his suit before the |
Vatican law courts. Last March, the |
Rota tribunal reheard the case, and |
declared the marriage void. Immed-
lately the Duchess of Tallyrand APP
peared to the tribunal of the Apostolic
Segnatura declaring she had not been
notified of the second hearing.
The appeal left Boni in delicate
position. Ordinarily, at least year
IS required for a Vatican tribunal to
BASS upon a question Bon was
obliged to stand for reelection this
spring to the French chamber of depu-
les from Catholic district, where the
act that the Vatican had refused him
divorce, or that he had secured it I
merely by not allowing the Duchess-of Z.
'allyrand to defend herself, would :
ave counted heavily against him. II
yas necessary therefore that Boni get
9th quick and favorable decision.
nd both of these he did.
Broke All Records. :
The Segnatura broke all precedents
Y hearing the case within few VI
onths, namely last November, and ly
len be deciding it shortly thereafter. V,
also refused the appeal of the "
uchess of Tallyrand. AS conse-
fence, Boni can now go before his
rench Catholic electors this spring III
it'll at least one full decision in his tn
vor. This will probably enable him re
least to be reelected to the chamber m
deputies, after which the Rota will in
ant the third hearing in the case FRI
lich will be the final.
The Rota has now rendered two de-
sions, the first in favor of the Ouch of
S of Tallyrand, and the second in ar
vor of Boni. The third one, which In
II necessarily have to agree with one
these, will be final, the procedure mf
the Rota requiring two similar de- mr.
ions for the final adjudication of a ho
Sc. Little doubt is entertained at lin
me that this third decision will con- %,
n the second one in Boni's favor. as