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Show LONDON POST'S CHARGES KEET MJIEIL Vatican Is Pained and Indignant' In-dignant' and Regards the Accusations as "Atrocious "Atro-cious Calumny." GASPARRI MAKES ANSWER FOR POPE Some Hope in Rome That the Orthodox Catholics of Russia May Recog-nize Recog-nize the Holy See, l-UXnOX, Dec. 5. Cardinal Rourne. archbishop of Westminster, has communicated communi-cated to the Morning Post a statement from Cardinal Gasparrl, the papal secretary secre-tary of Btate, answering the Post's accusation accu-sation that the vatkan was implicated in disruptive propaganda in Italy and is unneutral. un-neutral. Cardinal Ga.snarri declares that the ac- dilation is an "atrocious calumny," and fays t hat the hierarchy and clergy in Italy have given the most open and most generous help lo the country's cause, and have received unreserved praise from the Italian parliament and government. The i a rdinal adds tha I long before the Issuance Is-suance of the papal peace note, "which is said to have been among the chief causes of the army's lowered morale, the clergy generally and the army explains lr-liculaily lr-liculaily were laboring against the destructive de-structive propaganda whi-di had heen begun be-gun and was reported to be giving- unrest to the civil authorities. Vatican Indignant. The Vatican, the cardinal declares, is pained and indignant at the Post's charges and regards them as insulting. Referring to the accusation that the Vatican espoused the Austrian cause, Cardinal Gasparri reaffirms the full and correct neutrality of the holy soe. He says that complaints have heen made in ; central Kurope that the Vatican is looking look-ing excessively toward the west, seeking to regain its former position in France and to obtain a wider influence in the British isles and North America. Tie adds: "If some nations seem to be more favored by the papal note, these certainly were not Germany and Auslria-Tlungary, f hut those of the entente, particularly Prance find Belgium. The peace k aimed at was not a German peace." Urged by Both Sides. ( 'a rdinal Bourne tells the Post that Pope Benedict has been urged from each side to break wllh I he governments of lo olher side, "thus throwing confusion Into I lie religions life, now more precious than ever before, of millions of families and punishing the peonies for the mistakes mis-takes or misdeeds of liietr leaders." The supreme pontiff, lie concludes, "does not depend for instruction upon 'hose who lung before worked lo di- liiiiish the authority which (hey are now invoking, nor does "the. holy see shape its a -'-lion by Ihe flickering lights of human praises nr blame." The T'ohI. 'in an editorial examining Ca rdinal ( In spa rri's statement, virtually reiterates i(s original accusations and Mies incidents which it regards as proof. |