| Show postponements POSTPONE MENTS OF consistory candidates for the red hat are growing uneasy rome april 21 V certain alarm is beginning to be felt in interested quarters over tho various ot the consistory some countries fear that the pope confiding jn his conviction that he will jive to he a hundred will die suddenly before appointing any new cardinals so eliat their influence in the conclave would be lessened while various prelates pr elates who haac been sighing for the red hat although certain to have it if the pontiff ihas remember the saying that there is many a slip the cup and alie lip and will not be happy until safe within alic fold of the sacred college the kaiser claims tho right to one cardinal tho king of spain jaso demands one while the limpo of austria nukes pretensions far two and the americana Ameri cani arc pressing for a companion to cardinal Cai dinal ottly should have four or fave one of which will likely bo the present vienna the pontiff is in nd hurry to have the appoint mea ls made and puts off the date of the ath the sang froid of a roan qt thirty five but all ohp same lie ha no time to loe ni setting aside liis several of alio bearers wearers ot the purple arc very feeble and this taken together with the distance others would havo to travel might in alio event op A conclave reduce the numbers to an alarming extent considerable surprise is expressed at this procrastination at the vatican n it is the accepted belief chajt the new creations arc to be within eye to the influence they will have in the election of a new pone |
