SOLDIERS MUST HALT AND SALUTE THE POPE
etiquette laid down. LONDON, March 12. When the Dope leaves the Vatican for the first time a salute of fifty guns will be fired, states a British United Press message from Vatican City. The authorities also announce that' all must kneel when tlie pope approaches. Nobody is allowed to approach the P/ope unless he first beckons and his orders must be received in a kneeling posture. Italian soldiers on march must halt and salute when ten paces distant. If they carry rifles they must present arms» The rank and file are bong trained in “preparation for the Pope’s forthcoming visit to Monte Cassino in July.—Australian Press Assn.
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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 57, 14 March 1929, Page 4
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