Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-06

prisinu the Forum, the Palatine. the
| Captol and the Colosseum became
| black with the popuace. climbing the
| ruins. the broken columns. the, arches
| and the tombs and acclaimirr Amer
ica rs the modern chamiopn of the civil
| yat,on which had its birth there nearly
: 1000 wears ago.
rorE iN hrrABIc MOOD.
After having convcrsed for almost
twenty minutes with Pope Benedict
after his reception by the pontif to-
day. President Wilson presented to the
Pope several members OF his entour-
age These included W. H. Moran, chief
~ the American Secret Service; the Presi
dents secretary for his tour and the
clerks oi ms suite, comprising IN all more
than n dozen individuals Pope Benedict
convcrsed with each in turn.
The Pope IN his address To The Amer
ican journalists. who arrived here with
President Wilson and who were received
In special audiences, said that all his
efforts, PRAYERS and influence had been
directed 10 Fastening the success of the
plan aiming 10 unite the nations Of the
world IN such brotherhood rs would
prevent future wars
GLAD TO MEET NEWSPAPER MEN.
The Pontif said he was glad 10 sec
AMERICAN jcurnasliSts for personal rca-
sons. saving
We were born in the city which
was The birthplace Of tho man who
discovered tmerica \ fnthcr reason
toI S; tisfaction in seeing YOU is the
fact thar there are So many Catholic,
livlrt ~ the United States to whom VIC
eel bound by the closest ties The sym
pathv We have always felt for America /.
increased nov when we think cf Presi-
dent Wilson's talents and his hopes for .
irst and lastin; peace which are about to
become r,a'ItY
Popc Benedict concluded bv impart-
inC g. all the ipu.toli" bcncdiction.
rRorEsrtNrs GRhET PRESIDENT.
After his visit t. the Vatican, Prcsi-
dent Wilson returned to the Amer
can embassy, whence he drove. with
Mrs Wilson, to the American Prot
estant Episcopal Church lie was ac-
companied hy Thomas Nelson Page
the American ambassador; Brigadler
General William w Iiarts, L. :. A. !;
Count Bruschi-Falgari, gentleman-ln-
waiting to King Victor Emmanuel, and
Countess Bruschi Falgari, lady in-wait
ing u Queen Helena
In the vr~trl Of the church the Prcsl-
dent received representatives of IVAN
gelical churches in Italy They were
introduced by Dr Dexter 9 Whiting
hill. superintendent of the Amerlcan
Baptist mission the Rev Walter LoWric
rector OF St Pauls American Church
and Francis II kccnc. the American
consular general other bodies repre-
>rntod were the Naldcnsan Church
the English Baptist Missions the Italian
American Methodist Churches the Wcs-
leyan Missions, the Presbyterian Church
and thr BRITISH Bible society.
~Ets HAND on PRovIDENCF.
After the presentation Of the various
President Wilson had
i plca~an, talk with the callers Reng
told that III were praying the success
Of his work, the President answered
thar M thought the hand of Providence
might be seen IN the mobilization ot
{ he moral forces Of the world and in
the union Of all the churches Tor a high
standard oi civilization.
The President remarked that Cen
cral Pcrshlng had told him the war
bad produced stronger religious feel
iuc, among the soldiers. and hc added
that the manner in which the different
peoples throughout the world had re-
Lad touched him
\ vast crowd awaited the President
outside the church and gave him most |
cordial greeting
The official luncheon given by Am
haSSador Page and Mrs Page Saturday |
IN honor Of President Wilson was at /
tended by King Victor Emmancl and
Queen Helena. members Of the cabl-
net and court officials An American
band in the courtyard PLAYED
he Italian and American national airs
There was most cordial tone TO the /
engaged in by President T
\ llson, kIng Victor Emmanuel. Pre-
nicr Orlando and Foreign Minister
>onulno
,IFr~ F0R htNG And QUEEN.
Althnugh President and Mrs Wilson {
lined informally tonight II the OUR
lr with King Victor Emmanuel and .
,d,..n Helena he President and his
,li, wen; istcr 10 pay the royal couple
.arWrll vI-.; nj the Villa Savoia They .
aok ihls utc sion 10 express to Their
lo-ts their deepest appreciation and
ceiling Of gratitude for the enthusias-
il reception that had been accorded
hem IN Rome, which they considered
) q tribute paid by the people Of Italy
. The people Of America
\ Naluablc gifts were presented by the !
lIng and the Queen 10 President and
,ir- Wilson and the members of the
residential party.
NORWAY LOST 500 VESSELS.