The Washington herald., 1922-02-06
AIR TRIP FROM
REFUSED
BY'cARDINAL
American Prelate on Way
To Rome Delayed
By Storms.
WILL NOT ARRIVE
UNTIL THURSDAY
Dougherty Declines Risk
Of Flight to Save
Single Day.
BY FLOYD GIBBONS.

ROME, Feb. 5.-Cardinal Dough-
erty of Philadelphia is being de-
fayed in his race to Rome By storms
on high seas, His steamer will not
reach Havre until Tuesday. making
1t impossible for him to arrive here
before Thursday. according to the
latest information.
Appreciating the desire OF the
twenty-five million Catholics in
America to have their cardinals
participate in the selection of the
next Pope. the Paris office of the
Washington Herald and Chicago
Tribune sent a wireless to Cardinal
Dougherty. Offering to place at his
disposal an airplane with which to
make the trip from Havre to Rome
This would have permitted him to
enter the conclave at the Vatican
on Wednesday.
After consideration, Cardinal
Dougherty replied by wireless that
he regretted that the offer to help
him speed up his trip could not be
accepted. The risks. possible seri-
Gus delays because or bad weather
and other uncertainties of flying.
az well as the strain OF being in
the air twcnty-four hours. in the
opinion OF the cardinal, offset the
advantage OF arriving In Rome a
day earlier. ,
Copyright. ls2aJ
ROME, Feb. 5.-There Is still no
Pope at Rome.
Locked. in stern inoommunicado.
within the walls of the Sistine
Chapel. fifty-two cardinals of Pc
tcr's Church pray, ballot and again
appeal for Divine guidance in their
holy task, which is to select among
them, him who will carry the title
or AGed'sSvicar on earth and be the
supreme bridge between the mortal
and Immortal.
Two ballots were taken today.
There was no result.
In the piazza Of st. Peters. zoo
feet below the Palatine Hill. a
colorful crowd of some $4,000
faithful or curious persons wait
and watch for a sign. All heads
are lifted and eyes centered. with
almost hypnotic intensity upon the
6-inch tube of black tin climbing
the drab side Of the muddy brick
wall and ending in a sooty Chin
ney pot.
Gaze on High for signs.
With apparent disregard to sym
metry or design. the apostolic pal
aces Of the Vatican rise abruptly,
but unevenly. tire upon tier. like
the terraces of palisades. pushing
their tops upward TO form a Jagged
line of red tile against the blue
Italian sky,
The plain gabled roof of the Sis
tine Chapel-barn-like in its out
line and simplicity-superim
itself on all the rest. looking down
even upon the roof of high St
Peters. In front of the chapel. the
faithful, with uplifted faces, gaze
on high-for a sign.
The waiting thousands are but
handful Of the hundreds of millions
throughout the world whose hopes
and intercessions for peace and
glory in the life beyond will come
under the guidance and direction of
the shepherd who will sit behind
these ancient walls holding the
hcyS anu StOoh swan thoS NSSi
left.
Contrasts Are Vivid.
Below the towering walls of the
Vatican they await the sign-prince
and peasant, tourist and Roman
beggar and millionaire-all one and
the same in their coscern for the
things pertaining to their existence
beyond the grave.
Highly-polished limousines, with
coats of arms emblazoned on their
mirror-like surfaces, and footmen
in livery on the boxes. are parked
next to shabby street cabs having
faded worn leather cushions and
presided over by listless. unshavon
drivers, VINO puff away at ciga-
rettes and flick their whips with
careless nonchalence over the DASH
boards at the ribs OF their detected
animals.
Two fountains eject their silver
sprays upward for the prevailing
wind to dispose of in the form OF
moisture for the hungry moss
struggling Up between the cobble-
stones. At the base of the obelisK
in the center of Piazzi, a country
man has stopped his broad wheeled
cart. and. while he lounges on his
meal sacks, his bedraggled and
scmehwat frayed mule partakes of
its midday meal between the heavy
shafts.
(Copyrisht 1897