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Show KM EM BUM i ( With Powerful Groups Deadlocked, Outsider May Be Compromise Choice ; INTEREST IS GROWING j Women Admitted at Conclave Con-clave Quarters for First i Time in History HOME. Jan. 27. (By The Associated Associ-ated Press) With tho body of thei late Pop' Benedict laid away beneath the flagstones of St, Peter's, the interest in-terest of the sacred college and the. I atican household turned today to the : election of his successor A conclave i has been called for February 2 to The Question of n capproachmen between the church and the Italian government enters Into th" election. A thorough canvass of opinions in the Vatican shows that the peace party, or those advocating closer relations with the government! are virtually d D 'Hocked with the irreeoncilables. or those opposing a rapproachment. in the number of votes each faction can c.i. t tw. '-third- m.ijorltv Is necessary neces-sary for election. . ISPARRI READS 20. Twenty-nine cardinals, headed b Cardinal Gasparri, tho camerlongo, or acting h ad of the church, are known to favor continuance of Benedict's policy, which was understood to have been directed toward a resumption of relations with the Quirlnal; twenty members of the sacred college are thought to be Just as strongly opposed, oppos-ed, while nine are classified as neutral. neu-tral. The attitude of the American cardinals car-dinals O'Connell of Boston and Dougherty of Philadelphia is unknown un-known at the Vatican, but the opinion opin-ion is expressed that, unless a compromise com-promise is reached, never has there been such an opportunity for a foreign for-eign cardinal to be elected pope. B OM I N Dl LINE The boom for Cardinal Maffi, archbishop arch-bishop of Pisa who was mentioned as favored Ly the government, appears to be on the decline, while Cardinal Gasparri and Cardinal Anhprlest Merry del Val. respectively. leaders ot the peace party and the Irreeoncilables, Irreeoncil-ables, are acknowledged by the sup-t'-rs i ,, have little chance of being electeel. The candidate of the Gasparri party par-ty Is Cardinal Katti of Milan, while Merry del Val's faction, after voting for their leader on the first ballot as a test of strength, it is understood will .switch to Cardinal Laurenti, the newest created member of tho sacred college stationed in Home. Laurenti id sided for many years over the Ko-man Ko-man Catholic world missions. HOLLAND! R MENTIONED Cardinal Van I'.ossum of Holland Is most prominently mentioned as a neutral neu-tral candidate, -heidld a deaolod. be reached in the conclave. He is 67 years of age and was raised to the purple by Plus X in 1911. For the first time In history, women wo-men will be permitted to be present in the quarters occupied by the eon-clave. eon-clave. They are Sisters of Mercy, who ,n .id- nvei Hi de: Utiles of the cardinals' kitchens, which heretofore have been supervised by monks |