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THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 14, 1989

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A MILLION FILE THROUGH ST. PETER'S

SPECIAL TRAINS FROM ALL PARTS OF EUROPE

Vatican City, To-day.

Special trains conveying pilgrims from all parts of Italy as well as from foreign countries are ar- riving continuously in Rome and St. Peter's is crowded day and night with worshippers.

Over half a million persons were estimated to have filed past the body of the dead Pope by noon yesterday, the crowds being particularly dense in the morning.

It has been necessary to reinforce the Italian troops who keep order on Plazza San Pietro and else- where in Vatican City.

LITVINOFF RUMOURS AGAIN

LONDON, TO-DAY. THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THE SOVIET COMMISSAR, MAXIM LITVINOFF, WILL SOON RESIGN HIS POST AS MINIS- TER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS IN BY THE SOVIET IS RAISED THE "DAILY TELEGRAPH" WHICH ASSERTS THAT M. LITVINOFF WILL AT LEAST BE FORCED TO GIVE UP THE POST AS FOREIGN COMMISSAR IN MARCH.

A second requiem mass. for the repose of the soul of deceased was celebrated yesterday at the Altar of Confession.

be The body of the Pope will placed in a coffin at this Altar of Confession. ·

be The body of the Pope will placed in its coffin at this Altar instead of at the Altar of the choir as had been the case on similar oc- casions in the past.

The necessary work in the crypt of Basilica, in view of the burial of Pius XI there, has commenced.

CARDINALS MEET

The college of Cardinals held its third meeting since the Pope's death yesterday when the seals of the late sovereign Pontiff, which were used for all official business Lit- of the Pope during his reign, were Rumours

M. concerning vinoff's resignation have been pre- broken conformably with tradition. The Sacred College also received viously in circulation, but the pa- per, rejecting the opinions of Bri-a visit from Prince Chigi Albani tish political circles, states that M.Della Rovere, who was the bearer Litvinoff's resignation is regarded of a message of condolence from as certain this time following his the Sovereign Order of Malta. complete failure in the attempt to turn the League of Nations an Anti-fascist front.

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The Prince, in his address, em- phasised the sorrow felt by the knights of the order at the pass- It is assumed that the first step ing of Pius XI who had given them towards his liquidation will become so many proofs of his benevolence. evident when his name fails to

The doyen of the Sacred College appear on the list of candidates for

di Belmonte, the Communist Central Committee of Cardinal, Granito which is due for submittal to the replied that the cardinals greatly! Party Congress commencing on appreciated the sympathy of March 10.

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SPECIAL COINS

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It is believed in British political circles that the reason for M. Lit- vinoff's disappearance will be veiled

The commission of cardinals, for, in an excuse giving his "advanced

preparing the conclave, likewise age" as a plausible explanation.

As likely successor, M. Bulganin, held a meeting at which it was de- the present President of the Soviet cided to instruct the papal engrav- Federal Republic, is mentioned by er, Professor Mistruzzi to design a "Daily Telegraph Trans-special coin to be issued when the

conclave opens.

This is the first time since the death of Pius IX in 1878 that a coin will be struck on the occasion of a Pope's election."

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CZECH VICTORY AT POLLS

Prague, To-day:

At the elections of the four last popes, only commemorative medals were struck.

Major Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith M.P. for Petersfield, is the new Minister for. Agriculture and Fisheries in the new Cabinet. At the age of 40 he is the second youngest member in the Cabinet, and Photo shows was twice President of the National Farmers' Union. Major Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, taken at his home at Dockenfleld Manor, Farnham, Surrey.

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AGED JUDGE RETIRES

Washington, To-day. Mr. Louis Brandeis, Associate Justice, has retired from the Unit- ed States Supreme Court.

Mr. Brandeis, who is 80, is as- sumed to have retired owing to his age, coupled with ill health.

Appointed on January 28, 1916, he was the first Jew to serve' the Supreme Court.-Reuter.

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PAN-AMERICAN APPLY FOR LICENCE

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Washington, To-day. Pan-American Airways, at pre-

tween South America and the Far sent running a regular airline be- East, applied yesterday for licence · to open a regular air-service Europe via the North Atlantic.

Pan-American Airways claim to be able to fly daily in Summer via

Winter via Azores to Mediterran- both ean airports, stating that England and France had already given the necessary permission.

The date of the opening of the new service has not yet been fixed.

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DEMONSTRATIONS Newfoundland to Ireland and in

IN PARIS

Paris, To-day. Fifty-five persons werè arrested here yesterday afternoon during a demonstration held at the Place de la Republique in commemoration of the victims of the political de- monstration held in Paris five years ago. All except six of the arrested persons were later re- leased again.

ITALO-FRENCH PRESS WAR

Paris, To-day. The French Government will

Further clashes occurred near Madelaine Church where the Na- tionalists gathered to demonstrate lodge an official protest against the for the victims who fell during the expulsion from Italy by the Italian political disturbances in Paris on Government of the French journal- February 6, 1984. The French ist Gulillaume, the representative des Nationalist writer Maxime Real of the "our" and "Journal del Sarte, a member of the Action Debats", according to reports cur- Francaise, sustained slight in-rent here.

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The French Government, unless this expulsion order is cancelled

dited, with the intention to expel, Gibraltar, To-day.in retaliation, the Italian journal- General Sir Edmund Ironside, ist Gini, the Paris representative 62 cardinals who will participate | Governor of Gibraltar, arrived in of the "Gazetta del Popoplo" and About 93 per cent, of the elec-in it will be based on those drawn French Morocco on an official visit the director of the “Italian Nuova."

yesterday.

-Trans-Ocean. torate went to the polls.-Reuter. up at the last election in 1922.

Engineer Rebecchino, of the Va- SIGNIFICANT VISIT by the Italian Government, is cre-

The Czecho-Slovak Government|ticans technical services, has been has obtained over 92 per cent. of appointed engineer of the conclave.. votes cast in the Carpathian-Ukraine elections.

Plans for erecting rooms for the