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FOREIGN CARDINAL
MAY BE ELEVATED
TO VATICAN THRONE
s0uestion Of Rapprochement Be-
tween Church and Italy May
Deadlock Sacred College.
NUNS IN ROLE OF COOKS

~ Associated Press 10 isvsry Evrning
Rome. jim. q With tho BODY o' fa-
ale Pope Bene8iet kid away bfnd8fh
tho HagHiones or St. Peters. the nfar.
csf ~ The Sasrcd Coiiego and tae
vatican household inrned today to- no
election Of hl8 successor q eor-
ciafe hss been caiFd foe February
70 choose ibe new po8iln.
Tho question ~ q r4ppfocheus at te-
tween the church and the Itsiiaa Cove
eminent enters into the election a
thorough canvaes of opinion ln no
Vatican shows that tho pcace pa ,v.
81 those advocating closer rcnfon.
With the government. are, virtusuv
deadlocked with the lrreeonclabies or
those opposing o rgpprochement. in
tho number Of vote4 each f1etion caa
muster. a fwo-thirds majority IS nee
essary FOR election
Twenty-nine cardinals. n-adcd by
Cardi1al Gasparrl the Cam .en~o. ar
acting head gf the ciiur,h. arc~hnown
&" 5ayor continuance 81 geucdarfs
policy. waich WJs understood io have
bfcn decidedly toward "a resumption p
relations with INC Qgirin ,wcntv
members Of the Sacred riHoee ars
thought 10 bo just as strongly OPP
q, sei. while NINE are el1gsn.d -
neutral
The attitude of ine Amor an Cards-
rails O'Conncn Of Boston 9sd Dough-
eriy q Philadelphia unknown st
the Vatican. but the opinion is cx-
pressed that unless q compromise is
reached, never mas there been s.s~h an
opportunity FOR a foreign cardinal 20
he elected pope. The ma iorrv cn-
joyed by the Italian members % tho
Sacred College Is 50 evenly divided
that Vatican officials ADM an de-
pends on the attitude OF tie forelra
Cardinals
The boom Tor Cardinal MofG Areh-
bishop Of Pis1. vito was mentioned -
favored By the government. appears ID
bc on the decline, while Csr.iinal Cas-
parri and Cardinal Archprirsi Merry
Del Val respectively lenders Of taa
peace parts and the irreeanelables.
are acknowledged by their supporters
- have lityle chance of being eiscfrri
themselves
The candidate ef the Gasyrfi naffr
u Cardinal Rattl % Milan. wnie Merry
+ Del Nals faction. after voting fee fholl.
leader on -. hrsf ballot a. tcsf o~
strength, = IS understood. VIII saitrh
20 Cardinal. Laurcnfi. the newest ere-
lated member Of the Sacred College sta
toned in Rome. Laurenti presided fo-
many years over the Hofnan Catholic
world missions and is we'll known 10
ali tho foreign cardinals
Cardinal Van R0ssun of Holland .
most prominently mentioned as 4.
neutral candidate. should H. deadlock
BE- reached in the conclavc. He b GO
years Of age. and was raised 20 iat,
purple hy Plus X iu 1911.
For the fi~st.t.m 81 history. women
VIII be permitted 20 bc present in tius
quarters occupied by the conalave.
They arc sisters OF mercy. vino wnl
preside over the desliuies OF fhe
cardinals Kitchens. watch heretofoas
have been supervised by monks
The arrival of Cardinals Sch,.lfo a
Cologne. Bertram. of BresIau. Faui-
haher Of Munich, and PIN. Of Vienna.
today. brought the number o. foreign
cardinals in Ronle Up 10 ten.
In addition to the German and Aus-
trian cardinals there are now here.
Cardinals Dubois. OF Paris. Lucon. o.
Rheims, Maurin OF LyonS Vival oe
TafIagOna. Bourne. Of London. ana
Gasqnet, the British cardinal. resident
in Rome.