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A SPECIAL INTERVIEW WITH THE POPE.

JOURNALIST'S EXPERIENCES IN THE VATICAN.

THE HOLY FATHER BLESSES THE PRESS.

TELEGRAMS OF CONGRATULATION FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

[BY THOS. D. MORGAN.]

[Exclusive to the Daily Press."]

and the Holy See, in which he per sonally for the Holy Seo had had the preponderant part and for which he pablicly accepted the placed the responsibility, had Papacy and the Roman Fontiff on secure ground. ́ ̧ ̈

Rome (U.P.) The great jubila- tion of Catholicism throughout the wide world over the recognition of the sovereignty and independence of the Roman Pontiff has pleased His Holiness, Pope Pius XI. im- mensely. This he personally con- veyed to me in a private audience, I studied him as he spoke. Power when His Holiness did me the ex-radiated from his person. As the treme honour of receiving me in

Sovereign Pontiff, on whom the

spiritual responsibility for three ed, he seemed to fully express that hundred million Catholics depend lofty responsibility and to embody the whole of it. He leaned back on his chair with his hands on the arms and looked at me and con- tinued

the intimacy of his library It was amazing to His Holiness recalled the names of learn how places from all parts of the civilized world from which had come thousands of telegrams, and he remembered with unusual clear

among the thousands the names of distinguished prelates

"The people all over the world who had sent congratulations. His have crowded the churches to offer Holiness was especially pleased thanks as if indeed this recon- with the joyful response of Catho-ciliation was part of them, and lics, more than ever in the manner was a part of them. The fact in which they flocked to the chur- ches to celebrate the event.

that it was so far away from them in distance did not lessen their great joy but even added to their enthusiasm. It was as if there was

As I entered the library, I found the Pope, dressed in his white Cassock and with his little zucchetto, or skull-cap, on his head, sitting at his desk.

"You are indeed welcome," he said, first in Italian. Then he said it in English.

I knelt and kissed his ring and he then pointed me to an arm chair placed on his right beside the desk I sat down and the Holy Father began speaking.

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established and there is still more work to be done.?”

A Last Farewell. - The Holy Father listened atten- tively to the correspondent talling of the manner in which the news diffused of the agreement throughout the world. how many newspapers were served He asked from Rome by the correspondent news weat and the countries into which this

The audience had now lasted fifteen minutes and the Holy Father alluded to the work and ex- pressed his good wishes that it should prosper. It was stated in the manner of a last greeting, whereupon it signified that the Pontiff was drawing the audience to a close. The correspondent rose and approached the Holy Father again, kneeling and kissing his ring. The Fope then pronounced his benedic- tion in a most fatherly and reveren tial way. The depth of it war mov a real festive occasion of their owning as, beside his desk, his holy hands made the sign of the cross country."

And then the Pope thought and over my head. began recalling the places from which telegrams had come to him, telling of the jubilation;

we have received telegrams from Providence, Rhode Island and from San Antonio, Texas, and naturally from New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington and Ros ton. They all express this great joy."

A Time of Rejoicing. "You"have had plenty of work during these last days," he said I From Cardinals and Bishops. said that it was indeed so, and that we had tried to portray the right the names of cardinals and bishops. Then the Pope began recalling ful importance of the great event. “

He then paused and began again, Yes from Cardinal Hayes and "Yes, it is wonderful to hear the the other cardinals came a wonder news from all over the world how ful telegram and from Monsignor the great event of the past few Schrembs of Cleveland and from days has been received. We have

Monsignor Hickey, the Bishop of received a real avalanche of tele-Providence. They say the churches never were so full and never so grams of jubilation, a real world- wide expression of delight from enthusiastic in responding to the even the most remote places. From feeling of joy which this great event North and South America has come hundreds of telegrams, and from even as far away as Australia they come in by the score and then too, from far-off New Zealand.

"It is very gratifying to us, to learn of these expressions and to feel that the whole. Catholic world} has received the events of the past few days with this remarkable joy which shows that they have under- stood with us and that they rejoice

·with us.”

South America means. And from all parts of

came telegrams showing that the joy there is just as great na everywhere.

And we share this joy for we believe that it has been God's

will"

Then the Holy Father turned on and after stating that the justice the subject-of-the recent agreement of the settlement had been recog nised by such a great part of the

world, said:

"Well, it is accomplished now, In Perfect Accord,..

and what is more, the fruits of it The Pontiff spoke in that calm | are still to come. It is in the deliberate way. He showed in the future that we will see the good very sureness with which he spoke, that it will bring, for this is just that he was himself perfectly satis the commencement We now begin fed that the accord between Italy to put in force the things we have

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I arose and stepped a little apart something more to my He looked from His Holiness. He then had Sown at his desk and then lifted up his eyes toward me, saying:

Tell all your collaborators that they have our blessing and carry to them my invocation to God for their welfare.”

The correspondent, bowed before

the entrance. him and stepped backwards towards Then the Pontif waved his hands and said smilingly in English: "Good-bye."

One of the Pontiff's secret cham- berlains entered and bowed to the correspondent as the latter left the Pope's presence into the ante chamber.

Just as the correspondent emer- ged from the library to the ante- chamber, Professor Franz Beb- cunek, the Czechoslovak scientist, who accompanied General Nobile on his Polar Expedition, had ap peared for his audience.

The correspondent had reached the Vatican at 12.15 for the audi- ence, He walked up the famous

which is used as a guard-room for Scala Regia to the Clementine Hall, the Swiss Guard. A score of the latter were on duty in the lavish yellow and blue costumes, the design of which has been "attributed to Michelangelo. The ball is rich in frescoes and a heavy chandelier bearing the Papal arms hangs from the lavish ceiling, also covered with painting.

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