Berlin, Jan, 22, The "death is announced of Cardinal Mercier, Joh.
The crowds thronging outside the nursing home waiting to file past the body typify the deep sorrow felt all over the country at the passing of Cardinal Mercier. The King and the Cabinet and members of. the Diplomatic Corps and of Parliament visited the death-chamber to-day and the body was taken to Maline where it will lie in state, decked in his fall robes and symbols of office.
Tt is expected that the Cabinet will grant a State funeral on January, 28, Condolences have been received from all parts of the world.
Later.
Thirty thousand persons had fle past Cardinal Mereier's body before' it was necessary to close the doors. The crowds were so. dense that they became uncontrollable and it fs reported that, following a disturbance, several were grrested—Reuter,
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