THE EMPEROR'S OATH.
A message from Rome states that a courier from the Austrian Imperial Court arrived there and went direct to the Vatican. It is stated in high ecclesiastical circles this courier was instructed to convey to the Sovereign Pontiff an autograph letter, in which the Emperor Francis Joseph begged the Pope to release him from certain oaths which h e had formerly taken in the interests of the peace of his empire and his dynasty. It is interesting to note that these oaths included declarations never to cede without armed resistance an inch of territory, never to recognise the spoliation of the temporal power of th e Pope, and never to abdicate. All sorts of conclusions are being drawn from this information. —Reuter.
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Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 251, 14 July 1915, Page 2
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125THE EMPEROR'S OATH. Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 251, 14 July 1915, Page 2
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