New Britain herald., 1930-03-25
Pope's Selection of Ob- scure Clerics On Previ- ous Occasions Starts Speculation On Possible Action This Time - Favorites Mentioned.

7, Vatican City, March 25 tH-Cre- ation of several new cardinals, now that the Sacred college has been re- duced by deaths to only 50 out of it's possible 70 members is now looked for some time in the late spring or carly summer, possibly in May.
 Pope Plus has given no indication Of his plans but the uncertainty of the time has not in any way di- unfinished prognostications as to the probable choices of His Holiness. In Vatican spheres it is taken for grant, ed that at least two Italian cardinals will be named, one to succeed the late Cardinal Gamba as archbishop of Turin, and another to take the place of the late Cardinal Perosi as a member of the "curia," or body of Cardinals moro directly engaged with the central administration of the Catholic church.
 Speculation is Vague
 As to the non-Italian cardinals, if any, to be created, speculation is more vague as the range of possibil- ties is wider. By the death of Cardi- nal Merry Dey Val, Spain's repre- sentation among the wearers of the purple has been cut from five to four. Catholics of the western hem isphere are hoping that one of their outstanding prelates may fill the va cancy.
 For the see of Turin, capital of Piedmont and residence of Crown Prince Humbert, the name of Mgr. Barlassina, now serving as patriarch of Jerusalem, has been proposed. Other prelates likely to be considered are Mgrs. Arborio Mella Di Santelia, scion of a noble Sardinian family and related to some of the leading Piedmont families, Caccia Dominioni, archbishop of Nercelli.
 The pontiff's choice for a successor to Perosi will, it is commonly sup posed, fall upon one of the papal nuncios abroad, as it is the custom to elevate the more distinguished ecclesiastical diplomats to the purple after long terms of service. The dig nitary most in view in this category is Mgr. Fades -Chini, nuncio to Ma drid, long resident in Spain and fully cognizant of her problems.
 Recent Precedents Recalled
 The most Secent precedents for summoning nuncios back to becom e cardinals are found in the cases, of Cerretti, former Vatican envoy to France, and Pacelli. nuncio to Ger many, who only last winter was made cardinal and shortly after ward became papal secretary of state.
 Another distinguished prelate whose name often comes Up in fore casts is Mgr. Marchetti- -Selvaggiani secretary of the congregation for propagation of faith, the great Cath olic missionary organization. He is at present one of the consultators of the congregation of the holy office of which the late Cardinal Merry Del Val was secretary.
 In all consideration of names, though, it must be borne in mind that Pope Plus is given to surprise decisions. Thus last summer he up- set all calculations by bestowing the red hat and the mitre of archbishop Of Milan on comparatively un- known Benedictine Abbot, now Cardinal Schuster, of Swiss parent age but Roman birth.
 Pick Obscure Cleric
 And at the last consistory, held in December, he picked an equally lit tle known clergyman, Mgr. Verdier Of the Sulpicians, instead of others more in view, for the all-important see of Paris, notwithstanding the fact that it was generally believed that Mgr. Baudrillart, rector of the Catholic institute and member of the French academy. was to become the cardinal-archbishop of the capital on the Seine