Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-01-13 | Page 8 | Cardinal Held as a Prisoner

CARDINAL HELD AS AJRISONER Rome, Jan. 12, 8:20 p. ru "The German denial that Cardinal Mercier was arrested In Brussels is true only in a technical sense," says the Trlhii na in a special edition "The cardinal car-dinal was not physically arrested and brought away from his residence, but he nevertheless was placed in a state of arrest within his palace and was watched by the military." It continues "The German government realizing that violence against a prince of the church would have painful consequences conse-quences throughout the world and also among the Catholic population of Germany, and fearing the effect of measures which might be taken by the Vatican, decided hurriedly to restore re-store conditions to their former status. stat-us. Nevertheless an act of violence has been committed against the pri mato of Belgium. "The holy see has asked that reparation rep-aration be made by the G-erman government. gov-ernment. The explanation of Ger many is awaited eagerly. oo