The Washington times., 1921-03-26
SYMPATHY VOICED
FOR DEAD PRELATE
Messages From All Parts ot
World Received at Car
dinaI's Home.

BALTIMORE. March 2s.--Messases
Of regret and sympathy continued to
pour in upon Cardinal Gibbons resi-
dence today
Henry Roche, of Enniscorthy, Ire
land. for many years the Cardinals
friend, sent q brief cable message to
the Rev. Louis r. Stickney, rector of
the Cathedral, expressing his deep
distress at the sad news Mime. Mar
garet Draper Boncompagni. of the
Hotel Ritz. Paris. cabled to the Cardi-
nal wishing his speedy recovery. 1t
was sent before the news OF his death
had reached Paris.
JUssERAND's MESSAGE.
Jules Jusserand. the French am
bassador. sent this message:
I'VE mourn with you a prelate ad-
mirabie for his sanctity. a citizen ad-
mirable for his patriotism, a model
American in whom during the great
crisis France found a friend"
Prince de Bearnet de Chailis,
counselor of the French embassy,
sent the following: .'.
/ beg you to accept the expression
OF my. deepest sympathy, and 1
mourn with all Catholics OF America
the death of his Eminence Cardinal
Gibbons.
John EKger. of the Austrian Catholic
mission to the United States, sent a
message stating that the Austrians
had lost great friend.
DELEGATE MOURNs LOSS.
Monsignor Romano. the apostolic
delegate. who was among the last
20 talk with the cardinal on Tues
day. sent the following message:
Please accept and extend to the
clergy and the faithful Of the arch
diocese my deepest sympathy with
you in your SORROW over the death
Of your beloved shepherd. Cardinal
Gibbons I mourn with you the loss
OF this great prelate. who during
the last half, century, by his re-
ligious and civic virtues and by his
untiring labors and achievements,
has shed SO much luster on the
Catholic Church and on the United
States" ...
Among the great volume of local
messages was one from DR.. Lewellys
F. Barker, who was called frequently
in consultation during the last days
Of the Cardinals illness by DR..
Charles .O'Donovan. 's. ...
Among others who sent messages
were Martin Maloney, of Lakewood.
N. j., with whom the Cardinal usually
spent part of his vacation; G.. Silitti.
Italian Consul at Philadelphia. who
expressed the deep regrets of "the
Italians of my consulate for the irrep-
arabic loss of this high prelate and
great humanitarian" and Miss Mary
E. Patten, OF Washington, in whose
home the Cardinal met President
Harding for the first time.
The Baltimore Hebrew Congrega-
tion, through Rabbi Morris s. Lazaron
and President Moses Rothschild sent
an official message.
PROTEsTANTs PAY TRIBUTE.
The Baltimore Federation of
Churches, representing the Protestants
Of the city, adopted the following
resolution yesterday:
"The Baltimore Federation of
Churches desires to express the ap-
probation of the Protestant churches
within its membership for the life and
works of our fell citizen. James
Cardinal Gibbons, Nnd to extend to
our fellow Ch hristians of the Roman
Catholic Church our sympathy on the
occasion of their great bereavement
in the death of this pre-eminent
leader and churchman.
His name has long been a house
hold word in his beloved Baltimore
and the fame thereof has reached
to world proportions. BY the dedi-
cation Of hi slife to great Christian
ideals, as well as by his devotion to
the establishment OF righteousness,
he merits the praise and esteem of
all men without distinction of creed
or sect. All who aim to build the
Kingdom of God on earth are mu-
tually helpers one OF another.
His has been a great constructive
career and he had the JOY in seeing
his own church prosper under his
gifted leadership"
Among the visitors at the residence
yesterday were James Guthrie, the
acting British consul-general; Holger
A. Koppel, the Danish vice-consul;
Giovanni Schianino. the italian con-
sui; Clinton l.. Riggs, DR.. James ].
Carroll. Mrs. Laurence Turnbull and
Edwin l.. Turnbull. Mrs. Seymour
Mandelbaum. Mrs. Edwin f. Abbeli.
Mrs. Raj Parr, Charles Morris How