Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-05-17
Pen Portraits Of the italian, Swiss,
and Brazilian Representatives at

| Geneva. 01itesEiaaF 3ail Z. &G''
The Geneva correspondent of the
London Times writes as follows under
date of the 10th inst. :ob 80, arrg
have already told you that the
contending parties have been generally
congratulated on their happy choice of
umpires. The Italian Government de-
serves the highest credit. for the ap-
| pcintment of their representative.
They could not have found in the
whole peninsula q gentleman better
qualified for the task imposed upon him
than Count Sclopis di Salerano. He is
gentleman highly distinguished both
for his proficiency in sll legislative
studies, and for the part he played in
the great events which lately changed
the destinies of his country. He was
| one of the statesmen chosen by Charles
Albert to draw up constitution for
Piedmont in 1878, and was member
of that Kings cabinetv-I believe as
Minister of Justice-on the first install
lation of a liberal government. In
later days he sat on the right OF the
Chamber, and subsequently, of the Sen
ate, during the administration of Count
Cavour, and was, with Count Revel,
one of the leaders of the Conservative
opposition Had it depended on Count
Sclopis, Piedmont would never have
made common cause with the western
allies in the Cyimean war of 1854. Italy
perhaps would never have been united,
and she would certainly never have
found her way to Rome. DnAs a member
of the aristocratic and clerical party,
Count Sclopis was looked upon as a
codino, or reactionist, in Turin. But
he was universally respected for his
high character, even by his most deter
mined adversaries; and, although his
influence on public affairs considerably
declined, he was relied upon for earnest
and enlightened patriotism. Like Mas
simo d d'Azeelio, he had no faith in the
poss bility of an annexation and fusion
of the north with the south Of Italy
and, like Count Baibo, he was too
strong a Catholic to think that the as
pirations of Italy should be allowed to
interfere with the imprescriptible rights
of the Holy See. He has been and is
one of the most distinguished members
of the Turin Academy, and has con.
ID
on the Diplomatic Relations between
the House Of Savoy and the English
Government from the Earliest Times to
the Peace of 1915! His literary fame,
however, chiefly rests on his History of
Leg 81 alton in Piedmont work of un-
wearied research, and recommendable
for mature criticism. believe that
hardly any man in Italy has made the
science of international law the object
of more assiduous pursuit than Count
Sclopis. The Swiss arbitrator, M.
Staempfi, has been repeatedly at the
head of the Federal Government, and
his influence is considered paramount,
whether he is the actual President or
whether he fills subordinate Offices.
The Brazilian arbitrator is the repre-
sentative of the Emperor of Brazil in
Paris, and is conspicuous among the
diplomatists of his country. The i'm
preston among the persons have here
conversed with is that the whole con
troversy before the, tribunals will be
carried on by writing, and all the, arbi-
traitors are sufficiently conversant with
the English language to understand
thoroughly what they read. Were the
occasion for oral discussion to arise, it is
possible that some of the arbitrators
might be unable to follow the oratorsif
they spoke English, but both the Eng
lish and American commissioners
would be able to use French as freely
as their own native idiom. The Lord
Chief Justice, as you are aware, is fully
as eloquent in one language as in the
other and the same, i believe, may be
asserted of his American colleague"