New-York tribune., 1922-01-29
Vatican Doors
Ready toClose
On Cardinals
Three More Requiem Masses
for Late Pope Remain To
Re Celebrated Before Col
lecc Assemblies Thursday
dismiss Household Staff
Italian Legislators Divided
bv Plan in Both Houses
to Eulogizc Benedict XIV

kO w, J1i4- - ~
press>-Orly certain religious rites
by oanonical law IN which
~ cardinals WI be participants, re
..;, before the Sacred College is
,oeked within the Vatican walls to
.,oo,e .hc successor Of Pope Benedict
" The apartments for the occupancy
=, ire cardinals arc now in readiness.
Tbero will be three more requiem
-,..,es. in each OF which four or five
= finals Will take par, and after tha,
-. conclaye viii begin
s;s,;ne Chspei by Cardinal dc La.
.se Cardinals Granite, Pompili and
-..lero will assist. In the ceremony
...,cted with absolution at tho tomb
-.aay Cardinal Njco Will 90 Tho
...s,ant. and Cardinals Francics- Nava,
s.ry del Va, Cagiano and Matfi will
-. As assistants. In the absolution
..,mcny on Wednesday the celebrant
Ill he Cardinal Granlto and the as
s:,tan.s Cardinals ) Gasparri, Mercicr.
Y1Id; and Lucon.
Doors Bolted Thursday
According to the present arrange
n.n.s, tie conclave will open on
thursday. February ?. when Cardinal
y,nnuteli, dean os the Sacred College,
all celebrate mass in the Pauline
Chapel. All the doors of the Vatican
sill be bolted and the palace will be
hut off from the outside world.
Dn. Battistini and Cherubina. who
A.-I>S lot PaN0 ro,,o,,, !.
lie Vatican. I he monks and the whole
Vatican staff were notified to-day that
heir services would be no longer
s.eded Until the end of the conclavc,
except for very limited number Of
employees retained for indispensable
grvices. These VIII be sworn to
secrecy and silence Us the conclave
opens.
With the arrival IN Rome to-day
a. Cardinals Mercier. kankowsky,
lslbar and Caernoch. Archbishops, re
sNctvcly, Of Brussels, Warsaw, Poseu
md Budapest, ove.y nationality which
vas expected to have delegates at the
sonclave which is TO elect a successor
70 the late Pope is now represented in
Bone, with the exception of America
Cardinal O'Cornell, of Boston. and
Cardinal Dougherty, of Philadelphia.
SIC the only missing prelatas regard
Ing whose movements the Vatican au-
.horites are so far uncertain. Gard -
asl O'Connell sailed from New York
last Tuesday ard Cardinal Dougherty
niled yesterday.)
r. ath Of Cardinal Aisnaraz y
Santos, Archbishop Of Toledo, q few
days ago. has reduced the number Of
!oreign cardinals to twenty-nine, if one
includes Cardinal Merry del Val. who
Il considered as Spanish by the for
cignsrs, but whom the Italians regard
as Italian because OF his long residence
IN Rome.
Two Italians Canuot Attend
Cardinals Cavalcanti OF Brazil, Begin
's Canada, Herrera of Santiago. Spain,
snd Bello Of Portugal have Informed
he Vatican secretariat that they would
4 unable to attend tho opening of the
:snclave Cardinal Begin sailed from
lev York yesterdayl Cardinal Frisco
aNapcs ard Cardinal .ancisca ava
Catania, both Italians. VIII be un-
De to come TO Rome on account of IL
:al,h Thus the conclavc is likely 10
t composed c. only tifty-two cardi-
.is.
The late Pope Beuedic. Ky waa
1sled d ''perefactor & humanity,
apostle os charity. the Pontif OF
,sace," ~ Cardinal Nannutelli. dean o.
re Sscred College, in responding 10 &
;p9eech OF condolencc from Marquis de
Vi.lasinda. Spanish Ambassador to the
'sticsn and dasn tine Vatican Dip
.'natlc Corps, when the entire corps
las received by The Sacred College this
morning.
after having followed with Keen
ssaxiety the illness OF His Holiness. the
Diplomatic Corps could not but unite
With US In the deep grief into which
The death Of the Pcntiff has plunged
Is" said Cardinal Vsnnutelli III ad-
eressiag the diplomatists. ut IS an
ainlction for the entire world, put it is
more na.T,;.p .ppsFt'eu,arly SO FOR those whose
oosltlors permitted them to follow
,t tt.osey the salutary apostolic work OF
,1e s0eust and venerated PontiT. That
sHay your feeling expressions of con.
e'eAce conveyed through your worth J
sean touch u6 80 pro oUndly.
We Welcome you with the teeDesi
.7'atude, II Is relief to us In our
s7:at affict;on. II is also a source OF
..,.'eng;h for the important tasl. which
-s nost unexpected death imposes
-pon the Sacred College. May we. with
ssea encouragement. and above all wit
'eca support in light from above. soon
Ne TIE Church q supreme chief
s0itny to succeed lin whom the world
.tialmed benefactor OF humanity
'pestle Of charity, PontiN Of peace"
!ae Marquis de Nillasinda, in his ad.
ss'esS, spoke Of the great value of Pope
naedct's work for peace.
tie Exchange OF addresses and the
ss.nch. '' = W. a.
,h'er receiving the diplomats, the
yT,ted College received the Knights OF
.ua, Who entered the hall TO present
~ss' Condolences.
,,,c question Of closer relations be
rs, rs' the Vatican and the Qu;rinal rs
-. another aspect yeste rday, when
zane known that several Repuhli-
=. aemnere O. the Cham be- Of Dcpu-
sssssere considering interpc llation OF
s1!'ler Bonoui upon the advisabi'ity
o,,:.e liza ,a- government officially rec
Ss,., Sllg toe Fope. The attitude OF the
,,.so College OF the Church toward a
.sfY.oehine as hss beer announced
,e 1,s,' > = patches, IS C~pectcU 10
:, ts."ned - It's choicc OF successor
ne re late Pope Benedict.
t.-e,.. republican Deputies became in
s,rsa1 IN the question when they
.,s ~ =. mat President dc Nicola of
soysrorer' ysuaihper' in accord with the
:ourna" m"ehe $ policy, intended to pro
.Aes ~ cu.oey Of the late Pontif
S..' urn the Chan Der reconvencs on Fah.
L. g, which also IS the date on which
eaoo.sss ss.fed College VIII convene to
,obljs5.an ,oblj5,oncial e. newspapers yesterday
SiiIsned the statement that S,rnor de
S.ns.aa and President Tittoni os the
Re tr;b"re we're to announce officially from
as d..olnes Of their respective houses
talory' '.a "a o. Benedict and pronourcc
9satS' ~ ss Is the custom following the
ssly 81 foreign potertates. Immcd;.