| Show POPE LEO OVERRULES CARDINAL CAMPOLI resolves to send a special mission to the coronation of king edward notwithstanding the anti catholic oath eoma april 8 in of the opposition of cardinal campoli the pap tl of state the pope has to send important special to the coronation of king edward and the in spain attendant upon the enthroning of king alfonso the cardinal ii opposition to the sending of the mission to england was based on the fact that alie british parliament did not change alio anti catholic formula of the accession oath and mgr merry del val whom the pontiff designed to be chief of the missions openly refused to RO the present wording of alie oath is maintained nevertheless the mission will be sent and probably will i arrive in london a few hours after the religious ceremony this will be a rei petition of the diplomatic manoeuvre carried out at the coronation of czar nicholas II 11 at the question of the advisability of the papal mission to spain was due to the compromises effected by the queen regent in nominating the spanish ambassador bas to the vatican as her representative at the popes jubilee under ordinary circumstances a royal prince would have been appointed but he would have been obliged to also go to the quirinal thus creating a situation full of unpleasant possibilities his holiness was much displeased at this step and decided to be represented at king alfonsia Alfon soa majority festivities by the papal nuncio at madrid the matter was smoothed over however and it is now understood that spain will send a grandee with an important retinue to specially invite the pope to send a representative who probably will bo cardinal telli or fordinal Cor dinal chetoni Cr etoni boffi former nuncios at madrid |
