The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-23
TEUTON INTRIGUE
IN VATICAN FAILS
ENJOYS Tried in Vain to In
duce Pope Not to Permit
Their Departure.
PONTIFF A DIPLOMAT
sseoai cor-ss,c~Ss~cs 10 rrs ev~

Special Correspondents 10 rnp evr.
ROME, April So.-Since h outbreak
Of the war Prince 6choenourg-HArtens
stein. Austro- Hungarian Ambassador ~
credited to the Pope, has paid . daily
visit 10 Inc Vatican. Besides his fte-
ausnt audiences with the pops hs has
invariably conferred either with Car
dinal Gasparri, ne Secretary Of state,
or one Of the other high oficials.
Baron vvn Ritter Won 0ruenstcin. ths
Bavarian envoy. and DR.. o Muehi-
bere. the Prusstan envoy. ave been
equally sssaduous IN ,heir vfaits 10 the
Vatican. and their activity has IN a way
been rewarded. a. many OF the Subordi-
nate ofhcinis of tho Vatican. lay and
eoclesis s,ical. are pro-Gcrman.
The anti-clerioals say that those Aus
trian and German diplomatists spent
a ereat deal of money IN converting
Vatican understrappere. but no doubt
there In exaggeration in these reports.
n 10 Q fact. however. that the Osser-
vutore Rondno. tho official organ Of the
Holy see, although supposed to he
impartial. publishes and eatures e
item of news from Berlin and Vienna,
and often omits official communications
from tho ANies, especially whom Ger
man atrocities in Belgium are denounced
or Austrian defeats are reported. Ger
man and Austrian deniais TO guoh com
murications are sure to appear In the
Osserrdtorc Romano.
The work Of the AuStroA0Srmans at
tho vatican has bean treaty. hAmpsred
OF lat. bv tina british anyoy. Cir Henry
Howard. whom the British Government
esnt Do Rome on a mectsi mission since
he war rarted. Cir Henry, with the
Belr,an envoy. NJ Van der Huevel, and
the Russian Minister. Count Neiidow.
rnprpeent the allied 0~overnments ~ the
Vatican and th.y have been kept busF
recently neutrali1,nu tho work a eheir
Teutonio collie mes
The Au~stroAierman Diplomatic rsprD-
ssntat,yes accredited 10 the Vaeican
were unt,i two months aco most op-
tim,,ttt ana insisted mat Italy's inter
vent,on was out OF tho question Their
optimism. however, dlsa ppeared when the
news ,sshad out that negotiations were
going on between the Italian Govern
mont and -he Vatican about the poA-
ton OF the Diplomatic Corps In cass
OF war. The italian Government oil
n~d the Pope tina, tho Austrian Am
bassador and the Hawaiian and Prus-
sian enyoys would have to leave Rome.
A modus v1vendi intended 30 save y
And 10 AvOl0 COhpIC6LlOu0
was suGReeted and the Pope waA asked
10 propose q satiSfactcry solution Of the
question, which the Italian Government
WA vtufns to aocep<.
Austria Make s~ugGestasn.
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u.runor. ~ ~T,ninna ,io Corr. a, the
Wa,,nsn s,srs consn,,sd' m. Austrian
Haan -, On. corn. s,1-
Sso,ss. "a ths power. s1s,nst Itely,s
n,hr.s,srsS yiniator os tho law 81 c,ar-
an,s.s AVA nan rafu.. 10 allow tho de-.
800. ~, en-. ninIona,,o repre,enta.
TO-. ~ en-. oour,r,a. M var With Italy.
~. snw..,,on ~ she,,er;nr IN, pip
,onat,o So1ps inside IN, vatican AZ.
n..~a praoticai enough and II would
Sava re-, oommun.cated 10 the italian
NoVerrnhep. cno ppo,".os 80 n".,.r
envoyv vigorously opposed 1. Thsy IN
formed the Pope that since tho italian
Government had no, requested their de-
parture in case OF war. evidently b.
cause Italy's war would not be against
their Governments. they would MOI SEEK
shelter inside the Vatican.
Meanwhile tho Pope was studytnS the
question In the hope Of finding . salts.
factory solution and the members Of
NnA NOIDb oT hAAAA VIII
suited, TIA Representatives of the Oen-
,rai Empires urged on the Rope that
their presence in Rome durng Q war
would insure the ~independAnoo a the
Holy Sea They pointed out that 90
ions A. thsy remained in Rome and
dipiomatdo relations with the,r Gov>Pn.
msntv ves~ nx severed the popo IN
cas. of DANCER could protest s9Nanss
ryaiy.s threatened violation OF <ho ilv
81 ruananton. With the ~oertainty
oh&.sr,n. ,s6r~x af,er thn war vas
cv.r H1rtn vsr> drpnpad that thu
ous.t,~ al n. in~deperdmoe az ~ Holy
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r.-sr- anA NAT >h~ pnrSe caai,ns
vr.,N sunnor,sb ~ 0eryn.nv aud
Austria 1rhese arrumonta. huvUV>R
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