The Bismarck tribune., 1929-02-11
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Rome, Feb. 11.-(ReAfter more
than half q century Of arrangement
peace was formally established today
between the Holy See and the Italian
government, marking one Of the most
momentous chapters in the modern
history Of the church ana state.
Representing the Vatican and the
italian government respectively. Car
dinal Basparri, famous papal secre-
tary Of state, and Premier Mussollni'
creator of the fascist state IN 1taly'
nlaced their signatures upon two his
torical documents, one q treaty SOW
inr and eliminating the Roman
question" which has existed ever since
the loss Of temporal power IN 1917
and the second q concordat desaGneo
to regulate the relations OF the cnurcn
and state in italy.
The text of these documents wes
not made public since 1t must stiIl e
presented for discussion to the ieGls.
iatiye assembly, but 1t was announced
that an exhaustive and precise synop-
sis would be given out tomorrow
which Is the anniversary OF the cor.
onation of Pope Plus.
while the official text has not been
made public, 1t is known that the 1irst
s.treaty" recognizes the absolute anoe-
pendence and sovereignty OF the
Pontiff, at the same time slightly rec
tifying the boundaries OF the vaSacan
without any great increase IN Ns
actual area. The concordat. regarded
In some quarters as Of even greater
Importance. concerns the relations
between italy and the Holy See. It y
understood to provide for the accept
ance of canon law by the state, tnus
introducing the church attituqe. on
such questions as marriage ana ol-
yorce into the civil code.
Indemnity Il Reduced
The agreement also provides for IN
Indemnity which the Italian govern.
ment will pay the Vatican. AZ nrss
the indemnity was placed at 1Ooo.-
600 900 lire (about $l05. .000. .0O0) but
this was reduced to 1.760. 900. 900 lire
of which 75O,O0O,O00 (about $30, ,375,-
OOo) will be paid in cash and the re-
mainder in government bonds. the
total amount is about 487 100000.
The signing Of the documents TOOK
place in the famous council hall OF
the Lateran palace. It was the first
time that Premier Mussoltnt had ever
entered the historic structure ana ne
was plainly interested In the various
works OF art that adorned 1t. He ana
Cardinal Gasparri, who arrived at the
palace about 8 half hour apart, greet
ed each other warmly and exchanged
a few compliments.
= There was crowd Of many thou
sands outside In the great square, but
there was light rain falling ana
there was no great excitement. Stu.
dents In the various colleges and nu-
merous priests were In the crowd ana
the police had comparatively Little 70
do.
When the brief signing. which took
place with gold mounted quill, was
over. an official communique was is-
sued, reading as follows:
Religion Regulated
To-day, at twelve O'Clock In the
Lateran Apostolic palace. there has
been signed by his erninence the most
rev. Cardinal Pietro Gasparri. pleni-
potentiary for his majesty victor En-
manuel III. king Of Italy. . political
treaty which solves and eliminates
the Roman question: concordat
intended to regulate the condition Of
religion and Of the church In Italy
and q convention which definitely
settles the financial relations between
the Holy See and Italy Ia reference
to the events Of 1870.
.eThere were present for the signing
for the Holy See: The most illus.
trious and Reverend Frapcesco Bor-
gongini- -Duca, secretary Of extraor-
binary ecclesiastical affairs. the IL
lustrious and Reverend Monsiguor
Aiuseppe Pixzardo, under secretary Of
state, and Prof. Lowyer francesca
Pacelli, consulting jurist Of the Holy
See. For Italy:
His excellency Alfred Rocco. uin-
liter Of Justice. his excellency Dino
Grandi. under secretary Tor foreign
affairs. ana his excelleucy Francesca
0ilnta, under secretary to the prime
minister.
"out Of consideration for the cs,s-
toms Of the Holy Sec not 70 pubtsh
international conventions before they
are presented Tor discussion 70 the
legislative assembly, the text of the
aforesaid convention win not b pub.