New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-01-30
IosLlGE CORRESPONDENCE.
rTsIY FNSI AVID GY TsANCR-THE rEpNoNrEsE
PART uG yECONsTuJUoNNLC CONDUCT Or
TIE hl>G--0LOO1Y PLOstLClS'

.rf.f. Iru Florence Dec. 81, 1897.
had Lopcl 10 close This Grcary old year with at
least the news that the Ministerial Csis was over
aud Goat lay woud commence rs with Govern
mont. But 40 such good tidings is on tic CARDS
Wearc drifting into the new year without plot
without any SOFT OF guarantee that oar lapless baiA
may not bcat AGAINST all tho rocks on THIS rocky
shore, and finally wreck on one more dangerous than
tho rest. Fcar-alitct. crineng, uouching feat
secns TO have taken possession Of tho 2'OOOtOo OF
frecmon" vino bu. yesterday were 50 boostlui OF
their liberty and independence. King and eN-h'hs-
tiers right Lott or center. in the House and people
ont of it, srom 10 have but sentiment" lear Oh
FranccD Take up any Of the newspapers. from the
Pcgseroan-a 10 the Kfoy7aa from the No@one TO the
DiriHO yen hayc but ono theme france What
does Fiapce say aud dol what Is France gong
TO ray and going to do p For the time being France
" the man who represents France snys retain Men,
tbrea' and tlc hing. utterly regardless Or coSItl-
aOnal rights retains him, and Ncnabrea. equally le-
aaldc-s OF personal dignity, allows himself To 30
retained; bit IS Yet no fresh elements can be sum
nOned 10 strengthen his untenablc position. A low
days since i was loudly proclaimed that COrdOva an
extremely talented Neapohtan, aud the best orator
IN the House 10 ASSUME MaTis vacant place.
while Soialoi was ~ Try his lucklcss hand once
more IN the financial department, but both Thought
better Of itihen there vas 70 be coalition Minis
the advcrsari,s they had assisted 10 overthrow.
Bat on further consideration these COnscqu, aa POI
tttcAuS Thought iat t1lN would make q DttlcI lulhg
0ilt DY withholding helping hahd ana competing
their rivals tG make place for them. But they were
disappointed. The King, Obcdient 10 instructions
from bis master. declined even EaazA6 advice 10
summon IllGiui and q third party On going TO
Turn, p hours tct the Crisis olned on Me3b!oa 10
reform has ms iry cote qsi ooat ana last nlght on
ms return from 4urin, repeated has nJunciOnS Ge-
spite tEe reported failures. The last chance let-a
chance to Wbicl al the CoRaoyte cling as for dear
lfe-is The rcinru Ia the conservative fold Of the
permanent orod piedmontese party headed by Pouy6
III San MaIiuO. who StTayod away from that fold in
anger AZ The Convention Of September With is trans
Ter OF capital from IuIn 10 Florence.
This party, govaliSt conservative, and half
clerical at heart, has kept sullen silence
Tor the last ,lTct years now voting with The Right
now with tie Left sometimes "abstamlng' alto
0ether. Rica oil. Iatazzi, and la Mamorls hayeau
tried 10 win them from their suks IN vain; perhaps
does We sLoll lnve strong Government for the
thirty or forty votes which Ponzo de L'Iar.ino cau
e,isiiSg in toto. Of course tho uncoDstiiu
hoial cOLGnct OF both the King and lis
Minister j. being severely convassed by the
opposition press nor can anything be said to Justify
H. Mrnableas rgriSans attempt this impossible task
BY tore0cc 70 tne negotiations with France, 10 tie
nsgnicance OF tho defeat to the existing divisions
among the YicOis 20 tho conduct OF La NamOra last
year Is q prccCd ut. But the opposition npllrs:
NcnahTea defeated precisely or account Of his
seryile French policy hence 20 negotiations that he
can conclude with France can be acceptable TO the
nation tie s1alucs Of the majority does not justify
violation oi the constitution nor can any one atiln
that that entire majority with some additions from
tie minority. would not rally round Cialdnl Mn
istsy if IL ot,I,d 81 it probably Would safeguard
torthe Violated honor ard dignity Oh the nation rs
10 la Mannorls precedent they say Ii is no prece-
only he ffh proof ro Of the t9 fetag
cling 10 power But in reality there can be no COM
parlson between the two uen. La Masmora's Cabi.
