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Show (iilM .MKM' FRiilfffll CITY New York, 'Sept. 22. Cardinal Gibbons Gib-bons arrived here today on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. 'A delegation of priests and laymen from ' , Baltimore i went down the bay on a revenue cut- ter to greet him and welcome ' him home. Heading the delegation were ' Kev. Dr. J. D. Stafford of Washington, Washing-ton, Rev. B. Singleton ofj Baltimore and It. B. Tibbett of Baltimore, supreme ; president of the Catholic Benevolent association. as-sociation. The cardinal will remain in this cUy , a guest at the home of Mrs. Kelly of Brooklyn, until Friday, when he will accompany the delegation to Balti-; Balti-; more. When the welcoming party boarded the Kaiser Wilhelm der Gros.se off quarantine, Mr. Tibbett made an address of welcome, to which the cardinal briefly replied. Another reception awaited the cardinal when he went ashore at Hoboken. The pier was crowded with ecclesiastical friends from this city. This atternoon the cardinal went to Brooklyn. He had a pleasant voyage and he said the ocean trip had recuperated his strength, which had been greatly taxed by the severe spell of fever he suffered, suf-fered, due to the intense heat in Rome during the progress of the conclave-Praise conclave-Praise For Pius X. Of the new pontiff the cardinal spoke in terms of the" greatest- enthusiasm. He sa.id that the choice of the conclave con-clave had been most happy from an American viewpoint as Pius X was deeply interested in the development of the church io this country and was singuarly familiar with American institutions. in-stitutions. The cardinal 'had severaJ lengthy interviews with the pope regarding re-garding church affairs in this country. coun-try. The cardinal was not inclined to discuss the probable policy of the new papal regime but said that no radical changes in American church administration admin-istration would ensue. He said that one of the first steps taken by Pius j was to instruct his acting secretary of state. Mgr. Merry del Yal. to pro- , vide for an extensive exhibit of the Vatican "treasures at the St. Ixniis exposition. ex-position. He said the exhibit would probably comprise some or the magnificent mag-nificent jubilee gifts of the late pontiff pon-tiff and a number of rare historical manuscripts and maps from the Vatican Vati-can library relating to the early settlement set-tlement and mission work in the Louisiana Lou-isiana purchase territory, most of which was penetrated by Catholic missionaries within a quarter of a century of the discovery of the continent. con-tinent. To the Passionist Fathers the cardinal car-dinal brought a special blessing from I'ope Pius X in response to the message mes-sage of love and congratulation sent to the pope by them at the time of his election. The Pope and Italy: ', Concerning the probable relations between the new pope and the Italian government. Cardinal Gibbons said: "The pope as patriarch of Venice was j on very friendly terms with the king, but what a . man does when he is ' a mere private in the ranks, so to speak, and when he is elevated to power and responsibility are wholly different tilings. What Pink X will do in this matter is. of course,- unknown. You may rely on it, however, there will be no sudden change.' i These things are not done in a way to attract attention, atten-tion, if a change "does t(ake place it will be a gradual change. The friendliness friend-liness between the' Vatican and the quirinal will grow; Pius X is not the patriarch of Venice and while he may retain his friendly feelings for the king, these feelings will cause no sudden change of papal polfcy.'but will probably prob-ably in the course bt time bring about improved relationship and a better state of things. The king, I believe, is influenced by. very kindly feelings to ward the pope." Another Cardinal. Asked about the possibility of another American cardinal being appointed, ('ardinal Gibbons answered: "There will be another cardinal. It would not surprise me to see the number o.f American cardinals augmented in the near future. But there is absolutely no truth in the cabled statement that the pope purposes to create a patriarchate for the Occident. The statement is ridiculous." ridicul-ous." , |