New Britain herald., 1929-12-02
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 VICTIM UP AGAINST FENCE
ROYAL VISIT NEXT
 . THURSDAY TOPOPE
King and Queen to Make Trip
 While 100000 Watch
VAST EXERCISES PLANNED

Pontiff Will Not Return Visit in
 Pcrson-Pilgrim Already Arrive
 in Rome.
 Rome, Dee. 2.-lP-An official communication today announced that the Italian sovercisns would visit Pope Plus at II q. m. Thursday. The king and queen will go to the Vatican with a numerous suite, in cluding the foreign minister, prcfcct of the palace, the court chaplain and others.
 The Roman stage is set for the performance Of one of the most dramatic pieces it probably ever will see-the visit of the king and the queen of Italy to Pope Plus NJ. scene Long Expected For months. ever since the sign ing of the Lateran treaty, February II which ended the Roman qucs- tion." the ecclesiastical and govern- mental playWrights have been con- posing the significant drama. For months the dignitarics of the Papa! and the royal courts have been ar ranging every detnl of the pro- cedurc and the setting.
 nF for this is the first time a king and queen of United Italy have visited a Pope. Ever since 1870. when the Pope became the prisoner of the Vatican. no king of Italy has gone to see him or even has seen him.
 For days hundreds and thou sands of persons have been pouring into Rome to witness the great spectacle. AvalIing themselves of the 50 per cent reduction on railroad ! fares. pilgrims have come from as i far north as the Alps and from as l far south as Sicily. The gathering for l the spectacle will be enormous. II will aggregate at least 500,000 per sons
 The drama will be on a tremen- i dous scale, filled with color and pa2cantry and will consist Of five acts.
 First Covers Procession
 The first. entitled the journey, cm- braces the royal procession from the Quirinal palace to the Vatican. The king and queen will go in q carriage of state. drawn by four horses. Other carriages will preccdc and fol- low them. Dino Grandi, minister of foreign affairs, will be in one. Lead ing the procession will be the royal bodyguard of mounted Cuirassiers. The procession will cover a route about two miles long. It will cross the Tiber over the Victor Emmanuel 1 Castel San Angelo, once a Papai fortress. The route will be lined with thousands of troops, artillery, air corps. infantry. Bersaslieri, Cara binieri and Black shirts.
 At the boundary line of Vatican City the royal pair will be met by Prince MasSimo postmaster general of the city, and by Commentators Scratini, governor of the city. The Papal sendarmes will give military honors and play the Royal march for the first time in the history Of the papal armed bodies.
 Reception in Courtyard
 Tho royal party will proceed by degrees to the courtyard of San i Damaso, where another reception will take place. Prince Ruspoli. mas ter of the Papal Hospice. will assist the king and queen to alight from | their carriage.
 The second act, entitled the meet ! ing, embraces the encounter between ! the Pope and the sovcreigns. It vii 1 take place in the Papal throne room and vii be private. Only the king and queen and the Pontiff will be there. The doors will be closed. Two chairs have been arranged beside the papal throne. The Pope will present to the sovereigns val. uable religious relics. Following the meeting. the kings entourase vii be presented to the Pontiff.
 The third act, entitled "Anothel ! Mecting," will take place in the apartments of Cardinal Gasparri papal secretary Of state. The sov.
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