11 NOVEMBER 1865, Page 3

The Pope is, however, still affecting military self-reliance. General Krantzler

has been appointed to the office, vacant by Monsignor Merode's dismissal, of Pro-Minister-at-Arms. H e served under Lamoriciere in the Castelfidardo campaign, and more recently was inspector of the Papal infantry. The Italian papers remark on his appointment, " After the Belgian, a German." It may even be a Turk, they hint, as it once was. But the Papal Pro-Minister-at-Arms, whatever he be, will never be an Italian.