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...crypt of St. Peter's, a tomb lay covered with flowers. Heavy candles diffused their ethereal light, revealing black-draped and kneeling figures, bent in devout prayer. A slight murmur of subdued voices disturbed the restful silence. Occasionally, the firm voice of a prelate would rise above the murmur as he pronounced a benediction, or sometimes low, sad chants would break the stillness. Close to the tomb were two elderly sisters of the dead, absorbed in reciting the Ave Maria, as they tremblingly counted their beads. All that long day, figures shuffled in and shuffled out of the crypt...
News from Spanish Morocco, which Professor Unamuno dubbed "The tomb of the Habsburg-Bourbon dynasty" (TIME, Aug. 25), continued appropriately to be grave...
...crypt of St. Peter's, many Bishops, including Mgr. Canale Oberti of Santa Fe, last week said mass for Pope Pius X, "the Good", who died ten years ago. Before the tomb, thousands of candles were lighted, thousands of flowers scattered. The late Pope's aged sisters, who still live near the Vatican, attended...
...past week's news from the "tomb" was as dismal for Spain as might well be expected...
During the past week, the rebel forces attacked the Spanish positions, won many victories, captured several villages. Spanish native troops and those under Raisuli deserted in large numbers to the enemy. The Spanish position was serious. Primo had, perforce, to rush several battalions from Spain to the "tomb...