DEATH OF THE POPE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18466, 30 January 1922, Page 6

DEATH OF THE POPE

QUESTION OF HIS SUCCESSOR. . . SPECULATION IN ITALY. bat Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. ROME, January 28. (Received Jan. 29, at 5.5 p.m.) Interest in the election of the Pope is * t The Issue lies in a strong division between the Italian members of the Sacred ’Heart College on the Roman question, with Cardinal Raffi at the head -of the . irreconcilable®, and Cardinal Gasparri, ~v(h,o inclines towards a reconciliation with ' Italy. This division, gives rise to spscu-'Klation-whether a foreigner may not be . tihoSen from the cardinals representing the neutral European States. ■ It is not expected that_ more cardinals will participate in. the election, 31 of whom will be Italians. If one of the latter is chosen it will have to be one who is not associated with the extremist views of either party on the Italian question.—A. and N.Z. Cable. REQUIEM MASS FOR THE POPE. LONDON, January 2(. There was a record attendance at _Westminster Cathedral at the celebration of '-'FeqUiem mass for the Pope, those present l ';ihcluding representatives of the King and Queen Alexandra, foreign ambassadors, and military attaches from the embassies. The scene was impressive and striking.— A. and N.Z. Cable.