The Portland daily press., 1867-01-22


refused TO allow either rifemen or guides fin
dlspensaDle elements of every armyI amon,
them; then more compelled In Wall
stipulated that they should provide their oVn
horses and rifles. o"n
The monarchy purposely introduced an un
worthy element amo.g the volunteers. Gave
them unpopular and incapable superior off,
GERS; armed them with old muskets, carrylno
only one-fourth as far as the rifles of the enc,
my my and IN order to make them appear use
a,ssi anu incapable, first sent them to do battle
ahn,,.'n Utmost inaccessible mountains, and then
ready strouSIv gvea dac them to occupy points al
Ihe monarchy refused Ga,ibo,dps rao,,o,.
Wne1 ne asked the command of the Aeet. 70
IuseI nlm all access to the Adriatic. d;sai,o,,
Gu an insurrection in Venice and ,hla IT,,
!ino oeiore the war; abstained from aAe
h9 trieste, though 1t was left AS the Co,'as.1,
ment Wen knew, TOR more than twentv A..
Without single soldier, in the sole keen,,"1 rs
tne Nati0nai tuard, three-fourths of WHOM
were Italians; declined the movement o,,aai noi1
by the Southern Slavonians: held haoh o,e.eu .t'i
feet in absolute inaction, and then. ne IL 'ie is
mockery OF the outcry raised by the country
sent it TO sea unproyided with the most nasaS,' nS'
sary stores OF war, and under the command 81
man already notorious tor bis utter inaone.
city, to the meaningless enterprise upon IisSa
which ended in defeat.
The monarchy, rejecting the advice of Pms
sia and of the best military men of Itslv. in
order to follow suggestions from Paris, sent n
portion OF the army, under the command of
the author of all the disasters of 1913. upon
an Impossible enterprise against the Quadrila-
tefai, winch combined with the fabulous dis
ofdef Oh all the secondary operations, and the
totai want of ensemble I'm marches and
'lnnahuuVres, resulted in the overthrow of
Custozza. AFTER this, whether from coward
ICE or some unknown cause, exagceratino tbe
Importance OF the defeat, the monarcbv inex.
plicaDiy rested On Its arms, until, when already
In treaty for peace, it dispatched 'Cialdini ~
lnvaIe n Wuere tnere We're no enemies, and re-
caiieo Medicl-,the only one OF the regular gen.
erals who had attempted any serions o,ora
tion-from the Trentino, when he was wi,h;n wtG,
few miles OF the capital "'''''i
The ubiquitous flight from Milan in 1919
Novara, Custozza, and Lissa-such have heen
the results OF the only wars our monarchy has
undertaken without foreign aid Foreion nil
ers-we say it with grief that passes words
though at times guilty OF crime have at least
shrunk from dishonor.
1t was natural that the peace that followed
should De upon par with the war. but the
monarchy contrived even to surpass the point
OF disgrace already reached
The monarchy submitted to hear Austria
declare: do not give back this Italian terr,-
tory TO those who are unable and unworthy
10 conquer It for themselves. l fling the now
useless incumbrance at the feet of the desnot
VINO mas already wrung an Italian province
from your cowardice, and who still deprive,
you OF your own metropolis. Take ii as an
aims rom him, II lie chooses to bestow it nm
on you. - h7aHl ll7 = - up
The monarchy has submitted to hear the
usurper OF Rome and Nice declare: /, a for
elgner, bestow upon you as aims this Italian
province which you are incapable of winnina
for yourselves by force of arms. You shall
henceiorth do homage as vassals, not to Aus
tria, but to me.
And .he monarchy has swallowed the dou-
bic insult. Had it not a few years before ubon
ground yet teeming with Italian blood swal
lowed the insult Of peace concluded bv an
ally, who, though but few steps distant irom
the King, yet deiSned no word to him-I will
not say to ask counsel, but not even 10 inform
him OF the abrupt decision?
And this peace-though this Ia of small mo-
ment compared to dishonor--this peace is Tn-
inous to Italy. Intrencbed within the Alps:
master OF lstria, the key of our eastern fron-
tier; master OF the poor betrayed Trcntino.
the key OF Venetian Lombardy: master of ali
the passes through which he has been wont to
descend into ltaly-the enemy can lie in wait
to seize the favorite moment, which the en-
Dafrassed position OF Italy will surely offer. to
fau upon US. A peace such as the present
Carries with 1t the necessity of another war-a
war which ut Is needless to deceive ourselves
VIII hnd Austria stronger than before. Reject
ed by Germany, she will be compelled by the
folce OF things, and by the numerical SUPERIOR
lty OF the Slavonian element, to transform her
self INTO SlavoEian power; and the Southern
Slavonians, oespairing henceforth of Italian
aid, and certain OF preponderance in the Em-
pire, will at length rally round our enemy and
become enemies in their turn.
meanwhile, the certainty OF having sooner
OF later TO engage IN a new war will compel
Italy to maintain her army undiminished.
place her in the necessity of making fresh
preparations, and render any important reduc-
lion IN her expenditure impossible. 1t will
force upon her progressive increase of ljabil-
ities, threatening the State with bankruptcy:
reduce her to constant condition OF COM
mercial uncertainty, alarm, and consequent
inactivity OF capital compel her to new loans.
new taxes, and the indefinite interruption of
every great industrial, agricultural or CONNER
cial enterprise.
Ruin and disgrace. A monarchy. which.
with people like ours, with half million of
men under arms, with an army of approved
courage, with soldiers and sailors such as those
VINO sank IN the Paiestro, crying, "Viva tit
anal coldiy brings this vassalage, poverty and
dishonor upon the country, may yet exist for
brief period upon the corruption and COW
ardlce OF others; but, before God and man, its
doom is sealed.