DAY BY DAY

Waikato Times, Volume 94, Issue 14774, 13 October 1921, Page 4

DAY BY DAY

The stories which have been going the round of the EuroThc Vatican jicuii press according and to which the Pope will the 3tate. make a ceremonial exit from the Vat'cun on the occason of the translation of th- 1 body .of Leo XIII, and thereby officially seal the reconciliation with the Italian Stale, must not be taken too literally (stales the Rome correspondent of th i London Observer). Some of the versions given of the proposed settlement of the "Roman Uucstion" are pure inventions. 11 is known, however, that the mailer has been discussed between the respective authorities, and some of the articles that have appeared here 0:1 the subject of late may be considered as of sounding public opinion on th .• matter. The late Ponin", Leo Xili, left testamentary dispositions to the effect thai he was to be buried in the Basilica of St. .John Lateran, where the sepulchral monument of Giulio Todolini has for some time been ready to receive I ho body. There lias always been ;i desire on the part of bolh Vatican and Italian authorities that the scenes which took place in 1891 on the occasion of the removal of Pius IX's body lo the Campo Vcrrano should not be repealed. It is probable, though not yet certain, that the burial will take place in September. There will, however, be no public procession, ami the translation, if il takes place, will be at night. Tickets will bo required for the ceremony in I he Lateran, and due. provision wiil he made that no disturbances occur. This latter eventuality is in any case nol likely, to: the Home of to-day is a different one from that of 1891. The presence • >' three representatives of the Clerical Party in Signnr Bonoml's Cabinet, and the appointment of the Marchesc Rodino to the Ministry of Justice, Mercy, and Public Worship, has helped to create the impression that Signor noiiii is anxious to take immediate initiative in billing the "Roman question." But the choice of Ihe clerical deputy, the Marquis of Rodino, for tin Ministry which deals with affairs of public worship, was probably imposed upon the new Premier by Don Sturzo, the priest secretary of the Populai

Party, as part of the bargain for the promised support of the group to tlifi Ministry in formation-