The Washington times., 1929-02-11
TREATY SIGNED
FOR PAPAL
STATE
BY GUGLIELMO EMANUEL

nv GUGLIELMO EMANUEL
ROME, Feb. IL n.N.sl-The.
treaty of Cancellation settling the
59.year.old conflict between the
Catholic church and the Italian
State was signed at noon today tn
the Lateran Palace.
Cardinal Gaspari. Papal secre'
tary OF state. and Premier Musso-
lini. officiating as Foreign Minister
of Italy, signed the treaty.
The Cardinal arrived at lfab
o'clock. The Premier appeared at
the palace Is minutes later.
Mgr. Borgongini. .Duca. Secretary
Extraordinary Of Ecclesiastical Az.
fairs and two other dlgnitaries Of
the church accompanied Cardinal
Gasparri. S&
Indemnity Gut OnesThird
MussolIni was accompanied by
Minister OF Justice Rocco.
The scene of the brief ceremony
was the council hall of Lateran
Palace, a vast chamber 113 feet
long and 56 feet wide. The docu-
ment was placed upon an enormous
old table upon which the peace
terms of 1870 were signed.
The stipulated linden I" to the
Vatican consists OF 750,000,O0O lire
in cash, plus 1,000,000,00 lire in
government bonds. This amount, 1t
is said, represents only one-third Of
the money owing by the Italian
state to the Vatican. Pope Plus
XI generously reduced the original
sum on his own initiative
The indemnify" represents money
in the form cf annuities voted to-
the Vatican by the Italian Parlia-
ment in 1871 and never collected.
League Entry Barred
Cardinal Gasparri was reported
had been felt on Sunday that his
indisposition might interfere with
the scheduled signing today, but the
apprehensions proved groundless.
There were no special ceremonies.
the agreements composing the
treaty were read by Signor PaceIli,
stages of the negotiations acted as
mediator between the vatican and
the Italian government.
Disposing of reports that the
vatican would join the League of
Nations and participate in interna
tional conferences, II was learned
that the treaty stipulates that "the
vatican will remain extraneous from
all temporal competition with other
states, unless contending parties ap.
peal to the vatican to exercise It's
moral and spiritual aid"
Has Full Sovereignty
osservatore Romano. the official
organ OF the Vatican, in comment.
ing upon the terms Of the settle
ment. says:
"Italy's full acknowledgment of
the Pope's sovereignty gives the
Vatican a moral and judicial strength
that no territorial magnitude would
equal"
The signing was recorded by
moving-pIcture cameras.
Cardinal Gasparri and Premier |
Mussolini left the hall separately at |
1910 o'clock.
A great crowd had gathered in the |
square outside the palace. The |
people gave a loud cheer when the |
seminarian read aloud the Vatican |
official communique announcing the
settlement
PapaI Flag HOisted
The first new papal flag was |
hoisted over the Catholic Club, near |
the Vatican, in celebration Of the |
historic occasion.
Negotiations for solution of the |
Roman question, as the Church. |
State conflict was known, began |
more than two years ago on
Premier Mussolinrs initiative. Two
hundred meetings were required to
work out the terms of the con.
cordat.
The concordat regulates the re-
ligious conditions of the church and |
state. Another convention regulates
the financial relations between the |
two governments.
A gold pen, presented by Pope |
Plus XII. was used in signing the
treaty.