lon, Jan. 31.
Dispatches from Berlin state that the relations between Prussia and the Vatican are greatly strained.
The Prussian Minister to the Vatican, Dr. von Milberg, ata luncheon in Rome on the occasion of the German Emperor's birthday, declared that the religious peace of Germany appeared to be threatened by the attitude of the Vatican.
The trouble appears. to be due to the exaction of an anti-modernist anth from the clergy. At the instance of Prussia the Vatican exempted the Catholic University Professors of Theology, but the Pope has since sent a Jetter to the Archbishop of Color expressing the hope that those " swed to dispense with the oath would be the first to take it, in order to prove their manly character.
This letter has exasperated the Protestant Press.—Eeelusive Service.
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