ITALY AND WE VATICAN.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2335, 28 June 1887, Page 2

ITALY AND WE VATICAN.

"Vienna, April 2!). The "Vienna Tagblatt publishes a tetter from Rome, according to which the following condition for a reconciliation between the Pope and the King of Italy are alleged on good authority to find favour at the Vatican— 1. His Holiness will advise the Royal, Archducal, and Ducal families of Naples, Tuscany and Modena to renounce all their claims to sovereignty in Italy in favour of the Holy See. -2. His Holiness will crown Humbert I. King of Italy, and will grant to him and all his Roman Catholic descendants the territory of Italy in fief. 3. The King of Italy will govern the whole kingdom, with full temporal rights, but will acknowledge the Pope as his suzeraian, and pledge himself to rule according to the dictates of the Church. 4. The King will reside at Rome. 5. A territory, including theLeonino city and part of the Tiber shore, will be allotted permanently to the Pope, with absolute rights of proprietary and rule. 6. A special convention will be concluded to fix the sums which the kingdom of Italy will have to pay for the maintenance of the Papal household. Although the Tagblatt gives the above intelligence as coming from an authoritative source, it must evidently be accepted with the utmost reserve.