Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-01
Development Comes After
Rome and Vatican Direct
Editors to Discontinue At
tacks in Newspapers.
SOME CIRCLES EXPECT
PAPAL NUNCIO'S RECALL
Knights of Columbus Director Files
Protest on Closing of Their
Fairgrounds and Asks That
American Ambassador Pass It
on to Italian Government.

~ the Associated Press.
ROME, June 1.-Dissolution OF
all Catholic youth associations not
directly connected with the ma
tional Fascist party was an
nounced by the government this
evening.
This development came after
the Vatican had directed the edi-
tor of the semi official newspaper
Observatory Romano to discon-
tinue an anti-Fascist editorial
campaign and the editors OF Fas-
cist newspapers had been directed
by Premier Mussolini to stop their
anti-Catholic campaign.
It was expected in some quar-
ters that as result Of the dis
solution the Pope would recall the
papal nuncio to Rome leaving the
charge d'affaires as his represen-
tative.
Police projects in the provinces
reported to the minister OF the In
terror that all Catholic youth or
carnations in their territory had
been disbanded without incident.
Decree Signed Last Night.
The Gccrce OF dissolution was signed
last night by Premier MusSollnl. II
made no reference to Catholic youth
clubs as such, but struck at them auto
matica!ly by directing dissolution o. all
organizations not attached to the fas-
ciso party.
The brief announcement by the gov
crnmcnt showed that dissolution was
behind the closing of thousands OF Cath-
olic clubs throughout Italy which mas
been in progress since Saturday. III Is
expected now that negotiations Tor res.
toration of the clubs must be initiated
by the Vatican. -.
At the end OF a meeting with "a
cardinals of the Curia the pontlf d.
rected the editor of the newspaper
Osservatore Romano to discontinue his
editorial attacks on Fascist students VINO
have participated in anti-Catholic DEM
onstrations for the past week.
At the same time the premier passed
the word to Fascist editors that they
were to cease their anti-Catholic cam
Meeting Lasts Two Hours.
The meeting at the Vatican was viz
tually a consistory, such as Is calleo
only on extraordinary occasions or for
the creation of cardinals. For Two
hours the Pcntiff and the cardinals
discussed the situation, thereafter the
order was issued to the Osservatore
Romano and another order suspendlng
all RELIGIOUS professions in Italy.
The Popc, it was understood. ola
mos of the talking. Several OF the
cardinals were said to have encouraged
continuance OF his firm stand.
It was said the Pontiff told his ad-
Visors he had no desire to break tne
concordat with Italy. but he Wlshco tne
italian government would regard thaC
agreement not as one which could BE-
violated by either party, but as an IN
ternational treaty subject to the regu-
lation5 of international law.
II italy takes that view, 1t was SAID,
the Vatican will not think OF renounc-
ing the concordat
The evening papers Of Rome tonight
published a note saying they had dis,
continued their anti-Cathollc edltorial
campaigns to leave clear hcid ior tne
diplomats, but that they would be re-
sumed if necessary to CLARITY IDEAS
N. OF u DlICCtOE
Another element was injected into the
diplomatic phase today when Papal
Count Edward Hearn, director OF act!vl-
ties for the American knights oil Co
lunbus in Rome, filed protest against
the closing of three Fairgrounds oper-
ated by that organization.
He asked Ambassador Garrett to pass
the protest on to the italian govern
nent and to demand an explanation
for what he called IAN unjustlf1ed ana
uniustifiahle action"
He said he had not been informed as
to when the Fairgrounds would be per-
mittcd to reopen and he had been
obliged to discharge 25 playground d.
rectors.
The government was reported to have
authorized the rcopening of a number
of the Catholic clubs after investigation
had shown their operations were salts
factory
The Catholic Fascist controversy is
the result of Premier Mussolini's inten-
ton to dissolve the Catholic Action So
ciety throughout Italy.
Bombings Add to Tension.
The tenseness was aggravated by the
explosion of four bombs near Catholic
institutions In Bologna Saturday night.
Though no damage was done, cara
biniere brigadier was killed and two
persons were injured by fragments.
Thirty persons were arrested. presum-
ably Fascist youths opposed to the
church.
The Pontiff said in an address to a
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