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De EADLOCK LOOMS
IN PAPAL ELECTION
Foreign Cardinal May Be
Chosen POntIft.
.PRELATES REACHING ROME

Rome. Jan. 26--With the body o.
The late Pope Benedict laid away he
meath the ttagStoneS of st. Peters, me
interest Of thr Sacred College and the
Vatican household turned to the elec
tinn Of his successor.
\ conclave has been called for Feb
luary to choose the new pontiff.
The question of a rappr0achmen'
between the church and the Italian
government enters into the elections
\ thorough canvass of opinion III the
vatican shows that the peace party
or those advocating closer relations
with the govcrnWt arc virtually
dead-locked with the irreconcilahleS
or those opposing the rapproachment
in the number OF votes each factor
can muster. \ twO-thirds majority Is
necessary for election.
Twent y-nine card mails. headed by
Cardinal GaSparr;. the Cameriengo OF
acting head of tie church, are kn0Wi
10 favor continuance OF DeuedictS pol
icy. Which was understood 70 have
been directed toward n resumption o.
relations with the Quirinal, twent.
members of TIE Sacred College art
thought 10 be just us strictly opposed
while nine are classified as neutral.
The attitude of the American car
dinals-O'ConnDN. Of Boston. am
Dougherty, of Philadelphia--iS un
known at the vatican, but The opinion
is expressed that, unless a CompromlS
is reached, never has there been sue.
an opportunity for a foreign cardina
to be elected pope The majority Ell
foyed by the Itul!an members Ct tn
Sacred College is 50 evenly divide
that vatican officials admit all depend
upon the attitude Of The foreign cardi
nails.
The boom for Cardinal Maffi, arch
bishop of Pisa, who was mentioned as
favored by the government, appears
70 be on the decline, while Cardinal
GaSparri and Cardinal ArchprieSt Mer-
ry del T'al, respectively leaders of the
peace party ard the irreconcilables.
are acknowledged by their supporters
20 have little chance Of being elected
themselves.
The candidate of the Gasparri party
is Cardinal Ratti, of Milan, while Mer-
ry del Val's faction, after voting for
their leader on the first ballot as q
test of strength, 1t is understood, will
switch 10 Cardinal laurent, the new,
created member ett et fire Sacred Coz
lege stationed In Rome. laurent pre-
sided for many years over the Roman
Catholic world missions, and is well
known to all the foreign cardinals.
Cardinal van Rossum, of Holland.
is most prominently mentioned as Il
neutral candidate, should q deadlock
be reached in the conclave. He is 81
Years OF age and was raised to the
purple by Plus Y In 1911.
For The first time in history women
will he permitted 10 be present in the
quarters occupied by tha conclave.
They are Sisters Of Mercy, who will
preside over the destinies of the car
dinals' kitchens, which heretofore have
been supervised by monks.
When Victor Emmanuel occupied
Rome in 1870 the temporal power of
the pope came to an end. The Papacy
and the Italian government have since
that time held divergent views, and
the proposed rapproachment would
terminate state of uncertainty.
The vatican has insisted that the
independence of the pontiff as sover-
eign should be recognized and guaran-
teed by the powers. The claim of tenn
parol power, however has tacitly been
abandoned.