Berne, Feb, 6.
Reports that Pope Pius XII intends to launch in the near future a new peace appeal to all belligerents in order to bring a speedy end to the French German conflict reveal a total ignorance of the diplomatic methods of the Holy See, the paper "Liberte de Fribourg," a Catholic organ, declared today, commenting on rumours spread in connection with the visit to the Holy See of Cardinal Gerber, the Archbishop of Lyons.
"Li is fantastic to believe that the Pope would give up his reserved attitude by voicing an opinion on a problem as delicate as that of French-German relations," the paper added. "It is evident that rumours of an intervention by the Vatican in France's relations with the Axis powers are completely groundless.""—Havas.
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