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Show VATICAN DENIES FAVORING TOKIO (Copyright. 1937, by I. N. 8 VATICAN CITY. Oct 18 A report re-port published In th United States that the Roman Catholic church favors Japaness military activity In China drew ahorked and surprised denials from high Vatican officials today. His eminence, Monsignor Con-atantlnl, Con-atantlnl, archbishop of Theodoaia and secretary of tha congregation for propagation of the faith, who waa formerly the apoatolic delegate to China, in a etatement to International Interna-tional News Service awecpingly and categorically denied the report point by point "It la untrue." he declared emphatically, em-phatically, ."that tha holy see aent any communication or memorandum, memoran-dum, aecret or otherwise, to the Japanese hierarchy. Thia and related re-lated report ar pur inventions. "Th Vatican's stand agalnat communism com-munism could not have been more clearly defined than by ths words of ths holy father In the Easter encyclical agalnat communism." |