Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-10
KING OF SWEDEN
FEL|C|TATES POPE
Diplomats Congratulate Vat
lean ON Effecting Two
Treaties.
Nv the Associated Press.

ny the Associated Press.
ROME, February ga succession of
developments today brought nearer to
the formal contamination Monday the
settlement of the Roman question. The
Pope today, with the assistance Of his
negotiatOrs, corrected final proofs of the
texts of the treaty and its accompany
ing concordat.
The Italian government notified all
italian Ambassadors and Ministers
abroad of the agreement and of the
Forthcoming signing. This was the first
official move made by that government
In connection with the question. Car
dinal Gasparri, papal secretary of state,
although suffering from a severe cold,
received the diplomats accredited to the
Holy See this morning and heard their
congratulations before retiring to his
room, where he remained the rest of the
day.
King Gustav of Sweden visited the
Pope today and congratulated him dur
ing 15-minute chat on the reconcilia-
ton with Italy. He was the first crowned
head Of Europe to do this. French Am
baSsador de Fontenay was the first
diplomat accredited to the Vatican to
present congratulations to the Pope,
which he did early this afternoon.
Ambassador Fontenay voiced the
satisfaction of the French Republic at
the successful conclusion of the accord.
The Ambassador said that the event
was particularly gratifying to France in
view of the s.:orts of his government
to pursue the work of Cancellation and
peace.
The pontiff thanked the Ambassador
warmly, and voiced his personal pleas
ure at the HAPPY formula" in which
the concentrations had been expressed.
Summary Of Pact to Be Published.
1t was learned today that the Vatican
and the italian government have agreed
not to publish the texts of the agree
ments until they have been presented to
the italian Parliament. which meets in
April following upon the general cleo
ton in March. In the meantime only
o summary will be published, giving
mere skeleton outline. which VIII prob.
ably be less comprehensive than the
sunmarizations already carried by the
Associated Press.
These texts have been printed in the
secret printing shop of the Vatican by
workmen who have not been permitted
to leave the Vatican or even to talk to
other persons within the building. The
Vatican has one of the best printing
houses in Rome. especially for Latin
texts, where most of the ecclesiastical
nturgical and theological works OF the
church are produced. To this printing
house any one is admitted to purchase
the publications, the best known of
which is the "Acta ApoStolicae Sedis,"
or the official Gazette of The Holy See.
But besides this there is a secret
printing house to which no one has
access except high officials of the
papal department of state. Here are
employed old and trusted printers who
have spent their entire lives in the
same employment as their fathers and
grandfathefs. One generation after
another has succeeded to the same
trade under the Vatican roof.
Plus Comments on Commas.
The final proofs of their work on the
Nalo-Vatican treaty were corrected to-
day by the Pope for the last time. In
going over certain passages, he often
decided whether to put in or to omit a
comma. He said, There are cases
where the presence or absence OF a
comma entirely modif1es the meaning. I"
Finally, late tonight, the corrected
proofs were released for the final print
ing; thus the official text now exists
which will be signed Monday morning
by Cardinal Gasparri and Premier
Mussolini. Later it will be ratified by
Plus XXI and Victor Emmanuel III. After
ward, both papers must be submitted
drst to the Fascist Grand Council and
then to the approval of Parliament
The state now Is set to erase the
problem created in 1870 and to free
the Pope from the voluntary imprison-
ment to which all pontiffs have SUBJ
jected themselves since the Italian
troops, creating a new and unified
Kingdom, invaded the papal states and
occupied Rome.
Provision fer indemnity and other
matters was made in the law Of guaran-
tees, which was passed in the following
year but which the Popes had stead
lastly refused to accept