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TAKE FIRST VOTE
FOR POPE TODAY
Sacred College Has Begun
Its Deliberations.
ISOLATED FROM WORLD
concIave Likely to Unite Upon Bene'
diets Successor by onight--Fifty.
two Cardinals in Attendance.

Rome, Feb. 3.-Celebration of mass
| in the Sstine chapel, with prayers for
| the emf ghtenment of the cardinals IL
| their choice of Il new pope, was the
| last pubiic ceremony attended by the
| cardinals before entering the cOnclaVe
| Of the Sacred College. Cardinal Eanu-
| telli. dean of the Sacred College, Off
| ciated.
The Attendance Was restricted to
| cardinals, officers of the Swiss guards
| and members Of the Vatican house
| hold.
\ photographer who contrived to
| gain entrance to the chapel was eject
| ed, taken to the commiSSariate of the
vatican and later expelled from the
premises.
Peace was the keynote Of the ad-
| dress delivered before the Sacred Col
! lege by M"usignor Cali, director OF
| the vatican museum. III his exhorta-
ton for the election of pope he
said:
The election of Il pontitf ut the
present moment has a particular sig
niticancc. the worlds upheveal, in
| which humanity finds itself, requires Il
pope who will he able to give the world
trup peace-pcacH which men by them
selves cannot find, be .ause they for
get God, for through God alone can
come true pe;. &C.
The new poutiff," continued Mon
S"nor CALI. must have charity for
tnr worlds misery due TO the war,
zeal III the propd CATION of the truth.
prudence in affairs and vigilance TO
protect Catholics from heresy."
The Sisrine chapel is equipped with
thrones for the cardinals, along the
S.des. One throne has been specially
erected and held in reserve for who
ever of The number shall be elected
pope. Before each cardinal there IS
table upon which pen and ink ar"
placed to enable him tn designate h.5;
choice.
The tifty-two cardinals who are III
Rome went into secIus;on and when
the great oak barrier at the entrance
OF the courtyard of ST. Damasco waS
closed they were cut off from COM
municat."n with the outside world III
TIL theil sacred task is done.
r--.rne ttrst DdIIOe VII p-oudDlt ~
taken today.
The ballOtiLg is not expected TO coli
same more than Two days, and the
next pope, in the consensus OF op!ninH
in vatican circles will come from
alnong the Moderate section of the Sd
cred College Neither The "1rrccom-
c:lables" nor the ''pe"ce Party, which
favors closer relations with the Italia"
Z IyeInl4cn;, i understood /" have =
chance To eject its candidate. the Mod
crates holding the hulanc" of power.
Crowds gathered II ST. Peter :
square to watch for the tell-tale smoke
vreathS from TIE CHIMNEY Of the 81,
ti!e chapel whore The c0ncl;Ve sit.
y a..rt is taken on the morning ANA
evening of each day the c"nclaTc Is
ii session, and these smoke putfS are
the only indication To the watchers
as 10 the progress being made. When
nn election is effected. a little straw
rs burned with tie voting papers.
ca sing the smoke to assume a dark
co:3r When a choice is finally made
thn ballots. burning alone. emit thin
wI.sp of light smoke.
Until the election is effec,ed, the
! only communication between the ap-
proximately 90 persons IN the VATICAN
and the outside is through with "Ro-
| ta. or turning box. at the entrance of
the courtyard, and such commUnica-
tions are are made in this way are
! not allowed to come to the attention
Of the cardinals. Penalty for viola
| ton of this secrecy IS eN-c"mmunlca-
| ton.