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Show POPE PALE, THEN FLUSHED AND m PERSPIRING, ON WAY TO EVENT Terrific Crush Develops at St. Peter's at Corona-, c- tion of Pius. Women Fainting in Excitement, L Modern Torch Seen in Brilliant mm Ceremonies of Middle Ages fROME. Feb. It. (By the Auoclat-- Auoclat-- ed Prc Plus XI was en.wned oje f In Um Banolllea Of 8t. Peter's Sunday iml,l rnM of pomp arr enthunlasm 1 r.'i In the proini'i- f prince and diir-nltaries diir-nltaries of the i hun It the diplomats' repreiientatlv of foreign countries, member 'f i hn Ktiin.i' .irim(x r.ic md a vast assemblage filling the great' truclure to Hie . er door. ' The indent custom wh oanded out! villi impressive r retnonles and thel newly elected pontiff now occupies the. : hrone of the first pope reported crowned, Leo II, who relxned from ;s to M. Plue XI again blensed the crowd" from the outer balcony of Rt. Peter's this ftme neurlv jOfi.o'tu people rheer-np rheer-np 'long live the pope" and waving nandkcn hlefa. It had been officially announced that "owing to the cold j .vealher." the pope would not bless the; crowds from the outer balcony, hut I nch iv tli insist' ii e and warmth I f the cheers, that the pontiff finally decided he must answer ;he call of hi; i htldren. Thus, It wns long after i ; I clock In t he afternoon vh n the holy; lather appeared on the halcony. mjr-lounded mjr-lounded by Cardlnala Vannutclll, -"!, W parti, Herder, and Bourne ami be-l, 'owed lh poii.li lii-rit'dli tlun HOLY FA i ill K iif I RJ n Previous to this 10,000 gathered i thin t he edifice rising spontaneously. ' had cheered the hoi) father ' 'ardl- nal Iega placed upon the pope's head.h 'he tiara, emblem of supreme sov-Ii erelgnty. Old Itomans. who h:id wit- j ucased the coronation of several popes. ay that the enthusiastic reception nc- j corded the prevent pope has never oeen equalled In their m mory-flrrA mory-flrrA will lltAAi.lt.. ,. j . !the dominant emotion prevailing in Home as the new- spiritual leader "an receiving the triple crown with the magnlf Iclent cen un.n- of the Roman V'athollc church, hut with a tinge of tho matter of fact and business-like manner obtaining In the world tod.iv. Sliver bugles of tho sixteenth century innounced the coronation, and the red rohea of the aged csidlnals. mingling With the uniform "f the Bwlaa Guard recalled the middle ages. but the rush of spectators at the he.ivy 'ronxe galea of a formerly forbidding vatlcan, revealed that something wns n.uigcd m l;. .in. 0,00(i I si i i i i HS -About (50,000 persons w re packed in the noble and Improaplve basilica Of St. Peter s, silent and reverential with one thought pervading nl! thai the saintly old man within the vattcan walls may yet enjoy lh.il which wni ihe creation of young Kattl. of Dcslo, climbing the Alpine mountains of his native land today he Is a prlsonei Ivithln the Vatican walls, hut tomorrow, tomor-row, the hope Is frroy txpressd, lie may bo free to mingle among the crowds of tho common people he loves so well. The first message sent out broadcast! over tht world by Pope Plus XI ex-i pressed tho Wish for universal paclfl-1 h cation and declared that while tht hdlj jfP whould not abaridon any of thej hurch's temporal preroga i ?at- Isfactor- arrangement, whereby the vatlcan could rule spiritually only, would be welcomed. Standing upon the throne directly under the iupoIh of St. Peter! Michael Xngtio's masterpiece. Plus XI with ead adorned wii)i the tiara bestowed V t tho blessing upon thoso below. In W which manv races and manv creeds H mingled. The Gregorian psalms and ltify hymns of Joy rendered by the choir 1 e taken up bj tiv assemblage in C n in which various accents, anglo- German French, and Scandina-LJJ Scandina-LJJ rert Ki The cortegi from the vatlcan to th 9 Reiplghl, master of ceremoniee, fol- B&B lowed by the heads of the various Ko- man collesis. and escorted by two KH Swiss guards The confessor of the HH pontifical family, wearing the habit of his order, came next, then the ser-H ser-H -ants, tho "BuaeoJ&ntI," in their red uniforms. X CR SB is Tl KKli n HH Seated on the papal chair wearing a great white cape embroidered with H gold and the precious mitre, the hew BB y olecte.j pope blessed worshippers who lined the corridors of the Vatican and the entrances of Sf Peter's HPH The crush Inside the basilic.-i was B&S terrific, many women fainting. Crowds HV thrlcs as large as that within the KB burch filled the ltnm'nse St. Peter's H .-"'juare, and when the pope came out ,.n tho ball coi nation fc-W ceremony, It was estimated that nearly Kfl ."