The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-03-02
Eugenior Cardinal PatelIi 10 Assume Title of
 Pope Plus XII
NEW p0NTIFF VISITED
 UNITED STATES IN '36
We'll Known for His DipIo- mdtie Ability, Many
 Times Manifested
VATICAN CITY, Italy. March ?.

! VATICAN CITY, Italy. March 2. -Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli was to- day elected Pope. ? The new Pope was Papal Secre- tary under Pope Plus II. He suc- ceeds to the throne of St Peter on his 63rd birthday. He will take the name of Pope Plus XII.
 Italian Cardinal Dominioni made the announcement of the election and the new name from the central balcony of St. Peters.
 Cheers from the great crowd in the piazza prevented him from speaking for several moments, then in Latin, he said: T announce the glad tidings. We have a new Pope"
 He then told of the elevation of Pacelli and the name he will assume. On Third Ballot The election was on the third ballot of the first day of ballot- ing which is without precedent in the modern history of the Catho- lie Church. Not since the election of Benedict XIV has a Conclave acted so promptly.
 The election shattered another tradition in that rarely has . Secretary of State to a preceding Pope been elevated to the Papal seat
 The new Pope imparted his first Papal Benediction or the Central balcony shortly after the election result was announced.
 I'he coronation date will be an- noanced later.
 Diplomatic Ability
 Papal diplomacy seldom had q more able exponent than Eugenio Cardinal Paceln, who as nuncio tg the young German Republic accon- plislaed the seemingly impossibie achievement Of a concordatt between Prussia which in its majority is Pre-. testants and the Holy See Tn nege- tiating this highly important treaty in 1929, Pacell displayed such rare diplomatic ability that Pope Plus XI in December of the same year elevated him to the dignity of Card- inal and two months later appoint cd him Papal Secretary of State to succeed Pietro Cardinal Gasparri who had retired because of age.
 At the time of his appointment as Papal Secretary, Pacelli suggested that he should not come to Rome then because of unfinished work in Germany, but the Pope answered:
 You will finish it here, together with other still more important work"
 Thus Pacelli became one of tho youngest members of the College of Cardinals--for he was then 54-and took over post probably the most important in the Vatican Govern ment aside from the position of Pon- tiff. Without arms or force, the Pa- pal Secretary of State must safe- guard the rights of Catholics every where, must understand local con- ditions and national customs, rights and prejudices.
 Born In Italy
 Eugenio Pacelli was born March 3, 1876, in Rome, of an Italian noble family whose relations with the Vat ican had always been intimate. Thus his father was dean of the secular consistorial advocature and his bro- ther, Francesca. represented the Vat ican in the dealings with Mussolini for settling the age-long quarrel be- tween the Italian Government and the Holy See.
 Pacelli studied theology at Rome and spent the larger part of his career as churchman in the papal diplomatic service. Soon after being ordained in February. 1901, he was assigned to duty in the office of the Papal Secretaryship of State by Pope Leo XIII. Under Plus X, when the late Merry del Val was Secretary of State, Pacelli was appointed Un- der Secretary. which position he held under Benedict xV and Cardinal Gasparri. This office Pacelli held from 1912 to 1917. The accomplished. serious Roman nobleman succeeded. so much so that the Vatican next slated him for abroad. When, in
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