New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-14
VICTOR EMANUEL AT VIENNA.

| OF LY-TERRToRIALI INTERESTS OF THE KING
| HIS ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME BY THE VIENNEsE.
| lFRoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUsBl
| VIENNA, Sept. 19.--The circumstances which made
it possible for King Victor Emanuel to be awelcome
guest at Vienna indicate, the part Of the Emperor
Francis Joseph, desire to cultivate friendly rela
tions with other powers. and to rescue the Empire
| from the dangerous condition of isolation
which has already once manacod its disco
| luton Besides, the visit indicates that
the Emperor is measurably emancipatlng him
self from the influence of the Ultramontane clergy
with whom he is surrounded. When for the good of
! his Empire he clasped hands yesterday with the
communicated King, who is the b6s nOir of the
Catholic world, he no doubt hazarded the salvation
of his soul in the view of his father confessor and
perhaps in his own too, for he is great devotee.
| few years ago nothing could have induced him to
| take this step. That he takes it now must be re-
| ceived an indication that the progressive ideas
which pervade Europe penetrate to the palaces
of soveregns in spite of all the efforts of priests and
reactionsts
The two monarchs never met before. They have
been lifelong enemies Until lately friendship
seemed impossible between them. The father of
! Victor Emanuel, King Carlo Alberto, engaged, in
| 1SiS, in q QuixOtic attempt 10 wrench from the
House of Hapsburg the iron crown of Lombardy.
In 1859 came the French Alliance. and the brief,
fierce struggle that ended with Solfcrino Victor
Emanuel. who fought CALAMITY at Palestro leading
his zouaves sword in hand, was allowed by the
pease of Villafrauca to annex LOmbardy to his
little kingdom of Sardinia, and the way was opened
for the realization of the dream Of Italian unity.
Then followed the expulsion of the petty sovercigns
of Modena Tuscany, and Parma all relatives Of the
Austrian Emperor. and long sustained on their
thrones by Austrian bayonets, and soon after tho
brother-in-law of Francis Joseph who was scarcely
on the throne of the Two Scilies had to fly for his
life before the rcd-shrted legions Of Gatbaldi and
Victor Emanuel entered Naples 10y the side of the
revolutionary leader. Finally, the alliance with
Prussia in 1866 gave to the Crowned robbeT, as 1t
is still the fashion of the Ultramontanes to style
him. Venice and the fortresses of the Quadrateral,
and enabled him to make Rome his capital, and to
deprive the Pope of the last vestige of temporal
power 1t was not possible that the Austrian En-
peror after such series OF events should feel any
thing but dislike for monarch who had taken from
him two rich provinces, who had dispossessed ms
near relatives Of their thrones and who had for
wears been pictured to him as the archenemy Of his
religion.
Victor Emanuel is to-day lodged in the ancient
palace of the Hapsburgs as the invited guest Of |
Francis Joseph The monarch who represents more
than any other European ruler the modern ideas of
popular government, and who stamps on his coins
" King by the Grace of God and by the Sovereign
VIII of the Italian People" is received as the hon
ored guest of the Emperorwh peculiarly tyDies the
old ideas of legitimacy and divine right Who can
say after this that the world does not moveY II mo-
tives of statecraft influenced the Austrian Emperor
in his cordial invitation to his old enemy to visit
him. like motives doubt led the Italian King to |
undertake the journey Victor Emanuel. it Is well |
known. has no fondncss for travel. He is !
probably the least travelled monarch in Europe |
l II. Ill flu Flo do
cided on the trip to Vienna and Berlin from no de-
sire to see more Of the world 10 be amused with |
shows dinners and reviews, but because his !
ministers saw that cordial relations were no longer
possible with France. that nothing but menace |
could be expected from that quarter, and that the
safety Of liberal government in Italy recognized the
establishment of a closer friendship with other |
powers The journey to Vienna and Berlin means
that the old Franco-Italian alliance is at an end.
Between reactionaTy France and progressive Italy |
there is no longer any bond Of sympathy. 1t is |
France which is now isolated and which might |
search Europe in vain for an ally.
In diplomatic circles an additional motive is |
assigned for the Kings presence here 1t rumored
that an effort will be made by him to induce the
Austrian Government to remove the only remaining |
grievance left Italy by the treaty of 1866 by the
session of the Trentino Italian TyrOl. This little
country lies south OF the main chain of the Alps, |
and is Italian in language and spirit. The people |
earnestly desire annexation to Italy. Among other !
open and rather defiant manifestations of this desire
it is said that the magistrates of the towns issue |
their ordinances and notices on red white. and |
green paper. The cession of this territory by |
Austria would complete the unity of Italy, and |
leave no cause for future difference between the |
two countries. Victor Emanuel bad the most en- !
thusiastic popular reception yesterday, given
foreign sovereign in Vienna-so the papers say. |
have witnessed the arrival of half dozen poten-
tates of various grades, and l can vOuch for |
| the truth of the statement far my |
observation goes. There was a crowd to see the !
! Gar, but nobody cheered him. and the streets |
through which he rode were thckly piekcted with |
police and soldiers for fear Of attempt at assass
nation. When the Shah came people stared at him |
as a curiosity, but would have thought of |
cheering a Feejee chief. The King of Italy was |
| greeted by immense throngs, who packed the side
walks for a distance of nearly two miles from the |
railway station TO the Hofburg Palace, and over
flowed into the carf1ageway that the police could
scarcely keep clear space for vehicles to pass |
Thousands were massed in the park in front of the
palace and other thousands assembled at the sta |
tion and such hearty shouts of Hoch ~ were every
where given seldom hears from aVIenna crowd |
The special train from Trieste brought the king
! and his suite at 81 o'clock The Emperor and bril- |
| liant party Of archdukes and ambassadors were i'll
waiting upon the platform of the station, with
band and company of infantry. When the train |
stopped the King came out Of his car and was met
at the steps by the Emperor who shook both his |
hands Then the two embraced. If they had been |
long lost brothers" they could not have been much
more afectionate. The archdukes were next |
| presented, and it a singular circum-
| stance that the first among them TO greet |
tho King was old Archduke Albrecht,~ who |