New-York tribune., 1922-01-22

cree "Commissum miss Nobis" NJ "a" Of - January "ra a
20. 1901 swept away that privilege.
which Austria. France and Spain had
formerly enjoyed. and the cilcum-
stance Of tic World War. which was
then raging, procludod any attempt TO
revive the assertion Of it. The ninth
ballot was taken on the morning Of
September 3. and at a quarter before
II o'clock Prince Chigi-Albani one OF
the assistants 10 the throne in the
Papal household, was formally notified
that Cardinal della Chiesa had been
chosen. few minutes later the new
Pope requested of tho Governor Of the
Concave that the gates Of the Basilica
Of st. Peter be opened, since he pur-
posed to issue his proclamation. The
master of cercm monies appeared upon
the balcony Of ST Peters and spread
the significant red carpet betokening
the election Of d Pope. Then Cardinal
della Nolpc appeared on the balcony,
accom- panied by Monsignor Capostosti
carrying tho Papal Cross, and in the
stately phrases Of the ritual announced
that Cardinal della Chiesa had been
elected Pope and that he had chosen TO
be known by the name of Benedict NV
Then the applauding thousands focked
into the vast basillca to receive the
blessings Of the new Pontff
The Pope in the War
Cardinal della Chiesa selected the
name Of Benedict not for the first
Pope Of that name, away back in the
sixth century, but in memory of the
fourteenth, who rcigncd from 1740 to
1883, and who, like himself, had been
called to the Chair of Peter from the
Archbi shopric Of Bologna. Benedlc,
XIV WAS devoted to literature and
science and was perhaps the greatest
scholar CT all the Popes. besides being
great administrator and progress
slve and reform {" churhman, an un-
rivaled authority on canon law and a
l1curglcal reformcr Uc was also. like
Benedict XIV, an accomplished man OF
the world, with sense of humor. 1t
IS related that in the conclave of 174o,
after SIX months Of fruitless effort to
agree upon candidate, he said one
day to his fellow cardinals "Tf you
wish to elect a saint, choose Gotti: if
you want statesman, take Aldobran-
dini; but if you will be content with
merely an honest man, here am l!'
he spoke jocosely, but they took him
seriously and elected him on the mex.
ballot.
. ~'eui|e ~NN IOunU nlmSelf con-
,frontcd with & gigantic war, involving
his own country and several other
countries in which his Church was
deeply interested, and he forthwith ad-
dressed himself to it as the greatest of
contemporary problems. On the day
OF his election he referred to the war
with horror and expressed q passion
ate desire for it's speedy abatement.
and week after his coronation. when
the ,Fisherman's Ring was placed upon
his hand. he issued an encyclical to the
episcopacy in which the rulers Of the
warning nations were exhorted to MT
aside dissensions and with all speed to
seek the making of peace. The appeal
was was in vain, however, and on December
~ 1T was announced from the Vatican
that his hopes for a Christmas truce
had been defeated because of the op-
position of certain power"
Efforts for Peace
Hc was not, however, DISCOURAGED
IN January, 1915, he issued anothc,
iiTienic,, directing that on February ali
the clergy of the Roman Catho7ic
Church throughout tho world should
conduct special services and offer sne.