New-York tribune., 1922-02-02
Ballot
For Pope May
Be Cast To-day
Quick Choice Is Expected.
AS Cardinals Assemble at
the Vatican With Seven
Days Supply of Food
Noderates Have Conlrol
laurent Is Reported To
Be Favored One: Powers
Discard Rights Of Veto

ROME. Feb (By The Associated
Press) The cardinals composing the
Sacred College are entering into Sc
clus1on this evening for the coDclave
TO eject successor to Benedict XIV.
the sessions OF which begin tomorrow.
II is the consensus in Vatican circles
that the conc}avc will be of short durs
tlon and chat the next Pope will he
chosen from among the mode ste4E
BY those IN eio4a touch vim - q a
preliminary proceedings it is declared
tnat neither the so-callcd "irrecon-
cIlablcs.' nor those constituting the
peace party" will have a chance TO
elect their candidate without the as
sistancc of the moderates. The five.
French cardinals are said to favor the
continuance of the policy of the late
Pope and will vote for a Cardinal of
the moderate group.
The other foreign cardinals general
ly are understood not to desire To Join
with either side among the Italians
and viii vote for moderate
Food Stored in Vatican
throughout the dsv supplies of food
had been stored within the Vatican.
sufficient to last $50 persons during "a
seven days SIEGE according to the
expression Of one OF the Vatican at
tendants.
BESIDES one secretary and one Ser
want each for the ffty-two cardinals
who will compose the conclavc on the
first day, there will be within the Vati-
can, after the doors are bolted, a gem
eral secretary of the conclavc, Monsi-
gnor Sincere; one sacristan and as
sistant, eleven cooks, who will be Sis
ters of Charity; three doctors. includ-
ing DR.. Battstin, who attended Bene-
dict in his last illness; five pharma
sists, seven masters of ceremony, two
vote takers, nine janitors, one archi-
tect, three firemen, two night watch
men, one carpenter. a bricklayer. a
plasterer. a blacksmith, an electrician,
two plum bers. three BARRIERS and nine
walters.
Veto Right Withdrawn
The Italian. French and Spanish
governments. which formerly claimed
the right Of veto. have Informed the
Holy See semi ficially that they have
no desires in the matter. the Italian
government in addition issuing an Of
fetal denial of the report that it
favored Cardinal Maffi, Archbishop of
Pisa.
"The Italian government has no can
didate," said the statement
Tho French Extraordinary Ambas-
dor to the Vatican, Charles c.. A.
Jonnart, stated to the correspondent
yesterday that his government ex-
pressly was remaining neutral. When
remarked: "Oh, that is thing Of the
past"
The Marquis de Villasinda. Spanish
Ambassador to the Vatican, spoke to
the Italian spondent in the same
strain. Thus, Austria being to all in
tents and purposes unrepresented. the
four countries which have heretofore
been most prominent in the conclaves
will have no influence at the forthcom-
ing meeting.
Baron Beyens. Belgian Ambassador
to the Holy See, told the spandent
that a strong feeling favoring Cardinal
LAURENT, secretary of the Congrcga-
ton of the Propaganda, was appar-
emily becoming accentuated as the con-
clave approached.
Final Funeral Rites Held
The final funeral services for the
late Pope Benedict, held this forenoon
were even more impressive than the
solemn ceremonials that had preceded
it. All the forty-cight cardinals OF
the Sacred College now in Rome occu-
pied places along specially prepared
benches in the Sstine Chapel. Promi-
nent among them, as participants in
the administration of absolution. were
the aged, white-haired Cardinal Lucon
Archbishop Of Rheims, and the stately
Cardinal MERCER, Archbishop of Ma
lines.
The celebrant of the mass was Car.
dina Granite, while those impartine
absolution, in addition to Cardinals
MERCER and Lucon, were Cardinals
Gasparri and Lualdi.
The entire Diplomatic Corps was
present, together with large number
Of the members Of tho Roman axis.
] tocracy.