(i 000 persons had gathered In the immediate vicinity of St. Peter's The day broke clear and sharply KBi cold, but along before sunrise, the many who remained around the vati-B9 vati-B9 can throughout the nisht were ioek- E I admittance to th' church, and S-I pushing to th-' heavy bronse doors I giving the king's troops, who wer H1 trying to keep, order, much trouble 2' M Manj thou ands were refused idmlt- B9B tanct bv h- inscrutable Swiss guards) BRI Tho pope appeared pale, lll-at-sasel and nervous as he enierged from the! H chapel of the holy sacrament, seated high In the pontifical chair, hut as the I B ceremony proceeded, his face became flushed, heads of perspiration stand- Hh ing out on his forehead, when a few B minutes after mid-day Cardinal Lege HH in tho absence of Cardinal Blslstl, H dean of the cardinal dehcons, placed the marvelous jeweled tiara on the pontiff's head From the chapel of the hoh sa ra-HH ra-HH tnent across the baellica to the chapel .of St. Gregory, the cortege proceeded i tltl soiemp silence, parsing through the great assVmblage. and with little ges-i' ges-i' lures of his left hand, as on the day ' t hS eleUon when he waved to the crowds OUtside Of Si Peter's. Plus XI conveyed to the faithful that he was thorough!) dernocrwtlc and one of them J At the entrance ,f- the basilica. th Pope was received hy f'ardlnal Merry del y al. nrrh priest of St. Hcter . who jreridere.i homage. M s PLI s N U VOK I Iteachlng the alt-ir. the pope intoned inton-ed "gloria in excels!"," in loud clear voice, all trace of motion had Uisap-peared Uisap-peared Mis hollnegn has a pleasant i'le and lie keeps hami"nv bf the music, which seems a difficult accomplishment accom-plishment for many cardinals. The response were made by Cardinal Yan-i inutelll. Cardinal lega and i irdinal GeOQUet, of Kngland. Cardinal Kega placed ihe tiara on J the head of the pontiff, and Cardinal Merry del Val. as nrcti priest. gre ted him mid welcome the new pontiff Into the Catholic city's supreme chur h 1 , Then, headed by Vannutelh. and In , (order of seniority. the cardinal itnountert the throne and kissed the pope's hand fr, owing them came th, patriarchs and bishops. The patriarch i of .Syria, who speaks the Chaldean language, that In which Christ ad-1 dressed the disciples, spoke a few-words, few-words, to the pope after rendering ob-j cslance. Although one of the most' SCCOmpllshed Of linguists, the pontiff waa ungble to reply to the venerable' patriarch In his own language, and responded re-sponded n Latin. The special litan; for the pope was .Tims in mi n in" ! pi; hi i in- in vacation va-cation of the name v,f every saint, in-' in-' stead of being "ora pro nobis" Is "tu llhini adjuva," meaning "thou assist ; Him." POPE DISPLiAl g I motion Tins was Joined In hy thousands, the vo!ume of sound echoing through i the cupola and high walls most lm-iprceslvel) lm-iprceslvel) .gu!a, the pope display -i ed emotion. I Th'ia was crowned the 2 6 0th sac-Icesnor sac-Icesnor of St. Peter, and th bugles i.sounded tho announcement to the world that a new pope reigned in ! Rome. BROTHER M SISTER THERE During the ceremony in the basilica Francesco Ratti. the brother, Camilla, th" siser, a nephew and four nieces one with ,i Madonna -like face, at In a nmu'l stand Immediately to the nichl Of the throne. "How does it fel to be the pope'f I brother on a day like this?" aske.l tiie Associated Pres.n in-respondent in Italian, as he stood mar the seat oc-jCUplOd oc-jCUplOd by Krancesco. "My feelings cannot be described it Is just Imp08ql()e for Ihe to findi words with which to ekpreOs what I feel at the present moment," the pope's brother replied in perfect Kng-jflsh. Kng-jflsh. Commenting upon the pale appear-iiu- of the pontiff it the iegmmng of the ceremony. Francesco aald: "I rlo not believe this was from motion mo-tion alone, although one might feel moved on a day like this. But my brother lold me that In feared he w-ould be 'ae i si! k" as motion of the pontifical chair borne on the shoulders of the curriers is much like tht of a thip In a rolling sea Pius X noer onre sat In the qhalr after his coro nation, ,is no had been ery sick ai the time of his first appearance before be-fore the faithful. GIRL W l id's sidTI.V The highest dignitaries of the church and the members of the oldest Roman Ro-man house, came to where the pope's family were seated and congratulated brother and Blstei md others Tho modestly acknowledged these, felicitations, felicita-tions, while the Madonna-like niece wept softly throughout Hie ceremony A great crush again occurred as 'he crowds, tired by lon standing mode a concerted rush for the exits. The Be Is-, guards momentarily were unable to restrain thbse within the basilica, while ihe soldiers found themselves In trouble in the square. The crowds' at thul time were beginning their pro-lunged pro-lunged cheering for the new pope, pleading and urging that the pontiff Come out and bless thern fiom the bal- CiiflV By now It was warm and balmy and ill" people considered that the pia of! in, i M"ire weather was nn longer Jus- tifled. Then the pope came forth. and the enthusiasm reached Its hlgh j est pitch. There were cries of ions I t" the pope'" varied with cries of "long live Ratti!'1 as the pontiff, after af-ter bestowing the blearing, made his I U;tle familiar gesture of salutation j w it h his hand. Final U the ast assemblage dispersed dis-persed In happy mood, while the pope returned within the Vatican walls. from which his predecessors since' 1K70 never emerged. t'V'ti refraining! from looking out upon Rome from thei windows of their apartments. |