Show ASSERTS POPE WAS MISQUOTED IN INTERVIEW Grave As Assertions in Paris Newspaper Article Alleged by Cardinal Gasparri to toBe toBe toBe Be Inventions of Writer SAYS CHURCH IS NEUTRAL IN IT AUSTRO-IT ITALIAN AUSTRO-ITALIAN ALlAN WAR Asserts Italian Government Has Done Everything Possible Possible Possible ble to Attenuate Difficulties Between It and Holy See JOURNALISTS NOW BARRED t t f June t.-In t. In n a ver- ver r- r f bi n note ite presented d nt Dt the state 4 d today ola the Italian em- em f ff f asserted flint the 44 4 4 Hungarian postal authorities had f 4 4 refused to receive dUll dud forward 44 4 4 t- t from frim the 1101 Holy See e even 4 f v nhen bearing the official seal enl of 4 f Ih the cardinal secretary of or state tal 4 I 4 LL AA 1 I T DOME ROME R OME June 28 An 28 An interview with L Cardinal Pietro Gasparri Gaspard papal secretary published in the i Coz DItalia D'Italia today discusses the interview interview inter inter- view vie obtained last week by Louis Latapie a member of the staff of the Paris Pans s La Liberte with Pope Benedict The secretary of state says M tr f. f Latapie Invented In c entirely m many ny grave assertions You must remember that a n phrase Isolated from the context cannot reproduce faithfully a thought or or what Is worse worse- It gives a meaning entirely ly false Alleged For instance take the quotation re regarding regarding re- re garding hostages In Berlin What hat confusion confusion confusion con con- fusion The Thc pontiff is made to mix the Jews of GalicIa the Austrian priests of ot Cremona and the tho Belgian Im prelates all of 01 which according to M. M w was u covered In the allocution of January January January Jan Jan- uary 22 regard to r Jews s It was In In March that Hungary Austria sent a protest to the lie hol holy see The protest was not mentioned as the tho Vatican could not condemn Russia on the tho sole affirmation at- at of Austria Hungar j a The Tho pope was Informed that Italy Had flad lad taken some parish priests of tho the towns occupied as hostages but the bishop of Cremona Informed him that they were being treated with er e every re regard re- re gard bard Indeed the pontiff furnishes them with funds for masses The pope knows all this perfectly How then could he put them In a category with the tho Belgian and French hostages or with the Jews of ot Russia With IUa Italy UniT But much graver graer is the confusion of ot M M. Latapie when he speaks of ot the re relations relations to- to lations between the Hol Holy See and Ita Italy continued Cardinal ra I The following is the tho real opinion of tho the pontiff It Is true that he wished Italy to remain outside the conflict upon re receiving ro- ro concessions from Austria beCause because because be be- cause he desired that Italy should not suffer sutter the horrors of or war var and he was preoccupied with the delicate position of or the church If It Italy entered the con con- War al once declared the church became entirely neutral It has not In Inan an any Wo way tried to prevent Catholics from doing their dut duty according to their consciences and It has dono everything for the spiritual welfare of ot the soldiers Idlers The pontiff recognizes that tho the Italian government has done everything every ever thing thins possible to Attenuate an any difficulties difficulties ties that might arise between It and the Holy See The Tho Vatican's correspondence correspondence corre corre- Is not being touched But that does docs not mean that the situation of or the tho Hol Holy See Is normal It docs does not net Intend Intond to create embarrassment for the government The Tho holy father tather much deplored th the sinking of ot the Lusitania but ho he could not pronounce directly on it because there was before him a question of fact tact regarding which each side makes different dif dif- ferent assertions Xo o More More- Inter lew Cardinal ended the Interview Interview Interview Inter Inter- view b by saying With Hh regard to what concerns me personally I 1 saw M. M Latapie Lat on only a n. few fow minutes In that time tim the diplomatic relations between the Holy See and France were not mentioned M. M 1 Latapie Lafa- Lafa plo pie would have havo done better had he the promise he formal formally gave ga me tue not to publish anything without without without with with- out previous lous authorization But as that formal 1 promise was w net t sufficient to preserve c the Holy 1101 See from such lIuch deplorable Indiscretions M. M Latapie will have the honor of or being the last Jast Journalist to be received cd by the holy father during the war Th The tt states tates that innumerable able messages s have ha come to the pope from cardinals bishops and primates of or England and Cardinal Mercier Mer- Mer cier cler primate of Belgium Cardinal Amette Arnett archbishop of Paris Purla and the lie others who have havo sent sont dispatches continues continues con con- thin tho paper will ask eak word from the pope to o minimize the tho disastrous Im Impression Impression Im- Im and reassure Catholics Catholic Thus Pope Tope Benedict felt fell It necessary to In Intervene In- In and nd make mako clear his thoughts thought Th r n C n H H Home me Juno June 28 Cardinal C il ilon on von Hartmann Thai Hart mann maan alCh archbishop if if Cologne Golon antI and Cardinal von archbishop of Munich have ha addressed the tho lie pope pore stron strongly ly protesting against a C publication puhl a lion ion which has R appeared In Paris under tho the title of or War Var Ill and Catholicism cl m This relates to alleged German atrocities chiefly against the church The Tho cardinals If t the tho French an 1 I Belgian cler clergy continue such a It campaign campal n the they will force Coree the Gorman German Catholic clergy clenn to recourse to reprisal reprisals giving Jn 1 tho the world an une sp spectacle u of Christian brotherhood I |