BID FOR RECOGNITION

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 63, 16 March 1942, Page 5

BID FOR RECOGNITION

JAPANESE AND VATICAN New York, March 13. The State Department has maae stations to the Vatican regarding the intention of Japan ; to establish a diplomatic mission to j the Holy Sec. the Japanese move I is regarded as an attempt to ckSm ! the Vatican’s sanction for the war | against the Allies. j The State Department has urgently • called the Pope’s attention to thJapanese atrocities which were reIcently disclosed by the British ForS'; I - .. Anthony Eden. • It is added* that the Vatican’s acceptance of the Japanese demands I would be regarded as an earnest rebuff for the Christian world. It is understood that similar representations to the Vatican have been made by the British. Vatican City, March 12. The Vatican is believed to be i anxious to establish relations with i the Japanese because there are many ■ Catholics under their domination in l the Pacific. . The Pope celebrated the third at niversary of his coronation. The : chief ceremony at Rome was Papal ‘Mass in the Sistine Chapel. ’ The Osservatore Romano emphasises that the Pope’s wartime activities have several times reduced him ‘ to a sick bed. : As a sign of mourning for the war Poj is not namin g any new Car- ; dinals. —