New Britain herald., 1928-02-10
ROMAN QUESTION
 NEAR SETTLEMENT
(continued From First rage)

lingness on both sides and the ef- forts and ability of the chief negoti- ator. who remains in the dark and is almost unknown. the Reverend ohi-Venturi. He is Jesuit, g scholar in history and literature, for many years secretary of the Society of Jesus, and has dedicated the greater part of his activity 10 a monumental work which will con tain the history of the Jesuits.
 Pope Resumes Project
 The Reverend Tacchi-Nenturi knew Premier Mussolini before the latter assumed that office but their acquaintance grew very close when Pius IN. a few months after the ad- vent of the fascista chose him 10 nc- gotiate the purchase Of the ancient library contained in the Chigi pal ace, which was about to be bought by the Italian government. The pres cnt pope thus resumed project which he already had submitted to Pope Benedict NV, who did not car- T. |
 The Reverend Tacchi-Nenturi went to see the facista premier. sub mitted to him the popc's proposal and concluded:
 T am instructed 10 ask your ex- cellency for what sum you would be willing 10 sell the Chigi library to His Holiness"
 The premier responded promptly:
 Offered As Gift
 T sell nothing to the Pope. To the Holy Father l present the H. brary."
 This the conversations for the conciliation between church and state began and they should scarcely have been started under more fav- orable auspices. The reverend Tacchi-Nenturi was the tactfui go- between. but he remained entirely in obscurity. Finally. however. his name leaked out.
 The negotiations between church and state, carried on through the
  stage that last autumn it. was thought advisable to set forth pub licly the attitude of the two con- tracting parties. Therefore two arti- cles on the subject were published. Jn the Osservatore Romano. the of ficiai organ of the Vatican. on Oc- tober f4 and 15. and they were an- swered on the 20th of the same month in the FoElio DOrdini. The official organ of the fascista party.
 Pope's Demands
 From these publications t. ar- pears that what the Vatican asks is that the position of the Pope in Rome should be one of liberty and independence, not only real and per feet, but also manifest to the faith ful of the whole world"
 The Italian government, on the other hand. stated that 'the question the real political and juridical inde- pendence of the Holy See is not necessarily dependent on conditions of a. territorial character" It added that 1t was out of the question to make any restoration. even in the smallest proportion. of the temporal power which ceased in 1870 with great advantage to the moral pres tige of the church Of Rome"
 The Vatican made no reply. This has been interpreted 10 mean that an accord has been reached on the fundamental condition in the sense that "the liberty and independence. real and perfect. and manifest to the faithful of the whole world" claimed by the Holy See. can be ob- tained without the restoration Of the temporal power as is stated in the article published by Foglio D'Ordini and attributed to Premier Mussolini himself. The claim to liberty and independence" as set forth in Osservatore Romano. even if not actually written by the Pope or Cardinal Gasparri. his secretary of state, was at least dictated and approved by one of them.