His Holiness then sat on the throne, while the Deacon handed him the pallium and anointed him. This was followed by the ceremony in which the clergy took the oath of alle-glance.
Prior to reading the Gospel, the Pope recited the Credo and went to the altar to drink the wine and water contained in a chalice. His Holiness then received a white purse containing twenty five ancient coins als a reward given him by the Vatican Chapter for celebrating the mass.
The cortege proceeded to the loggia where the Pope walked across the nave to the thunderous cheers of the Madrid, Mar. 11.
The Provincial and Central Committees of the Communist Party have surrendered unconditionally to Col-oriel Casado's forces this afternoon. This does not however, signal the end of the war within war."
Vigorous action is still being taken against communists entrenched in various other buildings. The north-tern quarters of the city, round Retiro Park, is another centre of Communist resistance. Republican troops have recaptured part of the Salamanca quarter and also reoccupied Calle de Alcala, a famous thoroughfare, which is scarred with trenches, and dotted with bloodstained machine-gun emplacements, While snipers are still busy, the centre of the city is calmer, as the battle is now localised in the eastern quarters, where the Calle de Alcala enters she Capital.
General Miaja's Junta, which has the support of the press and still controls the wireless station—one of the principal Communist objectives—goes so far as to accuse the Communists with complicity with General Franco, because the rising has weakened the Republican camp at a moment of greatest stress, The Communists, on the other hand, make capital out of the afirmation that Colonel Casado intends to surrender territory still held by the Republicans to the Nationalists.
The need for food is urgent, for yesterday there was no bread. Moreover, the Communists have seized a convoy bringing milk for children and old people: Yet the food rationing is still amazingly normal, considering the transport difficulties in the dangerous zones.
The respective forces are storing supplies under the very noses of their opponents, who are unable to distinguish until too late the destination of food lorries. The mili-\ary control over streets and even buildings may be divided—Reuter.
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