New-York tribune., 1922-02-03

atican lmmures Princes
Of Churcl, With Ancient
Ritual, Not TO Emerge
Unit! Choice Is known
O'(.onneU Due i'm
Rome Tomorrow
Plan for Four Votes Daily.
Hawcvcr, May End Elec-
ton Before Tie Arrives

spcc,ol cnblc to 7Ac Tribune


Coz. night. io2e. Now York Tribune the
ROME, Feb. .. Tho conclavc Of
ll'ty-'hrcc cardinals went into session
q, O'Clock tonight in the Vatican to
choose a successor to Pope Benedict
Nv. Prince Chgi, marshal Of the con-
clavc. and Monsignor Sans Dcsampcr.
soNclnor. closed and boltcd tho great
bronze doors and the six revolving
windows, behind whicn the cardinals
and their secretaries and eighty lay
assistants viii rcmain until the new
Port'il has been chosen.
Wien Cardinals O'Connoll and
borghcrty arrive from tho Unitcd
States thcy must notify the dean. who
viii arrange their admission to the
session. A wireless message from Car
dinal o'Conncll tonight raised the
hope III Vatican circles shat he might
not he too late TO take part III the
election, as balloting does not begin
until Tomorrow. and tho prevailing
on'nion is that no rcpc viii be selected
before Sunday.
ROME. Feb 2 BY The Associated
Prcssp. Majestic atatcliness attended
tAc solemn immuring in the Vatican
to-day Of the Sacred College. Every
detail OF the sacred rites was
observed, and although the time fixed
for The closing n of thc cardinals
was %:3o o'clock this afternoon, so
long Vas the ceremonial that darkness
tHd already cnshToudcd ;hc huge
hasljca Of ST. nctcr's and the Vatican
palaces before tho doors were finally
barred and bo!tcd and the prelmina-
rios wcrc completed for the grave
task OF the election OF a now Pope.
The iiftvthrcc cardinals present in
Rome are pow in the Vatican. Even
Cardinal Mar'nl. who js suffering
rom influenza. was conveyed there this
morning. lie did rot participate in
the ceremonies Of the afternoon. but
remaincd in bed, resting preparatory
to the work Of the morrow, when the
Arst ballot will be taken. All the
cardinals Wore grave faces as they Sled
between tao rows of Noble, Swiss and
Palatine guards. accompanied by their
attendants.
Searching Scrutiny Bars Outsiders
AT tn" huge bronze doors surveil-
lance Of those passing within was or
Swiss sergeant Of the guards allowed
nobody t. enter unless provided with
white pass issued by Prince Chigi,
marshal Of the conclave. To the in
sistcncc of those furnished vita passes
OF ~ different type the sergeant grutily
rctortcd in Italian, with a strong Ger
man accent: Here command; you
cannot pass Two prlvates stood I
attention ready TO execute any order
hc might give.
As each OF the cardinals who have
been named as most likely to succeed
Benedict XIV passed. there were wh;s-
pers from the privileged few permitted
10 witness the nnal closing OF the doors.
Cardinals Matii. Gasparri and La Fon-
tainc wcrc particularly noted, but
in tho procession because the last to
hc created cardinal. appeared, there
seemed TO be special importance at
tachcd to his passage into Pauline
ChapcI and later into the Sistine
Chapel. and it was wondered whether
the last should be first when the hna
choice was made.
The conclavc's isolation from the
outside world was carried out with
full ceremonial. Shortly after lunch
con :hc cardinals met in the Pauline
OEapcl, "nefc Ncni creator was sung.
A procession then formed, led by Car
dinal Varnutel, dean of the Sacred
College. passing through the Sala Regia
tc the Sistinc Chapel, where the hymn
was concluded. The cardinals entered
the Sistinc Chapel. and behind closed
doors Che oath was taken to maintain
secrecy.
Prince chci surrounded by sub
chiefs in full dress uniform. With an
escort OF swss Guards, had meanwhile
left his official residence and proceeded
to the ma jor-domos apartment in the
sistire Chapel, where nc was admitted
into tho presence of the cardinal Is.
There, with his staff, he too, the oath
to maintain secrecy and thc absolute
closing in of the conclayc. under pain
Of communication.
The camerlcngo. Cardinal Ga sparri
End Cardinal Risleti, the first deacon.
surrounded by an escort Of Swiss
Guards and acolytes, marched TO tho
Consi storial Hall, where all the at
taches Of the conclave, including the
clerks Of the household and those who
arc TO he in attendance on the cardinals,
assembled. Again the oath of secrecy