INTERNATIONAL: Disappointed Ruler

In crowning a Pope, the officiating cardinal deacon advances, supporting with outstretched arms a tall headdress of cloth-of-gold, sewn with precious stones, encircled with three coronets, surmounted by a cross, and says:

"Receive the Tiara adorned with three crowns, and know that thou art Father of princes and kings, Ruler of the World, Vicar of our Savior Jesus Christ!"

As Father, as Ruler and as Vicar the present Pope Pius XI recently appealed to all Christendom (TIME, March 10), and later to the Most High (TIME, March 31) for action against the Soviet...

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