Show THE PUPS POWER tho pope in komo is having a hard time of it signer the present prime minister has proven himself too great a politician for his his holi nees some time since ane vatican tried to foment strife in the ranks of king HUMBERT and win over tha se ceders of three years ago ant this was marked with signal failure now comes the news that pope LEO has had a revolution in the vatican and all the italian berdanis Ber vanis have packed up their duds and left or in other words they are on a strike the romans are not in love with the swiss body guards and it appears the trouble lies with them mainly their strutting about in bright livery is like flaunting a red rag at an infuriated bull to those italian workmen and they demand that the Swiss men bo removed this can not well be done as it is an old practice for the pope to have a swiss body guard to sum it all up the pope is losing his temporal grip about three years ago the municipal assembly of the eternal city decided against the temporal rule of the pope by a vote of against 5 the pope has never recovered from this and the day ought not to be far distant when the vatican will not try to exert a temporal rule even in italy |