net WAS defeated in IS question Ct finance, Of
which the Premier with sodier-like fIsnkneSs de
dared that be knew nothing; the negotiations
tnrthe ltaloPrusSO alliance were pending, he changed
his financial ministers and kept his own place; and
Y0ll mig t rs wei blame Rataz2 Tor not resigning
when the burcus rejected the Ecclesiastical bill Of
ms financial colleague, instead of which be dismissed
his colleague and accepted the counter-mOcet OF the
Commission But Menabreas position IS utterly |
different Hc asked the House to open'y, cor. con
and to mdorse his conduct i'll assisting
10 failure. Toe House declined and were of various
snd avOwe,ly 10 cOndcnm the conduct OF the premier
himself totally regardless Of his srbaterns, Tbs ~
what the opposition !numphantly replied ana There
Is no gansaying their argumenIs Moreover Aena-
bres sinking deeper into the slough OF terrcr
irving back ont OF TIM one independent act OF his
miustry. the refusal TO pay me lnsiaLneht o. the
Papal debt by a reference to diplomatic board 1
sec that this act criticized in the English as well
aS in the French papers, but one point seems totally
forgotten by the critics. Italy engaged to pay the
norton Of the Papal debt 10 France "a one |
of the many concessions granted 10 get nd oil he5
troops Italy ma,e no promise to the Pope. nor DID
the fapal Government ever acknowledge the coees-
eions except by taking the money from Franco.
from her contract why is Italy 10 maintain the Bur
den without the advautagesf This was the ground
taken by AiflUBfel az lllsI. dlO 10 Ndo blS
paudeG by the entire nation; but now tnat ne is Try
ing to escape the results OF his only courageous
acts even his rrenuers say hcOught 10 have looked pc
fore lie leapcG. 30 they wrangle on. france still
occ,Des Italian soil, ana keeps an Immense
force at ToulOn. ready 10 embark at any
,ron,enf. and The italians instead of Teinem- |
herring that il matters little whether French troops
arc in Rome in Paris as long as their llght 30 be
in Rome remains nndcnied, keep harpng upon anu
bcmoaniug an incident instead Of setting themselves
10 reair tho system that gave rse to IT, AS lar as
the festive season" is concerned. we know that It
bascaue round because the almanacs say so, but no
signs Of festiSity aro visible IN me caMia nor 90
any sounds thereof reach from the provinces The
working classes are suffering teartully from the IN
creased price OF the coInnlonest neeesSailoS OF 1c
Clancy paving twenty-five centmes for every twelve
ounces of suit at the enormous mousse reh!s ana the
absence of al corresponding increase in wages |
The commercial classes are moody and
despairng; ono cares To embark capital IN any
Italian scheme as Italy herself may go 10 pieces
and the agricultural classes are oVerwnelmeu ny Tue
summons TO conscripts ranging from % to ID years Oh
age Whole villages OF young meii are emleratIhs
80 America to escape tho conscIlpton anu starVatlo
enfoed IL ia said by agents of the Southern plant
eIs who require white slaves, now that the DIaeks
have escaped them. This is gloomy letter. 1oa
lint that tho New Year may brighten our pros
octs. hut retrospective glance does not encourage
20 LOOK onward. When the year began Italy had
spent 20OO0O0O0 in order to create, organize ana
SSpsntain AN army and navy sufficient to ena-
lie her to take and to hold her own.
LISA and Custozza had taught her that or any sch
purpose neither army nor navy were sufficient; hu-
inflated but hopeful trusting to promises OF economy
and reform she looked for better things at the years
end ana nDuS neEst1 WIN diiily ~ III,
70 submit to injury and insult alike. from neighbor
whose forces to be brought mp to 200 soldiers
IN the Ist January 1887 Italian cOnsos stood at $3.50;
nm the 8lst thew have fallen TO 4.75. fall OF q per
cent Finally, deficit of 9OSOS0,O7S stares her in
the face, to be probably increased by war, With
-, IN Is5sS You may imagine, therefore, that few
viii watch the old year out and the new in with
rnnch satisfaction. The only CLEAN OF comfort that
con extract for myself and friends is that whereas,
on the list January 1861 looked forward to year
~ neaee and prosperity and encountered Just the re-