The New York herald., 1922-01-23
CARDINAL 0'CONNELL
TO SAIL TOMORROW
DOugherty, on Vacation,
Hopes to Depart Satur-
day for Rome.
MAY MISS CONCLAVE
Ii 1t Is Called for Feb. 1
They Will Not Vote for
Next Pope.
GASPARRI is FAVORED
Sacred College Will Split on
Old Question Of Naming
italian.
GASPARRI is FAVORED

WASHINGTON. Jan. &c iAssociated d
Press) THE two American members of
the Sacred College of Rome. Cardinals
O'Connell of Boston and Dougherty of
Philadelphia, will leave at the earliest
possible moment to attend the conclave
late Pope Benedict.
Cardinal O'Connell failed to secure
passage yesterday, as he had planned.
and will sail Tuesday on the steamship
Presidente Wilson, while Cardinal
Dougherty is expected TO return from
vacation trip next Friday and prob
ably will sail on the following day on
the French liner La Lorraine.
II there IS no especial reason for de-
law. it was said here. the conclave may
meet February /. The fear was ex-
pressed if the conclave is as short as
that which resulted in the election of
the late Pontiff. both Cardinals O'Con-
nell and Dougherty may arrive in Rome
too late to participate in the election OF
the new occupant Of the chair OF st.
Peter.
After the death of Plus n. which oc-
CURED on August 20. 1914, the conclave
began on August 81 and the new Pope
was elected on September 3. II the
same procedure Is taken in the present
case the election Of the Pope would
occur about February 5.
Gasparri Is Named.
Cardinal Pietro Gasparri, Papal Sec
retary of state and chamberlain OF the
Holy Roman Church." Is being spoken
OF here as possible successor to the
seat of ST. Peter. BY virtue of his posi-
ton Cardinal Gasparri has been in
charge of the papal household and of the
entire church since 6 o'clock this morn
Ing.
His presence at the helm insures the
continuity of the policy followed by the
Vatican since the advent of Benedict
XIV. In fact. with the exception of the
first thirty-seven days after his cleo
ton. when Benedict XIV. had as Sec
retary of State Cardinal Domenico Fer
rata, who died on October 10. 1914,
Cardinal Gaspafri has Nuninterruptedly
occupied that position. The Pope had
the warmest cordiality and affection for
his Secretary OF State and the devotion
and affection OF the latter toward the
late Pope was deep. Last year, when
Cardinal Gasparri was Ill for several
weeks the Pope visited him twice a day.
No greater intimacy, no more complete
identity OF views and of feelings can
he imagined than that which reigned
between Benedict and Gasparri.
Pope Hard Worker.
The Pope was small and very frail.
while Gasparri is above medium height
and rather stout. but they were both in
defatigable workers, who could go on
without relenting from O'Clock in the
morning, when they arose, until late at
night.
In his responsible position of cham
berlain during the obsequies of the Pope,
which last nine days. and during the
conclave. Cardinal Gasparri Will be as
sisted by the deans of the three orders
in which the Cardinals are grouped,
namely, Cardinals Bishops, Cardinals
Priests and Cardinals Deacons. At the
moment the Cardinals existing number
only sixty-one of whom thirty-one are
Italians and thirty foreigners.
There are only six Cardinals Bishops, to
whom are entrusted the six doceses inn
mediately around Rome Their dean Is
Cardinal vincensio Vannutelli, who vie
tied the United States about ten years
ago when Plus X. sent him as Papal
legate to the Eucharistc Congress in
Montreal, Canada. Cardinal vannutelli
not only Is the dean or the Cardinals
Bishops since the death OF Cardinal
Gibbons he Is also the dean OF the entire
Sacred College, having been raised to the
purple by Leo XIII. thirty-three years
ago. Although IS years old, his tall,
erect. robust figure seems moro that of a
retired cavalry officer than OF an eccle-
sastc. He was candidate ~ the con-
clave OF 1914, but on account of his age
Il is not believed that his name will be
brought forward now.
The selection of "a new Pope will have
unusual interest for Italy. II was de-
clared here. because in view OF the de-
Benedict there will be speculation as
tinued.
II Cardinal Gasparri should be the
next Pope. a continuation OF the same
policy would be insured. but another
Cardinal might have different ideas with
! egard to the old standing problem of
the relations between church and state
in Italy.
The Roman question never approached
so closely a solution as during the
Paris Peace Conference when Monsig-
nor Cerretti. then Assistant Secretary
OF State ut the Vatican, was in the
French capital TO insure the rights and
OF the German religious peo-
pie who lived in the colonies assigned
Japan. He had then several interviews
with Premier Orlando and Marquis
della Torretta. the present Minister of
Foreign Affairs of Italy.
II Is now understood the plan prac-
tically agreed upon consisted In having
a concordat concluded between Italy and
the Holy See, by which the former would
recognize the liberty and independency
OF the papacy, the sovereignty OF the
Pontiff and the extra-territoriality of the
Vatican with an adjacent territory ex-
tending n few square miles where the
Vatican could build its own offices and
where foreign embassies and legations
accredited TO the Holy See could reside
Notification OF the concordat would havs
been sent both by italy and the Holy
See TO all the countries so that u would
have had an international sanction.
The original plan In this project was
traced TO Cardinal Bourne, Archbishop
OF Westminster. who was inspired In
framing II by the fact that many Eng
lish noblemen possess estates mucn
larger than what II proposed 10 grant
to the Pontiff and that they enjoy rights
almost Identical
The project. however. fell Through