The New York Times/1916/11/22/Mercier Disdains a Favor
To Miss Rome Consistory Rather Than Ask Foe’s Permission to Go.
MERCIER DISDAINS A FAVOR.
To Miss Rome Consistory Rather Than Ask Foe’s Permission to Go.
ROME, Nov. 21, (via Paris.)—Cardinal Mercier, Primate of Belgium, will not be present at the Consistory on Dec. 4 for the investment of Cardinals, as he does not desire to ask the permission of the German authorities to make the journey or to risk the chance of another demonstration such as occurred on the occasion of his visit to Rome last January.
No foreign Cardinals will attend the Consistory except Cardinal Amette, Archbishop of Paris.