VATICAN STREETS BARRICADED
Pope’s Strong Attitude
(Received September 17, 8.45 p.m.) LONDON, September 17.
The Pope has sent General Kesselring a stiff protest through Cardinal Maglione, bis Secretary of State, against the decision to forbid Italians to attend Mass nt St. Peters, says the “New York Times” Berne correspondent. General Kesselring’s only answer was to increase the Nazi guards and strengthen the row of guns surrounding the Vatican. The Pope’s move followed 24 hours ot complete isolation from the. world duriii" which the Vatican had shown fail scope of its temper by barricading the streets against armoured cars and patrolling its own quarter with guards armed with tommy-guns ami rifles. 1 bus tar no German soldier has succeeded in entering the district.
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Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 304, 18 September 1943, Page 7
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