New Britain herald., 1929-07-25

the crowd to guard against clandes- tine photography by movie camera men. as well as for cranks or heat crazed anti-clericals.
 A party of nuns mounted 10 tho roof of the vatican itself, sttir.E in the boiling sun and overlooking the square. A number of yellow anC white parasols spring up like mush. rooms in the dense mass of tho crowd in the square itself. Many men wore papal colors of yellow and white as kerchiefs about their necks.
 For the first time since 1870 a detachment of Palatine guards en- stations at the bottom of the broad steps leading to the basilica.
 Bed Carpet Laid
 Attendants laid the red carpet leading 10 the altar from which the pope was to bless the crowd.
 A fleet of ambulances arrived to reinforce the Red Cross station shortly after slight commotion was caused by fire in the Piazza Rusticucci. A small awning caught fire from a cigarette which had been dropped on it. but the flames were speedily quenched
 The papal ccat of arms was hoisted over the Last Supper tapestry about 4:3o p. m.. by which time the crowd had grown to nearly 75.o0O
 Police airplanes hummed over head to keep private airplanes notably those of movie camera men. from circline over vatican territory aNd particularly the square. The pontiff. accompanied by the gentlemen of his noble ante cham bor. repaired to the Giulian chapel where the sacrament he was to carry in this evenings procession was exposed.
 Greeted bv Cardinal Merry Del ! Nal arch-priest of St. Peters, th" | pope put on vestments of white and after remaining a few moments in 1 adoration of the sacrament intoncd inc first line of the cuchari9tic | hymn. The anthem was then taken mp by the S'stine cNoir,
 Crowds silent
 Outside in solemn silerce a great throng packed St. Peters square and surrounding streets waiting for the historic moment whom the nope should emerge from the great hasiliCa-thc first pontiff ito leave the vatican in the GO years 1 that have elapsed sine" the fall of tcmnoral power in 1S7o Among | them it was estimated there were several thousand Americans.
 Crowds Assemble Rome. July 25 N) - Crowds, | Romans. Italians, and Roman tatho- 1 lies from all over the World-tiocN- "d today 10 the plaza before St. ! Peters to witness the first cmcrG i cncc of Roman Catholic pontiff i from the Vatican since destruction 1 of the rapal state in 1870. ! In Gcfcrence 10 the wishes of His | Holiness. Pope Plus %1, the crowds were markedly solemn and silent, taking vantage places as they were available, and standing throughout the intense heat of the Roman day 70 witness at dusk tonight one of the greatest historical events in the life time of the church and Of inc United ] Kingdom of Italy.
 Fifteen thousand Italian soldiers, several thousand black shirts and city police took assigned places in the plaza as the day advanced, lined some places eight deep using the utmost precaution against yiolen' outbreaks Of enthusiasm Whlc l might endanger the religious process sion from the Vatican to St. Peter 5.
 Ends Long Imprisonment
 Marking the end of 60 years self imposed imprisonment for rulers O the church, Pope Plus planned tc leave the Vatican bearing the sacred host at p. m. tl D. m.. E. S. ID proceeding near the end of the lonl procession to an improViscd altar on the steps before the cathedral. There before d kncciing multitude of be- tween 25O.0O0 and 30O,0O0 persons Iic planned 10 impurt the benedicticl Iot the blessed sacrament, afterwards 10 return to his quarters.
 Plans for the ceremony did not call for any assumption of thC regal splcndors which the popcs en- loved from the reign of CharlemaGnt and until the fall of their tempora power in 1870. On the contrary tht ceremony was merely an enhanced likeness of the bencdiction of tn, blessed sacrament. such as anN American Catholic may attend in his parish church.
 Naturally, in view of the fact the ceremony was to occur in the hear of ChrsterdOm there was 10 be con siderable more formality then else, where. but in it's essentials the rit' was the same. When the pope iron the altar on the steps of St. Petcr'' began 10 intono the famous line Thou ddst give them bread iron Heaven" he will be performing ; function any parish priest, even ; . ,urato could accomplish.
 To E2pr&3icc Procession
 The procession as nearly as possi
 ble was to be a reproduction of tn,
 Corpus Christi proceG@ions whicl
 the pontifrs participated in prior {, } 'hc fall of the temporal power. /
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