LYING IN STATE.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 January 1922, Page 5

LYING IN STATE.

HOMAGE TO DEAD POPE.

AFFECTING SCENES. A SIMPLE FUNERAL. ■, By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Jan. 25, 12.25 a.m. Rome, Jan. 24. The Pope’s body is lying in state in he Chapel of the Sacrament, second on he right when entering Saint Peter’s, uunense crowds are paying homage, iniuding many peasants. Affecting scenes are witnessed, thousands kneeling on the pavement of the 'hurch praying for the soul departed. The public are not allowed in the cha>el. but the features of the dead are ilainly seen through a grating. The Pope is dressed in the Pontifical robes of white mitre. The body is piarded by members of the Pope’s •Joble Guards. The body, late in the lay, was carried to the crypt, where it riU be bnried. Extreme simplicity will haracterise the funeral.—Aus.-N.Z. -'able Assn. - THE POPE’S GOOD OFFICES. THE TIMES’ APPRECIATION. - London, Jan. 23. The Times’ editorial dealing with the Pope’s attitude during the war, states :hat his two most creditable acts were ais intercessions with the French and Herman Governments for the exchange jf prisoners, and the rebuke against the Dermanophile Press campaign in Spain. The Pope was a man with high and aoble qualities, deeply moved by the horrors of war. It is generally considered his successor will be an Italian, as France enters the conclave shorn of three cardinals, Arnette, Dubourg and Decubrieres. The Sacred College at present consists of 60 instead of 70 benedicts, the sudden ieath of the Pope preventing the fulfilment of France’s expectations of the creation of several new cardinals.—■ Times Service. DATE OF CONCLAVE. Rome, Jan. 23. The conclave for the election of a successor to the late Pope will assemble OU February 2.—Aus.-NJL Cable Assn.