On the eve of the funeral the atmosphere was tense last night The capital is flooded with tracts violently attacking the concordat, the Government, the government party, "and all who declared themselves in favour of the Roman Catholic accord.
Still.unsettled is the question of electing a successor to the late Patriarch. The. Church refuses to take part with the members of the present Government, although the latter and the Crown have the exclusive right to summon the electoral council.
If the Church continues recalcitrant and refuses to respond to the first convocation, the council could be summoned by ukase the following day and the new patriarch elected despite the number of council members present. In a word, Government controls the entirely, and can afford patiently until the Orthodox Church decides to be convitiatory.—Hav
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