Evening star., 1920-06-02
POPE TOILET rulers
VISIT |TA[YS KING
Rescinds Order Curbing
Catholic Royalty, But
Claims Temporal Power.

| ROME, May 81 (by the Associated
Press).-Pope Benedict has issued an
encyclical letter. announcing that
while he maintains the claims of the
holy see to temporal power, he re-
sends the order forbidding Catholic
rulers to visit the King of Italy in
Rome 1t is understood the first mon
! arch to visit Rome under the new
| conditions will be King Alfonso of
| Spain.
! Pope Benedict. in this important
| document. emphasizes the necessity of
eliminating the germs of discord
which have prevented the full estab
! lishment of peace and seriously in
of the nations. but the life and spirit
of Christianity as taught by the
Lords Prayer and the example of our
Savior"
| the letter declares. the Pope .'forgives
those. who, during the war, distorted
his intentions and tarnished his
work" He adds that the chief object
| of the Catholic Church is to help hu-
manity. and appeals. to bishops to
teach their f1ocks the necessity of
forgiveness and charity.
Continuing. the pontiff renews the
protest made by his predecessors for
the purpose of protecting the rights
and dignity of the holy see and asked
that. once peace being re-established.
the abnormal conditions affecting the
head of the church shall also be
| brought to an end as. he says. they
are prejudicial to the tranquility of
| the peoples.
His holiness urges the nations to
| join together fraternally to reduce,
If not to eliminate, the military ex-
penditure which is weighing heavily
upon the finances Of the various
states.
He sets forth that the danger of
fresh conhagrations will thus be rem
dered more remote and that independ-
ence and territorial integrity within
its just frontiers will be insured to
every nation.
The pontiff declares that the church
will not fail to cooperate with this
association Of peoples with an eff
cheney to which history bears wit
| mes.
Decision Important.
The encyclical document is consid-
cred one of the most important that
has appeared since the fall of the
temporal power. Indeed, it Is only
surpa ssed in Importance by that
olics permission to vote in political
elections and serve as deputies in
| parliament.
The present document is of inter
national Importance Inc pdpdCy .
veto, proclaimed by Plus TX after
1870. to all the Catholic heads of
| states. forbidding them to visit Rome.
| had momentous consequences. En-
peror Francis Joseph of Austria. de-
spite the alliance with Italy. never
! returned the visit King Humbert and
Queen Margherita, paid him at Vienna
! in 1881, because the King of Italy
insisted that the visit take place at
| the capital of united Italy. to which
Francis Joseph refused to accede.
Only Remaining Protest.
| OF all the papai protests trans
lated into action. which the holy see
proclaimed after the fall of the tenn
poral power only one survives-the
voluntary Imprisonment of the Pope
| within the walls of the Vatican. A
strong feeling exists among Cath
olics. including the section most loyal
! to the pontiff. that he should desist
! from this form of protest. which of
| late. it has been urged. is of no fur
| ther advantage under recent condi-
| tions.