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Show j TRYING FOR COMPROMISE. J Pope Anxious to Meet Request of I Taft. Rome, July 6. The Vatican is striv- I ing to find a -compromise between sat- I fying the desires of Washington, as set J forth by Judge William H. Taft. gov- I ernor of the Philippines, and relieving the holy see from direct responsibility j for the withdrawal of the friars from ? the Philippine archipelago. Several j plans to this end have been discussed I by the Vatican authorities. The most acceptable of these is that the generals of the four religious orders concerned, having been informed of Washington's request, shall themselves order the withdrawal oftlir dependents, who now number about 500. This plan would necessitate a letter from the general of each order to Governor Taft pledging the writei to this action or i the insertion of a clause in the con- I ' tract between Judge Taft and the vati- j t can that steps to this end would be I taken immediately by the generals I when they were aware of the wishes of the Uinted States. The Vatican would i thus be under no odium, the pope merely accepting an accomplished fact |