Ogden Daily Standard | 1906-12-22 | Page 6 | Decline to Negotiate

DECLINE TO NEGOTIATE rome dec 31 according to information in uie possession of vatican officials the members of the french cabinet declined with emphasis a proposal maule to them to bend an authorized zed person to rome to negotiate tho present difficulty with the vatican it Is assorted however that the vatican is ready to send mgr delia chiesa substitute papal secretary of state to paris if the french government desires to negotiate the pope speaking today to some of the cardinal after the advent sermon said the french government seems not to understand that certain conditions are not acceptable to us because they are inadmissible with tho organization of the church we aro ready to submit to separation from the state but it be a fair separation such as pertains in the united states brazil great britain and holland