The Bismarck tribune., 1929-02-08
AN EPOCHAL CONCORD

great stroke In statecraft concevaby has been
accomplished by Benito Mussoni.
Seemingly merely a sentimentally great historical
event. the Italian dctators concord with the Vatican
must be recognized the birth of a new member in
the family of nations This may entail significant dip
lomrtic consequences every chanceory of the world
The Vatican state to be set Sunday at the Lateran
when the treaty between Quirina and Vatican is to
be signed, while tiny geographically Is sovereign state
and 1t is customary for sovereign states to maintain
full diplomatic relations with each other The pen of
Mussoni may thus. conceivably. bring every papal
nuEcio out of that twilight standing these representa-
tves OF the enjoy in the international capitals and
raise them to full diplomatic stature. This might at
times very powerful force into the scales in which
the relations of the civilized world kept balanced
Tat suggests what the Italian dictator may have
achieved by his peacemakng II he has. the. signifi
Of the emergence of the papacy from its self
imnolated mmureent far transcends its local aspects
So far the picture simply is that Of eud Of So years
staEding being erased The Quirinal and the Vatican
bur- the hatchet Hereafter popes will longer MAIN
tain hermit existence behind the walls of the Vat
ica but viii about the world like other ecclesas
tics The fiction Of enforced prisoner which became
the protesting sequel to the of the preaching
the walls Of Rome September H. 1870 fades out like
the final kiss in the film.
What q tremendously sensational piece of news this
woull have been in past generation, for old M. de
Bl0witz the ubiquitous correspondent of the "Thunderer
the London Times of the 70s-to have sprung
astounded Europe AS epilogue to the stirring days
OF the struggle for Italian unity. it clouded
host Of notables out of valhalla merely musng it.
The mind carried back into the medieval setting of
the papal capital and court they existed in 1870
It in the days OF Napoleon III, Of Bismarck. of
Disraeli Of Franz Joseph of Victor Emmanuel l. Of
Mazzni. Cavour. Of much machiavelian statecraft in
the capitals of Europe OF closely occurring sharply
aA T11oo rto1d ohortiv
attempt to seize the ancient capital the Tiber and
unity Italy by the COUP Next France and Germany
at grips Then the free moment, when Napoleon
helpless to intervene, when the of Cadorna
thunder at the Porta Pa, the walls breach and the
10000 troops march into the Eternal City, Garbadi and
his ed shirts among them. little later the triumphal
entry of the Savoyard liberator. who not only had
thrust off the grip of Vienna but had united the
Italian fatherland by ralying it around the
capital of the italy. All these still stirring
memories for patriarcha who lived through those
disturbed days when master builders Of nations wrought
thei dreams into kingdom of Italy and empire of
Germany. When Bismarck abased Austria and weak
ened its hold portions of Italy opening the way
for Victor Emmanuel and Mazzini and Cavour to bring
their dreams to frton in liberation Italians under
stoot that term.
Were he still living, Edmondo Daniels could give the
world stirring story Of this chapter Of world history
but his vivid pen lies idle It can no longer linn the
fascinating drama drawing to close in Sundays con-
cordthe first rupture between Italy and the papacy
the continuing feud that lasted So years. now
the climax OF peace. The world will have depend on
other colorfu characters to tell the tale.
Mussolini. one Of them.
Fo It Is significant that under the two Emmanuels
no rspprochement accomplished They were
Of the house OF Savoy that laid violent hands the
Vatican Not until dictator held the desnies Italy
n his hands this achieved Undoubtedly the heal
Ing Of the breach the dream and work OF the
dynamic, dominating Duce. Hints in circulation
year or ago that he had hopes Of terminating
the quarrel While It lasted and up to the time when
fascism oberated almost every type Of opposition in
Italian politics. the old feud split italy into two camps
very much aloof all the time and sometimes bit
tery arrayed Thus fascism made it easier approach
the delicate subject and out the concord which
viii Be signed Sunday.
One thinks however, Of Canossa also Of Bismarcks
captulaton after the bitter kulturkampf which the
Chalcelor waged with the papacy after the Franco
FrsBian and which ended for the two opponents
much like another Canossa when the naughty Ger
man jnker discreetly made political peace with the
church Mussoni has paid the price Of peace for Italy
very much IN the same tenor Of concession
Originally the popes cotended for the restoration Of
their old sovereignty Rome locally Of which Plus
N was deprived b the italian troops While this Is
n accorded IN ths present concord. according to what
eahS report the pope given additional territoriay
- tis = created into Vatican state which he
w heve Temporal ruIs and the right to coin money
tain his own railway. telegraph. telephone postal
nllv 4 eaosOooOoo = secondary. II yiew q the
q papaf sovereignty concedsd By Italy through
s!3 = = ~ faseinatans nBject whsthr regarded
Dole bclltieai sffest q IN that sentimental
+ = - gzsat potentats snds his inmurs-