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Show NEW CARDINALS ARE WANTED BY GERMANY Diplomats Endeavoring to Hasten Date of Meeting of New Electing Elect-ing Consistory. Special Cable to Tho Tribune. ROME, March 28. Gormairy Is manifesting mani-festing keen concorn at the situation caused by tho deaths of Cardinals Kopp and Fischer, which would result In her being wholly without nauonal representation represen-tation In tho sacred college In the event of u conclave In the immediate future. Tho Prussian minister at tho Vatican has had several urgent Interviews with Cardinal Cardi-nal Merry del Yal, with a view to hastening hasten-ing tho date of a fresh consistory, since owing to the doctor's advice, consequent on his precarious state of health, the pope has consented t6 defer the next consistory con-sistory until early summer. Germany's ally, Austria, is likewise clamoring for tho filling of the vacancy duo to the recent death of Cardinal Kat-achthaley. Kat-achthaley. It Is rumored In Vatican circles that the kaiser Is pressing for the bestowal of a cardlnallate on tho famous Prince Maxlmilllan of Saxony, but that tho prince's condemnation of hoterodoxy aov-oral aov-oral years ago places no small difficulty In tho way of tho pope's acquiescence. Tho respective numbers of Italian and foreign cardinals aro now almost equal. |