DIPLOMACY OF THE VATICAN.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 147, 30 September 1910, Page 7

DIPLOMACY OF THE VATICAN.

OPPOSING POTICY OF" THE POPE'S ADVISERS. PEACE OR WAR? '.August JLI. A .struggle for supremacy/ ia''smiio on. in. tdte,Vatican seated toy? Cardinal JMSrrj/ del yal, tihie, Secretary .of .lSiate ; those of the Papa], advisers wfib. are in' favor of, adopting, in?the relations' "wrltih Spain, a ■more contiliafcwry' pbjicy/. . It 'is. ,stated thai Rampolla, who,"jyj»'8 t tif'jptafc. during 'the reap)'»f''iSie; lajls nothing should be. left updone/to prevail; a final rupture witKjS^in, ( 'a';iid that lor the time .foeing boa views .jha-ve gained' .tlie'.«cendaiic>;.., :J,' ,-..,.. „|''„.'.. w ..!...,,,,','. ~ ; Cwrßinal^'Aierr.v ss' Vai is at' present: rbccupyinig-'.the. jfemiful ' Vttla BfabibieiistkM, ori bhe , top''of ; ;tihe'historicMontfe. overlooking 'the Vatican. He takes a daily mtftor' trip to tihe Mediterranean and bathes in the sea, and so far as outward go is awaiting. the The Vatican is receiving reports from the Spanish-bishops' before 'taking any further steps. Some of these are already arriving, and-it is stated i'S well-informed circles that, in spite of the defeat which j has been sustained in ithe-.ftrs.t-encounter with Senor Canalejas, the Spanish Premier, all hope has riot' yet'been abandoned of retrieving the ground that has been lost. 'From what can be gathered the Spanish bishops.-are still persuaded thati the Government cap foe forced to give way to the Church, There are to ibe at least two victims of the clash which has taken place with Spato iSenorde Ojeda, the Spanish Ambassador to the Vatican, who was recalled when negotiations were broken off, will n&t be sent back to Rome in the , event] of the resumption of relations. He is too Clerical for the Spanish Liberal Government. Arid on the other hand, although Consignor Vico, who represents the Vatican in Madrid, has.'pot yet been recalled, his return to Rome is only a question of time. He misjudged the /strength of the Spanish Government and of the Church in Spain, ; and; it was largely due to his despatches that'the Vatican I tried a fall and lost.