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kONSI I'll IN ITALY.
lFrom ias London Navs, July 81


Kossuth. having arrived on the 22d at
Genos. proceeded on the following day u
| Tuun. All along the wa Y, al every station,
a crowd Of Italians sembled to cheer him
! Il convoy OF Hungarian prisoners met him at
one place, and recognizing the great leader
| OF their country, shouted their eljerS. At
another place wounded Italian broke thro'
/ the crowd he had belonged in 1913, to Col
| Months Italian Legion in Hungary, and
| wished TO express his delight at seeing once
/ more the arms of Italy and Hungary joined.
| At Asti the military commander himself
acted as fugleman to the cheering multitude.
| At Alexandria Kossuth had to address the
crowd in Italian. After two long interviews
with Count Cavour at Turin, the Hungarian
exile, in company with confidential friend
of the Sandman Minister, set out for Parma
to the ead-quarterS of Prince Napoleon
Up 10 Stadella, where the railway communi-
cation comes to an end, the same scenes were
| witnessed as on the road to Turin but here,
of course, the Italians lost his trace. When
he arrived after midnight at Piaeenza, the
guard at the gates received him with blunt ::
'' Che dlavolO fate COST tardi" lie could
quietly 90 to an hotel without being recog-
nized.
At breakfast, however, the waiter brought
the foreigners book to get the names of the
guests inscribed, and seeing the name Kos
suth - he rushed out of the room like mad
man. Not five minutes passed, and all the
thirty thousand inhabitants of Piacenza knew
it already, and as if called together by an
alarm bell, they rushed under his windows
and shouted their vivas with the heartiest
good will. The Mayor and municipality
appeared in his room to offer their compli-
ments and their services. Montanelli arrived,
the late respected Minister of Tuscany, who
lost his arm in 1913, fighting at Curtatone
for the liberty of Italy. The room is soon
over-crowded with visitors. Kos suth must
take drive with them, but as he comes
down the stairs the crowd rushes TO hln' /
kissing his hands and garments, tne horses
are embarrassed, the Italians drag the car
riaae along; thousands follow. flowers are
showered from the windows and with all the
enthusiasm of renascent liberty the popula-
tion Iavlshes its caresses on the stranger
whose name is connected with liberty and
therefore is taken By them for pledge of
their own freedom.
At O'Clock p. m. Kossuth arrived at
Parma. The town was gaudily adorned in
expectation of the arrival of Prince Napoleon.
Kossuth's companion having been recognized
by some Italian standing before the hotel,
he asked, "Count CdvouI ?'' Kossutb said,
"No," when suddenly the eye of the Italian
lighted up, and he began 10 shout. "Kos
suth evviva Kossuth =" In few minutes
all the town was alive with the nsvs; the
crowds assembled outside the hotel the yis
itors thronged the parlor. and a guard Of
honor was placed before the door 1he
Governor of the Province invited him to his
box in the theatre, which Kosauth of course
declined, since it was Princs Napoleon who
had to receive the ovations Of the people on
that day. and Kossuth would not divsrt the
attention. Of the Italians. r o.. !
In fact, ifsympathy alone could s,ys Hun
gary, it would. already Be safe. But, Of
course, the libefat,on Of country requires
something more. On the 2sth. Kossush ses.
out for the headquarters of Nspolsen. pro-
yided with letters of Count Cavour and
Prince Napoleon to ths Emperor,