The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-11-17
CIALDINrs RESIGNATION.

The resignation Of General Cialdini. Duke Of
Gaeta. from the Italian ambassadorship at Paris
Gently announced, has lately been much discussed in
the European press. The General has resigned his
commission and successor has been appointed.
This course was unavoidable for the honor of all
the parties concerned in the affair for the following
reasons :-Generally Italian dpomatists have rep
utation OF great skill They followers Of tho
method Of the old Venetian ambassadors. saying
little to any one outside of their own government.
General Ciadini however, seems to be an exception
to the rule. He has lately proved himself anything
buta judicious diplomatist He is indeed too thor
ough soldier to play bluff-a performance commonly
inseparable from diplomatic missions. The Figaro
published a conversation between the General
and Of its reporters in which the resignation Of
the former is explained. There has been great dis
cussion to the veracity of the statement contained
in the Figaro 1t belied inexact in the Gazseta
UGciale of the Kingdom Of Italy. variously COM
mcnted upon by the Italian and French PRESS and
again confirmed in its integrity by declaration Of
the reporter over whose signature the conversation
had been published. The general facts concerning
the whole transaction are. seemingly. the follow
ing:-when there was discussion concerning the
committal of Egyptian affairs to the charge an in
ternational Ministry Ciadni instructed to con-
fer with the French Minister of Foreign Affairs re-
parding the representation of Italy in such Minis
try. That Italy's claim consistent with the
strctest Justice there be doubt. the nation
is represented in Egypt by very numerous and we'll
established colony, whose interests are almost
as important rs those OF England and
France. Tho italian Ambassador was, however,
most unsuccessful. by the publication of
certain kilograms concerning those overtures
the Italian "Green Book" and the suppression of
Others a measure which exposed tho Ambassador to
highly censorious criticisms, the latter. who moro
than once had threatened to tender his resignation
was finally forced to retire. What most leaves his
affair into a scandal. An Ambassador is forbidden to
expose his nation to criticism. Governments the
sole arbers as to the propriey of publishing certain
documents. Tho circumstances of publishing Cia1-
dinj's communications with certain suppressions is
not inclined to believe the motive Of his
recent decided STEP 1t must be borne mind that the
events in which the communications were exchanged
took place during tho Depretis Ministry, and the
Carroll Cabinet can scarcely be held responsible
for the transaction. The of Caldinis resgna
ton must be elsewhere looked for. The political
opinions of the Duke of daeta are greatly ut
variance with those Of the Italian Premier. The
former could not feel comfortable at his post while
the government OF Italy in the hands the adj
yanced liberal party. He held the Enthusiastically
merely to please Victor Emmanuel and afterward
King HUMBER, and he at last seized the rst oppor
tunity Afforded him by events to satisfy his old